THE BEST PRINTS and PATTERNS for your COLOR SEASON

[@k-rouse5097]

I'm a bright winter married to a true autumn as well. 😊

[@janitapanos240]

I think your video about patterns/prints is the first I’ve come across, thank you!

[@BridgetCappel]

@@janitapanos240 you are welcome! It came requested from one of my subscribers!

[@vivicaprobably]

Very helpful, thank you! Visual weight is a good descriptor for what I’ve notice works on me - I have described it as things that “read,” i.e., not the small or low-contrast patterns you described as blending together. Exactly!

[@Claudialupperocd]

Bright spring here...I never ever wear big prints, so I am watching to see what you recommend. They seem pretty, then when I try them on, it's NOPE. Definitely need definition and contrast. Blue and white check, red and white polka dots, yellow florals, lime green and pink checks are patterns that have worked. Lime green with butterflies looks like a skirt I already have.

[@BridgetCappel]

Yes, as a bright spring you are going to need some contrast since your season has some winter influence! The size of prints that work for you also can have a lot to do with your facial features and body proportions. Trust your instincts. It seems like you have a pretty good idea of how to fit your style and color season together!

[@EnfysDebs]

First time watcher, new subscriber, I'm a bright winter and lover of bright colours, I'm tallish and have very short pixie hair, dark hair, pale cool skin and bright hazel eyes, not typical bright winter but bright colours and contrast make me pop, which I love!! I work in a conservative corporate role, I'm neuro divergent and my brightness has been part of me reclaiming my authenticity and putting two fingers up to the haters who think I'm too 'much' for my type of profession. Love seeing anorher bright winter esp one who slays the look and gives me inspo ❤

[@BridgetCappel]

Welcome!! You sound so rad! Glad you are embracing your brightness- it’s the most natural and authentic expression of people with our coloring!

[@christinehuband4383]

Very well explained! Love the blue and white dress in the background, it's gorgeous. 😊

[@BridgetCappel]

@@christinehuband4383 Thank you! I’m wearing it in the video where I put bright winter makeup on my true summer mom.

[@christinehuband4383]

@BridgetCappel that was a great video, and my true summer mom loved it as well. I'm going to look at it again and pay more attention to what you're wearing 😊

[@lapislazulis2378]

Very helpful thank you! I don't often see the scale notions in usual advices for patterns. It sure will help me when shopping fabrics and sewing for my friends ❤🎉

[@BridgetCappel]

Scale plays a huge role in both how the color is perceived and how the pattern looks on certain body types. As a tall lady, small dainty patterns can make me look like an oversized person in small clothes. So I try to wear larger prints with definition so it honors my body and the contrast of my color season.

[@lapislazulis2378]

@@BridgetCappel Sure! I'm petite, a kind of mix between soft gamine body type with a soft dramatic ethereal face, and I'm a soft winter/deep summer in the extended colour seasons, deep and cool are my major features. I like small coloured polka dots, like fireworks or funfetti effect on a deep background. I also like paisley shapes on deep background, little flowers or vertical light stripes on black or navy background on me. Too big patterns and my clothes will look like a curtain and I end up looking like an eighty-year-old lady.

[@ReneeDeane]

This is really good; I am an autumn (dark) but I have slightly more brightness to me and I am neutral first and then war. I find I love winter patterns everywhere and dark autumn patterns only as jackets and shirts.

[@pajamamama5965]

This is very interesting. I enjoy wearing both prints and solids. I'm a bright winter overweight hourglass soft classic Kippie type. Small, dense, high contrast prints look best on me. I like horizontal stripes, Florals, small plaid, gingham, small paisley, and Polka dots. I look terrible in large florals, Geometric shapes, Abstract shapes, tie dye, Vertical stripes, and water colors. It's so much easier to shop once we learn these things. ❤

[@pajamamama5965]

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[@BridgetCappel]

Wow that’s super interesting! Yes all the prints you mentioned that don’t suit you are a mix of things that wouldn’t work well on a bright winter or a soft classic. It’s amazing how those two things can really help you nail down your best options and simplify your style/shopping experience.

[@pajamamama5965]

@@BridgetCappel Thanks!!! It was a lot of trial and error. Especially since I was never very certain if I was a romantic or a soft classic. Knowing I'm a bright winter helps with choosing the background color of the print. Black & white is a favorite but I have plenty of that already LOL. I especially love thrift shopping. It's so much fun now because I can walk right past things I know won't work.

[@Beauty_over_40]

Where can I get that color wheel?

[@cristyrobertson9165]

Thank You patterns confuse me this helped.

[@BridgetCappel]

You’re welcome 😊

[@jk-ml7dv]

This was interesting. I am a bright winter and I’ve never liked prints on me but maybe I’ve been trying the wrong prints. Also, I love the lipstick you’re wearing!!

[@BridgetCappel]

Thank you! The lipstick is a Revlon lip vinyl (Cherry on Top) that I mentioned in my BW drugstore lip review. For BW I find that the simpler the print in terms of color the better for me. When it’s really busy or too colorful it’s not great. Contrasting colors are amazing as well- like fuchsia and emerald 😍 I also prefer larger prints as a tall lady. Small prints can make me look a little oversized.

[@jk-ml7dv]

@@BridgetCappel oh this is really extra helpful. Thank you. I would like to enjoy prints. I’m going to keep all these tips in mind and see what I can find.

[@aprilbatley6738]

this is actually helpful ty

[@BridgetCappel]

@@aprilbatley6738 great! Glad you found it helpful!

[@katechipata9934]

This was super helpful, thanks for sharing!

[@BridgetCappel]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cathwalsh9921]

Looking at you as a bright makes me see how I’m so not a bright. In the 12 season that only leaves cool/true as I’m not deep either!

[@BridgetCappel]

Sounds like you found your season!! 😁

[@cathwalsh9921]

@@BridgetCappel 💃🏻

[@PandoraSummer-d9v]

Isn't dimension also related to texture? For example like in brocade designs, embroidered textiles, etc.

[@BridgetCappel]

@@PandoraSummer-d9v it absolutely is and I’m kicking myself for not bringing that up 😅 but overall, the texture of a piece of clothing as well as weight or drape of fabric is a whole other topic to cover when it comes to style and personal color analysis. My intention was to cover a general two dimensional overview of print and pattern and how that affects color harmony.

[@kathryneyre2348]

Thnak you. very helpful. Just wondering if you can get those fans for a "soft' ot "toned" winter ?

[@BridgetCappel]

In the TCI system there isn’t a soft or toned winter so they wouldn’t have a fan for that. I would research whatever system has that version of winter and see if they have any physical color palettes for purchase.

[@mdysart3106]

I’m an INFJ, but I’m like your mom; I’m a summer who LOVES bright clear colors 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@laysadelaparra9758]

Me too! I’m an INFJ who is a Soft summer but my absolute favorite color is poppy red. It’s the only bright color I really enjoy but I wear it a lot and I can’t get enough of it and I actually get compliments whenever I wear it, but I got typed as a soft summer which is wild to me. I don’t disagree with with my typing but I just think that maybe Poppy red brings a little bit of my energy and vitality out in my personality, less about my look but more about my overall vibe which I think is forgotten when we do color analysis.

[@frauburger6397]

There is much more than color analysis. I'm a bright winter but my colours look "cheap" and not beautiful on me. But why? Because, there is my body and bone structure. Kibbe knew that and it does't fit to my Kibbe Type. I'm a classic kibbe type like Graze Kelly. Bright colours and big contrast does not fit to my kibbe type. There I need delicate, symmetrical and classic clothes with more summer and soft colours, which doesn't shout out loud like bright winter. It is very difficult to work with two opposite results but it explains why I don't feel well with bright winter colours and patterns. And I'm a bright and big personality ;) that is not the problem with bright winter colours. To choose the right colours and clothes is really frustrating, that's why I buy the same clothes as before I did a professional colour analysis. Just things I like, without thinking about my colour or kibbe type.

[@BridgetCappel]

@@frauburger6397 I mean of course, anyone can do whatever they want and you’re right about style ID/Kibbe/body type playing a role in your style choices. This video in particular is just some suggestions and guidelines for the different seasons if you’re lost on where to start looking at patterns. There are plenty of lovely bright winter neutrals and deeper more sophisticated colors in our palette that would be incredible on a classic/BW person. There’s even a suggestion in the color combinations on my color fan that has charcoal, teal, and light aqua that would be sublime on a classic type. It’s more about having enough contrast for our features than it is about wearing the loudest colors and patterns. Obviously wear what makes you feel beautiful- that’s just my two cents!