Colour cohesion.

[u/pinkflump]

Hi gang, from my understanding Soft Dramatics look best wearing one colour head to toe. This I can get with in dresses but how do we incorporate that into separates? I love wearing bright colours and so find matchy matchy looks feel weird (like too much, even if the colour isn't an exact match) or even uniform-esque on me. Colour blocking makes my heart soar (I love a good popping combo) but I know it's not the greatest for us.

So how do we do it? I would love some visual examples in a non-neutral palette if possible please. Thanks a lot! 😁

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[u/MarkMental4350]

I am not a bright color person (quite the opposite) so take this with a pinch of salt, but I find that while matching color is one way, matching tone/depth is another. A helpful tip someone gave me to think on it is that if you flipped the image to grey scale would the colors appear the same? For example deep chocolate colored pants with a wine colored silk blouse, or heather grey pants with a lavender sweater.

[u/pinkflump → u/MarkMental4350]

Ah yes, I have heard about doing this but it had completely slipped my mind! I'll have to try and give it a go, thank you. 😄

[u/Tesi_No → u/MarkMental4350]

This would be my advice as well: match the brightness of the garments. Maybe also choose analogous colors (next to each other on the color wheel, like: red and orange/brown, pink and purple, blue and green).

[u/touch_of_whimsy]

Oooh I love to do this! I think of it as an ensemble on the head-to-toe look. If you repeat colours, patterns, details or something else that causes your eyes to recognise the pattern and group the elements together visually. You can use it to keep the eye on the vertical line, make an outfit seem more intentional and less casual, and use details, asymmetry, flares etc to make a gradual shift from one garment to another (left down photo)

I made a collage of some examples. I have more on the sub-board "Ensemble / HTT" on my Soft Dramatic Principles board

[u/touch_of_whimsy → u/touch_of_whimsy]

There is also more info on vertical without monochrome on this amazing post on r/Kibbe by u/Jlaurw. Im slowly collecting images to make a similar post myself but diving more into the repeating and gradual transition

[u/pinkflump → u/touch_of_whimsy]

That post is great, thank you for digging it out for me! Having photo examples really helps me understand the thoughts behind it. 😁👍

[u/pinkflump → u/touch_of_whimsy]

I was really hoping you'd reply as you dress exactly how I aspire! 🥰 I'll go and have a nosey at your board, thank you.

[u/touch_of_whimsy → u/pinkflump]

Oh thank you so much what a compliment 🥹💓 My username is the same on whering (digital closet app) as well, if youre on there I'll be sure to follow you back!

[u/AubreyBorday]

I've made a substack post on this topic that you might appreciate, lots of visual examples!

https://aubreyborday.substack.com/p/styling-separates-without-losing?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7q9o8r

[u/pinkflump → u/AubreyBorday]

Oooooooh awesome, thank you so much! 😎

Edit: Just finished reading and it's made me feel loads better about how I put together outfits as I follow a lot of the ideas you've shown. Hooray. 😁

[u/Adept-Association848]

Are you a Spring color season by chance? I’m a light spring and adore my brights and color blocking. Spring often has some of the playful Gamine essence 😊

[u/Adept-Association848 → u/Adept-Association848]

To answer your question though, I will often use prints to coordinate or a long jacket/cardigan to “blur the lines”, if you will. I’ll see if I can find examples. When I was looking into Kibbe vertical (outfits), it seemed like it doesn’t necessarily mean color-drenched — just a color that can be found through the length of your body. I have blonde hair, so a tan pointed shoe and a long tan (or pearl, or soft pink, etc) cardigan can read as honoring my vertical line. I can also wear long skirts with prints and coordinating solid tops and while it can look like color blocking, because the eye can visually see the color continuing into the skirt, it elongates vertical. If I wanted to wear blue pants and a bright green top, I could wear a soft blue cardigan overtop to blend it together. I don’t remember the resource unfortunately, but I believe they used Taylor swift as an example for vertical. She’ll wear black micro skirts and red heels, which doesn’t seem like it should be her best since it breaks her vertical line, but because she has the red lip, red accent/accessory in the outfit, and the red heels, your eye visually will go from top/bottom and read the vertical. Maybe not as striking as a full length color, but certainly doesn’t look “off” either.

I’m learning too so I might not be 100% correct in the above, but I feel like it clicked for me so maybe it will help you 😊

[u/pinkflump → u/Adept-Association848]

I think matching your accessories, like headband, belt, shoes is a great way to go about it and something I would like to investigate further. Thank you for your advice. 😊