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PERSONAL STYLIST TIPS: AUTUMN/WINTER COLOUR TRENDS YOU’LL LOVE THIS SEASON

This season is full of rich, expressive colours that work beautifully across all four palettes. In this article, I’m sharing three key directions you can explore to elevate your winter wardrobe — and to help you shop more mindfully as the January sales approach.

This season is full of rich, expressive colours that work beautifully across all four palettes. Below, I’m sharing three key directions you can explore to elevate your winter wardrobe — and to help you shop more mindfully as the January sales approach.

Why Your Colours Matter More in Winter

Here's the thing about cold-weather dressing: the fabrics get heavier, the colours get deeper, and suddenly what worked in summer feels... off.

When you wear colours that align with your natural colouring, everything shifts. Your skin looks brighter, your eyes sparkle, and people start asking if you've had extra sleep (even when you haven't!).

Understanding whether you're a Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter isn't about rules — it's about clarity. It means you walk into a shop and instantly know what will make you feel radiant, rather than spending twenty minutes in a changing room wondering why that "perfect" jumper just isn't working.

Let me walk you through each season's winter palette, so you can shop (and style yourself) with complete confidence.

If You're a Spring: Keep Your Brightness Alive

You have warm undertones and a natural luminosity that gets lost in heavy, dark winter shades. Your secret? Choose warmth and clarity over depth.

Your winter colours:
Think warm aqua, jade green, bright red, golden yellow, light teal, salmon pink, and bright peach. For neutrals, reach for light camel, warm beige, cream, milk chocolate and soft gold.

How to wear them:
Imagine a camel coat over a warm aqua knit with cognac boots. Or a cream roll-neck under a peach coat. These combinations keep you glowing, even on the greyest London days.

Textures that love you:
Fine merino, smooth leather, polished wool, silk blends, and glossy accessories. Go for fabrics with light reflection rather than weight — and always choose gold-tone jewellery over silver.

What to avoid:
Heavy, matte textures and muddy colours that dull your sparkle.

If You're a Summer: Embrace Your Soft Elegance

You have cool undertones and a refined, muted beauty. Your colours are gentle, sophisticated, and slightly dusty — never sharp or warm.

Your winter colours:
Powder blue, dusty navy, lavender, cool rose, heather mauve, dusty teal, soft pine, cool raspberry, and slate blue. Your neutrals are soft grey (your hero!), dove, mushroom, cool taupe, and light navy.

How to wear them:
Picture a grey coat over dove cashmere with slate trousers. Or a pink coat with a rose-toned blouse. These harmonious layers make you look polished without trying.

Textures that love you:
Cashmere, brushed wool, matte satin, suede leather, and fine-gauge knits. Think smooth, blended, luxurious.

What to avoid:
Harsh black, high-shine gold, and loud contrasts — they overpower your natural softness.

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If You're an Autumn: This Is Your Season

You have warm undertones and a natural richness that allows you to wear the deepest, most complex hues beautifully. Winter shops are filled with your palette — it's your time to shine.

Your winter colours:
Olive, forest green, deep teal, petrol blue, burnt orange, rust, terracotta, mustard, oxblood, mahogany, and aubergine. Your neutrals are cognac, chocolate brown, chestnut, warm camel, coffee, and deep moss.

How to wear them:
Imagine a deep teal knit with a rust skirt and brown leather boots. Or an olive coat with a mustard scarf and cognac handbag. You glow in layered, tonal combinations.

Textures that love you:
Suede, leather, wool, cashmere, corduroy, tweed, and brushed metals like bronze and copper. Your palette thrives in tactile, earthy luxury.

What to avoid:
Silvers, icy tones, and sharp contrasts — they wash you out.

If You're a Winter: Own Your Colours

You have cool undertones, striking contrast, and sharp clarity. Your colours are vivid, jewel-toned, icy, or dramatically deep. You shine in high saturation — never muted.

Your winter colours:
Sapphire, emerald, amethyst, ruby, magenta, berry, cobalt, royal purple, and burgundy. Your neutrals are black (your power neutral!), charcoal, white, navy, steel grey, charcoal grey, and ink blue.

How to wear them:
Think a berry coat with a black knit and silver jewellery. Or a sapphire blouse with charcoal trousers. An emerald dress for festive occasions. You create instant sophistication.

Textures that love you:
Structured wool, clean leather, satin, smooth-finish cashmere, high-shine silver, and patent accents.

What to avoid:
Muddy tones, soft muted pastels, and warm gold — they dull your natural brilliance.