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What incorrect fashion advice regularly gets doled out on here?

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BrendaandEddie · 30/12/2015 14:57

I am going for

  1. Cut and colour. Not everyone colours their hair some of us only when we needed to at about 42
  2. Wrap dresses and big tits
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MrsDeVere · 31/12/2015 08:03

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MrsCampbellBlack · 31/12/2015 08:17

Get your colours done or do a style day.

Or send me £500 and look in a mirror perhaps.

I never get the angst then of people who get their colours done and then spend years trying to convince themselves that they like those colours.

And the 'you can't wear black' - of course you can. Personally I think texture is just as important as colour - black fur looks fab on me - flat black cotton not so much.

But I also agree fashion is meant to be fun - it is only clothes.

NoMore314 · 31/12/2015 08:23

I dont want to look like bonkers art teacher😅 the french teacher maybe!

TaliZorah · 31/12/2015 08:25

I think art teachers look great!

I describe my style as 50s B actress mixed with Disney princess... Not for everyone but it's so much fun!

GeorginaWorsley · 31/12/2015 09:37

Totally agree Mrs cbre black.
I love black fur or sequins or leather.
Preferably not all together admittedly Grin
On same garment.
I'm probably an autumn Wink but most of my wardrobe is navy,grey and white/cream/ivory.
In true Mint Velvet style of course Grin

ASmallHenInItsLateForties · 31/12/2015 09:47

I'm always alarmed about that 'mumsnet haircut'. Very risky I think.

AnnaMarlowe · 31/12/2015 10:06

AS the very idea of the MN haircut gives me the shivers.

MrsCampbellBlack · 31/12/2015 10:13

The mn haircut is basically a mullet isn't it? Which is fine if that is the look you're aiming for.

Queenbean · 31/12/2015 10:16

I thought the mn haircut was more "caught in a house fire" chic?

GarlicCake · 31/12/2015 10:16

I did the MN haircut for years. I have wavy hair; it's very forgiving in layers. Sure as hell wouldn't try it on poker-straight hair or afro.

TaliZorah · 31/12/2015 10:19

What is the MN hair?

Queenbean · 31/12/2015 10:24

You pile all your hair on to the top of your head and go at it with a blow torch hack at it with scissors

polyhymnia · 31/12/2015 10:24

Just to go back to the two women pics, totally agree with PPs who said the first doesn't look original or 'quirky' , just following another type of conformity in a cheap looking and unflattering dress.

HortonWho · 31/12/2015 11:01

Yup, agree that being quirky and dressing to reflect that is very different than the vintage "quirky" uniform - be it from 40s or 50s or 60s...

When I was a teen, there was no such thing as vintage clothes. Punk was in, and teenagers would scavenge Salvation Army Thrift stores for old clothes costing pennies. I had a wardrobe full of funky old men's blazers that I'd work hard to incorporate with my regular clothes.

You hunted your treasures, not popped into a vintage store and paid 20x the price. And you had to be inventive in blending the old with the new. Not just copy a look from a blogger and call yourself quirky, sneering at anyone who wore beige.

Most of these quirky styles today are outfits out together. You shop for them just like you do for any other clothes. To me, that is not what the quirky batshit crazy art teacher look is about. (I love that look). My current inspiration is a 60 year old with a streak of purple in her silver hair. I can't describe her clothes, but she leaves an impression - quirky and stylish.

CarpetDiem · 31/12/2015 11:03

what incorrect fashion advice regularly gets dolled out on here? No matter what the occasion- funeral, night out, bar mitzvah, skinny jeans and a NICE (very subjective) top, with a red lip Confused and a court shoeConfused. FFS, please use the pleural at least.
Yawn to someone asking AGAIN what the MN haircut is. Er, search it?

TaliZorah · 31/12/2015 11:04

I don't get why people are slagging off people who like vintage dresses? No one has sneered at anyone, if you don't like the look fine but no need to be rude about people who do.

I think cheap looking padded zip ups are fugly but I'm not going to post long rants about how they're hideous. I just don't wear one and get on with my life

Queenbean · 31/12/2015 11:20

Tali I don't think it's vintage dresses, but cheap vintage-style dresses which look terrible.

Some other clothes look bad if they're cheap but vintage-style dresses seem to take the hit badly and look awful if they've been made badly / using cheap fabrics

TaliZorah · 31/12/2015 11:29

I think ones shorter than the length they're meant to be look weird. I don't mind people disliking them but it's giving the wearers characteristics like "sneery", " 'quirky' " (meant in a sneery way!!!), and stuff that I think is rude

StatisticallyChallenged · 31/12/2015 12:01

What looks horrendous on one body shape can be the most flattering thing on another though. I'm somewhere between hourglass and pear (big boobs mean traditional pear shape advice doesn't work, relatively small waist, massive hips!) and fifties cuts and skater dresses are the most flattering things on me as you don't realise quite how enormous my actual hips are, and I can buy a size that fits my bust and waist (belt often required) whereas more fitted dresses which suit my hips often need massive alterations. I've got about a 15" waist to hip spring. I tend to wear coats quite like TaliZorah's for example, and own several dresses from LadyV. So shoot me.

almondpudding · 31/12/2015 12:10

That whole 1950s look is supposed to be a subculture. Lots of other people are supposed to dislike that whole rockabilly thing; that is the point of it!

It's only a thread on Mumsnet. It's not like we're a bunch of mods still beating you up on Brighton beach like it's 1964.

2016IsANewYearforMe · 31/12/2015 12:12

I think the vintage knockoffs don't work because different fabrics are used. Cheap stretchy fabrics will look totally different than a dress made from a natural woven fabric with boning and a waist stay. Of course, a dress properly constructed would cost significantly more than most could/would pay and would need to be made to measure.

Queenbean · 31/12/2015 12:19

Also, these vintage dresses have sort of sexy / coy overtones to them, the wearers always seem to be standing in some coquettish position with a "who, me?!" Look on their face. And yet mostly, they're not very sexy at all because it's a bit try hard.

TaliZorah · 31/12/2015 12:23

Why is it try hard? Tbh this has just turned into picking on those who dress in a way that's different to you.

Statistically I have an 11" difference and that's how I first got into dressss as normal trousers etc look bloody weird and finding ones that fit is a nightmare. If you have relatively wide hips a dress is so much easier and it looks better imo!

TaliZorah · 31/12/2015 12:23

You can get made to measure dresses for around £70. If you know someone who makes them much less.

Queenbean · 31/12/2015 12:25

Because it's posing in a way that's trying hard to be sexy, which in turn isn't very sexy.

It's not picking on people who dress differently to me - plenty of people dress differently to me, it's just this particular style that is in discussion now. Don't take it personally.