Plus: Lisa solves your fashion dilemmas below
It’s become passé to get excited about ‘This Season’s Colours’, probably because in bossier times This Season’s Colours were so domineering. But excitement is fundamental to fashion – as is keeping an open mind.
Clearly no one should wear This Season’s Colours if This Season’s Colours make them look consumptive. But colours add depth and interest, and stop you disappearing. Besides, red never made anyone look ill. It was popular last winter, and still is. Even the tiniest dose flicks an energy switch for so many different outfits.
I’m also seeing quite a bit of mauve in stores at the moment and it would be the opposite of open-minded not to at least give it a trial… I have, and – tip from the front line – unless it’s bang in your personal colour palette, keep it to the bottom half, otherwise it hunts down any greyness in your skin and turns it up to full volume. That caveat aside, the Me+Em trousers above are promising. With a crisp white shirt and/or something khaki or even yellow, they lean strongly towards the sophisticated and slightly unexpected rather than twee. Could be lovely for a wedding or garden party. And come winter, with chocolate brown, navy or grey, mauve’s bound to look interesting.
Speaking of khaki, it might seem a bit dour for spring/summer, but it works mixed with white, denim blue, pink, navy – anything really, and it’s incredibly useful for making pastels look more modern. It’s also spectacular with metallics, making them simultaneously pop and yet subtle. A bit like the currently modish ingredient chilli-spiked honey.