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3 old-fashioned fashion rules you'd better forget - Part 2
by Stephanie Vinzens
The colour wheel is your BFF in the fight against eternal greys
17.9.2022
Translation: Patrik Stainbrook
Somewhere in the foliage they must lie buried, all those lush summer colours. But in order to prevent future seasons from becoming too dreary, best grab your colour wheel.
When I scroll through my Instagram feed, I often see users in colourful outfits flitting across my smartphone screen. Of course, I follow them. Yet their style is so unlike my personal one, which is mainly limited to black and white. Why? Because everything always works – and I don’t take any big risks. Exactly what risks those would be, I can’t even formulate. But no matter which way you spin it: I feel safe in black and white, it’s quite hard to mess them up.
Despite (or because of?) my own very limited palette, people such as those on my small screen fascinate me all the more. Same goes for one of my best friends. She lives in an apartment so colourful that it makes Pippi Longstocking’s mansion look dull, and conjures outfits from her closet that look like midsummer ice cream orders. Strawberry pink, pistachio green, blueberry blue, lemon yellow… Even though I’m Team Stracciatella, my mouth is watering.
Do you also secretly dream of a flashy and bright gelato wardrobe? Maybe we’re both too scared because of the all-important question that always arises: what goes together and what doesn’t? Well, you probably remember hearing about the colour wheel in art class at school. The rainbow’s spherical brother, so to speak. It’s the one tool that can provide answers to all our questions. If you want to combine colours like a pro, follow these three rules of thumb:
Especially simple: staying in the same colour family
One outfit, three shades of purple. Nevertheless, everything looks wonderfully harmonious. Influencer Karoline Dall explores a single colour family. No shade interrupts another, everything results in a successful whole. You and I can do that too.
Source: Instagram @karodall
For advanced explorers: contacting neighbouring colours
Is covering yourself from head to toe in one colour family still too basic for you? Then check on the neighbours. They’ll add a breath of fresh air to your ensemble without throwing off the look. Star DJ Peggy Gou has long since got the hang of this, combining blue with neighbouring greens, for example.
Source: Instagram @peggygou_
Courage to look far beyond the end of your nose: complementary colours
Nicole Huisman is a stylist by profession, so, of course, she knows that complementary colours, those opposite each other in the wheel, create a gaudy yet still harmonious combination. Particularly beautiful: this outfit repeats red from the trousers in a small detail in her top. Purely professional.
Source: Instagram @nicole_huisman
Alright, I’m going to try this as well. Will you join us?
Header image: Cotton Bro via Pexels
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