There is, of course, the all-important hat, which begs the question: do you choose the clothes first or the hat first? The answer really depends on where your passion lies. If you have a hat or have seen one which completely blows you away, then perhaps you would be better served defining your look around the hat. In our experience, it is often easier to construct a look around a hat than it is to find a hat to suit a look, simply because stunning hats by amazing milliners such as Atelier Millinery are few and far between.
Tonal looks, in other words, outfits which play to the same tune of colour, are some of our favourites and take a lot of decision-making out of the equation. Colour-clashing or pattern-clashing can be extremely eye-catching and effective but is very difficult to pull off and can easily look like a mess if you're not careful. Adhering to a more restricted colour palette is chic, sophisticated, and allows you more of a blank canvas to accessorise with statement jewellery.
We design much of our collection with tonality in mind. You'll find that our silk and linen dresses perfectly complement the tonal range across our coat collection. Many of our coats are block colour styles with a contrast colour making up the embroidery details, so you can pick out either of the two in your dress.
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