What I Pack for Conferences

• black shoes (2 pair)
  
• black pants (2 pair)
  
• black turtleneck
  
• black non-turtleneck
  
• black coat
  
• black socks
  
• black jacket
  
• non-black jacket with black trim
  
• black gym clothes
  
• black-trimmed sneakers
  
• something brightly colored that I toss into my suitcase at the last minute and often don't wear
  
• a roll of masking tape for removing my all-black-dogs' strangely-only-partially-black hairs from all of the above