https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:10:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1994166 Sun, 20 Jan 2019 06:19:28 +0000 Anonymous 1994166@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Quirky, matriarchal pixie? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1994081 Sun, 20 Jan 2019 00:34:39 +0000 rachylou 1994081@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That’s brilliant! Sassy had crossed my mind. I love the shoemaker part because shoes have a big place in your style in my mind. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1994073 Sat, 19 Jan 2019 23:50:08 +0000 Sal 1994073@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice work!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1994067 Sat, 19 Jan 2019 23:20:20 +0000 LaPed 1994067@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love it!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1994066 Sat, 19 Jan 2019 23:18:17 +0000 Jane 1994066@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh! I like the Sassy! Very good! It's a great thread with a very happy ending! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1994030 Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:50:40 +0000 Jenni NZ 1994030@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you Sonce, I am so honoured that you should make your first post about me! And welcome to the forum, on which I spend an inordinate amount of time, it is my main relaxation but also really makes me think, and about deeper things than fashion.&nbsp;<br />I agree with you that I have confused my life situation, as matriarch or practitioner, with my style moniker. I had already decided that I would leave them out. So I am not taking the lovely sage, guru or tigress suggestions. Thank you for suggesting artsy, I don't feel artsy, putting my outfits together is however my main creative outlet. Most of the clothes are not handmade but some are, some of the beaded earrings are made by my sister-in-law who has a small business on the side making them.&nbsp;<br />In the end, and thanks to ALL who have contributed, I am going to have a mixture of what was suggested by Runcarla, Suz, and myself.&nbsp;<br />I adore the first pic below, and the second one shows a white-haired elf. My kind of elf is not an Arwen or Galadriel sort!&nbsp;<br />I am now the Sassy Shoemaker's Elf! Cheers to all. Off to change my profile x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993856 Sat, 19 Jan 2019 12:39:41 +0000 Sonce 1993856@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello, this is my first forum post!<br /> As a newcomer to the forum I don't know you at all, so perhaps I can offer a bit more objectivity about the styles shown in your pics -- because my sense is that you've got your life situation (not so much personality) tangled up with your style moniker.</p> <p>Describing you from the pics I see: pixie hair, petite frame, adorable smile</p> <p>Describing your outfits from the pics I see: artsy, artsy, and again artsy. Many of the pieces look like they could be handmade because of crochet details, painted-type prints, bead earrings... and the pieces are unique, not the kind of thing you see in every retailer. Also, you are not afraid of color or texture, that vest is divine! And again, unique.</p> <p>So a couple of moniker ideas for you:<br /> Grown-up Bohemian<br /> The Practical Artist</p> <p>Someone else noted that the style moniker idea is most helpful as a shopping tool. I have found this to be true as well. It doesn't need to sum up your whole life and personality! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993837 Sat, 19 Jan 2019 10:06:14 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1993837@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like "Christina's idea of walk into my own closet to see what I like/wear the most" and think you can build on it by asking why you like them/what they say to you/what you feel you say when wearing them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993721 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 23:25:12 +0000 Jenni NZ 1993721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe a bit attached to character- based La Ped? Perhaps influenced by Gryffin's P-POD which I really like for "Would a P-POD wear this?". About to do Christina's idea of walk into my own closet to see what I like/wear the most. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993698 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:52:23 +0000 LaPed 1993698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, how attached are you to having a character-based moniker? Because the first thing that comes to mind for me, having only skimmed all the comments, would be "Practical Whimsy" or "Grounded Whimsy": I think whimsy gets at the idea of playfulness without sounding childish, and grounded or practical could indicate your caretaker role without feeling too aging/dowdy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993697 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:48:08 +0000 Anonymous 1993697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>“Snappily dressed” that’s you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993694 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:43:58 +0000 Angie 1993694@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Delightful Elf.</p> <p>You wear clothes that delight you and are delightful! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993693 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:40:29 +0000 Jenni NZ 1993693@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Carla I do like alliteration. Sage still too herbal... considering Lively Elf ATM. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993690 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:34:34 +0000 Carla 1993690@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sassy Sage! Alliteration and a nice juxtaposition of cheeky fun loving colourful femme and grounded healer mother woman. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993669 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:44:32 +0000 Jenni NZ 1993669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Jussie I still don't know. I may be going to make it more aspirational to the lively side I'm thinking, because the sensible part kind of goes without saying now. I considered the suggestion of Sage and Guru but felt they were a bit overstating ( I may have some wisdom but not that much) and also Sage makes me feel like a herb! Last night I found gorgeous pictures on line of the Elves and the Shoemaker, and will add some of them to the post later today. They are not the chubby little elves I remember from the illustration in my childhood book which I gave away a few months ago, but they are cute and snappily dressed. That's the way I'm leaning. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993655 Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:28:09 +0000 jussie 1993655@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm well for my two cents I see lively and colourful mostly. You do have a sparkle in your eye.<br /> I like tropical tigress too :).<br /> But it’s tricky because I agree that although your clothes are a bit theatrical... your personality seems downright sensible and intelligent!<br /> How to marry those two aspects in one<br /> moniker? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993284 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:30:27 +0000 Sal 1993284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can see some themes here - just what speaks to you.&nbsp; Words are so personal - I can see the appeal of Magpie but they are my least favourite bird so I would never choose that for myself.&nbsp; Other people see them quite differently.</p> <p>I love the playful or cheeky because you love the colourful and detail on items.&nbsp; You love pattern, statement shoes, shine/metallic and earrings.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I also see the grounded/tigress/practitioner side too.</p> <p>For me whilst I am casual I prefer the word <b>relaxed </b>because casual to me has a slightly slack air about it..... and I want to be more relaxed and make others feel at ease (strong aspect of my personality.</p> <p><b>Bold</b> encapsulates my love for print, slightly statement pieces, and I want to be bold and brave in life</p> <p>and <b>elegance</b> is what I want to aim for....</p> <p>I am also practical and a Mum and help run a busy engineering firm but at the moment these kind of go without saying.....and while my job and life dictates lots of flat shoes and jeans at times, I don't see them as defining my style?</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993283 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:29:12 +0000 Vix 1993283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Jenni --</p> <p>Great ideas for you here! Another who feels that "Playful Practitioner" would suit you very well. Don't forget that "practice" can be a wide-ranging term that relates to all your hobbies and interests!</p> <p>I'd also like to encourage your cheeky side by saying -- "feel free to pick a few monikers, I did!" And 10 or so years on my 3 continue to drive my clothing and design decisions. The clothes often overlap categories but the combos more or less determine how I label them.</p> <p>So...with multiples in mind...what about adding "Lighthearted Seeker" as a sibling moniker? Seeker is so much more fun than "sage" and captures the innate curiosity you can't hide from us!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993280 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:09:18 +0000 Anonymous 1993280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love 'tigress' for you, Jenni. tapdancing tigress (tapdancing for your fun side). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993279 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:08:04 +0000 Anonymous 1993279@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Playful Practitioner or Fun Physician! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993278 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:55:07 +0000 Anonymous 1993278@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know you like bright colors and (I think) animal prints, so I'm going to suggest "Tropical Tigress." &nbsp;Because a tigress is a fierce defender of her young, a tireless worker to provide food and shelter, and a creature of beauty and resilience! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993251 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:54:24 +0000 Christina F. 1993251@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! Furthermore, I have already been using the moniker to cull my wardrobe a bit. While I have space for it (using seasonal storage), it's a bit more than I need. I've done it so far with Finds, but the real test will be when I pull out summer clothes. I have waaaay more than I need for that season, which is a brief, though often intense, 3-4 months. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993227 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:12:54 +0000 Jenni NZ 1993227@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! Great idea Christina. I could actually take the ideas and walk into my own wardrobe and think would a whatever whatever wear this? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993224 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:07:05 +0000 Christina F. 1993224@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Jenni, you have some interesting suggestions here, and I won't add to them. Rather, I suggest you take the ones you like best and evaluate them against potential purchases (they can be theoretical).&nbsp; This process helped me settle on Fun NY Eclectic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help/page/2#post-1993221 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:04:45 +0000 nemosmom 1993221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Adventurous Sage? <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I remember the photos you posted from your Bali trip - you looked so fun and playful. There is a great playful/serious juxtaposition in your outfits, but not in a juvenile way, if that makes sense...<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help#post-1993220 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:02:31 +0000 Jenni NZ 1993220@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I went to sleep thinking of gardening (because of the grounded that came up) - planting and tending things. Feet are planted on the ground. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help#post-1993218 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:59:28 +0000 Jenni NZ 1993218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sage is nice...sounds wise. I won't put GP in it though the Practitioner part of it I'm still musing on. I want to be fun as well as serious so that cheeky, lively or playful bit needs to be in there as aspirational. Will have to think what else I aspire to... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help#post-1993215 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:46:46 +0000 Gretchen 1993215@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love going more towards cheeky, playful or lively - it’s in your comments and the twinkle in your eyes in some of these pictures. </p> <p>Cheeky GP? Where GP can stand for multiple things? </p> <p>Is these another word for practioner that would fit? Sage, guru, doyen, advocate, promoter.... </p> <p>Cheeky Guru?<br /> Lively Sage? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help#post-1993210 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:33:52 +0000 Jenni NZ 1993210@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just woken up and here is all this wisdom. Lots of what you say resonates. I think I will ditch matriarch for the reasons Suz says above. It does make me feel old, though in a way I've felt like that since Mum died. I don't mind actually getting older and am not trying to hide it, which is why the hair is natural, but I guess it's not aspirational to look older! ( Unless you're a child or teenager or very young adult maybe). And I might ditch eclectic too because it doesn't help me choose or decide on anything.<br /> I do like lively and cheeky and authentic, thank you all for the kind words. Will be back x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/eclectic-matriach-calls-for-help#post-1993194 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:26:22 +0000 Suz 1993194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I'm sticking with pixie even though my hair is grey! Sure, I'm the oldest pixie on the block but so what? Even pixies need a leader. (Is that Puck?) And besides, I'm ready to work some magic. :)</p> <p>I think of these monikers as aspirational, not just descriptive. So, how do you <b>want</b> to be seen/ known? Matriarch sounds so serious and in a way seems to describe the parts of you that seem at times to worry you (waistline, grey-as-sign-of-age). I vote for emphasizing the aspects of yourself that make you feel unique and happy and most yourself instead!&nbsp;</p> <p>"Cheeky" is terrific and feels extremely apt. But I like Playful Practitioner, too. Practitioner seems to get at the grounded part (medicine being an empirical science, after all -- as well as a healing art.)&nbsp; </p>