He's Got The Look (The Look of the Day)

Greetings Gentle Readers,

This morning we Tweeted (are you following us on Twitter? You should be!!! You can find us, here, very simply) and Facebooked in the #MorningTip: "Dreary day? Wear a little bold color to stand out from the masses in grey!" and since it was raining off and on all day in the city... We figured, "What a better day than to take our own advice!?!" So we did, and here you see the result!!

Now the keys to pulling this off are as follows, (and ladies, worry not, a look like this isn't strictly limited to the fellas): The color is your primary focus. so once you decide what bold hue you're going to step out in, start thinking of complementary colors. You want your 2nd choice to be much more subtle as to keep the focus on your primary piece. We choose a pair tan-ish/brown-ish/khaki-ish slim cut houndstooth trousers (the houndstooth makes it difficult to tell what exactly the original color of the pants is!)

Gents: Stick to pieces on top being bold colors... Very, very, very few of us can pull off purple pants. A purple polo, v-neck, button down or cardigan, however, is an entirely different story (a notable exception here is shorts, but that's for a different time). If you're going to layer, such as we did here. Stick to as similar a color as possible. As always, it doesn't have to match, but it does have to go. The closer you come to monochromatic, the better.

Ladies: You, as usual, have a little more leeway, you can do a bright color on bottom, in the form of a skirt, shorts, or trousers. But, wherever you decide to pop your color... get it, like pop your collar... Lol, we tried... make sure your other pieces are in complementary more subtle colors. For example, if you wear a red skirt, then try a tan top, or if you're rocking a lime green top, then perhaps those eggplant trousers you've been dying to wear can make their debut.

Accessorizing: Fellas, your accessories should either play off the complementary color, as we've done here, OR be an entirely different complementary color themselves. Ladies: The same applies to you with the exception that you can throw in a little contrasting (but still complementary!!!) bold color in the form of one or two of your more subtle accessories, a chunky bracelet or necklace (if the necklace is going to contrast with your primary bold color choice, we wouldn't suggest wearing a bold colored top, save the bold necklaces for the bold colored bottom pieces)

The rule to bold color on dreary and bright sunny days is as follows: Keep it complementary and you'll be good to go. That about wraps it up for this installment of "The Look of the Day." Until next time...

Stylishly yours,
Sartorially Savvy
"Fashions fade, style is eternal." -Yves Saint Laurent

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