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 ...

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 ...

When Val Rojas, 31, planned her recent trip to South Korea, she put personal color analysis on the agenda. She'd been compelled by influencers to look into the service. "The Instagram algorithm and ...

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 ...

"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, ...

I think I know myself pretty well, but I still like confirmation. I’ve taken every personality test under the sun, from Myers-Briggs (I’m an ENFJ) to Enneagram (I’m a type two). I grew up in a hippie ...