https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:56:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2247396 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 01:33:34 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2247396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High five on the white boots/black soles and those wide legged jeans are supercool!<br /> I also have no plans going forward, as explained in Carla’s recent off-topic thread. But we can always dress how we like in the moment!<br /> Wishing you the best in the new year! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2247056 Sat, 08 Jan 2022 14:53:10 +0000 Anonymous 2247056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This was fun to read. &nbsp;I love the &nbsp;colorful French girl moniker or aFre. H girl or Portuguese on holiday for you and think easing up for awhile is a good idea while you put your creative energy into your new place. &nbsp;2022 &nbsp;at be a year or really wearing what I have, especially for summer, and replacing if needed.<br />your new peacock puffer will be a great refresher for late winter. &nbsp;Have a &nbsp;great year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246983 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 22:09:54 +0000 Jenni NZ 2246983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, hair stylist, thank you. She did a great job.<br /> I was wondering how different a colourful French girl and colourful Portuguese girl would be, since only two countries away, and I knew that was your background. I don’t actually know anyone Portuguese IRL, we don’t have many come to NZ. Interestingly though we have a heap of Brazilian people here since there was a working holiday visa scheme happening for years pre-pandemic, and they speak Portuguese right? Since working holiday visa holders have to be under 30 I think, many I have met seem young and gorgeous! And possibly a bit high-maintenance too.<br /> I am with you in not wanting to be too “girly” or high maintenance. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246826 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:53:58 +0000 Christina F. 2246826@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div><b>Jenni</b>, I meant my hair stylist, for giving me the French bob. Sorry I was unclear.</div><div><br /></div><div>A colorful Portuguese girl would wear what I wear, since she is me. Actually, most of the Portuguese-American women I have known over the years have been too girly and manicured for my personal taste, if that makes sense. Very high-maintenance. I am not sure about what the style is in Portugal these days--I haven't been since 2014.<br /></div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246821 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:13:02 +0000 Jenni NZ 2246821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Who do you mean for your stylist? Do you mean Angie?<br /> What would a colourful Portuguese girl wear?<br /> I love the colour of your new puffer. And yay to decorating the house. It took me over 2 years to find some of the right things like a hall console table and a bookcase that I was happy with. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246792 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:31:09 +0000 Christina F. 2246792@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Irina, </b>yes, I was wearing a fairly thick sweater. No problem there.</p> <div><br /></div><div><b>Angie</b>, thank you, a two-way zipper is a good thought. This one doesn't have it, but at some point I will be looking for a new tri-climate coat. I tried mine on yesterday after years and it feels and looks tight on the hips, more than I am willing to live with. It's a good item for travel so I will look to replace it for when travel is a thing again. Fortunately&nbsp; I have a professional discount for The North Face...<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246722 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 00:21:11 +0000 Angie 2246722@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Roll with the punches, Coloutful French Girl! I'm loving that idea :)</p> <p>Great puffer! Beautiful colour! FWIW, a two-way zipper on a puffer can help enormously with the fit on the hips. Unzip the bottom a little, and volia!&nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246703 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 19:30:43 +0000 LaPed 2246703@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love Suz's Riviera vs Paris distinction! Makes perfect sense. That puffer looks gorgeous on you, really fun colour. Congrats on the new house/new neighborhood. It'll be fun to see how life in Brooklyn influences your style choices.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246701 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 19:23:37 +0000 Irina 2246701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It’s a beautiful puffer and I think it fits you well. Does it feel comfortable with a sweater underneath? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246685 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:15:53 +0000 slim cat 2246685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Adorable puffer - great find! Here is to 2022 as hopefully kinder year with lots of beautiful things for everyone! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246683 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:10:00 +0000 Christina F. 2246683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Suz</b> and <b>SarahD8</b>, I hadn't thought of the Riviera, but that makes sense! Merci! I was thinking mainly of Paris, but there is a whole rest of the country of French ladies. The Breton stripes will always remain an element in my style, most likely. </p> <p><div><b>Helena</b> and <b>CarolS</b>- yes, I think the house is where most of my creativity will go now. I've sort of done what i set out to do with my wardrobe over the last few years and have reached maintenance mode. I think even the new French vibe is more a tweak and a reflection of where I've been going already. Partly thanks to my stylist!</div><div><br /></div><div>Aww, thanks,<b> kkards</b>! I certainly have had to tackle anything recently...<br /></div></p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246676 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:55:55 +0000 Christina F. 2246676@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>The jacket arrived! The color is gorgeous and it is lightweight. I will add a picture here but it doesn't do the iridescent color justice. The jacket is blocky, as puffers are, and a little tight on the hips. Most jackets are a bit tight on mu hips if they are that long and are not in a petite size. The tops would be much too huge on me if I sized up in most cases, so it's something I've learned to live with. At any rate, in this case, I don't think anyone would notice but me. <br /> </div><div><br /> </div><div>I need to make sure the collar lays relatively flat--it can be done, at least from stock pictures. The hood is hidden inside it.<br /> </div><div><br /> </div><div><br /> </div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246656 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 02:43:00 +0000 Jaime 2246656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cheers to what CarolS jsut said about 2022. French girl does color seems like an excellent image for you to keep in mind. Who knows what this year will bring - might as well enjoy your style while it happens. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246653 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 02:15:50 +0000 CarolS 2246653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It sounds like you are in a good position to let your attention shift more to other creative pursuits for a while and see how your wardrobe evolves.</p> <p>I hope 2022 is much, much kinder! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246610 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 21:28:54 +0000 SarahD8 2246610@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the Colorful French Girl moniker for you! And I agree with Suz that your more boho summer looks could fit too -- still French, but more of a Mediterranean holiday look. (I am possibly -- nay definitely -- a giant weirdo, but I have ideas about where my style avatars travel and the activities they do at different times of year, so this totally makes sense to me.)</p> <p>What a great puffer! I covet.&nbsp;</p> <p>Hope 2022 brings better things for you...and us all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246608 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:55:13 +0000 rachylou 2246608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Colourful French Girl is a great guiding catch phrase!</p> <p>I really have no style thoughts going into our third year of pandemic… </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246606 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:54:12 +0000 Christina F. 2246606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, all! I will put in some more specific replies later. I didn't mean to imply that French ladies don't wear puffers - mais oui, elles les portes! This one may be a little showier than what they would choose, but that is why I'd put "Colorful" in there. I do have that magpie gene too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246605 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:52:38 +0000 Irina 2246605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It seems that we all must embrace the unpredictably of 2022.<br />I agree with others, I think that a French girl style will work well for you.&nbsp;<div>The puffer looks great, hope it will fit.&nbsp;</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246579 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:10:34 +0000 kkards 2246579@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>french girls wear puffers...or at least Who what wear says they do<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.whowhatwear.com/french-girl-nordstrom-shopping/slide20">https://www.whowhatwear.com/fr.....ng/slide20</a></p> <p>anyway, i think french girl vibe is perfect for you...here's what i think of when i hear that term...chic, urban, and ready and able to tackle anything that comes their way.. which is what i think when i think of you.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246575 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 17:47:15 +0000 Helena 2246575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this let's-see-how-it-goes approach makes a ton of sense Christina - and you may find that your home decor projects are very fulfilling to your creative side (and it will also make WFH and spending more time in than out, much more fun and satisfying). </p> <p>I love colourful french girl as a monker for you ... and yes, I suppose it is hard to get the French vibe in a puffer, but needs must in the winter, and this is a great puffer in a beautiful shade. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246572 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 16:43:40 +0000 Suz 2246572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Christina</b>, you've had an incredibly stressful and difficult year. Even the good stuff (like the move) was also shadowed by anxiety, sorrow over losses, and then, ugh, floods. I think it makes sense to coast a bit and see what emerges organically. Especially since so much is up in the air about how we'll be living with the virus in the next months.&nbsp;</p> <p>I think some of your summer items absolutely fit into a "Colourful French girl" vibe. Maybe more towards the "off duty French girl on the Riviera" vs. Parisienne chic, but hey, that's a real look, too! I'm thinking in particular here of your floral Boden dresses and the like. Wrap a scarf around your head and throw on some sunnies a la Grace Kelly and voilå!&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>More seriously, some of your J. Crew items also can be mixed and matched to emphasize the French-chic. Stripes are a constant throughout all seasons for you and those always work.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246569 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 16:40:21 +0000 Anonymous 2246569@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Glad you're getting the basement fixed! What a great puffer color! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2022-hard-to-plan-long#post-2246560 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:39:38 +0000 Christina F. 2246560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> <div>I am not sure I can plan much for 2022. I think a lot will be depending on my return to the office, which has been postponed indefinitely due to omicron. I think it will happen after this wave subsides. Then, it will only be twice a week.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am not sure yet how I want to dress in the office after two years away, and whether my current wardrobe is adequate. The office is fairly casual, so if I dress up a bit, it will be because I want to. I may just wear what I've been wearing for WFH (I do dress somewhat), with some more attention paid to accessorizing and possibly makeup. With my social life, there are also too many unknowns for planning.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I also have more than enough stuff. I keep refining my shoe collection, due to evolving issues with my feet. I do NOT need more sweaters, blouses, or summer clothes of any description (Except maybe shorts(. I would like a few more bottoms that are comfortable and don't pinch, as I'm constantly putting aside ones that do. I have posted about this before. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In 2021, I moved to Brooklyn, got a French bob with fringe, and got new specs I am trying to wear more. I think my wardrobe may lean into this French/Brooklyn thing a bit more in the future, except that I will never be a person to wear neutrals only. So I may tentatively lean into a <b>Colorful French Girl </b>vibe, at least for winter.</div><div><br /></div><div>NB: That all being said, I just ordered a really shiny short puffer jacket in a kind of peacock color. I'm not sure this fits the vibe, but I couldn't resist the unusual color. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I am not sure my existing summer wardrobe fits this vibe AT ALL, and I'd need years to change that if I even wanted to. My summer wardrobe is also much too plentiful as it is, though there is more churn there because clothes wear out faster. I won't be looking to buy a lot for summer at any rate, and certainly not enough to change my vibe. The office return is also a big question mark here, as it's much more freezing than the temperature we keep our home at in the summer. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I guess this is all to say that much like <b>Chris</b>, I will keep an open mind and try to evolve organically. I am in a good place and anyway it's herd to plan with all the "known unknowns" for this year. That said, I have added to my lounge collection through the year, for my new home's temperature differences, and continue to do so, and will do a basics refresh this month, plus add some cold weather athletic bottoms. I do still tend to choose to buy pieces I fall in love with, but I think my wardrobe essentials are all very solid, especially now that I've added new pants.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I may focus for now more on continuing to decorate my home than on my wardrobe, now that the necessary repairs to the basement are happening and we can again store stuff down there. (The decor of the basement work space will be my husband's purview when he's ready, so I'm focused on upstairs.)</p> <p> </div><div>Here are some recent purchases plus the jacket described above - I have had success with pants. I am now ill with what appears to be a minor cold (rapid tested negative twice for covid, waiting on a PCR result for my husband, who has the same crud; there is still a chance it could be that but if so, very mild). Or else I'd do some modeling of my pants purchases. <br /></div> </p>