https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:03:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/3#post-2113783 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 23:33:01 +0000 Helena 2113783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great solution Eirlys - and I hope you're getting on well with the social distancing, etc.! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/3#post-2113746 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 21:30:43 +0000 Eirlys 2113746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Being labelled as a season is one thing but I find that I still buy colours I like. If I am doubtful I usually wear a white collar and I think I then get away with it .</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/3#post-2110634 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 02:38:19 +0000 Zaeobi 2110634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had my colours 'diagnosed' last summer but they're a little at odds with the bright colours I usually gravitate towards &amp; also what's on the Kettlewell website. I'm supposed to be a deep &amp; warm autumn, so I have to search Kettlewell according to that tonal direction instead of just assuming that all of the items earmarked as 'autumn' will work on me - just learnt that the hard way on my recent thread about my Kettlewell order, unfortunately. </p> <p>I'm still trying to get my head around it though since I'm ironically in a minority that doesn't find it easy to wear head to toe black (imagine my surprise to hear that, not only can I pull it off but I all over dark colours is my forte)! I'm honestly also a little unsure about the accuracy of my season because I have brown skin &amp; I think the usual assumption is that we all have a yellow undertone &amp; 'olive' skin. I've been told that I have everything from warm to neutral &amp; even a cool skintone before, so I don't know how robust the system is for judging non-fair or -light skintones... especially those of us that tan so easily! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/3#post-2110470 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:57:26 +0000 Anonymous 2110470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kari, eggplant and teal are the very worst colors on me, sadly. They make me look sick and yellow. I think there is a shade of each color for everyone. Draping colors has never put me a season and I have tried several times. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/3#post-2099924 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:05:03 +0000 Eirlys 2099924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, Suntiger and Torontogirl </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2099042 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:16:09 +0000 Helena 2099042@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely Eirlys; it looks wonderful on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2099029 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:30:20 +0000 Anonymous 2099029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great color on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2099020 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:56:43 +0000 Eirlys 2099020@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have at last learnt how to take a full-length selfie on my iPad. I now have to learn &nbsp;the "correct" angle. Here is an image I took today. I am wearing a Kettlewell shirt in my Spring shade. Not too bright but a cheerful shade. I hope you agree.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2098173 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 11:52:46 +0000 Wiseandcurious 2098173@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do sort-of-subscribe to the theory. I am fairly easy to type as some sort of summer, and practice shows that the Cool Summer palette is overall my best one, but with a few Soft Summer colors thrown in. By now I am practiced enough in selecting colors that I know without hesitation what will look good - but occasionally buy less flattering colors if they spark joy and fit well with the rest of the palette. My worst colors though I know I can never make work as clothing items and keep only in accessories in judicious quantities. </p> <p>Eirlys, what an interesting observation about grunge and the young. I was never a rebellious kid myself but I think that grunge has a lot to do with defying expectations, and there is certainly beauty in that. I saw Billy Eilish at the Oscars last night, and she has a conventionally pretty face, which I am sure many would like to see above a pastel gown like the ones around her, but she rocked her neon and black hair and oversize clothes and I thought she looked beautiful. I have seen and admired this on the other end of the spectrum too, where in a world where old women are traditionally expected to become drab and invisible, Iris Apfel rocks gorgeous colour and statement eyewear and jewelry. </p> <p>Mmm... in that spirit, perhaps I should let go of the idea of best colours sometime and get something in that bright yellow I have been craving :)</p> <p>Although in the end, didn't someone say that you have to first really learn the rules before you know how to break them </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2097942 Sat, 08 Feb 2020 16:45:03 +0000 CarolS 2097942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've always joked that I am late fall/early winter -- and that might be even more true now that I have let the gray come into my hair. My skin is quite yellow-toned, and eyes are warm brown. My hair was originally light brown, now peppered with gray and white. I've always felt better in a cool dark brown than a red brown. And I've always gotten loads of compliments when I wear white, which I don't think is classic autumn. So, I guess I tend to see the whole seasonal colour thing a bit like I view recipes -- as a starting point that I then customize.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2097931 Sat, 08 Feb 2020 14:51:42 +0000 Eirlys 2097931@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the colours in my colour "swatch". However, if I really love an old garment &nbsp;that is in the "wrong" colour I wear a thin, collared blouse underneath. I read somewhere that one can wear any colour if a white collar is added. Must confess I am addicted to light coloured collars. Even had some in pearls! In the Fifties I even bought, and wore, a plasticky one that slid inside a top and was fastened with a brooch. After every wearing I wiped it clean with a damp cloth! The odd thing is people liked the effect!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2097518 Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:09:27 +0000 Helena 2097518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Staysfit, I have! I won't get into the whole journey, but suffice it to say, I was draped in person by Christine Scaman, who is supposed to be top-notch; she was extremely certain that I am a soft summer, but I feel I can wear *some* brighter colours than what palette indicates really, and on the other hand, the really muted ones&nbsp;are not great. So, if I have to pick and choose even with a really specific palette, I figure I may as well work from a broader one.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>To make a long story short, I use all the wonderful advice I've gotten as a starting point, but for whatever reason, I can't settle on a palette more specific than "mostly cool". (which is okay because I wear mostly neutrals anyhow!)</p> <p>Thanks for starting this thread Eirlys; colour is a rabbit hole I go down every time! :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2097504 Thu, 06 Feb 2020 11:22:48 +0000 Staysfit 2097504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Smitten and Torontogirl, when you have ambiguous coloring, and you want to stick with a seasonal system to create your wardrobe because it helps provide clear definition for capsules, the best way I know to resolve things is to use drapes and see which season is the most flattering overall. &nbsp;There will be one that is clearly better than the others. &nbsp;However, it’s a gift because you have the flexibility of borrowing colors from another season and can wear both cool and warm tones. &nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>I have previously mentioned on the forum about the Elea Blake Color Drapes which are completely customized to your personal coloring. &nbsp;It’s a system that can be used for wardrobe, because they can provide personal color chips. &nbsp;It removes “seasons” and covers a broader range of tones, intensities and depths of both warm and cool colors. &nbsp;Once mine was complete, I noticed that most of my results overlap with the light summer seasonal palette, but I also have colors from the Autumn and Spring palettes as well. &nbsp;</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2097479 Thu, 06 Feb 2020 02:27:26 +0000 Helena 2097479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Smittie, a yellowish overtone to the skin can be cool I think ... I have the same and I am cool and my hair is warm hah! This is why it's not perfect system! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2097477 Thu, 06 Feb 2020 01:52:38 +0000 smittie 2097477@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I took the test and I have:<br /> Warm skin (yellow foundation)<br /> Cool veins<br /> Warm hair<br /> Cool eyes</p> <p>??????</p> <p>I thought I was cool, but now I’m not even sure any more!</p> <p>There are only two things I’m sure of: I look good in medium blue, and brown looks a bit better on me than black. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2097418 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:46:51 +0000 Eirlys 2097418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favourite colours are the ones I have listed. I dislike "dusty" colours. Don't mind a certain shade of baby pink but dislike some pink shades. Hate purple and &nbsp;mustard. Never wear grey. I feel happy in "my" colours and am adding to them fairly regularly now. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2097334 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:35:19 +0000 Laura 2097334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm an outlier in that I don't subscribe to this at all - I wear both cool and warm colors from cinnamon to cobalt blue. My favorite color is yellow and I used to think I couldn't wear it, especially close to my face.&nbsp;Now I wear it however I want because life is too short not to wear your favorite color! Of course I have my favorites, and I find that whatever color makes me happy usually looks good too.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2097332 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:30:57 +0000 Helena 2097332@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Eirlys, how annoying about the top but good for you to not sweat it and just move on. It's so hard to judge colour online and I think some retailers 'enhance' the photos making it tougher still. Your handbags are fabulous!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2097330 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:18:35 +0000 Eirlys 2097330@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’ve started adding colour to my handbags! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2097327 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:04:49 +0000 Eirlys 2097327@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am still making mistakes! I sent for a cobalt blue blouse from an on-line seller and now that it has been delivered see that it is a very "dull" shade of blue, not the bright cobalt colour I have in several garments. It's too much bother to return it so it will be given to charity.&nbsp;</p> <p>Wearing more &nbsp;colourful clothes is uplifting especially these days when "grunge" dressing appears to be the norm. When did all this start? I recall Joan Collins writing in one of her books that the young would &nbsp;never be as beautiful "again", and deploring the grunge way so many of them dress. She did not include jeans worn with a white shirt and often topped with a black blazer in this category! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2096507 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 16:33:33 +0000 Staysfit 2096507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Eirlys, I love the idea of color typing but finding the right seasonal classification can be complicated. &nbsp;My mother attempted to color type me when I was in my teens and thought I was a Spring. While I loved the Spring colors they never felt or looked right. &nbsp;In retrospect, I understand why my mother wrongly classified me as Spring. &nbsp;My eyes are a green toned grey, and can look very green when I wear warm tones. &nbsp;My skin is a slightly cool toned light medium olive. &nbsp;My skin is easily mistaken as fair toned and warm: My skin is medium toned and cool.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>After my mother’s failure, I tried again. &nbsp;I ended up classified as both a Summer and as an Autumn by professional stylists using the 4 season system. Neither felt right and I gave up on the 4 Season system. &nbsp;Around six years ago I found someone skilled in the 12 Season color system, and was sorted into the Light Summer category. &nbsp;She explained why my coloring was hard to type, leading to previous classifications in both warm and cool toned categories. She demonstrated how to assess whether a color looks awful, good or great regardless of its season, enabling me to shop without the use of a palette in hand. &nbsp;I look good in many colors but the best colors are in the light summer category. I wear them, they make me happy, &nbsp;and my wardrobe is currently based on them. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>I have learned that the right color is a good starting point for making an outfit. Silhouette, Contrast, and and the amount of color also makes a difference. Items with the correct colors but the wrong pattern type and size, or contrast will not flatter.. &nbsp;Knowing what complements your features results in the best personal style. &nbsp;</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2096436 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 05:33:00 +0000 Kari 2096436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Eirlys, your colors sound delicious and I can’t wait to see you in them:</p> <p>“ My colours include: jade green, bright turquoise, rich apricot, cobalt blue with variations of these shades.” </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2096435 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 05:31:09 +0000 Kari 2096435@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>“There are supposed to be four universally flattering colors - soft pink/blush, true red, eggplant and teal. I wonder if people here have found that to be true?”</p> <p>Eggplant and teal: hell yeah.<br /> True red: if it’s cool, and usually I leave that to my hair and lips.<br /> Blush and pastel pinks are terrible on me unless they are a metallic. (These rose gold mules.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2096379 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 22:05:55 +0000 StyleDetective 2096379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Eirlys, would love to see you in your colours when you are ready to post pics :)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2096356 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 20:34:03 +0000 Lesley 2096356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Kari... I love the idea but find it super confusing. I can never get past the silver or gold test. I like them both! My mom always said I was a spring, I secretly believed I was an autumn (but hated those colors) and so I decided I was a winter, my favorite shades. I have since started to warm up (har) to some warmer colors. I might be one of those people (I suspect like many) who can work with lots of different kinds of colors. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2096328 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 18:50:46 +0000 Eirlys 2096328@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, All, for those truly interesting comments. I was colour analysed (!) many years ago but have only now subscribed to the theory that colour does flatter one and, equally important, makes one feel happierYears ago I found life easier when I followed the monochrome route. My lovely late husband did once comment that he wished I wore more colourful garments. I am trying and my wardrobe is more colourful than it used to be!</p> <p>The Kettlewell tunic is bright and patterned! It fits me well and I am keeping it. The infinity scarf has been returned as it was far too wide and cumbersome for my small frame. I shall look out for stretch fabric and sew myself some in "my" width. I am stocking up on brightly coloured chiffon scarves as these are so easy to wear.&nbsp;</p> <p>I know what Spring colours suit me and the Kettlewell site is helpful in that it has so many of the seasonal colours illustrated. There is also a fun quiz which identifies one's season though this cannot take the place of a professional consultation.&nbsp;</p> <p>My colours include: jade green, bright turquoise, rich apricot, cobalt blue with variations of these shades. Shopping is definitely easier when one has certain colours in mind. I really like these shades&nbsp;</p> <p>I will get round to taking images of some of my colourful garments as I know I will get honest, positive criticisms here! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2095356 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 19:55:46 +0000 rachylou 2095356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That’s so true SarahD8. I have cool skin tones, but then I’m tan... my hair is black black... but I was born with brown hair, meaning it’s not blue-black... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2095350 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 19:40:15 +0000 Jane 2095350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will be interested to see what you think of the Kettlewell items - I’ve bought a few tops from them and they’ve lasted well. I love the variety of colours. I’m careful when I wash my tops and so don’t need to iron - a nice added bonus. </p> <p>I tend to change my thoughts - at the moment I’m loving khaki and camel colours. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2095347 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 19:21:10 +0000 Anonymous 2095347@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to think those were universally flattering colors, but I definitely can not wear a true teal ( dark turquoise). I can wear a light or medium clear aqua and that may be the color meant. I also have never been able to wear eggplant. It makes me look jaundiced. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/your-seasonal-colour/page/2#post-2095346 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 19:16:06 +0000 AnnieF 2095346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>I'm a believer, but only a casual practitioner. I sometimes buy things outside my autumn palette just because I like them. Suntiger mentioned that clothes in autumn colors are often casual - I find that they're also so clearly associated with fall that it can be hard to find them in abundance in other seasons. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I have to be careful with some autumn colors like light browns and most dusty shades since they tend to wash me out, but ivories and rusts and olive greens are always good. I think letting my hair go gray opened up a few different colors for me as I've found that I get a lot of compliments in certain jewel tones. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There are supposed to be four universally flattering colors - soft pink/blush, true red, eggplant and teal. I wonder if people here have found that to be true? Those colors do all work well on me.<br /></div> </p>