The Art of Wearing Colours: Green in Singularity

This week we are going to return to our discussion on wearing a single colour fashionably and effectively. As previously discussed, the crucial key step is to pick a colour which you like and one which suits you. If you pick a colour you like you ultimately will end up with multiple pieces in that colour as you will be drawn to it in the store.

The colour of choice this week is green. Green is my ultimate, all-time favourite colour. I love green and all shades of green. Whether it be a dark, deep forest green, the rusty green colour of eucalyptus leaves or lighter greens.

I think my attraction to green at heart lies in greens association with nature. Green is a colour I strongly associate with nature. I love being outside, surrounded by trees. It is often a calming experience and one which makes you feel grounded. I am writing sitting in my room looking at gum trees in the setting sun, listening to cockatoos squawking (I realised how typically Australian this sounded upon editing), but it is a scene I wouldn’t trade for the world and the defining colour in this scene for me is the green of the eucalypts.

This outfit is composed of a pair of tartan print, green and black Princess Highway culottes. I find these culottes exceptionally versatile. I can wear with or without tights – tights are especially handy on colder days. I can wear them with boots, or lace-up flats (as in this picture) or I can wear them with running shoes. Additionally, they are perfect for winter as they are made from a thicker fabric, thus they are warm.

I also really like culottes. I personally find culottes very flattering. As someone who is not a jeans fan (I just find that skinny or straight cut jeans are not super flattering on me and they never quite fit right), culottes are pretty much my go-to trouser cut. They have a tight waist but then the trouser legs flair out and are wide at the base of each trouser end.

A further benefit of culottes which I have come to really appreciate is the outfit versatility they allow for. Culottes are something which you can wear in an informal setting and quite casually with a simple t-shirt. Or you can dress them up and wear them in quite formal settings. They also can be used effectively as formal work-wear.

I have paired with the culottes in this picture a lime green jumper which has tonal elements of yellow, brown and black throughout it. These tonal elements give the jumper a more eye-catching appearance. They bring interest and engagement to the jumper. Additionally, though it gives the jumper a great tonal base to effectively pair with other colours. For example, this jumper goes very well with a pair of mustard yellow culottes which I own because of the tonal overlap between the jumper and the culottes.

Over this, I am wearing a green coat. This coat is incredibly warm and incredibly practical. It has buttons up the front and goes to just below the knee. The coat has pockets which are super handy on the instance you forget gloves. Additionally, it also has a very pronounced collar which not only sits nicely across my shoulders when turned out but if it is super cold can act as an extra scarf layer.

I am wearing a light green scarf. The scarves pattern is a grey/green colour. This scarf can be worn in many ways. It can be worn as is in the photo by tying the scarf and letting the knot sit in your throat and the ends being loose. Or you could wear so that you make a loop around your neck and both the ends are loose again. The gist here is that there are many ways to wear a scarf and I am sure everyone has a personal favourite.

As discussed previously initially when you read a post entitled wearing a singular colour your first thought might be that something like this is unattainable or would not be fashionable. But as illustrated here and my previous post on this (https://amatuavestimenta.wixsite.com/amatuavestimenta/post/the-art-of-wearing-colours-blue-in-singularity), I hope I have shown this to not be the case.

Whilst there is some skill involved in picking out coloured pieces of clothing a lot of it is about gut instinct and what do you think looks nice together. Imagine that you are trying to match colours successfully in any other aspect of your life – cake decorating, photography, interior designing or drawing. Whatever the activity may be you have an idea about what colours will not work nicely together.

Clothes are no different. Colour combinations which you have seen in other situations which look nice will most likely look nice in clothes. Also, don’t be afraid to just go for. At the heart of it, if you want to wear something and you have the confidence to do so and believe it suits you then go for it. If people don’t like it, but it expresses who you are, then maybe that is a “them” problem.

Remember that clothes are a means of self-expression, so whether people chose to wear one singular colour, pure black, or a mixture they have likely done so for a reason. You might not know that reason but if they are happy it shouldn’t affect you and you should internalise the same. You should feel comfortable in what you are wearing because really it isn’t anyone else’s concern. Furthermore, my personal experience says that people will admire your style if you develop one which is uniquely you, individualistic and you will feel a difference when your happy and confident in what you are wearing.