https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 07 May 2026 19:51:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719660 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 01:09:03 +0000 bj1111 719660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i love it on you open in a smaller size. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719641 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:52:03 +0000 K. Period. 719641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha ha! Suz, I totally know what you mean. When I read posts where someone is trying lots of different options to find the right thing and is really uncompromising, it teaches me a lot. Echo, Gaylene, Mochi and everyone else make really great points, and it is the fine points of fit that make all the difference. I had never thought about arm holes and how they affect a jacket fit until last year--that's when I realized that several of my BCBG jackets were never going to be really flattering because the armholes were cut too big. Posting here has also made me much more aware of stance. Even though I'd always considered it before, I didn't emphasize it the way that I do now. There are just so many details and it is so nice to learn about all of those fine points of fit. So, I'm loving learning from my failures too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719639 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:50:57 +0000 annagybe 719639@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah it's good but not great. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719633 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:45:34 +0000 Suz 719633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Too bad. It just doesn't seem to fit properly. And it really needs to be a 10 for this kind of money. It's a gorgeous piece, though.</p> <p>I am sort of (in a grim way) enjoying these jacket posts. I mean I WISH you could find your perfect jacket just like that, but it's been super educational watching the misses. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719632 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:42:23 +0000 Echo 719632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This jacket is too big. I had not seen the previous post about the other size you had tried on, but referencing it, that looks like a better fit to me. Were the arms too snug on that one? The issue with the one here, IMO, is that the arm holes are too big/too low and the shoulders are too big. The jacket loses its shape in its most structured parts, and I don't think tailoring on this will make it right because they would have to leave the sleeves the size they are and make the body the size of the other jacket. Sorry. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719618 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:31:06 +0000 K. Period. 719618@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thistle, I think you've nailed it. </p> <p>In my heart, I don't think that this jacket is right. I want it to be right, but I don't think it is. If you'd all voted me down and there was overwhelming love for the jacket, then I'd know I was being too picky. However, everyone so far has felt like it was good, but not amazing. That's a pretty good sign it needs to go back. It's a big purchase and it needs to be brilliant at this price. </p> <p>Unless Angie weighs in and says we're all insane, I'm printing out the return label. </p> <p>Thanks for all your help, ladies. The search continues, so I'll be asking you all to look at more black jackets in the future. Hopefully one of these days I'll find one that makes everyone shout "Brilliant!" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719590 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:14:58 +0000 Thistle 719590@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Honestly, with the way the jacket currently fits, I see it as closerto an 8 than 10. Not sure what tailoring could do, but I would want a purchase of this size to be a perfect 10. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719582 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:05:33 +0000 K. Period. 719582@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shiny, it is 3, 4 &amp; 5 in this thread:<br /> <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-need-help-wjackets-trouve-avant-garde-and-not-so-much" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....ot-so-much</a></p> <p>I think that yours probably looks fab on you, and that you are right that this style of jacket is intended to have a lower stance. I think that might be what kills it for me. I feel a bit like it is emphasizing my post-baby belly and that's not exactly the feature I want to highlight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719557 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:46:24 +0000 rae 719557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the back, but I agree with you that I'd like a higher stance on your body.... sorry, I would love to love it as well... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719555 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:44:22 +0000 shiny 719555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>K, can you shoot me the link to the pics of you in the smaller size? Because I got to thinking maybe I'm all wrong here, and the jacket I have is regular and i'm petite so it is just too long for me. </p> <p>I DO think that this jacket, in the size here, would work great over pencil skirts. Just a hunch. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719512 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:12:12 +0000 K. Period. 719512@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaylene, I do, but I envision this jacket as a way to up the style quotient for a simple top and jeans outfit, mostly, and regular, work trousers and pencil skirts otherwise. I need it to be a real closet workhorse. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719508 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:05:38 +0000 Gaylene 719508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely jacket, but doesn't seem to be quite a 10. The shoulders look a bit broad from the back and I agree that the stance could be higher. But I'm being really picky here because I know how easy it is to buy something that I adore that is "almost" perfect. I'm also thinking that the cut of this jacket would look best with a high-waist, looser trouser-style pant. Do you wear this kind of pant? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719491 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:37:30 +0000 K. Period. 719491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yup, Una. The smoking jacket. I'm torn between thinking this is very good, and with just a little tailoring, it is going to be fantastic, and this is very good, but it isn't a 10, and tailoring isn't going to make it one either. *Sigh.* I am such a doubter when it comes to big purchases.</p> <p>Mochi, I think you've given the whole list of things that I thought too. I really worry that by sizing up to get the arms fixed, I've made the shoulders too wide. And I'm not entirely sure that the arms are fixed. To me, they still seem to pinch in below the shoulder pads rather than hanging straight. You can see it in the side and back views. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719489 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:36:17 +0000 Mochi 719489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shoulders too wide? A bit too angled in the front, in a way that seems almost random? Not short enough in front to be truly cropped, but sort of looks like it wants to be a cropped jacket? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719483 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:33:00 +0000 catgirl 719483@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gosh, it's hard to tell. Something seems off but I can't tell if it's the photos. It looks great to me unbuttoned. I think it's at least a 9... I am so biased toward this shape and style! Is this the smoking jacket? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719456 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:14:31 +0000 shiny 719456@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it fits you perfectly. Totally understand about wanting the stance higher, but I believe (and could stand corrected!) for this style that's exactly where it is meant to hit? </p> <p>I have a version of this in an inexpensive F21 jacket. Unbuttoned I always fear it's like a giant arrow pointing directly at the place i most want to hide. So I wear it over loose, busy tops that hit low ( I have a lot of those), then it works for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/add-it-up-i-would-love-to-love-you-but#post-719447 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:04:47 +0000 K. Period. 719447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So, the sized up Helmut Lang jacket arrived today. The larger size definitely fits better in the arms, but it seems a little loose in the body. I'm not sure whether to take it in to a good tailor and try for an alteration or just let this one go. The personal shopper at JCrew helped me take the photo of my back. She was in love with it, but I think she loved the novelty of the cut, which doesn't necessarily translate into "works great for me." I also think this would be a bit better if the stance were ever so slightly higher. If the button was just up an inch, I think it would be more slimming. </p> <p>So, what do you think? Yay or Nay? Is it a 10 or a 7? </p>