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Dress of the Day 202 Orange flowers on a blue caftan matched with orange lipstick. The secrets of matching outfit colours

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  When you are seen head to foot you have more to match. On the other hand more options.  When you are photographing just your top half in a selfie, or appearing seated on zoom, the face and hair or or hat and hatband need to match up with your top half. The blue background of the dress matches my eyes. I had to move a couple of times to take this photo. I stood so that the distracting light switch was behind my head. Sometimes all it takes to look co-ordinated is matching lipstick and rouge. For a man to be all matching, a tie to match the shirt, or a cap in the same colours or match socks and hat.  You have a choice of two ways to co-ordinate clothes. The easiest method is to buy the matching item when you shop for the clothes. It is much easier to buy a hat to match the skirt you have just bought when the skirt is already in your bag, than to have to take a second trip to the shops. What if you have so many clothes you cannot match them up in a hurry? Match them up the...