Apparently obsolete fashion rules that you stick with regardless

[Echobelly]

For me it's 'Leggings must be worn with something that COVERS YOUR BUM'

I'm sorry, even with teenagers with lovely pert derrieres, leggings and top that stops at your waist look like you haven't got dressed properly, and on those of us with less than gravity-defying butts (such as myself) it just looks horribly unflattering, especially if you wear cheapass leggings where the fabric goes all see-through when stretched.

What rules do you stick to, even if out of fashion?

I don't think I'd ever wear leopard print.

Thinking about it I used to work for a retailer and the reason they had the men's clothes on the ground floor was based on that men were less likely to go to seek out their clothes.

No double denim.
Never wear shirts open with t-shirt underneath.

@cherish123

I never wear black and navy together.

That doesn't go down so well here

I'd wear leopard print but not trousers! And not with bright colours! I might wear a leopard scarf with my black or camel coat, or even a leopard dress with black tights and boots if feeling a bit more daring.

@gladioli123 think it mean if you are wearing a long coat, it should be longer than your skirt. If you have a long skirt, wear a jacket.

@pommedeterre - I actually just gave DC a lift wearing black leggings and navy trainers 🙄

@Yogsgirl

I'd wear leopard print but not trousers! And not with bright colours! I might wear a leopard scarf with my black or camel coat, or even a leopard dress with black tights and boots if feeling a bit more daring.

Well, I say bright but I don't mean like Dayglo. I really like leopard jeans with a blue/teal top, or dark red/burgundy. But leopard (most animal prints) are a neutral anyway, aren't they? They certainly don't have the Bet Lynch associations they used to (and don't jump down my throat, I love Bet Lynch).

@takenforgrantednana.
Yes agree on sliders, I said to a colleague, who was off on maternity, but can in with her baby to meet everyone, I said, nice slippers, she replied back, "they are called sliders" they might be but still look like slippers. The same as onsies, they are just big babygros, I don't see the point and I have said to my son, if he wants a girlfriend, don't wear a onsies. (who wants an adult baby.)

Yes re: thick black tights and white trainers! Yuck!

If you wore it the first time round, you're too old to wear it again

I saw a girl in a slip dress/fluffy crop jumper/DMs combo the other day and thought I'd time travelled.

As for brown shoes with suits for men, I've been to a couple of weddings recently and without exception the younger men were all wearing navy suits with brown shoes.

With another colour in between

If you wore it the first time round, you're too old to wear it again

I wear whatever I like apart from couture because I can't afford it

Tell that to a tomato 🍅.

@IShoveLula

If you wore it the first time round, you're too old to wear it again

I wear whatever I like apart from couture because I can't afford it

I do fancy a satin slip dress again if I can figure out how to make it stylish rather than "historical fancy dress harking back to my youth"

A well cut slip dress is pretty much timeless. Many of my clothes have been around and come back again. Some don't fit because I am much older, but not heavier. We wore clothes tighter on the waist back then (sizes are bigger now) and age has made my waist bigger. I don't look as good in the clothes because I look older but can wear something over a skimpy dress to cover my arms.

You can get clothes altered.

That toe and fingernail varnish should match. I feel very slatternly if they don't!

@MorrisZapp

Red and green should never be seen

It’s blue and green should never be seen without a colour in between

@PrincessNutNuts Look up satin slip dress styling ideas and you'll get plenty of ideas.

I wear things like mini skirts (shock, horror, i'm over 45), dungarees (i'm not a toddler), DM style boots with the same sort of trousers I wore as a teenager. I dress for myself.

If I wear smart casual (things I think look ok for work) I don't get comments, but I get compliments on my weekend outfits or if I go all out to look nice.

Not legs and boobs out , one or the other, both looks cheap, unwritten rule for my age going back yonks.

@CoronaPeroni

What's wrong with red and green? When I was young it was pink and green is fit for a queen, blue and green should never be seen. And I stood by the blue and green thing for about 40 years

I was always told, Blue and green should never be seen, without something in between.

MIL insisted that sequins should never be worn during the day. A habit I can't lose.

@echobelly I'm sure we've spoken before... Gap still sell the bootcut indigo jeans I bought over ten years ago. I literally bought identical jeans from them a few months ago. I think they're called curvy bootcut.

@JaninaDuszejko

Red and green should never be seen

..except on fools...

I was always told 'red and green should never be seen except upon an Irish queen'. There's sense behind it, red and green are complementary colours and so if you have large quantities of both it is very distracting (see also blue and orange, or purple and yellow). However a large quantity of one and a small quantity of its complement look good, so e.g. red poppies in a green field or orange shoes with a blue dress.

I was always told it was 'red and green should never be seen without a colour in between'

Bras are called underwear for a reason. Hate seeing the back of bras above crop tops etc.