Yet I seem to recall a phase when everyone wore brown and often with the blue of denim, except me as for years I've found brown a rather risible colour for fabrics other than leather, maybe even velvet.
In short brown has been consigned to a non feature. However, it is making something of a return thanks in part to some clever teaming and less block colour that was a feature of its height in the 90s. The trick is to work brown with other colours to stop it absorbing the light and flattening the look of the garment.
I think this look from PPQ's S/S 10 runway shows that brown has merit again and most definitely when worn with blue.
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I did have a thing for brown in the early '90s. Black and brown. Now I try to avoid brown at all costs - don't think it really suits my pale complexion. xx
ReplyDeleteI love brown only discovered it after having my colours "done " and now wear a lot of brown .... also a lot of jeans so as you say suede and jeans look Fab !
ReplyDeleteHi there-I think its a great colour mix, I particularly like turquoise and brown!!
ReplyDeleteI love chocolate brown on blondes, but it doesn't suit me at all - or any shade of brown really! and I mix blue and green all the time, right now I'm wearing an electric blue skirt and grass green top!
ReplyDeleteOoh I'm quite a fan of brown - though that might be because black makes me look like a corpse!
ReplyDeleteHmm... I mix brown and blue all the time. Not to mention blue and green - they are my favorite colors so how could I ever stay away? :)
ReplyDeleteThose fashion rules about colours are all such nonsense!
ReplyDeleteIf you do it right you can wear anything with anything!
Brown does not get enough credit but its kind of like egg, it holda a lot together.
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marian
I agree with SR, turquoise and brown are great, and I love brown and pink too. Navy & black I love too after shunning (if that's the word) for years x
ReplyDeleteeverybodysaysdont - yes brown and pink is a winner!
ReplyDeleteI agree with brown and pink mix is a winner, but I love turquoise with brown...Hmmmmm?
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great model. interesting use of colors.
ReplyDeleteYour right, brown is always seen as such a non-colour but it is fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteI always thought cornflower blue and lemon went well together!
ReplyDeleteI approach brown with extreme caution.
ReplyDeleteI worked in fashion in the 90's
ReplyDeleteto this day I still shudder at the re-runs of Friends
WHAT WERE WE THINKING?
so no, keep your brown xx
Hammie - LOL I know what you mean but I see merit in it but only mixed in with other colours on the garment. Yeah gods let them preserve us from the brown cult of the 90s x
ReplyDeleteI like brown mixed with blue. I once had a terrific DKNY suit from my NYC publishing days that was brown with a thin turquoise pinstripe.
ReplyDeleteI was called 'kooky' *shudder*
ReplyDeleteI was also taken aside in Church one night when I was about 17 and asked to remedy my style of dressing as I was "frightening the older people"
Ah me! some things never change.
Queen Marie
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Omg I love these blue pants
ReplyDeleteCool pants! I love chocolate brown and fuschia pink or chocolate brown and duck egg blue as colour combinations for design, but I've never worn those combos. Come to think of it I don't think I have a brown item in my wardrobe!
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