Underrated Yellow

Hello there :)

I know it's been a little too long, but I've just been a bit busy with work and stuff at home. You know how Diwali time is, right? Renovation and painting work going on at home is taking up some of my time!

Speaking of Diwali.. One of the many colours we associate it with is yellow; Diyas are yellow, flowers are yellow, Rangoli has yellow. This is the festival of lights. Therefore, once again I decided to write a colour post (Refer post: I'm going green!)

Personally I feel yellow is the most underrated colour. By underrated I mean, it's not the first colour which will pop into your head when someone talks about a dress, shirt or even a kurta. We just don't assume/imagine things to be yellow. I know we all have that one colour we feel really confident and comfortable in- for some it's the power of red, for some it's black to make things sexy, for some it's the classic white. You will rarely meet people who will claim their favourite colour to be yellow. Ha ha, no I'm not one of those people. 

Yellow is not really my favourite colour, but yes, occasionally- that is more of than many other colours, my hands do tend to pick a yellow instead of an orange or a purple. 

I just love these shoes- brown heels from Charles & Keith
and my beige sweater is from Vero Moda

A plain yellow t-shirt or shirt with a cardigan to go with is not very out of the blue or out of the ordinary. Above, I have teamed up a simple yellow t-shirt with a beige cardigan to go with brown pants and brown heels.

But instead, you could even pair it up with a matching brown/beige scarf, like I did on the left.

If you want to wear a yellow kurta to work, that's a good idea too. I possess one plain yellow kurta which I usually wear with either a printed yellow & green patiala or a plain white chudidaar, depending on my mood :P

 

The other kurta I have is shown right at the top. It's white with a yellow border. It has the most beautiful yellow dupatta- with pink and green on the corners. It's not very flashy, which is why I love it.


The secret to wearing yellow is really simple:-

1) Don't overdo it- If you're wearing a yellow shirt, don't wear matching nailpaint or clips or even shoes (although this maybe an exception if your outfit has very little or negligible yellow).
2) No yellow pants to work- Ha ha. This goes without saying.
3) Be confident- Let the colour make you feel happy!


Lastly, I just HAD TO post the picture below. It shows how so many people around us and on television wear yellow so chic-ly. :D
I hope this Diwali season you wear yellow to work too. Please send me your pictures so that I can share them on the blog and on facebook. If you want, you can send them anonymously.









Serena and Blair wearing yellow at the same time (how often does that happen?,
Sonam Kapoor in a gorgeous yellow dress by Victoria Beckham, Priyanka in happy
yellow and the yellow Zara wardrobe.

 Happy dressing! :)

xox
CGC