Coral flowers necklace – Lamprini, coral bobby pins – L. Erickson, square drop earrings – Eina Ahluwalia, star turquoise brooch – Kenneth Jay Lane, coral and turquoise earrings – toosis, double row necklace – Panacea, coral colored scroll earrings – Kenneth Jay Lane, silk sweet pea scarf – Yuh Okano, square silk scarf – Hermes, linen wrap – Halogen
Henley – Uniqlo, v-neck sweater – Uniqlo, cashmere cardigan – Uniqlo, silk blouse – Frame Denim, long-sleeved tee – Tommy Hilfiger, short-sleeved tee – Acne Studios, silk top – Diane von Furstenberg, lace-sleeved top – Kaliko, lace sleeveless top – Diane von Furstenberg, pencil skirt – Diane von Furstenberg, turtleneck – Hallhuber, jeans – Uniqlo, sleeveless dress – Red Valentino, knit shirtdress – Y-3,ankle pants – Uniqlo, pleated skirt – Fausto Puglisi, ballet flats – SoftWalk, ankle boots – Munro,pumps – Taryn Rose, loafers – Munro
I love how my very favorite accent colors warm up the black outfit. I will give this a try tomorrow. It is raining here day in and out right now, and I like to wear black to keep from looking splattered. Very pretty.
Every year, I love coral more and more! Great choices. And to put it with turquoise and black…excellent.
Could you please show a cool-toned color palette and using silver instead of gold? Thank you!
Black doesn't flatter me, but I think one could substitute all white for the black pieces (or all pearl grey, or all soft camel) and look stunning.
ooh I am loving these shades…they feel so summer to me and perfect accessories for black.
I love ethnic jewelry and coral and turquoise are two of my favourites.
Now we are cooking!! I could happily wear all black in a work situation if I could wear these accessories!!!!
Deb from Vancouver
It is interesting to see how one could take a basic wardrobe, one that everyone in the office is wearing, and make it unique and personal with the addition of the right accessories. Mary P
I love how you transformed this very plain wardrobe in something very special only by the use of the appropriate accessories.
Géraldine
Wow, this is a stellar example of the transformative power of accent colors! This capsule in navy or charcoal would be even more stunning. I've been salivating over the "Gabrielle" necklace on Soft Surroundings, and it would make a perfect addition to this coral and turquoise accessory wardrobe.
I love seeing the way the accessories light up the darkness. In my mind I substitute a dark navy or dark brown for the black and the accessories would be equally well suited, although it is much harder to find the actual clothing items in those colours. I know navy needs to be dead on, but do you feel the same about browns? Can slightly different browns not work well together if necessary? Someone else mentioned grey and camel. Wow! Turquoise and Coral are really versatile accents, aren't they. Yes, they would look great with white, cream, stone and olive. Giving them a great reason for being picked as accents. Even in clothing, and even in soft versions, they seem to work with everything, anytime. Thanks for the ideas. Definitely worth pondering.
And I just thought of how well they work with denim and light chambray, as well. Some colours just have more versatile strength than others. For example, I love a colour like lilac/lavender but do not really like the colour that it works best with: grey. I can do it with navy or white and if I loved black, that could work too, but I can see what your neighbour sees: Everything works with turquoise and coral. Go figure!
On my little color wheel – turquoise and coral a kind of complementary. They certainly look great together. Carol S
Turquoise and coral are my favorite accent colors. I always worry that they're too "summery" with all black. But you've created a lovely display for my food for thought. I'm general, I'll use deep teal and burgundy with black…turquoise and coral with tan, light grey and white. So….a good execercize for me. Thank you!
Oh I am LOVING the turquoise and coarl pieces. Absolutely yummy!