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Natter 36: But We Digress...  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Atropa - Jul 05, 2005 10:01:56 am PDT #7063 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Or any all white clothes.

White, ruffly blouses. Worn with jackets, so I don't have to consider owning a bra that isn't black or blood red.

The closest I have to a white skirt are the various b&w stripey skirts, all of which are in very opaque fabrics.


askye - Jul 05, 2005 10:03:32 am PDT #7064 of 10001
Thrive to spite them

At this ball/dance thing I went to with Dad there was a woman wearing a white gown. It didn't fit right becuase not only could I tell she was wearing a thong, when she got up and moved past me I could sort of see the outline of the front -- it probably had lace on it.

And then she crossed in front of an open door, back lit, and the dress went transparent.


-t - Jul 05, 2005 10:04:14 am PDT #7065 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I am right now wearing white panties under a gauze skirt that is more eggshell than white but still pretty darn light. But I am behind a desk.

My mom taught me to wear beige bras under white shirts, but not as a rule.

My white pants need mending but I love them for being all summery looking. They are also quite opaque.


Atropa - Jul 05, 2005 10:05:15 am PDT #7066 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

The closest I have to a white skirt are the various b&w stripey skirts, all of which are in very opaque fabrics.

No, wait, I fibbed. I have four or five white Giant Skirts of Doooom! that were liberated from thrift store wedding dresses. Since they are always worn with petticoats, there is no chance of my underthings being seen.


§ ita § - Jul 05, 2005 10:05:30 am PDT #7067 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

White, ruffly blouses. Worn with jackets, so I don't have to consider owning a bra that isn't black or blood red.

It's probably redundant to say that to me clothes are more like "some stuff I just put on" than to you, but I'd never step out of the house without all of my layers working. Because I know something'd come up where that jacket just had to be removed.

There are way too many rules. Some I care a lot about (I'm trying to be less fascistic about VPL, for instance) and some, really, I couldn't give a fig for.


Topic!Cindy - Jul 05, 2005 10:06:04 am PDT #7068 of 10001
What is even happening?

However, I've never found the right colour underwear, so it's always "Oh, she's wearing brown/beige/yellow panties!" I figure the simplest choices were a) wear opaque bottoms or b) match the clothes to the undies.
Yeah. I go for the opaque bottoms, myself. My white jeans and white jean shorts are sturdy enough stuff that I probably could wear white panties under them, but I can't make myself do it, any more than I could wear white shoes in the winter. My comments were really only pertaining to white people, because that's all I learned. I am trying to envision the lingerie section of my local stores, and can't imagine anything that would come close to your skin tone.

I've had very dark skinned black friends who've primarily worn black bras (don't know about panties, and only know about the bras from the errant strap here and there) under colored blouses (but probably not white--not that I can remember, anyhow), and it's worked for them. Of course, I've had white friends who've worn black bras under colored blouses, and it totally hasn't worked for them and has made me want to send them back to their rooms.


Sue - Jul 05, 2005 10:07:50 am PDT #7069 of 10001
hip deep in pie

Hat? I'm obviously missing something...

Putting your hands on your head and yelling Chapeau! as a way of determining who is "it".


Daisy Jane - Jul 05, 2005 10:08:01 am PDT #7070 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Some rules were made to be broken too. VPL can be solved by going commando, also linings are our friends.


sarameg - Jul 05, 2005 10:08:34 am PDT #7071 of 10001

White shows dirt way to easily for me to consider it. Too much a pain in the ass.


§ ita § - Jul 05, 2005 10:09:25 am PDT #7072 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

VPL can be solved by going commando

Visible bras can be solved by not wearing them -- doesn't make it practical, though.