#Color me beautiful spring fabric swatch how to#

I have a vague memory of pulling it off the shelf of the shared library at my grandma’s apartment complex and taking it home, excited and eager to jumpstart my life as a career woman at the age of 12. I’m not sure how the book ended up in my hands as a child. The book gave women across America the confidence they needed to look in the mirror and whisper to themselves, 'I’m a spring.' Once you follow Jackson’s rules, everything you own will eventually bring you joy. There are checklists and charts to pin to the inside of your closet as you clean out everything that doesn’t work, like an early KonMari for the shoulder-pads-and-running-shoe set. Your season informs everything about you, from the style of clothes you wear to the kind of flowers you choose to decorate your house with.

#Color me beautiful spring fabric swatch how to#

It’s simple color theory, packaged neatly for the masses and presented as a holistic solution on how to live your best life.

The book itself is part self-help - think Kathy Bates wrapping herself in Saran wrap and greeting her husband at the door in Fried Green Tomatoes - tempered with a heavy dose of actual usable information. Arm yourself with this knowledge, carry your swatches close to your heart, and shop with the newfound freedom of knowing what you should wear to make you look and feel your best. If you’ve spent your entire life strongly attached to emerald green, stockpiling sweaters and scarves and sundresses that you wear to death, you’re already halfway there. Once you match these colors to a 'season', your entire life will fall into place. Look in the mirror and figure out what colors look best on you.