Is it old fashioned to match bag and shoes?

[DingDongtheWitchisDrunk]

Just as the title says.... I need some help not to look old!

This is very interesting to me (as I have no sense of style or fashion). So is this look old fashioned? I think it looks great….?

Actually I don’t like the flowers on that dress but I Iike the overall effect.

@TheBareTree

This is very interesting to me (as I have no sense of style or fashion). So is this look old fashioned? I think it looks great….?

I think for formal attire it's different and I do think matching shoes & bag or hat (not all 3!) can look really classy and tie the look together. But if she was wearing jeans and a tshirt and had orange trainers on with an orange bag I'd say that was a hit matchy matchy

And there is the choice we all make in everyday life. If your life is professional and formal, there's a dress code which is only a bit flexible unless you are a super high flying rainmaker, or you don't care about the salary.

If you wear a uniform for work, completely irrelevant.

If your job is being royal, which is also political, your choice of what to put on is fraught with subtleties most people never even think about. We're in Canada, so there has to be a red bit, or France, so a French accessory to an English designer outfit is a polite compliment. I wouldn't be a royal dresser or stylist for less than 10p annually. It is so fascinating to watch.

The current generation are nailing it. I can't quite be bothered to keep up with the royal fashion thread, but the European monarchies are supporting the best of their local high streets and their fashion industries. And to go back to the matching debate, at the moment, the general rule is co-ordinated or clashing, not matching. Unless it is a sad formal occasion.

Yes it’s quite prissy unless for very formal wear where you’re at a high end event.

@Lovinglife45

Neutral colours such as brown, black and grey are okay. However when you move on to pastels or bright colours it looks too safe and matchy matchy if shoes and bag are almost identical in shade.

Came to say exactly this. Neutrals totally fine but picking out a fuschia bag, shoes, lipstick and pashmina is very mum in the 90s

Yes it’s quite prissy unless for very formal wear where you’re at a high end event.

I don't think I have ever noticed whether people have matching bag and shoes or not. I used to have a black bag, and most of my footwear is black. Does that mean I looked prissy?

Oh dear I am going to London tomorrow with black boots and a tan bag. Might have a rethink in light of this thread 🤣

Hello, OP here. Ok so I'm sorry I offended anyone with my teem 'old-fashioned'

Basically I always wear black, sometimes navy and I am just looking at adding some colour to my wardrobe. I have a black tie event and found some purple shoes which I surprisingly love. I'll be wearing them with a black dress. So I thought I'd tie it in with a similarly coloured bag. But then I remembered that matchy matchy was deemed old-fashioned.

So sorry for the term. I don't need to be 'fashionable' as such, just stylish. But I also don't want to look old! I'm in my 40s and am struggle with looking (and feeling older), so I certainly don't want to be following fashion so that I look like mutton dressed as lamb, I'd also not like to look like a carcass!

Thanks for all the paint so far. Think I've decided to steer away from the matching bag idea.... I think!

OP there was nothing remotely offensive about your post nor your use of the term "old-fashioned", some posters on MN just like to be bloody minded. It was clear what you meant and a perfectly reasonable question.

And whilst being stylish does not equal slavishly following the latest trend, many genuinely stylish people may still prefer not to wear something that is considered outdated or a fashion faux pas.

I once saw Angela Rippon IRL. She was wearing purple suede shoes and eyeshadow that matched exactly. She looked amazing

@RampantIvy

Yes it’s quite prissy unless for very formal wear where you’re at a high end event.

I don't think I have ever noticed whether people have matching bag and shoes or not. I used to have a black bag, and most of my footwear is black. Does that mean I looked prissy?

No you didn't look prissy. I don't know who the posters making up these "rules" are or why they think what they are saying is a "rule".

My mum has an entire wardrobe full of uncomfortable shoes and matching bags in the same colour and material.

That has got to be old fashioned, where does she even get them from these days?

Too obviously matching can be old fashioned looking, however if you are wearing pattern and lots of different colours, having shoes and bag matching can help pull the look together without being too much. Although I was told having two elements of an outfit matching can have the same effect (so say, bag and earrings, or belt and shoes). This is less of an issue if you are wearing plainer clothes in subdued colours.

This is advice that comes in the same category of trying to make sure all the metals in your outfit match. I haven't bothered with that one but since seeing it have noticed people who look "put together well" tend to do it.

I know this thread is an old one, but I thought I would resurrect this, rather than start one on the same topic.

I'm going to a wedding in a few weeks and I've bought the dress in the attache to wear - it's from Ba&Sh.

Initially I was going to try to get dark gold colour shoes to wear with it but I think maybe black would be better, also the model is wearing black and it looks good.

I've found a pair of carvela shoes and a matching carvela bag to wear with it. Would this is be twee and a bit old fashioned? Pics also in the attached.

I think black shoes are fine with it but maybe not the black bag.

I would avoid wearing those together, @StickyStones. It’s a bit “I was going to get the shoes and the lovely assistant showed me the matching bag”.

Lol @LoobyDoop2 point taken! I'll continue my search

Yes to dress + shoes. Gold bag?

Love the dress for an Autumn wedding, good find!

I don't care if its old fashioned or not, but I generally match my bag and shoe colours, although they tend to be very bright colours like lime green or shocking pink.

I've gone for dark gold shoes and a black sequined clutch bag. Hopefully it works!

Thanks for the advice :)

I can't imagine having enough bags and shoes to begin to consider this!

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I think that will work really well. Have a good time!