Just when everyone was expecting a dark palette for winter, designers went and sent pale yellows, soft pinks and mint greens down their autumn/winter runways. Unsettling? Yes. I’m as afraid of colour ...

A soft serve of sorbet hues made a feminine comeback on the autumn-winter 13-14 runways. Pastel pinks, lavender, mint green and sky blues are breathing new life into moody winter dressing, giving the ...

The autumn/winter fashion colour trends 2025 have seen luxury brands lean into shades that are both grounding and uplifting, too. Pantone's Colour of the Year: Mocha Mousse, persists as an essential ...

Soft pastels not only are more powdery than hard pastels but because they contain less binder they also contain more pigment. The very best of them are formulated with an incredibly high ratio of ...

As Paris Fashion Week hits its stride, the star power has been nothing short of a spectacle. Today, all eyes were on Chloé, where Chemena Kamali followed up her momentous debut last season with ...

For a relatively low-cost set of pastels, Faber-Castell’s are formulated with an impressively small amount of filler and chalk. These sticks have strong pigmentation that is subtle rather than blatant ...

Don't put away your pastels just yet. Just because autumn is right around the corner doesn't mean that wearing pastels in the fall is impossible, or that you need to ditch your lighter-colored pieces.