https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:06:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe/page/2#post-2285810 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 23:59:52 +0000 JAileen 2285810@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your new coat is so pretty! &nbsp;If it were me, I would wear red with it. &nbsp;Oh, I see that you have. &nbsp;That is a great outfit and the boots are perfect. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe/page/2#post-2285775 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 21:12:36 +0000 Anonymous 2285775@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pretty! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe/page/2#post-2285769 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 20:48:25 +0000 Star (Lise) 2285769@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such good advice from&nbsp;<b>Unfrumped.&nbsp;&nbsp;</b>Dark browns might actually make this awesome coat boring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe/page/2#post-2285755 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 19:06:07 +0000 unfrumped 2285755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You’ve gotten lots of good input and I’m enjoying reading the journey.<br /> I agree that the plaid actually seems more versatile than a solid brown. it can be both the statement, since it’s outerwear, or more the neutral, as seen in your red and cream outfit.<br /> I think you are on good track to do a lot of tryons with many colors ( in different items- tops, bottoms, scarves.) and see what are your faves. It’s likely you will have more options than you can wear in one season! If you have some favorite colors that work great with your coat &amp; you see yourself wearing more than chocolate browns, then go in that direction rather than matchy.<br /> I think the least useful items would be solid dark brown pants or top- just not really that exciting when coat covers much and a little harder to do textured browns when coat has pattern &amp; texture. Whereas rich brown boots , in a different style, add a contrasting texture plus different gives a very different look from cream but go with the same other colors plus black. But, don’t force that- might not find for even a year or 2 , the HEWI for comfort style &amp; quality.<br /> Same for handbag- whether picking up the browns, cream or a warm contrast color that works with your other colors, the handbag is worn “ against” the coat &amp; so has impact. But you might not know at first which of those colors is most versatile- it’s not always the matchy one.<br /> I think the best thing is you have lots of SYC options to “ wear now” so you can start having fun right away and not feel pressured to shop. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe/page/2#post-2285751 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:24:52 +0000 Jenni NZ 2285751@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agree with Stag. Looks fab with the boots which I admit I was not certain about. Fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe/page/2#post-2285744 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 17:37:33 +0000 Star (Lise) 2285744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What&nbsp;<b>Stag&nbsp;</b>said.&nbsp; Awesome all round. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe/page/2#post-2285724 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:33:18 +0000 slim cat 2285724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>FAB! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe/page/2#post-2285722 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:25:06 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2285722@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! Yes, that is so awesome! You’ve made me a convert on the boots too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe/page/2#post-2285721 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:21:11 +0000 Angie 2285721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>KILLER PERFECT!&nbsp;</p> <p>See......easy ;)&nbsp; </p> <p>Sour brights are versatile....</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe/page/2#post-2285720 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:19:33 +0000 anchie 2285720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie - this is unexpected color combination but it works! </p> <p>I just tried my new coat with the red accessories. Pink would be good too I think. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285715 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:04:09 +0000 Angie 2285715@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>anchie</b>, I added this NAS moto. Kind of a peachy-toffee. It's become an Autumn workhorse! I JUST WEAR IT, with everything, and I don't have anything else in the same colour. I wear it with my brights like the picture next door :)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285706 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:29:29 +0000 anchie 2285706@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting responses. It seems that most of you are set with your color palette and are good with sticking to it.</p> <p>I am resisting the urge to add more brown for now. I think I have enough options already in my closet to make this coat work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285594 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 22:30:53 +0000 Lesley 2285594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So, I am not a matchy-matchy person, but I deliberately love to choose a color that's not from my normal palette for accessories like a coat because I know it will always be complementary rather than suddenly, say, I have a bunch of different shades of brown that I'm wondering if it's too much. I never wear tan in a top or in bottoms, but I have lots of tan shoes, a few tan bags, and I have a long cardigan that's navy on top and tan on the bottom. I have looked for a tan leopard coat for years for this very reason. I love how it brings in a new color while I can play with all the rest of my palette in my normal way. (I also find it's a great way to play with a color that I love but that doesn't love me back!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285581 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:28:55 +0000 Angie 2285581@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely coat!&nbsp;</p> <p>It will work well with your creams, navy, turquoises and reds </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285557 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 17:30:43 +0000 Minaminu 2285557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Over the last 2 years, I have been working on my colour palette and wanted to add pink, starting from accessories to begin with. </p> <p>I found this video very helpful&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YNwDj7xefE">(2) Capsule wardrobe guide: how to add more colors! - YouTube</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285546 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:40:15 +0000 kkards 2285546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i'm very slow to add new colors, but when i do i generally start small. if i wear the new item in the new color than it suddenly makes me "see" the color more often when i'm out and about and so i'm open to adding more of it. then i tend to see colors that are adjacent to the original color, for example olive green lead me to sage green.<br />there are some colors, like brown, that i will add/wear in accessoires that i would not wear in clothing.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285544 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:22:50 +0000 The Cat 2285544@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Generally, I dont feel that I need to repeat a neutral somewhere else in my outfit. </p> <p>I don't feel that I have to repeat a non-neutral either, provided that the coloured item is somewhere in my portrait area. </p> <p>However, if the non-neutral item is below my portrait area (e.g. footwear, pants, skirt), I want to repeat the colour in my portrait area (e.g. in top, scarf, eyewear, earrings, necklace). And when I purchase non-neutral footwear/pants/skirts etc., I make sure that I have at least 3 matching items that I can wear in my portrait area. This gives me many outfit possibilities plus the cohesiveness/harmony I like. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285529 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:02:10 +0000 SarahD8 2285529@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with others that because the brown is a neutral you can just throw it on and go without needing to match. I think it will look great with a lot of your brights! Maybe you could match shoes and bag to satisfy your matchy gene (at least until you have a brown complement in place, if you do decide to build one)?</p> <p>Maybe a printed scarf featuring brights and some brown would be a nice way to tie things together -- and could be worn with other outerwear too.</p> <p>I bat for Team Color Contrast rather than Team Matchy, so sometimes I find that a one-off item in a color that isn't otherwise represented in my wardrobe can be really versatile. (Usually warm colors that provide a punch of contrast to the cool shades that are my staples.) I have to think carefully about how and where on my body I want to wear a particular color: sometimes it makes sense to build a complement/capsule in a particular shade, but sometimes One really is Enough. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285525 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 14:22:23 +0000 Anonymous 2285525@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is rare to add an off color to.my&nbsp;wardrobe but I did add some burgundy last winter after finding some burgundy Ponte pants.<br />I have made a mini capsule adding a heavy Iceland burgundy cardigan, long velvet burgundy skirt, a sale (Consignment) mixed media jacket, a silk burgundy sleeveless shell.. &nbsp;I had flats and booties and large bag. &nbsp;I have found the color useful with browns and most dark neutrals.&nbsp;</p> <p>I like Runcarla's idea of aiming for a grouping of four items.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285524 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 14:13:59 +0000 Anonymous 2285524@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would get brown boots and bag or cream to wear with the coat as well as scarf, gloves, and hat or beanie or both. If you wear mostly pa to or jeans, get brown ones. That coat will be fun. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285518 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:49:55 +0000 celia 2285518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is a beautiful coat. I echo others that adding to the cream colors you have some red, burgundy and even yellow would look good with this beauty.<br />Regarding adding a new color to the wardrobe , generally speaking I too have the matchy-matchy bug. Whenever I see a new item with a new color I do want to make at least a small capsule on this color( like my recent forest green try). Usually I don't have to look hard because if I see a new-to-me color it is because that color is available on retail for the current season.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285498 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:10:45 +0000 RobinF 2285498@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find that when I add a color, I tend to think I need a few more pieces to make it work, but that depends on what the item is. If it is a topper, for instance, I can wear it with neutrals and it works fine. But if it is bottoms I need more to pull it together. I think this coat will be great on its own or with some complimentary footwear or accessories. But it will definitely be fabulous with cream anything. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285496 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:07:21 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2285496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ST, those sound like good colors for you in springtime, when you get that urge to buy all the light colors that show up in stores. Maybe honey wheat too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285495 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:01:23 +0000 Anonymous 2285495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can see adding a complement of dark brown accessories, cause I'm on team matchy too, but of course you can stick to cream.<br /> I have a couple of one offs, a mustard skirt and an avocado green tank. I may end up adding more eventually. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285484 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 11:06:50 +0000 Janet 2285484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jaime, Zaeobi, and Suz all make good points — since this is a neutral, classic pattern and you own plenty of cream items, I think you’re already well set. But yes, when I resurrected my taupe-ish tan suede boots this year, I decided to get a casual handbag to coordinate because it’s not a color that I wear much, although it pops up in my printed items. I say wear and enjoy and see where it takes you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285482 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:39:52 +0000 Bijou 2285482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&nbsp;I agree with Zaeobi that you don't need matching pieces for this coat, it can be worn with anything. The question, that only you can answer, is how much do you like brown to make it a more significant part of your wardrobe?</p> <p>I generally add colours in complements, but only if I find the colour flattering and feel that it is evolving my style in the right direction.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285479 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 09:43:55 +0000 Star (Lise) 2285479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Totally agree with&nbsp;<b>Zaeobi&nbsp;</b>that this is a thrown and go piece, and will go with everything.&nbsp; Treat it like a neutral! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285444 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 03:23:57 +0000 Jessikams 2285444@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love color and over the last few years have added a few pieces in bright intense purple without really intending to do so! I don’t think it’s my “best” color but I do like it , and the pieces all go together well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285434 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 01:44:04 +0000 Jaime 2285434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think this coat needs matching pieces, but I do find that once I am interested in a certain color I start finding other pieces that match. So I would say there is not rush but if something comes along... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/adding-a-new-color-to-wardrobe#post-2285427 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 01:14:33 +0000 Zaeobi 2285427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the print makes this more versatile than 'needing' to match the colour. Especially since it's a coat, meaning it's supposed to be thrown on *over* whatever else you're wearing - so long as your trousers &amp; shoes don't clash with brown (&amp; which colours do, honestly?) you'll be OK. </p> <p> I can see this working with your saffron (orangey yellow) &amp; blues (cobalt &amp; baby). </p>