https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:24:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled/page/2#post-1779561 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 23:06:59 +0000 JAileen 1779561@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jenni, thanks for sharing. I've also gained weight over the years. I had to relearn what clothes work for me now, and also join the modern world in terms of style. I found YLF after I went grey. Not only did I have to change my clothing styles, but also the colors. My grey hair is practically white, so tan and beige are really bad. </p> <p>I still have a jacket that I bought in 1975. It's an emergency jacket that I keep in the car. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled/page/2#post-1779560 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 22:49:06 +0000 Jenni NZ 1779560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm pleased for you that you've made a decision. I'm also intrigued, as I don't think I've ever considered a purchase as much as that in my life. In younger days ( my 20s) it was mostly just buy what I liked I think. I was a university student at first with a smallish budget but managed to find cute things that didn't feel hugely expensive, in my memory. Some were second-hand but many full price. Then graduated into quite a well-paid job and built a wardrobe I loved. Some of those pieces were expensive, but I kept them many years. I still wear 2 things now over 30 years later! I was easier to fit then, petite but a slim pear in those days.<br /> Then in the 90s ( my 30s) I had 3 young children and just wore leggings and long jumpers ( knits, sweaters?) I think! Or shorts and T-shirts with a very occasional dress. I must have had some more professional skirts and trousers as I was still working. But I mostly forget.<br /> 40 is when the weight gain started and with a vengeance from 47. Since 47 I was building up a wardrobe again and beginning to learn things about what's most flattering ( slowly!). It has been almost 9 years of slow learning. I am impressed with your dedication and hope that the skirt makes you happy many, many times x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled/page/2#post-1779556 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 22:17:41 +0000 JAileen 1779556@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jules, I meant I'm going to play around with the skirt more, not with the white shirt. I have other tops that I'd like to try with the skirt, as well as a few short sleeve sweaters. My title was true, these outfits are "styled", not really styled. :)</p> <p>BTW, I've committed to this skirt - I cut the tags, and returned the other eight skirts to Macy's. I also mailed back the EF jersey skirt. So I feel pretty good getting the dining table cleaned off! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779554 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 22:12:05 +0000 Jules 1779554@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess it does look casual - to be honest I think it's just too plain with the skirt. Maybe tucked in more, sleeves rolled, and with pearls or another necklace? But to be honest I just like the white sleeveless tee outfit a whole lot more The pieces look right together and the proportions are very flattering. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779552 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 22:07:20 +0000 JAileen 1779552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jules, that's a good idea! I have some Stan Smiths that I bought in NAS. Re the long sleeve white shirt: I think I thought it looked casual because it was so wrinkled! I'm going to play around with it some more. Thanks for your suggestions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779547 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:51:50 +0000 Jules 1779547@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the skirt, especially with the white sleeveless tee and the red one. Less so the button down and sleeveless blouse. Try pushing up the sleeves on the grey shirt. Do you wear sneakers? When I had a denim skirt sneaks were my favourite footwear - the skirt was basically a casual shorts sub for me. I think your skirt is leaning pretty casual with the fading. Perfect with the tees and sandals or sneakers. If you do want to dress it up I'd pick something a little less plain than the white dress shirt /blouse and maybe dressier shoes so you have more contrast going on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779531 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:28:20 +0000 JAileen 1779531@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Approprio, thanks! The sandals are Vionic Bolinas, new for this year. I'm hoping they will become my new go to casual sandals. </p> <p>I'd like to be on vacation right now. It's going back and forth between rain and snow today. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779529 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 20:52:43 +0000 approprio 1779529@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this kind of skirt for travelling in warm climates. It's fun and sporting and flattering and practical. It goes anywhere: daytime with a tee, evening with a blouse and shawl. Looking at your pictures makes me want to go on holiday. Bah.</p> <p>Those sandals are perfect with it. I like it most with the fitted blouse in #1. I'm not sure about the button-down shirt, which seems rather formal. Maybe that one would work better with a slightly dressier shoe?</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779426 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:22:15 +0000 JAileen 1779426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ryce, thanks! I was thinking that about the long sleeve white shirt. If I had rolled up the sleeves it probably would have looked better. I didn't really style it. It's funny, I specifically picked an a-line because a pencil skirt doesn't work for me. I hate having a waist that's too big. I'm pear shaped, but maybe I want to be called a-line instead! The fact that this skirt is only "sort of" an a-line was why people liked it in the first place. And the waist fits. Win-win. Yeah!</p> <p>Smittie, thanks! I will semi tuck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779424 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:19:47 +0000 Anonymous 1779424@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it looks great. I like all the iterations. I like the semituck version better than the no-tuck. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779421 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:16:04 +0000 Anonymous 1779421@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, gosh, I'm weighing in on this so late I doubt I have anything to add to the perspectives you have already gotten.<br />I do love that it is a slight A-line - enough to provide ease of movement, but still look a bit pencil-y.<br />I like the sleeveless tops best, too, though I can't articulate why.<br />The long sleeve button front looks a little too buttoned-up to my eye. &nbsp;I wonder how it would look with the sleeves rolled and possibly another button undone if that wouldn't expose too much?<br />Agree that the skirt will be excellent for an April trip to Texas. &nbsp;Who knows which of the tops might be weather-appropriate on any given day, but isn't that true of an awful lot of the US in April?</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779420 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:15:21 +0000 JAileen 1779420@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ginger, thanks!</p> <p>Summer, thanks! I agree with you re semi tuck. I have my fingers crossed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779356 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 11:03:53 +0000 Summer 1779356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad this worked out for you, JAileen, and I think&nbsp; A-line is perfect for a denim skirt.<br />I like the outfits with semi-tucked tops best, but you have plenty of options here.&nbsp; I hope it becomes a workhorse for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779310 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 04:39:52 +0000 Ginger 1779310@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now you're set! And have fun on the coast, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779284 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 03:24:12 +0000 JAileen 1779284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, yeah! :)</p> <p>Ginger, we'll be in the DFW area visiting family, and then plan to go down to the coast. I'll definitely take a jacket. Thanks for the advice.</p> <p>Shevia, thanks! I'm glad you and YLF approves. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779283 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 03:18:13 +0000 Jaime 1779283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great skirt and lots of terrific options! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779279 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 03:10:13 +0000 Ginger 1779279@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You bet, JAileen! You'll fit right in in April. Though make sure to have a jacket - or coat - if you're going to be outside for a long time after nightfall. April tends to be very pleasant during the day, but surprisingly chilly at night (for us), and always blustery. I have vivid teenage memories of non-stop shivering in the wind at my brothers' night baseball games. My family just started leaving our winter coats in the Suburban each spring, when it got too warm to need them for any other activity. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779252 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 02:21:39 +0000 Angie 1779252@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are sorted.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779249 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 02:07:08 +0000 JAileen 1779249@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, thanks! I'm glad the sleeveless tops work because those are the ones I'm really going to want to wear in July and August! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779241 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 01:44:33 +0000 Angie 1779241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like all the sleeveless tops best. Nicely done.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779230 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 00:35:59 +0000 JAileen 1779230@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cynthia, thanks! I guess the skirt is a go!</p> <p>Who would have thought the grey top would be polarizing?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779229 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 00:32:47 +0000 cindysmith 1779229@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's cute on you! I'm not a fan of the grey stripe top either, but all the rest are really nice outfits </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779213 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 23:53:26 +0000 JAileen 1779213@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy, thanks! I searched on a-line and this came up. I think fabbers liked it because it wasn't very a-line.</p> <p>Laurel, thank you! The grey top is actually very nice. It's EF linen. I probably stretched it when it was too tight. If I wash it, it'll probably be fine. Also, I should tuck or semi tuck the red one. Thanks for your observations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779209 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 23:46:32 +0000 Laurel 1779209@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to speak up in favor of the gray striped shirt! &nbsp;I think it looks fantastic with the skirt, and would be my first pick of the choices! &nbsp;I also like the white top in number one, and I think the button down has potential, but needs "something" more to tie the outfit together. &nbsp;I'm not a fan of the red shirt with it due to the length in the front. &nbsp;Skirt is great!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779204 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 23:29:27 +0000 Anonymous 1779204@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The skirt looks like it could be a warm weather workhorse. It looks more like a pencil skirt than an a-line but will have room to move easily. I like 1 best of your styling photos. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779196 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 23:06:24 +0000 JAileen 1779196@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy, thanks for your observation! I grabbed a bunch of tops that I wore with cropped pants last summer, except for the first one, which was too tight. I can definitely skip the long sleeve shirt. It's almost seasonally confused - short skirt with long sleeves.</p> <p>Native Wear.. I'm not sure what to think about that. I did grow up by the bay, so maybe that makes sense. The other thought is even though I don't live in California, some people (my mother) consider this a California suburb. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779188 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 22:42:06 +0000 rachylou 1779188@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the skirt and all the ways you've styled it - except I do think the collared button down is a lot of shirt for the skirt!</p> <p>Btw, these outfits are very Native Wear to me... they just have a certain je ne sais quoi. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779118 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:37:14 +0000 JAileen 1779118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ginger, thank you! You definitely "get" what I'm looking for. In fact, we're going to be visiting Texas in April, and (assuming I got the okay from YLF) I would take this skirt and wear it styled this way, with sandals, whereas at home, I'd still be wearing jeans, boots and sweaters. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779113 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:22:02 +0000 Ginger 1779113@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That looks really good! Indeed, a just slightly dressier version of cropped pants. I like the front detailing, and the fit is excellent. Great pairing with the tops, and how you vary up the tucking. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-skirt-styled#post-1779112 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:21:29 +0000 JAileen 1779112@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jenni, thanks! It's funny that you should mention the grey top because I've never worn it in public. I bought it at a consignment shop, then promptly gained weight and couldn't fit into it. The neckline is a little odd, too. Anyway, I'm glad you approve of the skirt styling.</p> <p>Bonnie, thank you! I'm glad you approve, too. </p>