Name at least one thing that you you never, ever wear

[tld221]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Black & Navy and Brown & Black together. I know it should go without saying, but I see it all the time and it drives me crazy.

we are so twins! i feel the same way... and esp wearing grey and khaki. theyre both neutral colors, but not together!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by tld221

we are so twins! i feel the same way... and esp wearing grey and khaki. theyre both neutral colors, but not together!

Now, that I've never heard...

So you think the girl on the right looks bad?



I don't have an opinion on that... it's not matchy-matchy, but I don't think I'd notice that it looked odd or bad...

Oh, and I'll take the khaki colored boots over the legwarmers with that any day...
Add legwarmers to the list of stuff I won't wear.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Now, that I've never heard...

So you think the girl on the right looks bad?



I don't have an opinion on that... it's not matchy-matchy, but I don't think I'd notice that it looked odd or bad...

Oh, and I'll take the khaki colored boots over the legwarmers with that any day...
Add legwarmers to the list of stuff I won't wear.

no one is saying be matchy-matchy, but yeah, the third pic is what i'm talking about. black/white/grey is fine, that makes sense. so does browns/beiges/khakis. but dont go mixing both schemes.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by skylark

So do you think the whole brown/black & black/navy faux pas extends to accessories? I never wear them together as articles of clothing or with shoes/belts types of accessories, but today I wore a navy suit to work and wasn't sure whether I had to change my stuff from my black purse into a brown one. I'm never quite sure which purse to wear with my navy clothes... I really need to just buy a red work tote or something. I was running late this morning, so I just came to work with my black purse. Should I have changed to the brown one?

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I think technically if you want to be a chic fashionista, yes, you should have switched to a brown bag. But if you're just a normal American woman taking your everyday purse to work, I don't think Stacy and Clinton are going to jump out and get on your case. I'm sure there are a fair share of women who switch out the purse they take to work everyday to match their outfit. I personally think it's a waste of time.

im no fashionista, but i wouldve changed bags. but i also don't wear navy for this reason. i dont have time to be matching it appropriately. the only hose you can wear with a navy skirt is nude (well i guess you could wear navy hose...). and then shoes, there is nothing worse in my mind (and this is where i get matchy-matchy) than wearing a navy suit/skirt/pants and black shoes.

then again, i can agree with AF on switching bags being a waste of time: you know how many times i've forgotten my wallet/work ID/metrocard/cellphone, etc from switching bags? its so annoying.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by tld221

the only hose you can wear with a navy skirt is nude (well i guess you could wear navy hose...).

You can only wear navy with navy if you are matchy-matchy...otherwise putting a darker navy with a lighter navy is just as bad to me as putting navy with black.

+=Barf.

[skylark]

Originally Posted by tld221

im no fashionista, but i wouldve changed bags. but i also don't wear navy for this reason. i dont have time to be matching it appropriately. the only hose you can wear with a navy skirt is nude (well i guess you could wear navy hose...). and then shoes, there is nothing worse in my mind (and this is where i get matchy-matchy) than wearing a navy suit/skirt/pants and black shoes.

then again, i can agree with AF on switching bags being a waste of time: you know how many times i've forgotten my wallet/work ID/metrocard/cellphone, etc from switching bags? its so annoying.

Yeah, I've got navy shoes, and plenty of nude panty hose, so that's never a problem for me. I just was lazy this morning, having some qualms about it now that I got to work, and then low and behold there is a totally on-topic discussion on GC this morning about this very issue! As far as switching bags, I do so about every 2-4 days. It is easy to do, though, because I keep all of my stuff besides my wallet and calendar in a little Clinique bonus bag. It makes it easy to grab and go, but I guess even this morning I didn't have time to walk back from the garage into the bedroom and make the switch. It was a "to hell with it" kind of morning :-)

[33girl]

Originally Posted by tld221

and esp wearing grey and khaki. theyre both neutral colors, but not together!

My dad used to do this ALL the time as he's a bit color-blind and my mom always got on his case about it. I think it looks like poo also.