I Hate What You etc...
Ah, spring in Washington which every year brings out badly dressed people. When everyone is bundled up in winter, it's hard to insult their clothing choices (except for that woman I saw a few years ago wearing her palish-pink coat, red beret and lime green scarf. That was a crime. And the woman I saw wearing a parka the other day when it was 60 out-what was that?). So, here are few crimes I've seen in the last few days.
1) Woman with orange/yellow/red small flower print skirt with purple top. First things first-namely, these two items did not go together in any way shape or form. They were not in the same color family and the juxtaposition was jarring and not in a good way. I'd also like to point out that I could clearly see that (despite the length of the skirt) she was wearing knee-highs instead of nylons. Lady-you were wearing a (nice) t-shirt and a casual skirt-does the place you work require hosiery? This look actually would be better without any kind of stockings, let alone knee-highs that you can see. (as an aside, I did this once in my life. I was 10 and had to point out my socks and skirt in presentation in French class that day and I couldn't find my knee socks. I repeat, I was 10).
2) Woman I saw today wearing black pants and brown skirt. Lady, your pants were fine. I liked the brown shirt with it's slightly longer sleeves and it fit you nicely as well. but they did NOT go together. It looked dreary and drab and mismatched. The pants were nice and just about anything would have gone with them-and picked a nice brown shirt? Please call me the next time before you get dressed so I can talk you out of it.
3) Lady I saw at lunch today wearing a navy suit with a black shirt (or black suit with a navy shirt). Okay. Anyone who knows me knows I like black clothes and that that has been going on for a very long time. (conversation in the 80's with a guy friend:
Me: I saw a great dress in the window today-I really liked it
Guy: And it was black and what other color?
I have countless black suits, skirts, pants, dresses and tops for all seasons, weights, lengths. My sister once asked me if I had a black skirt she could borrow and I told she had to more specific-I had short, long, medium in cotton, wool, and silk. I had pleated, straight, a-line, narrow, pencil in casual to very dressy. She told me she two black skirts, one for winter and one for summer and I gaped at her.
I light of this, I think it's fair to say I love black and worn countless colors, stripes and patterns with it. However, I have never worn navy with it because it looks like CRAP. people can't figure you if you made a mistake-did you think it matched? Did you think it was one color but it's really not? The navy in this instance was very dark but just blue enough that you could tell it wasn't black and it didn't go together. What it did do was hurt my eyes.
1) Woman with orange/yellow/red small flower print skirt with purple top. First things first-namely, these two items did not go together in any way shape or form. They were not in the same color family and the juxtaposition was jarring and not in a good way. I'd also like to point out that I could clearly see that (despite the length of the skirt) she was wearing knee-highs instead of nylons. Lady-you were wearing a (nice) t-shirt and a casual skirt-does the place you work require hosiery? This look actually would be better without any kind of stockings, let alone knee-highs that you can see. (as an aside, I did this once in my life. I was 10 and had to point out my socks and skirt in presentation in French class that day and I couldn't find my knee socks. I repeat, I was 10).
2) Woman I saw today wearing black pants and brown skirt. Lady, your pants were fine. I liked the brown shirt with it's slightly longer sleeves and it fit you nicely as well. but they did NOT go together. It looked dreary and drab and mismatched. The pants were nice and just about anything would have gone with them-and picked a nice brown shirt? Please call me the next time before you get dressed so I can talk you out of it.
3) Lady I saw at lunch today wearing a navy suit with a black shirt (or black suit with a navy shirt). Okay. Anyone who knows me knows I like black clothes and that that has been going on for a very long time. (conversation in the 80's with a guy friend:
Me: I saw a great dress in the window today-I really liked it
Guy: And it was black and what other color?
I have countless black suits, skirts, pants, dresses and tops for all seasons, weights, lengths. My sister once asked me if I had a black skirt she could borrow and I told she had to more specific-I had short, long, medium in cotton, wool, and silk. I had pleated, straight, a-line, narrow, pencil in casual to very dressy. She told me she two black skirts, one for winter and one for summer and I gaped at her.
I light of this, I think it's fair to say I love black and worn countless colors, stripes and patterns with it. However, I have never worn navy with it because it looks like CRAP. people can't figure you if you made a mistake-did you think it matched? Did you think it was one color but it's really not? The navy in this instance was very dark but just blue enough that you could tell it wasn't black and it didn't go together. What it did do was hurt my eyes.
posted by SHbookworm at 11:58 AM
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