06.14.07
Prints Charming – The Trick to Putting Prints Together
I’m often asked by my clients if it is possible to wear two different prints together at the same time. The answer is yes, but there are a couple rules that you need to follow.
1) There needs to be a common color base. You don’t want to wear a red, white, and blue stars and stripes with an army green, beige, and brown floral skirt. Stay in the same families or tones of a color.
2) The scale of the patterns can’t be the same. One pattern needs to be more dominant. Giant orange and white checks with a bold orange and pumpkin paisley wouldn’t work. However, the orange and pumpkin paisley could work well with a cream scarf that has a faint orange pin stripe. The paisley would not have to compete with the scarf and the look would work.
More tips next time!
06.06.07
Cleaning Out Your Closet in the OC
It’s time to take stock of what you’ve got. Grocery shopping is much easier when you have a list right? Same idea with shopping. If you know what you need and what you are looking for, then you can have more focus and not get carried away while shopping.
Go through your closet and write down how many pants you have THAT YOU WEAR, how many skirts, tops, sweaters, dresses, etc. I’m not talking about the ones that have been hanging in your closet for years that you haven’t worn once. I am talking about the clothes that you actually wear. We will address the clothes you don’t wear later.
Once you realize that you have 10 pairs of pants and only two tops that you like, you can start understanding why it is so difficult to get dressed in the morning. After you’ve established the holes in your wardrobe, make your list more specific so that you can shop for tops to match all those pants easily. So write down: navy pin stripe pants, brown tweed pants, black wide leg trousers, etc. Have an exact list so you can find tops to go with those items.
This is just the start of organizing your closet and making shopping easier.
