In fact, as I will explain later, for most Seasons choosing colours as their basic colours will be more in tune with the essence of their Season. It is perfectly OK to build a capsule wardrobe with 'colour' colours as the core, rather than neutral colours.
Those who have enroled in my online course about building Capsule Wardrobes will know how we approach this, but it is a fair question, so this article is about neutral colours and basic colours. I help clients with capsule wardrobes, and I get the most interesting questions from them and also from the subscribers of my monthly emails ( click here if want to join).Ī question that comes up from time to time is why I focus on neutral colours as the basis for a capsule wardrobe. A lot of people use these words as interchangeable terms, and we can, if we're making broad sweeping statements, but they are actually not exactly the same. What are basic colours and neutral colours?Īre basic colours and neutral colours one and the same?