It is so lovely to see so many familiar names and faces in the responses. Hello, all!
Jamie, thank you! I love that its vibrancy comes across even on the screen.
Lisa, so true. I am 100% with you. I love and wear lots of neutrals too, but I've always craved the energy of well-combined color.
Suz, gorgeous and we are boot twins too! I often wear those Ecco boots instead of the dressier ones shown when the weather is very wet or snowy. I have the J.Crew tuxedo shirt in white and now I am wishing I had the light blue too!
Robin and Jenni, it took me years to accept navy and olive as neutrals! When I read Angie's perspective that navy is her softer black, it helped bring it together for me. With olive, I just *heard* that it was neutral for years and then one day I realized that green is the backdrop of our natural world and suddenly olive as a neutral made a lot of sense to me. I also realized why a cooler green (more of a pine than a true olive) works better for me and the cool tones that dominate my closet. And of course those cool tones are naturally harmonious with navy.
Sharan, I agree that denim is the only 100% neutral that way! Actually, denim is how I came to understand that light blue is an additional functional neutral for me. I think of it as almost denim. Once I realized that, it resolved any concern I had about investing in lots of light blue. Now I have a large light blue capsule.
Jules (and Jenni too), their examples definitely fell flat for me too. They seem like easy click-through sales opportunities rather than real fashion writing. I wonder if this is targeted at helping people who've been wearing the whole quiet luxury look for the last year or three and now need help moving into color?
Bonnie and Runcarla, I love those combos! Carla, I swear I saw you post that outfit. So gorgeous!
Sal, I sympathize. I've worn a lot more neutral-on-neutral outfits the last few years because that's what is available. I also feel like I've been seeing fewer colors but in particular fewer well-designed colors (if that makes sense). Not just muted or soft, but tired. It has definitely made the last few years challenging for color.
