You're wearing WHAT?? How not to go too sheer

When this major DON'T- PLEASE- PLEASE- DON'T arrived in our All the Rage inbox, we were shaken enough to realize that with white and khaki coming on strong for summer, we'd be shirking our duties if we don't remind you that there is a right way and a wrong way to wear light-colored clothing.

First of all, don't go too sheer, unless you actually want to provide a peek at what's underneath.

Second, don't go too tight, or you'll show off every lump and bump.

Avoid visible panty lines: Wear seamless undies or a thong. And make sure your lingerie is flesh-toned, not white, black, red, pink, orange or any other color. Got it?

"Flesh tones" vary, of course. The picture above was provided by MySkins, a lingerie company that offers 20 different flesh tones -- "highly specific shades of flesh tones," they say. 

The best way to make sure you're not overexposed in white: Check every angle in a good mirror in  good light before you take one step out of the house, young lady!

--Susan Denley

Photo: Courtesy of MySkins

Comments

[Leyla]

I think it is pretty hot!

[MikeOHara]

Well said. It may or may not look hot, but it's not fair to foist it on the world--at least where it's out of place. Save it for a club or the beach.

[calicoedcat]

Note to bicycle riders. The tight black nylon biker shorts are transparent when the sun hits them at a certain angle. Sort of like the photo of John Kerry's daughter at Cannes when her black dress was hit from all angles with photographers' lights