https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:23:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1873446 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:09:35 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1873446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, that’s the dress. Good call about the minimal, slight smudgy makeup. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1873291 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 05:54:02 +0000 Zaeobi 1873291@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is this the dress you mean? I like how the halter neck looks with the lace - a classic material but in a more playful style.</p> <p>You could have a wristlet in a brighter colour even with less bright shoes, no problem! But you know me - I'd always advocate colour, lol!</p> <p>What about makeup? I'm guessing something soft like this, with a romantic updo &amp; eye makeup that's maybe a little smudged but not in an overly messy way (just so long as it's not a very starkly drawn eyeliner line?) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1871182 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 15:52:04 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1871182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The shoes are indeed metallic, but something a little more unusual than standard silver.<br /> Still figuring out a purse. Anything but my standard crossbody won’t work on the dance floor, but a crossbody with that dress? No. Maybe fairy godmother can make magic pockets that don’t show even when I have keys and a card in them. Or I’ll use the wrist strap on the puff (in a brighter color. Gold would be nice, but then the shoes...) and leave it at the table with our drinks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1871175 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 15:44:23 +0000 Angie 1871175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fairy godmothers are bountiful at this time of year - no problem dancing in the train in any footwear.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1871128 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:19:39 +0000 Anonymous 1871128@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the elegance of sleeveless and low back. &nbsp;The color sounds sumptuous. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1871125 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:13:27 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1871125@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No sleeves, and a low back.<br /> Looks like they don’t make the Ashley any more. This is similar, and I like the neckline better. <a href="https://www.nicolemiller.com/high-neck-gown2" rel="nofollow">https://www.nicolemiller.com/high-neck-gown2</a><br /> How will I dance in the train? Fairy godmother magic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1870838 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:26:40 +0000 Angie 1870838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds very romantic. Does your dress have sleeves? Dancing shoes are key here - are they metallic too? And how about the pom-pom bag, just for fun.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1870819 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:01:00 +0000 rachylou 1870819@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah. Picture a guy doing that, Saturday Night Fever, but in a bow tie and braces... flinging you about...</p> <p>Mr Huie lived in Baltimore, where my mum is from. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1870813 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:57:29 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1870813@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks <b>Lisa</b>!</p> <p><b>Rachylou</b>, are you going to tell me you knew him too ?? Btw, I’m picturing your ex as one of the guys in Saturday Night Fever. Right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1870812 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:55:23 +0000 Lisa 1870812@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds pretty! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1870810 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:54:28 +0000 rachylou 1870810@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know who was a good ballroom dancer/lead? Albert Huie, painter: <a href="https://www.wikiart.org/en/albert-huie" rel="nofollow">https://www.wikiart.org/en/albert-huie</a></p> <p>Gold standard </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1870805 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:45:54 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1870805@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks <b>Barbara Diane</b>! I thought it sounded fun too. But <b>Rachylou</b>’s ex is not at all what I was thinking of. I was picturing it more like the night I started chatting with someone at Deep Eddy pool, he asked if I wanted to get dinner at La Zona Rosa on 5th, so we went and had an amazing night dancing to a band I’ve heard of since—The Gypsy Kings :). No fancy gown that night—just the halter top sundress I happened to wear to work that day. Wonderful dancer, wonderful night. Move the whole thing to a ball with a lovely dress, and him in a tux? Yes please. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1870795 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:13:07 +0000 rachylou 1870795@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fabulous.</p> <p>Now don’t remind me of that one ex-boyfriend who treated ballroom dancing as a sport! We’re still friends: see my machinations in your mind’s eye to avoid going dancing with him </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1870765 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 18:36:49 +0000 Barbara Diane 1870765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the image of you twirling and twirling in your fabulous dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-ball#post-1870637 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 13:27:42 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1870637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My ballgown is the bright midnight blue color of the dress I wore New Year’s Eve eight years ago but it is silk, both slubby and sparkly. It is cut like Nicole Miller’s Ashley wedding gown, flowing smoothly over my smooth tummy and round tush before gracefully releasing to a soft swirl. I might wear the blue scarf with silver metallic threads that I wore that year. </p> <p>My shoes can be any height, but they are comfortable for dancing. My partner is one of those magic men who doesn’t give obvious directions, but you find yourself syncing with him and whirling and twirling without a care, because he’s doing all the work. We dance and dance and dance. </p>