so today I wanted to talk about
something that a lot of you guys have
been noticing and commenting on which is
that I wear a lot of neutrals I do this
for several specific reasons so I just
kind of wanted to hash through all of
those today and talk about why I
intentionally decided to have a neutral
wardrobe it's not because I don't like
to have fun and I don't like colors and
I just want to live in this
black-and-white world but it actually is
very beneficial to when I wanted to
completely revamp my closet make it more
my style and every piece has its purpose
in my closet now so real quick my
neutral color scheme really consists of
blacks whites grays brown tones and rust
tones and then also I like to use like
ivories and creams so like different
shades therein but also I like to wear a
lot of denim I consider denim to be
really neutral and I also like to wear
like a lot of metallic colors as well so
either that's going to be in my jewelry
I'll wear lots of gold or it might be
something on my bag or something like
that really makes an outfit look a lot
more fancy or like not boring just by
adding more metallics I also like to
wear prints of those colors so I've got
my color scheme but I don't just wear
those solid ones I might do something
that's like a minimal horizontal stripe
or polka dots sometimes but I'm even
careful when I do those things like I
try to pick ones that will stand the
test of time
it's really the timelessness of neutrals
why I like it so much if you look back
at the decades of our past of what
outfits or colors stood the test of time
it's the ones that you know isn't a
classic black dress you know or
something very basic like that which is
actually great because fashion itself is
not timeless it's like the antithesis of
timeless there's things that I really
liked last season that are already like
out which is just silly you know it's
absolutely silly to criticize what you
thought was tasteful last month you know
like you need to respect yourself in
that I think so that's really why I like
to wear things that are timeless and
ones that I think that are
important to be able to look back and
say I'm so glad that I made that
purchase and that I didn't go with the
crazy green pair of pants I went with
like the classic one first and that is
really why I think that it's important
to be able to have timeless neutral
pieces the second reason why I really
like to wear neutrals is because it
makes your outfit look higher-end even
though it isn't necessarily I could pile
on a ton of patterns and colors but that
might actually cheapen the look that I'm
going for and so if I'm looking more
intentional or like more curated in my
outfit then it actually looks more put
together and there's ways to play with
the neutral colors that might be a bit
boring just by adding textures linen is
one of the greatest neutral fabrics out
there if it's not dyed and it had such a
rich classic texture to an outfit that
otherwise wouldn't be the third reason
that I love neutrals is because I just
naturally gravitate to them I have all
of the years that I have been planning
out my house anytime that I am
decorating for my house it's neutral
anytime that I'm doing makeup I love a
neutral palette that I can play up with
shades and it's just really nice to be
able to see what I can do with a limited
color palette in fact I've been doing a
lot of interior decorating inspiration
on my Pinterest board if you want to
check that out but the entire thing is
just a curated board of beautiful
neutral rooms with beautiful pieces of
furniture so definitely check that out
if you want to I'm definitely looking
into updating a few things in my house
and it's just really exciting with all
of that said it's really nice to have a
more minimal color scheme but you don't
necessarily have to it's really
important though to have a color scheme
number one you might be like me and just
have a small living space I've got a
tiny apartment Zach and I both live in
I've got one small closet that's all the
room that I really have to work with
aside from like a dresser so I really
try to make things work and it's just
easier on my day-to-day schedule if I
don't have to decide what matches that
one specific color that I was wanting to
wear today all I have to do is like pull
two things out of my closet and they
automatically match and they're just
curated
to go together already next if you have
a color scheme it's going to make your
buying purchases so much easier when you
go online and you're like oh I really
think that this fits me I think it would
be so great this one like crazy item
that I want to buy for my closet how can
I justify it well you can justify it a
lot more if it's in your color scheme it
might be hard to justify something
whether you're gonna use it all the time
if it's bright yellow and nothing else
that in your closet matches at all
whereas if you pick out something like
when I was actually picking out this
jumpsuit I was like you know what I
really like that pink color that it
comes in and I really really want that
one but I think first I'll try this
black one that's in my color scheme
already and if I love it then if I find
I need another jumpsuit I can go and get
the pink one so that's just kind of how
that works
speaking of buying things online I've
been thinking about the idea of making a
video of how I buy things online and the
whole process there any tips I have if
that actually is something that you'd
like to see then leave it in the
comments and tell me about if you'd like
to see that or any other ideas you have
the third reason that I think it's
really important to have a color scheme
of your choosing is really just because
it means that you curated your closet
and you are intentional with each
purchase I would say that's the key to
any form of design all this means is
that you are intentional that is the
point of design is that you made a
decision and you thought about it for at
least five minutes so those are really
the reasons why I chose to go with a
basic neutral wardrobe and color scheme
but honestly if you want to now figure
out like how is it that I get one of
those or how do I pick a color scheme at
all where to begin
then keep listening because that's what
I'm gonna go into next first thing you
need to do is go into your closet and
just take an inventory of what colors
you own the most of and think about what
are the reasons why I own that color the
most is it because my job requires that
I wear this color or is it because of
some lifestyle choice or that you just
honestly love that color those are
things to consider first next is to look
at photos that you took maybe from a
past trip or something and just be
honest with yourself about how did I
feel in that
color was that like perfect for where I
was at the time or is that something
that I should wear all the time or did
that color just absolutely not work on
me just ask yourself those things
honestly next is to go on Pinterest this
is the first thing that I did is I just
pinned photos of outfits that I like no
one had to tell me to go on Pinterest
and do this I'm sure that you already
are doing this but it's just really nice
to be able to put together this board of
photos that you really feel inspire you
aesthetically and then try to find
patterns out of it what colors were
repeating throughout the whole board
maybe there's a few outliers on there
that just don't really match the rest of
it those are things to really question
and delete if you feel like they don't
match the rest of this brand that you're
building for yourself next it's do the
same with your closet that you already
own narrow it down and figure out which
colors really don't make sense for your
day-to-day life when I first did this I
donated a lot of my clothes or else I
sold some online one really cool thing
to do is just to take those clothes and
be like hmm I can wash my car in this so
I do have like a pile of clothes that I
use for things that I don't want to get
dirty and you can always keep that aside
if you have the space once you figure
out one to three colors that you love to
wear and are absolutely going to make
the shortlist for your closet it's been
important to decide on about six colors
total that you're going to stick to so
white black gray are all ones that I
would consider three colors to add but
then you can add three more colors to
that list of course this totally is up
to you it doesn't have to be white black
gray it could be six different shades of
yellow honestly just do a little bit of
color theory research figure out on the
color wheel which colors match each
other complement each other that's a
great way to do a little bit of research
but there's also plenty of color
generators online that you can do as
well that I do for my you know design
work but also you can do that for your
own closet after you've done in depth
research on color theory then you can
throw out everything you just learned
and then decide for yourself what colors
you feel the most confident and
beautiful in and that's it that's how
you build a color scheme it's very
simple there are
but there's not really rules there's
science but it's really not science at
all it's really just making sure that
you have confident intelligent decisive
decisions that's what matters the most
and I hope that you've really enjoyed
this video and I will see you guys next
time on Monday right