So...

[indiana_j]

Why, exactly, is wearing brown with black bad?  It seems people are split on this - I think I'm leaning towards "don't care, it can look cute" (aiee, I think I'm going to get beaten).  I've got on black pants and shoes (with the lace on the front and the cream peaking through) with a purple shirt (Laaaauren, it's the shiny one you like on me) and a brown under shirt - it peaks out since the top shirt is buttoned on one button, doesn't show a lot and I think it looks cute.

Would this get me the frowny face from the Laurens? :D

Comments

[marrog.livejournal.com]

The rule I tend to follow is that you don't wear brown beneath black - and by that I mean beneath in a vertical sense when you're standing AND (although less so) in the underneath sense. So:

brown shirt and black top beneath = fine
brown shirt, black trews, black shoes = fine
brown jacket over black outfit = fine
brown top beneath black shirt = a little dodgy
brown shoes with black trews = DEATH

But generally the REAL rule is that if you have to ask, just follow the rules. Breaking the rules and getting away with it takes a self-confidence that you won't show if you're worried about whether what you're wearing is right.

(Which means, since you think it's cute, you're probably fine)

[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

*grins* If Stacy and Clinton give anything of mine a thumbs up, I'll be happy (they're so my guilty pleasure).

[resplendissante.livejournal.com]

It just clashes, honey. You can get away with it, but it will always clash. It's like black and that dark navy blue, or matching green pants with a slightly-different-shade-of green shirt. You won't get funny looks, but it disrupts the colours.

[resplendissante.livejournal.com]

And your outfit sounds fine anyway - I really think blocks of colour matter more than the camisole you're wearing underneath everything.

[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

Sweet, that's what I was thinking. Like, I can see why a solid brown shirt and solid black pants/shoes would be bad, but the peek a boo stuff is easier to get away with. :D

[maureenans.livejournal.com]

peekaboo usually works okay :D

I just dislike brown in general.