https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:12:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2088132 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 21:48:26 +0000 Carla 2088132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Roxana, I adore where you are going with your style and the colours you’ve chosen. &nbsp;The cool/warm thing is genius. &nbsp;You seem to be on to something. &nbsp;Your choices seem very ‘on trend’ with what I’ve seen after&nbsp;looking at Resort 2020 and S/S 2020 runway shows. &nbsp;Also, I’m totally on board with thrifting in the new year to scratch any shopping itch. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2088128 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 21:16:45 +0000 Sal 2088128@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have always admired your style but I do think you have gained a more signature style in 2019. You have inspired me with your great thrifting finds and luxe fabrics. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2088106 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:51:17 +0000 smittie 2088106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Super! I always knew you'd look great in earth tones.<br />I adore these:&nbsp;</p> <p><b><i>rust, olive, navy and camel<br /></i></b><b></b>mixed with softer tones, I think you will have a very sophisticated, 'luxe' (to use your term), wardrobe.<b><i><br /></i></b> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2088050 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 13:11:14 +0000 RobinF 2088050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the monochromatic look on you, such great textures and details. The hair is great, I can see how it jump started the changes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2088006 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 00:56:19 +0000 Anonymous 2088006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I love seeing your style evolution! Your hair, of course, was such a great change! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087752 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 19:18:27 +0000 Cee 2087752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow... Soooo cool !&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087735 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 18:36:38 +0000 Helena 2087735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Roxanna, a rollercoaster or a steady and successful ascent?!? Your style is so rich and sophisticated and yet unique and creative ... A masterful combination. Your hair is gorgeous - as are you! Looking forward to following your next ascent in 2020! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087680 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 13:55:37 +0000 kkards 2087680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Roxanna, i love your style, you've got an excellant eye for details and for making your outfits look both timeless and current. you've done a great job of adding texture and depth. looking forward to seeing what next year brings </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087678 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 13:55:33 +0000 cindysmith 2087678@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That hand knit sweater is dreamy on you </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087664 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 13:13:15 +0000 Roxanna 2087664@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@firecracker your WIWs are serious inspiration to me! I love and aspiire to your style. </p> <p>Liesbeth, thank you! it had been so fun to see your style progress in your then and now!</p> <p>@notsaf - thank you so much! That means so much to me. I follow your posts keenly too and I have learned so much from your style. I especially like how deliberately you curate your wardrobe and your summer WIWs. Of love to see some winter ones! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087641 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 08:39:43 +0000 notsaf 2087641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats on this magnum opus! I still adore that first look in the first of your links (sharp tweed blazer with sleek skinnies and booties and a festive broach!), but your new luxe textures and colors are fab. Following your journey this year was one of the reasons I started posting on the forum myself in 2019. Thank you for the inspiration! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087635 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 06:34:51 +0000 Liesbeth 2087635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats on planning and executing such a major change this year! Great outfits! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087629 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 06:11:46 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2087629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a lot of style-discovery ground you covered this year! Your new hairstyle is super fab, and it's just amazing how the one aspect really brought everything else into focus for you. Wow. Thanks for sharing our journey with us. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087626 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 04:27:26 +0000 Suz 2087626@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ditto re that blog -- holy moly her style has amped up since she began!! She looks amazing and I can see why and how she'd be super inspiring. Thanks to <b>SarahDB</b> for that. I am starting to get seriously interested in thrifting again. It will be interesting to see where this takes me!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087620 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 02:47:39 +0000 Jaime 2087620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I couldn't be more delighted to read that I inspired that gorgeous hair! Let's see, a journey that includes that and thrifting luxe pieces? And ends with a blue fair isle sweater? What could be better than that? And I have to thank you for introducing me to BCRL - it is so inspiring to see other people thrifting fabulous outfits.&nbsp;<br />I think anyone seeing you now would have a hard time believing you ever struggled with you style. Which, I suppose, is the ultimate style goal. Love all the pictures you posted here! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087616 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 02:09:03 +0000 Roxanna 2087616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all for reading through that novella Your comments and suggestions throughout the year have so helped to evolve my style.</p> <p>@rachy you are totally right - I'm going less dainty and more sophisticated</p> <p>@nemosmom in some respects I feel as if our style journeys have missored each other's. I so look forward to your posts and have learned so much from you!</p> <p>@Suz your Then &amp; Now post floored me! What a journey you've been on. Thank you for your thoughtful and kind comments - now, and always.</p> <p>@Bonnie thank you so much! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087612 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 01:41:08 +0000 Bonnie 2087612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fascinating trip you have been on this year. The results are fab! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087605 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 01:30:45 +0000 Suz 2087605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look amazing, <b>Roxanna</b>. The hair really is sensational and does make a statement. The sumptuous fabrics make a huge difference, for sure. Looking forward to your next adventures!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087603 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 01:21:08 +0000 nemosmom 2087603@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It has been SO fun to watch your journey this year, Roxanna!&nbsp; The avatars triggered a lot of inspiration for me, and CLEARLY they worked in spades for you! Your hair is fab, your earthtones mixed with cool greys and blues are SUCH a pretty combo, and you have figured out the luxe and architectural lines that are really flattering. I can't wait to follow you in the new year, too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087601 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 01:12:49 +0000 rachylou 2087601@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You’ve really had a dramatic year. The style shift, evolution is very evident. You’ve gone quite sophisticated and less dainty. I LOVE your earthy shades. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2019-a-style-rollercoaster-and-evolution#post-2087598 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 00:58:38 +0000 Roxanna 2087598@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have so enjoyed reading all your style reflections, and I've learned so much from them. i'm not by nature analytical about my style, so your deep reflections help to trigger my own and evolve my style - thank you!</p> <p>I decided to do my own look back at 2019. I tend to look forward by nature - so it was fascinating to see how much I had learned and how much my style had evolved in 2019!</p> <p>At the end of 2018, I was pretty fed up with what I couldn't fit into anymore - particularly jeans, which were a staple of my wardrobe. I was having a hard time getting dressed in the mornings:<br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-i-give-up-on-jeans-what-can-i-wear-instead">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....ar-instead</a> </p> <p>In <b>January, frustrated by my wardrobe</b>, I decided to try a <b>capsule approach t</b>o simplify getting dressed in the morning. This worked well and had me play around with the pieces I had (like a rust scarf I fell in love with!), and did indeed simplify getting dressed. But as I said in my thread, I wasn't quite happy with the outfits:<br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/turning-over-a-new-style-leaf">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....style-leaf</a></p> <p><i>"My style moniker is <b>Urban Luxe</b>. I like sumptuous textures, clean architectural lines, and contrast of textures and styles. Lately I have been going more monochrome but adding a little edge to my style. I've also been incorporating some vintage jewelry.</i></p> <p><i>The following looks are what I've been wearing lately. I like them, but they still don't feel quite right to me. Something seems missing. I think maybe I need to amp up the texture"</i></p> <p><i><br /> </i></p> <p><i></i>I also <b>started taking daily photos of my outfits</b> and this helped me identify what worked and didn't work to my eye. Proportions were very important to me, as was figure flattery, so I took this forward into my dressing:&nbsp;<i><a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-i-learned-from-a-month-of-taking-outfit-pics">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....utfit-pics</a></i></p> <p>I started getting into my groove a few months later, incorporating more monochrome looks and menswear influences (particularly brogues), upping the texture and the luxe factor:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/some-very-me-outfits">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....me-outfits</a></p> <p>In April, inspired by <b>@Jaim</b><b>e,</b> I went in a <b>drastic (to me) new direction with my hair </b>- and suddenly, I had a new lease on fashion. I realize that my hair is a HUGE part of my style, and when I don't have a hairstyle that feels like a signature to me, then I don't feel like the best version of myself:<br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shevia-made-me-do-it">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....e-me-do-it</a></p> <p>In Spring I decided I wanted to build a rust capsule, building on a rust scarf I had in my capsule wardrobe that I loved. <i></i>I realized&nbsp; that one that what was missing from the outfits that I found boring was colour - but not the bright, saturated colours I used to do, but the luxe, rich earth tones I was missing.&nbsp;<br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-find-rust-toppers">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....st-toppers</a></p> <p>Then in Spring, <b>@SarahD8 </b>posted about the Style blog Blue Collar Red Lipstick. I loved Adina's use of avatars to define her style and i<b>mmediately adopted The Prince, The Artist and The Sophisticate as my style personas. </b>This helped immensely in envisioning where I wanted to go.</p> <p>Also this year, I <b>discovered thrifting</b> - which helped me get the luxe, sumptuous look I was going for without blowing my budget, and also helped me find pants that fit instead of jeans:<br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-life-changing-magic-of-thrifting-up">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....rifting-up</a></p> <p>With the help of thrifting, I was much happier with my outfits when summer arrived:<br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-is-finally-here">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....nally-here</a></p> <p>In late summer, I had my <b>really big style epiphany</b> - that I had outgrown my jeans and joggers and my neutral-heavy style and was really ready to move into a style direction that was more tailored and full of rich colours:<br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-faux-nas-and-some-real-epiphanies-long">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....anies-long</a></p> <p><i>in ten minutes, I had given away 17 sweaters I had been holding onto for far too long (the is in addition to probably another 50 items I gave away earlier this summer.) I</i><b><i>&nbsp;decided that I want to move in a slightly new direction - still neutral heavy, but filled with rich, warm neutrals, continuing with sumptuous fabric and clean lines.</i></b><i>&nbsp;I came up with a palette that has been calling to me for the past 18 months or so: &nbsp;</i><b><i>adding rust, olive, navy and camel</i></b><i>&nbsp;to complement the ivory, grey, blush and black in my wardrobe.<br /> </i><br /> This led to a huge purge, new shopping based on the earth tones, and a <b>new palette</b>: rich earth tones paired with cool neutrals (I called this <b>"Autumn at the Beach"</b>)<br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-style-direction">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....-direction</a></p> <p>I've been moving in this style direction ever since, and I must say, I am <b>fe</b><b>eling so *me* and so happy with my wardrobe</b> and my outfits lately. The only pause I have is that I have too much of a good thing with my scooping up of earth tones this fall, so I'm putting the shopping on hold to enjoy what I have.</p> <p>Whew! I didn't realize what a rollercoaster of a year it had been style wise, and how much I have learned and evolved my style thanks to all of you folks. Here's to a more steady 2020 ;)&nbsp;</p> <p>Below are some outfits from last week - loving the monochrome. And Jaime, I posted a pic of my fair isle handknit sweater for you </p>