One of the many impressive women I met recently at the WIN conference in Rome was Teresa Fracasso. Teresa has a her roots in Brazil, Germany and Italy and together with her equally multicultural husband, she co-founded Plexus, a wellness center in Rome. At Plexus, they teach the Plexus Method that they developed together, a unique blend of key health disciplines all in one unique and efficacious form, and they also offer a range of services including Pilates, Power Yoga, nutritional guidance, and pre/post-natal support. In addition to her training as a yoga and Pilates instructor, Teresa has a degree in communications and is a certified Health and Wellness coach through the London Institute of Health and Sciences.
Teresa exudes warmth and positivity, with a gentle and engaging presence that makes her instantly likable and a wonderful testament to her own holistic approach to wellbeing. She is also a life coach and a business coach with a special focus on helping women. In just a few days she will be leading an inspiring retreat for women at in a Unesco reserve in Umbria. (See link below in comments)
Every client is unique, and clients often ask me to guess their seasonal color type, but I usually refrain from expressing an opinion because without proper testing, that’s all it is: an opinion or an assumption. In the 16 season system, there are quite a few mixed seasons, for example Soft Summer and Soft Autumn,Light Summer and Light Spring, or Deep Autumn and Deep Winter. All of these examples can appear neutral, but each has either a cool or warm undertone. In the old four season system popularised in the 1980’s, Teresa probably would have been classified as an autumn, due to the elements of warmth present in her colouring and her overtone, as well her slightly lower level of contrast than what is typically thought of as a stereotypical Winter. She was actually dressed and wearing jewellery typical of Autumns when I met her at the WIN conference .
However, after testing with the drapes, it became clear that Teresa has a cool undertone and requires higher contrast levels, eliminating both Autumn as well as Summers as a possibility. After thoroughly examining all the Winter subcategories and their sister seasons, we determined that Teresa is a Deep Winter. The effect of her Deep Winter palette was striking—those bold colors truly brought her to life. When she wore a lipstick from her season (MAC’s Captive), her teeth looked dazzlingly white, and her smile became as radiant and megawatt as the powerful Winter hues she was wearing.
