Are you wearing black to be safe?
The Little Black Dress - a staple of every woman's wardrobe since time immemorial! All the old films always had the leading ladies in their little black dress, their little black suit etc. etc.
Walk through the town on a weekday lunch time and look around you. The most common colour you will see is black.
Yes it works exceptionally well for some of us, not so well for others. So who can and who can't do this successfully?
If your a Winter then Black is a safe colour for you. The amount of black will vary from person to person and will change as you get older, but you will look great in Black.
The rest of us? Well I used to wear Black a lot in my pre colour analysis days, a staple in my wardrobe because "it goes with everything doesn't it?" Actually, no, it doesn't! When I was told I was an Autumn I stamped my foot and had a tantrum, I wasn't going to wear those "cow pat" colours!! I loved my Black, Fuschia, Scarlet, Deep Purple, Emerald Green, Blue Eyeshadow and Pink Lipstick and no-one was going to tell me otherwise!!
As I had my colours done just before I my training to become an Image Consultant, I had to get it right. I experimented with, horror of horrors, Dark Brown, Moss Green, Teal. I was really surprised at how well they worked for me. Oh well, you live and learn!
Six months later, I went back to wearing my Black and more horror of horrors - I looked like Morticia from The Adams Family!! How could I have gone on for so many years thinking I looked ok as someone from a cartoon! Black completely drains all the colour from my face, it makes me look tired, older, drawn and generally rather unwell. I don't have any black anywhere in my wardrobe now, not even a pair of knickers!
If you are a Summer, you should not wear any black close to your face. Try using Navy, Grey or Burgandy instead of Black. This will be more flattering and will coordinate with your other seasonal colours.
Autumn or Spring? Well, Black is an incredibly difficult colour for us to carry anywhere on the body really. It doesn't coordinate well with any of our other colours and will drain our blue skins horribly of all colour making us look rather pale and washed out. What to do instead? Springs: Chocolate Brown, Bright Navy, Cinnamon, Copper. Autumns: Dark Brown, Olive and Moss Green, Teal and Kingfisher, Marine Navy, Purple, Chestnut Still married to your Black? I know it's hard to let go, I struggled big time, but decided to go cold turkey and "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway!" Once I'd weaned myself off Black and revisited 6 months later, I realised it didn't make me look my best. And once you've looked fabulous for 6 months and felt really good about yourself, why would anyone want to go back to looking 'ok'? I certainly didn't want to.
So - Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway - you'll be amazed at how much more energy and vitality experimenting with other colours will give you, the compliments you will receive and the new lease of life your will experience. Enjoy!!
As for you Winters, we love you but also hate the fact that you look great in Black.
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