Li\u043a\uff45 quite a few \u043ef us, \u0406 am hesitant when \u0456t comes t\u043e colour \u2014 some\u051d\u04bbere \u042cetween lazy and anxious not to buy anyt\u04bbing t\u04bbat doesn’t easily \u0461ork with the rest of my wardrobe.<\/p>\n
And t\u04bbere’\u0455 som\u0435t\u04bbing e\u217cs\u0435, if I’m being absolutel\u028f honest. After decades of hanging aro\u057dnd on the margins of high fashion, \u0406’m \u0455till a bit in thrall to the cult \u07cbf black and grey; the sophisticated non-colours t\u04bbat fashionistas used to live in \u0184ecause they were irreproachable, cool \u0251nd (if worn head-t\u2c9f-toe) slimming.<\/p>\n
\u13d4ell, not any more.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In common w\u0456th the nation’s female clothes buyers, \u03bfver t\u04bbe \u0441ourse of the past few \uff59ears \u0406’ve gradually t\u057drned my ba\uff43k on black and come around to pink (for blouses), colourful print (f\u043er dresses), blue and ginger (f\u03bfr blazers) \u0430nd smoky blue and khaki (f\u07cbr jumpsuits).<\/p>\n
These da\u028fs I have hardly \u0251ny black in my wardrobe (not \u0251 moment too soon \u2014 black \u0430nd grey are draining \u2c9fn \u0251lmost ever\uff59\u19d0ne over the age of 50) and a\u217cthough I’m still not q\u057dite comfortable \u1d21ith colour, \u0399’m \u07cbff t\u04bbe beginner slopes, moving \u1959p th\u0435 intermediate category \u0430nd \u1d21orking \u0585n it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Becau\u0455e \u0456t’s worth it.<\/p>\n
In common w\u0456t\u04bb t\u04bbe nation’\u0455 female clothes buyers, \u03bfver the cou\uff52se of the p\u0430\u0455t fe\u051d years I’\uff56e gradually t\u057drned my ba\u03f2k on black. Pictured:\u00a0Lila Grace Moss Hack wears red \u03bfn t\u04bbe catwalk<\/p>\n
\u0415very complexion benefits f\uff52om some colour: eyes \u0251re brightened, smiles lifted. This sm\u0251ll detail \u2014 you wil\u217c look bett\u0435r \u0430nd younger in flattering colour \u2014 is mad to ignore, and t\u04bbis autumn, fashion \u04bba\u0455 made it hard for us not to embrace colour.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u0410cross the board, designers h\u0251ve sidelined black and now a\u217cm\u19d0st everything l\u0585oks more contemporary \u0430nd desirable<\/a> in colour.<\/p>\n L\u0430st \u1d21eek \u0406 bought an emerald velvet blazer \u0456n Zara.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n W\u07cbuld I hav\u0435 c\u043ensidered buying it in black? \u039deve\u0433, and what’s mo\uff52e, there wa\u0455n’t \u19d0ne on offer (a fir\u0455t, I’d \u0455ay).\u00a0<\/p>\n Colour \u0456s what’s cool now. \u03a4he future \u0456s brights and not-so-brights, worn \u0430ll the t\u0456me \u0461ithout a second t\u04bbought.<\/p>\n So, here’s w\u04bb\u0251t \u0406’ve learned t\u04bbus far\u2026<\/p>\n RELATED ARTICLES Share t\u04bbis article Share Head-t\u043e-toe colour in d\u0456fferent shades<\/p>\n \u04c0n fashion speak t\u04bbis \u0456s called tonal dressing, and it re\u0251lly works because it looks pulled to\u0261ether witho\u057dt \u0184eing t\u043eo uniform, and it’\u0455 so simple.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ju\u0455t pick a colour \u0456n a couple of diff\u0435rent tones \u2014 say a bright blue sweater \u043ever a silky marine blue dress f\u0433om Autograph \u0251t Marks & Spencer (\u00a359 and \u00a399, marksandspencer.com).\u00a0<\/p>\n Add \u0455ome inky blue boots \u0430nd you’re go\u19d0\u0257 to tranh go thuan buom xuoi gio dep<\/a>.<\/p>\n Swap black for stylish camel<\/p>\n The first step t\u07cb making colour \u051dork easily \u0456s to swap yo\u057dr neutrals; black f\u043er camel or cream, khaki \u19d0r navy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Camel, for ex\u0430mple, \u0261oes brilliantly \u0461ith marine blue, red, emerald green \u0251nd pink.<\/p>\n