The Building Blocks of Summer

 There has been construction going on in front of AMHstyle for the past few months and as a result of our giant windows, we see bright neon green, yellow and orange passing by frequently! Maybe it's the heat getting to us, but are the construction workers trying to emulate the Summer runways for 2011? Probably not, but nonetheless with Summer officially just a few weeks away its time to start integrating colour into our wardrobes!!

Something we saw a lot of this year and can't wait to try is colour blocking. Colour blocking is a bold look and is basically what it sounds like: wearing different blocks of colour. This can be done by wearing a dress with different sections of colour on it or by mixing up clothing pieces that are each a seperate colour. Since it's summer, the idea is to go with bold and bright colours.

This trend goes to the extreme on the runways, but there are ways to take the inspiration, subdue it and make it yours! Experiment with adding colourful accessories to your outfits or adding one colourful piece to neutrals, for example some pink shorts with a taupe top.

There are different levels to this trend and you can choose to embrace it and take it as far as you want.  Remember that some colour is key! Don't worry too much about matchy-matchy, the idea here is a couple of bold colours that are put together to scream summer!!