https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/annual-end-of-summer-vacation-%e2%80%93-what-i-wore-what-i-bought Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 25 May 2026 17:43:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/annual-end-of-summer-vacation-%e2%80%93-what-i-wore-what-i-bought#post-1842510 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:11:13 +0000 Berkeley Girl 1842510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel, Sara L., thanks so much for your supportive words. It's really fun to be enjoying my clothes so much - more than ever, really - and to be sharing my love of clothes and style with all of you on YLF.</p> <p>I love color in general, and it's the component of my aesthetic I'm most confident about. That's very consistent for me, it's true with my home decor as well.</p> <p>Sarah L, I'm so looking forward to wearing that hat. It was such a find! I'll be incorporating it as soon as the weather cools down, although in the Bay Area, that probably won't be until mid-October, at the soonest! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/annual-end-of-summer-vacation-%e2%80%93-what-i-wore-what-i-bought#post-1842484 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:10:33 +0000 Sara L. 1842484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It sounds like a great vacation and I'm missing the beach now. &nbsp;I like your color palette and I'm looking forward to seeing an outfit with that cream hat. &nbsp;It looks beautiful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/annual-end-of-summer-vacation-%e2%80%93-what-i-wore-what-i-bought#post-1842473 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 16:01:17 +0000 Anonymous 1842473@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loved this post, it's got all the components of a great summer vacation and you look so happy in photo 7!</p> <p>Agreeing with Suz that you look great in the colors you're choosing and seeing them all together was interesting and educational too.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/annual-end-of-summer-vacation-%e2%80%93-what-i-wore-what-i-bought#post-1842469 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:26:50 +0000 Berkeley Girl 1842469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shevia, Suz - thank you! It's been a wonderful vacation. Back to work tomorrow... which will also be good, but in a different way. :)</p> <p>And Shevia, shout out from a fellow hat girl! I look forward to seeing some of yours. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/annual-end-of-summer-vacation-%e2%80%93-what-i-wore-what-i-bought#post-1842452 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:36:08 +0000 Suz 1842452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a beautiful soft beachy capsule. You look great in the colour palette you have chosen. Glad you had so much fun!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/annual-end-of-summer-vacation-%e2%80%93-what-i-wore-what-i-bought#post-1842340 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 02:24:04 +0000 Jaime 1842340@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the green dress on you and all the outdoor scenes. I wear hats too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/annual-end-of-summer-vacation-%e2%80%93-what-i-wore-what-i-bought#post-1842320 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 01:14:05 +0000 Berkeley Girl 1842320@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha, rachylou, I wouldn't be surprised! I've had it for a while, and I'm trying to remember where I bought it... it might actually have been from Whole Foods (and would not be the only hat I've bought there). In any case, it's a very useful hat. I wear it quite a bit in the fall and winter, and also year round for hiking in the foggy Bay Area, so I've gotten a lot of wear out of it.  </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/annual-end-of-summer-vacation-%e2%80%93-what-i-wore-what-i-bought#post-1842310 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 00:38:07 +0000 rachylou 1842310@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I swear I have that same grey ribbed beanie! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/annual-end-of-summer-vacation-%e2%80%93-what-i-wore-what-i-bought#post-1842307 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 00:30:28 +0000 Berkeley Girl 1842307@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm enjoying the tail end of a vacation I take every year at this time, which includes a few days in Portland, Oregon plus spending the Labor Day long weekend on the northern Oregon coast with the same group of friends. This is year 20 and it is a cherished tradition. </p> <p>Packing is a little challenging because Portland is usually very hot at this time of year – and this year was no exception, I think it's close to 100 degrees here right now– while the coast is usually foggy and often even drizzly, interspersed with bouts of sun, and temps ranging from the high 50s to mid-70s. This year, due to the crazy heat wave so much of the west coast is experiencing, we had the best weather we've ever had; the high hovered around 80 degrees and there was not a cloud in the sky until very late in the day. Incredible sunsets over the ocean. </p> <p>The weather is not the point of this trip, though – it's about seeing and spending time with family and friends. I need to have clothes for summer in the (albeit very casual) city – outfits for walking around town and going out to lunch and dinner as well as spending time with my very young nieces and nephew – and then for the laid back time at the coast, dining outdoors and taking long walks on the beach. I could probably have made due with a bit less than I brought, but given the varied climates and activities, I was happy with what I had with me, and did not feel I under nor over-packed. I wore everything I brought, and every piece worked multiple ways. Luckily I knew that there would be neither rain nor serious hiking this trip, so I was able to skip both rain gear and hiking boots, which lightened my suitcase considerably. Below are photos of what I packed, plus just a few of my vacation outfits. My level of organization varies quite a bit when it comes to packing (and most things, actually); this was a pretty successful packing job and travel capsule for me! </p> <p>The ladies in this vacation group always spend one afternoon shopping together at the very cute boutiques in town. It was a little dangerous for me to read that Angie doesn't consider what she buys while on vacation part of her wardrobe budget... just days before I flew up! Let's just say that between NAS and the Anthropologie fall pre-sale plus this vacation shopping trip, I am completely set for fall!</p> <p>Photo #1 – What I packed, from front row to back:</p> <p>Bottoms: Rolled white embroidered jeans, relaxed grey pants which double as yoga pants, relaxed cotton knit grey skirt</p> <p>Dresses: Taupe maxi slip dress, Boden green dress with a wrap-around sash (or what we used to call a sash; is it still called that?!)</p> <p>Tops: Cream/violet floral empire waist top (doubles as yoga top), dusty mauve tank top, black, white &amp; grey floral halter top, aqua henley (long sleeved for nighttime beach walks), pale mint tank top, seafoam cotton/linen lightweight tunic/cover-up</p> <p>Sweaters: Ribbed grey boyfriend sweater (an old favorite/standby piece for knocking around in cooler temps), very lightweight cotton knit lavender tunic hoodie sweater,  long taupe cotton/linen cardigan</p> <p>Accessories: Grey knit hat and black &amp; grey fleece vest for coastal fog at night; favorite summer hat, cream (bought on this very vacation last year); aqua scarf</p> <p>Photo #2 is just a better view of that back row.</p> <p>Photo #3 – Travel shoes capsule:<br /> Blush sneakers (Kenneth Cole), cream slip-ons, grey sporty ballerina flats, creamy taupe sandals</p> <p>Photos #4, #5 &amp; #6 – First day in Portland, running around to see family and friends. Green dress, taupe cardigan, sandals</p> <p> Photos #7 &amp; #8 – First day at the beach outfit:<br /> White embroidered jeans, mint tank top, sea foam tunic, grey flats, cream hat</p> <p>Photos #9 &amp; #10 – Last day at the beach/driving back to Portland outfit:<br /> Grey skirt, halter top, blush sneakers, cream hat, plus long taupe cardigan</p> <p>Photo #11 – This is a photo I've posted previously; it's basically what I wore on the flight up – long slip dress and long taupe linen cardigan, perfect for a shorter flight. I wore it a bit differently than in this photo – layered over the dusty mauve tank top, with the grey flats. I'll probably wear it again on the way back; like Angie I usually wear the same travel outfit both ways, but it also depends on weather and my mood. Unlike Angie, I usually do wear slip-on shoes for air travel, and for longer flights I always pack a pair of snuggly socks or even slippers in my carry-on, but the flight between Oakland and Portland is so short, just over 1.5 hours, so there's no need for that. </p> <p>Photos #12 &amp; #13 – Shopping trip loot! </p> <ul> <li>White and taupe jeans, kind of a marble print (to add some interest to my white jeans wardrobe!)</li> <li>Grey cotton A-line tunic top</li> <li>Dark grey knit pencil skirt </li> <li>Taupe ribbed poncho style sweater (kind of a loose tunic with short sleeves)</li> <li>Long-sleeve T-shirt, bought because I love the color, which is somewhere between blush and pale salmon; it will be so useful!</li> <li>Grey gloves – these are so cute, I'll have to get a better photo of them at some point</li> <li>Cream cotton/linen scarf</li> <li>Cream felt hat, which I hope is not getting too squashed in my suitcase at the moment! </li> </ul> Photo 13 is again just a better view of the back row. I am most excited about the hat – I wear hats, and it will be great to have a cream one for fall to go with my new color palette, plus it was on sale at a really great price, how could I resist? – the T-shirt and the tunic/poncho sweater. I'm also excited that everything I got works together, plus will work in multiple ways with my existing wardrobe. Like I said, I should be completely set for fall... more than set! I'll post some photos of outfits once the weather cools down, and also see if I can dig up some photos of these finds, which always takes a little more digging with boutique shopping.  </p> <p>The one thing I did resist was a very cute pair of flats, ballerina flats with a just a hint of a wedge in metallic grey. If they'd been bronze or rose gold I probably wouldn't have been able to pass them up, but I already have two pairs of grey flats, the ones here plus some suede ones with criss-cross straps from Gentle Souls that I love. No metallic flats... yet. Something for next year's list. </p> <p>Photo #14 – Yesterday's sunset.  </p>