Originally posted in February 2006. Wow! That was a LONG time ago. In applying artistic principles to one’s visual appearance, it is beneficial to understand the properties of color. They are: Hue: the dimension of color that defines its place on the color wheel. In other words, what we perceive as different “colors” (red, violet, …
IMO, one of the fundamental failings of most style “systems” is the treatment of contrast. Is the term even defined? When discussed in conjunction with color, contrast can refer to the hues themselves, or to any of their qualities: temperature, chroma, or value. Arguably, value contrast is at the core of visual art. In establishing …
One woman’s “tailored” is another woman’s “tight”. Have you ever wondered why one woman can look casually elegant in an unstructured outfit while another looks frumpy? Or why some just can’t do turtlenecks? Clearly there are many possible reasons; allow me to propose one. Hypothesis: process-oriented personalities prefer less precision in fit Application? One would …
