Your fashion personality: romantic

You love everything about dressing up and planning your wardrobe. Your clothes are pretty and you adore all sorts of details: bows, ruffles, flounces, appliqués and fringes. You love to experiment with new skincare and bodycare products, and never go out without your perfume. You will spend longer than anybody else looking after yourself and your grooming.

Style characteristics

● Flowers feature heavily in your wardrobe, whether they are in patterned fabrics or as accessories and decorative details, such as corsages, brooches and other jewellery.
● You always wear matching and pretty underwear, even if it is uncomfortable.
● Your sports clothes are either in pretty colours or have decorative details.
● Even your everyday work clothes are pretty, feminine and detailed.

Make the most of your style

● Choose separates that are decorated with beading, appliqué or ribbons.
● Choose luxury fabrics such as angora, cashmere, silk and satin.
● Skirts or dresses teamed with a cardigan or pretty jacket are a great look for you.
● In the evening, go for a layered look and choose fabrics such as chiffon or lace decorated with sequins and diamanté. Complete the look by wearing high-heeled sandals.

Your colour palette

Light: Light navy + pastel pink; pewter + mint; light aqua + light apricot.
Deep: Charcoal + blush pink; cornflower + primrose; aubergine + olive.
Warm: Coral + cream; grey-green + teal; amber + taupe.
Cool: Rose pink + baby pink; sky blue + medium grey; bright periwinkle + icy green.
Clear: Emerald turquoise + duck egg; scarlet + light grey; royal blue + light apricot.
Soft: Blush pink + soft violet; spruce + mint; cocoa + shell.

How to accessorise

● Add a flower somewhere: in your hair, on your shoulder, to your bag or even your shoes.
●  Floral prints work well if you have soft, curvier body lines; if you don’t, choose spots or squiggles.
● Wear decorative jewellery.
● Colourful, pretty handbags are perfect for you.
● Wear fine-patterned or textured tights; seamed stockings are fun if you have shapely legs and ankles.
● Always wear a heel, whether on a sandal or boot.

Your face


By day: You always wear make-up, especially a pink lipstick and a blusher from your palette.
By night: For an ultra-feminine look, dazzle with sparkle, shimmer and glitter.

Your hair

The best hairstyles for you are long and layered, softly curled and probably highlighted. Put decorations in your hair if you wear it up.

Famous romantics

Kylie Minogue, pictured
Penélope Cruz
Leona Lewis
Aung San Suu Kyi

This is an edited extract from the book ‘colour me beautiful by Veronique Henderson and Pat Henshaw, published by Hamlyn. For more expert advice on making the most of your style,  buy ‘colour Me Beautiful’ at www.colourmebeautiful.co.uk

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