Return of the Salty Jacket

If you've been with me since the beginning, you will remember that in my early post A Salty Fashion Tip I prescribed wearing a blazer the color of your hair. Then, in Complementary Colors, I offered the option of using the complement of your haircolor instead. Now, I would like to further develop the theme.

First, a clarification or two:

• Read the word "blazer" to mean any jacket or sweater.
• Most of the color combinations I suggest can be inverted, the jacket color becoming the shirt color.
  
  

Using a personal coloring-based wardrobe plan, you would expect to be able to wear a jacket in any color present in your own coloring. You would be right. But here's the trick to wearing your skin color next to your skin:

• Separate the garment from your face with a swath of contrasting fabric.
• Choose an accent color from Beauty is in the Eye ... or use your lipstick color.
  

Would you like an illustration? How about a tan-skinned person in a camel jacket? Now picture that person wearing a crisp white shirt with the collar outside the jacket, separating the jacket from the face. A look both comfortable and chic.

And salty!