what to wear with a black

amother

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 2:56 am

If you were going to wear a black weekday outfit, say a jacket and skirt, what color what would you wear under the jacket?

momaleh

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 3:16 am

White or pink, if I felt jazzy maybe black and white striped.

Isramom8 ↓

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 4:17 am

Marion wrote:

NOT black! And not navy. Otherwise, anything.

My kids have pretty good fashion sense, as in not putting together clashing outfits, but one point I have to drill into them is NO NAVY WITH BLACK!

With the black weekday outfit, try light blue (if it's till in style), or yellow - sounds funny but can look great.

Ruchel ↓

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 4:27 am

You can do navy with black, brown with black, anything as long as it looks good. It's a "fashion legend" that you can't, according to my designer dad.

↑ Isramom8 ↓

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 4:39 am

It's a bad representaion to go around black and blue. But I don't count light blue.

↑ Ruchel ↓

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 4:55 am

Nothing wrong with it, if the black and navy in question look good together.

↑ Isramom8 ↓

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 6:22 am

But navy and brown can go with each other.

Funny thing - as a teenager, I was discouraged from wearing black - my mother said it was overly sophisticated. And she said brown was for mature ladies. Guess which colors make me feel put together today? LOL

↑ Ruchel ↓

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 6:29 am

There are two ways of making black and navy/brown go together.

-if the navy/brown is so dark it looks like a shade of black, and it's a different cloth, it can look very cool and sophisticated
-if the navy/brown is clearly very different from black, just forget what you heard and look at it. It may very well look good.

Sometimes introducing a third colour helps too.

As a teen I had a dress I loved, black and brown, and now I often wear my navy blue denim skirt with a white top or shirt and a black jacket. It looks very good.

↑ Isramom8 ↓

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 6:33 am

Ruchel, I can see brown working with black, but I can't see navy working with black. Bringing denim into the equation is not fair. The world has decided that anything goes with denim!

↑ Ruchel

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 6:42 am

Ok let's forget denim! lol

Sailor costumes for kids are often black and navy and white (and sometimes lighter blue), is it ok? lol

louche

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 2:46 pm

If I wanted to look conservative I'd wear white or ivory; if I wanted to look festive I'd wear hot pink, bright blue, lavender, teal, or any other vivid color; and if I wanted to look somber I'd wear light grey. If I wanted to look clueless I'd wear navy or brown, and if I wanted to look like death I'd wear black.

Cookies n Cream

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 3:00 pm

I would go with off white or white.
YOu can wear light pink, light blue, gray, light purple almost a/t goes...

↑ Isramom8 ↓

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 3:05 pm

White or off white/ivory with black is too Shabbosdig for every day.

buzzinmom

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 3:05 pm

on the topic of black and navy. I have been against that combination for yrs now, however I have been seeing a nice mix recently. that is a navy skirt that has a sheen to the fabric with a matt black top. kinda like what ruchel was saying. this also looks gr8 with patent leather accesories...belts, shoes....so it is not a complete no no

in your case I would go with white with a nice beaded long necklace to add some character

↑ Isramom8 ↓

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 3:09 pm

For everyday, if you go with a white top, you can add a colored necklace and matching colored earrings or shoes or snood/headband.

↑ Ronit ↓

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 3:11 pm

In regard to navy & black.

Lately they are doing plenty things, that have both colors on one article of clothing. I think those look great. Otherwise I wouldn't just put on a black skirt w/ a navy sweater or vice versa.

↑ Ronit

Mon, Nov 02 2009, 3:17 pm

Isramom8 wrote:

For everyday, if you go with a white top, you can add a colored necklace and matching colored earrings or shoes or snood/headband.

That's my style, but with black. I wear black slinky turtlenecks/ shells under almost anything.

I prefer adding a necklace for color rather than a colored shell.