https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-complete-practical-fail Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 19 May 2026 23:00:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-complete-practical-fail#post-795840 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:39:23 +0000 ManidipaM 795840@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Argh, I hate when this happens too! Wearability issues, as Mo says...</p> <p>You've already had some good ideas on sorting out the shoes, if you want to put some more effort into making them work. So the dress:</p> <p>Would it help to actually sew the front down where it wants to gape? Could you still put it on if you did that? Alternatively, would wearing a more flared mini skirt beneath and leaving it insouciantly unbuttoned at the bottom work with your style? I see you've already tried tights, but you don't mention if these were the thicker, opaque style --- which might help you feel less 'flashy'... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-complete-practical-fail#post-795812 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:32:04 +0000 christieanne 795812@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know how you feel! I ended up with a new pair of pewter ballet flats in the wrong size (half size too big) and didn't notice on first run. My feet must have been really swollen!<br /> I had to add a Dr Scholls cushion inside and then some nice cushiony heel pads. I put an extra set of heel pads in the front toe and that worked.<br /> If I could have exchanged the shoes, I would have but they were a great price and out of stock everywhere else.<br /> clothes that are too fidget-y or have those kind of fit issues are not worth keeping in my opinion -- sorry because your outfit effort sounds like it would have been worthwhile! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-complete-practical-fail#post-795810 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:26:46 +0000 CocoLion 795810@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your story reminds me why I wear jeans practically every day. Sorry you had to go through this! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-complete-practical-fail#post-795799 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 06:23:35 +0000 dizzys 795799@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Leggings should help. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-complete-practical-fail#post-795794 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:58:28 +0000 anne 795794@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have that issue with my shirtdress, and I wish I had bought one that didn't button right down to the bottom. It shrunk too, which has exacerbated the problem. I still wear it, but only with leggings. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-complete-practical-fail#post-795738 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:20:50 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 795738@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the boost, all. I really don't know whether I can make the dress work, which I love, but I feel self-conscious about how short it is when I move or raise my arms, and has that front slit issue. It's really not that short, and I wear it with tights and it looks fine when I don't move... sigh. Why aren't there tall-size dresses anywhere that's not horribly expensive?</p> <p>Right now it's a toss-up between trying a pair of those heel cushions in the shoes, or just donating them back to the thrift store. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-complete-practical-fail#post-795700 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:04:16 +0000 Mo 795700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>yep, I like to think of it as wearability. Like you say, if you can't sit, walk, all the normal functions in your day, it's no good. Glad you could change midday. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-complete-practical-fail#post-795648 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:03:50 +0000 Suz 795648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh...so sorry this happened to you. Very frustrating. </p> <p>Since YLF I have been much more mindful of doing the sit, walk, move tests in potential garments. I try not to be swayed so much for my desire for this particular item and ask myself very sternly: Does it WORK? A lot of times sales associates will go on about how great it is, but if it doesn't move with me comfortably, it won't be a winner for me, no matter how cool it looks. And in that case, I won't wear it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-complete-practical-fail#post-795595 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:54:46 +0000 pil 795595@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a pair of low heeled black beaded satin slingbacks that are very pretty, but the straps don't want to stay put. They should go to the consignment store. Last year at my husband's office party I fell, in what felt like slow motion, right down the two carpeted steps of the dining room we were in. In front of about 30 people. Put a hole in my hose and got quite a rug burn on my knee. </p> <p>And like Atlantia said, now you know : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-complete-practical-fail#post-795565 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:08:45 +0000 Atlantia 795565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aww, I'm so sorry. It's never fun to find out that an outfit just doesn't function. As for wondering why you try....well of course, if you didn't try, you wouldn't know. Knowledge is power and all that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-complete-practical-fail#post-795548 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:20:18 +0000 Sara L. 795548@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to have a skirt that buttoned up the front. It was so cute if I was standing but if I had to sit (and I work at a computer so I spend most of the day sitting) I worried the whole time that I was flashing someone. I finally just got rid of the skirt. This doesn't happen as often as it used to. I've gotten better lately about getting rid of stuff that makes me uncomfortable and I use heel inserts to make shoes stay on my feet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-complete-practical-fail#post-795545 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:15:39 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 795545@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you ever end up with an outfit that just doesn't work, practically speaking? I don't have pics, which is a shame because it looked fine - denim shirtdress, gray belt and tights, teal suede wedges. But! The shirtdress kept on coming open at the bottom of the front placket when I walked or sat and I kept on feeling like I had to beware of flashing someone. Then the shoes, which were newly thrifted, were a tad too big so I kept on walking out of them unless I walked half as fast as normal. Basically I couldn't move or walk or sit in this outfit. Fortunately I made time halfway through the day to stop by home and change to something else. Sometimes I wonder why I try wearing anything other than jeans... </p>