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Color seasons, body shapes, and what to do with both.
Guides to the 12 seasons, to reading a body shape, and to the cuts and colors that follow from each. Written from the same rules the analysis runs on.
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AI · 6 min read
How to add your style profile to ChatGPT
Put your Wearly Labs .md profile into a ChatGPT Project once and every chat after it knows your season, your cuts and your Skip list. Four steps.
AI · 6 min
How to add your style profile to Claude
Put your Wearly Labs .md profile into a Claude Project once and every conversation in it answers against your palette and your cuts. Four steps.
AI · 5 min
How to add your style profile to Gemini
Attach your Wearly Labs .md profile to a Gemini chat and it answers against your palette and your cuts instead of the internet's. Two steps.
Seasons · 6 min
Bright Winter: the brightest palette in the system, and why lemon belongs in it
Lemon is the surprise on the Bright Winter list, the silver has to be shiny not brushed, and ice blue doubles as a pale neutral.
Seasons · 7 min
True Winter: clean bright color at maximum contrast
Fuchsia and royal blue share the power color slot in True Winter, ice blue is the only light, and there is no brown in the neutrals.
Seasons · 6 min
Deep Winter: the darkest cool palette, and the season where black is a core color
Deep Winter takes black right up to the face, pure white as its white and cool burgundy as the first thing to buy. Plus what muddies cool skin.
Seasons · 6 min
Deep Autumn: the deep warm palette, and why pale colors are the real risk
Deep Autumn is the darkest warm season: espresso anchors it, warm burgundy and forest green carry the color, ivory takes the collar.
Seasons · 7 min
True Autumn: earth and spice colors, and the burgundy trap
True Autumn runs on rust, mustard and olive, with chocolate where other wardrobes put black and polished gold at the wrist. Plus what to skip.
Seasons · 7 min
True Summer: the cool water palette, and why raspberry is the one to buy first
Raspberry is the True Summer power color, soft navy replaces black, and silver is the only metal. Plus the warm shades that flatten a fully cool face.
Seasons · 7 min
Light Summer: the low contrast palette, and how not to disappear behind your clothes
Periwinkle carries Light Summer, silver is the metal, camel belongs below the waist. The core colors, the neutrals, and the shades to avoid.
Seasons · 7 min
Bright Spring: your palette, your neutrals, and the black question
Black is on the Bright Spring palette, with one spec: below the waist and matte. Bright turquoise is the power color and soft white is the white.
Seasons · 6 min
True Spring: the fully warm palette, and why nothing dusty works on it
Tomato red, golden yellow and orange anchor True Spring, with chocolate for bottoms and ivory at the collar. Why dusty shades fail here.
Seasons · 7 min
Light Spring: your palette, your neutrals, and what to avoid
Coral leads the Light Spring palette, ivory replaces optic white, and gold is the only metal. The core colors, the neutrals, and what to skip.
Seasons · 7 min
Soft Summer: the most muted palette, and why black is the hardest rule in it
Every Soft Summer color is a grayed version of itself, the silver is matte rather than polished, and black is on the avoid list. Plus what anchors an outfit.
AI · 5 min
AI color analysis vs a professional consultation
One gives you fabric against your face and a person in the room. The other gives you a repeatable result you can keep. Here is what each is better at.
Seasons · 7 min
Soft Autumn: autumn colors with the brightness turned down
Muted terracotta near the face, khaki doing double duty, brushed gold at the wrist: the Soft Autumn palette in full, plus the bright colors that overpower it.
AI · 7 min
The best AI color analysis tools, honestly compared
We make one of these, so read the bias warning first. Then read where each of the seven other tools beats us, because on several counts they do.
Color analysis · 6 min
How much does a color analysis cost in 2026?
In person sessions run 200 to 800 dollars, a stylist on Fiverr charges 45, and apps start at 6. Here is what each price band actually buys you.
Style · 4 min
Trends are temporary, your colors aren't
Trends are inventory cycles, not truth. A two-question filter that lets you enjoy trends without funding the ones that were never meant for you.
Color analysis · 4 min
How to take photos for an accurate color analysis
The light, the angles, and the white paper trick. How to take five photos that give a color analysis something real to work with.
Style · 4 min
Build a capsule wardrobe from your color palette
Capsules fail when colors don't mix. Start from your palette instead: 3 neutrals, 1 light, 1 dark anchor, 2 accents, and a 12-piece example.
Style · 3 min
How Japan quietly leads global fashion
Proportion over logos, craft over hype. What Japanese fashion gets right and four principles you can steal for your own wardrobe.
Body type · 7 min
Kibbe body types, explained
Kibbe without the cult. What the system actually measures, the ten types, how to read your own, and how it fits with apple and pear.
Style · 4 min
The 8 basics of dressing well (that have nothing to do with trends)
Fit, proportion, color, fabric. Eight fundamentals that outlast every trend cycle, each with a do and a don't.
AI · 4 min
Make any AI your personal stylist (the .md trick)
Turn ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini into a shopping advisor that knows your colors and cuts. One small file, no subscription, works everywhere.
Style · 3 min
Italian style, decoded (sprezzatura)
Sprezzatura is studied carelessness: obsessive fit, warm color confidence, one undone detail. The Italian system, minus the costume.
Color analysis · 7 min
Seasonal color analysis, explained
What the 12 season system measures, how undertone, value and chroma decide your season, and how to get a rough read on yourself at home.
Color analysis · 4 min
Color analysis isn't just for women
Menswear has fewer variables, so color does more work. Why color analysis pays off faster for men, and the five anchors to get right.
Style · 3 min
The Scandinavian style formula
Why Scandi dressing looks so easy: a tight neutral palette, quality basics, and function first. The formula, the brands, and how to copy it properly.
Color analysis · 4 min
Find your undertone at home (warm, cool, or neutral)
Three quick tests to find your skin undertone at home: the vein test, the jewelry test, and the white test. Plus why your bathroom light lies to you.
Dress by the data
Ten minutes now, or another year of guessing in fitting rooms.