https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-and-others-which-body-type Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:30:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-and-others-which-body-type#post-410971 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:15:39 +0000 Angie 410971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome, Samar! You are indeed an adorable apple </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-and-others-which-body-type#post-410968 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:11:44 +0000 Suz 410968@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome from another newish member who was also terrified she didn't belong! Like thunaluta, I just figured people had the style gene or they didn't, and I clearly did not...but here I am learning so much and everyone is so helpful. </p> <p>As a Mom, you might also want to check out Angie's Mom On The Go Capsules when it comes time to add to your wardrobe. There's a whole section of the blog devoted to that. </p> <p>Good luck, and enjoy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-and-others-which-body-type#post-410920 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:40:27 +0000 yellowgirl 410920@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm no expert, but I'd agree with Una and say you're probably an adorable apple right now. That may change as your body changes over this next year, but the apple guidelines will give you a good place to start.</p> <p>I was in the same place as you at the beginning of the year - just starting to care, but not having a clue what my style was or what I wanted it to be. I took the time to do some of the exercises that Angie has written about in archived blogs under Individual Style:<br /> <a href="http://youlookfab.com/category/individual-style/" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/category/individual-style/</a><br /> These were incredibly helpful in discovering what I wanted my image to 'say', then I could start to discern what styles would convey that message.</p> <p>This is a great forum - you're in the right place!<br /> Welcome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-and-others-which-body-type#post-410836 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:24:18 +0000 Polly (thunalata) 410836@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome! I successfully ignored fashion for about 35 years... (I'm 38...)</p> <p>I don't have body issues as such, but thought that people either had or didn't have the 'stylish' gene; I didn't have it. I was so excited to realise that this can be learned and I have learned so much over the last 3 years. I basically have been buying one or two 'key' pieces each season (eg well fitting jeans, a summer dress, tall boots) and supplementing with a few cheap pieces/accessories on sale. As I had spent hardly anything on clothes (except maternity wear) for the previous 10 years it didn't seem like too much.</p> <p>One of the things I have found most interesting is watching some of the incredibly stylish members of this forum learn to dress their shape, whatever it is. Each shape needs care, even the ones I assume ought to be easy!</p> <p>Enjoy your journey - I hope to see you post as part of it! Have fun!</p> <p>ETA one thing that I realised was really important was to keep trying things. So many times when confronted with something I had no ideas about, in the end I learnt most by trying on a load of them. Eventually you hit something that suits you and then you don't want to go back! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-and-others-which-body-type#post-410798 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:26:30 +0000 Anonymous 410798@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey there Samar. I with I could give you a great big hug! Welcome!</p> <p>I have felt the same way as you do and can empathize. You are probably an adorable apple right now....(but that can change, as you know). I think you picked out a very flattering swim suit. :)</p> <p>Everyone has to start somewhere, and the important thing is you've started! Enjoy your journey. I think you'll find the ladies on here very kind and helpful. It's fun to learn about something new, and the side-effects are wonderful! </p> <p>I'm a stay at home mom and we have a tight budget. It's my job to make sure everyone's needs are met before my fashion "wants", but with what I'm learning here, I can make better choices when I do have a little to spend. And no one here is snubbing me because of that! --PS. I love WNTW, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-and-others-which-body-type#post-410760 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:35:50 +0000 catgirl 410760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you are an adorable apple.</p> <p>Welcome to the forum! You will get tons of great advice here and see real women whose style is attainable and appropriate for a hard-working mom! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-and-others-which-body-type#post-410758 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:31:32 +0000 Samar 410758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oops! Sorry. Password is youlookfab. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-and-others-which-body-type#post-410693 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:35:42 +0000 HeleenH 410693@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Samar,</p> <p>Unfortunately I can't see your pictures, I need a password.<br /> In the mean time, I want to applaud you for joining the forum. You are certainly not the only person who starts her journey to being stylefull from the position you are in. It was only after reading and posting on the forum for a while that I realised that if clothes didn't suit me, it was not my problem, the clothes were aimed at someone with another body type! Hope you will post the password soon so we can try and figure out your body type. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-and-others-which-body-type#post-410675 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:26:17 +0000 Samar 410675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi! I feel like it's rude to ask for your help without even introducing myself . . . however I don't want to bore you, so I'll (try to) be brief:</p> <p>This place is out of my comfort zone. I've never felt that I knew anything about fashion and I suppose I've largely ignored it altogether for the last 10 years. Not that I look down on it; quite the contrary, I love seeing people dressed well and have always wished I were among them, but I figured I just didn't have a cute enough body for it and it was better to just try to avoid notice. (That sounds like I'm looking for sympathy, but it's just a statement of fact: I'm sure most of us have struggled with body image issues, and the best way for me to avoid despair over how I looked was simply not to think about it too often.) I married at 21 and have had 5 kids in the 10 years since, so my internal excuse has often been that I don't have the time or money to look nice. I buy what's on sale at Target or Old Navy and call it good. I love my family and I love being a mom and I'm happy with my life and it seemed almost greedy to want anything more than that.</p> <p>But then, I have gradually come to think that maybe there is a way to be fashionable without having a perfect body, and without being consumed by fashion. Angie and you ladies seem to exemplify that ideal. After watching "what not to wear" I was always so amazed at the idea of "dressing for the body you have", and I've gradually come to believe that I COULD dress and look better, and we aren't starving college students like we used to be, so I could probably even afford to buy clothes that would actually last and look nice for years instead of months. But my problem is, I just don't know how! I feel silly even speaking up in a forum like this where you all seem to know who you are and what you want. I can't imagine being able to look at an item of clothing and say: "THIS would work for me" without much anxiety and uncertainty! I feel like I've never known my body type or how to dress for it. But my youngest is now 4 months old and I'm emerging from that post-partum state and feeling like I can do something proactive, so here I am.</p> <p>(So much for brevity! sorry.) Anyway, I have been delving into the archives all I can, and it's all so enlightening; I feel excited to try actually having a "style"! And it appears that this is where I should start: with body type. It seems like my body has been in a constant state of change for the last 10 years! I have no idea what to do with it. Here are some pictures. </p> <p><a href="http://s1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd503/asmdj/" rel="nofollow">http://s1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd503/asmdj/</a> </p>