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Depending on what's available, they'll dictate color choice for the rest of the links of london sale. Stick to basics. No open toes (not professional). No 5-inch platform stilettos (ditto). I was happy to find some work-worthy kitten heels in can't-go-wrong black. Time: 4 minutes, 25 seconds Now pick a basic outfit color -- and stick with it. Camel. Navy. Black. Gray. Beige. I settled on black, not just because it would go with the shoes but because a quick look around showed me that the selection of black pieces in the store was huge. Plus, it's slimming. It's forgiving (valentines Day pendants fabric and poor construction look better in dark shades). And, you can dress it up or down easily. Choose a skirt or a dress in that basic shade. Locating trousers that fit -- they often are way too long for instant wearability -- can take forever. And this is deadline shopping. Forget the pants option. A simple black dress would have been the perfect fast choice, but I couldn't find one that looked right. They were too revealing. Too short. Too shiny. So the hunt Links of London M Charm on for a black skirt. Less than 15 minutes into my challenge, I found an outstanding candidate. To save time running back and forth from the dressing room, and because sizing is so inconsistent, it's always wise to take multiple sizes of the same thing to try on. Time: 14:35 In case the skirt didn't work, I snagged a backup dress in a subtle black/gray herringbone for my pile of possibilities and started to think about top options to try with that skirt. It took only a couple of minutes to locate a black cardigan (instead of a jacket). You can't go wrong with classics. Time:17:10 However, all that black was getting to be too much of a good thing, so Links of London L Charm came the fun part: Pick a pop of color to perk it up.