Here are a few colour palettes I was thinking of playing around with..
I can't seem to find exactly what I'm looking for, but I'm liking quite bright, but pastel-like blues, pinks, purples and yellows for the colour palette.
I keep being drawn back to wintery sunsets as a starting theme...

Online colour paletter creators:
http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/add
The idea of a 'domestic' process of creating clothing surrounding an outdoor structure introduces the notion of the inside outside, concealment and the public and private