Remember white comes in a range of tones from icy cool white to more creamy ivory white. Hold white items white against your face to see which tone suits your skin best. If you can't wear it near your face, because it drains your colour, opt for a skirt, trousers or cropped pants in white. Then you can add a darker top as shown in the image of wide trousers right.
The outfit left is from Matalan Women
and is available only directly from Matalan stores.
Spring Summer Spring Summer 2006 range.
Gold button jacket £28 Linen tie waist trouser
£14 Metallic clasp bag £12
It's not just the face that can be balanced with white on the lower half if white is too harsh for you. Whilst a lot of UK women have a pear shaped or hour glass body, some of our visitors to the site are like myself - an inverted triangle body shape. So the bottom half is slender and the top half is sometimes a size or two larger for a broader or bustier upper body.
Styles that draw attention to the narrower hipline measurement of this body type include pencil skirts, dropped waist skirts, slim line skinny and cropped trousers. These bottom garments when worn with a cropped jacket draw the eye to the proportionately slimmer lower half. Fuller skirts gathered from the waist may hide the best bit of this body type, so avoid these unless the skirt is set on a low hip basque.
These shorts shown on the right, are from Dorothy Perkins and are perfect for sightseeing. If you need something more formal, but still want to wear shorts, then a longer pair of knee shorts teamed with a jacket may be a better option.
Dorothy Perkins Spring Summer 2006
Black and white stripe top with crochet trim £22/€35
White linen shorts £25/€40
Braces £6/€10
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White also works very well this season with the preppy and nautical looks that team white with red and navy. The result is a very easy to wear look that always gets compliment for its crisp, but relaxed jaunty air.
If white seems a fragile choice consider one of the neutral blush tones made up in lace and semi sheer fabrics. If you are fair, the blush tones may be difficult to wear. Try different weights of blush tones against your skin, until you find a blush tint that suits you.
Left is a Spring/Summer 2006 Womenswear
John Rocha antique lace and pintuck sundress £60,
for Designers at Debenhams Rocha.
The scarf is a J by Jasper Conran pashminetta £18.
Image courtesy of Debenhams PLC.
In keeping with that girly look, consider two alternatives such as fresh summer style ginghams or tablecloth style madras checks. You are reading an original fashion article by Pauline Weston Thomas at www.fashion-era.com ©
