Barcelona Calling: Sneak Peek, Chapter 1 (FB author hop conest #4)


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Today's question for commenting fun & contest entry: If you witnessed a fashion faux pas would you tell the person? Maybe you have before, or you were the victim of a fashion faux pas. Tell us about it. (if you want to comment as anonymous, please leave your name and first initial of your last name in your comment so you can be tracked each day)



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Jackie H. said…
I'm not current on fashion, so I probably wouldn't mention a fashion faux pas just because it might be the new fad! I would mention a clothing mishap (open buttons, lowered flies, toilet paper stuck to shoe)
Connie R. said…
I'm SURE I've committed fashion faux pas because I don't care a hoot about trends, and my clothes are almost always out of style. But unless what someone is wearing borders on the obscene, I wouldn't say anything. To each his own...for instance the trend of showing bra straps as part of an outfit.....not something I enjoy looking at, but it's not technically "flashing a body part" :) And I agree with Jackie H about mishaps!! Yes to that!
margie said…
I guess the most fashion faux pas I've seen are mismatched socks, shirts on backwards, horribly mismatched outfits, wayward zippers, the common things you often see, bras peeking out from under cover..the usual suspects! I have to say, that reading this chapter really has me wanting to read Barcelona Calling. Very different from the Jane Kirkpatrick writing I am accustomed to but I think I'm going to like it!!
nicki said…
I've seen fashion faux pas but I usually never comment to the person unless it is my own family. I usually tell my daughter that that person shouldn't be wearing plaids & stripes together or something else that I think doesn't look right together but sometimes some people make it work. It is nice to have a daughter who will tell you when something doesn't look right!
Vivian Craig said…
I am excited to read this book, because I was born in Spain while my dad was in the Air Force. As to the fashion faux pas, I grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and have pretty much tried to avoid big cities with my moves around the middle of the country. As long as I am not seeing a body part that I don't want to see, I wouldnt say anything. The one thing that I did when I supervised workstudy students while I was a GA was to tell them to pick up their pants cause I didn't want to see their behinds. Other than that, my jeans get the most wear and and I dress up in my business suit for interviews and such.
Anonymous said…
My personal faux pas was the day I arrived at work and discovered I had on one dark navy shoe and one black one. Not as much of a fashion faux pas as an embarressing mishap! I don't stress out on what may be the latest fashion!
Phyllis B
Anonymous said…
I find fashion fun to admire and I try to dress nice, but I am far from a fashionista. I would probably mention a major fashion faux pas, but I wouldn't make a big deal of it.

Christina M. - The Dalles, OR
Marla said…
I'm not into fashion I'm into comfort so I probably would never notice a fashion faux pas
Anonymous said…
I was the innocent perpetrator of many fashion faux pas in the 8th grade evidently, and the cliques wasted no time in telling me about it. Funny that we used to think a slip showing was horrible, and now bra, underwear, all kinds of cleavage, and even behinds hang out.

Would I tell? Only if the person would feel grateful for the comment, like zippers left open, or one time a big blood blot on the back of a white skirt (she turned it to the side and covered it with a purse).
Victoria Pann
If you witnessed a fashion faux pas would you tell the person? ... Tell us about it.
I absolutely love the fashion style sense of the UK - anything goes - wonderful sense of creativity in dressing, so unlike the sameness of how NAmericans dress! so what would be seen as faux pas to NA, would be embraced overseas!
i love that fresh approach, so wouldn't say anything to another who was expressing their personal style in dressing. Like on TLC's What Not To Wear - wearing wt after labour day is ok! and varied bag & shoes is fashionable! what isn't fashionable, and def faux pas, is wearing clothes the wrong age or size! if it was done by a close family or friend, i would encourage with something positive to redirect them in their choices - like complimenting them on something they wore that was great!
Flindy said…
I would tell someone if I thought the faux pas was something that would embarrass them. I do see things that I think are ridiculous, but it seems the wearer likes the look....to each his own!
Anonymous said…
Since I am unfashionable myself, I would have a hard time pointing out anyone else's faux pas. I agree with several other posts though, that discreetly mentioning an unfortunate clothing-related circumstance to another is the kind thing to do.
JackieThomson joshnjackie@sbcglobal.net
Elaine said…
I agree with many of the others. I would mention something that would cause them embarresment... stains, TP, blouse unbuttoned, etc.... otherwise I pretty much don't look at fashion. I look at the person. I feel badly for people who feel the need to dress inappropriately tho. Body parts hanging out all over:( makes me sad. I've found that if we look beyond the outside shell, we often find a precious inside person:)

Love the first chapter Jane! I will be getting this one:)
KOverton said…
First, I would have to ask, what is fashion? Sometimes I think it is just a marketing ploy, creating a need to sell new clothes. Basically fashion is not on my radar. I guess I would tell someone that was having a "wardrobe malfunction", otherwise I wouldn't say much unless I was asked to.
KOverton said…
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Sheri said…
If it was my very best friend committing the faux pas, I might say something. She knows I love her. :-) But I wouldn't say anything to anyone else.
Janel B said…
I don't think that I would tell someone if they did have a fashion mishap because I believe that to an extent that they are representing their personality. I have disagreed with the choices some people have made in their outfits, but I feel like someone could not like my sense of fashion either so no one is really able to correct. Now if it was my husband then I would definitely help him look right before he stepped out the door because I want him to represent us well.
Pam K. said…
I suppose it would depend on what the fashion faux pas was. If it's just something mismatched, I wouldn't say anything. If someone's underwear was showing, I might say something, especially if I knew the person, though sometimes now showing underclothes seems to be intentional! I usually just try to keep my mouth shut about things like this.
Jeanne Takenaka said…
Really enjoyed the first chapter, Jane! Very fun. Fashion faux pas.....I'm not a fashiniosta either (as someone above stated), but I do try to dress nicely. I have worn one blue and one black shoe to work. Once. My students noticed it. Oops. :) I believe people dress in a way that defines their own style--even though I may not care for their style. I don't usually say anything unless it is to a close friend or family member about something that seems inappropriate. As was also mentioned above, I think it's a courtesy to let a person know about smoething like toilet paper or some other fixable thing. So I do mention those. Thanks for sharing your first chapter, Jane.
Jane said…
I've been known to put shirts on inside out and once I wore my pants backwards (it had a back zipper, or so I thought!) and no one said anything! But my pants kept pulling funny and finally when I went to the ladies room I saw the tag that's supposed to go in the back! My character has the same problem. Wish I'd read these comments before I wrote the book! What fun to include a few of these great fashion "fox paws" in Barcelona Calling. Thanks for reading and for participating in the hop.
L Shultz said…
The worse fashion faux pau is immodest dress. Some of these poor girls (and some older ones) need some good mama talk.
lori shultz said…
Like Jane, I have had shirts on backwards a number of times and yes even pants a couple of times. Love your books Jane and looking forward to your new genre, drum roll please, contemporary!
I have seen people with a shirt tag sticking out or facing weird and will tell them about it. I fix it if it's a friend. I personally don't like low necklines on women since I feel it's not modest. That's my biggest beef!
Anonymous said…
My worst fashion faux pas was when I bought this real pretty top off of a sales rack. I wore it proudly several times. Imagine my horror when I found out it was really a pajama top!! Speaking of embarrassing!

Judy B
Anonymous said…
Hmmm... I had to think hard on this one. I guess it was when we first started riding motorcycles and went on our first 2 wk trip out west. Packed dress slacks, shoes and tops (even panty hose) to wear at night when we went out to dinner. Not practical and a little too much for a motorcycle trip.
Kate Joyce
Gayle Gresham said…
I once saw a women walking out of church with a pair of pantyhose trailing behind her from her pantleg! Yeah, I said something.
Sheri said…
I probably make fashion faux pas every day but I'm happy to be me. If someone had something really embarassing happening and they weren't aware I would probably tell them.
Anonymous said…
I've had a few mishaps with clothing. Things inside out or backwards, bottons misaligned, etc. I usually don't say anything when it happens to strangers.

Sometimes it is hard not to notice. Like the time a fellow teacher was writing on the chalkboard and his wife's bra begin emerging from his shirtsleeve. That static cling can be deadly.

Marilynn D.
Neysa said…
I saw a women with her top on inside out this summer. She was glad that I mentioned it to her.
Anonymous said…
My latest fashion faux pas was attending a cowboy wedding held in a barn in a sweater, skirt, nylons, and heels. What was I thinking? The floor was covered in saw dust and we sat on bales of hay! Almost everyone else was in jeans and cowboy boots!

marea
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