I'll admit, I thought one of the unavoidable costs of going red would be a rack of unwearable pastels... until, in a "what the hell, I don't have to leave the house today" moment, I decided to pull on last year's candy pink playsuit... hmm, clash-a-rama alert... but what would happen if I added a red belt, tying my new hair colour into a nice little tonally-colour-blocked package? Eureka! No more fear of eyestrain for innocent onlookers, and
way more of a statement than I could ever have made as a blonde. And orange shoes... well, why the hell not?
If you're struggling with a colour clash quandary of your own, check out a few of my tried-and-tested tricks, illustrated with a little help from my fellow redheaded rebels
- which, with a few tweaks, you can apply to your own colour concerns, whatever your hair shade.
- Choose the right shade for your colouring. For example, rich, berry-toned pinks (as seen on Ms Hendricks, below), along with lighter, nude-type hues, à la Nicola Roberts, tend to suit redheads' warm colouring better than acid brights, candy tones and dusky lilac shades.
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| In the Pink: Redheads Rebel... |
But, if you really want to wear a shade which jars with your natural (or not so natural) colouring, you still have a few options available...
- Block with another colour which does work for you - echoing your hair colour (with a belt like mine, a sweater like Emma's, or even just a bold lip) "brackets" the deviant shade and draws attention back up to your gorgeous face (whatever you may have been told about redheads in red!). Blonde? Try rocking a sunny yellow scarf, like my lovely male model...
- Pair with patterns in shades which complement your colouring and pick out the tones of the scary shade, like Florence's fabulous florals.
- Put your hair up. Simple, painless, effective.
Playsuit: LOVE (Past Season), Shoes: New Look, Belt: Afraid I can't remember for the life of me!
Do you follow colour "rules", or flout them?
