![\"Monochromatic-dresses-by-Lela-Rose\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/02\/Monochromatic-dresses-by-Lela-Rose.jpg?ssl=1\" "\\"Monochromatic-dresses-by-Lela-Rose\\"")
<\/a> <\/div> <\/a> <\/div> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\nStylist Christina Stein (www.christinajstein.com<\/a>) has a soft spot for sporting all black but knows how to help her clients find the perfect pop of color.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 Take baby steps:<\/strong> \u201cStart with finding a classic piece you love in a color you normally wouldn\u2019t. It\u2019s not necessarily the color that you\u2019re wearing but how you wear it. Just one piece makes all the difference to start on that train of wearing color.\u201d Examples of starter pieces: A trench, a blazer or simple accessories.<\/p>\n \u2022 Don\u2019t worry about being matchy matchy:<\/strong> \u201cDon\u2019t fix what\u2019s not broken. If you have a ton of pink in your closet, wear the same color but in different shades, like a hot pink top with baby pink bottoms. You don\u2019t have to have the exact shade all of the time.\u201d <\/p>\n \u2022 Bored by the monochromatic color trend?<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m really gravitating toward pieces with patterns. There are beautiful floral pieces that were done in such modern ways … for the woman who needs easy clothing.\u201d Designer picks: Alice + Olivia, Tracy Reese and Tanya Taylor.<\/p>\n Julie Shields (www.houseofcolour.co.uk<\/a>) is a chief consultant and owner of House of Colour Pittsburgh, which helps people identify their \u201cwow colors\u201d for their wardrobe.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 Remember the 10-second rule:<\/strong> \u201cIf you\u2019re in the changing room and you put something on and your eye immediately goes to the color, the color is probably overwhelming you. The job of color and clothing is to accentuate you. If the color takes over, you\u2019ve taken it a step too far.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Make pastels your new neutrals:<\/strong> \u201cThey\u2019re kinds of colors that can replace those stark whites [such as a shirt]. I love the idea of a masculine suit with a really soft pastel.\u201d <\/p>\n \u2022 Play with color on the bottom half of an outfit, too:<\/strong> \u201cIt doesn\u2019t have to be all or nothing, and it doesn\u2019t have to always be just color on the top. A really pretty lavender pencil skirt or a fabulous sea green pencil skirt is a fun thing.\u201d<\/p>\n Sara Bauknecht: sbauknecht@post-gazette.com or on Twitter and Instagram @SaraB_PG.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cherry tomato, chili oil, lime punch and coconut milk may sound like they belong in the kitchen, but they\u2019ll be popular colors for clothing when the weather heats up. At New York Fashion Week\u2019s spring preview shows, lots of color was in bloom with cheery frocks and low-frill separates in vibrant brights and calming pastels.… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"coauthors":[10],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/02\/NS-New-York-Fashion-Week-Lela-Rose.jpg-e1519766191398.jpg?fit=1157%2C662&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"A couple of Pittsburgh-based stylists share their tips for how to warm up your wardrobe to the idea of color.","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9EDbT-1Y","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions\/258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}