https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-this-jacket-and-skirt-work-together Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 24 May 2026 14:57:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-this-jacket-and-skirt-work-together#post-739037 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:20:40 +0000 pil 739037@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the thumbs up everyone! Claire, I'll have to try the fake french cuff with safety pins, the lining is too slippery to stay in place : ) I like the idea though. </p> <p>I'll wear it tonight!</p> <p>Unfrumped, we crossposted. I like that idea. The only purse I have similar to that is a python, which I think would clash, rather than mix, with the blouse pattern though. Maybe not.</p> <p>.......Oh, just remembered a small brown suede purse with leopard print flap. It is basically a small clutch with a short gold chain strap. I think that will work! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-this-jacket-and-skirt-work-together#post-739015 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:53:31 +0000 unfrumped 739015@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think those proportions are good. You could also go shorter if you have a reason to--meaning, if other aspects of a shorter jacket fit you better or you liked one, or whatever. But not because this one does not work--I like it.</p> <p>Oh, I am already imagining other accessories to go with the great color combo you have going. I like to add a "warmer" , natural-toned accessory color such as warm luggage tan purse ( I guess we are challenged to think of using a clutch!) to contrast with the cool colors--I think Angie gave us that tip on how it takes some of the sweetness and predictability out of the color scheme, and I have found it works well for necklaces, purses, shoes ( and of course any element of the outfit, really, depending on what's what) when I am combining red and black, magenta and gray, or similar . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-this-jacket-and-skirt-work-together#post-738996 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:31:19 +0000 Anonymous 738996@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isn't YLF great for giving outfit ideas? This is terrific! I love that blazer with the skirt. The proportions totally work to my eye. Love the blouse with it too. Can you fold the cuffs up once and do the *fake french cuff* trick to shorten them if you want to wear them down? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-this-jacket-and-skirt-work-together#post-738957 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:43:35 +0000 Sona 738957@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like this. I might try the belt untwisted though? colors, proportions everything looks great. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-this-jacket-and-skirt-work-together#post-738953 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:35:47 +0000 Sara L. 738953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the proportions of the jacket look good with the skirt. I like the navy and magenta color combination. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-this-jacket-and-skirt-work-together#post-738951 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:34:40 +0000 Parsley 738951@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A big thumbs up! That looks great!<br /> I've had those "Doh!" moments, too, when I've discovered great combinations right in my own closet thanks to the inspiration here. Isn't YLF the best? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-this-jacket-and-skirt-work-together#post-738945 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:21:29 +0000 MsMary 738945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks fab!! Now wear it out of the house!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-this-jacket-and-skirt-work-together#post-738920 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:02:28 +0000 texstyle 738920@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This looks great! Isn't YLF great for pushing us to try things we wouldn't have thought to try before? I think the proportions are good (aside from maybe getting those sleeves shortened but you can wear them cuffed/scrunched for now). If you have a chunky bracelet (so it stands out a little) or watch that would be nice to add. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-this-jacket-and-skirt-work-together#post-738912 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:55:00 +0000 pil 738912@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Ceit and Shiny. So you think the fit and proportions of the jacket are ok with the skirt? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-this-jacket-and-skirt-work-together#post-738909 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:51:41 +0000 shiny 738909@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it! But you could probably guess I would. :-)</p> <p>My initial reaction was "wow, that's the Gap academy blazer?" Did not recognize it. Adding a skirt, rather than predictable jeans, ups the whole tone of that blazer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-this-jacket-and-skirt-work-together#post-738898 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:42:57 +0000 Anonymous 738898@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the navy with the magenta, and the blouse looks great with the skirt too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-this-jacket-and-skirt-work-together#post-738897 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:42:07 +0000 pil 738897@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry to start yet another thread but my event is soon and I thought I'd have an easier time getting responses with a new thread rather than adding on to my old one.</p> <p>In my thread about the Gap academy blazer, <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-gap-academy-blazer" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....emy-blazer</a><br /> Texstyle asked if it works with other things in my closet. It was ordered primarily as a neutral for pants, but her question prompted me to try it with my new pencil skirt. Shiny's pink AT skirt/navy blouse combo was the inspiration for pulling out my dark blue AT top. Both kind of "doh!" moments as I embarrassingly admit I wouldn't have thought of those combinations on my own.</p> <p>Do the proportions of the jacket work with the skirt? To my eye they do, but I don't have enough confidence to know if I should have gone with the petite or if this does indeed work.</p> <p>The sleeves probably do need to be shortened as they are too long uncuffed.</p> <p>Thanks! </p>