Fashion advice from the BT ladies

Well, if you ever listen to Stacy and Clinton, they say that white shoes are allowable after Labor Day, so who cares if corduroy is supposedly a "winter" fabric?  Personal, I think it would depend on how heavy the material is.  If it's lighter weight, go for it.  If it's heavy like a tarp, I would never wear it. 

I think the main question is do you want to be going "shuzshuzshuz" all day long as you walk? 

Lightweight and not in a dark color= acceptable

heavyweight= not, and why would you want to, won't you be hot?

There are some summer/spring weight cords out there. They have smaller wales (grooves). The bigger the groove, the heavier the fabric.

That being said, I have some cream colored small wale cords that I have already put up for the year. But I'm anal about stuff like that. And despite what Stacy and Clinton say, I won't wear white pants until after Easter, and no white shoes after Labor Day. My mother tried to raise a Southern Belle, and that part of it stuck with me....

Depends on the size of the courderoy.  I have a lighter weight pink cord mini-skirt that was made for spring-fall.

Oh - and I love Stacey & Clinton, but according to them you can't wear mini skirts after age 35 - boo!  I'll hvae to ignore them on that one.  You too, Max.

Ok...good point, anyone can chime in.  We do have some fashion forward males here.

They are a light brown with a small cord.  Ie no huge grooves.  They are kinda stretchy and fairly comfortable.    In regards to size, they are a 30 w 32 l 

There you go Dan...the light weight pink cord that you have waaaaay in the back of the closet.

A charcoal grey short sleeved polo with the NRC logo on it.  Brown belt and brown skechers that look like bowling shoes.  With grey socks that match the shirt.

Oh...and my ever sexy badge and TLD's around my neck.  That's what we in the 'biz' call accessories.

You could wear it with flip flops, I think that would be cute.

(But this is coming from a girl who is just as fashionably inept...I wear sneakers with EVERYTHING, except at work cuz I'd get fired, and have had my father, brother, and boyfriends on occasion tell me that my outfit is so out of season and I need to change. Honestly, as long as I am not too hot or not too cold, it's in season for me . But I think I look cute sometimes.)

Right on! You look good when you feel good, well most of the time. And, I love men in light weight cords with tees, yummy :P

I agree that the charcoal top might make the whole look a little to winter-ish.  If I was going to wear lightweight cords in the Spring, I think I'd wear something with a little color (light blue+light brown is a good classic combo).  If you want to stick to a neutral, off-white and light brown are a really nice transitional combination.   If you look at the transitional collections of lots of classic designers (Ralph Lauren, for example) you see lots of shades of light brown mixed with off-white or cream. 

(I'm a guy, but I do work in the fashion industry.)

Hmmm...I've broken that rule more than once!  Patti says "When you got good looking legs, go ahead and flaunt them!"  I think mini skirts are appropriate any time! 

Nah.  I like it this way.  It's easier to see them coming. 

So, what are these "seasons" everyone's talking about?  "Fall" is what happens when I don' t clip out in time. "Spring" is the stuff in new running shoes... which I don't wear to work!  And I'm supposed to aim for stuff that doesn't smell funny, or have too many wrinkles or visible stains (but some days I just go for 2 outta 3.)  Other than that... well, not all of the ladies should be counted on for fashion advice!

Hmmm, I guess I better go shopping. I wore my black cordouroy pants to work today. At least I had a pink t-shirt on and  cute denim jacket with 3/4 length sleeves. Fashionable from the waist up.