https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:36:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style/page/2#post-818358 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:18:58 +0000 RoseandJoan 818358@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have one friend who owns several things which I own but we put them together in totally different ways, she is a little anime, a little skater girl and well you know me.</p> <p>My other friends are mostly;<br /> a) Princess<br /> b) Horse and Country<br /> c) Barbour-ella<br /> d) Plus sized fashionista. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style/page/2#post-818339 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:07:37 +0000 Lyn D. 818339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting discussion here Una.<br /> The style of my closest G.F. I would describe as somewhat BoHo.<br /> The others as casual and comfortable.<br /> As Anne said, I sometimes feel a little 'shallow', and try not to gush about fashion too much around them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style/page/2#post-818321 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:58:10 +0000 Astrid 818321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My best female friends are mostly in jeans, tees and sneakers. Sometimes boots or ballet flats for a change. The 'student' look. Another one is heavy metal fan and dressed accordingly. One dresses very casual and sporty and another one is wearing what I would call 'alternative frump'. They are all not very interested in fashion and style and I mostly go shopping alone. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style/page/2#post-818319 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:57:17 +0000 rachylou 818319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find this an excellent question! Are you an individualist or more social? I'm more social because I would say there is style commonality between me and my friends. Bay Area Native style has deep roots and a strong hold on its children. But we are all so different, it's impossible for us to look the same. Which is un-ironically part of the principles of Bay Area Native style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style/page/2#post-818317 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:55:05 +0000 siniestra 818317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My friends r pretty regulars...dress like any other person simply casual ...just one friend called LiLianna has a pretty damn taste in clothes and loves to shop like me the difference with her she loves sweet,sexy girly...and im a a bit edgy ,eccentric they used to call me chameleon cuz i ok with dressing from simple, sexy, edgy , boho, urban, country etc hahaha depends my bood i guess </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style/page/2#post-818303 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:42:21 +0000 Deborah 818303@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good question! I have four close girlfriends and I would describe their style as follows:</p> <p>1. Functional , streamlined and current - Modern Preppy</p> <p>2. Retro/Alternative</p> <p>3. Uniform of Crop pants and oversized tops - currently at home with 3 little ones</p> <p>4. Modern Classic with a twist (my best friend) </p> <p>And I have two friends in my new home town who love fashion and we do share this love.<br /> one would be trendy classic and the other trendy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style/page/2#post-818277 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:15:12 +0000 Lisa 818277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nope, I am the dressiest out of my bunch and that's saying a lot because I wear jeans almost every single day. But I don't wear sweatshirts or heavily printed/jeweled tops and I tend to wear more basic colors than bright one's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style/page/2#post-818271 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:10:19 +0000 Transcona Shannon 818271@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My BFF is definitely a boho girl and the others that we all hang around with are pretty much gear or jeans/tee. I stick out like a sore thumb! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style/page/2#post-817886 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:11:33 +0000 Aziraphale 817886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>While none of my friends share my exact style, I could not accuse many of them of not having any. I don't think becoming friends with any of them had much to do with what they wear, though. Certainly not the very old friends -- the ones I've known since childhood, before any of us had any interest in clothes whatsoever -- or even the ones I've known since university, although clothing may have played a minor role there. (I've been told that even then, I was highly recognizable as the little Birkenstock-clad flower child who regularly came in late for first year calculus. One good friend from uni probably approached me in the first place because I looked like a hippie). </p> <p>The friends I've collected as a grown woman have not been influenced much by style, because I think the older we get the more we judge people by what comes out of their mouths, and we talk to them in the first place because we're thrown together in circumstances where you need to interact, like at work or when minding small children. One of my best "mom" friends -- one I met through my kids, that is -- wears stuff that looks seriously terrible. I know that sort of thing's subjective, but honestly, she doesn't have a clue. But she's smart and funny and warm-hearted, and I love her. I couldn't care less what she wears. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style/page/2#post-817871 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:49:38 +0000 Tricia 817871@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I turned one of my work friends on to Fluevog shoes, but other than those she's a pretty classic dresser. In all honesty I think my style has most of my friends pretty flummoxed.</p> <p>Let's see, my closest women friends are:</p> <p>1. Classic a la Ann Taylor, Talbots, etc.<br /> 2. Casual MOTG (though I've never seen her dress for work, I'd guess she is fairly classic)<br /> 3. Doesn't care at all - neat, clean, serviceable but not at all into fashion<br /> 4. Very casual with elements of arty eclectic (tunics, scarves - she's traveled and lived all over the world, so lots of jewelry from her travels, etc.)</p> <p>Two of my closest friends are men, and they're both very very casual:</p> <p>1. Jeans, T-shirts or the occasional untucked button down, Converse. I think he has at least six pairs - orange, black, green, charcoal, and I think I'm missing a few. They're kind of his trademark.</p> <p>2. Jeans, button downs, Converse or hiking boots </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817855 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:26:45 +0000 Jules 817855@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What strikes me about your group is that everyone (except the one) seem to have different and fairly defined styles, which is fairly impressive actually, especially given your environmental factors (except maybe #2 athletic gear). Most of my close friends, the MOTGs I see a lot of and even a lot of coworkers do not have a defined style. It's a range from some degree of not caring to trying to be presentable with some trendy and/or classic elements. The stylish are the exception and stand out. So maybe what you have in common with these women is that you DO care? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817778 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:32:38 +0000 rute 817778@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How fun! My friends dress more casual than me on the weekends: Jeans and sweaters and more formal for work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817714 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:43:59 +0000 qfbrenda 817714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A couple of my friends have started dressing better because of how they saw my style change, but they still dress like them... not like me. They each have their own definite style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817593 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:04:17 +0000 rae 817593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Apart from my YLF friends? No, I don't think my friends have ever really shared my style. The one friend I used to have who came close was much, much more punk verging on techno-goth, while I was more into glam rock at the time. </p> <p>female bff is sort of Cali-luxe-bohemienne-bombshell<br /> male bff is neo-beatnik-academic<br /> DH is... grunge-skater* with a Beck-ish lilt<br /> my long-distance bff is also kind of a tomboy, but less interested in fashion. sort of 90s-meets-rockabilly boy.<br /> my sister is an island girl with sk8er/surfer/snowboard influence. </p> <p>*Note there is a big difference between a current-generation sk8er and the skateboarders when my DH grew up in the 70s/80s. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817577 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:51:45 +0000 Janet 817577@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nope. My friends mostly fall into a sportier, more classic style category, or they're more artsy, boho, or eclectic. I can't think of anyone I know who dresses like me. It's kind of weird to realize that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817570 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:45:31 +0000 Jaime 817570@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No one I know dresses like me, and really the styles I hang out with run the gamut. Can't say I know a single Tory Burch type, but perhaps their functional equivalent. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817563 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:41:28 +0000 Anonymous 817563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nope! I can't say that anyone of my friends dresses like me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817554 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:31:49 +0000 Anonymous 817554@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess so. My look is pretty standard for a "NYC corporate chick" and that's my clan. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817550 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:29:12 +0000 Mo 817550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Most of mine work in the service industry and are in jeans 90% of the time. It's the mountains - jeans are practical. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817463 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:03:58 +0000 christieanne 817463@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well it's funny because most of my friends have worked in some form of apparel biz for most of their careers but they are not too into fashion per se. It's variations on uber casual.<br /> Maybe it's a Bay Area thing? Denim is everywhere (and half my friends have worked for the two leading denim providers in the country...Levi and Gap forever) so that's what you see.<br /> One friend leans rocker style, one leans chico's, one leans more urban warrior. I think I am the sporty one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817458 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:56:41 +0000 lyn* 817458@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One of my friends dresses well, but the others are like black on black all the time. I didn't think there were so many black clothes out there in the universe (there are). </p> <p>My friends bitch and complain about looking ugly/gross all the time but they never do anything to change it. I'm kinda sick of it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817456 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:55:00 +0000 Caro in Oz 817456@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Me too Mochi - but it would be fun to shop with you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817447 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:30:44 +0000 Mochi 817447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Damn straight! Some sort of YLF Cotillion. </p> <p>For me, no no no no no no no. There have always been sort of interesting dressers in my orbit, but not among my friends. Well, I did have a close friend a few years back (no longer friends), and she was my mentor and a huge influence simply in getting me to be observant and care about style. I learned about handbags from her. But her style was also quite different. Very classic, designer-y. And where I live now it's hipster, grunge, or otherwise maybe low-key arty. Good thing I'm happy shopping by myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817436 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:02:04 +0000 catgirl 817436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona, we need to create an occasion for you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817408 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:18:58 +0000 Sona 817408@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>most of my friends are big on bags as in designer bags. else its jeans/trousers + boots. and a lot of david yurman jewelry.</p> <p>ultrafab dresses from nordstrom on dressy occassions but none would dream of a ballgown skirt with a whitebuttown down , leather jacket and long diamante drops which is my current waiting for the occasion hiding in my closet outfit! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817406 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:15:00 +0000 Caro in Oz 817406@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaylene - We must have friends in common.<br /> Other friends are mostly casual jeans &amp; shirts types - well fitting, nice quality but not fashionable as such. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817400 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:00:26 +0000 Scarlet 817400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*laughs*<br /> No.<br /> Regarding Elisabeth's thread I think in that kind of a social situation I would be noticing more general impressions than what people are wearing just because my brain would be in overdrive. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817359 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:26:08 +0000 Gaylene 817359@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Most of my friends would see Margaret Atwood as their style guru. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817354 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:19:57 +0000 Amy 817354@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like Barbara's outfit there, lol.</p> <p>None of my friends (other than Anna &amp; Jenava) share my interest in fashion. A large number of my friends/relatives wear only black, ill-fitting clothes because (a) they always match; (2) they were on sale. The rest are strictly jeans and "witty t-shirts" and get really upset when asked to wear nicer clothes for certain occasions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-your-friends-share-your-style#post-817336 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:01:40 +0000 Suz 817336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mary - you would become a social isolate in my town. Fully half the women over 50 look exactly like BS in the photos you posted. </p> <p>Actually, BS looks a lot better than they do. The colours are flattering to her, they are well coordinated, and the fabrics luxe.</p> <p>Only one of my real-life friends gives a hoot about fashion. Her style is unique, but probably falls somewhere in the category of rocker -- very different from me. </p> <p>Of the others: one is sporty-natural and wears a lot of gear; one wears a uniform of knit tops and ponte pants; one aims primarily for eco-friendly clothing and is less interested in its style -- but when she does buy for style, likes a much more feminine look than I do; one wears jeans and sweaters of no distinct style, with the occasional colourful shawl. </p> <p>Oh - and one other friend *would* care about style in another world, another life -- she is an artist and writer but lives on a farm, so rarely gets to express her own style preferences. The few times I've seen her dress up, she has always shown some distinctive touch, yet I wouldn't call her Artistic Eclectic, exactly. Classic with an Eclectic wing, perhaps. </p>