https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/battle-of-the-gray-and-not-sweaters Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:44:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/battle-of-the-gray-and-not-sweaters#post-1049291 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:29:17 +0000 unfrumped 1049291@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, I get that. I'm&nbsp; not up for faux or semi-tucking for work outfits.<br />It's tuck or no tuck. But I have done some "blousy tuck" with boxier, drapier knits, which is reminiscent of Angie's welted faux tuck, depending on how hard you look at it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/battle-of-the-gray-and-not-sweaters#post-1047067 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:35:23 +0000 Suz 1047067@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are certainly not the only indecisive box-robber! &nbsp;:-) I do it, too.&nbsp;</p> <p>In answer to your question -- no, I did not mean that tailored sweaters should be tucked.</p> <p>But a fluid or oversized sweater can be faux tucked or semi-tucked. And I thought you were aiming for fluid looks.&nbsp;</p> <p>These sweaters look more tailored than fluid. They do have some room (as in perhaps you have sized up...or they are just a slightly roomier cut). But they are not roomy in the way that the sweaters in a more current cut are roomy. They are less boxy than the newer look sweaters. With a boxy sweater, if you faux tuck or semi tuck, it will "drape" in a certain way. These ones are cut too snug to do that (even though they have a fair amount of give to them.) I don't know if that makes sense. It's all a question of cut, though.&nbsp;</p> <p>The one you kept seems closer to having that cut.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/battle-of-the-gray-and-not-sweaters#post-1046972 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 22:40:12 +0000 unfrumped 1046972@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK, added some comments and a new photo, but not sure if this is the best way to do it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/battle-of-the-gray-and-not-sweaters#post-1043763 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 04:38:52 +0000 Aziraphale 1043763@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unfrumped, I can't answer any of the&nbsp;questions in your original post (none of those sweaters look boxy or loose to me, and your waist is clearly visible in all of them -- even #4), but I do know that you do not have to tuck a sweater, tailored or not, if you don't want to. &nbsp;Tucked tops nearly always look wrong on me. &nbsp;I don't think I've ever tucked a sweater in my life. &nbsp;It's a lot of bulk to be stuffing down your pants. &nbsp;:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/battle-of-the-gray-and-not-sweaters#post-1043743 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 03:22:15 +0000 Amy 1043743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Dana. The 1st 3 look almost identical and it's hard to tell if they work for you without seeing how you'd intend to wear them.</p> <p>I've nevertheless tucked in a sweater in my life, so that's a novel concept to me :)</p> <p>I understand what you're saying about # 4 looking blah under a lab coat, but it really stands out to me because of its great collar...sorry no help. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/battle-of-the-gray-and-not-sweaters#post-1043723 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 02:37:41 +0000 Dana 1043723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just a thought...I think all the sweaters flatter you, but 1-3 appear virtually identical to me. Are you sure you want 3 sweaters so similar? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/battle-of-the-gray-and-not-sweaters#post-1043718 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 02:27:21 +0000 unfrumped 1043718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, thanks for weighing in.<br /> I'm confused though. Are sweaters that are in a tailored style meant to be worn tucked in always? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/battle-of-the-gray-and-not-sweaters#post-1043616 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:16:04 +0000 Suz 1043616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unless you tuck or faux-tuck or semi-tuck you can't really tell whether the effect is going to be what you want. It's a question of cut, not size. These look like sweaters that are supposed to be a bit tailored. (Except possibly #4). The colours are all great on you, but of course if they don't work with a lab coat, that's no good.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/battle-of-the-gray-and-not-sweaters#post-1043611 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:10:59 +0000 unfrumped 1043611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi, Sona. I can tuck in the GH sweaters with my best "tucking" pants and probably pencil skirts, depending on fit. I've shown them with the skinny pants since I had them on for the big sweater, but would mostly wear with trouser-type pants. The Anthro is too big. The BR is probably not, as is thicker than the cashmere sweaters. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/battle-of-the-gray-and-not-sweaters#post-1043597 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:02:24 +0000 Sona 1043597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>could you tuck any of these? That might give us some better info to go with. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/battle-of-the-gray-and-not-sweaters#post-1043589 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 23:53:13 +0000 unfrumped 1043589@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Still warm here but “winter is coming” and I tend to live in sweaters, even with our fairly mild winters.</p> <p>I’ve mentioned I’m feeling a lot of my sweaters are not “fluid” enough, but worried about going overboard—both in terms of over-stocking one “trend” and also whether it’s somehow a wrong direction to do so much waist-surrendering, while I still have a waist! I’ve been trying this and that.</p> <p>#1—Garnet Hill cashmere (kinda lightweight) in a nice grayish-beige—goes with black and gray but also more taupey colors--on a good sale during the summer. </p> <p>#2—same in teal (looks more like teal IRL)—</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; These are not boxy, but longer and more roomy than some of my current sweaters. The length is good for pants.</p> <p>#3—BR cotton-blend –sized up to M in this—boxier style, roomy but not huge, I think.</p> <p>#4—Anthro funnel-type neck. Funny thing—it looks HUGE IRL and also a bit odd with regular trouser-pants (not shown), but when as in photo I tried with my sorta-skinny pants, it looks more proportionate, and also&nbsp; more so in the photo than when I’m lookin’ at it. </p> <p>For #4, first I thought, going to send back, then with skinnier pants, I think, hmm, pretty good, But, this outfit looks extremely blah with lab coat.&nbsp;I&nbsp;had focused on gray as being a good neutral. However, I’m learning: gray + white coat can be very blah—much of the architecture of the top is lost, so all you get is a strip of gray and a sea of white. Plus, long-oversized top in combo adds to blah-blob, since is loose over loose. You do&nbsp; not get the same effect as obtained with a blazer, for example;, and you don’t get the unstructured-over skinny effect as much with the pants, either.&nbsp; Also funny: the neckline isn’t as fab&nbsp;with a topper than &nbsp;when standing alone </p> <p>So I’m really re-thinking that whole proportion thing for FFBO for work, because paradoxically I can wear something more fitted as the base layer.</p> <p>&nbsp;I’m back to sending #4 back, in favor of more color and more structure or front detail or something. Boo, because I&nbsp;like &nbsp;the neckline on its own. But a turtle or cowl works better.</p> <p>#1-3 fit under jackets and are closer to fluid but not oversized, so I think I am going to keep those. Then, I think I should aim for more color—bombed out on the Appleseed love-bandle sweater style, but that berry color is a good goal. Need not to feel rushed into subpar items.</p> <p><span>Repeating, all of these look <u>much</u> roomier to my eye IRL than when I look at the photos—what’s up with that? &nbsp;</span></p> <p>Thoughts and comments? Are you learning more about what is the perfect balance of&nbsp; fluid, boxy, length for you?</p> <p><b>ETA</b>: I had the Anthro (#4) packed up, but then extracted it and returned the other Anthro rejects without it. </p> <p>It just goes over things so <u>easy. </u>And the neckline is hard to find. And it's a cotton blend so could wear more times of year, and layer under for cooler . I do love my new EF sweater, but it's an oven (yay for later in winter)&nbsp;and so not for transition weather, and is shorter, so doesn't go over some of the pants this one works with. Hmmmm</p> <p>Part of my question to myself was, am I&nbsp;catching up to the oversized fit trend,&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp; that's why it's appealing--it "looks" like what I'm seeing in a lot of on-line photos-- or am I "hiding" under these big sweaters, and if so, do I care? </p> <p>ETA photo is just with&nbsp;my boxy boucle topper, which is one of the toppers that I could put over this--that is an issue for extending its wearability, since it can be hard to topper this type of top.</p> <p>Re: Adelfa's post on emotional--I think I just really like being able to toss it on over several types of pants, jeans, and pencil skirts so now am thinking about keeping it for my year of big-sweatering. I still would like to have a real "color"--this came in a kind of bright rust-orange that I could wear, but isn't in my target zone and so then doesn't play with some other items. </p> <p>Will try to take some styling photos before the final decision.</p> <p>I wonder if I'm the only indecisive box-robber.</p>