GREEN. Pantone colour of the year, the most consistent shade in nature and my absolute favourite hue. I surround myself with it, from paint colours to home furnishing and of course, clothing. It’s calming. It’s soft on the eye and it has it’s own rainbow spectrum of tones. I’ve yet to be seduced by green eyeshadow, but there’s time. Today’s post celebrates the perfect ten. All in green. Obviously.
KHAKI – my personal favourite. khaki cuts it in casual wear and prettier pieces too. LOVE IS…this little fluted sleeve jacket from Zara £49.99.
GRADUATED GREEN. Meet THE sunglasses to be seduced by this summer. Inspired by the lifestyle of playwright Arthur Miller and his then wife Marilyn Monroe, these rimless shades are deliciously stylish with clear perspex and dark green lenses. Designed by Austrian fashion designer Arthur Arbesser in collaboration with Silhouette Eyewear, they are a limited edition and retail from £250. Definitely a design classic in the making. Shop the range at www.pretavoir.co.uk
Leafy Palms – inside or outside.
WHIP STITCH SMART – a khaki mix, saddle-stitched bag that ticks all the boxes – including being vegan friendly. Across body bag £35, M&S.
ARMY DREAMER – this little jacket from FreePeople has been on my radar for quite some time. With jeans, over a dress, smart or casual, this is well worth the £148, FreePeople.
EASY GREEN. When a structured clothing day is firmly on the back burner. The Stylish Stuff loves this gently flared tunic. Great with slim fit pants (skinny or wide leg) palest khaki silk back tunic £139, Jigsaw .
GREEN AVEC POM POMS. If you like your military greens dressed up a little, this is the jacket for you. This season if there isn’t a pom pom on it you’re missing a trick, so too a little travel inspired embroidery. I loved this so much I clicked BUY. Jacket £59.99, Zara.
DON’T IT MAKE YOUR GREEN EYES – admittedly I’m terrified when it comes to applying colour to my eyelids, but this subtle use of a delicious sage green by make up artist Karen Mason is really inspiring and straightforward to do. Karen used the Kat Von D ‘shade and light’ eye palette in sage £17, Debenhams
Beauty how to: Karen used a blonde eye brow pencil to fill in the top line of the brows, softly drawing them in, then she used a light tone cream shadow over the entire top of the eyelid (which had already had foundation and powder applied), next she applied a Kat von D Tattoo liner to the lash line and a touch of kohl to the inner eye. (TIP: doing it this way is helpful if you are not confident creating these looks as it can mask any small mistakes). Next, Karen applied the Kat Von D ‘Sage shadow and started by blending along the lash line and outwards into the socket. All the colours were gently blended together with a good shadow brush. (TIP: remember to keep the inner eye by the nose lighter, it’s softer and more elegant, always keep the lash line your darkest point). Finally, Karen added a gold shadow with her fingertips on top of the matte green, making sure it was right in the centre of the eye to add glamour and texture, the eyes were then lined and two parallel flicks added at the outer edge to keep it modern and fresh, finishing with lashings of ultra-thickening Mascara.
One perfectly applied smoulder in sage green and gold by make up artist Karen Mason. The Kat Von D palette below.
SHINY SHINY … and something to wear with your wicked, newly shaded eye? This J Crew Collection mermaid sequinned tank, £199. (sale)
MIXED GREENS. If you haven’t already checked out the Modern Rarity collection at John Lewis, look out for the slick, khaki blouson £90 (coming soon); tie front dress £180 and sophisticated slouch pants in khaki £90 (coming soon) Individual winners but equally great as a team as shown here. All Modern Rarity, exclusive to John Lewis.
OLIVE. New Stylish Stuff crush – ‘Hush’ nail ‘slounge-ease’ with these long harem trousers in softest, olive cotton. Yoga. Chilling. Weekend wanderings. These are the perfect go-to. Just add a simple v neck tee and slouchy cardigan. £55, Hush. Oh and talking of tees – we’ve fallen for this little lightening bolt number in olive cotton, £35, Hush.
NATURAL GREENS. If you’re feeling that Spring is in the air – inject a little into your stride and go green with these espadrille soled offerings from Jones Bootmaker. Loafer style espadrille (Kuwait) £95; peep toe wedge (Kimono) £130, both coming soon at Jones Bookmaker.
SPRING GREENS…if you’re in the market for some greens at the dinner table: LSA International – Coro Assorted Wine Glasses – Set of 4 – Leaf – £30; Leonardo – Giardino Dinner Plate – Green – £13.50; Giardino Dessert Plate – Green – £9.50; Giardino Bowl – Green – £9.50; Chilewich – Basketweave Round Placemat – Grass Green – £21; Cutipol – Moon Matt Cutlery – £5 to £22 all from Amara.
