https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:24:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1171254 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:29:53 +0000 Riss 1171254@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for a great and helpful post. &nbsp;I love the red skirt. &nbsp;I am not that brave yet! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1170999 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 01:57:12 +0000 Debora 1170999@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amazing outfit! I love seeing how it evolved and the thought that went into it. It looks current and of the moment, although all the previous outfits still totally work today. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1170184 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:16:33 +0000 Helena 1170184@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What an awesome idea! All three outfits look great to me. What a great way of showing how you can have a signature style/uniform, and yet also evolve it over time. Brilliant! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1170094 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:20:02 +0000 kkards 1170094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>what a fun, and telling exercise. &nbsp;remember that history can not be judged in real time, the past years look "off" to you today, because they are not what you are wearing now, but they are great, and representative of their time and place.&nbsp;<br />love the way you have mixed red and purple!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1170056 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:38:14 +0000 Neel 1170056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this post soooo much!! I love your 2014 edition. But like everyone else love 2011 too!! I am going to copy your today's outfit!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169852 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 02:34:00 +0000 Jaime 1169852@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is fantastic Ornella. The first two are nothing to sneeze at, but I do like your latest best. It is funny how sweater style has shifted so much isn't it?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169842 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 02:29:05 +0000 Elizabeth P 1169842@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is fascinating Ornella, I'm so glad you are doing this. I started taking regular WIWs in jan 2013, I might just try to do this as well. Or at least look at them :).<br /> I also really like the 2011 iteration. 2012 doesn't seem so... Something. Chic? 2014 is beautiful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169819 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 02:18:23 +0000 deb 1169819@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a wonderful idea! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169806 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 01:59:37 +0000 amiable 1169806@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What an absolutely great idea! &nbsp;I have to remember it to spin off. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169714 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:28:09 +0000 Angie 1169714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun challenge. I like the "large vertical stripes" created by the colour blocking of the 2014 outfit. It's playful.&nbsp;I hereby crown you Queen Red &amp; Purple.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169712 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:26:36 +0000 Jewell 1169712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fab tradition, Ornella! And I&nbsp;love today's outfit! I tried a similar color palette during the Picture Perfect Challenge. Your previous outfits were great, too. I can see some interesting differences in the three. 2011 and 2014 are tailored whereas 2012 included looser fitting items. The bold colors have taken center stage and there's much less black. I see 2011 as cautiously trying red with purple, 2012 as embracing red with purple, and 2014 as rockin' red with purple! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169702 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:20:31 +0000 Suz 1169702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella, what a fantastic idea. I need to do this, too, with early WIWs. Thank you!!&nbsp;</p> <p>You know, I see incredible consistency here. I love today's outfit -- it's stunning. As Denise says, a further refinement on the modern classic minimalist aesthetic. But to my eye, all of these outfits fall into that category and all work. You change the silhouette to keep yourself interested and happy but you look equally wonderful in all of these. Perhaps the waterfall cardigan feels less "current" -- but it's no less fab and flattering on you, for that! And &nbsp;I happen to know you can still rock that style with the best of them. You have found your core style and it shows!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169692 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:11:54 +0000 rachylou 1169692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it, Ornella! Very tangible! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169682 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:55:27 +0000 Beth Ann 1169682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love today's outfit!&nbsp; I happen to have a secret crush on red and purple together, so I'm over the moon!</p> <p>The earlier posts are still fab, of course, and it's marvelous to see your evolution. </p> <p>Your style motto is perfect for you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169680 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:54:39 +0000 Karie 1169680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My fav is the 2014 version, very streamlined and chic. I must copy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169638 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:13:03 +0000 Kristin L 1169638@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It looks like you've always had a great eye for what colors suit you. Cute red skirt! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169631 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:10:11 +0000 MuseumGal 1169631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are all great outfits, but I have to say that I think 2011 is stellar! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169586 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 22:19:20 +0000 Ornella 1169586@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>cheryl</b> :: I'd love to see the colours on you.</p> <p><b>Lisa</b> :: can't you access your old WIW threads through your profile?&nbsp;As for colours and pieces, part of my style journey to pair things down to the right colours, so these are staying. I also have most of the clothes still (not all) in rotation, but I am trying to find new ways to wear them so that my goal of creating interesting and&nbsp;uncomplicated looks is met. Red cardigan may still appear </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169563 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:44:39 +0000 Lisa 1169563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great challenge.&nbsp; I do not have my older WIWs from when I first joined YLF, but I should have at least a few from last year.&nbsp; I'll have to check later if I have any that would let me try this out.&nbsp; </p> <p>Interesting to see how you still enjoy the same colors paired together, but have more structured pieces over time (soft cardigan, to drapey cardigan to crisp blazer and skirt).&nbsp; Nice! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169562 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:44:02 +0000 cheryl 1169562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you look lovely in all of these variations and I am laughing because I am wearing red and purple today except with olive green. Yay for team red/purple. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169503 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:24:59 +0000 Ornella 1169503@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>rachy</b> :: colour + comfort - compromise. How does that sound? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169471 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:54:00 +0000 CocoLion 1169471@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I remember when you started posting outfits and I remember this challenge as well. &nbsp;I love where your style has gone -- further refining the modern classic, minimal aesthetic. &nbsp;For 2014 I notice&nbsp;that, compared to the earlier years, it has the same classic bones but if you look closely it contains original, less expected touches. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169465 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:47:05 +0000 Day Vies 1169465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What an interesting challenge! I love the color blocking here! I must tell you I generally have a poison eye for red and purple together, but this outfit is making me rethink that preference. I like all of the outfits you posted. </p> <p>2011 is actually my favorite -- but then I think that's because it looks like something I would wear (exactly if I had the right pieces).</p> <p>2012 isn't bad either. my only tweak would be a sleek bottom either skinnies tucked into boots or black pencil skirt tights &amp; boots. You've convinced me this is a color combo I need to try.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169400 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:46:31 +0000 cinnamon fern 1169400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting! &nbsp;You look lovely in all these outfits. &nbsp;The 2011 outfit looks very much of its time - so many skinny-belted cardigans back then. &nbsp;I'd forgotten. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169395 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:42:36 +0000 rachylou 1169395@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My gosh, it's so fascinating! Your colours have stayed the same, which is amazing to me. What's your style mantra/motto? I can see each of these outfits being built by the same principles, but the visual results fall into completely different categories to my way of thinking. The mood is very different between outfits. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169386 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:30:25 +0000 Anonymous 1169386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great idea Ornella. Todays outfit is lovely, modern and simply, bold. Out of the other three pictures in photo 3 I'm not feeling the same vibe from the middle outfit, but 2011 is as lovely to my eye as the present day outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169364 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:08:29 +0000 Carla 1169364@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What fun! Consistent good style, but I do love 2014 best. (Pencil skirt love!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169360 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:04:06 +0000 lyn67 1169360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this post Ornella! Actual outfit is of course the most refined and strong to my eyes, so I can see the evolution--but&nbsp; what???? Others wouldn't pass as something to post?&nbsp; Both earlier versions are great&nbsp;still, my heart goes out for the first version(2011), that's as sophisticated as today's outfit!&nbsp; Love your dareing red and purple combo, Ms. Colored thights, YLF, as always!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-1-this-time-last-year-i-wore#post-1169341 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:51:23 +0000 Ornella 1169341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Three years ago I started posting WIWs. I could not imagine how much the simple activity of daily taking photos of my&nbsp;outfits would become important part of my day/life, nor just how many benefits of posting, analysing and generally discussing what I wore there would be - nor how the rewards and learnings&nbsp;would spill over to other areas of my life.</p> <p>A year later, in 2012,&nbsp;I did a week of posts inspired my my older self and the change was interesting to say the least. I then decided to make the "This Time Last Year I Wore..." my personal tradition just to see how much my style really evolved in the previous year. Nothing to put things into perspective like <i>Before</i> and <i>After</i> seen side by side :-D</p> <p>In February 2013 some other things took over my life (final decision to buy the house and all the upheaval that comes with the package).&nbsp;Although I participated on the forum, I had no capacity for the experiment.</p> <p>This year I'm doing it again&nbsp;and I'm very exciting to see what I'll discover in the week of style retrospective. I am interested to hear your thoughts of course, as I've discovered numerous times how much of my own outfit and its aspects I hadn't noticed without your perspective.</p> <p>#</p> <p>The main idea is very simple -&nbsp;take the photo of what I wore this time last year and use it inspiration for putting together the outfit I'd wear now.</p> <p>Without much further ado, I give you Day 1 then and now.</p> <p><b>Photo 1</b> :: What I Wore Today<br /><b>Photo 2</b> :: The rest of today's outfit, with the scarf and jacket for running errands.<br /><b>Photo 3</b>&nbsp;:: Evolution of Day1 outfit over time. It feels strange looking at this - the first two both felt right at the time, but would not pass as something I'd post.</p> <p>Thanks for reading. Comments and suggestions most welcome.</p>