I am always perplexed by women who seem to have matched not just jacket, skirt, and hat, but jacket, skirt, hat, shoes, and purse, all in the same (non-black) color. It's usually a color like lime green or bright pink, or some other shade that I can't imagine owning that much of, period, let alone all in one outfit.

I always wonder if these people have several matched sets of shoes and purses, or if they only ever wear lime green.

Oooh, I like. Shiny! And it's Pez! The only think not to like is the price. Bah.

That terrified me even before I saw the price.

But they're Swarvoski crystals.

I am always perplexed by women who seem to have matched not just jacket, skirt, and hat, but jacket, skirt, hat, shoes, and purse, all in the same (non-black) color.

Yeah, people are perplexing. I think they do have several sets of matching whatnot.

I always wonder if these people have several matched sets of shoes and purses

Given the sample of my neighbors in formal sunday wear, this. I'm frankly rather impressed. My main coordination rule is it doesn't look stupid like my closet threw up on me.

You know what baffles me? Women who write novels and/or sex scenes in which the hero is turned on by the fact that the heroine's bra and panties match.

I think this is an issue that resonates deeply for women, but not so much for men. Once you're to the bra-and-panty stage, it's time for underwear to start hitting the ceiling fan anyway.

I'm frankly rather impressed.

Me too. Mainly by the matching purse element -- if I had the space and money, I'd have many shoes in many many colors as well. But I haven't anywhere near the necessary patience to switch purses every day.

I've seen purse gadgets to solve this -- basically, there's an inner purse container that holds your wallet, pen, cellphone, and whatnot, and you just move the container from purse to purse.

Me? No. Sometimes my purse clashes with my dress, adn I am too lazy to do anything about this.

Women who write novels and/or sex scenes in which the hero is turned on by the fact that the heroine's bra and panties match.

There was one writer I read for awhile who had all of her heroines wearing plain white tricot bras. Which the heros always thought were really appealing and kinda sexy.

Her heroines were also always tiny, could barely finish even half a sandwich, and were always always super innocent, even if they were pregnant/been married.

Women who write novels and/or sex scenes in which the hero is turned on by the fact that the heroine's bra and panties match.

I thought lingerie was supposed to be for men.

I think this is an issue that resonates deeply for women, but not so much for men. Once you're to the bra-and-panty stage, it's time for underwear to start hitting the ceiling fan anyway.

This totally depends on the man. For some men, it's candy sprinkles on top of the sex stuff.

For others, they don't really care.

I've experience both, and far prefer the latter, on account of a: being lazy; and b: being too large for matched sets.