colour

i'll be honest. i'll be upfront. i have an uncertain, but very logical fear. a fear of colour. or to put that better, a fear of wearing it.

oh dear, that sounds rather dramatic. lets change that statement a little shall we? try to clear this up.

i remember seeing on tv once an advert, it was for some ladies show about clothes or somesuch, and there was one woman who wore only black. as in, only back. as in, she had no items of clothing in any other colour in her possession, only. or that's what the ad made out anyway. but i'm not that bad. for example, i own things in other colours, ie: a grey skirt, several checked shirts in red/blue/green etc, several creme tops, a navy cardigan. once i was brave enough to purchase a cute cardi in a faded blueish teal colour. to be honest i don't know what possessed me that day.

i just like to play it safe. sticking to the basics, the honest, unpretentious colours of navy, creme, white, black and grey are easy. i don't have to think for too long about if this goes with that, or whatever. you see, it's logical because i know that if i stray, if i buy one day say, an orange skirt, i wont have anything to wear with it & it will end up unused...

but... i have to admit, after perusing fashion blogs and sites like lookbook.nu and frankie magazine and even plain ol' weheartit.com, i kind of feel like, 'yes! i love that look. i could put together an outfit like that, right?' you see, its all rather tempting. some nice rusty orange, lipstick red, juicy prune, marvellous mustard? it all sounds rather nice doesn't? like a big, unattainable carnival. unfortunately.

SO. i have decided. enough is enough. enough lazy dressing, enough conservative colouring, enough blanc et noir! ladies, it is time to add some colour to things.

however. lets not rush into things. i don't want to look like anything resembling a walking rainbow; or any sort of rainbow for that matter. i still like understated style. but, now, i will start experimenting with some colours. i think i will stick with red, mustard and blue for now, at the very most. i dont want to go overboard. (and i meant those 3 colours separately, not together. old ways die hard.) but for now i will leave you with a promise, to push aside this silliness and post some (irregular, i must add) photos of moi truly, wearing some items of colour in the near future!