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Some fashion rules are meaningful in our culture. Some are not. Some are worth your consideration, for aesthetic reasons or otherwise. But some are historical anomalies with no real justification for the context in which some people apply them today.
Here are three rules I think you should break. these have specifically to do with color. Let me know of you want to see more of this series, and which rules you want to see me address.
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Here are three fashion rules that I think you should break, specifically having to do with color. First, you can absolutely wear black and blue together. The real rule is that you're not supposed to wear a blue suit jacket with black pants or vice versa because it looks like you got dressed in the rank. You got dressed by accident. It doesn't apply bad all to casual outfits. And even if you do want to dress up, there are a thousand ways to show your intentionality. More than a thousand ways. Next, the no white after Labor Day rule. This one is so ridiculous. It comes from a time when washing clothes was really expensive, and wearing white was a way to show off that you could afford to clean your clothing. The rule originally went from Labor Day until Easter. Better. I mean, what are you gonna do? Not wear a white dress shirt from Labor Day until Easter? Also, by the way, white jeans, pink Shetland, top tier combo. Next, black and brown. They look great better. So where's the rule from? A couple of places. One is the same classic tailoring origin as black and blue, and another is the old distinction between British country and city look. Black is for business in London, and brown is for the countryside when you're hunting and you don't want your tweed jacket to show dirt. But outside of those contexts, who cares? They look great together. I especially think black footwear is a good combination with brown pants. Let me know any other rules that you want help breaking.
