# Eve - fashion question, please! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-fashion-question-please/366315 "2006-07-27T19:29:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-fashion-question-please/366315/21 "2006-07-27T22:57:33Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > 1. Gosh, I know nothing of patterns, I’m sorry to say. I have a “wonderful little woman who runs things up for me.” I got the fabric in the gommint district, and gave it to her with several photos of the dress in question. Several fittings later, and Bob’s your uncle! > > 2. Navy actually looks fine with khaki or light tan. It’s brown that would look hideous with navy. Navy is a very trying color to coordinate. > > 3. Get the red espadrilles. Eve: 1. Thank you! I’ll try a search for the fabric; the pictures should be easy to find. 2. Agree (not that you asked) 3. Agree (not that you asked) And Agree on the odd-numbered strands of pearls (I know…I know - you didn’t ask!) 😛 Thanks so much for your help! VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-fashion-question-please/366315/22 "2006-07-27T23:46:03Z")
> [@Veuve\_ClicquotNJ](#): > > Do you know where I could find a pattern for the “Cherry Jubilee” dress she wears in “The Misfits”? The center view of this Vogue pattern, [V9668](http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/voguepatterns/shop.cgi?II=V9668&search=&SKU=0&QTY=1&M=&s.atcx.all.x=88&s.atcx.all.y=13), is a good base for that dress. Do a few simple modifications and it’s almost an exact copy – slightly increase dimensions of bodice top, add shoulder ties and diagonally draped panel on skirt. If you have more than novice sewing skills (or a seamstress) it should be a piece of cake. The pattern is discontinued, but available on the linked site. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-fashion-question-please/366315/23 "2006-07-27T23:57:37Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > You might try to have Lupe Velez hanging off your neck, then. She makes a great accessory. Yeah, but the porcelain gets damn heavy… ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-fashion-question-please/366315/24 "2006-07-28T01:10:37Z")
> [@peri](#): > > The center view of this Vogue pattern, [V9668](http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/voguepatterns/shop.cgi?II=V9668&search=&SKU=0&QTY=1&M=&s.atcx.all.x=88&s.atcx.all.y=13), is a good base for that dress. Do a few simple modifications and it’s almost an exact copy – slightly increase dimensions of bodice top, add shoulder ties and diagonally draped panel on skirt. If you have more than novice sewing skills (or a seamstress) it should be a piece of cake. The pattern is discontinued, but available on the linked site. Peri: Thank you so much! VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-fashion-question-please/366315/25 "2006-07-28T01:30:27Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > Speaking of which…say **Eve** , is it still the rule that it’s “vulgar” to wear diamonds in the daylight hours, and colored gemstones at any time? Those 2 break my heart. (Actually, I break those 2 every day, but I want dispensation from the “vulgar” or “bad taste” appellation.) Sorry, just got back from my many social rounds. The “never wear diamonds in the country or before 6:00” rule actually has a reason: in the pre-electric days, diamonds looked their best by candlelight. Of course colored gemstones are fine: what you’re thinking is, “never _mix_ colored gemstones.” Wearing emeralds with, say, rubies or sapphires. Not that you would ever commit such an atrocity! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-fashion-question-please/366315/26 "2006-07-28T01:45:43Z")
I’m confused. How strict are these rules? Can rubies, spinels, and garnets be worn together? Or do you have to stick to one type of stone? Is it acceptable to wear different colored varieties of the same stone (white diamonds with blue diamonds for example)? Why candlelight? Does sunlight have some effect on diamonds I’m unfamiliar with? I know that alexandrite changes color dramatically in response to ultraviolet light. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-fashion-question-please/366315/27 "2006-07-28T07:03:04Z")
> [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > I’m dying for a pair of red espedrilles. Eve – talk me down. Hey, I’m wearing red espadrilles! It’s my hometown’s fiestas, red espadrilles are an absolute must even while at work, as is the red bandanna which should be worn around the neck but which I use as a bracelet (can’t stand things on my neck). ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-fashion-question-please/366315/28 "2006-07-28T07:13:43Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > 1. Navy actually looks fine with khaki or light tan. It’s brown that would look hideous with navy. Navy is a very trying color to coordinate. Khaki is the new orange. Just sayin’. Youn heard it here first. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-fashion-question-please/366315/29 "2006-07-28T07:30:52Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Because “that is what’s done.” Its one of those rules with absolutely no rhyme or reason, but one stamps oneself “NOKD” if one breaks it. (_Shhhh, I have broken it once or twice myself_). > > Only the haughtiest of dowagers can get away with more than three strands, by the way. In young women, more than three strands is seen as “showing off the male fashion accesory’s money”. In dowagers, it’s “showing off the good cervicals”. You’re twenty zillion years old and your neck can put up with 7 strands of pearls, by Jove bring 'em on! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-fashion-question-please/366315.md?page=1)