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Bored? Dress me!
I'm wearing this dress tomorrow:
I may add a wide black belt, not sure - the skinny one that came with it (2nd pic above) looks super cheap in person. Anyway, I can wear the boots shown there, or my fave heels (pics below)
I don't like the solid black tights with the black boots or heels, but I was desperate. I have more options now, and I'm not sure which are better.
I have solid ivory tights (I know Alicia hates this idea), patterned ivory tights, and sweater-knit black tights (pictures of the ivory below). I think the knit breaks up the black enough that the shoes won't blend in, which was my issue before. I also have gray sweater tights, but I don't think that would work.
so the question is - boots or pumps? patterned ivory or knit black tights? Other?
Edit: OMG I need to resize, hold on.
Re: Bored? Dress me!
Wide belt, black leggings, and boots.
BTW...I love the dress.
I'm a belt girl, so I like the idea of a wide, black belt.
I, too, am anti-ivory tights. I like the idea of gray sweater tights with it though. If you really don't like that, then I'd say go for the knit black ones.
As for shoes, I have a personal vendetta against wearing tights/socks with peep toe shoes, otherwise I would say the heels. But I'm going to say boots with gray tights.
I'm really liking the idea of a belt. It adds interest.
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I know that there's a lot of debate about tights/leggings with peep toes, but my feeling is that if you tuck the seam under your foot so that it doesn't show, it's fine. I know not everyone agrees (it comes up on F&B often) but that's MHO.
I haven't worn the gray tights yet, so I'm unsure if they'll look right with the red. But I'll try it out.
I do have a pair of non-peep-toe black heels:
I'm sort of torn because I love the boots and rarely get a chance to wear them, but I'm just not sure how they work with the outfit.
Im just really not a boot fan. I didn't notice your original shoes were peep toes. Go with the closed toe ones.
Totally against the grain: wide black belt, ivory pattern tights and black boots. I personally hate the black tights and black shoes (whether boots or pumps). It's too much black on the trunk. Also despise peep toe w/ tights, sorry
I think the visual interest w/ the 3 colors is better than all black or all dark (ie grey) trunk.
I always have to wear dark bottoms. Too much junk in the trunk and thunder thighs...sigh.
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I like the black belt, black tights, black boots idea.
Wearing black tights with black boots make your legs look longer.
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If I did black tights, it would definitely be the knit/patterned ones. It may depend on the tights, but the solid ones I have just don't work with black shoes/boots for me personally. You can't tell where the shoe ends and the tights begin and I just really don't like it. It's not quite as bad with boots as it is with heels, but I'm just not a fan, even though I wore it.
I don't know if this makes a difference, but I'm wearing this to a restaurant with Jeff (that's what our Thanksgiving plans are) not to someone's house for a big family affair.
ETA: I forgot to mention before, but I don't like my solid ivory tights in retrospect. I was hoping, however, that the pattern might break it up and mitigate some of the issue.
That's why I voted ivory tights. I like the boots being their own focal point, not just blending with the tights
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