Question:
I've been meaning to post this for like a month but I keep forgeting, I just
thought it was hilarious. So I'm at work and its about 7:30 a.m. I work the
night shift, but i don't get off till 8:30 a.m. so I'm stuck with a couple of
the guys that come in at 7 a.m. that i rarely workwith So the one guy has his
head sets on and he's singing Pink Casmere and the other guys like "yeah thats
on that hits album, I got it and his old stuff, I really dug him , and Morris
day was a Bad mother Fucker"
I just start laughing hysterically. So dude got mad and was like. "what's the
matter hippie you don't like the Time?" and I was like "that group from Purple
Rain, they were OK I guess"
Answer:
My first thought was that suede is more of a fall/winter thing, but
then I realized that I'm seeing a lot of suede handbags for spring, so
why not?? If it is still cool enough for boots, go for it. If it's
still mid-30s, you'll look less silly, IMO, wearing boots rather than
strappy heels, and your toes will thank you. :-)
The only caveat is to make sure the rest of the outfit says "spring"
and that can be a challenge. For example, suede boots might look wrong
with a linen or otherwise summery, lightweight skirt. Also, maybe I'm
being picky, but I would think that short sleeves or sleeveless top
would look silly with suede boots - it's like you can't make up your
mind about the season and the temperature.
I have a pair of chocolate brown suede boots, and they are incredibly
comfortable and lightweight. I could defintely see wearing them on a
mid-30 degree spring evening. I have this perfect skirt, Ann Taylor,
lined khaki with a little embroidery detailing in pink, chocolate and
mauve. It's from their fall line a few years ago. In the fall I wear it
with the boots and a mauve long sleeve rayon sweater with bell sleeves.
For a cool spring night or day, now that you have me thinking about it,
I might opt for a pink cotton cardigan set instead. The pink would
lighten up the whole outfit and say "spring" but the long sleeves of
the cardigan would look balanced with the boots.
Also another thing you might try is wearing the boots with a denim
skirt. Or, get a knee-length, long or 3/4 sleeve rayon dress in a
dramatic black and white pattern. That would look awesome with red
boots, and black & white is "in" right now. Check out BR for some
ideas.
For spring, I might veer away from all black with red boots as accent.
All black with boots in a lighter, spring color like pink might work,
but all black with red boots says "Fall" to me more than spring. I
would try to work in another color - and as I said in my earlier post,
black & white is big this spring and looks fresh. Check out this link
for some ideas:
http://www.bananarepublic.com/browse/division/division_60_bwstory.asp...
I might suggest working white into your outfit somehow. I like the idea
of a black & white print flouncy skirt, black top (but with at least
3/4 sleeves), and the red boots. Or go with a black skirt, but paired
with a b&w print halter top with a black (or red!) cardigan over it.
The graphic floral b&w wrap dress would look good with red boots too.
Alternatively, if you have a 3/4 length coat in b&w print, just throw
that over the black top, black skirt combo for a dash of drama. The
site seems to be sold out, but you might find in the BR stores that
beautiful b&w floral 3/4 sleeve silk jacket they were featuring on the
commercials earlier this spring. It had a red flower on the lapel??
Ooh... here it is on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63862&item=539...
