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Do you ever fall out of love with a colour?

Aziraphale

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I'm wearing a burgundy top today and I do not feel fab. I used to love burgundy, but suddenly I feel like it doesn't go with any of my bottoms. I suddenly don't like it with any shade of blue jean, or with black. It look OK with grey I guess, but it somehow feels dated to my eye. I still like the colour in theory, but only on its own -- like, a dress of burgundy. Has this sort of thing ever happened to you?

I can't seem to get enough of the (related) colour aubergine, though!

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Latest reply was from CocoLion

Anonymous

Yep - Burgundy and teal

Astrid

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Ha, I recently did - and just the reverse! I love burgundy right now and don't really feel a classic dark purple. My purple wool pullover got more or less demoted to lounge wear, I now keep it around at home to wear over my pajamas and with my jogging bottoms. And I really want a new burgundy pullover.

K. Period.

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Yes. I'm wearing plum now instead of burgundy for the exact same reason. And I'm taking a break, other than occasional pieces, from teal. I was off olive a few years ago, but now it is back strong. Gray is feeling very "neither here, nor there" for me right now. Some pieces I like. Others feel dull. I think we all just get a little tired of our tried and trues and want to try something new!

Sal

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Grey for me - I overpurchased this colour and it really does not suit me. I am wearing my existing pieces and will not add any more tops in this colour.

I did the same with chocolate brown in the past....

I think aside from ivory/warm white most neutrals don't really flatter me. Yet I like to wear neutrals and colour together. In summer I get away with it more easily than in winter.

So I guess yes - I can go off a colour!

Anonymous

I have not yet fallen out of love with purple. It's a great color for me. Alas, I don't have much of it in my wardrobe. I look best in a mid-range shade, and that's hard to find, though I did find a great Izod sweater at Sam's Club for $20.

Anonymous

Yes. Sometimes I fall out of love with a color when I start to see it everywhere. I am seeing burgundy everywhere.

Brooklyn

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I used to love chocolate brown and it suits me but now I struggle with it (except for leather goods). Just makes me feel a bit blah especially outside of winter. I also am having the same struggles as you with burgundy. With black or blue it feels to somber on me. I still do like that colour though so I am going to persist.
Also beige/stone type colours. I like them on others but they also make me feel blah. Have lots of it but definitely not buying more.

krishnidoux

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Yes! For me it's dark navy. About 2 yrs ago, I tried slowly switching my base neutral from black to navy - especially ink blue navy, the darker kind. Now I find myself with all those less appealing tops and bottoms. Sigh.

Anonymous

I think you hit the nail on the head, Sterling. It's hard to stay in love with a color when you see it everywhere.

UmmLila (Lisa)

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I'm not liking middle of the road color blue denim ... Always want it to be darker or lighter ... Too bad my two best fitting jeans are this color.

K. Period.

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Just a thought: in addition to being less enthused when you see the color everywhere, I also think a color becomes less appealing when you start to tire of the individual pieces that you have. As the style of the pieces dates and you become bored with them, that boredom can taint the color.

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

Is your hair still burgundy, Elisabeth? Eggplant is just as fab on you, I bet.

I still love ALL the happy, pretty and crisp colours I always love. I like being predictable.

Janet

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I tired of purple a few years ago and am starting to want to add a little of it back into my wardrobe, but no rush. I don't see much out there in shades of purple that I like. I also had an apple green phase but decided that those yellow greens are not my best and now stick with shades in the more emerald to teal range.

rachylou

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Yes. I turned on orange...

JAileen

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I used to love purple, periwinkle and apple green.

Penny

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Shades, for sure - I used to like bright teals and purples, and now prefer very saturated dark teals and aubergines.

Meow

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Ha! That's so funny....as I read your post and I'm thinking to myself...NO!...I still love all the colors....but then Astrid and a few others mentioned purple.....ummm, Yeah, I'm not liking my purple lately.

Jaime

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On me I have turned against black on top, for obvious age related reasons. Generally I find I am more surprised about the colors I now like that I used to shun.

Adelfa

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I'm off of cobalt, which is my lifetime favorite color. I'm sure I'll return. In its place I'm loving purple and also burgundy, but only if it's very dark, kind of inky.

Aziraphale

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Is burgundy everywhere? I haven't been in the shops much, I admit.

Angie, my hair has been either bright red or hot pink, but never burgundy. At the moment it's auburn. Is eggplant the same as aubergine? The colour that I thought was aubergine (the one I'm digging at the moment) is kind of a blackish purple.

Gigi

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Oh yes! I have learned to buy just one or two items in any color (except true neutrals, which I can buy until the cows come home), because I know that by the time a year goes by, I may have fallen completely out of love and feel "ho-hum" about the color. I think a lot of it has to do with the emotive qualities of some colors. Our emotional needs are always changing, so it's no surprise that sometimes the same color doesn't "do it" for us year after year.

Yes, aubergine is the same as eggplant. Aubergine is the British term for that vegetable.

gradfashionista

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Well, it's not technically a colour m, but black. I have a few black long-sleeved blouses that I now find extremely mood draining and unflattering for my skin and complexion. They're voluminous, and I think that contributes to my feeling overwhelmed. I'm still happy having tailored black garments, though.

In terms of proper colours, happy to report that like Angie, the colours that have always made me happy--aqua, turquoise, plum, wine, to name a few-- still make me happy!

Summer

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Only colours that didn't suit me in the first place. Like Angie, I never tire of my happy colours whether or not they're in fashion.

Staysfit

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Absolutely! I had been a chocolate brown fan for many years and now my neutral is charcoal. This isn't because my color palette changed, there is a version of chocolate in my new color palette, but I have not purchased any brown at all, none! It just doesn't attract me.

lyn67

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Ditto Staysfit:-)

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

That's right - your hair was pink. Nice with eggplant (the same as aubergine).

Aziraphale

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What do you know -- an aubergine IS an eggplant. You learn something new every day! (thanks Gigi!)

The funny thing is, I haven't gone off my burgundy footwear. I have a pair of pointy-toed burgundy boots with straps that I just love. But suddenly burgundy tops don't seem to go with anything. I used to wear them with dark blue denim, but now I can't stand that colour combo! So weird.

Thanks for the input, everyone.

CocoLion

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I went off burgundy a few years ago after concluding it didn't flatter me. That is the stage I'm at -- trying to take a hard look at unflattering colors.