Plum is my colour of the year. I particularly like a medium value, dusty version of plum. Not as dark as aubergine and not as light as dusty pink. In my experience, it is a hard colour to find. And to DIY dye. Burgundy and darker aubergine shades are much easier to find.
Pics 1-2: new paisley plum maxi skirt. I think this might be my favourite purchase of 2024. It’s the exact shade of plum that I’ve been looking for. I wore this outfit last month for dinner outside when it was still quite cool. The picture was taken at night, so the photo is a little dark, but there is no black in this outfit. All berry, plum and brown tones.
Pics 3-5: my slouchy DIY plum jeans in casual daytime outfits.
The jacket in pic 3 is a Zara cotton linen jacket that I’ve had for years. It was navy blue. Although I generally avoid navy blue I kept it because it is comfortable and a good pairing with jeans. I used to wear it to work in my office days and have worn it fairly extensively for travelling. But the last time was in 2018. I recently dyed it red and it came out a deep raisin colour. Very happy! It’s gone from zero wears in the last 5 years to about 12 in the last month.
The jumper in pics 4-5 is cotton. It has a blue thread through it that makes a nice bridge between the colour of my jacket and my plum jeans. I like my colours blended. (I would call this jumper an elevated basic.)
Pics 6-8: I am enjoying the slouchy plum jeans in pics 3 and 4 so much I decided to dye a pair of flares plum. Flares read dressier to me than my slouchy jeans, so I figured I could justify another plum pair. This time, I went for a slightly deeper colour. Here I wore them out to lunch with an open knit top in brown (also DIY dye) and a light plum tank top underneath to continue the plum theme of the jeans. I know the conventional wisdom used to be that flares should be worn with heels and/or pointy toes but these days I like to wear them puddling over my stompy boots. To me, that’s a modern twist. (Modern moody bohemian is my descriptor.)
Obviously, I love mixtures of berry colours and plum! Happy berry hunting to those who enjoy these colours.
