LOS ANGELES − "Do you see the difference?" I'm sitting in a chair looking at myself in a mirror. Over my gray apron, Brenda Cooper − a stylist, author and professional color analyst − drapes two ...

As long as people have been able to dress in color, we’ve been desperate to do it better. In the mid-19th century, advances in dyeing technology and synthetic organic chemistry allowed the textile ...

Have you ever tried on an item of clothing and immediately put it in the "no" pile, but couldn't quite figure out why. Well, its color might be to blame. Color and style consultant Julia Dobkine, aka ...

If you’ve been on TikTok at all within the last year, you’ve likely come across a few videos about the recent color analysis revival. They all typically follow the same format: a bare-faced client ...

This Saturday, I’m getting married in my backyard. I’ve spent the last few months trying to find the perfect suit. That hasn’t, as you might expect, involved consulting with a cadre of aged Italian ...

Most people don’t walk around thinking, “I don’t understand my undertone.” What they feel instead is subtler and heavier. They feel that something is always slightly off. The lipstick looks perfect on ...

"Winter, spring, summer or fall," go the lyrics to the Carole King classic "You’ve Got a Friend." These days, that’s also valuable fashion advice. Thanks to social media, notably TikTok and Instagram, ...

A while back, I used an app to figure out if I was a deep winter, cool summer, clear spring, or warm autumn. Like many others, I hoped it would help me avoid colors that wash me out and find those ...