Primary Concern

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>> I did say I was going to be sharing more images linked to the origins of outfits.  Unfortunately, Google Image Search yielded some very crap representations of all my favourite things that so obviously inspired this primary colour blast here… all typography to do with shows like Noddy, Playdays, Fun House and Art Attack, the starter pack of Play Dough, Lego, taking the three primary colours of Crayola crayons and taping them together to draw patterns with… the list goes on as to why primary colours will always resonate in my head as a tenacious colour trio.  Weirdly it's one that doesn't play out in my outfits so much because despite all of those cononations to those happy hours of watching telly and messing around with the most maleable toys of them all, together in an outfit, they can strike a jarring note.  Clownish comes to mind.  Still, there is no where to go except Primary Colour Ville when I got the Sibling for Topshop Sister jumper, some H&M red leather cropped trousers and I wanted to resurrect this old blue floppy hat (which will always remind me of longtime reader Dru) and a pair of vintage shoes which I don't seem to wear enough.  Clownish it is then. 

Incidentally, if you do happen to be messing around with Play Dough – keep the colours separate!  Mixing them has catastrophic results and just makes you weep when all you're left with is a murky purple greying mess.   

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(Topshop blue floppy hat, Steve J and Yoni P pleated short jacket, Sibling for Topshop Sister sequinned jumper, vintage shirt underneath, Brook & Lyn Surrounded Night necklace, H&M red leather cropped trousers, vintage shoes)

39 comments

  1. I love the hat! It’s such a great colour and has a sort of film noir vibe, but then off course modernised!
    Fun post, especially the Play Dough reference!
    Kindly,
    Esmée from Wayward

  11. Fantastic mixture of blue, yellow and red that explodes into your shoes. If this is not pure genius, nothing is.
    I wish I had found you long before.
    Never mind.We meet when the time is ringt.
    Mil besos.
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

  14. I love the bright colours and the cool print on the jumper. The trousers are amazing and I love the bright blue of the hat. You look very beautiful. <3
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  15. The shoes win it for me! I totally get the pre-school TV references too, but you make it so sophisticated at the same time!

  16. hey its nice to see you in red lippie, it suits you! you should play around with more colours! i’ve been known to wear pink on my top lip and orange on the bottom before…its surprisingly non-loud, with the right outfit
    i love what you do with the blog..youre really toooo modest about your potential talent for design or styling..a good knowledge for interesting personal dress is all you really need
    xxxxxxxx eve
    also could you tell me what you’re favourite etsy stores are please?

  17. That shade of blue looks so gorgeous with your hair and that particular colour of lipstick–suits you to a “T”!

  19. Love it! you committed to the primary palate, but there are so many fabric textures too!
    Those surrounded pieces are just stunning, I must save up my money for one!

  37. I do love all the bright bold colour blocks heading our way for the summer, quite a scary concept of wearing them altogether, but you do pull it of i must say! and that uniform blue is definatly growing with me, started slowly with the nail polish but think Im ready to move on! x
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  38. The outfit is great, the colour combination and the different textures! But isn’t it cold on your foot and ankle?

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