https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:03:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1426271 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 13:47:13 +0000 Tanya 1426271@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So glad you kept it.&nbsp; I am swooning over it.&nbsp; Can't wait to see it in action! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1426259 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:44:46 +0000 Sveta 1426259@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elizabeth - kept it! Love it! :-)<br />The wrinkles iron quite well through the cloth on a low setting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1426252 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:32:14 +0000 Karie 1426252@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it! I like the texture - in the photos it looks like leather. Such a fun piece! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1426250 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:13:41 +0000 Elizabeth P 1426250@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sveta, I've been wondering what you decided to do with this vest...l </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1422186 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 17:11:27 +0000 Suz 1422186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hereby challenge you to come up with a dancewear outfit that includes the vest. If you can do that, you can keep. :)&nbsp;</p> <p>(No...you can keep it anyway....) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1422152 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 16:18:57 +0000 rae 1422152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really do love it. Bad to the bone. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421932 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 03:00:28 +0000 Sveta 1421932@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all for your help.<br />This morning the vest did not look as wrinkled - I think it was mostly from the packaging. It can also be ironed from the inside - I may try to do it to see how it looks.<br />It has a slight sheen &nbsp;- like leather - but not too mush so. Interestingly I don't feel it as being plastic-y. If you remember Suz I could not stand that plastic feel of Mural bomber and that cool faux leather vest during last year NAS even though I really liked the styles on me.&nbsp;I am pretty sensitive to this cheap faux leather feel but I don't get it here at all.<br />I am going to mull it over and play with it in my closet before I decide. My Trouve long gilet showed me how useful a longer vest is for my wardrobe so I need to decide if this one is as useful.<br />On the downside: I was supposed to fill holes in my business wear and dance wear capsules this year and this vest is neither. Bad girl Sveta, bad girl!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421478 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:03:24 +0000 Angie 1421478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thumbs up. Looks great. A wild card. Why not. Enjoy. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421451 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:34:03 +0000 texstyle 1421451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I'm undecided - I like it better with low contrast I think - so seeing it with your dress would help a lot. I might try it over some other items with less contrast too (just a personal thought). I'd love to see it in a summer outfit rendition too - like over a sleeveless tank with shorts or jeans...and dark sandals.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421435 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:03:42 +0000 Elizabeth P 1421435@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, so good to see this!&nbsp; I've had it sitting in my shopping cart for a bit, trying to be less impulsive on hitting the buy button - plus waiting for a 40% off sale :).&nbsp; I've been lusting after the olive ones for a while, but olive isn't a colour I wear.&nbsp; Finding one in one of MY colours is a treat.&nbsp; So it's great to see it modeled on you.&nbsp; I love it for you, and think this size is perfect.</p> <p>Is the fabric photographing shinier than it is?&nbsp; Or would you say it's pretty accurate?&nbsp; I was wondering. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421407 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 14:17:36 +0000 Anonymous 1421407@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like everything about it, Sveta. Especially how it looks on you! &nbsp;I think it could be a very useful piece, and because of the fabric and colour, could skew dressier on occasion (like with your dress, as you mentioned). &nbsp;Length and size look perfect to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421390 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 13:53:46 +0000 lyn67 1421390@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Real gem, esp the length! I would keep it for sure. It's a great texture, color, and versatile for all season's!&nbsp; The dark neutral color, and the shiny coating makes it dressier than the common (olive) utility&nbsp;ones, so will fit for a smart casual office wear AND travelling, too:-). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421371 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 13:01:44 +0000 crutcher 1421371@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am the Queen of Loving Vests and I so wanted to be excited over this one but I second what AG said..Maybe it is the light but this one looks cheap to me...Sorry for being a spammer...I have a Leith vest I found at NOrdies and I absolutely love it..It is a utility vest and let me tell you I get stopped everytime I wear it...My absolute all time favorite vest...If for any reason this one doesn't work, keep looking...These little sweeties are just so versatile.. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421366 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 12:23:00 +0000 Inge 1421366@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it, Sveta: the colour, the fit, the coated material, the crinkled effect. And I already see it fit into your style, the way you styled it here is beautiful. I can also see it with culottes, pencil skirt, dresses, jeans, dressy trackpants...<br />It looks modern, interesting&nbsp;- with a touch of avant-garde - and very elegant at the same time.</p> <p>P.S. I really like it closed too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421315 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 05:20:58 +0000 catgirl 1421315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm going to be a spanner - I don't know about the material and fit. It looks a little plasticky to my eye. I think it suits your height though. I want to love it because it's a UTILITY VEST! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421313 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 05:15:00 +0000 CocoLion 1421313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it on you a lot. &nbsp;This size looks more fitted; the size up will be more oversized and possibly a touch longer. &nbsp;I think the size depends on how you want to wear it and your plans for outer layers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421309 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 04:57:45 +0000 Elly 1421309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like it on the model-- I don't know if I like the "crinkle" effect and I don't know if it will stay like that or release over time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421305 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 04:26:15 +0000 Deborah 1421305@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>At first glance it looked like it was leather. I love the texture and how it looks on you. From that perspective is say it was a keeper:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421299 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 04:01:23 +0000 Suz 1421299@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like what Joy says about using it in summer. Although in frigid air con that is maybe not an option.&nbsp;</p> <p>My denim jacket has actual leather sleeves. I think Angie has a version with the coated sleeves. I really love mine -- the leather is super soft. I only wear it in the fall/ winter months, though, for some reason.&nbsp;</p> <p>In some ways a coated vest might be better and more comfortable than a coated jacket. I did have a (very cheap H&amp;M) moto jacket briefly, and did not like the way the sleeves felt on it. I think I might have liked it better as a vest.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421297 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:58:35 +0000 Sveta 1421297@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy, I have to played with it yet - did not have time. I want to try it with my patterned dress, I think it may work well - I like it with the dress in the stock picture. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421296 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:57:11 +0000 Sveta 1421296@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, he-he. Why it does not surprise me that you feel the same...:-)<br />I also thought about a parallel with a denim jacket. Looks like yours with coated sleeves worked well for you - that what I was thinking.<br />I does wrinkle a bit if I squeeze it very hard but seems to recover - and anyway the texture is kind of already crinkled so it is not really noticeable.<br />And yes, it does not add a lot of warmth but still warmer than without it </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421295 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:56:58 +0000 Anonymous 1421295@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like it and am not a utility jacket person usually. I like the fit and don't think that you need to size up. This looks like a year round piece. I can see it over a sleeveless top or tank for summer to add some style. Have you tried it with a skirt or dress ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421292 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:51:16 +0000 Suz 1421292@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well! Look at that!! I really like it, and feel some of the same surprise that you seem to feel. I like the way you have styled it just so! I am not sure how it will look or feel over a knit, but that is another option of course. Particularly a turtleneck.&nbsp;</p> <p>It feels like a nice blend...you have always been able to wear denim jackets easily and this is dressier than that. It is also extremely cross seasonal from what I can tell, so quite practical, although it is not going to keep you warm, obviously.&nbsp;</p> <p>I don't think you need to size up in it. You probably would not wear it closed anyway, right? Although it looks good that way to my eye with the stand collar.&nbsp;</p> <p>One question -- will it wrinkle a lot? That might be annoying if it happens.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-et-al-kr-this-utility-vest#post-1421287 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:43:46 +0000 Sveta 1421287@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have no utility clothing in my wardrobe and was never really attracted to them for my style. However when I spotted this coated military vest on BR website somehow it attracted me enough to order it.<br />It came today and I am surprised myself how much I like it. The color is a dark navy bordering on ink, there is some crinkle texture to it as well so it is not flat. It also has a hidden tie so you can change the style from loose (like in my pictures)&nbsp;to waist defined (like in the stock picture).<br />I have never had coated clothing before so I was not sure if I like it but I do. It does not have that plastic feel to it I was afraid of.&nbsp;The inside is indigo cotton so nice to the skin. Flap pockets on the chest do not bother me as I have no chest to speak of and they even add some substance there :-)<br />And at last (but not the least at all) &nbsp;- the length, the length!<br />What I am not sure about is how it will fit into my style. Did I tell you I have never had utility and military clothing at all? Is it too casual for me? Does it fit the Urban Prince persona (I hope I still live in that domain)?<br />Even on sale it was not very cheap (for me anyway) so I would not want to get an orphan. Is this my first wild card of 2015 or am I losing my sanity here?</p> <p>pics 1-3 - open, pics 4-6 - closed.</p> <p>And if the verdict is to keep - what about the size? Is this the right size for me or should I size up to Large?<br />Thanks in advance for your help!</p> </p>