How to Add & Wear Light Colors in Your Wardrobe: 38 Outfit Ideas to Try Now
Most people prefer to just go with black or darker tones as it simplifies their choices. This might come at the cost of self-expression and personal happiness.
This style guide will give you plenty of outfit ideas based on complementary colors that go with black, grey, white, red, yellow, and more. Depending on your color type you can add light colors to your capsule to get a more personal style.
How to mix light colors in your wardrobe: 38 outfit ideas
Have a look at this new video if you’d like to get inspired.
Why You Should Wear Your Most Flattering Colors
We all have favourite colours, but that doesn’t mean they will make us look stunning. Our eyes, hair, skin undertone, skin color and more become more striking when exposed next to certain colors.
The association with the right color will make you look less tired, more lively, fresh, and attractive.
To create this capsule I used 52 fashion principles and methods from the Wonder Wardrobe course. Although I didn’t include that many items, this capsule came out to be fully interchangeable and very versatile.
Capsule wardrobe structure
First, let’s cover the basics and choose the structure for this capsule that will help us incorporate and wear bright colors.
It will help us understand how many tops and bottoms to include.
For this, I usually use the Wonder Wardrobe Planner from the course which has beautiful templates with all possible capsule sizes.
Let’s say we need 37 outfits. For that, I need to find 7 tops, 5 bottoms and 2 dresses.
Let’s also include 2 pairs of shoes and a bag to complete the looks.
Capsule wardrobe colour palette
I also have a template for building a colour palette and these colourful fabric samples that I use to fill it in.
This template can also be edited on the computer as we also have digital palettes included in the Colour Harmony Class, but some days I just feel so tired of the screen that I prefer to do it this way. And today is one of those days.
I want to create a capsule that only has light colours, but I still want it to look interesting and versatile. I will try to use not only single colours but different shades of the same colour as well to add more texture to the looks.
For this capsule wardrobe, I will go with white, pink, blue, grey and purple. I will then add different shades of these colours and see if they go well with each other.
Here’s what the final palette looks like.
Capsule wardrobe for the summer colour type
The wonder wardrobe that I’ve just created includes 7 tops, 5 bottoms, 2 dresses, 2 pairs of shoes and a bag.
And when I mix them together I get 38 fully interchangeable outfits that are perfect for those that fit under a Summer colour type. All looks include Cool, Light & Muted colour combinations.
Some outfits are more feminine and have an accentuated waistline, and some are elongated and more relaxed where you can wear your top untucked.
I’d say that these silhouettes will suit best tall women with Sharp or Soft body lines and Long Vertical Proportions.
You should wear the right cuts and designs that complement your natural beauty. Discover how to identify them here.
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Capsule Wardrobe Overview
This capsule includes 7 tops, 2 dresses, 5 bottoms, 1 blazer, 2 pairs of shoes, 1 bag that result in 38+ beautiful outfit combinations.
Style: Casual style with classic elements.
Colour type: Summer.
Body lines & proportions: Sharp / Soft & Long.
Method: Wonder Wardrobe.
*All WoW students can view the full shopping list for this wardrobe in the Slack #shoppinglists.
How to Keep Your Outfit Color Mix Fresh
Although I only used 5 colors in this wardrobe, the outfits don’t look repetitive because I incorporated different shades of these colours.
This is one trick that anyone who doesn’t like to wear too many colours can apply to make their wardrobe look more versatile and still cohesive.
How do you implement light colours in your winter wardrobe? Do you wear light outfits in winter?
Let me know in the comments!
Create uniquely beautiful outfits by applying these 5 color matching methods. Just follow this fashion guide with your own clothes.