https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:47:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march#post-1640879 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:05:55 +0000 Ledonna N. 1640879@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the Denim and sweater look .&nbsp; As a fact of the matter I love all the looks.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march#post-1640779 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 14:27:42 +0000 Ginger 1640779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's a good point, <b>Jenn</b>. I actually have a hard time wearing these sorts of colors in fall and winter months. Partly it's because they're not available in heavier garments, but as often as not it's still sweltering in October. So really they just <i>feel </i>like seasonal colors to me.</p> <p>Thank you so much, <b>Firecracker</b>! I look happy because I am. I really love this style of dressing. </p> <p>I'm glad you like #16, <b>approprio</b>. I couldn't tell if it looked goofy with colored leggings or not. I do love how the sweater layered. :D</p> <p><b>Angie</b>, warm weather is my favorite! I love love love the simplicity of wearing dresses and a wide variety of shoes. And wow, thanks for the tip! It's been a crazy week. I read with a big grin on my face Wonderful milestone! Congratulations! I'm selfishly SO glad for YLF!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march#post-1640211 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:10:03 +0000 Angie 1640211@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I LOVE that you dress up!</p> <p>I adore that first dress. Gorgeous palette with your complexion. Killer. And you wear peach really well. #6 is my next fave.&nbsp;</p> <p>#14 is straight out of Mad Men and #17 is very Spring-y. Wonderful.</p> <p>(You may have missed our milestone yesterday, Ginger. Do check back on the blog). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march#post-1640104 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 08:05:46 +0000 approprio 1640104@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love your retro style. It really suits you, such an interesting counterpoint to your historical costumes. And I don't find #16 random at all - far from it, it looks like a casual interpretation consistent with your more "dressy" looks. I like! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march#post-1640097 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 07:03:19 +0000 rachylou 1640097@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>1 is such a flattering shape. Love the nude/pink shoes. Every thing is on the money, but I have to say I have a personal fondness for 9. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march#post-1640073 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 05:07:45 +0000 rabbit 1640073@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought I wrote a reply earlier, but I guess that was in my head. &nbsp;Lots of good looks! &nbsp; My favorites are: 4, 9 (love you in paler patterned dresses, and the retro cardigans are just great with these) and the awesome yellow/navy of #17. </p> <p>&nbsp;I also really like the color of the scarf and shoes in #1 with the bittersweet colors of the dress. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march#post-1640021 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 02:44:33 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1640021@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are all wonderful, Ginger! A week of total winners--no missed steps at all. Your smile is adorable, and you look so happy that I can't help smiling back at these beautiful looks. You go from jeans and a tee to dressed up with pearls so well. I really like your cold-day outfit (6-7)--you manage to be so chic while keeping yourself warm! And your favorite dress is fabulous with the new red cardi. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march#post-1639891 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 21:51:33 +0000 Jenn 1639891@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad you kept the pink ankle-strap flats. They're adorable. My favorite outfits here, though, and #6/7 and #17/18. They both feel happy and spring-like (which is kind of funny coming from me, who wears the same colors year-round). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march#post-1639778 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 20:14:08 +0000 Alassë 1639778@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The long tied scarf in #1-2 is fancy, and you look radiant in #4. Gorgeous sweater in #6-7, perfectly fitting retro in #8. Nice dress/cardigan combo in #9-10, and neat tie-and-cardigan effect in #14-15. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march#post-1639774 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 20:01:16 +0000 Ginger 1639774@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>goldenpig</b>, you're totally right! We interpret it in different ways, but we really like a lot of the same things! "classic 1940's/1950's look updated in the best way" - Love it! And heh, I'd love to model. I've done a wee bit for a friend's retro clothing line - too&nbsp; bad we live in different states. (<a href="http://wearinghistory.clothing/?s=grace+dress" rel="nofollow">To toot my own horn...</a>)</p> <p>Aww, <b>Diane</b> - you're having me go all "aww shucks" over here. :)&nbsp; Thank you!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march#post-1639767 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 19:48:27 +0000 Anonymous 1639767@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful outfits! You do leggings and tunic dresses equally as well as full skirted dresses and cropped cardigans. Some stand-outs for me are#1. #3,#5,#14 and #16. But my absolute favourite is the last one...wow...you look like a movie star! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march#post-1639729 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 18:49:19 +0000 goldenpig 1639729@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love your vintage romantic style. I feel like we are kind of like style sisters. I also love feminine prints like birds and flowers and full skirts. You rock the full skirt like no one else. And your curly hair is gorgeously retro. And love your cute graphic tees too. My favorites are 1, 3, 9 and 17 but they're all great! Your style is like a classic 1940's/1950's look updated in the best way!&nbsp;You should be a model for Modcloth or Anthro! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-civvies-wiw-to-finish-off-march#post-1639725 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 18:40:58 +0000 Ginger 1639725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't swan around in silk taffeta all day, alas. (Although I'm still finding green fibers on me and the carpet, and will be for some months.) Back to everyday life!</p> <p><b>#1-2, 22 March. </b>First official wearing of this pair of ASOS shoes. I really think they're perfect with this outfit, picking up the light pink in the print but not really grabbing attention from the dress.</p> <p><b>#3, 22 March (choir).</b> Buzz and me again! Too chilly for shorts in the evening, but it turned out to be a handbells-only rehearsal. It's a pretty vigorous activity and I was glad to be wearing a t-shirt.</p> <p><b>#4-5, 23 March. </b>This is probably my favorite dress, pale blue knit printed with cranes (and with pockets!). The cranes each have a tiny spot of red on their heads, and I've been wanting a nice red topper to wear with this. Enter the magic HB cardigan! Yay! Also of note: The perforated white flats from ASOS. They were perfect for this ensemble.</p> <p><b>#6-7, 24 March.</b> Another cold front, so I went for unashamed matchy-matchy to console myself.&nbsp; Light coral/peach sweater with lace overlay in front and slight high-low hem.&nbsp; Worn with a silver leaf necklace, it <i>exactly</i> matched yet another pair of ASOS flats: rose gold metallic with shiny silver hearts on top. Even with color correction the shoes are still showing to be yellow-green, but they are truly rose gold/copper. This was so much fun to wear.</p> <p><b>#8, 28 March.</b>&nbsp; Still a fairly cool day, and I was exhausted, so yay for the HB cardigan, this time worn as a sweater, and with the heart flats again. I totally mixed up my metals (the brooch is yellow gold) but it was okay and very easy to wear.</p> <p><b>#9-10, 29 March.</b>&nbsp; Would you believe I never got a picture of my Easter outfit? I was singing at the sunrise service (and the two after that) and it just never crossed my mind. So I re-wore the dress, new multi-colored swallow print shirtdress, and cardigan for warmth.&nbsp; I wore white pumps on Sunday, but the perforated flats worked just as well.</p> <p><b>#11-12, 29 March (choir).</b> Another choir day, another t-shirt. This time I wore the rose gold sandals with jeans. It's a rare temperature that lets me get away with this combination! </p> <p><b>#13, 30 March.</b> I was really irked with the cool-ish temperature at this point, and I'd also hit a laundry (actually ironing) bottleneck with some of my staple skirts. These greens really <i>don't </i>go and I was kind of frustrated with the outfit all day. The shirt tail is also really long and it didn't play nicely with the lined skirt. At least the shoes still made me happy.</p> <p><b>#14-15, 31 March. </b>Still bottlenecked, but I had a new idea. This dress has always vaguely dissatisfied me; something about the proportions of the neckline treatment don't work.&nbsp; But with the cardigan, most of the focus was on the tie. I love red with chambray, too.&nbsp; The ankle-strap shoes were the best choice here, the most subtle and refined.</p> <p><b>#16, 01 April.</b> This was <i>not</i> a joke outfit; it's a last minute substitution when I decided what I'd planned was unwearable.&nbsp; Blue cardigan, green &amp; black knit dress, green leggings (!), and blue metallic shoes. I like the colors all together and it was super comfortable to wear. But definitely one of my most random.</p> <p><b>#17-18, 02 April.</b> Sunday again! Trying out a new mirror and location again. I'm rather backlit, and the ankle of the mirror lengthens my leg line significantly. But the color should be better. Sunshine yellow poplin dress with dimensional self-fabric trim, white belt and shoes (Easter shoes), and blue cardigan. I really like this combination.</p>