What are Your Favorite Colors for Work Outfits?

What are your favourite colours to put on to work proper now? Do you take into account your self an all-black, all-beige, or “pops of coloration” form of individual (or one thing else)? What do you assume are one of the best colours for work outfits?

We’ve talked up to now about how to cultivate style, which prints suit your personal style, and how to look great for work every day — however we haven’t actually talked about this primary difficulty of your favourite / one of the best colours for work outfits.

(Ah: way back we did speak concerning the best colors of shoes for work outfits – I’d love to listen to your take right this moment!)

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My $.02 on the Finest Colours for Work Outfits

I simply noticed a humorous Tweet that stated one thing like “it’s time to place away my black summer time garments and convey out my black fall garments,” and I assumed YES as a result of, as famous beforehand, I put on numerous black.

(I’ve tried to shift to navy extra as I’ve gotten older as a result of it’s a way more flattering coloration, however navies are so arduous to match… so I are inclined to put on navy tops with denim bottoms or colourful bottoms, particularly in summer time.)

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Then I began fascinated with how “pops of coloration” had been so prevalent some time in the past, with tons of contrasting and complementary colours. Clearly, I nonetheless counsel these sorts of pairings loads after we’re speaking about Swimsuit of the Week or whatnot… however for some time it’s been considerably absent from numerous “what to put on to work” commentary. I’ve been noticing extra colours these days — there have been tons extra colourful fits this yr, and a few of the stylings on procuring web sites have positively introduced again coloration in an enormous method.

However beigy neutrals have been so standard these days – it feels prefer it’s been a number of years now the place the one factor some bloggers put on is totally different variations of the identical beige outfit. I believe it was Amy Poehler who stated: good for you, however not for me — my pale pores and skin appears to be like a bit useless subsequent to beige, and I’m method too liable to spills to wera such a light-weight coloration. I do suppose it’s higher for the display screen than all black as a result of lighter colours present texture and particulars higher, although, so I attempt to undertake the final shapes and texture mixing the place potential, however in black.

Within the background of all this, in fact, has been the return of “coloration seasons” as a well-liked method to select what to put on. (Elizabeth even reviewed her experiences with two online color analysis services!)

I suppose I do that to a sure extent — jewel tones look higher on me, and it saves me time when procuring on-line to have the ability to routinely slim the alternatives to my measurement and solely the colours black, blue, purple, and crimson. It additionally does permit me to create one thing of a capsule wardrobe the place every thing, in idea, matches.

In any occasion: I’m curious, readers, whether or not you affiliate your self with dressing in coloration in any of those methods. Do you put on all black, on a regular basis? Do you persist with your “coloration season” for garments? Or do you like the minimal all beige look? Do the entire appears to be like strike you as at the moment standard, or do any really feel like they’re from yesteryear?