The Daily Telegraph - Saturday - Saturday
WINTER PALETTE
Noreen Goodwin Model and philanthropist
Ithink we all get stuck in a rut with colours that we’re used to, but I’ve never thought about eye colour with regard to clothes. People don’t really notice it unless they’re very close to you. You see a broader image of somebody, the skin colour and hair colour.
I love all shades of green and brought a lime silk blouse to the shoot, but Jules said I was better with a forest green. Jules put my lime blouse on Lisa instead – on me it looked OK, but on her it looked amazing. I loved the dress I wore on the shoot – the red lipstick made it pop even more.
When Jules put me in the saffron yellow and brown, the colours suggested by the new eye science research, I just looked washed out. If you don’t feel nice in colours, you don’t feel nice in yourself.
For me, no shades are off-limits. If something is in fashion, I know I can wear it with a pair of shoes and they won’t make me look like a corpse. But I’ve realised that if I buy clothes which really are my colour, then I can invest in timeless pieces and know that they will always suit me and I may get more use out of them.
STANDISH SAYS
Noreen’s colouring suits wearing black better than brown. While the eye science mentioned brown eyes equating to warm-coloured clothing, Noreen has a blue-based olive skin tone, with very dark brown eyes and black hair. She looks wonderful in the dramatic winter palette, so her overall colour theory is in fact cool. She radiates in the intensity of the sophisticated shades of plum and burgundy, and looks fabulously chic in navy blue and charcoal grey. We put Noreen in a warm brown and deep golden yellow, but she was visibly drained by them. This emerald makes her complexion appear velvet-like and her deep brown eyes stand out. Noreen’s blue-based strong red lipstick complements the green of her dress beautifully.