



Cool Summer colours.—Allison
How to Shop for Your Summer Colors
Choose soft dusty tones. Think in terms of cool or blue-based, muted or cloudy colors. Solids, soft watercolor prints, busty or complex prints are beautiful in Summer colors. Soft textures best enhance these colors in everything from soft wood crepes to cotton knits.
Avoid: Black, stark white, orange and all yellow-based colors.
Summer Accessories Suggestions
Start with the basics to coordinate with your basic wardrobe selections: navy, blue-grays, off white, rose beige, rose taupe, soft rose brown, and burgundy or plum. Pumps or sling backs belong with suits or business looks and strappy shoes or sandals with dresses and some casual looks. Shoes should be the same color value as hemline or darker for dressup.
Basic Summer Hosiery Colors
Taupe, gray tones, rose beige or navy. Hosiery color should blend shoe with hemline.
Summer Jewelry
Metals: Pewter, white gold or rose gold.
Stones: Pearls, garnets, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, cool jade, pale amethyst, lapis, sapphires.
Glass Frames for Summer
Metal: Pewter, silver
Plastics: Taupe, rose, blue-gray or clear. Choose the color that best blends with the hair and skin tones if a classic look is desired.
Furs for Summer
Pink champagne mink, pale silver fox, beaver, raccoon, muskrat, off-white mink, wolf; your hair shade or lighter.
Summer Hair Color
Your natural hair color is often best. However, many times the summer ash tone or mousy hair color is greatly enhanced by frosting, highlighting or weaving with cool-ash tone blonde shades.
Long Legs, Short Torso
If your legs are longer than your upper body you have a long legged vertical body type…
• Your hipline height is higher than half your full height
• You should also have a high waist – your waist will be higher than your bent elbow
• You will have a proportionally short torso
• Your bottom will typically be round and high
• You tend to put on weight around your waist, above your waist or on the back of your hips
• You may also be tall – although short people can also be long legged
Your main style aims are to create visual balance by creating the illusion of a longer mid-torso and shorter legs.
Do wear...
• Design details that draw the eye down, such as border prints on skirts and pants (unless you are short)
• Medium-long to long accessories (unless you are short)
• Skirts and pants in the lighter colors than tops
• Medium-long to long tops (if you are short, no longer than knuckle length)
• Un-tucked tops
• Tops and dresses that flow through the waist
• Skirts and pants with narrow waistbands or no waistband
• Straight and flared skirts
• Low-rise or hipster pants
• Straight and flared pants
Don't wear...
• Focal points that draw the eye upwards
• Pin stripes
• Short tops
• Empire line tops and dresses
• Wide belts
• Pants or skirts with a high waistband
• Tapered pants and skirts
I'm peared shaped though...so If my legs are long and I am pear shaped then info contradicts...they say I should draw attention to my top half for pear shaped and to the bottom to minimise a short torso.
hmm.
I guess the short torso isn't as bad as my obvious pear shape...so i'll go with details on top.