https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:02:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/4#post-1351999 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:00:41 +0000 Lisa 1351999@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Soft edge, hmm, I'm looking forward to a blog post with lots of visuals! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/4#post-1350821 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 03:17:57 +0000 Suz 1350821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think we are all eagerly awaiting that blog post!! I'm sure we will continue the discussion then. :)&nbsp;</p> <p>Caro and Aida, I think you both have edge. Awesome edge!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/4#post-1350743 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 02:11:18 +0000 Caro in Oz 1350743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see the edge to your outfits Aida &amp; think my sweet spot lies somewhere close to the middle, not sure where yet so I'll just enjoy the journey. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/4#post-1350711 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 01:23:47 +0000 Aida 1350711@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, YES I feel that way too! It's something that I encounter with my own outfits, how to make the edge show through the softness, but ultimately I don't mind if most people don't pick up on it. Good thing I enjoy the challenge </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350687 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 01:02:58 +0000 Suz 1350687@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love what Aida said -- hard edge has "inherent" edginess.&nbsp;</p> <p>What's interesting is that soft edge doesn't have that inherent edgy aspect. But it can still be edgy. And yet some will not recognize the edge in soft edge because they will be focusing on the softness.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350581 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:28:27 +0000 Greyscale 1350581@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What an interesting discussion! I'm glad I read through the whole thing. I think I get it.</p> <p>It also made me realize that edge is always relative. I always soften hard edge a tiny bit (always natural fibers, for instance, which gives it that Eileen Fisher touch of softness, or slightly cleaner with less metal hardware). But I still agree that I'm solidly on the hard edge side of things!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350575 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:21:17 +0000 Caro in Oz 1350575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Angie - got it :)<i></p> <p></i></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350501 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 21:49:08 +0000 Jennifer 1350501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this makes sense to me. I prefer Soft Edge over Hard.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350486 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 21:27:50 +0000 Angie 1350486@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aida, you are spot on. Not surprising at all. Can I clone you? xo</p> <p>Shedev, your look is always on the Hard Edge side of the continuum.&nbsp;</p> <p>Una, try to take what you understand as&nbsp;Edge out of it because it's confusing you. Think Hard Integrity and Soft Integrity on a continuum. Robyn Wright in House of Cards wears both Harder and Softer looks in that show. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350478 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 21:18:14 +0000 catgirl 1350478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For hardness without edge I think of the lead actress in House of Cards... Would that be right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350406 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:02:28 +0000 shedev 1350406@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I kinda think of edge in terms of moodiness. I had a thrifted polyester&nbsp;top that I called my moody florals top. It made me realize that my happy looks have that moody component to them. The flora mortis was the perfect upgrade to that top. It's easy for me to get to my happy spot in cooler weather, but oh so hard in summer. This year I got a little closer to there, and I hope I can build on it next year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350341 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 18:24:00 +0000 Aida 1350341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm yes I think the word "edge" is what's throwing people for Soft Edge. Think of it this way, if you are using the word "edge" this now covers TWO spectrums, one for Soft to Hard, and one for Edgy to Not Edgy (which is a whole other beast, and differs per person). This is how you can get a softer non-edgy classic look for example. Hard edge is a bit easier to sort out because, for some reason, the hardness tends to bring an inherent amount of edge to it (but you could certainly still have a harder classic look), whereas with the softness there's no inherent edginess. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350293 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:00:26 +0000 Hil 1350293@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm... I think I get it on some level, but I'm also swinging between understanding and confusion. Would I be on the harder edge of the spectrum Angie? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350258 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:13:31 +0000 Angie 1350258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There you go, Janet and Diane. All sorted and you're not confused at all. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350253 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:11:49 +0000 Anonymous 1350253@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okaaaaay... I think I've got&nbsp;it also... Especially with your last reply to Janet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350250 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:09:13 +0000 Janet 1350250@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK, Angie, I'm getting it, I think! Thank you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350247 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:07:22 +0000 Angie 1350247@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, not necessarily. You can wear feminine outfits with Hard Edge, and masculine outfits with Soft Edge. Your last paragraph is spot on.&nbsp;</p> <p>Diane, yes to both your questions.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350237 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:00:29 +0000 Janet 1350237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is really interesting, and I've held off on commenting until reading thus far. I think I'm getting it, though. </p> <p>If I'm understanding this correctly, I tend to think I usually end up on the scale closer to the hard edge side, but I feel happiest when I have a balance. I associate the "soft edge" with a bit more femininity in a look, and the hard edge with a bit more masculinity. Let me know if I'm really off base with that. </p> <p>Do you think that some of the "soft" vs. "hard" style is part of our personal demeanor and looks, and we choose to either counteract or emphasize these aspects of ourselves? I actually feel like my personality and my inherent appearance set me in the middle of that spectrum to begin with -- my coloring is high-contrast, my features are largish, but my body is decidedly feminine and not angular at all. My personality is not bubbly, and my voice is relatively deep, so again, not girly in the least, but I'm also not what anyone would think of as a tomboy. Forgive me for using myself as an example, but it always helps me to apply these things to myself first for analysis and go from there. </p> <p>To continue that thought, I looked at my floral dress outfit from Friday. It seems to me someone could take that same dress and work it in a more "soft edge" way -- maybe colored or nude pumps in a more classic style, a softer bag, more delicate jewelry like dangly earrings... But I chose the LD Tuttle sandals and the black zippered clutch, which definitely give a harder edge.<br /> And ultimately, that harder edge styling makes that dress feel much more *me*. Am I on the right track? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350230 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:54:53 +0000 Anonymous 1350230@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, dear, I think I'm getting confused again. Can someone be Soft Edge and not 'edgy' and can they also be Soft Edge and 'edgy'? Or am I going round in circles!!!? </p> <p>OOPS sorry double post :(</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350225 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:53:35 +0000 Anonymous 1350225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, dear, I think I'm getting confused again. Can someone be Soft Edge and not 'edgy and can they also be Soft Edge and edgy? Or am I going round in circles!!!? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350219 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:46:21 +0000 Angie 1350219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&nbsp;<i>"so&nbsp;if I have it correct now, everyone&nbsp;is somewhere on the "soft" vs. "hard" continuum, righ</i>t?",&nbsp;<b>RIGHT</b>, Diana.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350215 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:43:38 +0000 Diana 1350215@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I was thinking I was getting it, but Angie, your saying to ignore the word "edge" has gotten me confused again.&nbsp; I was thinking it was about how one's style can be edgy but still soft, with soft textures and colors and shapes (like Anna's soiree en blanc outfit) or edgy and hard (lots of black, sharp lines, etc), whereas someone with a more classic, non-edgy style would be neither soft nor hard edge, but rather on some other continuum entirely like "soft classic" vs. "crisp classic."&nbsp; But I think I might be wrong now.&nbsp; </p> <p>And where would normcore go? </p> <p>ETA: so if I have it correct now<i>, everyone</i> is somewhere on the "soft" vs. "hard" continuum, right?</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350214 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:42:59 +0000 Angie 1350214@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> <div>I realize that the word "Edge" has muddied the waters quite a lot. Perhaps I &nbsp;should have called Soft Edge,&nbsp;<i>Softness.&nbsp;</i>I bet that would have created far less confusion when picturing outfits on the continuum.&nbsp;</div><span><br />Anna, I agreed that outfit is Soft Edge. I thought the lace was part of the top, actually. So by removing the harness, I thought you'd be wearing a lace top - which would be even&nbsp;<i>softer&nbsp;</i>Soft Edge. Hope that makes sense. </p> <p>Modern&nbsp;Classic&nbsp;can have a Hard Edge or a Soft Edge to it, so Suz is spot on.&nbsp; </p> <p>Dixie and RoseandJoan, you have<b>&nbsp;completely</b>&nbsp;got it.&nbsp;</p> <p><div>Parsley, you slide more towards the side of&nbsp;Soft Edge. Suz you definitely do. That’s why you are uncomfortable wearing Hard Edge. And it sounds like you have got it too.&nbsp;<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Neel, you swing up and down the scale depending on the outfit.&nbsp;</p> <p>Una and Caro, ALL elements of an outfit contribute to the Hard versus Soft sliding scale on the continuum. Hair, make-up, eyewear, handbag, footwear, fit, accessories, and the list goes on.&nbsp;</p> <p></div><div><br /></div><div>Caro, it&nbsp;sounds like you get it completely too. Not confused at all. A non-black suit in a softer fabric with a&nbsp;fluid fit has a Soft Edge. Buy a black&nbsp;suit at All Saints and you’re&nbsp;guaranteed Hard Edge. It’s not angular versus round necessarily. Like I mentioned to Rabbit, I wear&nbsp;straight lines and&nbsp;angular&nbsp;drape almost exclusively, and 99% of my&nbsp;outfits&nbsp;are Soft. They are Soft when I wear black (motos included) because I make a point of&nbsp;creating a Softer&nbsp;integrity by perhaps adding white, prettier shoes and bag, brights (my green specs), soft make-up, bare fingernails&nbsp;- I hope I’m painting a picture.&nbsp;</p> <p> </div><br /> </span> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350198 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:22:06 +0000 texstyle 1350198@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure if I even have edge at all quite yet, but I think of "edge" as being sort of on trend with style/fashion in a way that is deliberate and noticeable. So soft edge/hard edge makes sense to me in that way. </p> <p>Funny off shoot story, I wore a CE gray-taupe leopard tank this weekend semi-tucked with my denim rolled shorts, a pearlescent (sp?) tan belt and tan sandals with an ivory bag. I would have described it as a soft edge look.&nbsp; I feel like I got a lot of looks when I was out and about. But I'm in rural deer hunter land and anything slightly resembling "camo" seems to be in favor by the local hunter types. So I'm not sure if I had style edge or if I was just fitting in! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350188 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:13:18 +0000 Suz 1350188@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anna, I'd agree my style is essentially modern classic -- but does that rule out what Angie's referring to as "soft edge"? I don't think so. Although I admit I still don't fully understand what she means! ;)&nbsp;</p> <p>No opinion on the Soiree en Blanc until I figure that out!&nbsp;</p> <p>Meanwhile, even the terms "soft" and "hard" can create confusion/ misunderstanding. Because soft can refer to fabrication and/or to shape or drape....so much to take into account. Then there is the colour element....</p> <p>Still, if I think of it as "thematic" the way Shevia mentioned I feel as if I am getting a clearer sense of it.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350182 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:08:13 +0000 annagybe 1350182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, I really put you in the modern classic camp.<br />Also regarding my Soiree en Blanc outfit. The harness is mostly lace. If I removed it the outfit would have zero style. It would be a tank top, jeans and heels. I still think it's soft edge. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350170 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 14:52:59 +0000 Anonymous 1350170@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>See what happens? You go to bed in the UK, spend the morning working and then log in to find this fascinating thread that's been rumbling along all night Oh, and a great quote from the Lego movie comes to mind&nbsp;<i>"Great. I think I got it. But just in case... tell me the whole thing again, I wasn't listening</i>." Lol!&nbsp;</p> <p>Seriously though. I do kind of think I understand and I'm pleased that I was even mentioned on page #1, though I wasn't aware I had Soft&nbsp;Edge :)&nbsp;What Shevia said kind of summed up how I think of it too: <i>".. I see edge as more the way the outfit skews than the angles in the outfit. The theme rather than the plot."</i></p> <p>&nbsp;For me it is definitely a vibe, a sense, something you can't quite put your finger on, yet you know it when you see it... I think. </p> <p>Some ladies have mentioned their hair and mine definitely adds a soft element to my outfits, but like Suz, I'm not sure I could go the whole 'black moto' look, though&nbsp;I realise that lately I have been finding myself drawn to the more unusual structure lines in garments and perhaps that's somewhere to head more towards for further soft edge in my style. </p> <p>I'm going to re-read a lot of this thread, but in the meantime, thanks for starting an interesting discussion Angie.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350168 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 14:51:40 +0000 Astrid 1350168@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High five, Suz! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350165 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 14:50:15 +0000 Suz 1350165@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, you and me, both! &nbsp;:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-new-style-describing-term/page/3#post-1350159 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 14:43:45 +0000 Style Fan 1350159@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Waiting for the blog post on this.&nbsp; Interesting discussion. </p>