The Endless Possibilities of Coral?

I never really got coral, the colour that is.

I think this is partly because in my head it merged into my general disregard of pastels (as discussed last week) and partly because whenever a customer asked me for a coral hat they were never really sure which colour they meant.  It seems that everyone has a different idea of what colour Coral actually is with opinions varying anywhere between hot pink through pastel peach to terracotta orange.

Which in a way makes sense, as in nature coral is all of those colours. 

Doesn't really help me and my lovely ladies decide which colour is meant when we say coral though.

Anyhow, recently I was forced to put my natural shudder reflex aside and take a fresh look at coral, as one of my besties is getting married and coral was thrown out there as a colour theme, so off to google I went and found this:

It was cute, really cute, so I went looking for more and found that contrary to my pastel perception coral can actually be a really strong colour and goes with so many contrasting colours (you guys know how much I love a contrasting outfit) that it could be my favourite new colour to replace the little black hat to match everything.

Coral and green, coral and teal, coral and blue, coral and yellow, coral and gold, coral and silver, coral and purple, coral and black, coral and raspberry…the possibilities are endless!

And so I have put in my order for some coral sinamey and am impatiently awaiting its arrival and the flood of bold contrast hats that will follow.  Until then I have gathered some examples of coral hats already out there awaiting your bright lime green dress you were thinking about wearing to your next big do :)

Enjoy

Pastels?

If you are a regular reader of my blog (or just scroll down the page to my last post) you will know that I love colour, the brighter the better.    My basic rule is; if it looks like a jewel, I want it.  Emeralds, rubies, amethyst, sapphires...

but as spring starts to poke its head through the mud and into the world of my garden it seems that I am surrounded by pastels…

Cassia Beck

Not really my thing, I think, until google throws dream inducing images like these at me:

Maybe its because when I think of pastels I think of this:

or this:

But staring at google images until my eyes are sandpaper raw and blinking has become a conscious chore I am starting to be persuaded, due in no small part to Elle Saab and Dior.  Even Alexander McQueen sent a few pastels down the runway.

and suddenly I have gone all Mary Antoinette and am checking my pastel colour charts.

Now no one does colour like the Queen

but even she loves a bit of pastel

I think she gets it from her mum.

So the test I set myself this week was to say no to the deep purple sinamay waiting to be turned into a bright standout percher and instead embrace the My Little Pony loveliness of pastels.  Pictures of the results to come after the weekend but until then some pretty pastel toppers.

Stolen from weebirdy.com

*Side-note; How cool is this My Little Pony!