How to wear black and white

crazychick · #1 01-30-2012, 02:36 PM

div style="text-align: justify;"div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"In the past I always struggled to wear black and white without feeling like a waitress. Not that there's anything wrong with being a waitress - in fact my aversion is a side effect of having worked (or rather tried my hardest to do as little as possible) in hospitality while I was at university - with the dress code virtually always being black and white. My memories mostly revolve around being covered in spilt coffee and dropping things the whole time (was a rubbish waitress!).nbsp;nbsp; But funnily enough in the last year or so basic black and white has become a staple in my wardrobe - it's always such an easy combo. Taking inspiration from some amazing streetstyle - here are some ideas about how to wear it./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"br //div/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"bTextures - /bWhen in doubt I always go for textured fabrics like knits or leather to dress up the outfit. /divdiv style="text-align: justify;"bProportions - /bPlay with proportions by mixing in mega wide leg trousers or a maxi skirt./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"bAccessories -nbsp;/bGo bright and big with hats, belts, handbags, big collar necklaces or sky high heels (but um, not all at once). A black and white ensemble is the perfect base from which to work bold accessories./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"bBright lips - /bBright red lippy paired with a black and white ensemble never fails to ground you in french chicnbsp;territory (rather than waiter territory).br /bTop to tail/b - Most people will wear black on the bottom and white on the top - but why not go the opposite?/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"bClassic white shirt -nbsp;/bAlthough the white shirt can be the biggest culprit when it comes to making you look like you work in hospitality - who can go past a classic white silk shirt? And works so well paired with high-waisted trousers. I guess even if you do wind up looking like a waitress, at least you'll look like great.br /bMix it up /b- If you're really struggling, pair black and white with dark denim or grey marl./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"br //divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66755335@N05/6776138055/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="blackandwhite by apairandaspare, on Flickr"img alt="blackandwhite" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6776138055_43ebf8953e_z.jpg" width="640" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e0oEINZHt9g/TyIXJn3UGRI/AAAAAAAAGcY/1txrgj22rZM/s1600/Klovermode+IMG_9885.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="426px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e0oEINZHt9g/TyIXJn3UGRI/AAAAAAAAGcY/1txrgj22rZM/s640/Klovermode+IMG_9885.jpg" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66755335@N05/6776145649/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="blackandwhite4 by apairandaspare, on Flickr"img alt="blackandwhite4" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6776145649_d2065be8a9_z.jpg" width="640" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m5W8A8aQkbI/TyIXGEW_K2I/AAAAAAAAGb8/liEzrG_9kYg/s1600/Klovermode+IMG_1680.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="426px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m5W8A8aQkbI/TyIXGEW_K2I/AAAAAAAAGb8/liEzrG_9kYg/s640/Klovermode+IMG_1680.jpg" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66755335@N05/6776143719/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="blackandwhite3 by apairandaspare, on Flickr"img alt="blackandwhite3" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7157/6776143719_810a24abe8_z.jpg" width="640" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcQEwbOUAhU/TyIXDifygrI/AAAAAAAAGb0/WDO1MUZp17U/s1600/Klovermode+IMG_1085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="426px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcQEwbOUAhU/TyIXDifygrI/AAAAAAAAGb0/WDO1MUZp17U/s640/Klovermode+IMG_1085.jpg" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66755335@N05/6776135355/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="blackandwhite2 by apairandaspare, on Flickr"img alt="blackandwhite2" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6776135355_82bd8094f6_z.jpg" width="640" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PpNrScGSPOg/TyIW-l2Lr1I/AAAAAAAAGbU/4XdL6IZQG9w/s1600/Klover+Emily+Weiss+IMG_0183.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="426px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PpNrScGSPOg/TyIW-l2Lr1I/AAAAAAAAGbU/4XdL6IZQG9w/s640/Klover+Emily+Weiss+IMG_0183.jpg" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xKlpkBNZzyo/TyIXKQXy5ZI/AAAAAAAAGcg/vmEd4dlfBlU/s1600/Klovermode-IMG_2967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="426px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xKlpkBNZzyo/TyIXKQXy5ZI/AAAAAAAAGcg/vmEd4dlfBlU/s640/Klovermode-IMG_2967.jpg" width="640px" //a/divdiv class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66755335@N05/6776140675/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="blackandwhite5 by apairandaspare, on Flickr"img alt="blackandwhite5" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6776140675_127b3aa318_z.jpg" width="640" //a/divbr /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divdiv style="text-align: center;"Images: a href="http://mrnewton.net/"Mr Newton/a, a href="http://klovermode.blogspot.com/"Klover Mode/a, a href="http://www.thesartorialist.com/"The Sartorialist/a/divbr /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"/divbr /div style="text-align: center;"Follow via a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/1735844/a-pair-amp-a-spare"Bloglovin/a | a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Pair-A-Spare/126034164117853?v=wall"Facebook/a | a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/apairandaspare"Twitter/a/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8784775234411105189-2841150622033582790?l=apair-andaspare.blogspot.com' alt='' //div