One of the reasons I wanted to feature black and white + one colour, is that I believe it is one of the easiest ways to look young, hip and modern this season. The black and white trend is huge and adding a colour makes it just that little bit more fun and very suitable for many women over 40. Black and white can make us look a little pale and adding a bit of color solves that problem.
The ladies did not disappoint and came up with some wonderful combinations. Enjoy!
Lorraine
Renita – My Life While Shopping
Beverly – Beverly Like Hills
Deborah – Stylish Murmurs
Trina – Teatime with Trina
Sacramento – Miss Papelicos
Alice – Happiness at midlife
Greetje – No Fear of Fashion
Excellent work ladies! This should give you some great inspiration to try black & white & one colour yourself.
Are you ready for the next challenge?
I often feature a dress or long top over trousers. Examples can be found here, here, here and here, but frankly there are many more examples all over this site. (check the what I wore section for all outfits).
It’s a look that I find very flattering on many women (including myself) but I have found that many of you find this unusual or it’s something you have never tried.
The dressing challenges are all about trying something new and challenging yourself, so why don’t you give this look a try? If you don’t have a dress, try using a tunic or any other long top to create a similar effect.
It’s a great way to still wear your shorter dresses that you may not want to wear anymore. Or, if you like to try out this look and need to do some shopping anyway, buy a short dress specifically with the purpose of wearing it over trousers.
It’s easy to participate!
Participating in the dressing challenge is easy. Just send or publish 2 photos of you in a outfit featuring a dress, tunic or long top worn over trousers. The trousers can be long, short, leggings or jeggings. You will need to send me two outfits. You can do one of the following:
- You can upload your entries to the forum with ‘dress over trousers’ in the subject. Upload instructions for photos are here.
- Send them by email to sylvia at 40plusstyle.com. Photos need to be at least 300 pixels wide, but you are welcome to send me larger pictures. I will show your photos side by side (as shown above) so if you could send the complete collage, then even better. The image needs to be exactly 600 pixels wide with a white 2 pixel separator exactly in the middle (at 299 pixels). No white border outside the image.
- Create a post citing this dressing challenge and put a link in the article back to this post. I will then find you automatically and get your images! You can also remind me by tweeting about it and adding my twitter handle @40plusstyle in your tweet.
Please have your entries in by April 15.
Good luck everyone with this new challenge!
For now, what do you think of these black & white & colour looks? Will you be wearing it this coming season?
