https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:56:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also/page/2#post-606611 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:57:57 +0000 Angie 606611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good call, Laura. Express is worth a squizz too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also/page/2#post-606600 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:48:36 +0000 morethanbeige 606600@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How about Express also. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also/page/2#post-606599 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:48:21 +0000 Mo 606599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay!! Thanks for the leads! Off to jacket hunt some more . . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also/page/2#post-606597 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:46:57 +0000 Angie 606597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:)</p> <p>Bebe and Guess are good places to start - and affordable. Karen Millen is very fitted, but more expensive, as is Smythe, Elizabeth &amp; James and Theory. </p> <p>Try Zara for sure. </p> <p>And Diesel.</p> <p>And BR is always worth a try - perhaps in their petite sizes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also/page/2#post-606589 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:41:45 +0000 Mo 606589@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay!! I'd love to find some brands that really cinch in at the waist. So far I've seen maybe Bebe and Guess. Any others I should look for?? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also/page/2#post-606588 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:39:07 +0000 Angie 606588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Then lets ditch this jacket and find something more attractive! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also/page/2#post-606581 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:33:34 +0000 Mo 606581@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just to interview, Angie. It's a hard line to find between looking attractive and professional in such situations, you know? The truth of it is, being viewed as attractive is part and parcel of my job :/</p> <p>Unfortunately I don't know the fit of the jacket since it's online, but the measurements are within an inch of my Willow &amp; Clay riding jacket that's snug (in a good way) so I think it would fit similarly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-606572 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:27:36 +0000 Angie 606572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It depends on the fit of the jacket. Remember that you will not see the detail of the shoes with bootocuts. </p> <p>Do you intend wearing this combination as a bartender, or to the interview? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-606549 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:09:22 +0000 Mo 606549@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, not to beat a dead horse, but is this outfit possibility 'cheeky' enough do we think? I apologize for the cobbled together shot. I hope it's enough to get an idea. Again, I am a bartender and my next job hunt may be for either a second golf course beverage cart job or a part time outdoor bartending at a casino for concerts. Not corporate banking, to be sure </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-605227 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:23:10 +0000 Mo 605227@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting, Angie. I hoped the snug and cropped fit would battle the "country club/hunting" houndstooth pattern. Hmmm </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-605214 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:49:43 +0000 Angie 605214@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unless this jacket fits in a cheeky way, which it might, this type of jacket can look frumpy - especially with classic trousers and a pencil skirt.</p> <p>It can be dressed up though - but probably looks best with denim. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-605063 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:43:23 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 605063@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it could easily work for an interview with a slim black skirt or pant and a conservative top and accessories. I think it is very nice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-605057 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:39:11 +0000 Meghan R 605057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I like it, and it certainly seems versatile/potentially interview appropriate to me. It's got a funky but classic vibe going on. It's interesting but not flashy, and that's important for interview attire. And wow, I love the cropped back. I can see how it could present some styling challenges, but it just puts such a great twist on the outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-605010 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:38:38 +0000 Kate 605010@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sure, you can dress this up or down. Houndstooth is my favorite pattern, and I regard it as a neutral. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604970 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:49:47 +0000 Lori 604970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am curious of the type of job for which you will be interviewing. I think it really depends on the field and how conservative the office environ as to how you need to dress for the interview. Also, I know you are in California, and we tend to be more casual, even in the interview process. </p> <p>No matter with this jacket though, as others have said this can do double duty as work or play. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604955 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:37:51 +0000 Aida 604955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This seems as interview appropriate as the W&amp;C to me, unless this is a knit jacket in which case I say it's casual. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604923 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:57:49 +0000 Meredith1953 604923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like you have some really good ideas from the ladies for how to style the jacket should you choose to acquire it. I think it is very cute! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604921 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:53:19 +0000 DonnaF 604921@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really, really like the jacket -- but it communicates *office* professional to me. I may be way off base here since I rarely go into drinking establishments, whether bar, restaurant, hotel, etc., but somehow I imagine a bartender candidate would wear something a bit more fashion forward with 'tude. I'm not sure about flamboyant, but maybe more flare as in artsy. </p> <p>I don't know that I remember the W&amp;C jacket. Fitted and longer in back? What if you were to get dressier pants to go with it, and hold off on another jacket? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604917 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:48:54 +0000 Diana 604917@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I definitely think this would be interview appropriate with the right bottom, in your field (it would be appropriate in mine, too, actually). I'm not crazy about the black detailing on the collar and pockets though. </p> <p>FWIW, I think the W&amp;C would also be interview appropriate if you have the right bottoms to pair with it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604915 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:47:18 +0000 Mona 604915@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with all the others, this can dressed up to wear to an interview. I also like your idea of buying a jacket that you can wear for interviews as well as other events. I bought a very expensive black suit couple of years ago just for the interviews that does not get worn otherwise at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604909 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:40:49 +0000 Heather 604909@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You can *totally* dress this up or down! Give 'er a try! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604887 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:02:23 +0000 Mo 604887@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>double post. Oops! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604886 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:59:49 +0000 Mo 604886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, it would be great with the Halogen sheath soon on it's way from Lyn, but I also hope it can go with my black cotton pants for now until I can acquire charcoal slacks.<br /> Rita, as I said earlier, the problem is the bottoms that go with my W&amp;C jacket are too casual.<br /> Right now all I have is my black crop tuxedo jacket and it hits the wrong note, and also trying to pair blacks is tricky. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604882 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:55:05 +0000 catgirl 604882@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Are you thinking of pairing this with the Halogen skirt? That would be very appropriate. I don't know why but I think of that collar style as dated (the solid with the houndstooth) but I could be wrong. I love everything else about the jacket, especially the crop! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604878 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:46:21 +0000 modgrl 604878@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perhaps I am reading the situation wrong because I work in an office, but I feel that if this jacket is appropriate attire for the type of interview you would have, the W&amp;C would work as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604873 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:34:06 +0000 jayne 604873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is absolutely perfect for an interview, matched with black I imagine. Go for it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604870 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:31:41 +0000 Transcona Shannon 604870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this could totally be casual or dressed up for an interview - completely appropriate. Would look great over a black sheath dress, with a white blouse underneath and grey trousers, with a red pencil skirt... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604861 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:24:37 +0000 Mo 604861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, perhaps the cropped cut in back could be an issue . . . of course that's part of what makes it fun lol. Decisions, decisions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604850 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:16:24 +0000 rae 604850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do think this is more interview material than the Willow &amp; Clay. More conservative cut and color combo, and would indeed look great with your jewel tones. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-read-casual-to-you-or-could-it-be-dressed-up-also#post-604848 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:15:33 +0000 krishnidoux 604848@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The particular cut in the back means you have to be careful with dressing it up. You don't want your bottom's waistline showing in an awkward way. I think this might be a reason why it is displayed with casual wear. </p>