I have to remember that as long as we live by daylight, color remains important.

Hightened colour awareness must be the sixth sense!

i’m currently obsessed with neck tie fabric and love the bold and daring color combinations going on in both vintage and contemporary ties. i’m new to wearing the color red, but ever since i bought my first pair of red shoes, i’m on the lookout for hip tops of red silk and jersey fabrics to go with my stylish vintage inspired shoes. red is so sassy!

i think i’m moving out out of my “must buy more brown” phase, after finding both the ultimate sweater and pants. i still love to wear it, especially with teals and vibrant magentas. heck, brown looks great with every color! today, i’m breaking all of the rules and wearing brown and black together. with enough accessories and no other colors, this can be pulled off successfully, i swear. it’s all about inventing your own color wheel and taking it for a spin once in a while.

Other textures that inspire me are woods from exotic lands, like seesram (I think it’s called that – it’s the carved stuff that they make trivets out of) from India and monkeypod from the Phillipines – something about the rich color and almost lack of grain…I am super groovin’ on textured polyester fabrics right now – talk about color combos – woohoo! I also love anything tiled or patterned (especially randomly) – both my kiddies have vintage patchwork quilts and we stare at them for hours.

I am really pushing myself to expand the bounds of what I think works together – un-brainwash myself (if you will) about matching. I find that I am always drawn to bold colors and combos of said but when I go to put them together I am often stumped or hindered by my need to “match”. I am finding this especially challenging when making things – I struggle with an almost constant internal dialog about “matching”. I loved your quote from the other day about colors BTW – it helped me to think more freely.

Thanks again for your loveliness and wonderful blog!

Currently I’m obsessing about black and white. Boring, I know. But somehow, my entire wardrobe ended up largely black and I’ve been playing with textures and patterns within those confines. Its a challenge! I’m also obsessing over orange (and to a lesser extent 1970s yellow gold). I can’t wear orange to save my life, so I’ve been using it in just about everything else. One of my friends this semester is obsessed with orange as well (even his hair is an orangey red!), so think that rubbed off on me. As for textures, anything with a predominant weave pattern is drawing my eye lately. I love things that are very tactile, that just beg for the viewer to reach out and touch it. I’ve been buying a lot of vintage sweater dresses for just this reason.

High gloss is also catching my eye. Mostly in home decor though. Modern, simple pottery in robins egg blue or creamy white with a glossy finish are just so beautiful and inspire me.

Love the picture of the dress you included in this post. I really, really love the embroidery on the front!