STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

hotcocoa · Kate Spade

RE: Your style- what does your husband\boyfiend say?

erin · Chanel

my hubby likes when i dress casual. i think he would prefer me in sweatpants to anything. i guess that's "lucky" but sometimes i wouldn't mind if he prefered me in a sexy dress.

he loves my vintage, and sometimes calls me "schoolteacher e" because he claims that's how i dress. (not in jumpers with apples on them or anything, more like a skirt, shirt and cardigan sweater)

scarlett · Marc Jacobs

Generally my BF likes how I dress, although today he told me I looked like someone's mother when I had on a black wrap shirt from Rebecca Beeson. Just got it from Bluefly too -- great! Anyway, he also doesn't understand why I have so many shoes and would be horrified if he knew how much I've spent on certain articles, but he doesn't need to know. He likes to see me dressed up but also casual, and makes a point of complimenting me often, which is much appreciated. For some reason he loves it when I wear eye makeup -- no guy has ever noticed that before, but he goes crazy if I have on eyeliner. He also loves me to wear Eternity, which I was never a big fan of before but I wear it now sometimes. He gets a little sad when I wear heels because it makes me taller than him.

littlelatina · BCBG

My Husband-okay let me just start by saying he is absolutely gorgeous, but when it comes to clothes-he sees it as a necessity. Let me just say that he was a Peace Corps guy, and clothes, shoes, etc. are an "American Excess".

So with that said-he often tells me I look beautiful, whether I'm wearing a sweat suit or a $200 dollar Ella Moss dress. ..Sometimes I will explain to him the difference between a quality item and a cheaply made one and he just shrugs. He knows Im obsessed with fashion, and has accepted it, but he doesn't know the difference between trendy or out, or quality or not. So what I wear makes no difference to him. But he does love the collor yellow on me? Huh...

As for his fashion, he will put on anything, and I mean anything he can find. Whether it's his size or not, torn, stained, or dirty, or even if he finds it in the street. He swears by thrift stores, and gets' excited when he buys a shirt for .$39 cents. He'll brag to everyone when we're out and about. how embarassing. But I gotta love him. Anyway, I"ll let you all go.

BTW-I'm not allowed to spend $ on him. He will return any and all items, so I have to lie and say I got them at a thrift store.

little latina

-- Edited by littlelatina at 12:19, 2006-04-13

bex · Chanel

my BF has great style. he is one of my favorite shopping partners!!!

just this past weekend we went shopping at BR together and had dressing rooms side by side. we each tried on outfits, then came out to find out what the other thought about them. i have so much fun shopping with him!

that being said- he "gets" my style and i "get" his. he does get me to try new things- like flats and i get him to try things like layering a graphic tee over a long sleeved polo (he looked super cute!)

e_doli · Dooney & Bourke

this is a good poll ...

my bf usually just says i look cute. he has some weird quirks -- like last year he hated brown. anything i bought that was brown, he would make a face when i put it on, or if i asked him how it looked, he would just say, "it's brown." but since brown became my new black and he was immersed in it, he's come around.

he's not really into clothes, so he'll try to be supportive and give advice when asked. sometimes he just doesn't get it, though. i'll ask how something looks, and he'll respond that he doesn't like the piece of clothing. i will then politely tell him that i'm not asking about his opinion on the garment per se -- i'm asking if it is flattering on me. then he will just say that i always look cute, and while i should be flattered, i just get frustrated and wish he was either a girl, gay, or at least very metro.

-- Edited by e_doli at 20:57, 2006-04-18

blubirde · Chanel

My boyfriend thinks I dress like an old lady and/or a librarian. I'm not really sure where that came from, except that I love appliques, flats, and vintage purses (although not always together ). For work I get the librarian comments. To be fair, he's not the first to say either of those things. I tend to get the "sexy librarian" comment a lot about my work attire. I'm okay with both of them actually. I like shrugs and layers and sweaters with little birds appliqued on them. I liked purple mocs with jewels on them (last summer). So whatever.

My boyfriend has semi-good taste. He has his favorite brands and he dresses nicely when he's at work or we go out. Every once in awhile though...

Friday I was wearing the cutest outfit! I wore a blue/gray frayed edge skirt, a black and white striped shift with a tealish blue dog decal on the front, and a bright red half cardi. I was so impressed with myself that I didn't know what to do. Know what he said? Wow. That's really red. Bleh. Boys. He's also a matchy-matchy kind of person but I'm working on that for him. I keep throwing out yellows and greens and reds to throw into outfits and asking him what he thinks. He's starting to think they look good. Oh yeah, training, that's the best.

Kelly · Hermes

ohhh I wish I had a boyfriend at the moment to judge my outfits! The last guy I dated for any length of time was the best, because his roommate was a clothes whore so the two of us would go out shopping together and then I'd get to come home and show my bf all of my new clothes. I like it when women compliment what I'm wearing, but I think I like it best when guys do; women will know what cuts/fabrics/styles/etc are "in" and I feel like they may be complimenting my outfit more than how I look in it. But guys, who are less in tune with "fashion," I think can just tell if something is aesthetically pleasing. That's my theory, anyway. So when a man compliments what I'm wearing, I feel like I must actually be put together and, hopefully, classic. And when a bf or a guy friend tells me that I look kind of funny, I usually realize that I went a bit too far. I don't necessarily change if I still love it, but I'll keep it in mind next time.