Life's Too Short to Wear Black English 2026

Bring joy into your life and your wardrobe with this essential guide to wearing colour.

Katie Kortman is here to tell you everything you need to know about adding more colour to your wardrobe, from the power colours can have to boost your mood to finding your most flattering shades.

In this practical, easy-to-use guide, you'll learn how to determine your 'season', providing you with your very own personal colour palette and helping you to create a wardrobe that gives you a hit of happiness every day. Katie explains how to combine your best colours, from creating monochrome looks to pairing complementary colours and wearing patterns. There's also an entire chapter on simple budget-busting techniques for adding colour to pieces already hanging in your closet. And for those days when you just want to forget about the rules, Katie gives tips on ways to wear those colours that might fall outside your season, but you just can't live without.

Bursting with colour, each section is illustrated with helpful colour wheels, swatches and charts, alongside stunning outfits for inspiration.