Frugal Friday: Simple Color Scheme
For this (second, I didn't play last week) edition of Frugal Friday at Biblical Womanhood, I'm killing two "I'll-try's" with one stone:How am I going to link those two, you ask? Check out my outfit. It's a perfect illustration of My Absolute Best Fashion and Frugal Tip: the personalized color palette.
Sweater = the color of (most of) my hair.
Design on sweater = resembles the reds/pinks in my coloring (cheeks, lips, palms, even gums, are where these colors are found).
Accents = brown, my eye color.
The style is different, but the colors are very similar to this one I thought I would wear today.
One more advantage to this sort of wardrobe planning: I am one fast shopper. Not to mention everything goes together. Which is probably what makes it so frugal.
Hey thanks Crystal for starting this new event!
posted by Rebecca | 4:56 PM
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Now I want to see a picture with the head not cut off. :):) Just kidding, I understand why you do that. I'm majorly into only wearing my colors - it has saved me so much time and thought when shopping and picking out outfits.
Thanks for participating this week!
-Crystal
Hi Jennifer! Welcome to the blog.
The simplest answer to your question, and the one I think will look the best, is to wear your black shoes with your chocolate brown.
1) it's really hard to match browns. Brown shoes might end up clashing with your brown clothes anyway.
2) the black shoes balance your black hair.
Get something else black, like a black belt or scarf, to repeat the color in between.
I'm going to try the exact opposite maneuver: black worn with my brown boots and belt from this picture.
What else is interesting is that your "colors" you listed are the saturated versions of the tints that I wear. That is, I wear watermelon instead of red, peach instead of orange, and so on.
(I also like red with brown, but my daughters think it looks like a blood clot. lol)
Would you consider allowing me to use a picture of you to give an example of a color scheme besides my own?
Thanks for being willing to do a picture! Head and shoulders, I think, wearing those colors would be great, too. Maybe one of the colors in combination with one of the neutrals.
About the outfit:
Are your red shoes too sporty?
The question about the tights is a tough one. The "text-book" answer is to wear bare legs or sheer pantihose. But if you want to wear tights, I could build a case for either color. I'm trusting you that you're not considering wearing clashing browns.
The black top seems like a good idea. I do that alot, since I don't like alot of accessories or embellishments.
BTW, this advice thing is fun, but I don't think I ever realized how hard it really is. hehe. I think maybe God brought me here to keep me humble.:)
More on this topic when I post the outfit I wore to church today.
The short answer is it would probably be wise to avoid the color of anything you wanted not to be noticed.
Thanks for clarifying that. Good point.
I don't know all that much about makeup, so maybe future research?
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