https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 06 May 2026 14:12:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163699 Sat, 29 May 2010 16:33:31 +0000 Louise 163699@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm inclined to think that sometimes nature needs to be nurtured, in my case anyway. I must have had my style there it just needed encouraging. If it was nurture alone there would be little variety here but each of us takes the same guidelines and makes them US x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163670 Sat, 29 May 2010 15:20:58 +0000 Laura 163670@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shiny's post made me realize that it helps to have women around you who get fashion and how clothing works. My grandma was a fabulous seamstress who could take clothes that didn't fit me (practically everything off the rack, it seemed) and make them fit. </p> <p>Maybe there is a tendency toward the artistic or creative that you are born with, and it comes out in different ways, one of them being fashion, if that part of you is nurtured.</p> <p>p.s. to Angie. We *will* get you together with my mom. What fun we would have! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163620 Sat, 29 May 2010 12:27:50 +0000 Kristen 163620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is a really cute article, Shiny, thanks for linking it!</p> <p>I agree it's a mix of both. It can be taught, either early on by a parent who enjoyed fashion or later in life through sites like this, magazines, friends, etc. But there are definitely people who just...have a knack for it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163619 Sat, 29 May 2010 12:22:56 +0000 Dusty 163619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would says it's some of both. There are certain people who just have an innate eye for fashion/decorating/art - it's a function of which side of the brain is dominant. But...I think fashion and decorating can be learned and even those with a natural feel for it do better with some nurture. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163616 Sat, 29 May 2010 11:27:16 +0000 shiny 163616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I wanted to hear others' thoughts before I chimed in with my own. My first reaction was that it's completely normal for moms to look at their children and see nothing but perfection!! I often look at my own kids and get all choked up over how beautiful and perfect and, well, better than me they are!! I think all the moms here will know what I mean by that.</p> <p>Otherwise, I can identify with the author. I also envied those who seemed to have been born with natural style. I recall my best friend since grade school - she could wear absolutely anything (still can) and it looks great on her. Angie, you are the same way. Whereas for me it didn't come so easy, even though the desire and interest was always there.</p> <p>But YLF has helped me realize why - and it's the clothes, not me. My body is outside the "average" range - I'm petite. My waist is just slightly bigger than how most mass-manufactured clothes are cut. Etc. It's no wonder I struggled with fashion early on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163521 Sat, 29 May 2010 01:07:31 +0000 Anonymous 163521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Some people just look like little cherubs and no matter what they put on it looks adorable and you just want to squeeze their cheeks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163508 Sat, 29 May 2010 00:12:48 +0000 Angie 163508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sweet article. Thanks, Shiny. How do you feel about it? </p> <p>Laura, I would love to meet your Mum and we must arrange that! Sounds like you're a nature candidate, right down to those great aunts :0)</p> <p>Michelle, that was very well explained and I agree wholeheartedly. </p> <p>I also think the nature part helps the nurture part. You are off to an easier start if you were surrounded by a parent or relative who took fashion and style seriously. So while I believe 100% that good style and fashion sense can be taught, (that's why we have YLF), it does come more easily to some than to others. Maybe it's a genetic thing, maybe it's a focus thing. Still up for debate! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163409 Fri, 28 May 2010 18:58:06 +0000 Rosie 163409@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh that is a sweet article! I don't really have a good answer, except that I think maybe it's a bit of both. Lisa's point is also a good one, especially for people who might battle with some body image/size issues. You might know what looks great, you might know exactly how you want to look, but you just can't get there for a variety of reasons. </p> <p>Sort of off the topic, but one of my favorite things is seeing my 2yo niece's reactions to clothes and purses. She already takes after her auntie! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163401 Fri, 28 May 2010 18:45:57 +0000 Michelle 163401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Adorable article!! Thanks for sharing.</p> <p>I'm actually going to take up the cry for the nurture side of the debate, using this site as exhibit A. How many people have come here feeling positively adrift in a sea of fashion options? And how many of those people evolve into stylish, confident ladies after mastering Angie's tips, absorbing guidance from the forum and watching others at various points in their own style journeys? The process may come more easily to some than to others, but in many cases style is acquired.</p> <p>My own unique experience also supports my theory, imo. I literally had to be taught basics like which colours do and don't clash, which fabrics are mat vs glossy, etc. Through those teachings and considerable trial and error, I've developed a strong style identity and some degree of taste (though god knows I'm fallible there). I have vivid mental pictures of what I want and what will work for me, and as this site has helped to confirm, my basic concept is usually pretty sound (you guys step in and make it work by sorting out the details). One could argue that I was born with some degree of fashion-consciousness, but I know that nothing would have come of it if I didn't have people in my life who were willing to coach me in aesthetic concepts. My natural interest in the subject may have driven me to seek out additional information, but in the end I still would have to school myself in the ways of the fashion-savvy.<br /> Apologies who have heard this rant before -- I went into it in some detail on my blog. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163386 Fri, 28 May 2010 17:58:46 +0000 Laura 163386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*bump* for Angie to comment on her genetic code </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163284 Fri, 28 May 2010 13:56:11 +0000 Laura 163284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cute article! </p> <p>Is there a style gene?? Good question!</p> <p>I just found out that three of my great-aunts were in the fashion business -- as buyers for department stores, retail shop owners, even modelling. My mom is in retail and is super talented at helping women put together outfits. Now I feel justified in pointing toward genetics! (Fashion as a genetic destiny, LOL!).</p> <p>Think of Angie, whose mom modelled. Nature, or nurture? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163280 Fri, 28 May 2010 13:51:54 +0000 Rose 163280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice Shiny, good post..<br /> I think both- I did not grow up in a fashion or style oriented family and in addition I am not very artistic and I have never known how to dress myself or dress a room (e.g. decorate).. I think they are very related skills. But my sister is really good at both- she is the kind of person that could make an outfit or a room look great with duct tape if that was all she had (an exaggeration to make a point..) where as you could give me $$$ to spend on a wardrobe and I still may not come out looking killer because I just can't see how to put things together on my body. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163272 Fri, 28 May 2010 13:36:35 +0000 Lisa 163272@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I definitely think some people have a knack for incorporating elements into an outfit that just "go together." And some people find fashion really interesting. But I also think that one's state of mind affects this a lot too. If you are going through a rough patch or bout of depression interest in your looks are probably going to wane. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163258 Fri, 28 May 2010 13:07:21 +0000 Queen Mum 163258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think some people do just have a more artistic bent to them and tend to effortlessly throw together fab combinations. And I think the desire to give attention to fashion/clothing choices is definitely part of ones personality. So I'm gonna go with nature as a big factor here.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cute-article-is-fashion-nature-or-nurture#post-163254 Fri, 28 May 2010 13:00:59 +0000 shiny 163254@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a href="http://www.boston.com/community/moms/articles/2010/05/28/mom_genes_no_way/" rel="nofollow">http://www.boston.com/communit.....es_no_way/</a></p> <p>Discuss! </p>