Black

[monsterbunny]

Only in a fetish club: shiny black latex. Otherwise pure black is too severe a look for me. I'm simply too old to get away with it.

I've got a few black leather and outdoors jackets, and black tactical combats - but worn together I'd probably look like an ageing special forces wannabe. An image I'm keen to avoid.

 

[Ms T]

I don't wear black that much - I prefer colour.

 

[DotCommunist]

 

[Rebelda]

 

[Ceej]

I wear black virtually all the time - occasionally broken up with a dark grey jacket or jeans. Apart from the odd white shirt, I own no other colours.

 

[equationgirl]

I wear a lot of black, and purple. Makes everything in my wardrobe work together better.

 

[blossie33]

I went to art school. Its the uniform.

I worked in a Gallery for a while and it was pretty much the uniform there too, it wasn't an official thing but most people just did.

I love black, have done since I was a teenager. Apart from jeans I wear mostly black, other than that it's grey or sludgy green.

 

[spanglechick]

very rarely wear black except for trousers: but then I rarely wear trousers anyway. I like the brightest colours in the paintbox for my clothes. I do have some black clothes though, but unless it was a funeral I'd always wear them with a bright accent colour.

 

[Manter]

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I don't know whether I am more concerned that exists or that you know that exists

 

[Greebo]

Why do people care who wears how much black and how often? You don't seem to have the same conversation about pastel shades, brights, neutrals, large prints, tiny prints, florals, geometrics, or white.

FWIW I have a lot of black clothing, but it's extremely nuanced and it's very far from being the only colour ever worn.

 

[gentlegreen]

Black or grey ...

Though for some reason in the summer I wear khaki shorts when I could buy them in black just like my winter combats.... or dye them grey.

My two new pairs for this year are seriously army green so will need to be soaked alongside my black tee shirts, combats and pants in the bath before I wear them.

I prefer grey socks - especially when wearing shorts.

I do have problems with black if I spill custard or other food items on it ...

 

[friendofdorothy]

I prefer red, lots of red, with extra red. It looks good with black.

 

[Poot]

My other half did the washing today. He washed my lemon coloured top, and my cream dress with a navy towel and some dark blue jeans Just when I was starting to experiment with colours rather than stick to my usual black preference.

I immediately swore that I would go back to an entirely black wardrobe. It's just easier!

 

[Greebo]

My other half did the washing today. He washed my lemon coloured top, and my cream dress with a navy towel and some dark blue jeans <snip>

Just train him in the use of colour catchers (or similar), at least he tried. The extra cost of a box of them is more than cancelled out by being able to wash everything at the same time as long as it's okay for that wash cycle (eg no wool in the 60 degree wash, and no silk with a bio detergent).

 

[Poot]

Just train him in the use of colour catchers (or similar), at least he tried. The extra cost of a box of them is more than cancelled out by being able to wash everything at the same time as long as it's okay for that wash cycle (eg no wool in the 60 degree wash, and no silk with a bio detergent).

There were colour catchers on top of the washing machine. Trust me, when I confront him he just says "it doesn't matter!" Which it doesn't. To him.

 

[Greebo]

There were colour catchers on top of the washing machine. Trust me, when I confront him he just says "it doesn't matter!" Which it doesn't. To him.

(((Poot)))

What you do about this is your choice, but FWIW if VP ever did that to me I'd be making it abundantly clear that
1) it mattered to me because they're my clothes, in the same way that my ruining something of his would matter to him
2) seeing as he damaged them he can pay for replacements (which I'd be finding and choosing, not him), out of his own money (ie not the joint household stuff)
3) what matters to me usually ends up mattering to him, whether he likes it or not (this cuts both ways).
Yes, I really am that demanding.

 

[Ax^]

if i could find decent of the rail black boot cut jeans



*shakes fist at sky*

 

[Greebo]

if i could find decent of the rail black boot cut jeans <snip>

Now go and find them in petite length. The next person to ask why I can't just shorten them may well be invited to suck the business end of my stitch ripper.