How To: Styling Outfits
!! DISCLAIMER:
As my guide to styling outfits is quite long and elaborate, I will be creating different sections. In this post, I will start with colour combinations.
Following on from this, I will create additional sections to further expand this fashion guide. Here is a brief overview of the sections I will be adding:
Different fashion styles: Cute, casual, highly fashionable, sophisticated...? The list goes on! Everyone has their own fashion style and I will cover the major ones in this very guide.
Different clothing types and how to style them: Ever have that one item that you just can't style right? Are you tired of wearing the same outfit but refuse to let go of your favourite shirt? I've got you!
A guide to accessories and miscellaneous items: Accessories make or break an outfit. Make sure to style them right!
Sample outfit ideas: Some simple, nice outfits for you to adapt to your liking.
Outfits for Juniors and Citizens
How to be fashionable on a low budget: It's hard to composeyour ideal outfit when you have a bugs balance of 3,450. I will showcase some outfit ideas for different price points.
More coming soon.
How To: Styling Outfits
This guide will teach you all about styling outfits; colour combinations, different fashion styles, tips and tricks and other fashion elements that may be useful when creating your outfit on Chotopia.
Remember: This is based on my personal opinion, colour theories which I have studied in art for a handful of years and some fashion elements that I learned and investigated personally.
Colour Combinations
Let's begin with colour combinations.
This guide will be based on colour theories, specifically in regard to the colour wheel. You may or may not be aware that there are multiple colour (wheel) theories involving different colours as the primary colours.
Primary Colours
There are 2 main sets of primary colours:
Red, Blue, Yellow
Yellow, Cyan, Magenta
In this instance, I will be focusing on the classic red, blue and yellow colour wheel.
Secondary Colours
A secondary colour is a colour made from mixing any two of the primary colours. In relation to our colour wheel, the secondary colours are green, orange and purple.
Red and Blue = Purple
Blue and Yellow = Green
Red and Yellow = Orange
Tertiary Colours
A tertiary colour is a colour made by mixing full saturation of one primary colour with half saturation of another primary colour. In relation to our colour wheel, the tertiary colours are red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-purple and red-purple.
Here is a diagram to help you visualise all of these colour combinations:
See how all of the colours combine with one another?
Complementary Colours
The next important point to draw your attention to is complementary colours.
Complementary colours are one of the most crucial foundations when styling outfits. Figuring out the correct colour scheme is vital, as it makes or breaks your outfit. You want an outfit that will stand out and a co-ordinated outfit that is pleasing to look at.
Colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel are considered to be complementary colours (example: red and green)
The high contrast of complementary colours creates a vibrant, dynamic look. When a colour is paired with its complementary colour, it allows it to stand out more clearly.
Let's take a look at a diagram showcasing the pairs of complementary colours.
When styling outfits and pairing colour combinations, for the strongest and most colour-coordinated outfits, you should pair two of the complementary colours (example: purple and yellow, blue-green and red-orange).
This will create the most vibrant colour scheme in which each colour will stand out. It will be hard not to receive compliments when you walk into Cafe Street to see your friends.
Let me showcase these colour combinations on some basic Chobots outfits.
I hope these samples effectively showcased how complementary colours work together. They work in unison and accompany each other extremely well. They allow the other colour to stand out and create a really nice, coordinating colour palette.
Although... At times, this vibrancy can be a bit too jarring. In this instance, I highly recommend using a colour from the greyscale colour palette to balance out the vibrancy and liveliness of each colour you decide on.
Greyscale is a range of shades of grey. The darkest possible shade is black. The lightest possible shade is white
Personally, I recommend throwing in some greyscale colours to take away from the vibrancy of the colours you already have and to balance out your outfit. This makes it a bit easier on your eyes and is still coordinating very well in regards to colour.
You can also pick one colour wheel colour and one greyscale colour to make a nicely colour coordinated outfit. Complementary colours aren't always required in each outfit. Sometimes, one vibrant colour and one balancing, greyscale colour will do the trick!
That is all in regards to colour coordinating based on artistic elements. As Moderator Zack put it, let's finish the "Art Assessment" here.
Now that the facts are out of the way, let me put forward a few of my personal favourite colour schemes that I feel work really nicely with outfits.
Personal Preference Colour Schemes
The following is a handful of colour schemes that I am a big fan of, that I feel work really well together. Remember; this is all my personal opinion and preference.
Red and Black, hello Novo!: Of course, credit goes to Novo on this one as it is his signature colour scheme. Red and black offer a really dominating colour scheme; it is bound to always make your oufits pop and stand out.
White and Black, very monotone: A simple, sophisticated colour scheme can never go wrong. Maybe throw in a vibrant feature colour to jazz up your outfit even further.
Blue and Grey, did someone say Zack?: I feel that blue and grey complemenent each other perfectly as they follow quite a "cold"* colour scheme and offer the perfect balance of soft greyscale and vibrancy.
Red and Orange, Summer, where did you go?: This colour scheme perpetuates "Autumn vibes" and is a really nice "warm"* colour scheme; it's a very sweet and welcoming range of colours.
Pinks, you can't go wrong with them: Pink colours are always bound to make a lovely outfit; be it a daring hot pink offering a very bold and vibrant look, or soft pastels that can be paired perfectly with just about any colour. You can't go wrong!
Green and Yellow, Spring vibes: Bright, beautiful Spring colours make an amazingly pretty outfit which perpetautes happy vibes.
Here are some lovely outfits from our community. It's amazing how much everyone's style can differ, yet remain amazing.
Beautiful, right?
*Quick Note: Colours may range from cold, neutral and warm.
Cold colours: green, blue, indigo and violet.
Warm colours: red, orange and yellow.
Neutral colours are those colours which do not have a specific colour name: (i.e.) beige, cream, ivory, white, grey and brown.
I will be updating this list as time goes on.
Make sure to recommend some more colour preferences to me as time goes on so that I can add them to this guide, if you wish. Credit will always be given and who knows, maybe you'll start a trend!
This concludes the Colour Cordinating segment of my Fashion Guide. I will be frequently updating this section if more needs to be added and/or changed, or as opinions differ from time to time.
Make sure to stay tuned for the rest of the sections following very shortly. I will announce it as I make each section so make sure to never miss out.
Next Up... Fashion Styles
Credits
Thank you to...
Jas for helping me with gathering outfit screenshots.
The following users for helping me with the community image above: Novo, Jas, Micah, RSWReece, Jacob, Shower, Icestormz, Anirudh53