How to Style Neon

This monochrome and neutrals thing has really taken me by surprise lately. It seems to be my go-to palette on a daily basis but at the same time, I am still drawn to strong colours and statement pieces. So let me introduce you to this fluoro skirt I discovered in River Island.

It's a pretty bright neon orange, not quite as radioactive as it photographs but definitely neon. I have a neon green skirt too, so maybe I'm starting a collection. The fit of this skirt is great and I like how it works with tights and a jumper but will also be perfect with a white cami top for when the sun is out.

I keep buying myself holiday clothes at the moment, despite the fact I'm not going away until September, so I'm hoping for the British summertime to kick in any time soon. I swear when I was a kid it was hot all summer long...

Neon Skirt - River Island

White Shirt - ASOS

Grey Speckled Jumper - Primark

Boyfriend Coat - Oh My Love

Black Brogues - Office

White Boxy Bag - ASOS

Silver Necklace - Primark

Lipstick - Kate Moss Rimmel 110

Navy

What I learnt while wearing this outfit is that pencil skirts make walking and getting out of cars really difficult. I'd been looking for a neutral pencil skirt and I really liked the sheer panels and texture of this one. I've found it a little difficult to style as I like to keep my stomach area under wraps but this navy jumper sat perfectly and I like the matchy matchy of it.

I went for matching white accessories in a bit of a nod to monochrome. I've been finding myself wearing these all-white Converse a lot lately. What can I say? I just love the comfort.

Navy Jumper - River Island

Navy Pencil Skirt - River Island

White Bag - ASOS

White Converse - Schuh

Pendant Necklace - Topshop

Lipstick - Firecracker by Topshop

Nails - Celestial by Topshop

How To Style Monochrome

Monochrome is a trend that has really taken me by surprise.

I never choose such plain colours, it goes against my colourful nature. Heh.

But really, I find it a bit of a challenge, so I set myself a bit of a task 'How to style monochrome' and based all the looks around my new statement trousers from H&M.

Black and White

Keeping to just black and white was definitely the easiest way to style a monochrome look and I think one of the most striking. I did discoverer that matching whites is harder than you might think and it looks really wrong if it's an off white against the pure white of my trousers.

Jumper - New Look

Monochrome Trousers - H&M

Brogues - Office

Necklace - Moroccan Market

Studded Bag - Moroccan Market

Lipstick - Heartbreaker by Sleek

Monochrome and Neon

I've found neon quite difficult to style and then monochrome came along, like a knight in shining black and white armour.

Neon Top - H&M

Studded Slippers - Missguided

Necklace - Primark

Block Colour and Sports Luxe

Block colour works well with monochrome, particularly a bold, primary colour. These trousers are pretty smart usually, so to mix it up a bit I wore Converse for a take on 'sports luxe'. Yah.

Royal Blue Top - New Look

Boyfriend Jacket - Oh My Love

Converse

Geometric Necklace - H&M

Lipstick - Stiletto by Sleek

Classic

Keeping it classic with polished heels, a white shirt and red lips works like a monochrome dream. While this is hardly an everyday look for me, it's nice to whack out the killer heels once in a while.

White Shirt - New Look

Heels - Primark

Gold Watch - ASOS

Lipstick - Stiletto by Sleek

How do you style monochrome?

Monochrome

Monochrome is something I used to associate with the word boring. The word monochrome in itself is not boring at all, in fact, I think it sounds super futuristic and cool but just black... and white... together? It totally goes against my need for bold colours or patterns.

Since it arrived for SS13 I've discovered that actually monochrome is a very bold look in itself. I also like how easy it is to do, for example everything I'm wearing here I already owned. There was no need to go out and buy myself some striking monochrome paneled trousers (which I definitely did do) everything was sitting in my wardrobe ready.

I've got a 'how to style monochrome' blog post in mind with things I've learnt not to do and what works but until then I'll leave you with this monochrome outfit, complete with paper white face! I'm off to Barcelona next week and then on to Malaga and Morocco, so will hopefully come back looking less like a porcelain doll.

Oversized Boyfriend Jacket - Oh My Love

White Tee - H&M

Black Disco Pants - American Apparel

Studded Biker Boots - Matalan

Salt and Pepper Cardigan - H&M

Rose Gold Cross Necklace - Primark

Red Lipstick - Stiletto by Sleek

Neon & Monochrome

Monochrome is absolutely everywhere this season. I was aware that is was set to be big but the high street shops have been all over it like a rash. I do enjoy the simplicity and statement of just black and white but so far haven't quite gone all out for it. Instead I've injected some of my much needed colour in the form of a neon orange top and (not neon) green Cambridge Satchel looklike.

Coats are still very much in need at the moment too and I went with grey because I didn't think there was any need for more clashing, after all, with the Aztec cardigan and studded boots, there was quite a lot going on.

Grey Coat - H&M

Aztec Cardigan - Primark

Neon Orange Top - H&M

Black Jeans - Primark

Green Cambridge Satchel Lookalike - Primark

Studded Biker Boots - Matalan

Silver Geometric Necklace - H&M

Sunglasses - C&A

Beanie - H&M