https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:44:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690759 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 21:59:55 +0000 LACeleste 1690759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a wonderful, happy post! &nbsp;So glad you felt great about what you packed! Nice picks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690589 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:32:07 +0000 Anonymous 1690589@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this. And it's a good reminder to hold out for what makes us feel great when we wear it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690579 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:20:25 +0000 MsMary 1690579@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Standing ovation from So Cal! This post makes me so happy on so many levels! I can relate to so much of what you wrote, Linda!! Well done! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690569 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:59:03 +0000 Author Linda 1690569@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>White jeans rule! &nbsp;So does this community. Pictures...I'll see what the family has. My ineptitude with a camera is legendary, so I didn't take pics of anything, much less myself. I need to recruit my loving spouse. He's the one with photo chops.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690381 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 00:33:34 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1690381@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a huge fan of white jeans also, and your capsule looks wonderful and versatile. It's so great when you go on vacation and your clothes are working with you. Do you have any photos of the trip you'd like to share? Too bad you didn't get to see Elizabeth. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690333 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 23:26:26 +0000 Beth Ann 1690333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so uplifted by stories like yours. &nbsp;Yes, the point of YLF is that everyone can have fun with fashion and feel terrific in their own skin and style! &nbsp;I'm another white jeans lover, and I think your choices are fabulous -- particularly the shoes. &nbsp;</p> <p>Here's to many more fab moments to come!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690231 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:33:50 +0000 Gail 1690231@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes a wonderful story. &nbsp;Happy that you had a great time , enjoyed your wardrobe and felt good !!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690203 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:28:16 +0000 carter 1690203@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A wonderful inspiring story! I am sitting in the crazy food court at the mall just smiling all the way through it </p> <p>So glad you had a wonderful time, and no doubts at all that you looked amazing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690201 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:10:27 +0000 MTBGirl 1690201@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ditto to what BrieN just said. I've got happy tears in my eyes and I'm so glad that you posted this! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690186 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:39:10 +0000 BrieN 1690186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loved reading your write-up and your happy style progression. What a great trip and wonderful that you were dressed to embrace each day.&nbsp;</p> <p><i>"Wearing items I love instead of just "what I have handy for weekends" (which is what I did for years because I felt invisible) makes me feel--and I'm going to say it--younger, more visible, more engaged with my own life, and just plain happy."<br /></i><br />Yes. That. Exactly.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690177 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:58:53 +0000 Author Linda 1690177@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>JAileen</b>, one of these days I'll see western Canada. We mostly sail out of NYC because one family members refuses to fly. &nbsp;Canada is definitely our family's favorite cruise destination! Yes to the night sky on the tee, also. I said just that in my review on Nordie's. Starry night.</p> <p><b>Elizabeth</b>, yes! We were in Halifax. It's our favorite port of all because you can walk off the ship and enjoy the amazing waterfront, plus there's so much to see and do. We cruise every year (often to Canada), so maybe next time? It would be great! As for upgrading the husband, yeah. Totally. LOL</p> <p><b>BC.</b> Yes, it's all about economy, isn't it? Cruise ships don't care how much luggage you bring with you, but who wants to schlepp five suitcases? The main challenge this cruise was the combo of cool and hot weather. Layers are key. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690170 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:45:39 +0000 Author Linda 1690170@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks all!</p> <p><b>Angie,&nbsp;</b>oh the white jeans! I first bought them last summer in both long and cropped and wear them all the time. I took the cropped on the cruise and wore them everywhere. I'm completely on Team White Jeans! Even my mother now concedes they look good.</p> <p><b>Sara</b>, thank you! I do love my tops. And I really like the Miz Moos. I bought them in black first because the gray ones were sold out in my size. &nbsp;When the gray ones popped up on Amazon, I had to get them too! I wear the gray much more, turns out. They go with everything. Very comfy. Hope you find them on sale!</p> <p><b>Suz</b>, joy for everyone! LOL Yes, the husband is a keeper, as everyone has noted. Honest about what looks good on me, too. Also, I live in that bleach splatter tee. If it ever dies, I'll be heartbroken.<br /><b></b> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690169 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:45:16 +0000 Anonymous 1690169@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It sounds like you had a great time, and I am elated that you had a wardrobe that worked for you and that made you feel good. I've been on numerous cruises, and agree that you have to pack wisely.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690168 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:44:38 +0000 Elizabeth P 1690168@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great travel capsule!&nbsp; Thanks for sharing it, and the selection process that went behind the pieces.&nbsp; they are all lovely.</p> <p>Did you stop in at Halifax by any chance?&nbsp; We could have had a dockside meet up!</p> <p>Also glad to hear you upgraded your husband :)</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690160 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:30:56 +0000 JAileen 1690160@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad your wardrobe served you well. When you said a cruise to Canada I assumed west coast. I don't know why. I love the top with the dots. It looks like the night sky to me. Mostly I'm glad you have a lovely husband now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690157 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:25:56 +0000 Suz 1690157@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a wonderful report! You made me so happy with your upbeat attitude. Thank you so much. I have been having a rough few days and your joy is positively infectious!&nbsp;</p> <p>What a beautiful and practical travel capsule. This looks like a wonderful set of items (along with your other things). I really like that Karen Kane jacket and I'm glad you were able to bring it out to play. And that beach splatter tee is really lovely.&nbsp;</p> <p>I couldn't agree more that improving one's wardrobe can be a real boost to the psyche.&nbsp;</p> <p>Your husband sounds like a keeper. :)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690156 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:14:24 +0000 Sara L. 1690156@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad you had such a nice time on your cruise and felt so comfortable in your clothes.&nbsp; I really like all the tops in your finds.&nbsp; Your shoes are also great choices - interesting and modern (I've been eyeing those Miz Mooz sandals -&nbsp;hoping they'll go on sale). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690154 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:11:53 +0000 Angie 1690154@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*happy dance*</p> <p> I'm glad you had a ball and I'm sure you looked adorable. Hubs is a keeper. Nice that you felt as fab as you looked and collected the compliments. </p> <p>And I say it all the time: go Team White Jeans. I could wear them every day. And almost do. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cruise-wear-and-thank-you#post-1690152 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:05:43 +0000 Author Linda 1690152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This turned out long, so...</p> <p>I just got back from a cruise and the first thing I want to say is "Thank you!" to all the Fabbers who unknowingly--because I am a voracious lurker and seldom poster--helped me navigate summer style. Granted, the cruise was to Canada, so I'm not going to be talking about bikinis. You can thank me for that later. The lessons and examples I took from this site, though, helped me so much!&nbsp;</p> <p>First, THANK YOU all for helping me make the step into white pants. I had avoided them since my 20s (I'm now 60), partly because I believed my mother, and then my now-ex, that I had a fat butt. I now know that I have a lovely, curvaceous bottom and it looks great in white pants. LOL &nbsp;On this cruise I packed white cropped jeans that looked stylish at every port, including on cool days with a cute nautical light blue striped hoodie. My husband called me adorable. I have pictures of neither item, because Lands End (my go to for jeans) doesn't allow finds and the hoodie is vintage.</p> <p>In the Finds below you'll see most of my cruise wardrobe. Not included are the pants, but I brought dark indigo wash jeans, white crop jeans, and black crop pants that were ever so comfy and could be dressed up for evening. I would NOT have even given cropped pants a chance if I had not seen how well everyone here pulled them off. Well, I can pull them off too! Summery!</p> <p>I also packed an EF black silk jersey tank that gave me a dressier evening option with the black pants and jacket, and another tank in white. When getting off the ship I mostly wore athletic shoes because my bad knees like them best of all for hiking around on uneven surfaces. On ship, though, I rocked the other shoes.</p> <p>The dress I packed was the EF one but in a dark sapphire blue that's no longer available. It worked wonderfully with a bit of jewelry, the gray sandals, and the Karen Kane jacket. I bought that jacket last year because I loved the way it looked on me, but only wore it for the first time last week. Took me long enough! I just needed the occasion.</p> <p>At the last minute I threw in the long-sleeved Vince shirt. Weather reports said it would be chilly in St. John, and it was, so I was glad to have it. I also had my Stella Carakasi off-white jacket, which I love, and for which I also cannot do a find. Wearing items I love instead of just "what I have handy for weekends" (which is what I did for years because I felt invisible) makes me feel--and I'm going to say it--younger, more visible, more engaged with my own life, and just plain happy.&nbsp;</p> <p>Using tips from all you wonderful Fabbers, I put together a versatile travel capsule that took me from the ride to the port, through casual days at sea, elegant dinner nights, sightseeing in three ports, mornings reading on the balcony in the chilly North Atlantic, and back to a hot and sweltering NYC. Every item, including the new ones, flatter my body and worked the way I envisioned. I travel with a large group of other family members, some of whom hadn't seen me in a year, and they liked the "new" me. </p> <p>I'd always been stylish at work, but lived in jeans and tees on weekends and therefore also on our cruises. I knew I looked boring but it took retirement and a transition period for me to work out how to up my game in the casual department. YLF and a handful of other bloggers have been my university. These items all are part of my current summer wardrobe. So thank you all for all the tips, WIWs, Finds, and posts on how the heck to dress every possible body type and foot configuration. You're helping people you don't even know you're helping.</p>