Wardrobe Question
I just threw this up as my away message on AIM, but I have to open my problem to the greater wisdom of you lovely tumbledry readers. The question is tangential to that dressing rule which has haunted men for a long time: when wearing black clothing, one’s belts, shoes, and accessories should not be brown. I am not completely sure where this originated, but it makes sense. A small infraction on the rules can be ok, but beyond this it starts to look weird. Ever seen a brown car with a black interior? I have not. While purely anecdotal evidence may not be sufficient to prove that black cars with brown interiors do not exist/look good, my point stands. (Because I say it does, and this is my personal pulpit. I am abrasive tonight.)
Where was I?
Oh yes, the question: “Why is brown hair ok with a black outfit?”
Comments
Dan McKeown
brown hair rarely looks just plain brown, there are many colors in it. I have no idea if this is the answer but it makes sense to me
Markoe
My personal feelings on the subject are that having brown hair and wearing black is "ok" because the brown haired wearer of black has no choice in the matter and there for even the most jaded fashion connoisseur is forced to allow this most heinous of faux paux to pass.
Nils
The answer is this. Brown hair is simply inferior to blond hair. Does the blond hair color not go with anything? Nope. It looks pretty damn sexy no matter what you're wearing with blond hair. Just chock it up as another Aryan superiority factor.
Justin Gehring
Ironic, I just got a suit today, and believe it or not, it's a very strange set of rules I guess.
Rule #1: Always leave the bottom button undone (if it's 3, then top 2, if its 2, then top 1)
Rule #2: If your belt is brown, your shoes are brown. If your belt is black, your shoes are black. If your shoes are black, than you almost surely want to wear black pants, but really, as far as I understood, it's belt and shoes, nothing else.
Rule #3: Clothes that need to follows these rules are often fairly expensive.
Rule #4: Unless you have… (ok I'm going to leave this blank so that I'm not making statements I'm going to regret) You should always have a female tell you if you really look good. Especially if you spend most of your day looking webpage design.
Rule #5: This is an extension of rule #4 if your name is Justin… Never pick colors for anything. For reference, see everyone else's opinions about Justin's new bedroom walls (deep sea blue, and bright neon green).
I think I completely missed the question. Seeing as I have brown hair, the answer is simple, the dark color of the hair is offset other color in the face
John
Justin, sometimes I have to wonder how you have made it this far. Nils, I'm glad you are proud of your hair. Alex, if you are self-conscious, consider switching colors. Maybe to Nils proposed color. Me, I just figure I stick with what I got. Who cares if it doesn't match. In which case, I agree with Markoe.
Shayla
I'd like to point out that red hair is rare and, therefore, revered as beautiful. That's all. Oh, and don't worry about wearing black, Alex. See Markoe's comment.
Alexander Micek
This has been enlightening. I should add a couple more tags.
Happy Monday, all!
Weekends I prefer the WEEKends. Uh oh oh oh oh oh … sonofa _____!
I actually talked about that skit here: http://www.tumbledry.org/issue/177/
Markoe
So this is what it feels like to be right…..I'm scared.
Nils
John had a phenomenal idea. Dye your hair blond Alex! Ahhh, how cool would a blond Alex be? Or would that just not look right? Well, only one way to find out…..
Dan McKeown
Alex, You MUST NOT dye your hair blonde. Do you really wanna look like Nils? That is all. Dan
Shayla
I said the GUITAR was out of TUNE!
Nils
Alex, Pay no heed to what this "Dan" character has been saying. Go ahead and dye your hair blond.
Dan, Let's be honest, I look phenomenal. Let's just agree to agree on that.
Oh and Happy Birthday by the way (facebook told me)