Wine and Taboos
By: Afra Al Sayegh
Everything in life is bound to a set of rules that one
is compelled to break. Fashion, like everything else
comes with a set of terms and conditions that one
signs up as soon as they break loose from their mother’s dress-up game. Every morning, we wake up a
blank canvas to paint with our mood. One day we’re
all in black, or sweats, or long graceful garments, and
the other day we’re a painting of our favorite colors,
or the colors of the season at hand. Now that winters comes blowing the leaves away and covering the
flaming sun to lala land, we are to focus on certain
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So, to start with, we are to pick 3 colors, 2 of them that match together and the third is to bring the other two to life. For example,
you can choose grey and white, and crown both colors with a pop
of green khaki. The trick isn’t the choice of the all three, but how to
dress them together. For example, the basic colors, such as white and
grey, are to be the canvas, so, the shirt and the pants are to be of that
array and then to be topped with the khaki to be worn on top of the
shirt, whether be it a jacket, a cardigan, a vest, or another shirt. Then
to be matched with the color of the shirt, or a shade darker than that
of the pants for the shoes. As for a hijabi, top those three colors with
either a black Sheila or a darker shade of grey, or bring in a fourth
color and warm up your outfit with a burgundy Sheila.
Now, since most of the girls are all about the trend these days with
the wine shade of red, whether be it summer or winter, one isn’t
supposed to wear make-up that resembles the colors of the outfit
worn but the colors that would complement the outfit and make it
pop, specifically the wine-red Sheila and the wine-red lips. They’re
supposed to be a fashion taboo.
shades of a certain palette of colors, ones that are
verging onto the darker array.
So, this season we are to shine a light on the warmer
colors of the winter, for example, icy white, burgundy,
wine red, navy blue, smoked purple, all 50 shades of
grey, and the king of all colors, black.
Wearing a variety of colors is the right way to go, instead of wearing the same color, or even shades of the
same color at the same time. But, balance is the key,
that also means, wearing a variety must be limited to
a certain number, and we prefer a maximum of 4.
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