Colours

A question has arrived; a simple one, but smart nonetheless. It's this - what is my favourite colour?

I immediately suspect my correspondent has had the dubious pleasure of witnessing my performances on the television.  In which case, they'll quite possibly already think they know, but hey, the answer's rarely so simple (at least not with a Hall ramble), so here we go with an attempted response.

Firstly , I like combinations of colour.  In my humble view, when dressed for work, a woman has many options for expressing personality, or moods which are permissible.  There's the obvious skirt versus trousers issue, a suit, the style of shoes, the option of a dress, and even then so many more colours seem to be available to a man. 

For us chaps, the rules tend to mean a jacket (of some darkish shade) and trousers, plus a decent shirt, and perhaps a tie. 

Well of that lot, it's only a tie which can give you real freedom with colours and patterns, which is why I tend to get a little over excited in the neckwear arena.  Many are the comments I get about my ties, more so than any other area of attire. Being a generally polite chap, I won't repeat them here...

So I hope that explains a little about my thoughts on wardrobe.  However, back to the original question, and my favourite colour?

The simple answer is blue.  The reason - when I joined the BBC, many years ago now, I was put through one of those colour coding suitability things, when an expert advises on which shade is best for you.

The lady took a fast look and quickly pronounced me a "summer" person.  Which apparently meant gentle and pastel shades, and particularly blue. (The session was both depressing and expensive, as it consigned much of my wardrobe to the charity shops - apparently I had been wearing entirely the wrong colours for all my eartly years.  A lovely thought, particularly when I always fantasised that I had at least some kind of style.)

So there you go with what I hope is a passable answer, albeit in the usual roundabout manner.  Don't forget, if you've got a question about the tvdetective books, or any area of my writing (but only on fashion if you really must!), you can get in touch via the contact page of the site - www.thetvdetective.com/contact.html