https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 09:12:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327852 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 21:57:27 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 1327852@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My fantasy outfit started in the early 80's, when I was still in junior high, with the advent of MTV. &nbsp; Anyone remember the song/music video "Always Something There to Remind Me" by Naked Eyes? &nbsp;I was twelve years old&nbsp;when the video came out, and&nbsp;I LOVED the 80's-does-'40's looks in the 'courtroom drama' shots. &nbsp; I would watch the video, waiting for that moment&nbsp;when the woman runs out the door, hopping on one foot trying to get her black pumps&nbsp;on, and she has that draped, very fitted skirt and black hosiery. &nbsp; I reeeeeeally wanted that outfit - at least, the parts of it I could see! &nbsp; Skirt, shoes, hosiery. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And the very end of the video, when she walks past in this killer outfit&nbsp;as he is bending down to pick up the paper. &nbsp;The woman in this video reeks of mystery and intrigue. &nbsp;I wanted to be that woman.</p> <p>I always, always loved that sort of severe&nbsp;glamour look. &nbsp; It continued with Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love", and George Michael's "Father Figure" &nbsp; Dark, fitted clothing and sheer hosiery, pencil skirts, high heels, red lips. &nbsp;</p> <p>I knew better than to ever ask, let alone try out, any variant of this look - my mom wouldn't have let me out the door until college! &nbsp;:)</p> <p>I was able to sneak some of that into my wardrobe my junior year of high school, 1987-88, in the form of higher heels and lacy tights,&nbsp;but most of my stuff was candy-colored pastels. &nbsp;LOL.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327746 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:24:51 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1327746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I imagined that if I continued to try, I could end up with an old-money preppy look. I kept wearing fair isle sweaters and corduroys and Bass shoes. I think I imagined myself wearing wool skirts, button-down shirts, and soft, expensive wool cardigans as an adult. The whole preppy thing never quite worked out for me--I always looked like a wannabe. Ha haha!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327737 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:59:54 +0000 April 1327737@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are such fun to read! </p> <p>I also had an image of sleek hair in a French twist with pearl stud earrings and a slim clutch handbag. </p> <p>Clearly I thought there was a moment in my future when I would wake up and find I had become Catherine Deneuve. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327701 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:42:32 +0000 E 1327701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun thread to read. :)</p> <p><div><br />When I was in high school, I imagined being lawyer (and eventually a&nbsp;Supreme Court Justice, obviously, in which case I'd wear the awesome robe) or diplomat, so my fantasy outfit was an exquisitely tailored, high quality&nbsp;suit &amp; silk blouse with classic pumps. My hair back in some fancy but no-nonsense business updo. And a strand of pearls around my neck.&nbsp;At the time I loved suits, and genuinely looked forward to being able to wear them all of the time for work.&nbsp;hehe</p> <p>Rather unexpected considering my current style, isn't it? I'm pretty sure I've spent the last decade learning to become younger in my mindset, not older! :)</p> <p></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327698 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:38:47 +0000 Staysfit 1327698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Umm, High School? Late 70's early 80's. &nbsp;We were all imitating Grease and Charlies Angels. &nbsp;What can I say? &nbsp;I was an Olivia Newton John wannabe! I was also a bit of a tom boy. &nbsp;Let's not forget Brooke Shields and her Calvin Klein Jeans. We all had Jordache jeans, Calvin Klein jeans, and a big pink Goodie comb sticking out of our back pockets. &nbsp;Why, I will never know?! &nbsp;I couldn't even get a comb through my very unruly wavy frizzy hair. &nbsp;Yes, I tried to have it feathered like Farrah Fawcett. &nbsp;So did we all - what a disaster! &nbsp;In terms of the clothing I coveted, I loved Olivia's leather leggings at the end of the movie, her jean jacket, her hair, her dancing, oh just about everything. &nbsp;If I could sing I would have done that also.........&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327684 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:16:52 +0000 Anonymous 1327684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great question!</p> <p>I don't think I had a specific fantasy outfit, but definitely dreamed about when I'd get to wear real adult clothes, which I'd obviously be wearing to my&nbsp;glamorous city job doing something vague but impressive. I especially couldn't wait&nbsp;to wear long wool coats, pumps (or just any non-sneaker shoes), and silk scarves. And suits, especially vintage-looking ones that nipped in at the waist and were made from rich fabrics with interesting names. Which I think came from reading too much historical fiction.</p> <p>Melllls, I remember the short skirts and knee socks! I wore that a few times, although it probably wasn't a great look for me&nbsp;since I was already short and young-looking.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327655 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 15:20:54 +0000 JAileen 1327655@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I saw someone wearing this and I wanted to be her. Anyway, my dream outfit was a real Irish fisherman sweater and worn Levis 501s, with a white shirt. I think it was a bit androgynous, with the jeans fitting in a BF kind of way. When I was in high school I was able to wear 501s. I did not have the sweater I wanted, but ended up knitting one. Now I have several of them and still love them, but don't wear them. I cannot wear 501s. My hip to waist ratio makes this utterly impossible. I didn't realize what a great figure I had in high school. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327624 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 14:20:16 +0000 Emily 1327624@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Goodness yes!&nbsp;&nbsp;The one that sticks out most clearly in my mind is from when I was 10-ish, actually. &nbsp;My dream ensemble at the time was:</p> <p>-a velour short-sleeved mock-neck top<br />-slim black maxi skirt<br />-chunky black heels like everyone was wearing in the late 90s/early 00,<br />-pierced hoop earrings (Key! &nbsp;I was trying to convince my mother I should have pierced ears at the time...) </p> <p>In my minds eye that look was the height of grown up sophistication! &nbsp;I did get my ears pierced (thanks, grandma!) and the velour mock neck top... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327620 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 14:13:20 +0000 Gaylene 1327620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Growing up in the 60s meant that my friends and I really embraced the whole Twiggy, "Mod", look of long, straight hair; colorful, mini-skirted, A-line dresses; patterned tights; and platform shoes, interspersed with fitted, ribbed, "poor-boy" sweaters and flared pants. I think I even wore a headband across my forehead at one point!</p> <p>My aspirational outfit, though, was worn by a French teacher who breezed into our smallish town when I was in grade 11. She was tall, slim, and had actually spent the last three years in France. I remember the day she wore a slim, green, sleeveless sheath dress with kitten heels and a cuff bracelet. With her cropped hair and touch of makeup, she looked so elegant and sophisticated, she stood out in our crowd of long-haired, mini-skirted teens. I remember thinking that is exactly how I want to look when I get older! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327599 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 13:22:41 +0000 Anonymous 1327599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes. &nbsp;Oh, yes. &nbsp;I found an outfit in a magazine decades ago&nbsp;and it spoke to me so strongly I ripped it out and kept it all these years as "my style guide." &nbsp; Oddly enough, I think it is even more on point today than it was the first time I saw it. &nbsp;</p> <p>From memory (because I am too lazy to get up and find my fashion notebook), the outfit was silvery (or grayish silver). &nbsp;It consisted of really well fitted silvery slacks that were slim fitting and ankle length. &nbsp;The model was wearing a fuzzy cropped silvery sweater (the sweater met the top of the slacks so there was no skin showing, just really great porportions). &nbsp;The entire outfit just looked "comfortable," like you could dress stylishly, but in fabrics that were soft, embracing, and comfortable. &nbsp;And I am realizing now that it had a timeless look to it. &nbsp;High heels, but no jewelry. &nbsp;Just the juxtoposition of one texture on another texture in the same color. &nbsp;I adored it. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327475 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 03:13:26 +0000 em 1327475@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The first TV show I ever saw was Brideshead Revisited on PBS and I was certain that when I was an adult I, too, would go to Paris to buy my annual wardrobe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327454 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 02:26:02 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1327454@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My high school had a dress code. I, In the early 1980s, had a few off school pieces that I thought were the cool me pieces (a Norma Kamali flippy sweatshirt mini, Girbaud jeans with low slung pockets and a tapestry jacket.) I am pretty ruthless with my closet but for some reason kept that jacket. I just dug it up and tried it on. It looks like this massive David Byrne thing on me (my husband was laughing). And I found 50 Egyptian piasters in the pocket, which leads me to believe I must have kept wearing it through my college junior year abroad! </p> <p>But, speaking of the "ideal" me outfits, I had strange ideas about how I would be dressing in college and in fact insisted on getting a pearl necklace before I went to college because I thought that was the sort of thing girls would be wearing. I am not sure how I confused the 1980s with the 1950s! That necklace, I still have, and still wear! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327449 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 02:17:44 +0000 Suz 1327449@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I was in high school,&nbsp;I imagined myself wearing faded slightly distressed jeans, a blazer, a turtleneck, and cool footwear. I didn't wear any of this at the time although I did have some Levis 501s.&nbsp;</p> <p>My adult version of myself was urban and urbane. Not suburban and dull and clueless (as I felt I was, back then, probably correctly.) I had a feminine streak, too.&nbsp;</p> <p>The minute I could afford it&nbsp;I went out and bought a striped silk shirt dress by Calvin Klein and then ran off to NYC with a few workmates for a weekend. It was fun....and I felt elegant.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327448 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 02:12:06 +0000 carter 1327448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! Well, I was in high school in the late 70s, and I was a year younger than anyone else in my grade. My goal was to someday have enough curves to dress like Olivia Newton John in Grease! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327438 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 01:45:51 +0000 April 1327438@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mellllls, I remember that look too. &nbsp;</p> <p>I was actually thinking about, when you were a high school student, did you have an outfit that you envisioned wearing as an&nbsp;adult? &nbsp;Did it say something about who you thought you would be?</p> <p>I clearly had thoughts about being more elegant than I was. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327436 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 01:39:18 +0000 Mo 1327436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not sure April . . . maybe it was my 'buttoned up' or sexy secretary version? &nbsp;My ladylike alter ego? &nbsp;(the levi's and tees were unisex after all) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327435 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 01:36:17 +0000 Mellllls 1327435@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not sure if this is what you are getting at. There was a time in the 90s where girls wore knee highs with short skirts in high school. I wasn't in high school yet and miss ed out on this look but I always enjoyed it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327434 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 01:35:51 +0000 April 1327434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>bj -- LOL "flammable plaid skirts." &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327432 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 01:34:46 +0000 April 1327432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha --&nbsp;I was in college by the time the bandana thing came around, Mo (okay, I was probably married before it left entirely)&nbsp;but I can picture what you're describing very clearly. &nbsp;</p> <p>Was the shirtdress your image of grown-up Mo? &nbsp;Or something different? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327431 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 01:32:49 +0000 bj1111 1327431@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I spent high school in flammable plaid skirts, white collared shirts and acrylic sweaters.</p> <p>I always admired the 80s powersuits esp anything by donna karan. I wear those now, without the shoulder pads and the neon eyeshadow. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327424 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 01:12:02 +0000 Mo 1327424@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually<i> had</i> an alternative outfit. &nbsp;It was a lavender and white striped shirtdress with self belt, quite short after I'd grown a year or two having it, and grey slide heels. &nbsp;The rest of the time I was in tight jeans and concert tee shirts and flannels, bandanas worn as bracelets or belts (back when my waist was bandana sized lol). &nbsp;I was in high school in the mid 80's, same time as Angie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/did-you-have-a-fantasy-outfit-for-the-you-you-wanted-to-be-in-high-school#post-1327419 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 01:03:16 +0000 April 1327419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was in high school in the early 80s, and what we were&nbsp;<i>actually&nbsp;</i>wearing was skintight "designer jeans" with disco spike heels and velour Jordache tops.&nbsp;</p> <p>But somehow I had a fantasy outfit of a completely different sort: charcoal-grey-and-white pinstriped trousers, black pointy-toe pumps, and a white angora V-neck sweater. &nbsp;I think I felt this represented some classy future incarnation of myself. &nbsp;</p> <p>I can still see that outfit so clearly, even though I never did assemble all the pieces.</p> <p>How about you? &nbsp;Did you imagine an outfit for your future self when you were&nbsp;in high school? </p>