https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 08 May 2026 11:17:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular/page/2#post-695626 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:44:46 +0000 Anonymous 695626@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting, now that I think about it, I find myself drawn in by figure-flattery keywords like slim, leg-lengthening, fitted, or waist cinching. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular/page/2#post-695567 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:45:13 +0000 milehighstyle (Linda) 695567@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cropped, structured, crisp, fitted, tailored and color blocked. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695502 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:01:19 +0000 Transcona Shannon 695502@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I see the words "vintage" or "retro inspired", I start to drool. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695501 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:59:32 +0000 Freckles 695501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Marley I'm so with you there on paint colours. Buttered rum is over the whole house and the accent livingroom walls, etc was under discussion. I thought I was looking for a terra cotta and was holding up two different paint chips for hubby. I told him which one I liked, he took them, looked at the names and started to laugh. The one I liked was called Grand Canyon, my favourite place in the whole world. I hadn't looked at the name but hubby made it the deciding vote.</p> <p>For fashion not so sure. Colour names yes and fabrics. Anything with wool I has got to be seen, especially crepe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695470 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:25:33 +0000 catgirl 695470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The Hammacher Schlemmer catalog also uses those "ultimate" terms - "The Portable Nose Hair Trimmer", "The Computer Chair That Serves You Dinner", "The Bed That Makes Itself". I love all the things in there I never knew I needed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695313 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:42:33 +0000 Aziraphale 695313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>he he yeah I sure painted over it in a hurry. Talk about an error in judgment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695206 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:13:48 +0000 ramya 695206@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elizabeth "warm sand" comment was just awesome!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695195 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:24:23 +0000 Vildy 695195@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"The." Brilliant! Appeals to my super-pragmatic side. I'll get that squared away and move on. I'm always intrigued by "relaxed." I am not a relaxed person and don't even know how to relax nor do I crave to. So it's mysterious to me and I will stare at the relaxed garment. I don't wear relaxed clothing, either. All that flapping about is anti-functional to me. Though if they called the same thing "breezy" I would be turning myself inside out trying to figure out how to pull it off. If they say "on the go," I'm there. I'm captivated by any catalog or fashion pic that shows the woman striding. That's visual language but there you are. "Romantic" appeals to me, I'm all about romantic. But my own idea of romantic has nothing to do with drippy, droopy, wilting, fragile. Soldiers of Fortune are Romantic! I don't see any ruffles in my mind.<br /> ETA: unless maybe they're raggedy and torn like a pirate's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695157 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:00:15 +0000 ElleH 695157@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hahahaha loose stools </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695156 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:55:08 +0000 Marley 695156@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG Elizabeth - good thing I didn't take a drink of water (or wine) while I was reading your last comment - cuz I would have spit it all over my computer laughing about your "loose stools" living room walls! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695152 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:45:26 +0000 Aziraphale 695152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hee hee Marley, you're too cute. Yep, the word "romantic" puts me right off, too. You and Fern and I can run in the opposite direction together. :-)</p> <p>I know what you mean about colour descriptions. For example "butterscotch" just sounds so much better than "mustard", doesn't it? I once painted my living room with the colour "warm sand", but what it really should have said was "loose stool", because that's what it looked like. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695136 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 04:59:32 +0000 Marley 695136@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, this is just making me laugh! I am totally influenced by product descriptions or keywords. You should have seen me a few years ago when I was trying to pick out paint colors for our house. The name of the color was the deciding factor. I just knew that I would not like 'desert sand' near as well as I would like 'sand dunes." I drove myself CRAZY!</p> <p>Oh wait - we're talking about fashion aren't we? Ok - here's a few words that make me do a double-take on an item: edgy, distressed, vintage, unique, artistic, sculptural.</p> <p>And those that send me running in the opposite direction? Feminine, Romantic, Flirty, Classic, Tailored (not sure why, because I like a lot of tailored items!), and Sexy (although I did fall hard for the Gap Sexy Boyfriend!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695135 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 04:57:38 +0000 ElleH 695135@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No worries Elisabeth you weren't sharp. It's just that I am often direct &amp; you're correct about misinterpretation with the written word so I was worried that I might have offended.</p> <p>I notice that people say that someone is a beautiful IT or a lovely rectangle &amp; are so complimentary when they give their opinions &amp; though my thoughts are never mean I'm not sure I remember to add in the niceties. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695131 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 04:51:55 +0000 MNsara 695131@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey, I think I've been seduced by "THE __________" too!! Like it is better than the _________ I already own! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695125 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 04:37:16 +0000 Mamapicklejuice 695125@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaylene - I could have written your post! "The" trench? I WANT IT! "The" little black dress? MINE MINE MINE "The" leather satchel? OMG, SEND IT TO ME NOW!!!</p> <p>I'm hopeless. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695093 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 04:04:34 +0000 Aziraphale 695093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh dear. I'm positive I've used "no?" and "wildly" myself, on this forum, more than once. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695090 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 04:00:42 +0000 ironkurtin 695090@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hm, I like "sleek," "slim," "asymmetrical," and "fitted."</p> <p>There are other words that are an instant turnoff, though. I don't mind "trend" but I loathe the word "trendy." (I'm probably alone in this.) Maybe it's an artifact of my valley girl days ("Omigod that's totally TARENDAY!") but it instantly raises my hackles. </p> <p>Also, I loathe "wildly" - Lucky magazine really overuses this one - and the phrase "no?" tacked onto the end of a sentence. As in, "This color is wildly scrumptious, no?" *Vomit* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695089 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:56:50 +0000 Aziraphale 695089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una -- there must be more factors at play, because I've seen you in cropped jackets and they look good on you (and I've seen lots of comments from others who think the same). What I mean is, while we definitely have some figure similarities, there must be some crucial differences too. All I know is that cropped tops tend to make me look shapeless and topheavy, but I'm not exactly sure why. </p> <p>I could also be delusional. After all, I left the house last week wearing a dress-and-belt combination that made me resemble a rolling pin.</p> <p>Elle -- oh my goodness no. You didn't offend. See, that's the trouble with writing. It's so difficult to convey tone! I'm sure I come off sharper than intended half the time, when in fact I am just trying to be concise (I'm trying to fight my tendency to ramble). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695076 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:33:14 +0000 Gaylene 695076@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The article "The" in front of an item was always my downfall, as in "The Capri Pant" or "The Striped Shirt". Somehow, it made me think, if I could only amass all the "THE's", I would have a fully functional wardrobe. Dumb, but, hey I'm as susceptible to clever marketing as the next person.</p> <p>It took Angie and this forum to help me get over this obsession and realize that a functional wardrobe was about outfits that I felt good wearing rather than a collection of separate items. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695053 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:07:32 +0000 ElleH 695053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elisabeth I hope I didn't offend. I wasn't implying you were easily influenced or anything. I was just thinking about why I perhaps never notice the keywords &amp; thought it was perhaps due to me tuning out the advertising many years ago. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-695000 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:57:20 +0000 catgirl 695000@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elizabeth, I find that so puzzling, since I love cropped items and we've established that you and I are similar in build... Or am I just fooling myself that I look good in cropped items? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-694998 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:54:43 +0000 Keix 694998@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Quirky" always makes me take another look, in hope that it signifies a clever pattern mixing piece or surprising twist on a basic. I like just-a-little-out-there Anthropologie twists rather than J.Crew's modern classic kind of twist.</p> <p>Although I try to resist the instinct, "classic" or "modern classic" as a standalone keyword (not accompanied by retro, feminine, etc.) leads my eyes to glaze over. It's a perfectly fine aesthetic but not usually to my taste. However, I do like to mix in a few classic pieces so I always keep a half-closed eye on places like Talbots and Land's End. I've found some surprisingly cute things there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-694930 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:01:09 +0000 Mo 694930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol Una! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-694928 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:00:57 +0000 Aziraphale 694928@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elle -- I do *try* not to let the words have an effect on me. I'm just acknowledging that sometimes, despite my careful attention to advertising ploys, they do. :-)</p> <p>Una -- "cropped" is on my anti-keyword list! Cropped anything looks goofy on me, unfortunately. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-694920 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:54:28 +0000 catgirl 694920@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, add "cropped" and "leather" to my good list. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-694918 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:53:30 +0000 ElleH 694918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never paid attention to the affect fashion keywords have on me but I do know I don't trust advertising so if something did trigger a response I would still evaluate the item &amp; not let the words influence my decision about it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-694909 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:46:34 +0000 catgirl 694909@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm really done with the use of the word "obsessed"... If another magazine (or j. crew!) says "We're obsessed with this ......" I will scream. Same with luxe and handfeel.</p> <p>Will have to think about what keywords do suck me in. MIlitary comes to mind, also rugged, rustic, and rocker (the three Rs?). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-694891 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:37:08 +0000 Mo 694891@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No, but I am a sucker for details like zippers and buckles and hardware, oh my! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-694886 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:34:13 +0000 celia 694886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oh yeah, fossil has me every time with the 'what kind of vintage are you'<br /> And when it comes to perfumes I tend to choose more by the name and description than from the smell(silly, I know) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-influenced-by-product-descriptions-keywords-in-particular#post-694875 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:31:12 +0000 fern 694875@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think mine are the same as yours, Elisabeth.<br /> Add "Edwardian".<br /> But take out "lace" or "romantic" - those are my anti-keywords. </p>