True Summer 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 True Summer palette itself, every piece is a real palette color with its hex, so you can match it in a shop.
The everyday
- Top
- Cool raspberry #C2185B
- Bottom
- Medium gray #8E8F92
Your color where it counts, near the face, on the neutral you will wear most.
The tonal look
- Top
- Dusty pink #C97B9B
- Scarf
- Cool berry #A85C7A
- Bottom
- Cool navy #2F4058
Two neighboring palette colors in one outfit. Tonal dressing reads expensive on muted coloring.
The soft one
- Top
- Pale rose #E8D5DC
- Bottom
- Cool navy #2F4058
The palette's lightest color over your deepest neutral, maximum contrast with zero risk.
Start with two neutrals
- Soft white#F0EFEC
- Cool gray#C7C6C4
- Medium gray#8E8F92
- Blue gray#5A6B7C
- Cool navy#2F4058
Then add color near the face
Tops, knitwear, scarves and collars, this is where the palette earns its keep.
- Cool raspberry#C2185B
- Rose red#D81B60
- Soft rose#E091AE
- Dusty pink#C97B9B
- Cool berry#A85C7A
- Soft plum#7E5A82
- Cool lavender#9575CD
- Periwinkle blue#7986CB
- Cornflower#5C7CB0
- Cool blue#3F6FA8
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 True Summer capsule wardrobe?
Start with two neutrals, soft white and medium gray, 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 True Summer 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, rose red or cool berry photograph particularly well on this coloring, which matters more than usual on a day that is entirely photographed.
Can a True Summer wear denim?
Yes, denim is effectively a neutral. Choose the wash by depth: lighter and mid washes suit this season best, and very dark rigid denim can look heavy near the face.
Can a True Summer 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.