Beige!

Oh yes, love it, every chance I get I wear beige

I wear beige, restyled as taupe, light khaki, ecru, oatmeal, 'natural', cream etc.
It's what you wear with it that counts. I like it with black trousers and a white shirt.
I've got a beige Kookai cardigan that's one of my all time favourites.

Used to love taupe, camel, cafe au lait, beige by any other name when I had brown/blonde hair, but since I have let it go grey silver, I don't feel right in those colours. Red, blue, black and white, even purple or plum, but look out charity shop for all my old beige items

I'm with you on this shysal. A lot to do with my aversion is that I'm a very fair skinned and (in a 'previous life') blonde, so wearing beige makes me look (and feel) like a rich tea biscuit - round, boring and crumbly

I would love to wear beige if I could. A gentle colour. I've never been able to wear I though.

I hope you stood out in a good way Shysal. I'm sure you did.

Anyway, what does it matter?

Boheminan

My natural state is beige so I avoid it like the plague! My mum wore beige all the time when she chose her own clothes and wasn't wearing someone else's. She said that it was classy!

I am pale and blonde so would agree with bohemian about beige not suiting us! That goes for taupe, camel, cream etc as well.So without really thinking about it, have just never gone for those invisible colours.Wonder why they used to be so well loved ( maybe still are?) I don't like neon colours either,
Generally like greens, blues, pinks, plum,and pale grey.In all shades.I do sometimes still wear a black top, but it has to be off-set by a colourful scarf or jewellery.

Well I think some women (never men) look very stylish in those nice caramel colours like a classic camel coat. HOWEVER unless it really suits and you love it I wouldn't do it I think a bit of colour cheers you up. I love the jewel colours in the autumn and purple is my big favourite. Today I have a Jo Brown multi-coloured frock on that looks like big splodges of coloured paint.

I do own a camel coloured skirt but I never wear anything remotely beige on my top half.
I too am a former blonde so would look totally washed out.

Jo Brown stuff always looks lovely Teetime slightly out of my price range though.

I do have a camel coat I sometimes wear and Ive got cream trousers and a jacket. Years ago I read that if you can only afford cheap clothes cream will always look more expensive than the brighter colours. I do like a good splash of colour though. I used to work with a very nice lady who wore beige from head to toe, her face was beige and her hair was beige. In a crowd she just disappeared!

No, no, beware the beige. It only looks good with a tan and even then you have to be careful. I can't wear oranges or yellows, but bluey-reds, bright pinks, royal blue, black and some greens are ok, nothing too pastel. I think some older people choose beige because it is safe, goes with everything and is not funereal black. If you only have one coat that probably makes sense.

I've never heard of Jo Brown. Should I have done? Am I missing something?

Oh no. I have never worn beige or anything similar. It doesn't suit me at all. I need stronger colours

My Mum used to love beige, 'because it goes with everything'.
(Other shades of beige presumably)

Beige and Apple green and orange all favourite colours!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A lot of old dears in a row at our flu multi jab. My,my the nurse is a fast one. Next time I will check .

All the colour catcher sheets come out blue in this house.

The fluff in my dryer filter is always blue, too...whatever I've been drying!

Our area seems to have gone out of its beige faze.

shysal I thought you meant their complexions were beige at the thought of the flu jab (that would be me)

I do wear taupe or camel with black or navy (but not all beige)

I have a very nice jumper which is dark navy, red and dark camel .....

I can't wear grey, or pale pink, or lemon

I don't even consider wearing colours I don't like, so I don't know whether those colours suit me or not!

I went through a long phase of wearing various shades of brown. People were always very complimentary but I got bored with it in the end.

Round here women like me (in our 70s) all seem to wear navy, I suppose it has the advantage that it doesnt show the dirt, but I am like shysal, I like colour in my life.

In my area I am among a group of women getting breast screening after reaching 70, so I knew all the women in the waiting room for the screening were within a year or two of my age. Every single one was in navy and looked as if they had given up caring how they looked. I found it depressing.

Forgot to say, I was wearing black jeggings with a scarlet and black patterned top and ankle boots with a 2 inch heel.

2 inches? Wow, you're living dangerously M0nica!

Navy may not show the dirt, as such, but it does show other marks and stains, especially the dreaded dandruff and anything dusty you may have brushed against. It can look good when contrasted with bright colours though.