Fashion - do you break the rules?

[Phteven]

Just wondering about the 'rules' of fashion and which ones people break.
Are you a redhead that wears pink? Do you rock your diamonds in the daytime?

Me......
I'm not fussy about matching my shoes and handbag. On the contrary I think it's kind of boring and I see lots of awesome outfits that don't so obviously I'm not alone lol.
Don't mind wearing black and brown leather
Diamonds in the daytime - they look lovely in the sun.
I'm perfectly happy to wear gold and silver tones together.

[Astrid]

I am pretty much the same.
I do suspect there are many fashion rules that I break just due to me not knowing about them.

[LizLemon]

Yep, I wear gold and silver together too. My wedding rings are yellow gold but I have a lot of silver toned jewellery and if I wasn't prepared to mix the too I'd never get to wear it.

My shoes rarely match my bag.

I wear my hair too dark for my eyebrows.

I don't really have any rules other than I have to look neat. If an outfit doesn't flatter my figure or I look a bit messy it's out.

[Traveller]

I'm a redhead and I have lots of pink clothes that I love

I also wear silver earrings and necklaces with my gold rings.

I have never matched my shoes and my handbag.

I also wear what I like, regardless of the decade it came from and regardless of whether or not it's in fashion. My sister despairs on this particular point

[Trillian]

Every time I leave the house LOL. I don't even know what the 'rules' are anymore. I see women wearing so much **** that is apparently called *fashion* these days so if they are the fashionable ones, then i"m glad I'm not!

[Novella]

Im getting more used to wearing gold and silver together!

I have few handbags and lots of shoes so they never match

I try and make sure my clothes are clean and cover the essenitals. They are my fashion rules!

[Traveller]

One fashion rule I despise seeing broken is the "legs or bust, not both" when choosing an outfit. Not that I have the legs to show off anymore but when I did, a short skirt meant a high neck and I really dislike the look of a woman with a teeny skiny dress that barely covers her vagina and shows a huge amount of cleavage. Something like this http://lingerieholic.net/images/r-products/DL21371.jpg was what most of the women were wearing the last time I went to a club and they spend most of the time sorting their outfits so they weren't flashing. Legs or bust ladies, and the issue is totally avoided.

[Phteven]

Sorting yourself in public? I hate seeing that. I'd rather see someone flash than watch them pull their skirt down lol.

The sleeve in that pic is funny - it would be so annoying IRL.

[Jewel]

I didn't even know you should match your shoes with your handbag. haha.

I guess I don't follow the rules cause I don't even know them.

[Calluna]

Rules? There are rules?

I just wear what I like and what is comfortable. Im a sweater so that involves lots of tank tops and 3/4 shorts. Or on a very cool day a loose t-shirt and pants/jeans.

[~TT40~]

Rules? There are rules?

I was just about to reply with the exact same thing

[PumpkinZulu]

I used to be really fashionable, I loved my style, it was uniquely me, kitsch and cute. I did break the rules but it worked. Now, ugh, I'm so generic. I buy from cheap chain stores instead of buying quality, or funky pieces from op shops. It depresses me actually. I think it all started about 6 months after I started saying DH. Birth control and a comfy relationship had me go from a happy 60kg to a fatty lol. I'm sure once I'm thinner again I'll be fabulously breaking all the rules again.

ETA ^^^^^^ Debby Downer over here haa

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

I wear gold & silver together aswell as diamond earrings during the day (sapphires too) they look lovely so why not!

I don't match shoes & bag, he'll I don't own enough of each to match.
TBH I'm not very fashionable & probably break all the rules anyway.

[Phteven]

PZ, you're still uniquely you, kitch and cute. I think we all go through stages where we feel like our external appearance doesn't reflect our internal vibe. I think for mothers it's extra hard - your body shape changes so most of your clothes don't fit and by the time they do there's a good chance you've moved on from that aesthetic anyway.

[LimeSlice]

The only two I truly have an issue with are wearing pink and red together and wearing different animal prints at the same time.
Seriously, pick one or the other or the other, woman, you look like a safari park.

But I don't match bags and shoes and but I do wear one colour of jewellery at a time. I wear what is comfy and try and find things that suit my body shape, which decade they come from is irrelevant.

[No.5]

Another rule breaker here. Especially on the gold & silver front!

Other the the blue & green rule, not sure I really know any others anyway. (That is one rule I never break!)

[Phteven]

Lol @ Safari park. I used to work for a woman who was obsessed with animal print. She even put a leopard print carpet on the floor of the pub. People would come in and comment about how weird it was and I would point out my boss in her leopard print and they would get it.

[Marley&Me]

I see women wearing so much **** that is apparently called *fashion* these days so if they are the fashionable ones, then i"m glad I'm not!

Trillian, do you mean ridiculous shorts with bum cheek hanging out of them by any chance?

One fashion rule I despise seeing broken is the "legs or bust, not both" when choosing an outfit. Not that I have the legs to show off anymore but when I did, a short skirt meant a high neck and I really dislike the look of a woman with a teeny skiny dress that barely covers her vagina and shows a huge amount of cleavage. Something like this http://lingerieholic.net/images/r-products/DL21371.jpg was what most of the women were wearing the last time I went to a club and they spend most of the time sorting their outfits so they weren't flashing. Legs or bust ladies, and the issue is totally avoided.

Agreed! And a short skirt has to have closed toe shoes. And vice versa.

Im pretty standard when it comes to fashion. I am at the age where I can't get away with what I used to wear and have only just realised this recently :/