https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:53:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me/page/2#post-1011613 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:10:21 +0000 rachylou 1011613@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, you look fantastic in the jacket, but perhaps the thing is that it's not your style. I'm peeking into your bedroom behind you, and you may be more romantic than rebel. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me/page/2#post-1010997 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 02:57:05 +0000 Jaime 1010997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This thread is absolutely fascinating and I need to analyze this more. As Suz pointed out we are in the master level of print&nbsp;analysis where the facial features are taken into account. Meanwhile, thank you for posting this! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010890 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:39:55 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1010890@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh goodness no Suz! No one said anything offending at all Just weird reading a conversation that includes observations about yourself, that's all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010888 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:34:22 +0000 Suz 1010888@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no, Shannon, I hope I didn't say anything to offend you. You know I think you are gorgeous and look amazing in this jacket (and just about every other article of clothing I have ever seen you put on!)&nbsp;</p> <p>I think Peri's gorgeous, too, and would look equally smashing in this jacket -- but not if it does not feel right to her.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010879 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:19:30 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1010879@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well this has been a fascinating read and a little strange I must admit with respect to seeing myself analyzed - lol!</p> <p>Bottom line Peri is that we love what we love sometimes for good reasons and sometimes just because. As Angie said with this pattern, it was love at first sight for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010862 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:04:47 +0000 Suz 1010862@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just can't leave this thread alone....I love these learning opportunities because I always come away understanding more for myself as much as for the other person.</p> <p>Wanted to say that I also see what Tarzy sees -- that while your colouring is high contrast, you actually seem quite "soft" for someone with dark hair and light skin. As she says, your brows are not sharply delineated, etc. So I am not sure high contrast is quite right for you to begin with.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010861 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:02:46 +0000 Echo 1010861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have anything new to add here, but I wanted to reiterate that the jacket looks fabulous on you. It may be slightly large, but I think it is very flattering.</p> <p>But it is also true that all of us have a poison eye for certain things on ourselves, and if something about this jacket strikes one of those chords, there is no making it work. I often find this to be the case. I will try something on, see that it fits and have others tell me it looks good, and yet I do. not. like. it. If they ask me why, I often cannot put my finger on it, just like I sometimes cannot identify what makes me love something so much that I will buy it even when it doesn't fit my lifestyle particularly well.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010834 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 23:40:47 +0000 Suz 1010834@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nodding with Angie here.&nbsp;</p> <p>That's why I went for the Zara floral jacket, by the way -- despite quite a few nays from the forum. My heart loved it. Turns out that feeling was fickle,,,I'm tired of it now. But that is only because I wore it to the ground. Got my CPW out of it and won't be sad to pass it along.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010818 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 23:25:24 +0000 Angie 1010818@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The heart is very subjective. That's the beauty of thinking with your heart and not your head.</p> <p>You have to <b><i>love</i></b> a pattern in order to wear it. That's where the emotional happiness factor as an outfit evaluator becomes extra important. No need to think with your head. I love the colours and pattern on you - but YOU have to, too. With Shannon, the pattern was love at first sight. Not so with you. That makes sense too. </p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010789 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:47:46 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1010789@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Peri, if you are wanting to add some prints to your wardrobe, you might try wearing them as the under layer rather than the outer layer. I wear a lot of prints, but mine are mostly t-shirts that I layer under cardigans or jackets. A lot of the prints I like on t-shirts as underlayers I cannot imagine wearing in a jacket. My cardigans or jackets that are print tend to be non-florals, whether animal prints or stripes or a stylized stripe like the Missoni bargello pattern.</p> <p>Scarves are also a fun and easy way to experiment with prints and to see what types you like to wear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010788 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:44:35 +0000 tarzy 1010788@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's all so subjective, isn't it?</p> <p>Personally, I don't see you as high contrast. Yes, you're fair with dark(er) hair, but to me you have a softer overall look (similar to mine, I think.) Your hair is soft and wavy, your eyes (from what I can tell from these photos) are soft, your<br /> eyebrows are not really high contrast. You also seem, at least in these photos,<br /> to be somewhat delicate.</p> <p>To me, the print overwhelms you. When I look at the photos the print jumps out at me; I see the print and not you. That's not to say it's bad or wrong. That's just what I see.</p> <p>I know I would not feel comfortable wearing this print. I love softer colors that sort of blend or blur, or at least are not high contrast. I also don't prefer prints that have bright, stark or optic white, particularly combined with black.</p> <p>It's so interesting how we see ourselves v. how others see us, isn't it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010778 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:26:08 +0000 catgirl 1010778@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>More often for me is the reverse - I love it but it looks bad on me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010776 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:20:31 +0000 Anonymous 1010776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree, if your heart didn't lift when trying it on, then that is a sign. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010775 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:18:15 +0000 catgirl 1010775@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look great to me, but you have to feel it in your heart... I often have this disconnect so I sympathize! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010759 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:36:50 +0000 Suz 1010759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Texstyle - that is fascinating.&nbsp;</p> <p>Obviously some of this is highly personal and about individual style, because there are people here with long wavy hair who do wear prints (Mo, for instance). But if I think of myself, I imagine I might be similar if my hair were longer and wavier. Well, I guess that's obvious since I already worry a bit about patterns as it is, LOL. But maybe some of that worry springs from a time when my hair was longer. Hmmm.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010754 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:30:13 +0000 texstyle 1010754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I agree with the edge factor Suz and others mentioned. I have longish wavy hair as well and I find it very hard to wear tops that are printed -- esp. florals. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010746 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:21:44 +0000 Peri 1010746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, that was the very thing that I said to Shannon before I even ordered it...that she has an edge to her look, maybe from her hair, that I admire but don't have. I don't think edgy could fit in any of my style descriptors. And Ceit has it too. So I did wonder from the beginning that the jacket might not be right for me.</p> <p>I'm not sad about it, just getting some good education! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010742 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:19:15 +0000 Suz 1010742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Merwoman is right, of course, too. Shannon's hair works perfectly with this. For a similar effect you might need to go with a jacket in tones that echo your own hair. But then Ceit's hair is brown and it works for her, too.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010740 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:17:38 +0000 merwoman 1010740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There is&nbsp; wisdom in what has already been posted. Another thought I will add, is hair colouring. Shannon's salt and pepper&nbsp;hair &nbsp;works beautifully with this jacket - if you style the jacket in exactly the same way - you won't have the same result. I would&nbsp;play around in your closet in a little more. Yes you need a smaller size, but maybe try different garments&nbsp; on&nbsp;with it to see what happens.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010736 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:15:16 +0000 Suz 1010736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never analyzed prints really until this year, either, except very broadly with respect to scale (ditsy teensy florals vs. great big bold prints) or colour (did I like it or not). But I think if we're going to wear prints and we feel "print averse" it can help to know what might work best on us.&nbsp;</p> <p>I am not Vildy so could be wildly out of line, but I suspect by "white space" she simply meant that you have a high forehead and fairly wide cheekbones (based on the pics) - and combine with the fact that&nbsp;your features are fine, this means that your features seem spaced out in a way. Some people's look smushed together by comparison.&nbsp;</p> <p>Shannon's features are also quite fine, BTW. But her face is narrow as well and she wears specs that take up space.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here is something else to consider: Shannon's haircut is sharp and angular. This, along with her slight cat's eye specs, might provide a bit of "edge" that provides a pleasant contrast to the soft, almost "blurred" floral of this jacket.&nbsp;</p> <p>Ceit has an angular jaw and glasses as well as straight (ish) hair. These provide a similar contrast.&nbsp;</p> <p>In your case, your features contrast a similar way --- but your hair is very soft and wavy and a bit "blurred" like the print.&nbsp;</p> <p>IMO this does not look bad at all. Some might prefer the effect. There's no "right" or "wrong" here. But it might account for your feeling that "This looks different on them than on me!!"&nbsp;</p> <p>This is all incredibly detailed thinking by the way - the kind of thing I never remember to consider when I'm about to make a purchase because I love the way something looks on another Fabber!&nbsp;&nbsp;Hmm. Maybe I should do it more often.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010730 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:05:56 +0000 Peri 1010730@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, this is so interesting! First the objective opinions that it looks good against my subjective feelings about it. I just don't feel the love that I want to feel for something new to earn its place in my trying to improve closet. My heart didn't rise when I put it on, it sank. I guess the heart is not objective...but Marlene, Angie, Ceit and Shannon,&nbsp;I truly appreciate the kind words from you all.</p> <p>Perhaps like Suz has said, it is a comfort zone issue. And thinking also that it won't fit my life because even in winter I would find it too hot for indoors (I'm hot natured) but not quite right for outerwear. And Shannon, yes,&nbsp;it&nbsp;just doesn't feel like me.&nbsp;</p> <p>So Suz, MsMaven and VIldy...seems like I have some learning to do! I never tried to analyze prints before. I love the dresses, Suz...but if I ordered them, would I love them on me?! I think I have very little understanding about visual things. I don't know what white space is...like there is space because my face is long, or like I need some blush?!&nbsp;I'm glad I asked the question, because it has opened up a lot of issues for me to investigate!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010706 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:28:03 +0000 Suz 1010706@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Heh - sounds like my dresses, above!!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010701 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:20:58 +0000 Vildy 1010701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You features are all very distinct and there is a lot of "white" space in your cheek area - how do you look in&nbsp; a medium scale print with defined edges and a quantity of background color? And maybe with some diagonals or delicately curved diagonals, like leaves? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010697 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:16:15 +0000 Suz 1010697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Peri, I also have a print phobia and had to fight myself to purchase a few prints this year.&nbsp;</p> <p>The exception in my case is stripes -- I love stripes. And I like some other geometrics -- especially if they have lines on the diagonal. Polka dots <b>can</b> be good. And some animal print. But the scale and contrast has to be right for me to feel okay.&nbsp;</p> <p>This year I made myself try some florals and a few curvier lines as a sort of experiment. I learned that on the whole,&nbsp;I like them best on dresses, and the LINE needs to be the thing that predominates, if that makes any sense. There has to be some sense of sharpness,&nbsp;or angularity to it, even if the pattern is curving.&nbsp;The exception was my Zara floral jacket. I enjoyed wearing it, but I doubt if I would have, had the cut been less modern or the colour less good for me.&nbsp;</p> <p>In short,&nbsp;MsMaven is correct -- certain prints will work better on certain body types and on people with certain facial features. I'm still working out what that is for me personally. On the whole I think geometrics with some crispness or contrast, not tiny (despite my size), diagonal shapes or slashes. My first dress (pic 1), while technically a floral, fits this idea.&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://colorconnection.yuku.com/forums/129/David-Kibbe-Metamorphosis#.UhUf8xZh74g">Kibbe is big on this stuff.&nbsp;</a></p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010686 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:59:25 +0000 Anonymous 1010686@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I forgot to mention Peri, I have a print phobia too, and this is one of the first printed items in my wardrobe in a decade! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010684 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:59:10 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1010684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well Peri - after our private conversations I was expecting this to look quite different on you. I think it looks lovely! And personally speaking, I do not find it too big.&nbsp;</p> <p>I think both the colors and the pattern are flattering to your complexion and your features. To that point, Suz is quite correct that you have smaller features than I do. Even though I'm petite, I'm definitely medium boned and I would say you are fine boned. Of course we'll leave the weight difference out of it - lol!!!</p> <p>I also do not wear this jacket done up. But then I rarely wear any jacket that I'm using more as a blazer done up. I prefer the soft drape of a jacket when open and the vertical line it creates for me with the clothing underneath.</p> <p>But if it doesn't feel like&nbsp;<b><i>you</i></b><i></i> that alone can create the feeling that it doesn't look good on you. Meanwhile it is flattering and looks good but you can't see that past your personal discomfort with the item.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010661 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:32:19 +0000 MsMaven 1010661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I see what you mean about feeling overwhelmed by some prints. &nbsp;I have the same problem. &nbsp;I often love things on others, but don't like them on me. &nbsp;I wonder if bone structure is part of the problem. &nbsp;I remember reading somewhere about how your basic bone structure and body shape influence how you look and feel in prints. &nbsp;Perhaps it was on Imogen's blog.</p> <p>Some people look and feel better in more geometric prints and others look better in flowing curving lines. &nbsp;I'll see if I can find where I read that and pass it on. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010653 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:15:48 +0000 Suz 1010653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Marlene and Angie. It looks great in #1, though maybe just a touch big for your frame. (That is tough to say from the photo angle and such and because we don't have a full length shot.)&nbsp;But the print is not wearing you, IMO. I think it works well.&nbsp;</p> <p>However, it might be slightly outside your comfort zone. And you will feel odd if that's the case, <b>as if </b>it is wearing you. Until you get used to it. Angie has written some blog posts about this. Sometimes we have to wear an item a few times before we feel comfortable in it.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>OR</b>...you might decide it's just not your style. The stories are legion of Fabbers seeing something on another person and falling in love...only to learn that it is really not "them." Maybe it looks good, but it isn't right for their lifestyle, their climate, or it doesn't mesh with&nbsp;the way they see themselves.&nbsp;</p> <p>Also, I think you are right <b>and </b>the people who call you delicate are right.&nbsp;</p> <p>You do have high contrast colouring. But that doesn't rule out delicate, which doesn't necessarily refer to colouring at all.&nbsp;Your sharper, more refined&nbsp;features are what people are responding to when they use that word. As well as your lovely porcelain skin! Combined with the wave in your hair, this all reads very feminine and delicate.&nbsp;Plus, your overall frame is small...smaller than Shannon's although she is petite.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010651 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:14:59 +0000 Anonymous 1010651@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it looks fabulous on you! I have the same jacket, and my body type is closer to yours I think. It looks like it fits you well on the shoulders. Mine is looser on my torso too.</p> <p><a href="http://ceit.lookfab.com/post/wiw-floral-moto" rel="nofollow">http://ceit.lookfab.com/post/wiw-floral-moto</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-why-does-this-look-great-on-shannon-and-not-on-me#post-1010639 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:57:42 +0000 Angie 1010639@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree 100% with Marlene. The jacket looks terrific in #1. </p>