https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:03:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-621573 Wed, 16 May 2012 23:18:56 +0000 teeandcee 621573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm, good question. I guess I'm talking about both. Here it'd be simply improvements from my objective eye since I don't know anyone, but with my mom it's be styling. I can put her together effortlessly and quickly without any doubts on what works and what doesn't.</p> <p>Funny what the eye misses too as I took some pics after running errands today only to discover my floral skirt showing through my thin tee, something I did not see in the mirror at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620630 Tue, 15 May 2012 22:43:55 +0000 Sveta 620630@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Are we talking styling or finding things which can be improved? I find styling is hard because as IK and Rae said personality get in the way. As for the improvement suggestions sometimes it is easier to see on others - maybe because you don't focus on your real or perceived flaws and can be more objective. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620565 Tue, 15 May 2012 21:12:41 +0000 Louise 620565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really struggle to help others. My Mum is an apple and I have no idea what she'd look good in and am prone to suggesting things which work on my pear shaped body. Style preferences play a big part too and I sometimes struggle to offer advice if it's something which doesn't appeal to me x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620561 Tue, 15 May 2012 21:04:28 +0000 Anonymous 620561@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Always. I can get a good read on people pretty quickly and have had much success helping others shop! None of them had my body type/issues....grrrrr. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620466 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:03:52 +0000 rae 620466@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What IK said! I have to get inside a person's head before I can style them in any sensible way... it's easy to do this when shopping together, though - pick up everything I think would work with my freind's body shape, and let her reject what she doesn't like, lol. </p> <p>I guess, in the end, it comes out as a wash for me. On the one hand, styling others is hard because you don't know what they like - on the other hand, styling myself is also hard because I sometimes don't know what *I* like. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620383 Tue, 15 May 2012 17:23:10 +0000 christieanne 620383@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think most of us are much harder on ourselves than others first of all. Much too critical of ourselves in general really. </p> <p>And it is hard to shop or style someone else unless you have a good idea of their style, taste and comfort level. I think that is why stylists spend time before shopping on identifying not only needs but style preferences (are you preppy or boho? are you minimalist or maximalist?).</p> <p>I can shop with and for my mom because I know exactly what she likes. But to this day I can't figure my sister out. She changes her preferences all the time and resists any suggestions from me because we are built so differently that she can't get past thinking if I pick it for her it won't work. It's her hang up though so no big deal. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620317 Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:43 +0000 K. Period. 620317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! The little voice that nitpicks all of the littlest details of my outfit shuts up when I'm putting something together for someone else. I'm always helping friends put things together or find some missing item that they don't know how to locate. Yet I'll stand in front of my mirror wondering if the fact that something is just a shade off ruins the outfit. One of the main reasons that I love this forum is that it lets me see outfits more objectively and see what I love on others so that I can translate it into my own wardrobe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620315 Tue, 15 May 2012 15:56:28 +0000 ironkurtin 620315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unfortunately, no. I have very strong tastes. I think I'm better at it when I understand someone else's aesthetic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620297 Tue, 15 May 2012 15:16:52 +0000 Anonymous 620297@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes. It is so much easier for me to see others in context. I just can't seem to see myself that same way. Taking digital pictures helps a lot though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620266 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:47:31 +0000 Amy 620266@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, no, because their personal tastes get in my way, lol. I'm specifically thinking about my sister-in-law who wanted my help in creating a work wardrobe, but we didn't like any of the same things...still had fun, but I wouldn't call that easy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620264 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:45:33 +0000 Anonymous 620264@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I'm better at styling a pile of clothes laid out on the bed than styling myself. Once I get them all on there is usually an unforeseen problem, lol! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620262 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:43:31 +0000 Sara L. 620262@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find it easier to style myself because I'm not that confident when evaluating others. I'm not sure if I'm projecting my own style preferences on someone whose style may be different. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620243 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:31:50 +0000 Anonymous 620243@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes, I am 200% times better at styling others that I do myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620208 Tue, 15 May 2012 13:05:27 +0000 KikiG 620208@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! I'm really good at tweaking the outfits of others, but I'm not nearly as confident when it is just me and my mirror. My new best friend is the picture I take with my phone. Too dark to post here (still haven't taken the time to work out those bugs) but somehow the photo takes all the emotion out of the equation, and I can be objective. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620205 Tue, 15 May 2012 13:01:17 +0000 Astrid 620205@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's a yes from me too! I find it much easier to help my friends, my sister or my mother dress and shop. I really think taking pictures helps, but I sometimes wear an outfit that doesn't look that good in the pictures anyway - because I like the way it looks in the mirror, or when I move. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620200 Tue, 15 May 2012 12:56:24 +0000 ManidipaM 620200@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely. I hit the 'Yes, But...' Syndrome when looking back at the mirror! And yes, certainly pictures help --- despite being rather a rude awakening at times for me, as I tend to see something as working in the mirror, and then it photographs as ludicrous. Certainly not objective here, so no solutions, but listening in --- thanks for this thread, T&amp;C! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-find-it-easier-to-style-others-rather-than-yourself#post-620187 Tue, 15 May 2012 12:31:47 +0000 teeandcee 620187@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm no expert in either, but I do find it much easier to look at another person's outfit and see what it needs. When I look in the mirror I tend to stare and say "Duhhhhh, I know it needs something but what? Or does it need anything? Duhhhhh." </p> <p>I'm sure it's because we have so much emotion tied up with our own reflection and are not objective. Taking a pic helps, but I'm still mystified most of the time. </p> <p>Any tips appreciated! </p>