https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:11:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1211051 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 02:26:33 +0000 Day Vies 1211051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I heart vivid primary colors and you're right they are very easy for me to work with. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1210234 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:38:11 +0000 Archer 1210234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice concept. What's in store? Every colour and every pattern is a potential neutral if you like it and live with it for a while. &nbsp;Like what happens when you only own one bag for a whole year and it's orange. (true example). Field research. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1208526 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:13:22 +0000 MsMary 1208526@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Echo, I would totally wear leopard pants with a polka dot top! LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1208437 Sat, 29 Mar 2014 12:40:49 +0000 ManidipaM 1208437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Where I come from, red is officially a neutral. And mine is blue. Any blue. If it's not working in combination, it is typically something in the rest of tge outfit I feel like changing (though in practice will sometimes swap out the blue but only because of not having the right item for the job). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1208041 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 23:11:51 +0000 Jamie 1208041@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never thought about it before, but it is quite true! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207963 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:19:15 +0000 angie 1207963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely so! I find it so easy to style patterned pieces even more so than styling one color pieces. Patterned pieces are so much more versatile. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207755 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:24:27 +0000 bookwormmoran 1207755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I was little my mother always had me changing clothing because she insisted that my stripes and flowers and dots didn't match.&nbsp; I love pattern mixing, as long as it's in the same color family.&nbsp; My favorite right now is a navy blue and white flounce skirt by Ralph Lauren with my green, white, and navy striped blouse.&nbsp; I feel very "me" and comfortable in that outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207753 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:23:29 +0000 Thistle 1207753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I struggle so with color, how to coordinate them, and what "goes" with what. I even bought a color wheel and instructions for using it, to no avail really.</p> <p>Dark trousers, however, seem to go with everything :)&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207736 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:04:39 +0000 milehighstyle (Linda) 1207736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes - Like Suz, any shade of blue works as a neutral for me.&nbsp; And my tomato red bag is as versitile for me as my traditional neutral bags.&nbsp; It's more difficult for me to&nbsp;put an outfit&nbsp;together with black than&nbsp;with my favorite colors acting as my neutral. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207733 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:59:28 +0000 Alassë 1207733@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for articulating and generalizing&nbsp;what I've vaguely thought, Angie! In my case it's plaid, polka dots, cognac, burgundy, and mossy olive. Now if I could find skirts in the last two colors.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207717 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:44:08 +0000 kkards 1207717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i just get excited when i wear a color, pattern or texture, i'm not ready to think of them as neturals. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207696 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:26:43 +0000 Heather 1207696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh totally. I love and wear blues and greens (occasionally with jewel-y pinks)&nbsp;all the time. And it's so second nature. Everything goes, and goes easily. No thinking.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207658 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:55:36 +0000 Angie 1207658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm laughing at Shevia, and agreeing with all of you.&nbsp;</p> <p>Penny, that's deep. YES. I believe that too.&nbsp;</p> <p>Aida, the more comfortable you are with colour, the easier it becomes to mix and match.&nbsp;</p> <p>Two of my clients each have a bright red and yellow bag. They tell me that their bags match <b>all</b> their outfits - which are colour rich and neutral rich - and I totally get what they are saying. Their red and yellow bags function like a neutral.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207451 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 12:12:29 +0000 Lantana 1207451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is fascinating Angie. Your bold statement begs the question: what makes a colour or pattern a favourite? I think it is more than a match with skin tone and bone structure. I think the wavelengths of certain colours and patterns resonate with our own deep rhythms; clothing ourselves in these favourites is indeed second nature to us. Penny </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207436 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:42:47 +0000 lyn67 1207436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never quite understood what's the diff between a&nbsp;color and a neutral (of course I did, as you try to make it clear again&nbsp;in&nbsp;your last comment&nbsp;above:-)) but for me neutrals take the same way as all other colors, they have to be well coordinated&nbsp;in an outfit- so patterns, too. </p> <p>Then i&nbsp;agree, my close to heart patterns and colors(including neutrals:-)) are causing me less stress by incorporating in my actual wardrobe, for sure-so they are indeed &nbsp;working like a neutral:-)</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207406 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 10:42:46 +0000 leopardluxe 1207406@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This makes complete sense to me. I do it all the time with leopard patterns and with shades of orange. You wouldn't think a color like orange could operate that way but&nbsp;I've paired orange as a base neutral for an outfit with all kinds of other colors/patterns just to see how they play together and it totally works. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207326 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 05:46:51 +0000 Deborah 1207326@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I would agree Angie. And I love bold statements Even tho I don't really wear much colour, I would say I treat my cobalt and red's as neutrals and as far as pattern goes, the only pattern I have is predominantly abstracts or animal print and they work as neutrals too. Brilliant observation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207313 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 05:08:41 +0000 Jaime 1207313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well now that I think about this, I realize I never think about this! I just can't even respond further. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207252 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 03:45:53 +0000 Neel 1207252@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very interesting Angie. I have specific items in the same scheme that work as neutral. For example my red toms, my animal print handbag or my striped bucket bag. I truly love them to bits! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207246 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 03:39:56 +0000 Caro in Oz 1207246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207233 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 03:19:24 +0000 Suz 1207233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jenny H., I would like your bag, please. :)&nbsp;</p> <p>I do think this is true for me. Almost any blue works functions way in my closet. Stripes do also. Glen plaid would, as well, but I don't happen to have it at the moment. Cranberry red is another for me. And fuchsia.&nbsp;And leopard print, but only in small doses, as accessory. I can't "neutralize" a larger expanse of it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207228 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 03:13:19 +0000 Anonymous 1207228@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had not thought about this but I think you're right, favorite patterns and colors do become like neutrals. It's definitely true of the color blush for me. I also think a slightly heathered citron color could become a neutral for me and would like to explore this more.<br /> As far as prints, stripes especially seem very neutral. I think I can also use polkadots and small checks with about everything, including other prints.<br /> This has been very enlightening. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207222 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 02:55:34 +0000 Adelfa 1207222@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I too use cobalt as a neutral. It's my favorite color.</p> <p>I use burgundy as a neutral but it *is* one, right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207208 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 02:23:11 +0000 Aida 1207208@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wonder if part of this is that it's not just colors or prints&nbsp;we love, but also&nbsp;those that we are very comfortable with. I'm very comfortable with color, so I don't have trouble treating them either as colors or as neutrals (and same with neutrals, for that matter). Having prints that are scaled appropriately for me seems to be a big help.&nbsp;They all&nbsp;kind of intrinsically have the potential to go together because they've already got something in common - that they all work for me to begin with. I find this true of colors as well, and I think it's part of how I am able to mix warm and cool colors with a high success rate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207183 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:51:26 +0000 Angie 1207183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Echo, here's my two cents, and thanks for being so eloquent and logical. Conservative neutrals - the "normal" ones that we refer to daily here on YLF&nbsp;-&nbsp;don't&nbsp;work flawlessly either. They can't be matched with everything - but they <i>are</i> more versatile, so they have a better chance of matching more items than say a bright colour or pastel or checked top. And that's why they are powerful. Hectic Neutrals - as we now call them - may be as versatile to someone as black is to you. That's my point. Teal is probably <i>as</i> neutral to Diana as white and citron are&nbsp;to me, or animal print is to Mary. I guess what I'm trying to say is that<b><i> patterns and colours that are dear to your heart can be as versatile as solid neutrals.</i></b> Perhaps that will make more sense to everyone.&nbsp;</p> <p>K, sounds like green in your neutral.&nbsp;</p> <p>Nicely said, K. Period.&nbsp;</p> <p>High five, Donna F.&nbsp;</p> <p>April, you are Queen Classic Neutral. Leave the Hectic Neutrals to others.</p> <p>Caro, forest green is trending for Fall so you might get lucky.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207181 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:44:34 +0000 Von 1207181@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a believer, red is often my neutral. I find it so easy to mix with things, I just don't think about it anymore. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day/page/2#post-1207174 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:33:10 +0000 Anonymous 1207174@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>K, I'm partially color blind as well. It's a formula, but&nbsp;what I've found works for me is to match neutrals with one color.&nbsp;I think over the years that's been the best way for me to be able to make choices. I find I&nbsp;do tend to go either black, white and gray as neutrals together&nbsp;with one color,&nbsp;or brown, cream, olive&nbsp;and navy as neutrals&nbsp;with one color.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day#post-1207149 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:00:23 +0000 JAileen 1207149@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's funny, I used to wear a lot of earth tones - brown, olive, pumpkin, etc. Everything worked with everything. Effortlessly. I especially loved using olive as my neutral. I think my eyes were just trained.</p> <p>Now that I'm grey, I have to think about colors and how they work together. Grey is my new favorite neutral, and I'm kind of phasing out khaki and cream. I still love olive, though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day#post-1207125 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 00:06:04 +0000 Aquamarine 1207125@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My goodness...I never thought of it this way, but YES....burgundy for me is always a neutral, and goes with most items I own. How weird...sometimes I try to stop myself from wearing it, but it's so EASY... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bold-statement-of-the-day#post-1207118 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 00:00:30 +0000 DonnaF 1207118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I love your term *hectic neutrals* almost as much as I enjoy hectic neutrals myself!&nbsp; And I agree with K.&nbsp; Mixing takes practice like anything else.&nbsp; I will probably never reach the pinnacle of MaryK, but will have a great time on the journey.&nbsp; I don't think I would have had the confidence to pattern mix and wear hectic neutrals pre-YLF, but I must say, black with X combos get awfully boring after awhile. </p>