Check these threads out, gone:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34538238
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34532725

I just posted to this thread on the wrong thread LOL
Replying to tedgale ( handsome devil) and did not once look to see what thread it was !
Anyway-I am already growing tired of seeing <font color="pink">pink</font> wherever I look.
I am considering boycotting <font color="pink">pink</font> :)
And it does not hurt that I got a fantastic couple of handbags that are <font color="orange">orange</font> and a <font color="blue">blue</font>/<font color="green">green</font> Pucci print :D
Anyone want to discuss Handbags?
This also will re-inforce someones remarks that my head is &quot;hallowed&quot; LOL

ThinGorjus, I feel I must return and beg your Prada-sandaled forgiveness. Leely was right -- I was referring to you. Now, in going back to read a number of your previous posts I've gotten so tickled -- well, one has to over look a &quot;manage-a-tois&quot; here and a &quot;Grenada&quot; there. I'm trying to get a mental image and this this strange Patsy AbFab/Oscar Wilde composite is conjured up in my mind. Not sure which way to go with that one and it simply doesn't matter. I look forward to reading your future posts now that I can see the full picture and not just an admonishment to another poster to get off the Europe board. Now back to that bowl of gin . . . .

Well, when packing, it's best if everything &quot;goes with&quot; everything else, as you need far fewer pieces.

So, you just cannot do better than black &quot;bottoms&quot; (dress, skirt, slacks), along with tops (blouses, tees, camisoles, jackets, outerwear) in your favorite and most flattering colors. Not &quot;all black, all the time&quot;.

For sure, no outfit must be all black. Though, in the fanciest of places,, especially evenings, when you observe others, no question that the ladies you'd most like to emulate are dressed &quot;mostly&quot; in black...

Black &quot;bottoms&quot; are just so practical. In fine fabrics, you fold or roll them up to pack, and they shake out virtually wrinkle free.

White, cream, beige, khaki &quot;bottoms&quot; are a nice change, but they get dirty quite quickly, when out and about all day, and just do not rinse out as nicely.

For me, when you're out and about all day, sitting all about, using public transportation (even taxis), black &quot;bottoms&quot; simply are more practical.

You can wear black slacks, for example, with a white or ivory or your favorite color tee/shell/camisole, and brightly colored sweater/jacket, and still look quite &quot;refreshing&quot;. Most refreshing is the perfect mix, all summer long, of black and white.

As you've mentioned, a fine way to &quot;add color&quot; to your &quot;total look&quot; is with a purse/shoes in a &quot;vibrant color&quot;.

Black is not so much &quot;old and dowdy&quot; as classy and practical.

Scarlett: How did you know I am a handsome devil?

Love the thought of you in orange.

But as one poster has advised, there are certain well-founded concerns about wearing orange, especially with the (equally strictured) green.

I think the advice was meant for you:

If, as I believe, you live in Florida, wearing orange and green together puts you at risk -- as a pedestrian.

Motorists might not see you, as you'd blend in too readily with the orange groves.......(LOL)

LOL, what was I thinking? :D
I must admit, I broke my boycott today- as the Yankee gave me a gift and I had to color co-ordinate the <font color="pink">Pink</font> bag with it :)

I know but what Scarlett writes she dresses in Black, but at my class reunion last year, the only woman who wore bright colors was from Florida and another from LA. I don't know any French women who wear black daily nor do most women. It drains color from your face.
tedgale you must be handsome, she told me so. (lock up your daughters-;-))

Just some thoughts...In upstate NY I saw a woman today raking her lawn. Her hair was orange, her t-shirt was orange, and her sneakers were orange. That was too much orange for me.

The only day I felt oddly dressed in Paris was the day I wore beige khakis and my beige London Fog jacket. Just too much beige; too much black would have been okay. I was more comfortable in jeans than that darn khaki. It was a wardrobe day that just couldn't work itself out, despite my black scarf.

Marilyn, thanks for posting the Muffin threads, they were a riot. I have to branch out from the Europe board, I am missing too much!

where is Muffin? Capo? Elvira? and so many more amusing posters we no longer see. I hope all is well wherever you are and no that you are missed.

know!!!!

Hi Cigale!
I thought muffin was missing, but when I went looking for those threads I discovered she had posted as recently as March. I'll have to see what she's been up to.
Elvira left a few years ago, around registration I think. Too bad.
I do wonder where Capo is.
I suddenly feel like an old-timer. :)

Marilyn, thanks for the &quot;muffin&quot; threads. I then clicked on the name and read some more. I could not make that stuff up. I must have no imagination.

Thanks for making me laugh tonight muffin! **smooch**

Wouldn't it be funny, if muffin is not that coochy coochy-cute young thing but a guy who is so talented and practicing on us?

Especially for Gone --

The fact is that you'll always feel great wearing colors you love to wear. Travel just makes you focus a little more for purposes of packing somewhat efficiently, but definitely include at least some of your favorite colors.

For all those fascinated by the Jackie-in-yellow story. I grew up in the New York area, and crossed paths with her occasionally. She wore everything that suited her well-- knew her best silhouettes, favorite and best colors, which included everything from colors to neutrals. The point is to have enough self-respect and confidence to do as you please, but also to have respect for the situation or context.

My own &quot;color&quot; story happened in New York was a few years ago at Chanterelle -- a high end restaurant. It was a cold Christmas season, so I wore a holiday red dress instead of what I might have worn -- a black dress. When I got to the restaurant, EVERY woman in the room seemed to have a black dress on (unless there was some woman in the shadows going wild in deep navy.) When I took off my coat, heads actually turned and the room went a little quiet, and I heard a murmer off somewhere, &quot;Red dress.&quot; That was, yet again, another night when I wore a more colorful dress and at least three men comlplmented me on how how great I looked (e.g. when I walked by the bar on the way to the ladies' room., etc. -- and believe me, I was not born a beauty.)

And yes, I LOVE pink. It's been popular, and continues to be popular, partly because it is a very flattering color on many people and makes you feel happy. It will NEVER be out of style, like a good black dress will never be out of style. Enjoy everything that makes you feel fabulous!

I like pink but now that some guys are dressing in head-to-toe in pink, it's kind of turned me off. I'm not talking about the occasional pink shirt or pink tie, ala Trump, but pink jackets, caps, sneakers, pants - I think the fad started after some rapper (but don't know who it is).

You people are all great! I've enjoyed reading all the advice and opinions.
MadameX, I DO love to wear color. I'm a &quot;winter&quot; and love the vibrant colors. But I do seem to chose black dresses for evening. I can't seem to get away from that.
Marilyn , thanks for the Muffin posts. Too funny!!
SO many of you have a great sense of humor.

i realize that in replying to this i'm reviving a long-dead thread, but i can't resist...

i'm planning a trip to london in september, and i've had a few wardrobe questions of my own, for several simple reasons: 1) i plan to pack VERY light, and so need to get the most &quot;bang for my buck,&quot; and 2) being &quot;appropriately&quot; dressed means there's one less thing to worry about while on vacation.

the answers to the question, &quot;what should i pack/wear?&quot; do come down to very personal choices, but being interested in what's appropriate and practical doesn't necessarily make one a troll, nor a moronic airheaded sheep with nothing better to think about.

i've enjoyed reading HUNDREDS of threads about travels on these boards, but i'm shocked (although i shouldn't be) and disappointed by how nasty people seem to get over the simplest questions, even if the questioner does seem to be naive. (of course this doesn't apply to every answer; some people have been quite thoughtful and helpful.)

i'm honestly not sure which is worse, a genuine troll, or a handful of posters who think it's fun and appropriate to belittle others.

i think i'll stick to reading posts, and not asking questions; i'm a bit naive myself.

I'm with you, pixielily...there is an abundance of nasty remarks from those who apparently want to appear so well traveled that such a question is considered naive. I often come to this board, read the nasty remarks and can't help but think about that classic Rodney King quote following the LA riots &quot;Can't we all just get along?&quot;

When I went to Paris in September 2003, and continued on to Italy and places East...I was surprised that there was an ABUNDANCE of black being worn positively everywhere.

That said, I think black as a base color (black pants and shoes) are practical, because you can put it with anything, whether it's more black, red, whatever you like. When I went last time, I found that I blended in a bit better when I wasn't wearing my khaki travel pants, which will stay home the next time I go this September in favor of another pair of black slacks.

Also, I do think there is a very important distinction between spring/summer wear and winter/fall. Just like here in the States, it's hard to find someone wearing pink in November, and black is not that practical in the summer if you live somewhere that it gets over 75 degrees.

When I went last time, I wore brighter tops with my black pants, and had a gray sweater that went well with all of it. I am no fashionista, that's for sure, but comfort comes first, style second, and attempting to fit in with my Parisian counterparts a distant third.

But that's just me. :)

For all we know, hot pink will be &quot;in&quot; in December in Paris this year. LOL

Jules

All this black clothes stuff is a lot of nonsense. Wear what you want to as long as it legal for the streets.

It reminds me of the joke about the American obsessed with &quot;fitting in&quot; while visiting Italy. He decided an expensive Italian suit would do the trick.

Unfortunately, the clothing store he wandered into had some large price tags on the suits. After nearly falling over in shock when he saw a &euro;4,000 tag on a suit he liked, the manager made him an offer.

For only &euro;1,000.00 he would let the American have a slightly imperfect suit. The coat lapel turned up and one sleeve was too short. But, if the American would tug on the coat sleeve and take his chin and smooth out the lapel, he would have the best suit in Italy for only &euro;1,000 - an unbeatable price.

So the American, still obsessed with fitting in, bought the suit. As he walked down the street, rolling his head to smooth out the lapel and twitching his hand to pull on the sleeve, two Italian ladies happen to see him.

One remarked to the other: &quot;Oh look at that poor crippled American, but doesn't he have on a nice suit.&quot;

The Black thing is a myth. It started with the NY fashion writers who wore black to not distract from the clothes. But the wannabes picked it up. BUT, a beautiful black dress out to dinner is never wrong.

So bob_brown, The joke is that Americans want to fit in but are cheap? You need to find funnier jokes, that one is just lame.

Gone,I know how you feel a few day ago I posted for the first time and was called a troll. I thought Gretchen meant a troll like an ugly troll!!!If you saw me you wouldn't think that ha. well any how I thought I had commited a murder I really am missing the point about that troll thing, there are a bunch of very travel savvy people, but I don't get the troll thing.If you thought someone was busting balls,just don't respond.I hope I hang around long enough to get it.BY the way Johnnie Cash wore black and he was cool!!!!

lilminkey, where were you called a troll? I looked but could not find the post. How could anyone call a little minkey a troll?
Aside from Inspector Cleuseau? lol :)

Black is for insecure people,
for funerals,
for witches,
for fun,
for evenings on the town.

Color is to show your spirit,
to feel alive in the season of the colors,
to be creative,
to enjoy life.

But black is seductive on a date,

Scarlett, exactly in fact Iwould have been a trull to the late great inspector.I remember I was a young kid when I saw that first movie in the theatre I was laughing so long and loud everyone was watching me I actually fell in the aisle.He just got to me he was a scream!!!!

well, minkey how coud you be a child and later be a vet in the vietnam war?

steve Martin has filmed a new Pink panther. To be released soon.

Me too, lilminkey, I loved every one of those films, even the really bad ones!

I imagine it will be very difficult for anyone to replace the original Inspector Cleaseau, ( who btw, wore black) but I would be willing to give Steve Martin a try!

i agree, it will be strange to see someone else nor will they find a replacement for his great funny, Chineese Valet, but he didn't always wear black :)

TONDALA.I noticed the cyperspace and the automobile has much in commen .people driving act aggresive and will think nothing of chucking you the bird.I found them to be cowards ,when Iwas a kid Iwould make it a habit to pull punks out of there cars,I lived in a place called Federal hill Mafia families and plenty of trouble.I loved every second of it.Now people try to get you in untruths they go back to your comments you have made and do dectective work.personally its way to much work for so little pay off. Now For you to take notice if your a female maybe its the comment about my good looks .Well I will tell you I am handsome .I'm getting tired but what I meant about being a kid Iwas maybe in my early twentys at the time,and I was in the Vietnam conflict That was a long time ago and a very hard time in my life. and Iwas just a kid and they took my innocence.Ihope your investigation works out if CAN HELP PLEASE LET ME KNOW.How can you feel like it.

Hi Pixie! I just got to the computer tonight and I wondered who would have revived this old thread. I had forgotton about it, but it was fun to read again.

Thanks! I may even need to reread the muffin threads, they are good for a laugh.

See ya on the wntw board! At least I think that is you. Two pixielilly's going to London would be a stretch. Fashion posts on this one usually stir up quite a fuss. Good instincts on hanging back on hanging back from posting.

Nothing has 'em screaming troll like one of these posts. I don't know why either.

Apparently my little pea brain skips a beat skips a beat when it is this late.

And don't let them scare you off Pixie.
There is a great deal of usefull info on this board and a lot of great posters especially when it comes to the UK and Paris. Their bark is usually worse than their bite.

There were headlines in the Chicago Tribune and another local paper this week re: &quot;After three years, black is back on the runways!&quot;

I could care less, but FYI for those who do care about such things. That's the recent &quot;read&quot; in podunk.

For obxgirl or whatever.
Send me some that meet with your approval and meet your standards and let me have a shot at telling you what I think.

If you think it was lame, perhaps you missed the point. Namely, that this obsession with fitting in is in itself lame.

Or perhaps your sensitivities were struck. At any rate, I am not overly concerned with your rejection.
It, too, was lame.

LOL, well, maybe it is just a matter of taste , but I thought bobs joke was funny.
Actually, I think the whole essence of a joke is that something about it is lame.

I thought Bob's joke was funny also. You can't take fashion seriously.

dsm22,

hi! yep, it's me; i *thought* that was you back up the thread, suggesting the original poster ask her question on the WTNW boards! (good advive, btw...) :)

as far as the unfriendly, secret handshake, members-only attitude of some people on these boards, maybe they should post a list of what is (and is NOT) considered to be an &quot;appropriate&quot; topic of conversation on these forums. not that i'd pay any attention, but it might at least be amusing.

and most people i've seen here *are* quite friendly; the others are mainly just annoying.

where's the WTNW board?

my fashion joke: A conservative guy, dress: Brooks Bros
casual: L.l. Bean
shows up forwork wearing an earring. Everyone is astounded that this guy would change his style.
&quot;Hey, what's up with the earring, &quot; someone finally asks.
He answeres, &quot;My wife found it in our bed, So I thought it wise to wear it.&quot;
Gone, you wear whatever makes you feel good and confortable.

cigalechanta,

YOUR joke made me smile! ;)

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