Nude neutrals – the latest Hollywood trend
What the Hollywood stars are wearing often ‘inspires’ (and I use that word extremely loosely!) your clients to want to copy them. Sad, but true!
Most recently, ‘nude’ has been the talk of the town – and there’s been some absolute claptrap written about how we should ALL be wearing it. What a pile of poppycock!
This example is by Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz.
Purely my opinion but the model desperately needs a swipe of bright red lipstick… or maybe she just needs a few good hot dinners?
A ‘Nude’ By Any Other Name
The current fad of ‘nude’ has also been called camel, coffee, cream, buff, flax, beige, flesh, ecru, eggshell. I’ve even heard it referred to as pale peach!
‘Bright’ clients need more than this!
I sincerely hope you’ll be giving your Bright-er clients a good smack round the ear if they insist on wearing this particular look from head to toe, especially if they’re also intending to follow moronic make-up advice like, “A golden glow will ensure your ‘nude’ clothes don’t wash out your complexion.”
- A ‘golden glow’ for a cool lady will make her look like a satsuma – end of subject
- A neutral look from head to foot accompanied by a ‘golden glow’ for a Bright warm lady who needs colour contrast is going to make her look like a hospital case
Of course your Bright-er clients can wear neutrals but they need to build in some colour contrast or they’re going to look like death warmed up.
A bright lipstick will go quite a long way to redress the balance while you try to talk her out of potential style suicide.
This is Marcia Cross wearing an embroidered tulle gown by Elie Saab. Notice how she’s gone for a more obvious make-up than just a ‘golden glow’ to keep her looking alive.
Which neutrals do you use with your clients?
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