https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 18 May 2026 22:50:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges/page/2#post-1686354 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 08:30:24 +0000 Rugilerar 1686354@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh how I understand you! Known I'm wearing an office skirt, formal shirt (knotted up at my belly) and trainers Funny, conflicting styles can usually create very interesting combinations, don't limit yourself! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges/page/2#post-1684753 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:40:32 +0000 Astrid 1684753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Skylurker, I have to say the few really hot days had me scrambling a bit. I'm not finished shopping summer stuff yet I think. We'll see.</p> <p>Real_me, that's true. But I did try to limit my style direction in the past, mostly because I have a small wardrobe and a limited budget (still a student) and need things to be versatile and mix and match well. That's much easier when you're picky about styles and go for one overall look. </p> <p>Thanks Texstyle - the skirt didn't work out, but I definitely plan to indulge my boho side more often going forward. I think it will be fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges/page/2#post-1684747 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:31:06 +0000 texstyle 1684747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Late to post but glad you are trying the skirt - and I think the batik navy white top in your pinterest page is also really great! I agree that you do have a slight boho slant, so why not indulge it a little. The only thing I wasn't sure about with the skirt is the color of it, but wearing it with a deep charcoal tank would likely be a good match with your hair bookending the skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges/page/2#post-1684746 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:25:03 +0000 Real_me 1684746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's quite normal to give preference to different styles at different time. There is no need to limit yourself with only one style direction when there are so many style choices.<br />I think that's ok to have different wardrobes for, let's say, work days and for weekends.<br />I also prefer more formal style for the office (classic or preppy style) while trying to look less formal on weekend dressing up with a feel of boho style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges/page/2#post-1684744 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:22:31 +0000 skylurker 1684744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah. No 90's Astrid then.<br /> Are you set for Summer? I think I am. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges/page/2#post-1684741 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:16:54 +0000 Astrid 1684741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Update - the skirt doesn't fit, too big on me. So I'm going to send it back. I did like the way it looked, but not really paired with my Birks. That was a bit too earthy after all. But I'm really happy with the other new skirt, so I'm not too sad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1682190 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 21:32:13 +0000 Astrid 1682190@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Skylurker, I guess "eclectic simplicity" falls under the category style statement, but that idea never quite worked for me. Too nebulous. For I while I had simple, grounded and feminine as style descriptors (the terms I mentioned above in connection with the Pinterest board weren't supposed to be style descriptors). Anyway, I'm not necessarily looking for descriptors, I just hope to get a better instinct for my warm weather style. As for the look being 90s - I mostly spent those in hand me down boys clothes, so I'll take your word for it. I honestly hadn't thought of this look with the concept of "fashion" in mind...</p> <p>Celia, that's true. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1682171 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 20:24:44 +0000 celia 1682171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is the beauty of returning to 'old ' styles, the second time around you actually know what you are doing with them and wear them your way with your own sense of style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1682168 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 20:22:33 +0000 skylurker 1682168@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your style descriptors sound too vague to be really directional and help you pick / discard items when shopping.<br /> I could never grasp the concept and define my own, btw.<br /> I find the capsule concept less abstract / more practical : buy what you're attracted to, then spend time creating outfits to see if it works.</p> <p>The maxi skirt with tank and Birks is a look I associate with the 90s, so it could look fashion forward...or dated...hard to tell. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1682105 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:15:18 +0000 Astrid 1682105@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, you're right of course. But I think I'm fairly good at judging advertising. I wasn't really unsure about the dressiness, it was more whether the style would be fitting together with other things I like. I definitely wouldn't think of this skirt as glamorous! It's just a casual cotton maxi skirt to wear around on lazy days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1682075 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 17:22:44 +0000 Nishaa 1682075@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know I think sometimes the model wearing the piece along with other pieces and accessories and the ambience make the look. One falls for it becomes of the feelings it evokes.. Taken away from all these the piece may lose its glamour in our eyes, so to say..<br /> So you may try to judge the piece on its own quality before buying it..<br /> Just my 2 cents.. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681989 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 16:17:02 +0000 Astrid 1681989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Angie - I know I tend to overanalyze things, but I'll try to just go with the flow.</p> <p>Thanks Ledonna. :)</p> <p>Diana, I'll try embrace eclecticism for a bit. You do it so well! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681963 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:25:36 +0000 Diana 1681963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey, we all need wild cards.&nbsp; It looks like a great skirt and I could see it working well with your style.&nbsp; </p> <p>Like many others, my style goes a bit more boho in the summer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681961 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:17:20 +0000 Ledonna N. 1681961@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Listen to your rythem and flow. Don't get to locked in with descriptions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681959 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:12:50 +0000 Angie 1681959@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, indulge your changing style preferences. You know what I say: <b>Listen to your feelings.&nbsp;</b> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681935 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:16:27 +0000 Astrid 1681935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Kiki! Measurements suggest the length should work, but we'll see. But otherwise the knot is a good idea, I think I even had a skirt with built in knot once. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681932 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:10:26 +0000 KikiG 1681932@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The heart wants what the heart wants, and I'm so glad you are interviewing the skirt.&nbsp; If the skirt otherwise works for you, but if it is annoying long (I got exactly&nbsp;one maxi dress and found out how annoying it is to me&nbsp;to step on one's skirt while going up stairs, or having to go all Jane Austin about it all day) it is cute to tie an off center knot in it, if the fabric is thin.&nbsp; I see lots of people pulling off a very cute hot weather boho look with a simple tee or tank, long print skirt, and Birks.&nbsp; You'll rock it if you want to.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681905 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:26:41 +0000 Astrid 1681905@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks so much for the input, everyone! I've ordered the skirt, I'm really curious how I'm going to feel wearing it. But I thought I at least wanted to give it a try.</p> <p>@Caro<br />I might do that, just go "shopping" without money. Maybe it will help? Although lately I haven't found many things in stores I really liked.</p> <p>@Runcarla<br />I really should do more emotional shopping. It's all been very sensible and boring lately.</p> <p>@Elizabeth<br />I went back to my (rather neglected) Pinterest account this morning and pinned some summer looks on this board:<br /><a href="https://de.pinterest.com/ridrin/summer-looks/" rel="nofollow">https://de.pinterest.com/ridrin/summer-looks/</a></p> <p>I kind of see casual, boho, tomboy, preppy and modern classic. Nothing too complicated, not many layers, not many accessories. Which is basically always my preference. And I know that I don't like to wear too short shorts/skirts/dresses in summer and that I prefer comfortable flat shoes. </p> <p>@Rachylou <br />That was why I was so unsure, I don't think I want my summer style to be completely different, it should still look somewhat like "me".&nbsp; </p> <p>@JAileen<br />Totally agree with you. I don't really have any style descriptors, haven't had them for a while. And I was doing fine without them, until lately when I started to work at my summer wardrobe. I can simply trust my gut feeling with fall/winter/spring style, but that doesn't seem to work so well for summer. </p> <p>@Bijou<br />I like shorts too, but I think nothing beats a good skirt. And right now I don't have a single summer skirt!</p> <p>@Una <br />Good to hear it's not too much of a departure.</p> <p>@Barbara Diane<br />Sounds like a nice outfit for summer! I agree that it's important to have your tops sorted before you buy a skirt.</p> <p>@Summer<br />Carefree is the right term. I think to me this skirt says it's summer, I'm on vacation and I'm enjoying my free time...</p> <p>@Celia<br />Agree. But I guess I'm safe because the rest of my style thankfully doesn't resemble my sixteen year old self at all. I was a rather awkward teenager. </p> <p>@Viva<br />I know exactly what you know by milkmaid dress! Great term, I hadn't heard that one before. I guess I'm so cautious now because it took me so long to find my style preferences. I fear of getting lost again, which is probably quite silly... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681872 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:16:27 +0000 viva 1681872@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the idea of that simple tank balancing the boho of that skirt.</p> <p>Not only do I think it's quite common to have several style personas; I also think it's quite common to have a more boho persona in warmer months. I recently bought what I now call my milkmaid dress (thanks to Rachylou!) -- a shapeless grey linen dress that falls below my knee, with capped sleeves. It's so far from my typical style I can hardly explain! But I was so drawn to it, and it's been perfect for some early summer days. There is a part of me deep inside that this dress speaks to.&nbsp;</p> <p>I wouldn't fight this urge, especially if you can indulge it inexpensively and have some fun. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681870 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:09:13 +0000 celia 1681870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the way Runcarla put it , " have a summer fling".<br /> I guess it is more difficult when we feel attracted to things we would have worn in our younger years. But maybe it just means we have come full circle. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681849 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 10:58:55 +0000 Summer 1681849@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd go with the flow, Astrid.&nbsp; Summer seems to make everything more carefree, including clothes, so why not treat this as a wildcard?&nbsp; It's a very pretty skirt, and would be lovely for hot weather and holidays(vacations).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681815 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 08:20:10 +0000 Barbara Diane 1681815@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Today's outfit was a white, gray and black print (sort of tie dye looking) maxi skirt and short sleeve black tee with a little detail at the neck. Heavenly for the hot but non-oppressive level of heat we had today. I really wondered about it when I purchased it but it has been a wonderful refreshing addition to my wardrobe so I suggest you go for it. Especially since you already have something to go with it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681790 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 06:32:51 +0000 catgirl 1681790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm in a similar place in terms of weird attractions. I say give it a whirl with something cheap and see how it pans out. That skirt doesn't look all that out there for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681788 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 06:31:09 +0000 Bijou 1681788@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Trying a few summer boho pieces may be the wildcards that you need to keep your look fresh this summer. I can see you in this skirt and think it would be lovely for summer weather. Living in Australia, I incorporate a touch of boho from time to time simply because it works so well in the heat and it is more dressy that wearing shorts and t-shirts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681678 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 00:52:16 +0000 JAileen 1681678@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think having style descriptors is supposed to help you not frustrate you. If you want to change direction, you should change direction. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681674 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 00:38:13 +0000 rachylou 1681674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I know I had to have a good, long, hard think about my summer style goals - beyond the practicalities. Had a lot of mistarts. Found I didn't really like switching out styles. </p> <p>Summer dressing is the toughest my book. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681654 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 00:18:23 +0000 Elizabeth P 1681654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, have you tried creating a pinterest board of summer styles that speak to you?&nbsp;&nbsp; Have a couple if you like... things you'd actually wear, and things you'd like on others.&nbsp;<br /> It can be very illuminating.&nbsp; You may find something emerging that you couldn't pin point without seeing it several times </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681646 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 00:02:42 +0000 Carla 1681646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was experiencing some wardrobe angst, and a stressful situation sent we into retail therapy. Anyway, a bit of emotional shopping actually resulted in some inspirational purchases that are making me VERY happy. </p> <p>I say get the maxii skirt and 1 or 2 other pieces that make it work, and see how it works with what you currently have. Have a summer fling! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681639 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:48:15 +0000 Caro in Oz 1681639@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you are feeling restless I would suggest just trying on some different looks - you don't have to buy anything, just see how you feel. Maybe you will find a totally different summer style For me summer = dresses. I wear dresses far more in summer than I do in winter.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conflicting-styles-strange-shopping-urges#post-1681577 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 21:07:55 +0000 Astrid 1681577@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, that's good to hear. I know this is a style that usually wouldn't get much love here. I have two other things on order which should arrive tomorrow, I think I'll wait to see how those work and then decide on the skirt. </p>