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Ironic but true fashion tips.

26 replies

Cantonet · 05/12/2024 10:51

Why has it taken me 60 years to learn this?
Match your Cashmere to your Spaniel.
Likewise hair colour & Coats.
Saves so much time & defuzzing.

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SpeculatingRooks · 05/12/2024 15:03

Yes this is why witches have black cats!

CuriousMariette · 05/12/2024 15:06

😆 good tip. I took it too far and also had the same hair cut as my DSpaniel.

Cantonet · 05/12/2024 15:40

Oh dear @CuriousMariette .
Closely clipped or a shaggy?🤣
Gosh, you learn something new every day @SpeculatingRooks.

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PipMumsnet · 05/12/2024 17:07

Hi OP, we have moved this to Style and beauty where we think you will get more replies.
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Haver74 · 05/12/2024 17:41

I thought spaniel was an euphemism for a minute!

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 05/12/2024 17:43

Cantonet · 05/12/2024 10:51

Why has it taken me 60 years to learn this?
Match your Cashmere to your Spaniel.
Likewise hair colour & Coats.
Saves so much time & defuzzing.

Likewise carpets and sofas (am stuffed, though, because I have one black collie and one mostly white).

Doggymummar · 05/12/2024 17:43

I have a coat the same colour as my cocker poo, which is the same colour as my hair and my carpets. Can I have a prize plz

mdinbc · 05/12/2024 18:47

I quite closely matched my Aussie shepherd until I decided to let my hair go grey.

And I have purchased a few more grey items in the last few years!

stripeyshutters · 05/12/2024 22:51

Haver74 · 05/12/2024 17:41

I thought spaniel was an euphemism for a minute!

Me too😂

LilacLilyBird · 05/12/2024 22:51

Haver74 · 05/12/2024 17:41

I thought spaniel was an euphemism for a minute!

Same Grin

Choosenandenough · 05/12/2024 22:57

I had a black faux fur coat once and also a black labradoodle. I was walking along the street to meet my mother and she doubled over laughing in the street at how ridiculous it looked, I didn’t even realise! Never again!

Cantonet · 05/12/2024 23:19

LilacLilyBird · 05/12/2024 22:51

Same Grin

Euphemism for what? 😂

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Cantonet · 05/12/2024 23:20

Doggymummar · 05/12/2024 17:43

I have a coat the same colour as my cocker poo, which is the same colour as my hair and my carpets. Can I have a prize plz

Yes
A free lint roller ...

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pepperaunt · 06/12/2024 08:43

Good idea, but what do you do when your black dog starts turning gray😁

Cantonet · 06/12/2024 08:51

Get some blonde highlights?

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Cantonet · 06/12/2024 08:56

Choosenandenough · 05/12/2024 22:57

I had a black faux fur coat once and also a black labradoodle. I was walking along the street to meet my mother and she doubled over laughing in the street at how ridiculous it looked, I didn’t even realise! Never again!

Twinning goals.

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Choosenandenough · 06/12/2024 09:21

Cantonet · 06/12/2024 08:56

Twinning goals.

that was a much more positive spin on it, thank you! 😂

stripeyshutters · 06/12/2024 22:35

@Cantonet it's a bit like saying your collar and cuffs match 😂

Cantonet · 08/12/2024 14:34

stripeyshutters · 06/12/2024 22:35

@Cantonet it's a bit like saying your collar and cuffs match 😂

I just had to look up the meaning of that phrase 🤣

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TheLeadbetterLife · 08/12/2024 15:30

Disastrously, we have two dogs—one yellow with a white undercoat, one black with dark grey undercoat. Both moult like bastards twice a year. I am always scruffy-lookin', as is my house.

Cantonet · 08/12/2024 18:16

We are too @TheLeadbetterLife .
We have an old dusty house with lots of furballs in the corners.
But I'm thrilled that M&S Cappuccino & Nutmeg Cashmere don't show up the dog or my blonde hair. And camel coats are brilliant. However sadly my sofas still smell of incontinent dog from my old spaniel who passed away a year ago. We have washed the covers but desperately need new sofas.

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Motorina · 08/12/2024 22:51

My new favourite hoodie is black.

My dogs are white.

My kitchen lino is colour matched to the mud they trek in from the back garden (a sort of warm charcoal) which must have saved me hours in cleaning.

Cantonet · 10/12/2024 20:20

Excellent forward planning @Motorina. Mines that sort of biscuity colour that shows every speck of dirt, but it does match the spaniel. I hear you on the black. I've got black cashmere on today that's now accessorized with sourdough, flour & it seems like half my head of hair.

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SirChenjins · 10/12/2024 20:33

Buy a non shedding dog. You will spend a small fortune on taking the thing to the salon for its cut and blow dry but your clothes will remain dog hair free.

Don’t make the mistake I made of inadvertently buying a coat in the same bright colour as said non-shedding dog’s Equafleece - mortifying when you have to explain that no, your coats weren’t purposely bought to match.

dudsville · 10/12/2024 20:40

Cantonet · 05/12/2024 10:51

Why has it taken me 60 years to learn this?
Match your Cashmere to your Spaniel.
Likewise hair colour & Coats.
Saves so much time & defuzzing.

And carpets and furniture!