Fabulous Colour Blocking

The show Single Ladies that is aired on VH1 is one of my favourites because of their fashion.  I remember one particular episode from season one, where Stacey Dash wore the most fabulous outfit demonstrating colour blocking (Check it out below). If you don’t know what colour blocking is, it’s basically having an outfit which is made out of “blocks” of solid colour.   

Stacey Dash in a pink t-shirt, a green pencil shape skirt and blue heels. 

What I like about colour blocking is that it has that pop and wow effect when you walk into a room, and because bright and intense colours are the centre piece of any colour blocking outfit, it means it’s appropriate for summer. The biggest summer trend is colour – remember that.

Red pencil skirt

Yellow clutch bag

Green corset (just to add sexiness)

Blue Bordello heels

The items I've placed above are just a little example of an outfit you can wear that portrays colour blocking. Remember to keep the colours solid and intense. I chose a green corset so we can keep the outfit totally sexy, otherwise, you can switch it up with a lighter but intense orange colour. As you can see the whole outfit has a boom! pow! effect. I totally love it.

A little advise on what not to do when it comes colour blocking:

1.       Don’t match the colour of your accessories with your outfit, that’s really old school.

2.       Don’t wear clothes that don’t match your body type, specifically when it comes to colour blocking, the outfit and its colours are critical that they suit your body, ie use darker colours if you’re pear-shaped and curvy, but on your lower half of the body.

3.       Don’t wear stripes, floral and animal prints! That’s a no go area when it comes to colour blocking

4.       Don’t match colours that do not go with each other

Remember to play around with all sorts of colours, colour blocking is great for summer and personally it’s the best way to turn heads when you’re in a room. Enjoy colour blocking!!!! Mwaah!!!