There's an old guy at the office who knows everyone's name. Like, everyone. I know this, because he always uses your name when he talks to you, and he talks to everyone he passes. And he walks around a lot. It's pretty incredible. I meet with people and forget them the next week. Which is quite sad.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2011 1:15:45 pm PDT #16553 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sheryl - Jul 13, 2011 1:22:51 pm PDT #16554 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I tend towards jewel tones and black, with some neutrals.
Consuela - Jul 13, 2011 1:35:57 pm PDT #16555 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yup, that Winter palette is me, except I can't wear much grey anymore: it's too close to my grey hair, and looks weird. I also can't wear small prints close to my face anymore, because of my multi-colored hair.
Strange things happen when you go grey.
askye - Jul 13, 2011 1:46:51 pm PDT #16556 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
I can never figure out if I'm a spring or a summer. I guess it's spring, because my hair has turned a strawberry blonde before when I've tried to lighten it.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2011 1:54:04 pm PDT #16557 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm looking at random pictures of Trinny and Susannah, and they are quite often in colours that read as black on my monitor. They should be careful.
brenda m - Jul 13, 2011 1:55:18 pm PDT #16558 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
They reference black in the cool tone descriptions, though it's not in the chart on that link.
My problem is always that they say if you suit cool/warm/whatever these are your colors. But if I had a good handle on what tones suited me I wouldn't need the charts.
Jesse - Jul 13, 2011 1:55:52 pm PDT #16559 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm mostly an autumn, I guess, but I swear I can wear some of the spring colors as well. And I look fine in black, so screw off.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2011 1:59:08 pm PDT #16560 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But if I had a good handle on what tones suited me I wouldn't need the charts.
But if you know you look good in many of those tones, that means the rest are probably open to you. And vice versa with the ones that don't suit you.
I figure most people don't actively love colours that look really bad on them, but that could be wish fulfillment and self-delusion speaking.
flea - Jul 13, 2011 2:00:51 pm PDT #16561 of 30001
information libertarian
Yeah, I actually really like to wear black (my formative fashion years were spent near New York City in the 80s, for cryin' out loud) but I don't look good in black at all. So I try to keep it away from my face.
megan walker - Jul 13, 2011 2:13:44 pm PDT #16562 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm mostly an autumn, I guess, but I swear I can wear some of the spring colors as well. And I look fine in black, so screw off.
Well, in CMB, first you determine warm (autumn/spring) or cool (winter/summer) so that would make sense.
When I first went through my entire wardrobe the colors I thought looked best were inevitably summer, the pile I made of "okays" were winter and the pile of "blech" was autumn. I don't think I had any spring colors.
I figure most people don't actively love colours that look really bad on them, but that could be wish fulfillment and self-delusion speaking.
I love autumn colors. A few are semi-acceptable on me, but most really don't flatter, but like flea said, if they are not near your face, it's not so much an issue.
But if you know you look good in many of those tones, that means the rest are probably open to you. And vice versa with the ones that don't suit you.
This. I would never have tried aqua, for example, without those charts. Although I still havn't ventured into lemon yellow territory.