A sea of seventies brown!

GrannyGravy13

My grammar school uniform was brown, I try to avoid it nowadays at all costs.

Ditto. And especially when it’s paired with orange! The most ghastly combination possible.

Mamie

Our uniform was dark brown and the knickers had pockets in. My sister used to hide bits of school lunch in hers. After 10 years wearing the uniform (prep school and senior school) I hated brown and have never worn it since. When I walked into M and S and saw dark brown nighties I felt quite traumatised. 😮

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Casdon

I’ve been out clothes shopping this morning, but came back empty handed because I felt like I was in a seventies time warp.

All the shops are full of all shades of brown, orange, tan, beige with the odd olive green for good measure. The modern versions of tank tops, flared jeans and balloon sleeves abound. I really don’t like browns, nor do I want to revisit the clothes of my youth.

Is anybody else enthused-as far as I’m concerned it’s going to be a low spend winter?

I agree with you, I won’t be tempted by clothes until next year when hopefully better things will be on the fashion menu.

My uniform was Brown and pale blue, I never wore /bought anything brown after that until just recently I bought a pair of dark brown jeans from M&S. I have always however been drawn to pale blue, in everything, clothes, furnishings etc.

Our uniform was dark brown and the knickers had pockets in. My sister used to hide bits of school lunch in hers. After 10 years wearing the uniform (prep school and senior school) I hated brown and have never worn it since. When I walked into M and S and saw dark brown nighties I felt quite traumatised. 😮

I’ve always looked better in vivid colours. Now with grey/white hair, my skin tone seems to have changed too, so I need all the help I can get to feel like myself. Brown and what I think of as “sludge” colours do me no favours at all, especially in the dull winter months.

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Fallingstar

My uniform was bottle green with bottle green knickers. I wore a lot of brown and cream when it was first fashionable and quite liked it then but wouldn’t wear it now. I like bright colours of any hue.

Oh mine was bottle green& those nylon think knickers.
I use to sew white stripes down the side & wear them for cross- country running as we were a bit hard up to to buy for proper running shorts 😂

My favourite colours, but more for autumn time.

I agree that black is harsh but I really like navy blue.

I can’t bear to think about autumn or winter clothes !
Anyway the beauty of buying at a charity shop is the great amount of any colour you can buy… I love bright colours all year round, browns and dark greens make me feel dopey and boring

I quite like the autumny colours. Not so much in interior design, they're not always easy to live with for years I think.

But it's been a while since brown, orange & yellow were in & it is more colourful than when everyone under 40 was wearing black.

My uniform was bottle green with bottle green knickers. I wore a lot of brown and cream when it was first fashionable and quite liked it then but wouldn’t wear it now. I like bright colours of any hue.

I've been in 3 shops in town not Marks but they too are all browns orange nasty greens just horrible. I like green but this is sludgy green nasty. Not for me.

I like wearing brown, having brown eyes and once brown hair. It took me a year to find a brown polo neck jumper that wasn't skin tight,and six months for a brown T shirt, both to go with the same brown and beige skirt, and two brown handbags, probably 20 years old.
But I do agree about the plethora of seventies outfits: flares, tank tops, balloon sleeves and tiered skirts and crochet everywhere.

Silvershadow

Being fair with blue eyes brown has never suited me so I’ve never worn it, the same with beige. I prefer blues of any shade.

I'm the same. Brown and beige just make me look even more washed out than I do to begin with.

I first noticed the 70’s vibe in our local M&S men’s department - it was a sea of brown and beige crochet fabric polo shirts and tops! Awful then and awful now.

I’ve bought a couple of pairs of brown trousers because autumn colours suit me, but I’ll wear them with pink or yellow tops, not beige.

Princess Ann is still wearing a favourite coat from when she was 18 _ it isn’t brown though! My school uniform was brown which I preferred to the bottle green other schools had. I quite like all the new shades in tbh.

I like brown , it’s more flattering against older skin than black .

My school uniform was also brown with a red stripe around the v neck jumper and off white shirts. I really don't like brown and I never wear brown clothes.
I also went into M&S this morning and thought everything was very drab. Being in the middle of a heatwave doesn't help when all we want to wear are cottons and linens.

Yes I was a read head too and even though I’m now I’m white haired, it’s with a yellowish tone. And the skin tone to go with it.

Black and pastels are awful on us.

I don’t think one year out of brown out of the many, many years of black, black, black is a very big ask😬

Being fair with blue eyes brown has never suited me so I’ve never worn it, the same with beige. I prefer blues of any shade.

AGAA4 I absolutely detested the brown knickers which were compulsory, the PE mistress and our form mistress often done a spot check to see if we were wearing them and not normal pants 🙀

My heart sank when I walked into M&S yesterday to be greeted with a sea of brown and black clothing. Similar in other clothing shops. I find brown such a depressing colour after all the pretty summer clothes.

Being a natural redhead (although somewhat faded now), I find that brown suits me and isn't as harsh as black. I have a summer dress which is a mixture of browns and creams. I also like khaki. However, I have no wish to revisit the 70's so I'll be avoiding tank tops and flares.

There are usually a lot of pastels around at this time of year and they don't suit me at all, I feel washed out in them.