https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:53:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181926 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:21:26 +0000 AryLen12 2181926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I believe that #1and #2 are the best out of the four. #3 is my least favorite. I like #4 from the knees up but the ruffles at the bottom mess up the formal attitude. I'm disagreeing with most people on that part but the two materials and shapes don't go well together in my opinion. If you had a black skirt that was straight all the way down, that would look wonderful.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181876 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:15:28 +0000 RobinF 2181876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love these, especially the more unexpected casual versions. Wow! I do have one lace top that I don't wear a lot but have worn with jeans. It's not a super breathable fabric so I can't wear it in humid weather but now I really want one that I can. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181868 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:00:01 +0000 Jonesy 2181868@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a gorgeous array of options, from casual to drop-dead, going-out-on-the-town fabulousness! They all look great. Your orphan has found its people :).</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181862 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:16:43 +0000 ChristelJ 2181862@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the 1940s vibe of #3. All are good, though. Fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181861 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:12:38 +0000 Bijou 2181861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All fabulous but #4 is stunning! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181857 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 11:36:02 +0000 Anonymous 2181857@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love 4 especially but they all look great! Lace tops are super versatile, though I think I passed mine on cause it got too faded. You're making me want to find a new one!<br /> I wore mine with everything from a pencil skirt, sandals and lace blazer to denim shorts and footbed sandals! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181848 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 09:36:57 +0000 lyn67 2181848@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG, THAT skirt and it looks so effortlessy chick with the lace top&nbsp; even for a Met Gala, my fave!!:-) Nr 1 is exactly&nbsp; so fab like lisap's!!! And love the nr 3- with the marlene hose, too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181832 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:18:22 +0000 N 2181832@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The middle two looks are my favourites. I really like the scarf with it. Lots of lovely pieces in your wardrobe. I don't have a lace top (yet?) so no clue with styling </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181831 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:11:01 +0000 bella 2181831@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How fun! The orphan is saved. And you got yourself another formal occasion outfit, a complete bonus!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181817 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 03:28:00 +0000 slim cat 2181817@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun exercise - love #2 and adore #4 ( gosh-darn - you look amazing! ). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181807 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 02:37:22 +0000 Jaime 2181807@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The first two look fantastic and you are stunning in #4. That tank is officially back in service! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181797 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:37:49 +0000 notsaf 2181797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>1 and 4: wow! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181788 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:41:18 +0000 Anonymous 2181788@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great idea. I have a couple of lace tops I got to wear over tanks that I need to try. Still too cold and snowy. My favorite is #1 or 2. I like how you casual ized the the lace </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181783 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:32:40 +0000 Angie 2181783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>NICELY DONE...again :)</p> <p>All the outfits work well for your style and life!&nbsp;</p> <p>#4 is my KILLER fave. You can leave the belt off too, I bet. You'll have to have date night at home this weekend and wear <i>that.</i><i></i>...</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181782 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:18:01 +0000 madeline 2181782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have two lace tops. Sleeveless - one dark red, one black. They are truly orphans. Even when I was working, I had trouble styling them. Based on Lisap and Runcarla’s success, I’ll try again. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181780 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:05:59 +0000 SarahD8 2181780@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oh, very nice all around!&nbsp;</p> <p>What about trying the top with your white jeans and your lilac jeans too? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181770 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:28:09 +0000 Helena 2181770@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are all fab Carla with #1 being my favourite! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181767 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:24:35 +0000 rachylou 2181767@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>More Yes! from me! I need navy lace now, I really do.</p> <p>The dress up outfit is a Must, btw<br /> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181754 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:42:36 +0000 JAileen 2181754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a dark blue lace top. &nbsp;I think I’ve worn it with cropped pants, in more summery temps, with sandals. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181750 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:24:25 +0000 Jenni NZ 2181750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t have any lace tops Carla. The top half of my cobalt dress is lace, and perhaps partly due to that I have worn it twice since it was bought May 2019- to my daughter’s wedding and to my father-in-law’s 90th. It feels too formal for work, and I also have too many dresses, but bought it wanting a new one for daughter’s wedding, which I feel is fair enough.<br /> I like this top of yours with the formal skirt best, sorry! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181748 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:19:39 +0000 Anonymous 2181748@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These all look awesome, but that last outfit definitely deserves a post-vaccination night out! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181747 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:17:53 +0000 Sal 2181747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like all of these but especially 1 and 4!!&nbsp; I love the simplicity of 1, and would change nothing!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181745 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:12:24 +0000 Anonymous 2181745@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Of course I love it in the first pic But wow ! With that skirt ?? Stunning . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181744 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:11:09 +0000 cat2 2181744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a peach lace top; I wore it with an old tiered velvet skirt last Fall for one of our nice dinners in; with a cream bias cut silk and lace skirt for our Valentine’s dinner in; and I dearly hope the darn thing sees the light of day this year with my teal silk pants, my black lace pants and then with my long black skirt! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181741 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:04:46 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2181741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well this worked out well! The first two are my favorites. That skirt is to die for. </p> <p>I don’t think I have any lace tops, but I have a short teal green lace dress that I wear with metallic gold boots, black fleece-lined tights, and a red plaid baseball jacket. </p> <p>I might try to keep the chain of posts going by doing a lab to style this dress casually—in a couple weeks, after our trip. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181740 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:02:25 +0000 Irina 2181740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t have a lace top, sorry, no help from me.<br />I like #1&amp;2, looks great. As for shoes in #1, I think they are a bit too open to balance the outfit but work anyway.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-orphan-workshop-or-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery#post-2181739 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 20:48:48 +0000 Carla 2181739@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Inspired by LisaP&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/camo-cargo-jacket-31921">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....cket-31921</a>&nbsp;, and her treatment of a lace tank top, I decided to tackle a closet orphan.&nbsp;</p> <p> <div><br /></div><div>I’ve had this sleeveless lace tank top in my closet for 3 years. &nbsp;Lots of wears 2018-2019 as part of my ‘dressy’ capsule, but other than one wear whilst on vacation in&nbsp;Curaçao February 2020, it hasn’t seen the light of day. &nbsp;Lisap’s post inspired a quick workshop.</p> <p>#1 inspired by Lisap - lace tank, olive utility jacket, jeans, navy flats (I like Lisa’s version better. &nbsp;I think her two coloured lace top, camo jacket, and gold hardware on loafers, is more interesting)<br />#2 changing things up with olive chinos and a latte jacket. &nbsp;The sandals and scarf provide some interest.<br />#3 dressy with the pointy black patent flats, but I could wear black Converse.<br />#4 ...just for fun, another ‘closet orphan’ (situational) I used a black leather belt for waist definition, but a black satin belt with a diamanté buckle could work!</p> <p>How do you style your lace tops?</p> <p> </div> </p>