https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:45:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2007292 Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:36:27 +0000 Bijou 2007292@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you to everyone. OK - so onto day 3 - which will be colourful because whilst I love neutrals, there is lots of fun to be had with colour. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2007260 Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:12:56 +0000 Brooklyn 2007260@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Almost missed this because the forum is SO busy at the moment! Anyhow, you look sensational, especially in the white dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006814 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:29:24 +0000 Angie 2006814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loved your write-up, <b>Bijou.</b> It was heartfelt, soul searching, humble, honest, accepting, conclusive and strong. I was quite touched by it.&nbsp;</p> <p>KILLER x3.</p> <p>You are the epitome of the Playfully Pretty and Powerful Professional. You throw in a bit of quirk, lots of drama, fun details, softness as well as hard edge, maximize, adorn, and always look pulled together, interesting and just darn right LOVELY.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006787 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:05:55 +0000 Kathie 2006787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love all your sheath dresses! You've mastered feminine, yet powerful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006745 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:09:34 +0000 Anonymous 2006745@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful. I especially like the white dress and wish I could find a basic white sheath dress. You do look like a Hitchcock heroine, which were beautifully dressed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006742 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:06:48 +0000 anchie 2006742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely stunning. I want to be you </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006741 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:05:11 +0000 gryffin 2006741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bijou - the first dress is so david meister with the perfect seaming.&nbsp; I am jealous and you wear it so well.&nbsp; You have amazing coloring because you wear so many palates well.&nbsp; Awesome!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006735 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:57:27 +0000 Jaime 2006735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous! I like the comparison to Hitchcock's heroines. The black dress with scarf, the white with the pearls, the animal print jacket - it is all fantastic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006734 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:51:28 +0000 Anonymous 2006734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You could step into a Hitchcock movie with no problem at all. &nbsp;So perfect! &nbsp;You're the queen of neutral elegance. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006731 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:42:26 +0000 ChristelJ 2006731@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your style is so clear in all these; bold, pretty and smashing! The neckline on that black dress is wonderful and so perfect with the scarf. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006709 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:09:34 +0000 taylor 2006709@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Classy bombshell ...seems perfect .<br /> You look gorgeous! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006700 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:04:10 +0000 Bijou 2006700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Janet</b> - the cape is great with jeans and black boots - so I could see you rocking one of these!</p> <p><b>TG</b> - thank you - the quotation is very cute, it took me quite a while to work out what it said as the font is rather small. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006690 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:53:54 +0000 Helena 2006690@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Katerina said .... Classy bombshell! Gorgeous. And I love that quotation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006687 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:50:36 +0000 Janet 2006687@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have the most killer professional style! I covet that cape thing but have zero occasion to wear it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006682 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:44:16 +0000 Bijou 2006682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>UmmLila</b> the way you dress you seriously do not need an office to look elegant.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>RobinF</b> - yes the bags are lovely - it is probably lucky that I cannot buy them here in Australia and have to travel to Japan to get them!</p> <p><b>Lyn67</b> - thank you so much -&nbsp; I do have a great life and would not change a thing, but when you live with two doggies, there are plenty of non-glamorous experiences. Of course the love, fun and cuddles make up for the more messy aspects of dog ownership.</p> <p><b>Gryffin</b> - you were the inspiration for outfit one! </p> <p><b>Katerina</b>, it is interesting as my preferences are moving to a more classic styling which has been inspired by the Hitchcock heroines. I am lucky that Cue clothing fits me so well.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006680 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:41:24 +0000 Katerina 2006680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely delightful! You look like a movie star. I love your very feminine, elegant style. It is unique and gorgeous. So modern and yet like a Hitchcock heroine glamorous.... All the pieces from Cue - sensational. And the Japanese handbags - wow. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006674 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:28:43 +0000 gryffin 2006674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gasp, I die!!&nbsp; You are the epitome of elegance!!!&nbsp; Wow, hits head on floor being transported to ER!!&nbsp; Just wow!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006668 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:21:24 +0000 lyn67 2006668@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, Bijou-You Do Have The Most Glamorous Wardrobe (and perhaps Life, too:-))from them all! Especially love the 2nd Day outfit! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006667 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:19:59 +0000 RobinF 2006667@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hah, what UmmLila said! Very elegant outfits! Love the bag too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006656 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:57:27 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2006656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>See, now you make me wish I worked in an office after all, so I'd have an excuse to dress in such an elegant way all the time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/challenge---being-me-day-1-2#post-2006654 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:45:59 +0000 Bijou 2006654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The BEING ME challenge had me stumped a little, because it made me reflect upon when I was not me, which I have decided is not very much. </p> <p>One of the gifts that YLF has given me is the permission to dress to please myself and wear what I like. I think my style has become more signature because I am not so bothered about trends and will only wear them if they appeal to me and not feel compelled to be fashionable. Paradoxically, this attitude has probably meant that I am dressing in a more fashion forward way than ever before!</p> <p>My job is an Accountant at a large professional services firm - I work with clients and work with different teams on engagements. I have to be ready to rush out to meeting without notice if my clients have any urgent issues, so I dress up most days assuming that an important client meeting is likely to occur. Fridays I can wear casual dress but often opt not to do so because I like dressing up and my home life is pretty casual.</p> <p><b>For Day 1</b> - I decided to try a combination that was more the old me - going back to black. In my teens and early 20's I wore black almost exclusively. I wore black at this time of my life because I looked very young and thought it made me look older, more interesting and sophisticated...when in reality it just made me look like a young girl trying to fit in with the herd at university. Never mind, I felt fabulous in my black and that was all that mattered, and I still do. Black holds a certain magic for me, sometimes it is nice to revisit the younger me.</p> <p>Little black dress with white stitching by Cue. This dress is very comfortable and was great because the weather was 37C. I wore this with a tie neck scarf (with a green dragon print) by Rixo, a cropped cape jacket by Cue and black sheer hose and black suede pumps by Paul Green. My office is chilly, so the cape jacket was welcome and I like the additional coverage that it gives the dress, that is quite open on the top. My bag is by Samantha Thavasa Deluxe, a Japanese brand and bought 5 years ago in Tokyo. This was the start of a rather obsessive collection...</p> <p><b>Day 1 night</b> - Client dinner at an outdoors restaurant. Gold lace dress (old - Moss and Spy), leopard faux fur jacket (Cue - new first time worn), nude hose and black suede pumps. Clutch by Karen Millen.</p> <p><b>Day 2</b> - today - decided to go for the opposite end of the spectrum - little white dress (Cue), grey jacket (old - Armani), nude hose grey Paul Green pumps, worn with a string of pearls. I love this white dress, once again a sheath by Cue and for me a little white dress is as much of a wardrobe essential as a little black dress. I always feel very polished and crisp in white. My bag is another Samantha Thavasa Deluxe bag - this one in ice blue. This bag I baby somewhat give the very light colour, purchased again in Tokyo 3 years ago. It is sort of a ritual that when we travel overseas I get a new bag.</p> <p>I love the motto on the front:</p> <p>"Living your life with confidence is always the best accessory. To all the lovely ladies....Samantha Thavasa Deluxe".&nbsp; </p>