RED

One of the reasons for my love for December, aside from my birthday *cough* I'm still welcoming presents with open arms is the fact that it is the beginning of the holiday season, which means I'll be seeing a lot of my favourite colour, RED! All thanks to Christmas, New Year and Chinese New Year, it's usually red till around February.

Fall 2012 not that we have the four seasons in Malaysia saw oxblood as the colour of the season. Celebrities were seen wearing the colour, lookbookers updated their latest styles donning oxblood items and the stores (including blog shops) featured such coloured products for sale. I couldn't be happier with the sombre take on red.

Jason Wu
photo off Google

H&M Faux Leather Pants
photo off Google
 related note: I tried on a pair of H&M oxblood pants, and they were great on, except for the length, of course, since I'm a petite. The saddest thing, though, is that they weren't on sale as  the ones on sale had different design and left with bigger sizes T_T 

But on first discovering the trend, I was bemused by the difference with some other hues of red. Like, how would I know oxblood from say, burgundy, wine and maroon? An article I came across claimed that oxblood has more red than maroon. And after asking one of my best friends, Google the others include wikipedia and dictionary and yes, I'm a little bit of a nerd if you're wondering, it appears that burgundy has more purple in it (unless my eyes are playing tricks on me). Some articles, though, stated that oxblood is simply the new name for burgundy.

Maybe fellow lookbooker Daniela Ramirez's looks could help clear away my confusion?

In burgundy skirt:

Fully oxblood-clad:

Hmm, it seems the precise shades of red are still a mystery to me. But here's how I welcome my red December this year, as a (Sombre) Santa Shopper:

In any case, red to me is always one of the colours of December. Whether in the sinister oxblood or the merry classic crimson, let's just paint the town red pun much intended!