slate/teal season

any colors that coordinate with ocean blues will look great with our colorblocked slate/teal handbags. both slate and teal have their best moments against most of the neutrals bound to be in your closet already: grey, brown, tan, khaki and cream. for a tonal look, pair with colors similar to those in the bag, like your favorite pair of jeans or a teal sweatshirt. for contrast, pair with warm tones like blush pink and coral.

there really are no rules when it comes to color. we wear our colorblocked slate/teal handbags year-round! we’ll throw a slate/teal shorthand crossbody phone bag over blue chambray sundress to go to a concert in the summer, then in the winter wear the same bag over a brown cashmere sweater to go to work. blue on blue is extremely versatile combination every month of the year.

colorblocking is a design style common to art, architecture, interior design and fashion in which two or more colors are set into blocks next to each other to create a strong visual statement. you’ve likely seen the geometric, modernist paintings of piet mondrian, who set bold reds, white, yellow and black into blocks. dating to the late ’40s, the landmark, midcentury modern eames case study house is recognized for its bold, colorblocked exterior. in the 60s, yves saint laurent riffed on those mondrian’s famous paintings to create his iconic, colorblocked mondrian dress. in recent years, colorblocking has seen a resurgence in fashion. shortyLOVE offers two, chic colorblocked collections: slate/teal and steel blue/charcoal.