https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-snapshot-from-my-lookbook Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:59:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-snapshot-from-my-lookbook#post-396844 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:23:09 +0000 mamaKate 396844@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lynne, thanks so much for the tip on pinterest. It looks like an online version of what I have already, and I can see how it would be useful if / when I want to share my images. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-snapshot-from-my-lookbook#post-396241 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:09:51 +0000 Lynne 396241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Celia, Pinterest is like an on-line pinboard of images that you can collect. I think you need an invitation to join, and I'm not ssure how you select/upload images. Someone linked to the Pinterest site of a forum member who lost everything in a fire; it was so good to be able to see what she liked so that people could offer her items that were her taste. I'll look for the link...</p> <p>eta here it is! Rosee kindly linked back to it:<br /> <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-have-a-plan-longish" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....an-longish</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-snapshot-from-my-lookbook#post-396226 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:29:25 +0000 Kelly 396226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I halfheartedly keep a binder with inspiration pictures torn out of magazines and catalogs, but I haven't updated it in months. I probably need to go through it and get rid of all the old stuff and start fresh for this fall. I keep it on my closet shelf so it's handy when I'm putting together outfits. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-snapshot-from-my-lookbook#post-396205 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:12:58 +0000 celia 396205@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This pictures could also inspire me.Great job in picking them and pinpointing what you like about them.<br /> I don't have a scrapbook but sometimes I download to my computer images that inspire me on the web, it is a very good exercise.<br /> Lynne, what is pinterest? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-snapshot-from-my-lookbook#post-396125 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:53:32 +0000 Lynne 396125@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous, Kate! Arty and Bombshell are the words that pop to my mind looking through these. </p> <p>I love your description of your lookbook as a 'place to rest your eyes'. I keep a scrapbook, too (actually I am up to the third) of images that inspire and delight me. I love going through them.</p> <p>Have you ever used pinterest? I think I'm a paper and glue girl (something about the tactile element, I suspect), but I a few forum members do use it. I think you need an invite to log on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-snapshot-from-my-lookbook#post-396099 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:24:56 +0000 mamaKate 396099@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>After a long hiatus, my first post is in honor of this new category. I decided to post some images from my "lookbook," a collection of images (with notes accompanying each one) that I keep as a journal of my taste and interests. I also have a paper-and-glue lookbook. My lookbook inspires everything from sewing projects to purchases / outfits, or just serves as a beautiful place to rest my eyes.</p> <p>Does anyone else have a lookbook, whether formal or informal? What images inspire your style?</p> <p>The selection I've enclosed here reflects some common themes in my style:<br /> -Texture and textural contrasts<br /> -Bright colors, and color-contrasts<br /> -The element of surprise<br /> -Tailoring and longer hemlines as a means to accentuate curves</p> <p>Someday I also hope to post some WIWs that have stemmed the lookbook. (However I am a MOTG of 2 and also working full time so it may be a while...)</p> <p>Here is a sampling of the aspects of each image that really draw me in:</p> <p>1: The "chaotic" pleating in the bodice. The hem length. The color. Overall proportions.</p> <p>2. Placement of trim. Use of contrast. Colors. Hem length (a tad too long, but almost there). I am currently sewing a skirt improving upon this design as a starting point - maintaining some of the basic design elements (contrast) but adding more drama and curves. WIW forthcoming (maybe in a month)</p> <p>3. Accentuation of curves. Textural contrast. One of my current projects "in design" (as opposed to "under construction") is to add curved side panels like this to update a vintage black brocade dress that I recently picked up.</p> <p>4. Black / white contrast. Originality of a lace that is in a geometric (rather than floral) design. Use of overlays to create texture. Jury's out on the "grinning" created by different hem lengths of the two layers.</p> <p>5. Mixed prints done right! Overall proportions. The colors used. Hem length. Presence of long sleeves!</p> <p>6. Texture and textural contrast. B/W contrast. Overall proportions of outfit. Jury's out on the deep neckline. I absolutely love the cutouts of this top and might try to replicate something like it myself in a future project. </p>