It’s been 1 year since I originally posted my Developing Your Wardrobe Palette series. In the lead up to my short, 1 year review of the process, I wanted to repost the series, in hopes of hearing about your own developments in it, along with inspiring others to evaluate their wardrobes in the same way. Original Part 1 & Comments.
Why Develop a Wardrobe Palette?
One of the things I’ve been striving to do this year is refine my wardrobe palette. I love color–and lots of it; but that can lead to many lone pieces that don’t play well with others. This happens often to me, just as I have several pairs of unworn brown shoes in my closet.
I’ve been wavering on doing this:
♥ “Do I really want to limit myself to a color palette?”
♥ “It seems like a lot of work.”
♥ “Is it worthwhile? Will it be time consuming? Will it limit my style & creativity?”
In the end, it seems worth it. There are loads of creative men & women who have limited their wardrobe palette to a single scheme and find endless options and creative choices through it (see Nubby Twiglet & Amelia Arsenic for two amazing examples!).
I’ve pushed myself to stop thinking in terms of “limiting” myself to the palette, and am viewing it as a base to jump off from. It may take some work up front, but in the long run, having a wardrobe of colors I feel confident, beautiful, sexy, and comfortable in is worth it.
In reality, it seems that many of us do this subconsciously with our wardrobes. My goal is to be aware of it, so I can maximize my purchases and the wearability of my wardrobe.
In no way do I intend for this to restrict my wardrobe. It’s my hope that this process will refine and define it, allowing for other colors to come in with a better sense of how and when to be used.
Coming up next… part 2, developing my Color Palette.
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Subconsciously I do this all the time. I don’t see any issue with trying to get the most bang for you buck both monetarily and fashionably, as long as you’re still open to new things. Every year I feel like something new looks good on me that I would not have tried before, so I would be concerned with limiting myself to trying these new things. As long as you’re still open, I think it’s a great idea!
Looking forward to reading more. I suspect black and white do not a palette make.
.-= Laura Connell´s last blog ..BCBG Denim Day for CURE =-.
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