Dresscode for twentysomething women! - Page 22

blueangel · #**316** 08-22-2006, 12:49 PM

Black hose are very much in style this fall... along with black leggings and opague tights.

Black is very slimming, and worn with a black dress.. gives your leg a long, lean look. I like it.

Here is what Donna Karan is showing in the new Neiman Marcus catalog:
http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/ca...verride=&sort=

and Valentino:

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/ca...t000009&cmCat=

and Akris Punto

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/ca...=2&size=&sort=

tunatartare · #**317** 08-22-2006, 12:49 PM

If your 11 year old cousin and her friends would wear it, or if they sell a look just like in Limited Too, then you should not be wearing it.

tunatartare · #**318** 08-22-2006, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

I really like the croxfords...to wear on our boat.

please tell me you're joking

adpiucf · #**319** 08-22-2006, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

please tell me you're joking

She just wanted to use "croxfords" in a sentence. It'll be ok.

tunatartare · #**320** 08-22-2006, 12:56 PM

Oh thank you. My heart nearly skipped a beat when I read that.

GeekyPenguin · #**321** 08-22-2006, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

please tell me you're joking

I do like them, but just for on the boat! I think they'd be nice for on the boat - not too slippery and water wouldn't stay in my shoes.

LouisaMay · #**322** 08-22-2006, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

So heres my question.

For those of us born without an innate fasion sense, myself included, how are we supposed to know that the stores are wrong and crazy when they try sell us things like leggings and a miniskirt? I think it would look bad on me, but in the magazines, it's kinda cute. But how do I know it's a fashion no-no when so many say it's a fasion yes?

Also, my friends and I agreed that our fashion don't are the camis that have the "waist" right under your boobs. They make the skinniest girl in the world look like she's hiding a pregnancy.

I'll take a stab at your question. Now, I'm no "fashion plate," but I do have an individual sense of style that makes me feel comfortable and falls within the realm of "stylish" without following every single trend that comes and goes in a season. It seems to me that fashion isn't as hard and fast, black and white as we would like to convey. If it was, we wouldn't see the differences of opinion that are obvious in this thread or simply by walking out on the street for two seconds. Fashion is like art. Some will love it; some will hate it. We can talk about what's "in-style" because there seems to always be a majority of people who take to a certain look or a certain item. The stores aren't exactly "wrong." They are just throwing out an idea and waiting to see if it catches on. If not, they're on to the next thing. AND...stores are out there to SELL CLOTHES and MAKE MONEY. They know that even the people with no sense of style and no desire to gain one are not allowed to go to work nude...that's why you still see those awful polyester pants with elastic waistbands in otherwise trendy department stores.

Yeah...it's fun to throw around the Do and Do nots, but honestly, some people will feel great and really pull off something that other people would die before wearing. The real danger seems to be things that are destined to be fads and will fade quickly and be deliberately revived at a later date (ie. leggings). Some kind of generational joke, I think

tinydancer · #**323** 08-22-2006, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

Nuff said.

I swear I thought those were baby shoes when I first saw that picture.

adpiucf · #**324** 08-22-2006, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by tinydancer

I swear I thought those were baby shoes when I first saw that picture.

In that case, we will call them Crock-a-byes for Babies

tunatartare · #**325** 08-22-2006, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by adpiucf

In that case, we will call them Crock-a-byes for Babies

Croc a bye Baby?

tunatartare · #**326** 08-22-2006, 01:32 PM

tunatartare · #**327** 08-22-2006, 01:34 PM

I was going to try to come up with a snarky comment to go along with these shoes, but nothing I could think of could possibly do them justice. adpiucf, you up to the challenge?

adpiucf · #**328** 08-22-2006, 01:39 PM

I'll try...

FrogLegs

Kermit Fashion

Divine Lime Intervention

DNR Boat Shoes: Do Not Resuscitate

Flatliners: Guaranteed to kill your social life. Now in LIME!

tunatartare · #**329** 08-22-2006, 01:40 PM

They also come in Fuschia and Orange. And you can wear them with socks.

adpiucf · #**330** 08-22-2006, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

And you can wear them with socks.

Biting my tongue.... Oh the pain!!!