Fashion Police (Sort of)

[retsuko]

In preparation for the all-terrible, all-shallow Job Hunt, I've been trying to spruce up my wardrobe. Even with the teaching job in the recent past, I still feel like my closet is mired in what I would choose to identify as "college casual". My biggest source of annoyance is the navy cloth hobo bag I'm using as my purse on a day-to-day basis. I was taught that you weren't supposed to mix black and navy, and invariably, when I come out to grab my purse, I've got black somewhere in my outfit. (I despise switching handbags to suit my outfit--too fussy!) And I started thinking, is this an outmoded fashion rule? And do other people ignore certain fashion rules that I've pretty much written off?

[Poll #1158279]

I don't understand the no-white-shoes-after-Labor-Day rule. Maybe it's because I'm a relaxed Californian who wears bright colors all year 'round, but why put away your snazzy white sandals just because summer's over?

Comments

[ashears.livejournal.com]

Um. MOstly I just have developed a sense of what I like & don't like, what looks good on me and what doesn't, what I care about & what I don't. I think it comes from years of trying stuff, some in-fashion, some not. I mostly throw clothes on, especially now that I have a "work" shirt, but for special stuff, I have a sense of appropriateness for certain situations. Most of fashion is total bollocks. :)

Today, I wore jeans from Wal-mart that have designs on the pockets & flare out a bit at the bottom, a red & black baby doll T with a white cat that says "bad girl," finished off with an obnoxiously blue-yellow-white plaid jacket from the thrift store over it and my black patched-with-plaid Chuck Taylors. (I was in a Ska-Core mood.)

You probably shouldn't listen to a damn thing I have to say on fashion.

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's how I feel most of the time, although I did learn a lot from "What Not to Wear" about flattering your figure.

Your outfit sounds like quintessential Angie! :D