The Observer
Scene
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
MARIA FERNANDEZ/The Observer
By MARIA FERNANDEZ Scene Writer
Name: Sofia Vivoni Spotted: Lewis Hall Sofia just came back from a tropical spring break and she is showing off her incredible tan with this stylish outfit. Her relaxed, white tunic paired with dark skinny jeans and gray ballerina flats is perfect for spring weather. Her mix of red and gray bangles definitely completes the look. Sofia looks chic and relaxed after a great week of vacation. Contact Maria Fernandez at mfernan5@nd.edu
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There is nothing more frighten- setters of London embrace color ing than realizing you have creativity, so can we. And what become a casualty of your own better time than Spring to clean “Mission to Conquer Fashion.” I out the closet and incorporate the came to this realization suddenly bright colors heretofore reserved for your recent Spring Break and abruptly, beach vacation? every mornThe key to incorporating brights ing during and matching colors into your my studywardrobe is an awareness of the abroad expecolor palette. Often designers will rience in combine different colors through Paris. color blocking or a more fantastiE a c h cal pattern in a dress or key morning I accessory. This can be a diving w o u l d Felicia Caponigri board from which to enthusiastiattempt to cally jump into the sea of color. complete Scene Writer However, the key to discerning the everyday task of exiting my miniscule, what is avant-garde, and what is closet-less room to attend class. prairie home companion, is a firm As I would reach for the door- grasp of warm and cool colors and their relationknob, I would pause, ships. For example, if barely breathing, and you normally gravitate say a deep prayer that to an all-black ensemthe overloaded, rickety ble, spice it up with metal rack upon which cooler colors, such as my jackets hung would teal blue, chartreuse not be disturbed by the green or even both. If atmospheric movement you love red, you have that the door inevitably two options — go for caused. For if it was, classic by pairing it the rack would fall with neutrals cream over onto yours truly, and camel, or find a creating a domino reddish-based fuchsia, effect. and an orange — Jackets, belts, dressmake yourself a living es, in short the neversunset. ending ocean of my The key to crisp closet, precariously color presentation lies draped from every in bold strokes and hanging object in my solids, not small, decoroom and myself rative, flowery patwould end up in a glorious heap on the floor. FELICIA CAPONIGRI/The Observer terns. If you wear a yellow, green and blue All this would of Samantha Osborn top, pair it with a solid course be accompa- models brights. color pant or skirt in nied by a deafening crash. This would always be fol- navy. Relate independent colors lowed by my over-attentive land- with visual ‘tocchi’ or touches. lady bursting into my room That is, if the bedazzled shoulders screaming very loudly in a torrent of your jacket are emerald green, of French to make sure I had not wear a complementary green been knocked unconscious or shoe or purse. Think of yourself as strangled by a hanger an abstract painting: or other flying accessooften the key to its ry. beauty is its compleAs you can imagine, mentary colors unified when this happened, by one base color, such the disruption to my as black or white. You daily pre-class “café au can start your journey lait et pain au chocolat” onto the proverbial ritual caused me no end ‘color brick road’ by of distress. After many Photo Courtesy of Target taking advantage of bruises, two ripped outhigh-end designer fits, and one sprained Thakoon colorblock Thakoon’s colorblock ankle, I realized I had to dress, Target.com, $39.99. dress at Target for stage an intervention. $39.99. Watch out As I weeded out my closet one night with my friends, Jackson Pollack, new artists are Wine and Brie, I realized I could in town. actually create more fashion The views expressed in this ensembles with fewer pieces. The key to smarter fashion strategy, column are those of the author and apparently surviving my and not necessarily those of The Observer. room, was color combination. Contact Felicia Caponigri at Just as Mediterranean women of the Amalfi coast and the trend- fcaponig@nd.edu BRANDON KEELEAN | Observer Graphic