https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:19:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-645489 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:02:56 +0000 Sveta 645489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It was a great compliment and dare I say very much earned!<br /> Shannon, I cannot say how happy it makes me feel that you don't afraid to be different anymore. Good for you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-645482 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:54:47 +0000 Transcona Shannon 645482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gosh...I sure hope y'all know I posted this not to get compliments, but to encourage you to embrace your individual style because we are ALL FABULOUS in our own unique way!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-645404 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:25:50 +0000 Vicki 645404@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon, this woman made your day and you're making mine here. You know I've "copied" you before and I will again, I'm sure. Thanks to YLF, we ARE expressing our individuality and grow more comfortable with it each day. Hearing your story and the experience you had today, invigorates me and is a loving embrace to each of us. Thank you, and know that you have incredible style! ^_^ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-645395 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:20:22 +0000 Aida 645395@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>/highfive!</p> <p>Great story, and I fully agree with the OR nurse AND your view of the word "different"!</p> <p>(Rae, your story was fab too!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-645030 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:59:46 +0000 cjh 645030@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great story. I'm glad you had this happy experience, and thanks for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644948 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:19:42 +0000 Jonesy 644948@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fabulous, happy story. She is right about your style, and I love your epiphany about what "different" means to you now. It's so glorious to feel that way about yourself and your style :)! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644859 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:35:49 +0000 marianna 644859@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this! Thanks for the reminder. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644854 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:04:48 +0000 citygirldc 644854@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's nice to hear good things happen to good people. You deserve the great compliment and you are definitely fashionable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644782 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:15:33 +0000 Anonymous 644782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That compliment was so well deserved, Shannon. Your style just gets better and better and you always seem to be having fun. You have given me hope that by posting WIWs, I can get YLF help to become even half as stylish as you are. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644776 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:06:55 +0000 Mo 644776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So happy to read this story! Love that she shared with you. And I agree, cookie cutter is NOT where it's at for me </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644734 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:06:32 +0000 cheryl 644734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This was great to read. It's so nice that she gave you such a great compliment, I love your style and am glad you are enjoying your style journey! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644673 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:13:48 +0000 Deborah 644673@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon thanks for sharing this. And this is one of the reasons I love YLF. Angie inspires and encourages us to be ourselves and not cookie cutter images of someone else. Bless the lovely O. R. nurse for sharing her thoughts with you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644660 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 01:53:38 +0000 christieanne 644660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is awesome and well deserved. You are bold, confident and embracing your style every day - so inspiring. </p> <p>And your OR nurse reminds me to go ahead and compliment people when I think they look great - I think we should spread the good feelings around more </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644654 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 01:47:57 +0000 Angie 644654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:)</p> <p>I'm just so pleased for you, Shannon. You of all people are so very deserving of praise for your KILLER style. </p> <p>ROCK ON! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644438 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:46:56 +0000 HelenInCanada 644438@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes. This. Amen, Shannon! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644333 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:21:17 +0000 Anonymous 644333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a wonderful post! Shannon, don't you know there are many others who love your style but are too shy to comment. You are an inspiration to me too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644327 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:10:42 +0000 modgrl 644327@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rock it girl!! You are carrying the flag for ALL of your YLF sisters today. We are so proud and happy for you!!</p> <p>I feel like you all crowd into my closet with me every morning and help me get dressed. How can I get a killer look every day??? Not just a so so I got dressed today look, but one that my girls would be proud of!! </p> <p>You have totally hit your style groove! Hug your closet when you get home tonight. You got it going on!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644323 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:05:05 +0000 fern 644323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay for the O.R. nurse.<br /> I got that compliment last summer, from someone I'd just met ("Different, not quite vintage, but there's something unique....). It was a huge confidence builder &amp; very affirming that i was on the right track.<br /> Go individuality! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644274 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:15:15 +0000 Suz 644274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You ROCK!!! </p> <p>And so does that lovely nurse. </p> <p>Not to mention, YLF. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644272 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:13:29 +0000 Meredith1953 644272@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon,<br /> You show joy and exuberance in everything you wear! You really are dressing "your truth". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644271 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:13:15 +0000 cciele 644271@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon, you have really hit your stride and so nice that the nurse let you know how much she appreciated your style! I love seeing everyone's style and we embrace those differences . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644267 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:06:06 +0000 catgirl 644267@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wonderful to embrace this concept and to hear from someone else. It is true, Shannon - you have embraced your individuality in the best way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644256 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:49:44 +0000 rae 644256@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Testify! </p> <p>What a lovely story, Shannon. And kudos to this woman for spreading positive energy to other women - it's too often the other way around. Isn't it amazing how much time and effort we can sometimes put into looking like the crowd when it looks much more "right" to be different?</p> <p>ETA: I was just struck by a strong high school memory. I was so so so ashamed of having to shop at thrift stores while everyone else went to the Gap and Vans stores. I tried to dress *extra* different, so that it would look like I didn't care, even though I did. After all that worry? Senior year, I somehow got voted "most fashionable" even though i was not very popular and always thought I had the "wrong" clothes. Turns out people respond well to differences! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644247 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:42:43 +0000 MsMary 644247@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fantastic on every level! Congratulations, beautiful Shannon!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644240 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:35:52 +0000 ManidipaM 644240@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amen, indeed! Took me a while to embrace my difference, and I'm still stepping gingerly. But it was plain as the nose on my face that trying too hard to fit in was not for me --- like Diana, I'm leery of wearing too many things I see on other people often!</p> <p>Shannon and Diana, you are two of the most distinctive dressers I've seen. Stay beautifully unique and inspiring, please! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644234 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:27:53 +0000 Diana 644234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amen! </p> <p>Being unique and different in my style is very important to me. With the exception of some YLF favorite pieces (but those are mostly basics, like the AE denim jacket and BR martin pants), I am usually turned off from buying something if lots of other people have it. </p> <p>I have a friend who makes a point of checking out my outfits every time she sees me and letting me know that she loves them and my unique style. =) Everyone should have friends like that, and friends like you wonderful ladies here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/embrace-your-individuality#post-644230 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:19:37 +0000 Transcona Shannon 644230@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just had a very interesting conversation with one of our O.R. nurses. I see her everyday and we often stop and chat. She's a lovely lady. This morning she stopped me in the stairwell and proceeded to tell me that she loves my style, that she looks forward to seeing what I'm wearing every day and that most importantly, she loves that I don't look like everyone else and that my style is "different".</p> <p>Needless to say, I was quite overwhelmed with her generous comments and obvious sincerity and of course, told her how much her comments meant and how appreciative I am that she would take the time to tell me this.</p> <p>What really struck me after I took this all in is that a few months ago, I would have taken the word "different" as an insult, like somehow I stick out in a negative way and that I should tone things down to look more like the environmental norm. But YLF (through Angie and all of you) has given me more confidence and now I'm taking that word "different" as a compliment - it's nice to be honing a style that not only speaks to me but appears visually interesting to others. </p> <p>So Angie and YLF - thank you. Thank you for helping me learn to dress myself and express myself in ways that make me feel good. I still have off days but I think have more hits than misses and I'm constantly learning through your valuable feedback.</p> <p>Ladies - embrace your individuality! "Different" isn't a dirty word!!! </p>