Hi Ladies,

A couple of weeks ago I posted about how much grey I have in my wardrobe and how seeing it all together, made me realise I had many tonal combinations that I had not even considered.

http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/grey-out

Another colour that I would happily increase is ink or navy. So upon coming home this afternoon with a nice new fluid navy tshirt with jersey sleeves and sides and silky back and front (#2 - it's pinned at the waist, but it actually is loose and fluid), I decided to gather all the blue in my wardrobe and try and get a sense of if I actually need more, do I have enough and do I wear the garments.

#1 are my blue items. Ranging from dark navy/ink to cobalt, with two items almost that blueish purple.

I was particularly surprised to see the amount of blue I have and I knew immediately that I don't wear it all. But seeing it together and putting the tones against one another, again I can see some potentially lovely combinations.

So I am wondering, while mixing the blues with blacks is a no brainer and a combination I really like, is it ok to wear blues of different tones together to create a tonal look like you might with whites or greys?

I have a funny relationship with navy. For many years, I felt it was very frumpy. As a result it's rare that I wear it on my bottom half (I know, makes not sense at all, it's just a 'thing' I have going on lol), but love wearing it on my top half and find it very flattering to my skin tone and eyes. Of course it's the difference between looking like you are just wearing mismatched clothing and looking as though the varying tones are intentional??

What do you think? Do you wear a lot of navy? Does it have certain associations for you?

And BTW, I have my clothing in type, then colour, so while there are small clusters of navy when I look into my closet, it wasn't until I pulled it all out and hung it all together did I see just how much there is.

xxx Deborah

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