Want to expand your auric radiance this spring? Then it’s time to get over your fear of grubby finger prints and go for an all white wardrobe overhaul. Main images: Fete Champetre.
In energetic terms, the color white is associated with truth, purity, cleansing, healing and protection – think unicorns, doctors, gurus, kundalini yogis. Right? But there’s no need to ditch the designer duds for the rest of your life. We asked the owners of two of our favorite boutiques to share their all-white selection for spring PLUS how to wear the color of the angels…
HEATHER WOJNA, BONA DRAG
Who wears white the best? Women of color.
Why does wearing white make you feel like a better person? It never feels casual. And it makes you look younger.
How do you keep your whites white? I don’t. Especially white leather, which actually looks much better worn in and a little dirty.
What’s your favorite make-up look for an all-white outfit? Black eyeliner to balance out the purity and innocence of white.
TENA STROK, CELESTINE ELEVEN (all items available from Feb 2014)
If white is the new black, what should we do with all our old black clothes? Teleport them into the future ready for you once the trend comes back around (and leaving your current time space clutter free!)
T-shirt, Cecile, £80.
Shirt, Peridot, £168.
Black hides a multitude of sins – white shines a light on them. How make it work for you? With clever cuts and studied lines. Layer, layer, layer – done strategically you can create a whole new silhouette.
Bag, Niels Peeraer, £650.
Mules, Dora Teymur, £460.
How do you keep your whites really white? A bit of vanish, and a LOT of magic
Tote, Celestine Eleven, £28.
Dress, Meadham Kirchhoff, price on request.
How does wearing white make you feel?Ethereal, otherworldly… But also like Ava Gardner by the Roosevelt Hotel pool in 1950’s Hollywood. The perfect power couple of sartorial references.
