{"id":81590,"date":"2016-12-01T08:30:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T13:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/fashion-and-style\/?p=81590"},"modified":"2016-12-01T09:49:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T14:49:34","slug":"canadian-designer-hayley-elsaesser-shares-her-best-tips-for-wearing-bright-wintertime-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/fashion-and-style\/2016\/12\/canadian-designer-hayley-elsaesser-shares-her-best-tips-for-wearing-bright-wintertime-colours\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Designer Hayley Elsaesser Shares Her Best Tips For Wearing Bright Wintertime Colours"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With arctic temperatures looming ahead as Canuck fashionistas prepare for another classic Canadian winter, it\u2019s easy to turn to dull neutrals as a sartorial staple. After all, forbidding grey skies sadly seem to call for a matching wardrobe. However, emerging Canadian designer Hayley Elsaesser is a firm believer in the cheering powers of vivid hues. Appropriately suited to her tastes, Elsaesser\u2019s rainbow-coloured Toronto studio beckons like Candyland in the midst of the city\u2019s Queen West strip.<\/p>\n

Elsaesser, who first left her mark on the Toronto Fashion Week runways, is now styling stars such as Miley Cyrus. Even as the weather changes, the colourful young designer stays true to her love of neon brights and playful prints. Real Style spoke to Elsaesser about her best tips for wearing bold colours this season, how to rock wintertime pastels and more.  <\/p>\n

Real Style: What are your favourite tips for wearing bright colours as the weather cools? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hayley: <\/strong>In summer, people love to have fun with colour, and I truly don\u2019t understand why it\u2019s not the same in the winter. I guess because the weather is grey, people like to wear neutral colours. I think you should be doing the opposite.<\/p>\n

If you aren\u2019t used to it, it\u2019s always nice to start off with one kind of piece- for example, a printed jacket, dress or pants. Then, pair it with neutrals. Wear the dress with black opaque tights and a black beret. You can even wear a black turtleneck or a solid-coloured sweater underneath. I think it\u2019s all about choosing one statement piece, and then going from there, or you can also do colour stories where you have a pink sweater and a different coloured pink jacket.<\/p>\n

Real Style: You\u2019re known for your vibrant shades. Do you have any advice for wearing your all-time favourite colour?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hayley: <\/strong>My favourite colour is definitely pink, but also blue. It\u2019s pretty clich\u00e9d, but I think learning your season is important. For me, it gets hard because my hair colour changes a lot, and I have to adapt to what my hair colour is. It\u2019s important to dress for your colouring, with what colour you\u2019re wearing, because you\u2019re just going to feel more confident if it\u2019s brightening up your face and skin tone.<\/p>\n

For me, pink is actually really popular right now, which is good. In the past, it\u2019s been hard for me to find pink outside of my own store. It\u2019s all about being in your comfort zone, and possibly, also pushing a little bit outside of it.<\/p>\n

Real Style: Do you have a top print or pattern for Fall\/Winter 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hayley: <\/strong>I like the print that I\u2019ve brought back in a new colourway. That was from my first collection that I had in Toronto and showed at Fashion Week here. It\u2019s a lip print that used to be in a red and blue colour, and I\u2019ve done it in a chartreuse and pink. It\u2019s brand new and fresh here in Toronto, and it\u2019s just one of my more iconic prints in a crazy new colourway.<\/p>\n

Real Style: How can we continue to rock pastels, even as the temperature drops?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hayley: <\/strong>Pastels are probably more common and easy in the winter, especially really popular right now. You don\u2019t want to go full out pastel, or you\u2019re going to look very out of season. I think there shouldn\u2019t be any fashion rules, and there\u2019s no saying why you shouldn\u2019t do pastels in the winter, basically.<\/p>\n

Real Style: What is your best advice for those who are afraid of colour?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hayley: <\/strong>In our store, I find for people who are a little bit timid, once they get in the clothes and try them on and see the transformation, they feel very good about themselves. You put on something bright and fun; you can\u2019t help feeling the same way. If you want to do one colour with printed pants and a matching jacket, then that\u2019s a good way to start. As long as you have one hero piece to your outfit, that\u2019s a really safe way to go.<\/p>\n

Real Style: You\u2019ve been earning big name celebrity fans like Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus. How does it feel to dress the stars?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hayley:<\/strong> It\u2019s always exciting. It doesn\u2019t get old, and I\u2019m hoping for many more in the future. It\u2019s really awesome to see someone like that who has so much at their disposal. They can choose any brand in the world, and the fact that they chose me is really flattering and awesome. I guess it speaks to the originality of the brand and what I do. The stuff for Miley was especially fun, because I did some custom prints for her. The outfit that she was wearing for the advertisement for The Voice<\/em> was a custom look that I did with little pigs, inspired by her pig Bubba Sue. It\u2019s really fun working with celebrities, because they love to push the envelope, which is obviously my ideal customer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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