Grrr….. the things I do!

It’s my friend’s birthday party tonight and for some god-forsaken reason, she has gone with a BLACK and RED dress theme.  Us girlies have to wear mainly black with red accessories – yes, it IS that specific.  Now, when I was pondering this theme, I realised, my percentage of red clothing is very minimal let alone red accessories.  More to the point, I actually really dislike the combination of just red and black.  For me, it’s got connontations of halloween costumes or fetish clothing.  At least, if I were to add some navy or some grey, it wouldn’t be so bad but GAH…. it’s just BLACK and RED!  I came up with three outfits and they all look exactly the same.  How lame is that!  I still have no clue what I’m going to go with. 

Black & Red disaster #1 – American Apparel red ribbed tank, vintage black tulip dress w/ lace bodice, Falke scarlet tights, vintage 40’s cream and scarlet patent shoes, vintage red rope and gold buckle belt, black beads

Black & Red disaster #2 – Traffic People red butterfly halterneck, vintage black babydoll slip dress w/ red satin ribbon, red tights, Topshop black and snakeskin patent wedge shoes, red beads,

Black & Red disaster #3 – Traffic People red butterfly halterneck, Topshop Boutique black jersey double layered racer back long top, red tights, vintage suede ruched black ballet pumps, red plastic geometric necklace

(Background pictures from Harper’s Bazaar April 2006) 

15 comments

  2. i like 2. But what about your amazing new obi sash? Would that be too ‘daytime’?

  4. I like #1…because it looks the least like Black/Red. I hate this color combo, too.

  9. I like the first one more though~ Pick the first one 😛 oh, think will look nicer with black shoes and tights from the 2nd pic =P

  10. I’d go with outfit #2. Black and red does remind me of some Halloween-fetishy color combo. Eeek. Yeah, #2.

  12. You guys known me too well….I DID have the intentions of going for outfit number two but (prepare for rambling ppl!) I went out wearing a casual outfit for the cinema and lunch and was supposed to carry outfit #2 with me….except it wasn’t in my bag. Doh! I left the dress at home! All I had was a red ribbon and a pair of red tights. So off to Topshop I went for a make-shift emergency black dress and did you know Topshop, you’ll know it’s nigh impossible to find a BLACK dress at this time of year when everyone’s proclaiming every colour under the sun (apart from black) to be the new black. I now have a black crochet dress which I didn’t even want. So there is the tale of my sorry affair of my red and black night. Dress aside, it was a brilliant night….

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