The colors that you should never wear with red: fashion expert reveals the combinations that you look older than you are as red becomes the warm shadow of this season

You know that summer has arrived when your navy sweater suddenly looks like school uniform and you are again attracted to the colors of wild flowers or – this year – chocolate and lemon meringue.

Do designers get their color inspiration from eating in 2025? No. But there has been a clear shift of the brights that we expect at this time of year in the direction of warm colors that we associate with colder months – brown, bordeaux, ginger, shades of plum – but also apricot and mango.

This is good news – especially for older complexion. They mix more easily with the clothes that we have than parrot green and tropical turquoise. They fit better with the British summer: seriously, how often do you wake up on a Monday in the mood for clear cobalt blue? They are also less hard against the skin (very important) and less high impact, so they are much more versatile and good for more than two months of the year.

That Willow Green (Olive to Us) Victoria Beckham Trouser Sust the Princess of Wales wore earlier this month Is a good example: the muted color looked much more modern than Emerald or Sapphire and she can recognize it all year round. It will work with purple (a different color that lingers before the summer), blues and soft yellow. It is what you could call a hard -working color.

The best of all is that there are all kinds of colors on the menu for the summer that are unknown. The number one enemy of the midlife style is stuck in a rut: the same jeans form; the same hairstyle; The same old colors. Trying something new if it is as simple as adding a dash of apricot … that is feasible and fun.

Here you can read how you can let work work for your work this summer:

1. Start reconsidering your basic color.

For a reason, Navy is popular softener than black and it is part of all but it is also a conservative choice and we have to surprise fifty plusters. The strong alternative is now chocolate that works well in combination with any color that you would of course do with Marine, especially blues or one of the red and corals. (White and olive green or kaki are also other good basic colors to play with).

As soon as you take a step back from the navy and black (keep them for high summer), it becomes much easier to wear combinations of soft lighter color. Attempt The custom -made wide pants of French connection in chocolate (£ 69, johnlewis.com) or Reiss’s Dora Wool Blend Checked Single-Breasted Blazer (£ 148, Reiss.com). Very Kate as it happens.

2. Choose a color each color, but make sure you like it; You did not worn it in recent memory; And it has some singing.

(Do not confuse the new softer colors with pastel colors such as Mint and Baby Blue – Kryptonite for the fifties.) Try one Peach Sorbet Blouse (£ 75, Meandem.com) Instead of off -white and see the difference that it makes.

3. Say no to jewelry colors and brights, yes to more muted new colors.

Turned out to be sharp, or butter Is a great way to freshen up jeans or customization. Try to custom white pants plus a yellow knitted top with short sleeves (£ 22.99, Zara.com) or Whistles does a woolen v-neck button in front (£ 79, whistles.com). A Light yellow chalk line wide pants pants and matching Waistcoat (£ 120 and £ 99, mintvelvet.com) Can be the answer to your dressing worries.

4. It’s all about the new ‘off’ color combinations.

Forget the one we have taken for years – red, white and blue; Pink and Marine – these are the combinations that our mothers have transferred and they are potentially outdated or just boring. Instead, wear unusual colors together that sing unexpectedly (designers such as Prada have shown us their way). A color block – vest is a good place to start – try Zara for a selection (£ 29.99, Zara.com).

5. Docked pink for red.

Red is again at the top when the glamorous choice in all seasons (see Hayley Atwell on the mission: Impossible premiere this month), but this summer it makes a claim to be the new, 100 percent more portable, daily pink. Wear it for maximum returns in large blocks, or 50/50 or everywhere. If you are looking for a Crimson Crepe shirt dress with long sleeves, Baukjen just has the course (£ 149, baujken.com). There was also a lot of red on the catwalks for autumn, including a bright red skirt with a papal purple top at Prada, so that’s what’s in the store, along with many red accessories. You can one Red cotton midi skirt at mint velvet Now, plus optional matching, structured, elbow length T-shirt (£ 99 and £ 35) to come up with a cooperative.