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Deep Autumn outfits and wardrobe

A season palette is at its most useful as a shopping filter. Build on two neutrals, spend your color near the face, and almost everything you own will combine.

Three outfits that already work

Composed from the Deep Autumn palette itself, every piece is a real palette color with its hex, so you can match it in a shop.

The everyday

Top
Mahogany #7B241C
Bottom
Chocolate #6B4F33

Your color where it counts, near the face, on the neutral you will wear most.

The tonal look

Top
Dark rust #6E2C00
Scarf
Deep amber #B9770E
Bottom
Dark mahogany #3E2A1E

Two neighboring palette colors in one outfit. Tonal dressing reads expensive on muted coloring.

The soft one

Top
Deep amber #B9770E
Bottom
Dark mahogany #3E2A1E

The palette's lightest color over your deepest neutral, maximum contrast with zero risk.

Start with two neutrals

  • Warm cream#EDE0C8
  • Dark camel#A08963
  • Chocolate#6B4F33
  • Dark mahogany#3E2A1E
  • Deep olive#2F3325

Then add color near the face

Tops, knitwear, scarves and collars, this is where the palette earns its keep.

  • Mahogany#7B241C
  • Deep brick#943126
  • Tomato red#A93226
  • Dark rust#6E2C00
  • Deep amber#B9770E
  • Dark mustard#9A7D0A
  • Bronze gold#7D6608
  • Dark olive#4D5320
  • Forest green#1E5631
  • Deep pine#0E4B3F

The rule that matters most

Color affects your skin in roughly the 30 cm around your face. Below the waist it barely matters, so if a favorite color is off-palette, move it to trousers, a skirt or a bag rather than getting rid of it.

Tonal dressing suits this season particularly well: two or three neighboring palette colors in one outfit look expensive on muted coloring.

Frequently asked

How do I build a Deep Autumn capsule wardrobe?

Start with two neutrals, warm cream and chocolate, for trousers, coats and shoes. Add three or four palette colors as tops and knitwear, since those sit near the face. That is roughly twelve pieces that all combine, and it is why a season palette saves money rather than costing it.

What should a Deep Autumn wear to a wedding or an interview?

For an interview, use your deepest neutral with a palette color near the face, authority without severity. For a wedding, deep brick or deep amber photograph particularly well on this coloring, which matters more than usual on a day that is entirely photographed.

Can a Deep Autumn wear denim?

Yes, denim is effectively a neutral. Choose the wash by depth: mid to dark washes work best, and very pale washes tend to wash this coloring out.

Can a Deep Autumn wear colors outside the palette?

No. It means these are the colors that need no effort. Anything outside the palette is still available to you, it just works better away from the face, in a smaller quantity, or balanced with a palette color next to your skin.

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