https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 10 May 2026 10:46:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-909005 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:36:53 +0000 rae 909005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I think it's possible. Tough with those particular shorts. She looks like she's got a willowy frame, great legs, heels, and probably youth on her side. I think I'd look totally frumpy in those. The hipsters are also young and wear them ironically.&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908999 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:14:45 +0000 Lantana 908999@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Intentionally arty frumpy"?<br /> That takes skill.<br /> "Artlessly frumpy", now that's easy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908993 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:53:40 +0000 Tina 908993@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's all in the supporting (ahem, something may be missing) cast. This is definitely a very intentional look.<br /> Claire, you are funny:-)) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908979 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:15:59 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 908979@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I really like this look on her, though I'd be more comfortable if she wore a bra. (Claire, you crack me up!)<br />I'm with Rhubarbgirl--oh yes, it gives me flashbacks to the 90s for sure. I had a pair of khaki shorts that looked pretty similar, around that time. <br />I am curious about the stylishly frumpy ladies. I can't quite picture what Rachylou is describing, and I fear I may just wander cluelessly into that territory. La, la, la, here I go. . .. Off to google Alexa Chung.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908975 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:04:46 +0000 elpgal 908975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this. I secretly aspire to be one of those arty frumpy ladies. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908861 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:51:56 +0000 hedgiehog 908861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I had shorts like this back in the '80s.....I remember they were Outback Red from The Limited. I loved those shorts! Alas, many moons and two kids later, I would definitely be the mayor of Frumpville if I wore these! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908793 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:27:43 +0000 MsMary 908793@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Uh, I see no frump. I think she looks great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908761 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:33:01 +0000 Anonymous 908761@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Let's just say I won't be going there! *clutching bra nervously*<br /><br />It looks really cute on this&nbsp;fashionista. My DD held up a pair of denim shorts in that exact cut the other day when we were at Goodwill. She said, "Mom, did you actually&nbsp;<i>wear</i> shorts like this back in the day?" I didn't, but I remember there were certain girls that looked really good in them. My chicken thighs always got lost in the fullness of the legs.&nbsp;<br /><br />I've seen this "same value" tan and grey color combination on a WNTW recently. I think it would wash me out; I need more of a medium contrast level but it looks very fresh to my eye.&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908757 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:27:27 +0000 DonnaF 908757@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ The shorts would work well or my small waist and fat legs. I would probably need longer sleeves and more structure on top, so maybe a woven shirt would work better.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908755 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:24:58 +0000 catgirl 908755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hmm. &nbsp;Man Repeller? https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908747 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:17:49 +0000 Caro in Oz 908747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I like this outfit (on the right person). On me it would look frumpy &amp; like I'd kept them:) https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908667 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:19:18 +0000 krishnidoux 908667@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh, no! Please tell me that's not anywhere in the future? I remember this silhouette too well. It was 1985 and I would have dreamed to look like this lady. Today I know better.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm sorry but this look&nbsp;is definitively frumpy. If I understand the word well.&nbsp;I mean, what is this?&nbsp;Braless Indiana Jones wannabe or what? And blah boring colours at that. &nbsp;Please give me some stripes to clean out my eye.&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908666 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:18:44 +0000 Astrid 908666@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I' not sure about "stylishly frumpy", but I like this outfit too. <br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908661 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:12:47 +0000 Janet 908661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I think "stylishly frumpy" is best left to the very young and very old. ;-)&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908659 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:11:12 +0000 Angie 908659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I like this outfit! It's not frumpy at all to my eye. <br /><br />When I think of "Stylishly Frumpy", I think of Alexa Chung style. <br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908586 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:07:54 +0000 ironkurtin 908586@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Yes.&nbsp; Hipsters everywhere love this look.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908545 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:18:24 +0000 Beth Ann 908545@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I like this look a lot.&nbsp; For myself, I might narrow the legs just a twinge -- having to work a bit to find the right proportion.&nbsp; I also am a bit bustier than I was in the 90's, so I might find the higher waist a little tougher to wear than before.&nbsp; Low rise bottoms never worked well for me.&nbsp; Give me a natural waist!&nbsp; Maybe even, gasp, a pleat or two!<br /><br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908543 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:16:15 +0000 RoseandJoan 908543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I think you can work a frumpy item into an outfit for a stylish outcome but I think this is different to being stylishly frumpy and boils down to intent.<br /><br />As an aside I have bought two pairs of shorts for the summer which both have high rises, elasticated waists and are sweatshirt material. I am hoping they look modern and utilitarian rather than frumpy. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908541 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:10:47 +0000 Suz 908541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ This does not look frumpy to me. It looks too intentional for that. But I quite like wide leg shorts and culottes, too, at least in theory and on some bodies.&nbsp;<br /><br />I know those ladies, too. I live in fear that I am one!&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908537 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:02:29 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 908537@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is anyone else having a flashback to the early 90s? Yowza. </p> <p>It's always interesting to see silhouettes come back into fashion but this is not something I will rush out to try. </p> <p>I know those intentionally arty frumpy ladies too. Somehow it works better once you are of a certain age, IMO. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908534 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:56:40 +0000 Ingunn 908534@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Rachy, you're too funny I know these ladies, too! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908533 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:55:09 +0000 rachylou 908533@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I think this is stylish, not frumpy. But it is extremely conventional.<br /><br />I also know lots of stylishly frumpy ladies. They usually involve a good dose of arty eclecticism in the form of quilted collarless jackets and Japanese-paper fan pins. But don't get me wrong, they're definitely styin' and in the know.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908532 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:54:02 +0000 shedev 908532@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I think some people could look stylish in these but I'd feel frumpy. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908530 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:52:29 +0000 HelloKitty 908530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ On this person, it looks stylishly frumpy (or frumpily stylish?). &nbsp;But this would NEVER work on me. &nbsp;The very high rise would only accentuate the parts that don't need accentuating!! &nbsp;It's a difficult look to pull off and I'm not fond of it. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908525 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:45:11 +0000 Anonymous 908525@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I actually have a sugar eye for full shorts like that. I also love culottes and gauchos and split skirts!<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908523 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:43:43 +0000 Ingunn 908523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Well, I don't know about this one, but I know a lady who is stylishly frumpy indeed. Those shorts would look more frumpy than stylish on me, I'm afraid. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-stylishly-frumpy#post-908521 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:41:56 +0000 AJ 908521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <a href="http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-ipanema-beach-rio-de-janeiro/" rel="nofollow">Source</a><br /><br />I was wondering with all the slouchy and baggy styles coming out, if this will be the trend for shorts&nbsp;in summer of 2014.&nbsp; What do you think: frumpy, stylish, or stylishly frumpy?