https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:49:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1289167 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:16:31 +0000 dakotacheryl 1289167@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kiki, I agree with you 100%. The hardest part of this style, for me, is to find tops that skim, but aren't too floaty.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1289049 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:08:15 +0000 Gigi 1289049@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting. I had noticed that I am very sensitive to the texture of the fabrics that I wear, but I hadn't thought about the tightness factor. I too like jeans that are somewhat snug. Not so tight that you have a hard time getting into them, but definitely snug. I don't like the feel of loose pants.</p> <p>Skirts, on the other hand, I can do loose or tight. I like the tightness of pencil skirts, or even of a fitted maxi, but I also like the movement of a long, lightweight maxi.&nbsp;</p> <p>I think the tight/loose factor&nbsp;may be why I don't really like some peasant tees I got from Loft last year. Of course, I was just starting to build a closet and decided I had to have three of them, because in my deluded mind they fit (they were actually a bit too big). They are really loose, with a very wide neckline. I just feel sloppy. Ugh. They get to go on a field trip to a consignment store this fall, heh heh.</p> <p>I have also discovered that I need to be really careful with anything high waisted. I have a short torso, so if I wear something high waisted, it smashes up into my rib cage when I sit down. Urrrrgh. Give me low-rise any day so that I feel like my abdomen and my rib cage are two separate things. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1289046 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:06:11 +0000 Jeanie 1289046@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the floaty feeling of a A-line skirt swishing against my legs. &nbsp;I tend to not like things that feel restrictive like belts. &nbsp;Some amount of looseness and soft fabric is essential for me. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1289039 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 03:59:02 +0000 rachylou 1289039@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I can't take even the lightest pressure either, MsKatie, around the tummy. I don't know what it is. It's like the circulation gets cut off to my digestive system. Feels like a knife in my gut! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1288923 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 01:52:21 +0000 MsLuna 1288923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I definitely relate as I'm Ms. Anti-fuss my midsection is especially sensitive. I have a large squishy waist and anything that digs gets me incredibly cranky. Same is true for the crotch/seat area. And I noticed that I'm especially fussy about fabrics like polyester too and I just can't wear it when it's humid! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1288849 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 00:49:24 +0000 rachylou 1288849@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes. Things that are too floaty, I feel cold. I hate that cold, drafty, eerie feeling. I pretty much always wear something like a heattech tank under silky tops. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1288836 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 00:33:13 +0000 Anonymous 1288836@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><i>&nbsp;</i>I am right there with you Kiki! I love the feel of slim bottoms (pencil skirts and skinny jeans). They give me a feeling of security. Like you, I want fabric to skim (not hugging, but not tenting either) my tummy. No matter what other people say I can wear, I'm the most psychologically comfortable in that silhouette.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1288811 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 00:08:15 +0000 Mo 1288811@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As for the tightness of items on the body, I think I can relate. &nbsp;In jeans, I prefer the upper thighs to be snug. &nbsp;I suppose it's the same mental idea of girdling in that portion of the body. &nbsp;I recently came to realize I don't like the feel of foldover waists in skirts or yoga pants. &nbsp;Not only is it a second layer of fabric right across my high hip, but it's often not as snug&nbsp;as a regular waistband and sort of just lays across that thicker part of me. &nbsp;Add a third layer with a shirt either over or under it, and I am psychologically&nbsp;uncomfortable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1288775 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 23:18:40 +0000 Isis 1288775@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like Suz, for me it is the feel of the fabric against my skin. &nbsp;Soft cotton, flowy silk, drapey rayon.&nbsp;</p> <p>Hate itchy polyester. &nbsp;</p> <p>Learned this from my son (now grown) who, in preschool, selected his clothes based on texture. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1288772 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 23:12:32 +0000 unfrumped 1288772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1288694 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 22:01:51 +0000 texstyle 1288694@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep - feel is my main way of knowing if I will like something. I like try things on before looking in the mirror just to gauge the feeling without mental bias to the way it actually looks on me. I'm like you I think, I don't mind my pants or skirts to fit against my body (as long as they are not tight) but I don't like fitted tops. I used to wear fitted tops all the time, so part of it might just be that, but I think it's more to do with self consciousness about the "tummy" showing. Even though I wear a two piece suit without reservation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1288687 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:51:17 +0000 Suz 1288687@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Totally relate. I think we ignore this internal "feel" at our peril. It's a big part of happiness factor. I believe Ornella has written about this. And Michelle, of course, can teach us all about its importance. For her, feel is the <b>first</b> step.&nbsp;</p> <p>I don't have a particular silhouette that makes me feel more fab than others, I don't think. For me, it's more fit and&nbsp;fabric specific. If the fit of anything is off, I get annoyed with it; I hate the fuss factor.&nbsp;Some fabrics feel good to my skin and others don't, and if it doesn't feel nice (to me) I won't really wear it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1288680 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:45:03 +0000 Ledonna N. 1288680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can totally understand. I feel so at home in high waisted jeans and slacks and skirts or thick belts around my waist. I feel so powerfully and womanly in clothing like this. The happiness factor for this type of clothing is off the charts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1288633 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:03:55 +0000 lyn* 1288633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I totally relate to the feeling of the cling in the middle. It drives me -bonkers-! Even in my favourite fit-and-flares, I have to make sure they don't have a "flat panel" under the waist band because that's where I get the "three month pregnant" belly.</p> <p>One of the patients at work (not one of mine) who was using the elevator spent the entire ride up to the 5th floor&nbsp;<i>insisting</i> that I was pregnant because DONT YOU SEE THAT BUMP RIGHT THERE even though her husband was desperately trying to get her to be quiet.&nbsp;</p> <p>:) It's so nice to feel fab in your own skin, isn't it? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/clothing-feel#post-1288618 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:52:07 +0000 KikiG 1288618@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just noticed that a key aspect of "feeling fab" in a skirt, for me, is that I like a skirt best if it presses against my thighs, like a pencil skirt.&nbsp; I like a casual pant best, if it does it too.&nbsp; This make me "feel thin," I think, and that gives me confidence to feel the fabric press against my body.&nbsp; It sort of doesn't matter what this actually looks like--the fabness comes from within.&nbsp; I knew I liked pencil skirts, but now I know <i>why. </i></p> <p>On the other side, I can't stand a top that sticks to my middle.&nbsp; The feeling of fabric touching that part of my body makes me low level miserable all day, and makes me self conscious.&nbsp; Now I look for woven tops.&nbsp; </p> <p>Today I have on a perfectly fab-feeling outfit: pencil skirt, top that skims but doesn't touch my body.&nbsp; I think it looks&nbsp;nice, but it feels great, and I am rocking it, at least in my own mind.&nbsp; Now that I've figured this out I am going to be more mindful of this from now on.</p> <p>Anyone else have insight on what "feels" right or wrong from the inside, without looking at the mirror? </p>