s/o fashion...

LibberDuck

If you are wearing a brown top, will you wear black shoes?  Vice versa?  What about for your LO?  My sister taught me growing up that you can't mix brown and black, but I brought it up to some of my mom friends today and they thought I was crazy.  What do ya'll think?

jarebearsmom

That's one thing that bugs the stew out of mr! They have to stay separate and everyone IRL knows not to mix it around me or I'll call the out. Idk who taught it to me but I wish they hadn't been so cut throat about it so it wouldn't bother me so bad

LibberDuck

jarebearsmom:

That's one thing that bugs the stew out of mr! They have to stay separate and everyone IRL knows not to mix it around me or I'll call the out. Idk who taught it to me but I wish they hadn't been so cut throat about it so it wouldn't bother me so bad

Haha, exactly!  My sister has made me crazy about it!

enjoylife

I wouldn't mix the 2 but it doesn't bug me if others do it. 

lulu8109

I would never mix the two and I would notice if someone else did.  It bugs me.

Mommysaurus123

Oops! Yesterday I wore brown pants and black shoes. I just don't have brown shoes that fit because I haven't gone shoe-shopping since L was born and I only have 3 pairs that fit me... 2 pairs of black shoes and 1 pair of running shoes.

However, I do have a purse that is a mixture of black and brown, so if I'm mixing colors I'll carry that purse so it looks like I'm really coordinated.

OhSewCrafty

Noooo, you don't mix brown and black like that (unless you're wearing a shirt that has a pattern with both, I suppose). Either you're wearing brown tones or black tones, but never the twain shall meet.

Mommysaurus123

OhSewCrafty:

Noooo, you don't mix brown and black like that (unless you're wearing a shirt that has a pattern with both, I suppose). Either you're wearing brown tones or black tones, but never the twain shall meet.

Oh no, OSC!!! At my last job (the restaurant) I always wore brown pants with black shoes. Today I am meeting a friend at the mall, so I will be on the lookout for a pair of black dress pants (to go with my black shoes) and a pair of brown shoes (to go with my brown dress pants).

Here's a thought... what do you wear with navy?

EVM1216

For the record I don't wear brown because I think that it looks hideous on me, so this is probably moot.

I feel that black shoes go with everything, although yeah they look kind of bad with Navy and Brown slacks.  Black belt with brown pants is a no no, as are brown shoes with black pants.

MamaPajama2010

Mommysaurus123:

OhSewCrafty:

Noooo, you don't mix brown and black like that (unless you're wearing a shirt that has a pattern with both, I suppose). Either you're wearing brown tones or black tones, but never the twain shall meet.

Oh no, OSC!!! At my last job (the restaurant) I always wore brown pants with black shoes. Today I am meeting a friend at the mall, so I will be on the lookout for a pair of black dress pants (to go with my black shoes) and a pair of brown shoes (to go with my brown dress pants).

Here's a thought... what do you wear with navy?

Make a change, ASAP! I'm the lowest-maintenence woman I know, I think... but mixing brown and black is like nails on a chalk board to me. When you are wearing navy you should always wear brown (unless the top has both navy and black in it). It's definitely not as strict a rule as brown and black, though... some people could probably throw together an awesome blue and black outfit and I wouldn't call them rule breakers.

jarebearsmom

MamaPajama2010:

Mommysaurus123:

OhSewCrafty:

Noooo, you don't mix brown and black like that (unless you're wearing a shirt that has a pattern with both, I suppose). Either you're wearing brown tones or black tones, but never the twain shall meet.

Oh no, OSC!!! At my last job (the restaurant) I always wore brown pants with black shoes. Today I am meeting a friend at the mall, so I will be on the lookout for a pair of black dress pants (to go with my black shoes) and a pair of brown shoes (to go with my brown dress pants).

Here's a thought... what do you wear with navy?

Make a change, ASAP! I'm the lowest-maintenence woman I know, I think... but mixing brown and black is like nails on a chalk board to me. When you are wearing navy you should always wear brown (unless the top has both navy and black in it). It's definitely not as strict a rule as brown and black, though... some people could probably throw together an awesome blue and black outfit and I wouldn't call them rule breakers.

Definitely! Black and navy do not go together either! haha And for the record- I don't buy clothes that have brown and black mixed together. It bugs me that much lol

lulu8109

jarebearsmom:

MamaPajama2010:

Mommysaurus123:

OhSewCrafty:

Noooo, you don't mix brown and black like that (unless you're wearing a shirt that has a pattern with both, I suppose). Either you're wearing brown tones or black tones, but never the twain shall meet.

Oh no, OSC!!! At my last job (the restaurant) I always wore brown pants with black shoes. Today I am meeting a friend at the mall, so I will be on the lookout for a pair of black dress pants (to go with my black shoes) and a pair of brown shoes (to go with my brown dress pants).

Here's a thought... what do you wear with navy?

Make a change, ASAP! I'm the lowest-maintenence woman I know, I think... but mixing brown and black is like nails on a chalk board to me. When you are wearing navy you should always wear brown (unless the top has both navy and black in it). It's definitely not as strict a rule as brown and black, though... some people could probably throw together an awesome blue and black outfit and I wouldn't call them rule breakers.

Definitely! Black and navy do not go together either! haha And for the record- I don't buy clothes that have brown and black mixed together. It bugs me that much lol

See, I guess I'm not the fashion go-to source because I think navy goes better with black than brown. Navy + brown doesn't make sense to me.  But I also just don't wear navy period, haha.

bosha711

I have worn a brown shirt with black pants & black shoes. I wouldn't wear black pants with brown shoes or vice versa. Maybe if there was a patter or something thrown in the mix, there would be an exception, though.

xxbabycakesxx

I've always mixed brown and black and no ones ever said anything to me.  I was actually asking a coworker about this last week and she says she knows its a faux pas too yet she does it all the time.

I could care less about what Griff wears lol.  Sometimes hes wearing green pants and an orange top!

SmilingMrsF

I don't mix brown and black or black and blue with clothing.  I'm not sure I really pay that much attention as to whether others are mixing those colors, but I make sure that me, DH and DS don't mix the colors.