https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:05:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1164247 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 02:08:07 +0000 Jaime 1164247@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like the first one - and that DH never suspected! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1164217 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 01:47:36 +0000 Sarah A 1164217@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am really struck by the flow and line in #2. Beautiful (safety pins... *chuckling* great idea to test something before committing to the sewing time ). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1164209 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 01:38:14 +0000 MuseumGal 1164209@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh, ambergreen, show us your necklace/outfit!</p> <p>Thanks Marmee, Laura, Lisa, and rachylou!</p> <p>E, Aziraphale, and Ceit, I keep trying to love brown, but it really doesn’t love me back!&nbsp; Unrequited love, sigh … </p> <p>Thistle, the second one is just off all around, but it was fun to wear.</p> <p>Aubergine, you should dig out that pendant and wear it.&nbsp; My Granny got hers in Hong Kong, I think.</p> <p>I think the lesson to be learned from this is that I shouldn't buy any more brown tops, and for the ones I do have, they need a nice pop of one of my "good" colors by the face.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1164151 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:48:46 +0000 Anonymous 1164151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The first one is great! I think I have a very similar jade pendant somewhere or other, which my grandparents brought back from a trip to China&nbsp;a long time ago. </p> <p>In the second one, I love how everything looks up top with the chambray collar, sweater, and necklace all layered together and also really like the skirt, but agree that there might be a little too much brown when everything's combined </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1164129 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:17:56 +0000 Thistle 1164129@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the first one a lot. Not sure why the second one doesn't sing to me. It might be the pattern on the skirt. I like the shapes, but perhaps the pattern is fighting with it. Back to my troubles with color </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1164088 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:12:50 +0000 Anonymous 1164088@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the shape of 2 a lot, but I think I would like it better if it was a different colour.</p> <p>1 is nice! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1164018 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:24:44 +0000 Aziraphale 1164018@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The green looks great! Not sure about outfit #2. The collar poking out works, but I think overall there is too much brown, what with your brown hair and brown eyes. (Sorry to be a spanner, but honesty is better than fibbing). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1163912 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 20:04:53 +0000 E 1163912@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun! I love the shapes in #2 (and it doesn't look costume-y to me), but I think you're right in thinking you look your best in cooler colours than warm. Your bone structure looks much sharper in 1 than 2. (I say that as you mentioned you're experimenting.)&nbsp;Lol @ the safety pins; I've relied on those to hold up trousers and skirts on more than one occasion. They haven't failed me yet! ;)</p> <p>You have a very good natured husband; I'm a trifle possessive over my woolens. hehe </p> <p>As always, I love seeing your accessories! I bet your jewelry cabinet/stand/storage system must be a sight to behold.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1163894 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:54:55 +0000 rachylou 1163894@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're pretty awesome in green. I like the colour of the sweater and jacket together - and with the jewelry.</p> <p>I like the brown sweater, skirt, and denim shirt outfit too. I like the way denim collar peeks out. I'm wondering how the shirt would look tucked... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1163823 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:06:59 +0000 Lisa 1163823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice outfits with greens and browns.&nbsp; Two colors you wear quite well! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1163715 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:50:34 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1163715@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like outfit 2 - the flowy skirt really balances your top half nicely and I like the light brown on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1163631 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:23:15 +0000 Marmee 1163631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great outfits. &nbsp;I especially like the light brown and blue in the second outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1163617 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:15:57 +0000 Suzanne (ambergreen) 1163617@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like your outfits. Especially the Afghani necklace (in fact, I staged mine last night on a to-wear outfit for this weekend). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/browns#post-1163575 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:57:18 +0000 MuseumGal 1163575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are experiments, so perhaps not the most flattering or fashion forward outfits I've ever posted, but I liked them well enough that I wore them to work (where work means sitting at my cubicle at the museum and dissertating), and I'm really enjoying experimenting in my (and my husband's, haha) wardrobe.</p> <p>1)&nbsp; Monday - Y'all were so enthusiastic about green last week that I decided to try this pullover of hubs that I'd originally passed over.&nbsp; It's got a green pattern running through a brown?black?navy? (I genuinely can't tell) background.&nbsp; I paired it with olive trousers and brown Chelsea boots.&nbsp; This all felt pretty west, so for some east balance I added an old silk chiffon scarf (that never gets worn b/c I have so little green in my wardrobe), my Granny's jade pendant, and these awesome Indian dangly hoop earrings.&nbsp; </p> <p>2) Tuesday/today - so I cut off the top of this dress as you all recommended awhile back.&nbsp; This left the skirt literally falling off my nonexistant butt/hips, so I've got it pinned with 4 safety pins - let's hope they hold!&nbsp; Frye boots, denim/chambray button up and warm brown wool sweater.&nbsp; This felt very schoolmarm on the prairie and a bit more costumey than I usually like, but I went with it anyway.&nbsp; To add some east I tried a long strand of pearls and then jade, but they just added to the schoolmarm look, so I went with a lapiz choker (with a chain extender) instead.&nbsp; Oh, and silver ohm earrings too.&nbsp; I would have liked this much better if that pullover wasn't three sizes too big, but it's what I have to work with for now.</p> <p>Oh, and Husband <i>totally</i> busted me this weekend.&nbsp; He was all, "Didn't I used to have some wool sweaters??"&nbsp; I had to admit I had most of them down at my apartment and promised I'd bring some back this coming weekend!</p> <p>Thanks for looking (and reading that epic, if you did).&nbsp; Suggestions/comments always welcome!</p>