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Black = Blah: Is that the message we want to send to the world?

Started by Daniel Gibbons · 8 months ago

In response to our Video Blog Wearing Black: Is that really the best you can do?, one of our wonderful writers, Rick Juliusson, had this to add:
What’s with this obsession with wearing black? Of all the happy, fun, beautiful colors in the world, why choose the ab ... Continue reading »

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  • Suzyn

    8 months ago

    My umbrella is a beautiful sky blue with little fluffy clouds!

    Let's revolutionize the idea of a "little black dress." What dress would truly embody your style statement and suit you so well, you COULD wear it anywhere? I'm leaning towards: http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3012149/0~2376776~2...
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  • Sophia

    8 months ago

    My favorite color-combination is golden red and dark dark red. I love color.
    But my favorite outifit especially for the winter months is all black: black tights or stockings, black boots, black slim skirt, black V-neck, and large ear-rings (right now Inidan style hoops with raspberry-colored stones). Then it´s all about MY OWN colors: my brown hair that likes to shimmer in colors like in Renaissance paintings, my olive-green eyes that I accent with khol, my lips whose color I enhance or not, and the fair skin of my face, neck and upper chest. I can´t hide like that. I am all out there, in plain view, proud, and all me! And I feel - and look - anything but blah!
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  • sarah

    8 months ago

    Inspired by this article, today i have dressed myself in yellow tights, an orange skirt, and red sweater - perfect for a rainy fall day!
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  • Alison

    8 months ago

    Oh, blue. How wonderful you are...
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  • Belva

    8 months ago

    I do wear a good deal of black, because it punches up "my" colors of red (true reds to cool reds) and cobalt blue. It's also a color that happens to flatter my "Snow White" coloring. If it didn't flatter me (and it doesn't flatter everyone - as a matter of fact, I'd love to wear earth tones, but they're not flattering), I wouldn't wear it.

    As my hair gets more silver in it, I imagine that my reds, blues and blacks will soften and "gray" also.
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  • morning gruel

    8 months ago

    I try to avoid umbrellas altogether, basking in the wonderful wetness of a good downpour. And maybe -- just maybe -- when the sun comes out and I shake off some of that water, I might just make my very own rainbow...
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  • Rick_Juliusson

    8 months ago

    amen to that. there's nothing to spread joy and amazement in a busy downtown downpour like a re-enactment of gene kelley's Singing in the Rain
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  • elinwoods

    1 month ago

    I am a huge supporter of black. Maybe it's my adoration for classics, but I love it. It makes me feel powerful and sexy. I do tend to punch up the whole look with some funky handbags or by wearing a black suit and then neon pink heels. So I have a funky side, but she doesn't come out to play as often. But I don't mind it that way. I would rather people see that I mean business first but then look down and see that I you can be at ease around me. I just want the upper hand first.
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