Lavender Blouses

Lavender Blouses

What Colors Go With a Lavender Blouse?

Lavender is a soft, cool color, and it pairs best with shades that share its gentle mood. Gray is its closest companion, from light dove gray to charcoal, making lavender look calm and polished.

A lavender blouse with a gray cardigan and gray trousers is one of the gentlest outfits you can put together, and it suits the office as easily as a quiet weekend. Add silver earrings and the whole look feels considered.

White and cream keep it fresh and airy, perfect for spring and summer. Navy gives it more definition, while soft blues and mint feel gentle and harmonious.

Other pastels also sit well beside lavender. Blush pink, butter yellow and sage green all create soft, springlike outfits, especially in a print that mixes two or three of them.

Deeper purples and plums can also sit beside lavender for a tonal look. A lavender blouse under a plum cardigan, or with a violet scarf, creates depth while keeping the whole outfit in one family of color.

For warmth, try lavender with camel or tan. The contrast between cool purple and warm neutrals looks elegant and grown-up, particularly in fall with a camel coat.

Bright orange and strong red are harder partners, as they can overpower lavender's softness. If you like warm color with it, choose muted versions such as terracotta or dusty rose, and keep them to accessories.

Silver, pearl and white gold jewelry suit lavender best, but soft gold works too if your skin is warm.

A floral print that mixes lavender with soft green leaves or white blossoms is one of the easiest ways to wear the color every day. It keeps the gentle mood of lavender while adding a little movement, and it sits happily beside denim, gray or cream.

What Color Pants to Wear With a Lavender Top

Gray pants are the easiest choice, polished enough for work and relaxed enough for weekends. White pants give a fresh summer look, and cream trousers feel softer.

Denim works in almost every shade. Light blue jeans make lavender feel sunny and casual; dark jeans give it more contrast and make it look smarter.

Navy trousers are a lovely office choice, deeper than gray but softer than black. Black pants work too, though the contrast is strong, so they suit a slightly deeper lavender best.

Skirts open up more options. A white or cream midi skirt makes lavender feel romantic, a gray pleated skirt keeps it calm for work, and a denim skirt turns it into an easy summer outfit.

Brown and khaki can dull lavender, so pick camel or tan instead when you want a warm neutral below the waist.

For shoes, nude, white and silver suit lavender well, keeping the look light. Gray suede or soft navy loafers are good choices for cooler days, giving a little more weight without breaking the gentle mood.

Lavender, Lilac and Light Purple

Lavender, lilac and light purple are close relatives. Lavender has a gray, dusty quality, soft and slightly muted. Lilac is a little pinker and brighter, feeling fresh and cheerful. Light purple is the general name for all the pale shades between them.

All three are at their best in daylight and in the lighter months, though a dusty lavender under a gray or navy coat also brings welcome softness to a winter outfit, especially near silver hair.

Dusty lavender tends to flatter mature skin and silver hair most, while brighter lilac suits fair skin with rosy undertones. Deeper violet and plum shades sit among our purple blouses.

Lavender is especially popular for spring events, from Easter lunches to garden parties, and a lavender blouse with a cream skirt suits a daytime wedding too, as our dressy blouses show. Lavender also sits happily beside our light pink blouses in a pastel wardrobe, and for more fresh seasonal colors, the spring blouses page gathers them together.