High Socie-Tea: Colors Matter

I thought I'd do a brief post today about the importance of color and how choosing a print with lots of colors can give you unlimited options for making statement outfits.  Just for a quick comparison, in my first post with this dress, I used a red cardi and navy blue heels.  Compare that with a royal blue cardi and red heels. 

I know it seems like it shouldn't make a difference because I'm drawing from colors that are all part of the same palette that makes up the composition of the dress.  And yet, the colors you choose to highlight change the statement of the look.

For another comparison, I've included  ModCloth's original stylist outfit.  (Man, oh, man, do I miss those ModCloth days, when they provided so much style inspiration!)  You'll notice in that outfit, the stylist drew from four different colors for the accessories by chosing a more muted blue cardigan, mustard heels, a taupe bag, and red chrysanthemum earrings.  Four!  And yet, it still works perfectly!  It's interesting but not busy in a bad way.

While I love what they put together, I simply didn't have all those colors at my disposal, and truly and thankfully gone are the days of me buying a ton of new things just to wear with this outfit,  so I went with the two colors that I did have on hand.

I don't know exactly why certain colors speak to me but if I had to choose between these two outfits, I would say the red cardi version would be for going out and the blue would be for work.  There's no rule against wearing red to work....It just doesn't seem like I would wear it to work.  Do you ever get that way about colors?  

If we take that a step further, let's say we emphasized the mustard or navy blue.  Mustard would create a very warm, cheery look; Navy blue would tone it down.  And Taupe?  Well, taupe would tone it all the way down.  On the other hand, as I mentioned, selecting one of each of those colors to accent and accessorize with would create quite a balanced and interesting composition.

When choosing colors, of course you have to work with what you have available, but when a colorful piece is the starting point, there are so many options for create outfits with varying vibes, you're only limited by your imagination.  I won't say anymore on this for today, but don't forget to keep scrolling and check out the original ModCloth Stylist version at the bottom.

Outfit Info: High Socie-tea Dress from ModCloth is Old, YeMak Cardigan is new, Heels from Honiara Vintage