yes. you made me look. Personally, I still think “Black is Beautiful!”

Well, I do have a few LBDs (little black dresses) that make me feel spectacular.

Reminded me of this store: http://www.whitehouseblackmarket.com/store/home.jsp?

I only wear black on occasion, I’m a colorful sort to begin with. :-)

I thought Orange was the new Black. (Or is it Kale is the new Black?)

I don’t think of black as all that fashionable, just popular and easy, with no needed thought. I try to add color to what I wear, and the only reason I wear my black fleece sweater is because it is so comfy.

Black is bad when you have a cream colored Siamese cat with bunny fur. lol

“One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.”.

Black is the classic choice! Moreover it’s a universally slimming color so we just can’t avoid it totally. Here I guess the fashionable colors for Winter are emerald, oxblood and plum.

^What pretty names for green, red, and purple.

Wording of the question….ROFL!!!

I don’t have an overabundance of black in my wardrobe, so no.

@zenvelo “I thought Orange was the new Black.”

We in the know call it cinnabar. It’s actually to replace both red and gold as the preferred accent color to black and shades of darker grey.

@syz (green,red and purple will seem ordinary, but emerald,oxblood and plum are fashionable :p)

Thank you, all you lovely Jellies who let me prank you with a (seemingly) inflammatory question. I guess I just needed to have some fun today.

I’ll stop wearing black when they make a darker color.

Yes, I think they should all go back where they came from… ooops.

@AshLeigh Hahaha I remember seeing that joke years ago. As a goth back then, I thought it was simply brilliant. Huh…

I once saw a t-shirt that was black, with black lettering (slightly shiny, so you could read it) which said “I am only wearing black until they invent a darker colour”.

Well, you know what they say, “Once you go black…”!

A good 70% of my wardrobe is black. That is down from 95% ten years ago. Methinks the percentage will rise again soon. I’m growing tired of having to match things.

Black is only about 10% of my wardrobe. I don’t worry about the lint so much, but the tiniest little speck of grease, and the black item is history.

I love color. I can match on my somber days and contrast on my crazy days.

I gave up almost all my black when I got blue torte 6 yrs ago. She happens to still love the color.

For furniture I hated it with the first piece I got and ended up refinishing it.

I only dust when I get in a mood. Or expect company.

My winter wardrobe is jewel tones or greys or rich chocolate browns. My house is a tropical delight from my wall colors to paintings and mirrors and all my knitted throws and pillows. And a few random quilted blankets given to me from quilter friends.

And no your question did not fool me at all. Alaskans know the value of color.. well some do

@Seek I went through a pretty heavy black phase back in the day what drove me nuts was having to match blacks and textures. Much harder then one would ever suppose. What is your trick?

Patchwork fabric.

My favourite shirt – I’ve had it since Sophomore year of high school – has satin, velvet, lace, and cotton in it, all black. Goes with positively anything from blue jeans to pencil skirts to Rennaissance Faire wench costumes.

I nearly cried when I left it behind at the laundromat once. Fortunately they found it and kept it behind the counter for me.

Yes, Black is so dull, but on the right occasion it is so perfect. I thought you were referring to people and i thought, Racist

My wife doesn’t wear little black dresses. She has the natural coloring (is it winter?) that allows her to wear bright, bold colors, and she takes advantage of it. There’s been many a party when I’ve been able to find her with a split second glance because she stands out among all the black attire.

A woman in a little black dress is a good thing. Ten women in little black dresses is boring.

Beautiful answer, @bossob.

@ibstubro “Once you go black..” unequivocally NOT true!

Hey, @Dutchess_III, I was just repeating what I’ve heard.

I personally have been black and back on a number of different fronts.

I won’t even bother with ”the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice” at this time.

Worst lover ever!

Relevant.

LOL!

I burned myself out on black during my Goth years (this included vintage formalwear).

In New York everyone and their mom has a black overcoat.

So easy to stand out with one in color.

Points for standing out, @SecondHandStoke, unless it’s in a cold rain.

@SecondHandStoke You were Goth? Sweet. I was too, gave it up halfway through my twenties haha.

Haha, I just bought the first black items of clothing I’ve owned in ages. My boring rut is navy blue.

@Symbeline

Some Goth elements remain:

My hair is still long and black.

I still wear a conservative amount of makeup in certain situations

@SecondHandStoke , another jelly whose gender I had all wrong.

Me too.

Nobody played the sample of my voice from my profile page?

Don’t feel bad:

I’ve had my gender all wrong sometimes myself.

I had a weird dream once about being a guy. I was glad to wake up to me.

@SecondHandStoke You have an awesome voice. You could do voiceovers, with a voice like that.

I also had a goth phase, from about age 18 to 25. It was the only time in my life that I voluntarily dressed feminine; corsets, and acres of black velvet and Victorian lace-up boots. I dyed my hair copper/red frequently, but never black. I wanted a Pre-Raphaelite look, like the women in paintings by Waterhouse and Rosetti.

@Dutchess_III I was always male in my dreams. I would always wake up wishing I could be the same when I woke up.

@downtide:

Wow, thanks! And considering that my voice has aged (some low range gone) and I’ve neglected it.

I’ve had some voiceover training and eliminated my southern accent over time.

Very cool idea with the hair!

@SecondHandStoke Unfortunately, testosterone therapy has ruined my singing voice. I used to sing mezzo-soprano with a range of about two and a half octaves. Now I’m a low tenor or high baritone with a range of less than one. It makes me sad.