Advise needed by pros

[Sun and kisses]

Im going to set up a blog for my ebusiness and im selling fashion stuff.
What colours and bacnkground should i use ? Can any pros give me advise on it ?

[corneo]

"im selling fashion stuff" What is the age demographic you are going for?

[C.Whyte]

Probably girly colors... pastels if you will?

[Sun and kisses]

Originally Posted by corneo

"im selling fashion stuff" What is the age demographic you are going for?

my demographic will be around 20++ girls

Originally Posted by C.Whyte

Probably girly colors... pastels if you will?

oic oic will take note of it haha

[corneo]

my demographic will be around 20++ girls

Me personally. I would see what is selling well in that age group in clothing color and use those colors. Not what the tread is, what they are buying.
Judge the theme by what you are pushing.

I'm redoing a site now which is going after men 35 to 60. The colors seem to be tan, light gray and white. (what they are buying) So those are the colors of the site main page.

That's my 2 cents.

[Sun and kisses]

Originally Posted by corneo

Me personally. I would see what is selling well in that age group in clothing color and use those colors. Not what the tread is, what they are buying.
Judge the theme by what you are pushing.

I'm redoing a site now which is going after men 35 to 60. The colors seem to be tan, light gray and white. (what they are buying) So those are the colors of the site main page.

That's my 2 cents.

oic thanks for the advise thanks alot =)

[KristysKnots]

Originally Posted by corneo

I'm redoing a site now which is going after men 35 to 60. The colors seem to be tan, light gray and white. (what they are buying) So those are the colors of the site main page.

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How do you go about researching what they are buying?

[Sun and kisses]

by survey ??

[zeruel]

If it's a fashion blog, it would mostly contain girly stuffs. So it should have attractive colors.. It will always depend on your target market.

[corneo]

Originally Posted by KristysKnots

How do you go about researching what they are buying?

Personally? I go to major department stores and ask. (For guy stuff.) Department managers know what's moving and what's not.

[TVDinner]

I would advise to look at the web sites of other similar clothing lines and see the color schemes that they are using. they are usually doing massive amounts of market research and are on top of the pulse of the people and their customers.
when I am making a new site for myself or a customer, i always do as much market research as i can, which includes seeing what other companies in the same market segment are doing.

[3ncryptabl3_lick]

I would definitely need more info than "fashion stuff" to properly understand the targeted market. Sure the age helps, but still not enough. You could be selling Goth clothes or Preppy outfits for all I know and both of those are so far away from eachother that neither colors or design would work well from one to the other.

[Sun and kisses]

Originally Posted by corneo

Personally? I go to major department stores and ask. (For guy stuff.) Department managers know what's moving and what's not.

hmm oic i will take note of it thanks for the info =)

Originally Posted by TVDinner

I would advise to look at the web sites of other similar clothing lines and see the color schemes that they are using. they are usually doing massive amounts of market research and are on top of the pulse of the people and their customers.
when I am making a new site for myself or a customer, i always do as much market research as i can, which includes seeing what other companies in the same market segment are doing.

yup i agree that a marketing research is needed and looking for ideas in other web

Originally Posted by 3ncryptabl3_lick

I would definitely need more info than "fashion stuff" to properly understand the targeted market. Sure the age helps, but still not enough. You could be selling Goth clothes or Preppy outfits for all I know and both of those are so far away from eachother that neither colors or design would work well from one to the other.

oic thanks for the advise i think i understood =)

[JohnL0w]

You could try:
black/pink
pink/dark purple
blue/pink/purple

Or use blue/green those colors usually work for almost anything.

[Sun and kisses]

Originally Posted by JohnL0w

You could try:
black/pink
pink/dark purple
blue/pink/purple

Or use blue/green those colors usually work for almost anything.

thanks for recommending me the colour combination

[&Ingonyama]

Try these sites for some inspiration:
http://kuler.adobe.com/
http://www.colourlovers.com/

[Sun and kisses]

Originally Posted by &Ingonyama

Try these sites for some inspiration:
http://kuler.adobe.com/
http://www.colourlovers.com/

thanks you for the link they are quite interesting. Both sites display out the colours i wanted to use

[alouette]

This blog I found http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/200...-combinations/ shows a variety of color combinations that I think you might find useful.

[Sun and kisses]

Originally Posted by alouette

This blog I found http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/200...-combinations/ shows a variety of color combinations that I think you might find useful.

thanks there are many interesting colours in it. I like " i will remember you"