The folks at
Real Simple recently tackled all the tried-and-[sometimes not quite] true Mom fashion advice we all grew up with.
Picking the brains of experts like
Stacy London from What Not To Wear, designer
Laura Bennett of Project Runway, and designer
Dana Buchman, among others, tips like 'matching your belt to your shoes' and 'ignoring size to focus on fit' were all put to the panel for dissection.
Bad Mom Fashion Advice.
Image courtesy of modernkiddo.com
Here's one exerpt (courtesy of cnn.com) :
"Always wear shoes that are close in color to your pants, especially if you have big feet."
Stacy London, co-host of "What Not to Wear" and a New York City-based style expert: Wearing shoes that are exactly the same color as your pants is about as exciting as watching paint dry.
Dana Buchman, designer: Oh, my goodness. That really dates from 1910. With all that's going on with shoe design, doing that would leave you out of a lot of the excitement of getting dressed.
Jenna Lyons, head women's designer for J.Crew: That's crazy. There's nothing better than a bright shoe. As long as it doesn't make your foot look like a boat, you're fine.
Read the whole article
here, and feel vindicated that sometimes yes, you should have 'gone out of the house like that'!
