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Color block: discover this new trend

Color block: discover this new trend

by Justine - March 20, 2023

๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐‹๐Ž๐‚๐Š

Are you familiar with this unmissable trend?

Color block or color blocking is a somewhat barbaric expression that refers to a seemingly basic practice : ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐ž a look. This means that you don't build a look around a piece for its cut or material, but from its color.

The principle is simple, ๐œ’๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ’๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž to wear them in style

À first, let's take a look at the different types of color block ; 

> ๐‹๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž = a total look on the same color range but with different tones.
 ๐‹๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐žฬ = mix 2 colors together, one powerful and trendy and one neutral. Follow your instinct!

How do you know which colors match well together? Go online and look up the color wheel, but I'll just give you the best-known combinations:
> blue and orange 
> red and green 
> yellow and violet 
> green and pink

Find the outfit our Jordane is wearing; 

- The green pants here

- The pink sweater here

- The Essential bag here

To discover