Yellow is the New Black.....................

Yellow is the New Black……………

We all  like the soap “Orange is the New Black”, and lots of people like the colour orange , but yellow is another story altogether. As a kid, I was in the “Yellow” house in school and I remember the other kids teasing ‘Yellow, yellow, dirty fellow!!!!’ I sure was envious of all the other so called ‘luckier’ kids in the Blue, Green and Red House. I almost never chose anything yellow while doing clothes shopping, my first preference was always blue or white……….. Till a few years back when I bought a lovely vase in yellow for the house and realised how much it brightened up the whole place. Then my journey began……………. of exploring, trying and finally loving this colour till I actually began to believe that Yellow is indeed the new Black!!!!!

Yellow, its warm, its vivacious, its attractive, It’s happy (maybe that’s why all the emoticons are in yellow), its sexy and exudes loads of attitude…………. But it’s not the easiest of colours to carry off………….  And it does take a lot of confidence and  attitude to wear it effortlessly. If it goes wrong, it can go really wrong…….. a major faux pas !!!! But life is all about experimenting, so let’s go for it !!!!!!!!!!!!

How to wear ‘Yellow’ and set our environ ablaze, literally and figuratively?? I’m sharing a few looks and colours for various occasions and look forward to your feedback…………… My only major rule, just wear one piece or article of this rich colour!!!! You can try any of these……….

-   With all black, on a cold winter day or when its cloudy and rainy. Perfect!!!!! To uplift the weather and bring a smile on everyone’s face.

-   With an all white ensemble, be it a dress or Jeans and a top, but this is a really classy combo !!!

-   With blue……. It can be a dress, blue dress with yellow Blazer or vice versa. It’s a fabulous look to combine a  Yellow top with blue Jeans………. Or blue Jeans, white striped T and Yellow Blazer. All these are classic and we can carry them off well.

-   An all Yellow dress, accessorised with black, blue or fire colours like orange and red….. you can throw in a floral pair of shoes in these colours and take up your style quotient several notches!!!!! Don’t blame me if your feet hurt after wearing those stilettoes but it’s definitely worth it……………

 

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 -   With skirts in almost any colour, I tried with maroon and it worked!!! Pencil skirts especially in grey, black, blue or white work best.

    - For Indian ensembles, its best teamed with matt gold or white….. or maybe wearing a shaded saree or suit which has various gradients of this fire colour……. 

-   One fashion faux pas that I made, wore a bright yellow blazer over a vibrant blue dress. I was travelling abroad and wanted to wear this dress and was carrying just the one blazer…………… so I wore it anyways and carried it off with just my attitude and actually managed to get compliments for the look. It was a very pleasant surprise and a big thanks to you all….. Till next time!!!!