Loud and proud colour combinations make for a dynamic, confident look. The colour blocking trend began about a year ago and it literally means an outfit made out of "blocks" of solid colour. The secret to pulling it of is sticking to simple shapes- think classic shifts and choosing shades that are the direct opposites on the colour wheel. Try clashing pink and yellow, orange and blue, green and black to create the most effective blocking effect and make sure that each piece has the same amount of grunt otherwise the look will be unbalanced.
Just keep in mind the following points while wearing color blocks-
- Don’t be shy to experiment. Any color combination is fantastic if you can pull it off properly. Blue, green and orange sounds mad but will look oh-so-pretty.
- Do not combine more than three to four colors. It’s not that it doesn’t look nice, but it looks very ‘ramp’ish. Moreover more colors will keep cutting your body shape here and there making it a not so beautiful sight.
- Choose what you want to color block and keep the rest of your look simple. For example, if you opt for a colorblocked bag, go easy on the clothes and shoes. You don’t want to look like a Rubik cube, do you??
- Never ever ever combine two color blocked items. This is the worst thing to do to this trend. No actually you can, its just that you will end up looking like the latest catalogue of Asian paints. :evilgrin:
In my opinion it is really a fun trend to sport this summer, it gives the opportunity to pair colors which we won't dare to combine together otherwise. Plus what are summers without bright cheerful colors???? Gone is the season of muted warm shades, its time to paint the town in all colors possible ♥
Stay stylish :-)
