The Case of the Over Accessorizer

There is this girl at my office...now she is a very nice person and seems to be good at her job, but her wardrobe is in crisis. The first problem is the fact that she is larger lady and does not dress appropriately for her body at all, but that is pretty common. The bigger problem is the fact that she completely over accessorizes...every...single...day.

While over accessorizing is never good, in a professional setting it is just horrible. I was in a meeting with her this morning and to be honest I found myself paying attention to all the jewelery rather then listening to her talk.

For example...today she had on huge silver dangly earrings, a long strand of pearls wrapped around her neck twice then knotted, 2 three inch wide silver colored plastic bangles on one arm and a two inch wooden tribal-ish bracelet on the other. To top it off her nails were painted purple, except for one nail on each hand which was painted white.

I like this girl (although I do not know her well) and I wish we were friends because she is desperate need for someone to talk to her about the perils of over accessorizing.

Here are my rules (compiled from personal experience and advice from others):

1) If you are wearing big earrings you don't need a necklace (conversely if you are wearing a big necklace wear small studs if you are going to wear earrings)

2) Bracelets should only be worn on one arm at a time (I know some may disagree, but it is my preference.)

3) Rings should be worn on no more then two fingers on each hand (at the very most!)

4) When accessorizing being too matchy-matchy is too much!

5) If you think you may be falling prey to over accessorizing, take one thing off before you leave the house.


So what do you all think about over accessorizing?