How to Accessorize in Winter

By Imogenl @ImogenLamport

I received this email in my inbox:

I like to know if you had anything written about cold weather accessories? I made a big progress in the accessories wise when it comes to my summer outfits as well my indoor outfits, but no clue what to do with the outwear. I usually just wear ugly sloppy knitted beanie hat with the matching mittens, but I want to be more stylish, when I am outside, but no idea how. I do not even know what style of hats exists, let alone decide what would match my dramatic / classic/ casual style. Also do not know if I supposed to match hat/ scarves/ mittens or that is too condescending? When it comes for indoor accessory, like jewelry , you wrote many pieces about the scale and shape issues and what type of jewelry goes what style. Is there anything like that for cold weather accessories? Like hat type for face shapes, or style ? Thanks for the advice.
For me one of the main things I learned from the 7 Steps to Style program is that accessories make the finishing touch for the outfits, which I neglected before.

How to Accessorize in Winter

Some time back I wrote this post about how to accessorize with hats, scarves and gloves. Plus if you want to know about how to choose a hat shape to flatter your head, read this post on hat shapes. Now consider the following three essential ingredients to making your accessories work in winter.

1. Consider Colour

Work in a colour palette that matches but doesn't have to be exactly the same. For example here I've chosen grey and black as my colours, they work together easily but don't have to match.