https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:37:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction/page/2#post-1362855 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:19:22 +0000 Day Vies 1362855@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love your new wrap dress -- the fit and details are wonderful as well as the print. I also love how you have the sweater belted over it in #2. Definitely a wise investment. <br />I am not loving the green dress. I think it's too fluid. I adore the color on you especially in contrast to your hair. I love the cheetah print belt paired with the green. Layering underneath may help.<br />I also love #7 -- however it's not nearly as fluid as I'm assuming your new style direction calls for. I have it on my list to acquire a similar classic navy blazer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction/page/2#post-1362692 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:47:23 +0000 Angie_T 1362692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ingunn -&nbsp; I totally copied you today!&nbsp; Love all your looks but that last set is the only one I can shop my closet for.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction/page/2#post-1362228 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:41:23 +0000 unfrumped 1362228@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm in love with your oxfords. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction/page/2#post-1362125 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:20:34 +0000 krishnidoux 1362125@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How do I LOVE your classic, appealing wardrobe. It is so well adapted to your shape and hair too. You are daring with colors, so chic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction/page/2#post-1351358 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 19:03:01 +0000 Ingunn 1351358@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, Sharan, for your kind words!&nbsp;Your point about the belt tying it together is very true. I had that in mind when I put it on. Maybe a scarf in these colors would do the same? I have a nice leopard scarf I could try.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction/page/2#post-1351153 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:17:26 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1351153@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ingunn, these are fab additions/replacements to your wardrobe. I like your new style direction. The difference is subtle, but there. <br />The dresses are so terrific on you, and I like all your stylings. I do like the belt with the green dress, and I think it's because it pulls the look together so nicely. In the look without the belt, your shoes bookend your hair and go with the bag, so the look is instantly polished. With the black booties and tights, I like that the belt ties in with the coat and a little bit with your hair (in that it's lighter). I wouldn't say the outfit needs the belt, but I think it's a very nice complement to the outfit.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction/page/2#post-1351124 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:36:39 +0000 Ingunn 1351124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you Janet! I'm smiling at unbelted incarnations:)&nbsp;</p> <p>Joy, thank you! I agree that a black topper will balance out the dark legs nicely when the weather permits it. I appreciate that you like the humble grey sweater. It is possibly the best sweater I've ever had, and I hope to get to wear it again soon.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction/page/2#post-1351077 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:25:34 +0000 Anonymous 1351077@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ingunn, how smart of you to put these cooler weather looks together now so that when a cold front moves through, you will be ready and confident.<br /> I agree with others that your style seems to be moving to the more modern side of classic. I like the first dress all the ways that you have styled it. When it gets cold enough to wear tights and tall boots, perhaps a black blazer or other topper will balance them if needed.<br /> The long cardigan as a sweater dress is fab. Now I will look at long cardigans with that possibility in mind when shopping.<br /> Love that green dress. I like the version best with cognac but all look wonderful on you, including the belt, which would also work with cognac.<br /> The chambray shirt is a brilliant addition.<br /> The grey sweater outfit is my favorite; with white and cognac...yum! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction/page/2#post-1351069 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:12:12 +0000 Janet 1351069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think these are all very consistent with your style, and yet keeping things moving in a refined (and not girly) way, so you definitely seem to be on the right track! They all look wonderful -- I'm really kind of blown away by how this looks like the work of a professional stylist. I particularly like your new printed dress with the black boots and tights, the green dress (that color! love!) in all its unbelted incarnations, and the white jeans/grey sweater/cognac accents look is perfection. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction/page/2#post-1351067 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:01:46 +0000 Ingunn 1351067@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, Aubergine! I'm glad you like my dress. I think it has several styling possibilities depending on the occasion. The tights/boots alternative is an absolute necessity when the weather cools down, so I'm glad it seems fine. The green/cognac colors feel a bit retro, like 70-ish,&nbsp;to me, I don't know why. Are they?</p> <p>Shevia, refinement is probably the word. Thank you for mentioning that, and for your kind words. You're always a pick-me-upper:)</p> <p>Thank you Mona! There will always be room for classics in my wardrobe, more and more, in fact. Good luck fall shopping.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1351052 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:43:33 +0000 Mona 1351052@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>wow, you are almost done fall shopping and I haven't even started yet. #5 and #7 are my favourite. That red coat is so glamorous and the cognac oxfords with matching belt are great accessories with white jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1351048 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:42:00 +0000 Jaime 1351048@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ingunn whether this is a new direction or a refinement it is fab! I love the dress with the dark stockings, the grey sweater wrap as dress, the long sleeve green dress (especially like with the cognac accents, but I caught a cognac mood from Angie), the chambray top with the trench and with the cropped black pants. Everything else is terrific too! You are in your groove! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1351034 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:28:46 +0000 Anonymous 1351034@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm in awe of how simple and polished, yet fun, all these looks are!</p> <p>I think I like the (beautiful) first dress even more with the black tights or the tall black boots than with bare legs. To me, it makes the print stand out more. &nbsp;Really like the green dress as well and especially love it with the cognac bag and shoes, maybe because that's a color combination that goes together so nicely but doesn't seem very common for some reason.</p> <p>Other favorites are the chambray top with the skinnies and black booties and the gray sweater with white jeans and cognac shoes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1351012 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:57:40 +0000 Anonymous 1351012@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Ingunn! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1351009 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:56:13 +0000 Ingunn 1351009@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Viva, thank you! You are so kind.&nbsp;We double posted. I'm very happy with the green dress and the chambray shirt and want to wear them all the time (which I do, too). I agree that the belt distracts from the line of the dress. It improbably not a look I'm going to do much. And I'm waiting for bait cooler weather to be able to wear the grey cashmere sweater again, with white and cognac of course:)</p> <p>Diane, I bought the sweater on a market&nbsp;while on holiday in France where I met a young woman. She was starting a new business under the name of Syrdaria. It was completely unknown to me, but the quality is really wonderful, and the prices were moderate. She has a website, but it isn't very informative, and only in French (you can always translate it in Google):&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://syrdaria.org/">http://syrdaria.org</a> </p> <p>Thank you for the kind words, Ceit! I'm not surprised that you liked the sweater.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1351003 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:52:03 +0000 Anonymous 1351003@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, the grey sweater is magical. It suits you to a T. I really love your wardrobe, Ingunn. The care and thought you put into it shows. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350998 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:50:04 +0000 Ingunn 1350998@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you Traci, how sweet of you! When I pick accessories, I think of what I learned when I made patchwork years ago about finding a balance between harmony and contrast. I think about color principles like light/dark, tonal etc. I never match both shoes, bag and belt, but create a contrast with one of them. Most of all I just put it on:)&nbsp;And I have filled my closet mostly with very&nbsp;versatile pieces. My bag collection is small and not very exiting.&nbsp;It's interesting that the belt and the tights are an either/or preference. I have to think more about that.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350996 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:48:35 +0000 Anonymous 1350996@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just popping back in to ask the brand of the grey sweater? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350992 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:43:43 +0000 viva 1350992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ingunn, your pictures always blow me away! I am really loving your streamlined looks. So beautiful and very modern. </p> <p>I'm particularly drawn to...</p> <p>1. The green dress with the booties -- both with bare legs and the jacket, and also with the tights (but I would also prefer beltless, as I like the unbroken line of the dress). It's a truly gorgeous green. These looks both feel very modern to me -- combining fluidity and soft edge.</p> <p>2. Anything with the chambray top. I think you've really styled this to perfection in so many ways. My favorites are with the red pencil and with the black ankle jeans. I think I like the little bit of leg skin in both.</p> <p>3. That grey v-neck sweater with the white jeans. That sweater just looks delicious on you, and using cognac and tan brings it into the most lovely neutral territory. Incredible.</p> <p>Such beautiful style...</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350989 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:40:37 +0000 Traci 1350989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have sugar eye for thick black tights with booties. &nbsp;That was immediately one of my favorite looks. &nbsp;</p> <p>I also really love the green dress with the bomber. &nbsp;I'd love to see how your closet is organized one day! &nbsp;You are so deft at grabbing just the right accessory to switch up an outfit, like the white purse with bomber and green dress.</p> <p>I think these all look very you, and very refined. &nbsp;I always look for your posts because you make it all look so easy, even though I know you put much thought into it. &nbsp;You pull off the ease I'm looking for.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350960 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:15:31 +0000 Ingunn 1350960@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Third round :)</p> <p>Deborah, thank you! I suppose both the grey pieces could work for you, too. Great essentials are known by their versatility, don't you agree?</p> <p>Thanks, happy psycho! I like the chambray with the pencil, too. The amount of slouch in the shirt&nbsp;is perfect for me with a tailored skirt like this.&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks, Missey! I guess I do spend a lot of time on this - not all the time, though. It has become a hobby in itself.&nbsp;</p> <p>Joyce, that's so kind of you to say! Thank you. I agree - the choice of tights/hose is a way to make the dress seasonal appropriate. I think of this dress as almost season-less. It should work really well in my climate for fall, winter and spring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350952 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:03:50 +0000 Ingunn 1350952@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here is the second round of responses to your comments. I highly appreciate that you choose to spend your precious time on me and wish to return the gesture. My response to Denise and Jenanded is above.&nbsp;</p> <p>For Suz:<br />Thank you, Suz, the pleasure is all mine. The black tights issue has no correct answer, as you've already stated. I understand perfectly what you mean by "heaviness". Since you are fairer than I am, I understand that you find it even more notable. I will try with a grey one instead, and maybe find a way to balance out the black when more layering is needed. Ack, the dreaded but very necessary scarves! So much for simplicity indeed. I think plain ones in cashmere can work while keeping it simple, but a pure black scarf? I'm not so sure about that either. The sweater worn as a dress feels very secure. I wear a slip under it, and that's all. I can easily move and sit in it. The green dress is probably the most versatile of the two, and I love the bomber with it. So glad you liked it, too. The chambray I had was all wrong. Too tight and stiff. Finally what I wanted with it fell into place with this new one. I think the black skinny pant/chambray/bootie look easily could become a day version of a pajama, it is that comfortable (not the booties, though. I never sleep with my shoes on anyway - hah ha).&nbsp;</p> <p>-</p> <p>Thank you jackiec, how kind of you! Light grey, white and cognac is a new and very favored color combo for me now.&nbsp;</p> <p>Thank you, deb! The red, white and white/stone is very classic, and I adore when some of the colors are muted like they are here.&nbsp;</p> <p>Sterling, thanks! I feel like I'm finally getting where I want to be.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350949 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 10:44:26 +0000 Joyce B 1350949@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What I have seen from your style always reads elegant to me, not girly.<br /> I love all the outfits that you showed.<br /> The black tights with the dress don't bother me at all. The stockings give it a Spring look and the tights make it practical for the colder seasons.<br /> I will be following your style evolution if that is even possible because I think you are there already. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350948 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 10:41:29 +0000 Missey 1350948@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the time and effort you put into trying out and styling your clothing items.&nbsp; No wonder you look so polished in you posts!&nbsp; Perfect modern classic looks with just the right extra touches to keep them interesting.&nbsp; The new green dres is divine on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350907 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 07:15:07 +0000 happy psycho 1350907@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow I like all of them and I'm really into #4 and #5. I think the belt makes the dress more elegant. And the chambray with pencil skirt is awesome.Thumbs up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350902 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 06:39:45 +0000 Deborah 1350902@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ingunn, I think this seems like a very natural style evolution for you. I see it as a refining and further honing of your existing style. I think each item you have bought has been carefully considered and will work beautifully for you. Special mention goes to that stunning long cardigan and the grey sweater...beautiful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350899 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 06:29:49 +0000 Ingunn 1350899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will respond through several comments if that's ok to get a chance to write a proper response this time.</p> <p>Denise, your thoughtful and elaborate comment means a lot to me. If you learn anything from my posts, I learn twice as much from what you have to&nbsp;say about them. First: The black tights look better IRL than in the photo, and I'm definitely going to wear tights with the dress. it is reassuring that you ok'd it:) I can see what Diane and Suz meant, too, but in the end, I think it depends on wether one prefers a more classic or "edgy" style. Maybe this is kind of Angie's <i>soft edge</i>? Second: I'm so happy that the cardigan as dress got some attention, because I really love it that way. It has to cool down significantly first, but I will of course wear this when weather allows. Third: I am only luke warm about the black booties and dress-combo myself. I had to try it, but I'm not too excited about it. I think you are right. This is a look I think I will enjoy more on others. The cognac bag/oxford combination on the other hand will get a lot of wear. Fourth: I'm delighted that the simple chambray/black skinnies/bootie combo are in favor. I was thinking that the pieces were too plain for making it work really well. Thank you for this, Denise, you have made my head clearer.&nbsp;</p> <p>Jenanded, thank you so much. I do spend some time finding my pieces, but when I finally go shopping I'm better at knowing what I want than I used to be. I guess the YLF school is paying off:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350457 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:54:24 +0000 Anonymous 1350457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you are definitely on track to a simple, modern style. &nbsp;I love the dresses and the shirt. &nbsp;You styled them perfectly. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350454 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:52:37 +0000 deb 1350454@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are all great but my favorite is #5. This looks so good on you.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fall-wardrobe-updates-and-a-new-style-direction#post-1350448 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:45:36 +0000 Ingunn 1350448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, everyone. I'm about to go to bed, so I'll come back tomorrow to answer properly. Your comments are making so much sense to me. </p>