https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:27:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568824 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 01:57:21 +0000 Anonymous 1568824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The number of choices today, not just colors, but skirt lengths, jeans styles, top lengths and silhouetts is like a feast. I can remember having nothing to wear but brown hand-me-downs a couple of years after that was THE color, and the long hours of trying to shorten on lengthen dresses and skirts to comply with current fashion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568779 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 00:00:07 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1568779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Used to be, I'd be happy in the years teal was available in the fall. But I agree that online shopping makes things much easier. Plus, JCrew and Boden are my fallbacks for color hunting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568769 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 23:40:08 +0000 Jaime 1568769@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the assessment Angie. I honestly don't remember how things used to be fashion wise - I was oblivious. I think I picked a good time to wake up! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568753 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 23:11:26 +0000 Angie 1568753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You'll find<b> all</b> the colours in one season these days. They might not be in the items that you're after, or at the retailer that you frequent the most. And some colours trend more heavily than others (like burgundy for Fall 2015). Plus you need to shop online to get the widest assortment which is to Beth Ann's point). But the wide colour assortment across the retail industry is there in full force. And VERY refreshing. It's a first. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568727 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 22:24:45 +0000 celia 1568727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Some might say I have been celebrating too much...:0) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568700 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 21:27:25 +0000 citygirldc 1568700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm all about the jewel tone colors this year and wish it was like that every Fall and Winter </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568689 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:21:18 +0000 plonkee 1568689@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm finding that this year most places have cognac, burgundy, gold or mustard, and black. But there are a few places that also have lilac, sea green, grey, blue, purple and/or pink. Bright red and blue are sparse, and bright emerald green I have not seen at all. Shoes are not grey this year or dark brown. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568685 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:02:34 +0000 Anonymous 1568685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There doesn't appear to be a wide assortment of colors in the places I shop, and it seems they push a certain color palette each season, which I either like or dislike. That said, things are better than they were in decades past, and I manage to get the colors I want to wear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568649 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 17:45:57 +0000 Isabel 1568649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG !!! &nbsp;I was just thinking this the other day ! &nbsp;So many wonderful colors that I just love : berries, reds, rust, mustard, forest green, blues...oh, just typing this is making me happy. &nbsp; : &nbsp;)</p> <p>I also love how colors go together : I have learned to love olive with teal, grape, cobalt blue. &nbsp; &nbsp;And so many other combinations. &nbsp;I am loving deep wine with pale pink. &nbsp;Maybe this has been there all along but it took almost SIX years on YLF for me to get it. &nbsp;LOL &nbsp; But I have arrived and I love it. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568646 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 17:41:06 +0000 rachylou 1568646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On a navel gazing level... I seem to only register a few colours when I go into shops. I 'see' only red and teal and pale blue. Well, and crazy acid brain dissolving yellow, which doesn't count. Seeing peach was a real exercise in force against myself. How can I open my mind to more colours? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568635 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 16:59:34 +0000 skylurker 1568635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is there a wide assortment of colour ?<br />Every retail season I see neutrals and 2 or 3 colours of the season, like mustard and aubergine this season, not a wide assortment.<br />I may not see clearly though, I'm more a detail-oriented person with tunnel vision and usually don't see the whole picture. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568622 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 16:17:39 +0000 Beth Ann 1568622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wonder if the rise of the internet has facilitated this --- manufacturers can find buyers for a wider range of styles and colors. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568599 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:33:00 +0000 Elly 1568599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm really glad that there is such variety available-- I remember those years when absolutely everything came in one color and then you got so sick of it that you didn't want to wear those pieces after fashion had moved on (I had a coral year, a turquoise year, a teal year, etc.). Today my wardrobe is mostly a variety of neutrals, but having the ability to find great pieces in good colors really livens it up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568596 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:28:09 +0000 catseye 1568596@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I remember trying to find navy suits in the late 90s and couldn't. Everything was black.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568593 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:24:06 +0000 Carole 1568593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love that almost anything goes as far as color is concerned...it would be such a yawner if we all had the same palette in our closet. As much as I love variety, I have found simplifying the colors in my closet really helps me keep my wardrobe from feeling out of control! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568589 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:10:27 +0000 MsMary 1568589@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! I love all the different colors from neutrals to mustard to brights and everything in between! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568583 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:55:50 +0000 Elizabeth P 1568583@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's great.&nbsp; I also had a closet that developed much like Lisa's... but being someone who can wear black, I was never totally stuck.&nbsp; We do win in that respect. :)</p> <p>However... I have a friend who is an "autumn" (Actually a Type 3 under the Energy Profiling/Dressing your truth system) and she finds it really really difficult to find her colours.&nbsp; Which are basically blackened, "dirty", shades.&nbsp; Right now there is burgundy, some olives, forest green, and the mustard Angie posted about today, but try to find those in the summer...very tough.&nbsp; I certainly hope the colour spectrum will continue to expand and be around all year long.&nbsp; Cuz we don't all look good in the "in" colours! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568581 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:51:29 +0000 Bonnie 1568581@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love color, but for now I'll have to enjoy seeing it on other people. I have a closet full of color and nothing goes together so I'm cutting back my color choices to only six. I need to work on getting neutrals in my closet.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568575 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:48:00 +0000 Anonymous 1568575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love all the endless possibilities of colour around too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568572 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:45:50 +0000 Lisa 1568572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All of the diversity now-a-days, from colors to styles, really makes fashion fun. &nbsp;You never know what someone will show up wearing, because the options are endless. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568571 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:37:08 +0000 merwoman 1568571@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay to variety of colour...and heel height!! Some years it has been so difficult to get low heeled stylish footwear...not any longer! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568569 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:30:10 +0000 Anonymous 1568569@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes it is. &nbsp;I remember &nbsp;entire seasons where the colours I liked to wear were just not "in" . That would happen about every &nbsp;2 or 3 winters, and now that I think about it, it's how I ended up with such a cluttered, non-cohesive wardrobe . I'd convince myself that I really did like purple and teal and then brown and taupe, and then red and black and white, and before I knew it, I had all of it in my closet. I wore specific outfits in every colour range , not pieces worn together that were chosen to fit in to what&nbsp;<b>I&nbsp;</b>wanted to wear. &nbsp;In the past couple of years, that has changed as colour has been less the defining aspect of a season than the silhouette or era. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568568 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:28:44 +0000 Susie 1568568@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely! Something for everyone is a very good thing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568565 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:24:15 +0000 Word Lily 1568565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it! As well as the wide assortment of silhouettes and eras to pull from. Yay, diversity! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/celebrate-the-wide-assortment-of-colour#post-1568562 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:21:04 +0000 Angie 1568562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Remember how hard it was to find colours that you loved back in a certain fashion era? </p> <p>My earth-tone-loving late Mum lamented the '80s that were full of acidic brights (I thrived!). I lamented the black, grey and beige overdose of the '90s that were subsequently adored by many of my work colleagues in the fashion industry. I wore pastel suits when they wore back suits.&nbsp;</p> <p>TODAY, we live in a fashion era full of all sorts of colours. Earth, jewel, sour brights, neon, pastels, antique tones, muddy hues, and just about any shade of neutral is covered too. That is brilliant, don't you think?&nbsp; </p>