The Magnificent 8 in Peach Fuzz: Pantone’s Color of the Year

Everyone seems to be raving about Peach Fuzz, Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2024, but I am not one of them. In fact, I have very little in peachy hues as it is one of the least flattering colors on me. And I don’t think I am alone on that.

Although Pantone is recognized globally as the leading source of color expertise, this year’s expert analysis certainly didn’t include someone of my complexion or taste preferences in their data. The internal consulting service known as The Pantone Color Institute^™ forecasts global color trends which assist companies through product development using color as a strategic asset. These color experts have forecasted Peach Fuzz as the trending color for this year.

“PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz captures our desire to nurture ourselves and others. It’s a velvety gentle peach tone whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body, and soul.”

Pantone

“In seeking a hue that echoes our innate yearning for closeness and connection, we chose a color radiant with warmth and modern elegance. A shade that resonates with compassion, offers a tactile embrace, and effortlessly bridges the youthful with the timeless.”

Leatrice Eiseman
Executive Director, Pantone Color Institute™

If my outfit looks familiar to you, it’s because I shared it on Nancy’s blog last week for the Peach Fuzz edition of The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book. These photographs are from last August when it was warm enough to wear such an outfit. I am longing for the sweet summer weather to return so I can ditch the leggings and bare my toes.

I found this long sundress on clearance for under $10 last summer. I was drawn to the leafy print in this unique combination of purple, coral, and peach and I am always a sucker for a long flowy sundress because they are the perfect companions for my kimono robe collection.

I also purchased this butterfly ruana last summer and was pleasantly surprised by how well the two pieces coordinated. The butterflies seem to be an even closer representation of Peach Fuzz than the colors on my dress.

To accentuate the black outlines in the butterfly print, I accessorized with lots of black…black hat, black belt, black rope sandals, and a pile of black leather necklaces. My only accessories that are not black are my orange leather feather earrings.

While I don’t love Peach Fuzz, I do love this outfit and can’t wait to wear it again this summer. It makes me feel radiantly warm, warmly radiant, modernly elegant, compassionate, youthfully timeless, and timelessly youthful, just as Pantone’s Executive Director, Leatrice Eiseman, has described the effects of 2024’s Color of the Year. Maybe the color experts do know a little something after all.

The Magnificent 8 is a collaboration among 8 stylish women, each in a different age bracket, ranging from 20’s to 80’s. The mission of this collaboration is to show you just how ageless style is, how we can each dress however we’d like and in ways that make us feel fabulous. There are no age restrictions on style. So wear what you want, when you want, add a smile, and strut your style with confidence. 

Every quarter, we choose a theme and each create an outfit that suits our own personal tastes and fashion choices and we post them on the last Wednesday of every third month. So be sure to go check out everyone’s posts for lots of style inspiration at any age! 

Let me introduce the ladies of The Magnificent 8 so you can see how they are styling this challenging color by clicking on each individual link. Unfortunately, Eugenia had to sit this one out, but you can get three different styles from Jodie, Valerie, and Charlotte at Jodie’s Touch of Style.

• Grace of Graceful Rags
• Mica of Away from the Blue 
• Roxanne of Glass of Glam 
• Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge 
• Rena of Fine Whatever 
• Eugenia of Age of Grace 
• Jodie, Charlotte, and Valerie of Jodie’s Touch of Style  

Do you embrace new colors with the changes of seasons and trends or do you stick primarily to an already established color palette that you know works for you?

Be sure to join us again on July 31, 2024, for our next collaboration of magnificent ageless style!

Keeping it on the edge, 

Shelbee

Joining these Fabulous Link Parties. 

Outfit Details: Dress-Kohl’s / Butterfly Ruana and Hat-Wona Trading / Sandals-Nomadic State of Mind / Belt-Torrid / Leather Feather Earrings and Leather Feather Necklace-The Good Life Gift Shop / Selenite Necklace-Rainbow Zen / Choker Necklace-Michal Golan