# yet another "fashion advice, please" thread - skirt/shoe/stocking color combos **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-fashion-advice-please-thread-skirt-shoe-stocking-color-combos/563349 "2010-12-07T23:13:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-fashion-advice-please-thread-skirt-shoe-stocking-color-combos/563349/21 "2010-12-09T00:30:42Z")
Are you saying it’s okay to wear a navy skirt, tights, and shoes? Because I have a really cute navy dress that I haven’t been able to figure out what kind of shoes to wear with, and I really want to wear navy tights and navy shoes. Brown shoes would just look awful, and black…eehhhh, I don’t like wearing black shoes with a navy outfit. I do have a pair of silver heels I could wear, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-fashion-advice-please-thread-skirt-shoe-stocking-color-combos/563349/22 "2010-12-09T01:21:26Z")
I think same-color tights and skirt can work if the tights have some kind of design rather than being plain. As for shoes - silver sounds good. I have a pair of dark red pumps that I’d wear with a navy skirt. Anything with a bit of color would be nice, I think. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-fashion-advice-please-thread-skirt-shoe-stocking-color-combos/563349/23 "2010-12-09T01:54:57Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > Are you saying it’s okay to wear a navy skirt, tights, and shoes? Because I have a really cute navy dress that I haven’t been able to figure out what kind of shoes to wear with, and I really want to wear navy tights and navy shoes. Brown shoes would just look awful, and black…eehhhh, I don’t like wearing black shoes with a navy outfit. I do have a pair of silver heels I could wear, I guess… It really depends on how old you are. If I saw a 50 year old woman in what you’re describing, it wouldn’t seem out of place at all. So, take that for what ya’ will. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-fashion-advice-please-thread-skirt-shoe-stocking-color-combos/563349/24 "2010-12-09T03:07:58Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > You know, I was about to feel horribly out of touch and old-lady-ish and then I remembered that I only ever wear boots and tights when I wear a skirt and the last time I wore matching shoes and skirt was about 1998 so there you go. > > I do wear sandals and skirts in the summer and they might match, but to me wearing a bright orange dress with bright orange funky sandals seems different than a navy skirt, tights and shoes. Well with the sandals and skirts, your skin is the offsetting color. The problem with skirt, tights and shoes all being the same color is it kind of all just blends in. > [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I think everybody was right before that black is different. When it comes to brown, I don’t wear my brown skirts with brown shoes-- it looks very. . . dated? Same with navy for that matter. > > With a brown skirt, I’ll usually do something like a leopard heel or maybe a bright pop shoe (red, teal, etc.). I didn’t want to use the word dated but…yeah, dated is the word. It’s just a previous style is all. And one that’s not terribly flattering. Having a style that is outdated is okay _if_ it’s flattering. Unfortunately this isn’t one of those cases. OP, have we lost you? What’s your age - I think you’re early 30’s, right? ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-fashion-advice-please-thread-skirt-shoe-stocking-color-combos/563349/25 "2010-12-10T03:22:00Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > It really depends on how old you are. If I saw a 50 year old woman in what you’re describing, it wouldn’t seem out of place at all. So, take that for what ya’ will. I’m 32, so…I’m going to take that as a no. 😛 > [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > I think same-color tights and skirt can work if the tights have some kind of design rather than being plain. As for shoes - silver sounds good. I have a pair of dark red pumps that I’d wear with a navy skirt. Anything with a bit of color would be nice, I think. Dark red shoes sound like an **fantastic** choice with a blue dress. Now to find those shoes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-fashion-advice-please-thread-skirt-shoe-stocking-color-combos/563349.md?page=1)