Would you think I'm a freak if I worked in your office?

[Slapthegrilledcheese]

I'm wearing black only. Slightly overweight. it helps! getting weird comments all the time. But I can bloody wear what I bloody feel like? Right? AIBU?

I'm a kiwi. We live in black.

Comments about what? Wearing head-to-toe black? What are people saying?

Nope. I wear a lot of black.

Ignore the haters. Black is cool

There is an overweight woman at my work who always wear black. I hadn't really thought about it until she joked about it herself. Nobody has found it weird.

What are they saying exactly!? That you're a goth/witch? That it's too hot to wear dark colours?

Everything I own is black. It suits me and I like it. Yanbu

flownthecoop me too! I've had comments about it though, esp when my maternity wardrobe was also all black... I like it though. (I do use the kiwi defense)

And yes OP, wear what you want!

Erm, loads of people wear black all the time. Cannot imagine anyone commenting at all.

Course you can wear what you want. My opinion for what its worth, is all black only looks good on goth teenagers. Otherwise it looks as though you are taking the 'wear black its slimming' thing too far. Also reminds me of jo brand. Plus as soon as you start wearing colour people will start with the 'oh my god, breaking news! grilledcheese is wearing red!'

Eh?! What's wrong with wearing all black? Do people really think it's weird?

Your comments workers are dicks. You're being extremely not weird. Normal, in fact.

Plus as soon as you start wearing colour people will start with the 'oh my god, breaking news! grilledcheese is wearing red!

I haven't worn colour in about 20 years. I think I'm good

I love black. All I wear. I don't think people think I am weird. Or at least not for my clothes

My uniform is all black
Best colour I think

Plus as soon as you start wearing colour people will start with the 'oh my god, breaking news! grilledcheese is wearing red

I get this if I wear a skirt or shorts "oh my god Britt has legs" it makes me feel even more self conscious as others then stop and look.

And of course I've got fucking legs, do people think I hover everywhere?!

A lot of British folk wear black all the time to work. Years ago, working in holland, a boyfriend asked me why me and all my British colleagues were in black; had we just been to a funeral??

i love black clothes - dark colours are my friend and i am not keen on reds and bright things. i love the winter as the clothes tend to be darker.
black makes me look a bit slimmer ( im my head anyway)

I love black I'd say about 40% of my wardrobe is black. It hides a world of sins

Never had a comment on it.

I think the people you work with are odd for commenting on it tbh

Comments like what?

Everyone wears black. It's the most common colour in an office. Personally I don't touch it, but it's literally the most inoffensive and bland shade to wear.

Are they commenting on your spiked leather collar or heavy eyeshadow? Your weight?

Don't think I'd even register, tbh.
If I did, I wouldn't think anything about it, and, if I did, I wouldn't say anything about it.

what sort of comments? That's mad. Black is a perfectly normal office-wear colour.

FWIW, I am overweight and I wear dark greys in winter and navy blues in summer as black is too harsh for my very pale hair and almost invisible pale yellow eyebrows.

Black is a bit hot at this time of year, but nearly all of my trousers are black because it's easy and hides the flabbiness a bit. I generally wear patterned tops because I'm clumsy and a pattern hides the stains better, but I have a few black tops too.

I once wore a smart dress to work, just because I wanted to. People kept asking me if I was going for a job interview.

In a previous job I had a colleague who would wear a sort of 'uniform' (was generally a casual-ish type of office) - black trousers, black cardigan, mostly buttoned up, over white top, and a fairly muted scarf. She looked good and it was very simple and practical and suitable for all sorts of occasions. She wasn't really overweight, but curvy, and it suited her figure.

In my culture you wear black exclusively for 40 days after someone dies... so I would wonder if you were mourning someone too.

As a TA, black is a practical colour to wear. Most of my colleagues wear it too. Sometimes we joke we are wearing uniform, because we often turn up in the same things! Other days it may be stripes, or floral patterns. It's just weird how , without discussing it, we turn up in similar designs or colours!

Perfectly OK in my opinion. I wear a lot of black.

I also used to work with fashion educators and many of them wore nothing but black.