• cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 days ago

    Can work with that.

    Okay, so you’re gonna want to make curves. Assuming roughly ginger color scheme:

    Try a lines and low waisted stuff, let your clothes define your waist for you. Draw attention to your legs if they’re long with cool stockings and leggings. You may want to look into petticoats. Long flowy majestic shit works well with tall. Think big skirts.

    For colors youre gonna want to go fall baroque. Obviously black works on everybody. I’m told navy blue works well but depending on your precise coloring¹, you’re going to do well with dark greens and reds, and maaybe vibrant yellows/golds.

    So. You are gonna want accessories. Those help draw the eye and create perception of shape.

    Basically any precious metal’s gonna look good on you, but I’d go for copper and gold or rose gold. Dont fuck with solid; plated is fine.

    You can fuck with perceived shape with shiny things; piercings, makeup. Make the eye/attention echo the shape you want. Try with glitter glue or stickers or something in your bathroom mirror before finalizing anything.

    A little like ice cream, until you have a better idea what you’re doing, you’re going to figure out if you want a mostly-metallic or mostly-matte palette on a given day.

    For below the chin, you can use pins/brooches, necklaces/pendants/lockets, bangles/bracelets/anklets for metallic spot color, but I would urge ribbons and scarves in particular as a flexible utilitarian way to create lines. You’re not going conservative, so you have a little more freedom to go baroque with number of accessories, or even using accessories for coverage.

    Oh. And hats. Hats exist. They also keep the sun off your face and cover messy hair, or so im told.

    Now, how do you want to fuck with norms? Gimme a mood or impression. More than one is fine.

    ¹color theory shit