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Navy dress, black jacket - wrong? (Interview outfit)

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squishysquirmy · 03/09/2017 12:12

Trying to put together an outfit that looks smart for an interview tomorrow, I have bought a navy dress I quite like but only have a black jacket to wear with it (and it looks best with a jacket).
It doesn't look too weird to my eyes, but is this a combination that would look a bit weird? There are other things I could wear instead, but none of them are perfect iyswim.

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MadMags · 03/09/2017 12:13

It sounds weird but a lot depends on the actual shade of navy.

Squeegle · 03/09/2017 12:13

Can you do a pic?

NataliaOsipova · 03/09/2017 12:16

I'd say wrong - but would need to look at a picture to say definitively!

redphonebox · 03/09/2017 12:21

If the baby is very dark it will look weird. If there's an obvious contrast between the two colours I think it would be ok though.

namechangedforthisreply · 03/09/2017 12:50

Agree with Red. I have a navy dress that looks good with a black jacket, shoes and belts. Other navy items look terrible with black

squishysquirmy · 03/09/2017 13:00

Thanks all.
I will try to post a pic in a bit, but it is this dress: www.dorothyperkins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=33053&storeId=12552&langId=-1&productId=28393110
The navy is not so dark that it could be mistaken for black - there is a contrast between the jacket and the dress.

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Mablethorpe · 03/09/2017 13:17

Navy and black together = always wrong.

But them I am really quite old school when it comes to workwear as I was told never to mix them and navy dress means navy shoes and bag etc and the same for black and also to NEVER mix pink and red so what do I know?😄

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