Wednesday, May 17, 2023

what's your color?

As I was doing some inventory and planning in upgrading my wardrobe, there was one problem that came to mind: color. I have my favorite TnT (tried and tested) patterns and figured out which silhouette suits me best, it's deciding on the color and prints that I struggled with the most. 

Social media lead me to color analysis. No harm in trying, no? So,  upload my picture, lo and behold, I'm a "dark winter"

In the color palette, there's a shade of green that looks "teal" to me. It reminded me of the tulle cocktail dress I've been planning to make over the years. I grabbed nearly 10 meters of lightweight tulle and a few more medium-weight tulle for the crinoline. This is perhaps the puffiest dress I ever made; you can see part of the process on my Instagram. 

darlene's tulle dress


The skirt has 5 layers of lightweight tulle and 3 layers of medium-weight tulle as crinoline. The appliques are from scrap fabric I've been keeping for at least a decade - I'm still upset that not all were used :( 

darlene's tulle dress



I was showered with compliments, particularly the color!

Did I get this right? Would you try color analysis? Let me know your thoughts!