https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blue-skirt-basic-tops Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:20:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blue-skirt-basic-tops#post-131046 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:59:53 +0000 KarinSwe 131046@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, thanks everyone, you're such an amazing bunch!</p> <p>janetinvirginia and greenglove - thank you for your opinions!</p> <p>lyrebirdgully - THANK YOU!! I cannot believe you put the time and effort to give me such an extensive answer! That's incredibly helpful and so sweet of you, and I'm extremely grateful! It really helps me to understand WHY things work and don't work, and I really struggle with that.</p> <p>I see your point of how the tucking-in lengthens my leg, and I especially appreciate the point about how light tops cuts it in half, if I don't accessorise or add something to it! Thanks also for going back to the other thread and the printed tops, I see what you mean! And that's a brilliant explanation about the belt, and colours, I couldn't have thought of those things myself! I'll definitely look for some white accessories to match when I wear this belt, and I'll get some more belts in other colours, and/or with big buckles!</p> <p>Again, such a big THANK YOU for that reply, I was really amazed by how extensive, clarifying and helpful that was!</p> <p>Rae, Angie and Louise - thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear your opinions, and that you like the outfits! Great idea with an obi belt Louise, I'll look for that! And thanks Angie for the hair compliment - it felt a bit too short at first, but I'm getting used to it!</p> <p>Lee Hovey - Thank you. I totally see what you mean, I think that's what bothers me with the side view as well - although I really do have a belly, it's not just that the skirt is sitting badly! Although, I'm sure it could sit better, I'll try and adjust it! The problem is that the skirt moves around as I move, but I'll try to keep it adjusted! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blue-skirt-basic-tops#post-130668 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:38:34 +0000 Lee Hovey 130668@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it best tucked. I think what throws me off a bit with the side view is maybe how you have it sitting on your hips. It looks like it's sitting higher in the back than in the front, making you appear to have a bit of belly which you definitely to not actually have. I think maybe if it was sitting evenly straight across, front and back it would look better. I am sure belting it like you did in the last photo helps fix this as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blue-skirt-basic-tops#post-130663 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:12:56 +0000 Louise 130663@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it best with the tops tucked, all the colours work for me. Love the belt too. How about an obi belt over the top and skirt for a different look? x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blue-skirt-basic-tops#post-130610 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:48:06 +0000 Angie 130610@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like your short hair! </p> <p>I think the skirt looks best with a tucked top. And I also like the white belt and leggings. You are adorable :0) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blue-skirt-basic-tops#post-130602 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:20:35 +0000 rae 130602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My fave look is the blue top, no belt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blue-skirt-basic-tops#post-130593 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:54:46 +0000 Lyrebirdgully 130593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Karinswe,<br /> I've just followed your threads on this very nice skirt - good choice.</p> <p>WHY TUCKING WORKS.The question of tucking hinges on your overall proportions. Your legs are slightly short in comparison to your torso length.(same as me.) So, when you wear your top untucked, your entire torso looks long, which in turn makes your legs look shorter. Tucking your tops in automatically gives the impression that your legs are long, by making your legs appear to start at a higher point, i.e.your waist, instead of your hips. </p> <p>NB. Beware a plain white top, even if tucked in, it can just chop your total silhouette in half, unless you accessorise it (necklace /brooch/scarf). In your photo example, there's no white on your lower half ,nor any navy/black on your upper half, so the two halves of your figure are unlinked. When you add the grey cardigan, you have linked the two halves to your grey sneakers, plus you have created slimming vertical lines which narrow down the white area. So that's a good move.</p> <p> Janetinvirginia has brought up the golden rule about matching tops to skirts. Bouffy skirts need fiitted tops. Loose tops look good only over narrow (pencil) skirts. As she says, this skirt, being gathered, looks its best with non-baggy tops.</p> <p> NB. A woven shirt tied in a knot in the front, as suggested in a previous thread, when worn this way becomes a "fitted top" . I do this quite a bit with my voluminous skirts. Worth trying.</p> <p>To answer your question in an earlier thread about choosing between different printed t-shirts: in your photos the second white printedT-shirt works better than the first because:<br /> &gt;it is more fitted, therefore giving you a narrower waistline.<br /> &gt; the black pattern consists of vertical blocks with a good margin, which takes the eye upwards, making you look taller and slimmer. T-shirts with a carefully CENTRED design are often very flattering.<br /> The first printed t-shirt is:<br /> &gt;too loose at the waist-gives a thickening impression.<br /> &gt; the blocks of colour are unbalanced, off-centre and blob-like in shape. The eye is drawn to the sides of your torso, emphasising your width at the expense of your height. RANDOM colour blobs are hardly ever flattering, it all depends where they sit on one's figure.</p> <p>To BELT or not to belt:<br /> When you wear a top in a colour similar to but not quite the same as, a bottom - as in these photos with the navy top - adding a belt helps by defining and separating the two colour zones. So, you can skip a belt if you like when you wear the skirt with a lighter coloured top- as janetinvirginia says- but with this skirt, navy/charcoal/black tops would look better with a belt. The blue top outfit could look good as it stands with a black belt (to match the leggings) with some contrasting detail in the front (grey to match the shoes would be nice!) or a big buckle that will draw the eye away from the sides and to the centre of your waist (nearly all my belts are this style - it takes inches off!).</p> <p>The problem with the white belt in the photo example is that the white is concentrated in one spot. On its own, with no other white in the outfit, it dominates , being the first thing the eye sees; and it takes attention away from your face. If you want to wear this belt, think about adding some touches of white elsewhere in the outfit, e.g at shoe level, and also up top.The white would also be less overpowering if you add in one or more different colours e.g. in a bag, jacket, headband etc.<br /> Good luck, hope you have a fun time thinking up more creations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blue-skirt-basic-tops#post-130553 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:21:09 +0000 greenglove 130553@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the light top with cardi and the last top both belted and not belted. I think as long as the top is short and fitted you can wear it either way with a fuller skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blue-skirt-basic-tops#post-130549 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:11:06 +0000 janetinvirginia 130549@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Karin,<br /> I think this skirt will only work well with tucked-in tops. It's the way it's shaped. It sticks out, so if you wear a loose untucked top, you'd look shapeless.</p> <p>I think the belt looks good -- it adds some contrast to the outfit. With a lighter top, the belt is probably not necessary. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blue-skirt-basic-tops#post-130543 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:37:28 +0000 KarinSwe 130543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(and wohoo, I managed the link-thingy! Thanks Vani!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blue-skirt-basic-tops#post-130542 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:36:50 +0000 KarinSwe 130542@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, some more options for the blue skirt! I realised from the <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blue-skirt-graphic-tees">last thread</a>, that tucked tops work best with this skirt! However, there's something about that look from the side, at least with plain tops, that don't really look flattering to me... Is it just me? I think it might be more apparent with a light top, unfortunately I didn't get a pic with that... either way, I think the belt helps a lot (an idea I got for another skirt, from the forum, a while ago!), so I'll probably use that a lot with the skirt! </p> <p>I guess my main questions are: does it work with untucked tops at all? And even if the belt is preferred (if you think so), could it work without as well?</p> <p>White top, untucked: <a href="http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu190/KarinSwe/New%20clothes/Blue%20skirt/DSCF0138.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i646.photobucket.com/al.....CF0138.jpg</a><br /> Another white top, grey cardi: <a href="http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu190/KarinSwe/New%20clothes/Blue%20skirt/DSCF0139.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i646.photobucket.com/al.....CF0139.jpg</a><br /> Blue top, straight on: <a href="http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu190/KarinSwe/New%20clothes/Blue%20skirt/DSCF0142.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i646.photobucket.com/al.....CF0142.jpg</a><br /> Blue top, side: <a href="http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu190/KarinSwe/New%20clothes/Blue%20skirt/DSCF0143.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i646.photobucket.com/al.....CF0143.jpg</a><br /> Blue top, belt: <a href="http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu190/KarinSwe/New%20clothes/Blue%20skirt/DSCF0144.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i646.photobucket.com/al.....CF0144.jpg</a></p> <p>Buckets of thanks! </p>