https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:36:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1173922 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 22:51:54 +0000 Anonymous 1173922@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just lovely Ornella. I'm with you (and E) on the belts. They can be nice sometimes, but I also feel they are no longer a "must do". The shape of the dress highlights your waist just fine all by itself. Looking at these dresses, I can really see the case for buying simple, unadorned things with clean lines and then accessorizing them (or not) differently over the seasons. What a great, classic shape!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1173902 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 22:40:57 +0000 alice 1173902@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Ornella, I too really like the last pic with&nbsp;red on red. It has an almost abstract feel to it. And the flat leather boots contribute a certain action-ready ruggedness, less dainty than the pumps.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1173871 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 22:09:01 +0000 Day Vies 1173871@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love them all but the 2011 red and black is my favorite!&nbsp; This is one of my favorite layered looks to do with a dress. You look marvelous! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1173866 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:59:07 +0000 lyn67 1173866@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, just seen that I've missed this one to date! I was also&nbsp; wondering as er Angie said, generally speaking,&nbsp;why&nbsp;I like the curent versions better now? I loved the older versions then, and I consider them still beautifull today, but if I had to choose, I would choose the 2014 versions, for sure. Is our eye and fashions sense &nbsp;always wanting something new, or what? BTW I can undesrand the love for these (both) dresses. They are classic pieces, the ones which are like a canvas on which you can change accents to create new looks&nbsp;&nbsp;accrding to your needs and moods.:-)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1173726 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:30:14 +0000 In My Joi 1173726@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful hues Ornella! <br />I love the way you have styled the red dress in picture # 3 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1173698 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:51:27 +0000 Lisa 1173698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How neat that 3 years later, the dress is still a workhorse.&nbsp; Now that is a super purchase!&nbsp; And like Angie I also enjoy the latest version of each look, maybe because it is always the freshest twist with the item. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1173085 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 01:40:13 +0000 Jaime 1173085@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both dress colors are absolute winners on you! I do like 2014 best - you just get better and better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1172981 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 22:59:38 +0000 Sara L. 1172981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great dress! &nbsp;I think I prefer it with the belt too, but today's outfit with all&nbsp;the reds would probably be too busy with a belt. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1172964 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 22:37:54 +0000 E 1172964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really resonated with your thoughts on belts, especially&nbsp;</p> <blockquote><p>In a way, once I felt I knew what to do, it was easier to let go.&nbsp;</blockquote> <span></p> <p>and<br /></span><span><br /> <blockquote>I accepted that waist is not the most important thing about my outfit</blockquote> <br /></span><br />When I was younger, I used to feel my waist was the only feminine thing about me, so it was very important to not obscure it. As I've gotten older &amp; more comfortable in my skin, there's no longer an urgency around waist definition. Now I use belts mainly for proportions or colour mixing&nbsp;or 'third piece'/outfit polishing&nbsp;reasons, rather than to make sure my waist looks as small as possible. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1172809 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:26:48 +0000 Beth Ann 1172809@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Some purchases keep giving and giving and giving.......</p> <p>All of these are marvelous.&nbsp; These would pack and travel beautifully, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1172762 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:52:24 +0000 Neel 1172762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am struggling to pick a favorite!! Gah ..... I love all of them .... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1172755 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:49:36 +0000 Angie 1172755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*chuckle*</p> <p>I guess I love the extra simplicity. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1172746 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:40:09 +0000 Ornella 1172746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Angie</b> ::&nbsp;Evolution maybe?? And learning from the master(s)?? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1172740 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:35:22 +0000 Angie 1172740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous, Ornella. I like your 2014 version best each time. Why is that I wonder?&nbsp;</p> <p>All your WIW posts need to be linked to this morning's pear shape dressing guideline. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1172724 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:26:56 +0000 Ornella 1172724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>carter</b> :: Thank you.&nbsp;I haven't thought of green option And I think I might start making these dresses&nbsp;if/when I need them. The pattern can easily be taken from this one and then the sky is the limit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1172722 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:25:28 +0000 Ornella 1172722@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Elizabeth</b> ::&nbsp;I actually still wear belts with these dresses a lot, mostly in low contrast shades as they do define my waist better, you're right. I also mostly leave belts for dressier stylings nowadays.&nbsp;Purple? Next week most likely&nbsp;:-)</p> <p><b>E</b> :: yes, I was crazy about belts when I discovered what they did for me. Pear with rectangle tendencies, just learning what (not) to wear, I wanted to crack that mystery of playing around what I hadn't been given by Mother&nbsp;Nature. In a way, once I felt I&nbsp;knew what to do, it was easier to let go. Plus (I haven't contributed much on your thread), belts can be <i>fussy</i> to/on me, especially if they slide around and need constant keeping in place.&nbsp;Now I'm much more comfortable with the idea of waist surrendering, you're right, but more because I accepted that waist is not the most important thing about my outfit and I prefer comfort above everything. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1172717 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:21:47 +0000 carter 1172717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So gorgeous! Love today's red on red. I hope you've learned your lesson to snap these up in any deep color that comes out! You'd be fabulous in an emerald green version. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1172711 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:16:19 +0000 E 1172711@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I covet those dresses so much! I'm going to try to learn to sew this year just so I can make myself dresses like that, since I can never find them in the right length/colour/fabric.</p> <p>But less about me, more about you. That red on red on red of today's outfit is just brilliant! I wouldn't have thought it would work, but it really, really does. I'm so glad those dresses have lived up to their cost &amp; are still going strong several years &amp; I'm sure many years later. No wonder they make you want to hug your wardrobe; I love them in every version.</p> <p>Have you noticed there's always a belt involved in your older outfits, whereas in your newer ones you seem to prefer leaving belts off? I've cut down on my belt wearing too (at my natural waist at least; I've added belts on trousers&nbsp;with the semituck!), though I probably still wear them more frequently than you,&nbsp;and I wonder if it's a reflection of the increased prominence of&nbsp;waist surrendering in the fashion world, so it's easier to let go of a very defined waist,&nbsp;or something else. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1172709 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:12:38 +0000 Elizabeth P 1172709@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This dress is fabulous, I didn't realize you'd had it for so long!&nbsp; Shame about the blue....</p> <p>Re styling, I have to admit, I think I prefer it with at belt.&nbsp; Your waist seems sort of lost in today's version.&nbsp; Not something I'd have noticed if I hadn't had something to compare it to, I've certainly never noticed this when you've worn it before.&nbsp; But other than that, I like everything else!&nbsp; </p> <p>I guess it's purple again next year, huh </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/day-4-this-time-last-year-i-wore-edition-2014#post-1172702 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:08:11 +0000 Ornella 1172702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Day 4 of the very first WIW round I did in 2011&nbsp;was when I, with great&nbsp;trepidation, introduced my red dress to the community. I say&nbsp;that&nbsp;because I bought it much&nbsp;before I started consulting the community about my purchases. I was hoping it would get positive comments.</p> <p>Well, a lot of red dress love later on this and subsequent&nbsp;WIWs&nbsp;I snatched its purple sibling (worn in 2012 outfit)&nbsp;because I knew that one too&nbsp;would be a workhorse and it was a no brainer. I still wonder whether I should have pounced when the cobalt version appeared in the shops too, but a combination of trying to be sensible finances-wise (the dresses were the most expensive items I bough by then) and&nbsp;my still undiscovered love for the beautiful shade of blue I passed that one.</p> <p>Fast forward to this day and age, both red and purple dresses&nbsp;are going strong, getting a lot of wear, not showing signs of tear and fill me with that great feeling of wishing to hug my wardrobe.</p> <p>ETA: Btw, all my&nbsp;2011 and 2012 outfits were worn to the office, hence rather dressed up looks and different footwear in most of the old outfits. At this stage of my life things are a lot more casual.</p> <p>The verdict for Day 4?&nbsp; </p>