https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:26:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things/page/2#post-633820 Thu, 31 May 2012 19:48:08 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 633820@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm another heels with jeans non-wearer. I don't know why but jeans don't look right on me with shoes with heels. I am okay with jeans with boots with heels but not shoes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things/page/2#post-633772 Thu, 31 May 2012 18:35:48 +0000 RoseandJoan 633772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am unable to tolerate cardigans and have felt this way for a long, long time. Even if I like the design, the drape, the colour and the fabric, once it is on my body I feel like Great Aunt Mildred. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things/page/2#post-633764 Thu, 31 May 2012 18:28:48 +0000 Lulu 633764@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This would be a long list for me as i tend to have hangups on a number of things; animal prints, florals, leather skirts/slacks, synthetic fibers, metallics, the color red....to name a few. I would feel like an impostor! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things/page/2#post-633758 Thu, 31 May 2012 18:23:46 +0000 Mander 633758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel this way about pink colored clothing. Some shades look good on me but I have a weird aversion to it. Same thing with most browns. I also don't like necklaces or scarves that hit around bust level -- they make me feel like my girls are protruding unnaturally, even if they aren't really. And skirts or dresses with bare legs make me feel naked and exposed. I almost always wear bike shorts or similar underneath, unless it is a very long maxi dress/skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things/page/2#post-633750 Thu, 31 May 2012 18:14:40 +0000 Astrid 633750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Over the knee skirts and bare legs, and I don't mean mini skirts. I used to wear only maxis a few years ago because I was very shy about my legs. It's better now and I feel perfectly comfortable with bare legs and just over or at the knee skirts, but anything shorter and I NEED to wear tights (and even that feels a bit awkward still). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633747 Thu, 31 May 2012 18:11:23 +0000 Anonymous 633747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My thoughts are similar to elisabeth on this. I can't think of anything that's occasion appropriate and looks flattering to me that I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing. I enjoy occasionally trying looks that don't feel "me". </p> <p>However, I'm much less likely to spend my clothing budget on items that are too far outside my style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633744 Thu, 31 May 2012 18:08:28 +0000 Kristin L 633744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shorts. Even living in somewhere as hot a Georgia, I cannot bring myself to put on a pair of shorts. I'll still rock skirts lengths from mini to maxi, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633740 Thu, 31 May 2012 18:04:08 +0000 teeandcee 633740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What interesting responses! I'm enjoying reading them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633736 Thu, 31 May 2012 18:03:14 +0000 Liz 633736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Office" stuff. For me, that means black slacks. Gray or navy clothes made out of suiting material. Anything made out of suiting material, really. Those pale striped button-downs. Blazers. Stiff shirts in general. Whatever looks like it would be appropriate on Generic Professional Woman #1 in a stock photo of a corporate conference room. [*shudders*] I'm amused at how strongly I feel this, because I'm a conservative dresser in general. But apparently I have my limits! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633712 Thu, 31 May 2012 17:34:05 +0000 Chrizzle 633712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>* Any item of clothing that looks best with bare legs. How I miss being able to throw on a pretty summer dress or a pair of clams.<br /> * Swimwear<br /> * Heels of almost every description, though I wear lower heels occasionally, and love the look, I'm always so busy trying to ignore pain in my feet, knees, and/or ankles that I can't quite relax.<br /> * Skinnies - they're wrong for my body type and the shape of my legs, so when I wear the one pair of skinny-ish pants I own, I feel like a fashion victim who is old enough to know better than to wear unflattering clothing just because it's in style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633661 Thu, 31 May 2012 16:47:20 +0000 Aziraphale 633661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is an interesting question. I've been thinking about it for a couple of hours, and I think I'm going to answer with a hesitant "no". If it looks good on me, I feel comfortable wearing it, providing the situation I'm wearing it in is appropriate for the look. For example I'm OK with showing cleavage, so long as it's a dressy evening event and my skirt isn't too short. Or high heels and skinny jeans -- a look which I love -- is something I feel perfectly comfortable in for a Friday night out at the pub, but wouldn't be caught dead in for picking my kids up from school. </p> <p>But I don't think this was always the case. As a young woman I wore nothing but pants, and it took me quite a while to get used to wearing skirts and dresses of any shape when I first started experimenting with them several years ago. At first, even though I could plainly see that a skirt was flattering, I still felt weird in it -- almost naked, as you say. That's a good description. But since I liked how it looked so much, I kept doing it. Wearing a skirt with tall boots made me feel more comfortable, so that's how I desensitized myself. Now I wear skirts all the time and I'm *almost* as comfortable in them as I am in jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633643 Thu, 31 May 2012 16:32:15 +0000 Jonesy 633643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tight clothes, especially a body-conscious, snug dress. Cannot do it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633641 Thu, 31 May 2012 16:27:39 +0000 christieanne 633641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am uncomfortable showing any cleavage and am always conscious of this when I get dressed - I even flip tanks around and wear them backwards with the higher side in front. And head to toe bright colors. </p> <p>Fascinating conversation! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633638 Thu, 31 May 2012 16:23:20 +0000 catgirl 633638@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anything too girly, especially if not balanced by something tough. Puffy sleeves. PB blouses. A lot of ruffles or frills. Showing cleavage. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633635 Thu, 31 May 2012 16:20:43 +0000 morethanbeige 633635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Flats. Suddenly all the proportions around me are off. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633627 Thu, 31 May 2012 16:13:21 +0000 Suz 633627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Waving at Kim!!!! </p> <p>I can wear a heel with a knee- length or below the knee pencil skirt. Not a super high heel - but I never wear that anyway. </p> <p>But with a shorter skirt or with shorts or clams or skinny jeans? Nope. It is just SO not me. </p> <p>It's a shame, because my legs could use the additional inches. But I feel too uncomfortable for words. </p> <p>Also, any deliberately sexy outfits. Objectively, I might look all right. But not to my own eye. I don't like showing a lot of skin. </p> <p>On the other hand, I would find super conservative business attire equally awkward. Especially if I were forced to wear pantyhose and matching jacket and skirt every day. Ugh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633615 Thu, 31 May 2012 16:04:48 +0000 Anonymous 633615@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Skirts and all black outfits. I feel like a fraud in both of them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633580 Thu, 31 May 2012 15:28:28 +0000 bj1111 633580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>flats at professional meetings. floor length dresses even for black tie events. liberty prints. delicate jewelry. crew necks.</p> <p>uggghhhh (*shivers*) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633572 Thu, 31 May 2012 15:19:39 +0000 DonnaF 633572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Any and all swimsuits. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633543 Thu, 31 May 2012 14:32:10 +0000 Anonymous 633543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to feel this way about jeans. Now the feeling has switched to khaki pants no matter how well they fit. I'm also not feeling myself in wide pants (wide all the way down or wide boot cuts). I just feel like a block in these. It might help if I could wear heels, but I suspect that they would still not feel right. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633542 Thu, 31 May 2012 14:29:56 +0000 ironkurtin 633542@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pantyhose. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633540 Thu, 31 May 2012 14:22:17 +0000 Desmo April 633540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dresses.</p> <p>Anytime I wear a dress, I focus on the things I can't do--ride a motorcycle, climb things even if they aren't likely to happen that day. Or that I have to sit like a lady which doesn't come easily to me. If I do wear a dress, I want to toughen it up with boots and leggings--it feels like I'm still wearing pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633535 Thu, 31 May 2012 14:17:18 +0000 Anonymous 633535@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Stiff shirts, bright colors, shorter shorts, jewelry (I'm trying to find jewelry pieces that don't make me uncomfortable).</p> <p>I feel like all of these things make the clothes "wear me," instead of me wearing the clothes.</p> <p>I'll do bright colors on my shoes or bag, though. And I'm starting to think I can tolerate longer, lighter necklaces. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633528 Thu, 31 May 2012 14:12:27 +0000 Gaylene 633528@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tiny, girlish florals. I was given a Liberty print blouse by my daughter-in-law last year (who adores them) and, although it was very pretty, I felt weird whenever I wearing it. It was so not my style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633507 Thu, 31 May 2012 13:57:41 +0000 milehighstyle (Linda) 633507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sometimes wearing flats in the office weirds me out. I am so used to wearing heels at work that the few times I wear flats I just feel so small and insignificant. It doesn't bother me outside the office, I guess because I usually wear more practical shoes to commute and do weekend things.</p> <p>Also, I can't stand wearing an all neutral outfit without at least a little pop of color, even though I so admire that look on others, that sleek black and cream minimalist thing - just not me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633506 Thu, 31 May 2012 13:57:10 +0000 citygirldc 633506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bright clothing always scares me although I do look good wearing them. While I have few tops that are bright and colorful, I don't think I can wear a whole bright outfit, for example - a yellow dress or a red/orangey dress. I don't like standing out too much. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633503 Thu, 31 May 2012 13:53:45 +0000 Angie 633503@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great question! That's fascinating, Vildy. </p> <p>Rita, get the red pumps :)</p> <p>T-shirts, sweatshirt fleece and polar fleece. I sleep in tees and my sweats are my robe. I CANNOT wear a tee of any description (or anything made of any fleece) as normal clothing because it makes me feel like I'm wearing pajamas. Polar fleece is gear. Enough said. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633500 Thu, 31 May 2012 13:51:42 +0000 Anonymous 633500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>While there are several things I would feel funny wearing, I think what would definitely make me NOT feel like myself would be anything really shiny and/or glittery/glitzy and/or with a lot of bling. That's just not me -- not even at night -- not even for special occasions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633499 Thu, 31 May 2012 13:51:03 +0000 Kim 633499@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Heels with pencil skirts, or skinny pants. Too sexy for me. (And I LOVE the look on most women but can't seem to get around it in my own mind. I feel like I'm attracting unwanted attention for the wrong reasons. ) Though I don't feel the same about boots with heels and skinny pants....Silly brain!</p> <p>I almost never have occasion to wear such a combo as I work at home in a childcare situation, so have grown accustomed to a very casual functional style over the last 25 years. Also, church was the only place I had to wear a dress and the churches I attended at the time frowned upon anything "sexy" so that's probably branded into my brain as well....LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-psychologically-uncomfortable-wearing-certain-things#post-633493 Thu, 31 May 2012 13:45:19 +0000 modgrl 633493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I returned a pair of perfect red patent pumps because I felt like they would push my retro bombshell persona into costume territory. Now I kind of regret returning them because I have a formal event in June and they would be perfect. I think they would be too much for work. </p>