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Guest SusanB

Since being color blind is mostly a male problem, i can see where it will be hard to put together female outfits. In male mode i usually stick to blue jeans and black t-shirt. Womens clothes have a lot more bright colors, they look nice but guess you have to put the right colors together. Know a lot of biker gals that rock the blue jeans and black shirt look but i would like to dress different than i do now.

Open for suggestions and ideas

Susan

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I've learned a lot by looking at how women dress. You must look beyond the bikers too. Check out the pastel crowd as well. Prints as separates work best with solids that pick up the print. An example would be a pink, green and brown floral skirt matched with a solid top with the same green or pink.

If you don't have that green or other colors then grey or black works.

Another game is contrasting colors. Much fun can be had with them. Red and green, yellow and violet, blue and orange are examples. Often one will be used as an accent color. The contrast makes the colors jump out in a stronger way.

You can just do your own thing as well. Color is fun! I have learned to cut back a bit as i don't want to call too much attention to myself.

Hugs,

Charlie

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Guest SusanB

I get a loud NO NO NO if i try to match colors myself LOL

I can see colors but they don't look the same to me as you see them

I could get someone to go shopping with me but that wouldn't help when i started pulling things out of my own closet to put together

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Guest MsGsptlsnz

Well, take those comments with a block of salt then... My wife flipped out over a shirt I wore on saturday. She insisted I go change it and put on a specific shirt, that I couldn't find so I wore a differant one. She demanded I go find the right one and wear it.

Yes, she's crazy. But she's my crazy.

In the mind of a woman a man can do nothing right when it comes to clothes.

Why don't you put an outfit or three togather, snap some pics and upload them. Let the reat of us judge if you are color blind or not.

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Guest MsGsptlsnz

Well don't spend your money at a regular store, go to thrift store of some sort. Out here you can get shoes for $3 a pair, dresses for $5 each and separates for $2 to $3 each. Lingere items are usualy under a buck each. Your money will go further and what you don't use can be re-donated and whatever you spent isn't such a big deal because it went to charity.

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Guest Eliza_S

Just a suggestion from a cis woman who wears a lot of blue jeans. Since you're comfortable with blue jeans and black tee-shirts, how about keeping the blue jeans and getting a little more daring with the tee-shirts? It's really very hard to clash with blue jeans. I agree with the thrift store suggestion (it's a great way to try out new looks without feeling guilty) and maybe all you need to do at the start is get yourself out of the black mode. Try some tee-shirts in brighter or softer colors such as turquoise or a paler green or something like that? Or try a black knit shirt that's a little slinkier or has a slightly different neckline than your classic tee-shirt. My daughter goes "eeewww" about my taste because at 50 I'm totally out of it, but I personally am a great fan of Ann Taylor Loft. I've gotten some nice shirts mail order from them, too. Even when it's an ordinary cut tee-shirt, the fabric is softer and drapier than your average man would wear. And they have things like a classic tee-shirt neckline that has net rosettes around it as decoration. Just my two cents.... I love color but hate heels, tight skirts, and a bunch of other "female" looks.

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Guest SusanB

Thanks Eliza will keep that in mind. I do like skirts dresses and high heels but not much use for them on the outside of my world. Women just don't dress like that around here and i would stick out like a sore thumb.

For starters anyway i will pick up some tops at the local Harley shop, they really do have some cute tops.

Sticking with long sleeve for now (hairy arms and tattoos)

I know JCP has tall sizes too and their prices aren't bad

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JCP has some pretty nice stuff that really is pretty reasonable, especially if you look at sale time. And, by the way, bold necklaces worn with a simple collarless shirt (tee, turtleneck, etc.) look pretty terrific, IMO. If you stick to gold and silver at first, you can't really clash colors there. There used to be a rule about not mixing gold and silver, but that's gone totally out the window.

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Guest Kattja

There has been alot of great advice given already, just wanted to add that your skin tone has a lot to do with what colors looks good on you and what you can pull off. I have olive complication and can pull off earth tones with ease. I like red in it's self as a color and can pull of maroon and deep red, but put me in a bright red and I look ill. Same with yellow, a deep yellow (one of my fav t-shirts is my deep yellow Mazda racing shirt) works great but a bright yellow or gold I look horrid in. The other thing I take into consideration when picking out colors is my own hair color and my eye color. Forest green, coco, tan, these colors make my eyes stand out. Salmon, peach, pink (not hot pink or neon pink) these tones look good against my skin tone. Once you figure out what colors look good with your skin tone and eye color it becomes easier to pick out cute, bold or sassy outfits. Just my thoughts. And as a side note, MsGsptlsnz and I always agree on the thrift store idea, I love going to them and love it even more when I find something wonderful at a great price.

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