I avoid white like the plague. It makes me look like a bleached Oompa-Loompa. "Black = slimming" is my mantra.

ION that should surprise no one, I am an idiot. I forgot to pay the credit card bill online before 3 pm, so now I have to do it over the phone and pay a $10 surcharge. It's the principle of the thing.

I honestly don't worry about the panty lines, themselves, which I know is a no-no, but I just don't. I wear undies that are comfortable, and don't crawl. If I'm wearing a dress or skirt, I try to avoid VPL, and hose usually smooth them enough for me that it works (and slips come in handy, too) but don't worry about it, when I'm wearing pants. I don't try to have VPL, but I don't worry about it.

I am so ready for this trendy of gauzy clothing to end.

Me too. I met a woman the other day who was wearing an unlined tan linen skirt, and a black thong. I was just dying to tell her to go fetch herself a slip.

The cluelessness of the clotheswearing public is mindboggling.

I've learned to forgive most instances of VPL -- the body does what it does, and sometimes you just can't help it -- but All Panty Visible is a bit much, you know?

I think the effects of my not wearing a bra are much worse than not wearing underwear or wearing a bra that shows through. That being said, I don't wear a whole lot of white, mostly because I'm so freaking clumsy that it never stays white, and I look messy.

I have become all enamored of bleach and added quite a bit of white to my wardrobe. Even though I am not as tan as I used to be, I think it's a good color on me.

And yet, black shoes every day.

White doesn't do much for my complexion. My favorite drinks are brown and involve caffeine. I'm a clutze.

I'm kind of surprised I have any white shirts in my wardrobe at all.

One thing I'll never understand is those thongs that have pearls or diamantes instead of fabric up the back. Just, what? And also, ow.

hose usually smooth them enough for me that it works (and slips come in handy, too)

Aw. I don't remember the last time I wore either hose or a slip. I am slatternly!

And yet, black shoes every day.

I was just reading a thing where they said this character was color-blind, and that's why he was wearing brown shoes with his navy suit or something, and I was like, why on earth would he have brown shoes??! But then, I gave up on brown and navy shoes years ago due to matching issues.

I'm wearing olive shoes right now!

But ok, the default is black. I challenge myself to not wear black shoes.

The trick to non-black shoes is to convince yourself that all natural colors of cow are neutral. I have successfully added several shades of brown to my shoe closet this way, and then I moved on to "you can wear blue shoes when you're wearing a blue shirt," and other subtleties.

Slips are good. I believe in slips. Aside from the whole "one more layer between your x-ray vision and my butt" factor, there is the part where they are generally narrow, and thus much less likely to fly up around my ears when the wind is blowing.