https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:18:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1543247 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 18:08:06 +0000 Sara L. 1543247@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My mother always said mixing patterns, such as stripes and checks, looked Polish.&nbsp;My mother IS Polish so I'm not sure why she used the term in a derogatory way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1543233 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 17:51:37 +0000 Staysfit 1543233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rules? My mother picked my clothes until I was a junior in HS and I was clueless! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1543208 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 17:22:39 +0000 BethT 1543208@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I grew up in such a non stylish household that I didn't even know there were "rules". &nbsp; &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1543194 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:58:40 +0000 kkards 1543194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>let's see<br />~patent leather for spring, suede for fall<br />~don't carry a black bag in the summer, switch to a lighter color<br />.<br />the 1st one makes no sense to me and I wear patent leather year round...as for the 2nd, well, sometimes I do and sometimes I don't..... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1543174 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:39:12 +0000 Cerinda 1543174@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Belt it.</p> <p>It didn't matter what the "it" was.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1543148 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:45:04 +0000 old chic 1543148@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And all that crazy "dress for success" stuff, e.g., no vests on women (too sexy?!) and never wear flats for business ("you look like you're standing in a hole"). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1543146 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:42:05 +0000 old chic 1543146@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wear necklaces only in odd multiples. A double (even) <br />strand of pearls is all wrong, but a triple is Jackie Kennedy ;)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1543023 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 09:20:31 +0000 Summer 1543023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Never wear shoes that are lighter than your hemline. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1543022 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 09:13:38 +0000 Bijou 1543022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lyn D my Mum was the same! &nbsp;I remember she was quite cross at me for shaving my legs, what a rebel I was.</p> <p>Fashion advice from Patsy in Ab Fab - "You can never have too many hats, shoes and gloves."</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542983 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 04:44:33 +0000 Sal 1542983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not really.</p> <p>I love blue and green together, nature cannot be wrong in this case.</p> <p>I think in many ways my childhood tastes were pretty good...the 1980s ones were okay and lots of fun, but I made some dubious choices of my own accord in the 1990s. &nbsp;That was my WORST fashion era. &nbsp;While I happily revisit 70s and 80s looks, I still struggle with plaid, clunky black shoes and chambray. &nbsp;But I am off topic now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542954 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 03:26:03 +0000 Jeweled 1542954@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"No matter how thick the fabric of your skirt or dress is, always wear a slip under it."</p> <p>I haven't owned a slip in years, I'm happy to say - and I don't think I'd ever wear dresses or skirts nowadays if it meant having to wear a slip under them!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542944 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 02:48:03 +0000 Banoffi 1542944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Donnat - Or black and blue... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542899 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 01:29:40 +0000 donnat 1542899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine was going to be blue and green should never be seen. You would never put pink and red tofether either.<br /> Shoes, belt and purse should match. Don't mix metals. So many rules. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542802 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:33:54 +0000 Lyn D. 1542802@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not about clothes, but my Mum's biggest 'No-No' was about shaving ones's legs- she was convinced that this led to out of control leg-hair over-growth! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542768 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:40:28 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1542768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I remember something I read in a magazine at an impressionable age, along the lines of to always look at yourself in the mirror before you left, and take an accessory or piece of jewelry off. There must have been some rational idea there about not overloading yourself with jewelry or clashing accessories, but the way it was phrased was strange.</p> <p>Also, there's the 'rule' that you should only wear three pieces of jewelry, and your wedding ring, glasses and watch all count if you wear them. Nothing more. </p> <p>Kiwigal, I was never allowed to wear pants to church, and certainly not jeans; there was a special weather-related exemption that if it got below 0 degrees - Fahrenheit, not Celsius - I could wear wool trousers. I used to wish for the winter days to get just a bit colder, because even with tights and a long coat, wearing a skirt when it was below freezing was not pleasant. </p> <p>ETA: oh the pierced ears thing. Most of my friends had pierced ears by 10 or 12; I had to talk and talk my parents into letting me get them in high school, since in the small town my parents had grown up in, only 'loose women' had pierced ears. Then they made me go to the doctor's (!) to have them done, which was fraught because the nurse used the same darn pneumatic gun kit thing they have at Claire's, and with much less experience wielding it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542766 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:38:42 +0000 Rambling Ann 1542766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The only way I got my ears pierced was because my then-stepmother took me. She was the only one who dared thwart my dad, LOL.</p> <p>LavenderMoon, you are hereby permitted to buy patents if you want them.<br />Kiwigirl, any lasting effects on you?<br />Elly, I would like to see that teen mag article again.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542753 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:59:13 +0000 Elly 1542753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I distinctly remember a teen mag running an article on how to coordinate your thong and jeans by style and color.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542750 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:50:23 +0000 abc 1542750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh jeez Elly hoochiness was actually encouraged? I am so out of it I just figured it was just bad taste letting your thong hang out </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542749 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:49:47 +0000 Sal 1542749@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Blue and green should never be seen.., as in worn together.</p> <p>My Mum was ant hues a for a long time and when I finally got a pair aged 11 there were strict rules about not wearing to church etc.. I never see my Mum not in jeans now!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542743 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:48:15 +0000 Elly 1542743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I grew up during the era of visible thong underwear sticking out of your low-rise pants. Most of the fashion advice I remember is absolutely worthless because the idea (at least for teens) was to look as "hoochie" as possible. PPL was kinda from that time though-- bootcuts/flares and heels were the rage.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542741 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:35:50 +0000 Anonymous 1542741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wear nice clean underwear at all times. You never know... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542740 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:33:28 +0000 Anonymous 1542740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The nuns in my grade school wouldn't let us wear shiny patent shoes because they were afraid they would allow the boys to look under our school uniform skirts!&nbsp; I still don't own any patent shoes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542732 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:06:30 +0000 molly221 1542732@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you are old enough to have worn it the first time don't wear it the 2nd time around.</p> <p>I lived in black stretch pants and oversize chambray shirts in college.<br /> Now I love them separately.<br /> Along with a few other things </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542728 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:51:41 +0000 always trying 1542728@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>white only between Memorial day and labor day.&nbsp; White pants and skirts were for daytime wear only. purses and shoes were supposed to match. hose or socks were worn with everything except sandals. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crazy-fashion-advice-from-your-youth#post-1542726 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:40:05 +0000 Rambling Ann 1542726@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What crazy fashion advice still echoes in your head from your youth? I distinctly remember one from my mom's Cosmo magazines (read illicitly, of course). &nbsp;When introducing a new-to-you style or element (the example was a knee high boot novice), you might worry how often to wear the new item and as a result, not wear it very often. To solve this problem the author suggested buying two in different colors and alternating.&nbsp;There may be some merit in that advice, but it's also resulted in some duplicates that languished unworn. Why do I remember that from over 30 years ago? Do I even still believe it?</p> <p>What useless fashion rules, suggestions and advice need purging from your synapses today?</p> <p>(It's taking awhile to discard the "don't wear brown shoes with black pants" rule.) </p>