Life's Too Short to Wear Black

Bring joy into your life and your wardrobe with this essential guide to wearing color.

Katie Kortman is here to tell you everything you need to know about adding more color to your wardrobe, from the power colors can have to boost your mood to finding your most flattering shades.

In this practical, easy-to-use guide, you'll learn how to determine your 'season', providing you with your very own personal color palette and helping you to create a wardrobe that gives you a hit of happiness every day. Katie explains how to combine your best colors, from creating monochrome looks to pairing complementary colors and wearing patterns. There's also an entire chapter on simple budget-busting techniques for adding color to pieces already hanging in your closet. And for those days when you just want to forget about the rules, Katie gives tips on ways to wear those colors that might fall outside your season, but you just can't live without.

Bursting with color, each section is illustrated with helpful color wheels, swatches and charts, alongside stunning outfits for inspiration.