A few years ago I decided that I wanted to be more conscious about buying clothes and have been continuously experimenting with different colours, textures and styles. I quickly discovered that I am really into the structured/minimalist/monochrome look. I kept finding lookbooks and inspiration albums that were more cool toned than warm toned and have transitioned into a wardrobe of mainly whites, blacks and a few impulsively bought coloured pieces (mainly tops and scarves) that are red, deep green, yellow, orange. I own both gold and silver jewellery, a silver pair of glasses and a brown/gold one and generally did not know what I was looking for when it came to colour or metal.
Some time ago I was absent mindedly binging some fashion youtubers and saw Justines Leconte's video on skin tone. I used to be convinced that I was neutral toned because I could never tell whether my veins were blue or green (and my mother always said that icy blue and pink looked good on me). But then she explained that cold toned people often have pink/purple hues and she also introduced an other test where you need to keep a sheet of paper next yo your neck to see what colour your skin was. My skin is very yellow. I am never pink. I am 100% warm toned, I can't believe I used to think I was neutral.
Since then I understood my paradox when it came to colour. My favourite colour is indigo blue but it makes me look sick. I love 'old pink' but the one sweater I have in that colour also washes me out. I did not really understood why I never wore them; the form and material was perfect.
All of the warm, jewel toned scarves and tops that I was thinking of throwing away since it was so contrasting and did not fit into my aesthetic I subconsciously used to make myself look less washed out compared to only wearing only black, white and denim. I look greyish when I put on my metal rimmed glasses so I always made sure to wear more colour on my face when I chose that one. But I did not know colour was what made me look better or worse.
I always wear a lot of black (and won't stop doing that), but I then would 'compensate' on my face. in order to look good while wearing an all-black outfit, I wear autumnal make-up or deep purple with warm red lipstick, wear the warm, jewel toned scarves and I have always dyed my hair a coppery red so my face would be framed with a colour that looked good. Now I can do that more deliberately.
Now I can stop trying to make the cold white/icy blue blouse and the pink sweater work, because they just won't make me look good. I will wear my metal rimmed glasses less and opt for the brown/gold one and stop looking for silver necklaces/earrings. My minimalist, colourless aesthetic has shifted in one that deliberately allows warm coloured scarfs/tops/accents, instead of begrudgingly buy nice colours without me understanding why. I shall be soberly dressed, but around/on my face there must be warm colours. I found my style.
This might be common knowledge that all of you already understand, but because this has been such an eye opener for me, I thought I'd share!
TLDR: knowing what colours work on you is important. Am warm toned, did not know this, used to want to wear only cool colours. Knowing I am warm toned changed my look for the better. Will still be wearing mostly black though.
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