https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:09:16 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1062298 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 22:54:19 +0000 Day Vies 1062298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My voyeuristic side loves a boho urban look -- what ever that means. I have never been able to do that look from head to toe. A purse here, a shoe there but not all over -- I look and feel out of place. I think maybe you could incorporate the look/colors in small doses. <br />I love a rocker chic, RATE, UPW look head to toe on other people. However, for my own closet and body, a nod is all I'm going to be able to do authentically. This is all just a long way of saying, while you may have one style that dominates and works best for you, it's OK to appreciate and incorporate elements that are completely different. Incorporating the things that attract you however opposite of your deemed style is what will make your look unique and fresh. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1062286 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 22:44:09 +0000 deb 1062286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love catalogues. Greyscale, I also loved the Penny's Christmas catalogue. I would spend hours looking through it when I was a kid. Now I love J. Peterman's. Each article of clothing has a story like and I can live vicariously through them. And I spent a good hour last night going through the latest Sundance catalogue. Let me see, Solutions, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Artful Home, Uno Alla Volta, &nbsp;The Horchow Collection, just to name a few are my favorites. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1062261 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 22:10:05 +0000 Greyscale 1062261@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thistle, the internet is almost as good! Some of the stores put their lookbooks or catalogs online, now, so you can see the styling.</p> <p>I just remembered how excited I was as a kid when the huge JC Penney catalog arrived. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1062256 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 22:06:31 +0000 Aquamarine 1062256@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the links, Suz. Fun to read!</p> <p>Thistle, wow...no catalogs?? I get SO MANY. I only enjoy the first ones, though. By the time the 10th LL Bean catalog of the season arrives, I've had it </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1062239 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:48:13 +0000 Thistle 1062239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No one sends me catalogues&nbsp;&nbsp; *cries*&nbsp; Okay, not really, the environment is better for it&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1062235 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:44:41 +0000 D'Ellen 1062235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Me too, Aquamarine!&nbsp; My&nbsp;favorite fantasy catalogs are Peruvian Connection and Territory Ahead, especially their Isabella Bird Connection.&nbsp; J Peterman...LOL! I used to read that catalog from cover to cover.&nbsp;&nbsp;Though the&nbsp;ones I've received recently&nbsp;haven't been&nbsp;quite as entertaining to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1062065 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:48:31 +0000 Peri 1062065@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do the same thing! I think it's like a form of art...they look so pretty. But I never order either. My fantasy catalogs are Sundance and Soft Surroundings. And Saks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1062061 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:41:10 +0000 Greyscale 1062061@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel that way about the J Crew catalog. Their look is so much preppier than I am, but I love how they style things.</p> <p>I got into following fashion around 2008 when the biker/rock trend was at its peak. J Crew, especially, had all sorts of spiked and studded versions of their usual preppy look. I loved it because it was the refined version of my own style, and from there I started following more high-end fashions and streetstyle blogs. I guess I stuck with fashion as a hobby after that trend passed, but it was great to have a few months where I wanted to wear so much of what I saw in photos! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1062050 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:25:29 +0000 kkards 1062050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>it's why i buy vogue....it's a nice place to visit, even if i'm not going to live there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1061929 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:31:43 +0000 fieldmouse 1061929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love Toast (<a href="http://www.toast.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.toast.co.uk/</a>) catalogs, even though it's not really my style - I love the styling and the scenery in pictures, but when I go to the website, I end up finding that the individual items aren't really for me, most of the time.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1061903 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:04:11 +0000 Nebraskim 1061903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loved J.Peterman. Yes, it was a real catalog and its schtick was the stories that "sold" the garments. It created a lifestyle for the clothing. I tend to love Duluth Trading, Eddie Bauer, LLBean, Athleta, Title 9. And I actually buy a lot of stuff from Eddie Bauer and Bean because their stuff fits my casual lifestyle and my belief that I'm "outdoorsy" even though I work in an office and my idea of outdoors is to run on a concrete urban trail. My shadow style would be Athleta and Title 9 because I love their gear and look but at size 14, I'm too big for most of their offerings, where a 12 is an XL. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1061891 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:50:27 +0000 Suz 1061891@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a great question. A while ago we had a discussion about our "shadow style."&nbsp;</p> <p>There are a couple of fun threads about it. With visuals.&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-your-shadow-style">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....adow-style</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/just-for-fun?replies=19">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....replies=19</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1061865 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:15:29 +0000 Laurinda 1061865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel that way about the Anthropologie catalog. <br />With apologies to the Talking Heads: "This is not my beautiful life!"</p> <p>Duluth Trading Co. is more my style :-/</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1061851 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:53:23 +0000 Alexandra 1061851@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like to peruse catalogs for inspiration - to see the different color combinations, interesting silhouettes and materials, etc. There's always something good even if the catalog is very different from my style. That said, my favorites are the ones that are the closest to my style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1061832 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:15:57 +0000 Anonymous 1061832@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes, Sundance. I receive the catalogs but never order from there, either. I enjoy looking at it, though. I think there's a part of me that wants to be Boho. I can't pull off those looks, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1061826 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:09:51 +0000 Aquamarine 1061826@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>El Cee...I have never ordered anything from Sundance either. Hmm...maybe it's the intro from Robert Redford....still handsome and craggy even though he's what, 85 :-)</p> <p>gryffin...What, there's actually a J. Peterman catalog?? Ha ha I can only think of Elaine from Seinfeld writing for him. Off to Google it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1061805 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:47:39 +0000 gryffin 1061805@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I love this question.&nbsp; Does anyone get the Gorsuch catalog?&nbsp; I don't ski but I want that&nbsp;snowcat zipped parka (in black of course)&nbsp;in the worst way.&nbsp; I love everything in that catalog except the prices.&nbsp; Fortunately that helps me resist temptation.&nbsp; I had the same trouble with the JPeterman catalog (the old catalog)&nbsp; I think it was my steampunk side trying to escape captivity!!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1061800 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:34:52 +0000 El Cee 1061800@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes... Sundance used to get me hooked. Never actually ordered anything, but spent all too much time looking through it. I am better about keeping fashion catalogs to a minimum now and have requested to be taken off lists. I still have a problem with home furnishings catalogs like "Frontgate". I can waste a lot of time salivating over pool and patio furnishings -- and I have neither a pool nor a patio. Fantasy life? You bet!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/catalogs-and-style-personas#post-1061793 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:22:39 +0000 Aquamarine 1061793@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>At the start of every season, I find myself eagerly anticipating the fashion catalogs that flood my mailbox. I enjoy seeing the trends as they are depicted across various demographics and price points. Oddly enough, I find myself spending the most time with the catalogs that depict a style OPPOSITE of my own. For example, I love the Sundance catalog. My actual life and style choices, however, are very far removed from the aesthetic depicted in Sundance. The soft, dusty colors and the boho/California/desert items would look ridiculous on me. I buy and look best in structured clothes, clear colors. My hair is not long and curly. My climate is the exact opposite. What is this pull I feel? Is it a yearning for what I don't have (abundant sunshine, a ranch, long hair :-)) Is it catalog surfing for a fantasy life? I'm curious if anyone else goes through this. </p>