I love navy blue {who doesn’t know that if they’ve read my posts?!} so, when I read this article in Details Magazine, it only made sense to share.
Blue is a very conventional color but the predominant shades of blue for this season are anything but….
Know your blues:
- cornflower ~ a washed-out azure, it’s a a more common color for a button-down shirt than a suit and looks terrific with a darker blue like navy
- della robbia blue ~ popularized by a family of Renaissance sculptors who used it often, it’s the color of the sky on a clear day
- french blue ~ a purplish blue more often found in dress shirts that can also be dashing in a suit paired with a white button-down
- indigo ~ the inky shade of raw denim can be a deep, rich color for a suit. midnight blue and Prussian blue are variants
- navy ~ a very dark hue, so names because it was first worn by sailors in uniform. flatters every man, without fail
- yves klein blue ~ a vivid, almost electric ultramarine the French artist developed with a chemist in 1960. beloved by designers
What’s your choice for this year? My rec: blue on blue on blue….
