https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:43:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555781 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:21:09 +0000 modgrl 555781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so relieved to see you back here. We were thinking about you while you were away. I'm glad to hear things are going ok with your mom. The bag is fab too!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555779 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:17:49 +0000 MNsara 555779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good news all around - your mom is doing better, you're back, and you've scored a great yellow bag Let the fun begin! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555756 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:31:41 +0000 Jewell 555756@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome back, and that yellow bag is spectacular! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555741 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:09:51 +0000 Fruitful 555741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's so good to see your beautiful smile Suz. You look lovely in the purple and the bag is fab to the power of fab. I have a yellow bag with black trim too, but it's sadly worse for wear (I haven't given it up yet!)</p> <p> I'm glad to hear your mum is doing better, it must be an overwhelming time for you all. I like your revelations about craving more texture and pattern; these lightbulb moments when we get closer to our uniqueness are in a small way divine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555635 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:11:00 +0000 rae 555635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh gorgeous bag to bring some sunshine to the wardrobe! Love it! You are also stunning in purple. </p> <p>I seem to have missed the emergency with your mother. Please accept my concern simultaneously with my relief that she is okay, since I did not chime in earlier. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555618 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:59:57 +0000 Transcona Shannon 555618@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the bag Suz! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555614 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:57:05 +0000 Jonesy 555614@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's so great to see you, Suz! Truly! I am glad to hear that your mom has stabilized a bit. Welcome back. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555550 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:39:21 +0000 Anonymous 555550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I'm SO GLAD you're back! I didn't want to keep pestering you but you were dearly missed here. </p> <p>Don't light a match to your travelling clothes! Just tuck them away like Krish did. I hope you had your comfy premium denims with you.</p> <p>You look lovely in your purple, and the yellow bag is a nice pop from the opposite side of the color wheel. You owe yourself a great big shopping trip (maybe you've already started?) and I can't wait to see your *surprise*. You are such a tease. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555543 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:28:50 +0000 Astrid 555543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great bag, Suz! Wonderful way to add some yellow, it'll be so nice for spring! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555534 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:24:20 +0000 Ornella 555534@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello gorgeous. I'm so glad your mum is getting better and will hopefully wear those booties ;)<br /> Welcome to the yellow-bag-lady club. You've got yourself a beautiful slice of sunshine there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555526 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:06:52 +0000 Jem 555526@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great bag Suz! Yellow seems to go with just about everything, so that will be fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555510 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:56:13 +0000 Suz 555510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you so much, everyone. </p> <p>Krish, I thought of you SO often during my sojourn with my mother! It was eerily like your experience. And it reminded me of what my daughter said when she saw the blog photo of the two of us together: "Wow! You look so much alike it is almost creepy!!" </p> <p>The only thing I have repeated so far since the trip is my jeans. Even though I had some decent pieces with me, I do not have any yen to wear them now. </p> <p>Denise, the hair is okay to manage, relatively speaking. And if it were just the long fringe it would be fine for me. It's all raggedy and frumpalicious everywhere else, though. Doesn't show too much in the photo, but you know what I mean, I'm sure. </p> <p>Angie, I tried at minimum to read your blog posts from Fashion Week and really enjoyed them even when I couldn't comment. And some days I was able to pop into the forum for a few minutes. But I didn't get my usual YLF dose of joy. </p> <p>But look what I just bought! Couldn't resist - a yellow crossbody! It is not as large as I would like but won't it be fun (if a bit matchy matchy) with my yellow shoes? And fun with other spring outfits? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555498 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:48:22 +0000 tarzy 555498@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Glad you're back and that your mom is doing well! That deep purple is fabulous on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555497 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:47:49 +0000 Jem 555497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad your mom is doing better and you could go back home. I'm sure she appreciated your help! I love the purple on you and I think your hair looks great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555481 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:33:42 +0000 Astrid 555481@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad you're back and I'm looking forward to see more posts again! Good to hear that your mum is on the mend. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555463 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:05:17 +0000 Jjsloane 555463@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Happy to have you back and good that your mom is on the mend. Looking forward to your more frequent posts now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555447 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:40:02 +0000 krishnidoux 555447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay, Suz! Happy to see you again! But I need to be filled in as of what happened to you. I understand you went to help your mother and brought clothes for 3 days, staying 3 weeks? OMG if so that is EXACTLY my own experience before Christmas: I flew to help my mother, brought 2 days worth of clothes, ended up staying 2 months!</p> <p>And me too, was a bit surprised at how easy it went (although I got really tired of wearing the same things, when I came back I hid them away in my closet and haven't taken them out yet!).</p> <p>I hope all is well with you and with your Mom. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555404 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:55:06 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 555404@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey Suz. I was thinking about you just this morning and wondering how your mom was doing. Glad to hear she is on the mend and you are back to your usual life.</p> <p>I love the bright color on you but you do wear neutrals well. I am still envious of your red coat but it never did come on sale and I had already bought too much.</p> <p>Really glad to see you back!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555390 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:42:42 +0000 Diana 555390@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome back, Suz. I'm glad to hear that your mother is doing better.</p> <p>That is a gorgeous shade of purple on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555388 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:28:07 +0000 Meredith1953 555388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So great that you are back and that your mom is doing ok! You look very pretty in the purple! It looks great on you. I understand what you said about craving "pattern and texture". I have so many flat texture solids that I have been haunting thrift store just to get something else injected into a very "neutral" wardrobe. Anyway...it's lovely to know that you are back. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555375 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:06:41 +0000 fern 555375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome back - you look lovely in purple.<br /> My husband had knee surgery in early Feb- being someone else's legs is hard work! He recovered quickly. I'm glad your mother is able to get around now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555365 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:48:20 +0000 CocoLion 555365@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad to hear you are back and learned some style lessons too! You look lovely in purple. I actually LOVE your hair a little longer in front like that. It looks cool. (Sorry if that's a cop out description but couldn't think of any other word at the moment!) Is it hard to manage longer like that? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555353 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:41:38 +0000 HelenInCanada 555353@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome back Suz! So happy to hear your mother's emergency is over. I wish her well in her recovery.</p> <p>LOVE the purple hues on you! The cowl neck and prints all add special interest, just as you intend! </p> <p>Intrigued by this special surprise you speak of... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555341 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:29:41 +0000 Angie 555341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, I was at NYFW when this happened to Mum and only heard about the unfortunate incident later. So glad to hear that all is well with both you and her. You are a fabulous daughter :)</p> <p>Welcome back! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555335 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:25:32 +0000 Transcona Shannon 555335@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay beautiful Suz - so nice to have you back and so glad to hear your mother is coming along in her recovery. You look beautiful in that purple colour! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-from-the-neutral-zone#post-555328 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:22:07 +0000 Suz 555328@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello, everyone. I just wanted to thank all of you for your support, both in the forum and in private messages. I SO appreciated your kindness and sympathy. </p> <p>I'm home now. My mother has the green light to manage stairs on her own. She is frail and weak, but the immediate emergency is over. </p> <p>And once again, I can wear colour! More on that in a future post, I hope. But for now, let me say that while it did indeed get pretty dull wearing nothing but basic neutrals for an entire 3 weeks, it also wasn't THAT far off my usual! Which made me realize that I still have some serious work to do on my wardrobe. </p> <p>One thing I figured out pretty quickly was that more than colour, per se, I craved texture and pattern. The neutrals I'd brought along with me (thinking I was heading out for a three day travel capsule) happened to be the MOST neutral and MOST basic items I own! So if I hadn't had my two scarves (both neutrals, but at least patterns and textures), I'd have been well and truly bored out of my mind. I really missed my patterned blue/off white/grey A line skirt, for example (fairly neutral...but at least a pattern). And I missed having a choice of (neutral but patterned) jackets. The jackets I had with me (collarless denim and black crepe) are fine, but after a couple of weeks I got sick of them. </p> <p>Oh, and I also DEPENDED on my red coat. </p> <p>Here's today's colour (worn with skinnies). Please excuse the hair. I am at least three weeks overdue for cut and won't be able to get one for another two weeks because my stylist is all booked up. Sigh...</p> <p>Thank you, again, and I hope to post a couple of my less boring "month of neutrals" challenge outfits soon, along with a special surprise. </p> <p>You are ALL so FAB!</p> <p>PS ETA: here is my new yellow bag! Won't it be fun to wear (if a bit matchy-matchy) with my shoes? </p>