https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 07 May 2026 06:47:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me/page/2#post-736395 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:34:23 +0000 JulieJohn 736395@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just want you to know I love that coat, and hubby said you will look like something out of "Demolition Man". Yeah! Now for a nonviolent society and cars that drive themselves. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me/page/2#post-733721 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:27:28 +0000 Astrid 733721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree about purging something unrelated if needed. I think one in one out is all about keeping a balance in your wardrobe and you shouldn't feel like you need to purge a thing you love to buy a new thing you love just as much. I think it's the principle that counts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me/page/2#post-733714 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:18:44 +0000 rae 733714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Denise, I am the same way, so that is a great point. I actually remember I used to have (and wear, yes) two wool coats, but I purged this one at the end of last season because it was a cheapie one from a junior's store.</p> <p>Echo, that is very true. I definitely don't have a pea coat type garment right now, and that is pretty much what this is. I guess I can always purge something unrelated so that I still create the physical space for it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733607 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:13:42 +0000 Echo 733607@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am SO glad you ordered this, and I cannot wait to see it on you. Regarding the one in, one out, I do understand the principle, but I don't think that either of your shorter jackets fills the space this coat might take. Sometimes we find an item that creates an entirely different category in our wardrobe, so nothing we have is similar enough to go when the new item comes in. I think that's okay, and this coat is certainly worth it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733595 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:59:23 +0000 Claudia 733595@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Really great looking coat, I hope it works out. Love it from the website photos. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733563 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:54:35 +0000 bj1111 733563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>rae, you will enjoy this coat so much. waiting to see how you work in the longer proportions of this coat. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733450 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:44:40 +0000 CocoLion 733450@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I lived in LA I was surprised how often I actually wore a coat. I would simply dress skimpily underneath. Because the coat was cozy and I loved it, I found ways to wear it. Plus, it was good for traveling. If you travel inland or north at all, you could get plenty of wear from this coat. </p> <p>Get rid of one of your parkas to make room for this. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733431 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:45:13 +0000 rae 733431@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for posting this amazing design, Astrid! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733426 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:11:52 +0000 Astrid 733426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How awesome is Nordstrom? That's so great that they did the price match! Now you can try it on without worrying about returns or ordering from an unknown website. I hope this works out for you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733403 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:23:57 +0000 rae 733403@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, did you see Astrid's original link? This coat comes in a really nice gray as well:<br /> <a href="http://www.elevenparis.com/en/jacket/14896-mikka.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.elevenparis.com/en/.....mikka.html</a></p> <p>Temperate sounds doable here. And like I said, I do run cold and my wool coat was a must for me into part of spring last year. I will be sure to give a full report on fit and warmth. I think if I lived where you do I'd have a mighty army of coats. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733363 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:12:28 +0000 Suz 733363@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, SO exciting - I can't wait to see it!! </p> <p>From the pics, I am guessing it is a winter coat for relatively temperate climes, e.g. winter in Paris or London. NOT an indoor coat. It would work for me through part of my winter with something layered under it, like my new VC colorblock coat. But now I want this one instead!! Hey...I live in CANADA. I need MORE coats!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733358 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:06:09 +0000 Sylvie 733358@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay! I'm so glad the price match worked out for you! *crossing my fingers the jacket works out for you too* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733339 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:48:13 +0000 rae 733339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you so much to those who pushed me to try it on and reminded me that the picture does not always tell the whole story. You'd think I'd know this by now, and I do believe I've given the same advice very recently. It will be much easier to tell what it can/should replace when I can compare IRL - and that's if it even looks good on me. </p> <p>And Sylvie, if you are out there, I owe you a great big hug for suggesting the price match! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733313 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:30:42 +0000 deb 733313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cool! I can hardly wait to see it on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733277 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:12:44 +0000 rae 733277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And less taxes than on the other site, too, so I saved money and can return for free if I have to. Wow, Nordstrom hits it out of the park again! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733270 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:08:30 +0000 Transcona Shannon 733270@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WHOO HOO!!! Fantastic Rae - looking forward to your review! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733268 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:08:02 +0000 catgirl 733268@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay we can have a coat-off in two weeks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733265 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:06:54 +0000 rae 733265@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They're honoring it! $252.01 plus tax. So Imma try it out and see </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733259 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:01:34 +0000 rae 733259@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am live chatting with Nordstrom now, to see if they will price match. They said they will, but there is a question about the conversion. The manufacturer's quoted price in dollars is not what Nordies thinks it should be when you convert the quoted price in euros... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733245 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:44:03 +0000 MsLuna 733245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Whoa, that's pure gorgeousness, Rae! I can see you pull this off!</p> <p>Now as for climate - that looks like heavy wool! And like Una said - You need to move to a cold climate!</p> <p>I, myself have leanings towards dressing for colder climate (I love layering), so I know how it is! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733243 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:41:10 +0000 rae 733243@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, forgot to say, my last purchase was going to be my Frye boots. But I paid those off with Ebay sales, so they no longer have to be my birthday splurge. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733241 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:38:49 +0000 rae 733241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, I got my wool coat in late December and wore it every day through part of March (this is where photo records are handy). And I do plan to be outside in the cold more this year because of volunteering and the parking situation at the places I applied to work. A shorter wool coat isn't unreasonable; I'm just concerned about being strict with my closet space, and I'm not sure what I would boot. </p> <p>Shannon may be right... it's possible it would be even heavier in person - or way thinner than it looks online. Blargle, I wish I could try it on without buying it first. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733240 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:38:16 +0000 DonnaF 733240@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The pics, esp. the first one, make this jacket look like an uber cool peacoat, so I suppose you could think in terms of how a peacoat (pea coat?) would fit into your wardrobe and what it would supplant, if anything. Unfortunately, photos don't tell you if it is as thick and dense as the real deal (from the navy) or if it is somewhat softer, thinner, and not as warm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733238 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:35:39 +0000 catgirl 733238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wool is not terribly water resistant unless treated and can be smelly when wet, also heavy and damp. How do sheep survive? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733236 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:33:41 +0000 catgirl 733236@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rae you really need to move to a cold climate! This is an outdoor coat for sure. Believe me I know the lust. How often do you wear your wool coat? Im trying to remember what you just got that you were saying was going to be your last purchase for a while - the boots? It is a beautiful and totally cool for sure! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733225 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:22:28 +0000 Transcona Shannon 733225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do think it's worth trying on Rae. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733224 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:20:55 +0000 rae 733224@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bought my long wool coat in December last year, and according to my picture files I wore it through February, a little into March. I'm assuming a shorter one I could wear probably end of October through the same if we're talking an outerwear-only garment here. One way or another, I do plan to be outdoors much more than ever before this year. </p> <p>I guess if it's outerwear, in order to comply with one-in-one-out, it would have to replace at least one of the below: my faux-shearling F21 or my Cole Haan. I don't really wear either of those indoors. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733199 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:02:36 +0000 Caro in Oz 733199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It looks too heavy for indoors to me too. Hard to let go though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733197 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:02:16 +0000 sarah 733197@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is one COOL jacket, Rae. But I couldn't wear it inside. No way - I'd sweat buckets. I don't know how cool it gets in SoCal. I definitely would have worn something like this in the Bay Area, but it's quite a bit cooler, no? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/astrids-awesome-uwp-jacket---for-me#post-733195 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:01:49 +0000 Transcona Shannon 733195@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a stunning, statement piece Rae and I think you would look amazing in it. It does read to me as more of an outdoor jacket than indoor though. I think it's something you would need to see and feel in person to get a better idea of. </p>