https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:01:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1823228 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 22:37:04 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1823228@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Paula, thanks for showing me!<br /> Unfortunately, these aren't in my price range or available at my store, but I'll have to look around for my blue scarf. It isn't this big, more like 1 meter square, but folded in half it might drape across my back like that.<br /> The SS piece did arrive. I should try it on later. Did you see my "Wells Fargo" post? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1823225 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 22:26:04 +0000 Paula 1823225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/bernie-of-new-york-silk-chiffon-wrap/3002281?origin=keywordsearch-personalizedsort&amp;fashioncolor=BLACK" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/be.....rch-person</a></p> <p>Quick note, fashiontern: something more like this, maybe.&nbsp; (I'm not sure what color will turn up when you click on the link, but it comes in a variety of colors.)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1823006 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 06:19:45 +0000 Jane 1823006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done with weight loss. It's a pretty dress, lovely colours and a great shape. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1823000 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 06:05:13 +0000 JAileen 1823000@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have suggestions on shoes or wrap, but wanted to say how pretty the dress is. And congrats on your weight loss! You look wonderful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822998 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 06:00:10 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1822998@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Donna, I did not expect to know anyone at my nephew's wedding, at his college an hour from where we grew up. Turns out his bride's aunt is (re)married to a guy who had a crush on me our first year of high school </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822995 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 05:57:16 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1822995@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I get a chance tomorrow, I'll try the dress on with the shrug and with the cardi again, but this time with the cardi wrapped. This is what kind it is. <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nicandzoe.com/4-way-cardigan-13417.html?color=Midnight">https://www.nicandzoe.com/4-wa.....r=Midnight</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822989 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 04:48:01 +0000 DonnaF 1822989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The Chaus and VC toppers are likely too long to work with a fit'n'flare dress but the SS one would.&nbsp; You'll have to see how the color works with the first dress or the one that is arriving tomorrow.&nbsp; It looks like it should fit as well and as beautifully.&nbsp; </p> <p>And congrats on your weight loss!&nbsp; And being able to say, "Look at me!" with CLASS.&nbsp; Will any ex-boyfriends be at the wedding?&nbsp; Tee, hee, hee. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822984 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 04:37:19 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1822984@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>bridgie, I'm hesitant to hijack my own post, but Soft Surroundings is definitely A Thing! As a professor, I've spent years and years in the fourth stage on the list here, but I didn't get the catalog for three years first--my mom turned me onto it. <br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://alamocity.citymomsblog.com/2016/09/05/soft-surroundings-magical-wonderland/">http://alamocity.citymomsblog......onderland/</a></p> <p>This parody also makes me laugh, even though I swoop in on the clearance sale of their outlet occasionally. <br /><a rel="nofollow" href="https://suburbanturmoil.com/the-soft-surroundings-catalog-a-sure-sign-youre-getting-old/2013/01/14/">https://suburbanturmoil.com/th.....013/01/14/</a></p> <p>And now back to regularly scheduled accessorizing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822982 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 04:21:32 +0000 bridgie 1822982@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, that is the one.&nbsp; I had never heard of Soft Surroundings before, but I like what I saw there.&nbsp; Fashion forward! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822977 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 04:00:08 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1822977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>bridgie, the one from Soft Surroundings? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822976 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:49:59 +0000 bridgie 1822976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the sapphire shrug is really nice,If the color and fit works for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822975 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:45:39 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1822975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>While I'm at it, this is also arriving tomorrow, as an alternate, because I'm really into saying "hey, look at me! I lost weight!" lol&nbsp; <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nordstromrack.com/shop/product/1663103/trina-turk-cosima-sleeveless-sheath-dress?color=MLT">https://www.nordstromrack.com/.....ss?color=M</a></p> <p>And this is the dress in these pix. <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nordstromrack.com/shop/product/2027869/maggy-london-sunset-bloom-fit-flare-dress?color=SW-B%20PINK">https://www.nordstromrack.com/.....ss?color=S</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822973 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:38:38 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1822973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also arriving tomorrow<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nordstromrack.com/shop/product/1953941/vince-camuto-open-front-cardigan-petite?color=ELEGANT%20BL#results">https://www.nordstromrack.com/.....?color=ELE</a></p> <p>and </p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nordstromrack.com/shop/product/1955987/chaus-long-sleeve-ribbed-cardigan?color=SALT%20WATER#results">https://www.nordstromrack.com/.....=SALT%20WA</a></p> <p>The color in the dress really is purple, not blue, so I'm not sure any of those blue wraps will work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822970 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:34:23 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1822970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is supposed to arrive tomorrow. I was thinking of it for something else. Would it work? The second thumbnail might just be me dancing at the wedding.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.softsurroundingsoutlet.com/P/Graceful_Shrug/">https://www.softsurroundingsou.....ful_Shrug/</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822969 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:30:24 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1822969@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>DonnaF, here's a better look at the tan shoes that I'm calling slingbacks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822965 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:19:25 +0000 DonnaF 1822965@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely dress on you!!!&nbsp; To my eye, the dark shoes are too dark for the dress.&nbsp; The white shoes work with the cardigan, but I would prefer a different topper for a wedding.&nbsp; How dressy are the tan shoes? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822951 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 02:46:28 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1822951@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Paula, what kind of wrap are you thinking of? I have a big square blue scarf that might work.&nbsp; Looking at pic #3, I'm not crazy about the line of the cardigan and dress together. </p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822949 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 02:33:07 +0000 Paula 1822949@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Really pretty dress! &nbsp;Like rachylou, I like the tan shoes better. &nbsp;And I wonder if you might want a wrap instead of the sweater? &nbsp;It might be a little dressier....</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822947 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 02:27:37 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1822947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks! Yes, it's a simple string of pearls. The pumps are navy, fwiw. I feel lucky to have this dress--took a pic of a very similar one by the same maker (Maggy London) a year ago, and by the time it got into my price range, my size was all sold out. This one is almost the same, but with added indigo, which is a favorite color for me (to look at and to wear). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822946 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 02:18:46 +0000 rachylou 1822946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the tan shoes and your pearls - you're wearing pearls right? I find this combo more polished than the black, actually. Esp if you'll need the sweater. It's a really pretty dress! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822945 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 02:10:30 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1822945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shoes.&nbsp; The open-toed pumps are suede; the other pumps are fabric with little nubby bits. The tan sling-backs and white mules are both leather. This color is a little too lurid; I edited to try to bring out details.</p> <p>I hope to move for work within the year. I've nearly always worked in academia, so very casual, lots of khaki. This would be dressier, probably biz casual or more formal, so I could wear pumps, not mules, and don't know about the slings or peep toes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822941 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:48:14 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1822941@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Same pix, lightly edited. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/accessorizing-2#post-1822935 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:28:56 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1822935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Does it count as "urgent" when our plane leaves in 38 hrs, we aren't packed, our place is a wreck, the neighbor wants us to get our stuff our of the garage space she kindly let us use months ago, and UPS still has a few more visits to make? ;)</p> <p>These pix were all taken with the Photo Booth app, so after clicking the button, I had three seconds to run away and pose. I hope you can see shoes and necklace well enough. I can certainly take more, and could press my son into service clicking the shutter. After nearly a year of telling me if I could wear x yet or if it's still too small, I think he's relieved that I can get feedback from another audience. He's very good-natured about it and is generally supportive of my weight loss (his responses when I pulled my back and when climbing the stairs at water park slides was hard for me were part of my motivation), but come on, he's a teen-aged boy being asked to comment on mama's clothes! </p> <p>I thought my accessories for this dress would be obvious, but maybe not, especially because one person specifically warned me against using a white cardi as a wrap. <u><b>What kind of top layer would work better? </b></u>I've never been a high-heeled shoe wearer, so one of these pairs is from 2009, another is nearly that old, and the others just got here (so may be returned). <u><b>Can you suggest shoes that aren't so high that wouldn't look dowdy with this dress?</b> </u>(Bonus points if they are available at Tampa Nordstrom Rack in size 10). </p> <p>It's late in the evening for me, so I did this right quick without decluttering the stage or cropping pix. I'm not as gargantuan as the camera angle makes me look. More like 174 cm. For the big day, I will have my hair up, conceal circles under my eyes, and yes, I will shave those legs. </p> <p>So what do you all think? Let me have it! There is one more dress on the way, so if you really think this one doesn't work for an outdoor "pretty dressy" afternoon wedding, please say so! </p>