https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:29:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season/page/2#post-2393408 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:20:04 +0000 bella 2393408@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Summer dressing is not my favorite, but I love summer activities: swimming in the sea, lounging by the pool, reading under the beach umbrella while sipping a cold drink - my idea of heaven! I haven't had my fill of these yet.&nbsp;</p> <p>For me, the end of summer is marked by the beginning of the school year, which is still four weeks away. After that, we will still have plenty of warm weather, but the occasions for summer activities will most likely disappear due to the kiddo's athletic practices and our busy teaching schedules.&nbsp;<br />So for now, I am still enjoying the summer and looking forward to hopefully a few more weekend getaways.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season/page/2#post-2393375 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:49:05 +0000 LJP 2393375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Edited. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season/page/2#post-2393369 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:53:33 +0000 Style Fan 2393369@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love Fall and am looking forward to the cooler temperatures.&nbsp; It has been extremely hot this summer.&nbsp; Most days it is 32 °C.&nbsp; I get up early to walk Garth.&nbsp; My containers of petunias are looking great one day and half dead the next.</p> <p>I always find summer dressing a challenge.&nbsp; I have yet to figure out how to look pulled together and still feel comfortable in the heat.</p> <p>For Fall, I am looking at Everlane's chocolate jeans.&nbsp; I haven't ordered them yet.&nbsp; I also have a brown blazer on my wishlist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season/page/2#post-2393336 Sun, 10 Aug 2025 11:13:23 +0000 Janet 2393336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have had a couple of brilliantly pleasant days (80ish degrees, low humidity), with nice cool nights that allow us to turn off the AC and open the windows. If summer were like that all the time here, I would like it a lot more! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season/page/2#post-2393333 Sun, 10 Aug 2025 01:03:02 +0000 Jaime 2393333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well we don't really have Fall, it is usually hot until November and then it starts to get cooler. Maybe our Winter is Fall actually. But I do get antsy to wear my jackets and coats, so I start reorganizing them early.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393317 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 16:30:17 +0000 Cookie 2393317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bijou, that skirt is absolutely spectacular! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393310 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 15:05:48 +0000 Dee 2393310@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love summer but could definitely stand less high heat and humidity but fall is one of my favourite seasons too.<br /> I'm watching the garden perennials take their turns blooming so you know fall isn't too far off. Beyond that, I'm seeing lots of the fall merchandise arriving at retail, and the summer sales racks slowing thinning out. My closet shuffle usually starts in early September with sweaters and jeans returning back into action. Housewise, my decor usually doesnt change much until the start of October and then I'll switch out the cushions and throws in my living room, and change the bed linens, duvet covers at that point. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393309 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 14:48:53 +0000 Angie 2393309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I forgot to mention that although my style gets a head start with Autumn and Winter in July because I participate in the NAS - like others, I love Summer and Summer style! I will thoroughly enjoy wearing my Summery clothes for another 5 weeks! </p> <p>I enjoy ALL the seasons equally!! I like the changes in all their forms </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393308 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 14:47:53 +0000 Bijou 2393308@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It’s cold and wet here but given Summer is my dominant season, I have bought a lace skirt to wear now with a navy sweater and into summer with a white blouse. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393307 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 14:41:23 +0000 judy 2393307@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How fun to change up your house as well as your clothing.&nbsp; The change in light is what is bringing Fall to mind for me.&nbsp; It's one of the most fascinating things about the seasons changing.&nbsp; I noticed it this year as of August 1...has it always been this way, or am I just noticing it?&nbsp; Or is it early this year?&nbsp; I love the Autumn too.&nbsp; What I will miss about summer is the bounty of local produce.&nbsp; Haven't had my fill yet of farm grown tomatoes.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393306 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 14:23:22 +0000 Star (Lise) 2393306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just to be clear I have not turned my closet yet either.&nbsp; Full on heatwave here currently.&nbsp; I have made a list of an Autumn Capsule in my computer.&nbsp; Checking out what I have, what I feel like wearing, what feels fresh and what works together.,&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393304 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 13:58:33 +0000 LJP 2393304@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fall is probably the only season I cheat or push. &nbsp;I don't do this for Spring ,even though winter here can be a soul-killer by March/April. &nbsp;But somehow fall just brings such promise even though it's such a short season! &nbsp;I haven't even come close to switching out my closet yet, but I definitely won't be wearing anything bright and summery now. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393300 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 13:07:41 +0000 Susie 2393300@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Our summers are very hot and often the temps stay high into October. I hate to see summer end; this is my first one since I retired and I love spending so much time outdoors. I love fall but I’m not a fan of dreary winter weather. </p> <p>I DO look forward to fall clothes, as boots and sweaters are my favorites. I was still buying summer clothes until a couple of weeks ago but then was suddenly done. I added a few pieces for fall at NAS and probably have plenty though I would like to add a bit more brown. </p> <p>We do a few seasonal changes in our house but not yet . I’m not ready to let go of summer! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393299 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 13:06:26 +0000 Ket 2393299@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m a HUGE lover of FALL!!! In fact, we’ve had yellow leaves since Aug 1, which is unusually early even for us. </p> <p>And yet…. This year I’m not doing much. </p> <p>The living room drywall gets sanded soonish, so not putting up decor to get ruined by drywall dust. We live in zone 4; very little in our garden can be safely pruned this time of year. The herb pots will be brought in once temps hit 38-40F at night. </p> <p>Clothing-wise, I’ve been buying autumn clothes since July! I wrote a full outfit post here. <a href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-plans-for-autumnwinter-25--♡´-" rel="nofollow">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....25--♡´-</a></p> <p>I have specific style ideas for fall so I started thrifting very early. I still need pajamas, camisoles, and such. Trying to decide if I’ll buy or sew them. Too hot this week to wear any of it, but I’m definitely ready to switch out my wardrobe. </p> <p>I’ve started knitting chunky weight yarns and cables!! That has definitely pushed me into fall. I purposely try to knit ahead of season, if the desire is there. I found yarns on sale for a couple of projects. I also ordered some beautiful fall fabrics to sew with. A fabric shop was having 50% off clearance prices and I found some lovely things to play with. </p> <p>School and soccer starts next week for us!! My leibersohn is growing and enters 3rd grade this year. I’m having lots of feelings and tears about it. </p> <p>School trips and our church’s Oktoberfest happen in Sept. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393297 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:32:02 +0000 pirouette 2393297@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m also with Mirjana and Suz I want to hang on to summer. To be fair our summer isn’t very hot. About. 18 to 20 degrees if we’re lucky. But I love the long bright days. Autumn and winter are long and dark. However I prefer dressing for the cold. I think that’s because i have a lot of practice! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393296 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 07:52:22 +0000 Mirjana 2393296@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Suz, love summer and feel sad even thinking about fall, rain, short and cold days, darkness and so on.... I am still in the summer mood. These days the temperature here is about 35 degree, yes hot but it's summer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393290 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 06:54:18 +0000 Star (Lise) 2393290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Only thing I have done is put together a Autumn Capsule from clothes in my closet in anticipation. Can't wait! September for us. Btw I have been wearing cinnamon colour clothes all summer, works with my hair colour. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393288 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 04:37:49 +0000 Suz 2393288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loooooooooove summer and it makes me sad to let it go. My annuals are still going strong...I tend to give them a good hard "haircut" around the first of July and they come back and last into October. My perennials are a bit of a mess this year because I haven't been able to weed and prune much.&nbsp;</p> <p>(<b>Carla, </b>your daylilies put mine to shame....)&nbsp;</p> <p>This year I didnt shop NAS so I'm not really thinking about fall clothing yet, either. I know I'll be teaching in person this year, so that means public-facing outfits, and that makes dressing more fun. But I haven't really started thinking much about what I might need (or, let's face it, <b>want</b>) for the season....</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393286 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 04:14:26 +0000 Sal 2393286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am in the same boat as Brooklyn - heading north for a month.&nbsp; Although late winter here has mostly been pretty nice and it is stunning today.</p> <p>Fun to push the seasons to suit you </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393285 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 03:56:51 +0000 Carla 2393285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We are only at the mid-point of summer, with six weeks still to go! &nbsp;This weekend is supposed to be a scorcher, and the extended forecast where I live is for a warmer than average fall season. &nbsp; Nope. &nbsp;I’m not thinking of fall fashions or home decor at all! &nbsp;</p> <div>The garden is doing well, and its the daylilys’ turn. &nbsp;Plants I cut back a couple of weeks ago are giving me a second flush of blooms - cranesbill geranium, salvia, even the roses! &nbsp;I plant for dry conditions - Russian Sage, daylilies, hosta, sedum, rudbekia, echinacea, nepeta, creeping thyme. &nbsp;The pots are another story. &nbsp;I always have geraniums in the mix, because they like it dry. &nbsp;By the time the early annuals start to fade, the geraniums have filled out and take over. &nbsp;I have 20 pots/planters, so have been getting a workout running around hand watering everything, everyday.</div><div><br /></div><div>Knowing how hard it can be to get personal services going into the holiday season, I’ve booked my haircuts and aesthetic services through to the end of the year - so there is that!</div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393284 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 03:39:26 +0000 Carol 2393284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am NOT a fall person, although I can appreciate what people see--the warm drinks, cozy sweaters, etc. I am spring and summer.</p> <p>Hot here, and will be a while. Great colors to me are the neon blue lit pool outside my window at night, or a pink watermelon.&nbsp; I do a dollar store wreath of leaves when fall finally comes, but I do like all the decor people get into. </p> <p>If I did anything, I like natural things. Maybe some twisted branches in a bucket. Maybe I will dip my toe into Day of the Dead decor-very pretty, very rich.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393283 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 03:12:43 +0000 Kate 2393283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m always sick of summer, even before it gets here! Ours in DC are just too hot &amp; humid and seem to last longer every year. It’s a struggle to keep my gardens adequately watered in summer, and I have the water bill to prove it! </p> <p>So yes, please bring on fall. I’m ready. I have several new chocolate brown items to greet the season with! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393280 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 02:25:03 +0000 Brooklyn 2393280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m the opposite. I’m sick of winter and the short, dreary, cold days. I am cheating the season by going north for a few weeks. By the time I’m back it will be Spring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393274 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 01:20:11 +0000 Aquamarine 2393274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love fall too and noticed the light has changed…my patio plants are in shade earlier than a month ago, But we’re about to go into another heatwave and our AC is cooked (not replacing this year, need to redo whole system) so it’s hard to imagine that fall feel just yet. Still wearing summer clothes and wouldn’t mind another beach trip or two, just because after fall is winter…. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393272 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 01:11:51 +0000 Cookie 2393272@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love fall but the older I get (and the longer it’s been since I lived in the DC area, where it’s unendurable), the more I appreciate summer too. I like all the seasons, really. I just try not to have too many truly summer-specific clothes because it’s a pretty short season here. So with that being said, I’m not yet sick of wearing those few things I wouldn’t layer up and wear in cooler weather. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393270 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:52:02 +0000 Sloper 2393270@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am NOT a summer fan. Can’t wait for Scorpio season - I’m a late October baby.</p> <p>Unfortunately, our hottest weather in my area of Southern California is August through September, and often October. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393268 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:42:18 +0000 Irina 2393268@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love fall, my birthday is in October. But I’m in no rush for it to come. If anything, we try to extend our summers and travel at the end of September someplace with a beach. Summer is by far my favorite season. I happily wear my summer clothes into October.&nbsp;<div>I don’t switch my decor with seasons except for Christmas. But I’ve been wearing nail polish in shades of milk chocolate for a few weeks now I’m planning dark cherry red for vacations.&nbsp;</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393266 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:39:03 +0000 LJP 2393266@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I hear you all on the heat ! It’s still very warm here too and will continue on until mid September usually , but something about the light is different now as days are shorter and the sun is a little lower ( I’m a little North of all of you ! ) . I like the freshness of different colours now , even if it is still warm . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393264 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:24:47 +0000 Lisa 2393264@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have a long hot summer season and that extends into a hot fall as well, especially the beginning of fall. Over the years I've adjusted my fall wardrobe to be at least half the fall colored items suitable for warmer weather, which means I can start wearing them in August, when I'm usually tired of summer's bright colors.&nbsp;I also get eager to start wearing my new NAS purchases and am usually brainstorming way to start wearing them now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cheating-the-season#post-2393262 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:19:21 +0000 Roberta 2393262@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will start pulling a few of the really ratty plants soon. I also have a balcony garden and things get very wind blown and sun baked. I empty out a few pots, and when it gets cooler I drop some mums in there. I am also thinking fondly, as Angie suggests, of the suede fringe jacket and wide-leg jeans hanging in my closet. </p>