https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-212 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:45:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-212#post-102420 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:02:22 +0000 carissa 102420@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dianne,</p> <p>We have lots of clients with your body shape - bigger on the top.</p> <p>I saw pencil skirts in the JCrew catalogue that came in very fun colors. You could wear one of those with a black waist nipping shirt. <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WomenBrowse/Women_Shop_By_Category/skirts/pencil/PRDOVR~17444/99101808459/ENE~1+2+3+22+4294967294+20~~~0~15~all~mode+matchallany~~~~~pencil%20skirt/17444.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Brows...../17444.jsp</a></p> <p>To be really youthful pair the skirt with black opaque leggings and black booties.</p> <p>I want you to feel fantastic on this occassion. In our society we praise men for maturing and give women a hard time for it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-212#post-101936 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:42:17 +0000 Dianne 101936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I usually wear a larger size on top then bottom. In fact even when I was a teenager, and wore a size 6 on the bottom, I was a 10 on top.</p> <p>Now I wear a 10 or 12 bottom, and a 14 or 16 top. Most of my weight gain came in my late 30s but I still have the same basic shape.</p> <p>I buy suit separates for work, and since being a mom I fell into a style rut. Funny, back in the 1980s I was a bit of a trend setter, mixing vintage fashions with punky stuff and very brave and fashion forward. Then I became a lawyer, gained weight and became a mom and now I'm nervous about trying new stuff.</p> <p>This is a wonderfully sup[ortive community Angie. Thanks for myour attention and time.</p> <p>Clarissa- I will try that sight.<br /> My accessories run from corporate neat diamond studs and suit appropriate necklaces to dangling earrings and long vintage lockets and such on the weekend.<br /> I haven't embraced scarves, they look too hot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-212#post-101792 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:46:38 +0000 carissa 101792@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dianne,</p> <p>A tailored shirt with black - in an evening fabrication - skinny pants that stop at the ankle to show off a strappy sandal.</p> <p>We'd need more of your personal info for accessory prescription.</p> <p>For my body a wrap dress scares me too.</p> <p>I'm 36 years and enjoy this blog: <a href="http://www.fabulousafter40.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.fabulousafter40.com/</a>, I think it too will have some good ideas.</p> <p>You are right to define your waist, and I'd highlight your narrow lower body too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-212#post-101756 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:00:57 +0000 Angie 101756@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m so happy you posted, Dianne! It’s great that you feel safe and supported here. </p> <p>Do you usually wear a different size on top to what you wear on the bottom? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-212#post-101750 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:26:04 +0000 Dianne 101750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven't really tried a wrap dress recently. I'm a little nervous because they seem so clingy though I love them in pictures. I also worry about how to pick a print when you have a large bust. </p> <p>Sizes vary with manufacturer. Sometimes a 14, sometimes a 16.<br /> I need the larger sizes to accommadate my bust. Often the hips end upbeing too big though.</p> <p>Though I have been reading your site for nearly a year, this is the first time I've been brave enough to post a question. I think your advise is so wonderful. Reading your answers gives me a confidence in dressing that I seem to have lost over the years. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-212#post-101660 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:34:49 +0000 Angie 101660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the info. </p> <p>Have you tried a wrap dress? I’d love to post some examples but I’ll need to know your size so that my suggestions are at least from the right store departments. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-212#post-101609 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:20:37 +0000 Dianne 101609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not at all computer savvy, and don't have any digial photos of myself so I'll just try to explain with words.</p> <p>I have a large bust....44 inches around- bra 36 DDDD<br /> Waist......................37<br /> hips........................40</p> <p>I am 5 foot 5 inches. I think I look best when I have a defined waist.<br /> I don't want to dress in a way that is matronly, and the whole turning 50 thing has made my husband interested in my looking "youthful".</p> <p>I want to stay away from blazers, too worky. I'm a lawyer, I wear suits to work.</p> <p>Do I wear skirts? Dresses? pants? What's fun and festive and good for dinner party at a steakhouse? If it helps, We will be in Atlantic City. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-212#post-101339 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:41:45 +0000 Angie 101339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a festive occasion and we'd be happy to offer suggestions! It really helps when you post a visual of yourself though. Without one, it’s tricky to steer you in the right direction. Think you can muster up a few? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-212#post-101308 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:41:52 +0000 Dianne 101308@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Help! I need an outfit to wear to a birthday dinner at a steak house. The occasion is my husband's 50th birthday. I want to look "young" "fun" and "contomporary" but not like "mutton dressed as lamb".</p> <p>I am 47 and full figured.</p> <p>Like I said, Help! Please! </p>