https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:41:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996870 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:14:19 +0000 delurked 1996870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mauve and it’s cousins do not work for me, but I can appreciate them on others where it can be outstanding color. They seem to be a bit more available right now. Glad you and Lilypup got a reprieve in the weather, if only for a short time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996866 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:51:00 +0000 Bijou 1996866@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I prefer wearing lilac to mauve.&nbsp; I like mauve on others, it just is not a great colour on me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996850 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:02:15 +0000 rachylou 1996850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok. Now this I have never heard of! I totally want to see it now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996845 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:20:02 +0000 Jane 1996845@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the dusky pinks and mauves. That dusky pink especially. Any time of year. </p> <p>How about watching Monkey / Monkey Magic with Tripitaka. I would think that might be less controversial in today’s terms.... hopefully! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996817 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:58:41 +0000 rachylou 1996817@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I’d forgotten about Flowers in the Attic. That’s demented. I told y’all about trying to watch Saturday Night Fever again? It’s mind boggling that was a ‘fun disco movie’... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996814 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:26:43 +0000 Sal 1996814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes the light does make a difference - I don't really dress seasonally but every now and then I feel my colours are out of sync.</p> <p>Be careful of the 1980s shows Rachy - there are some interesting morals in The Thorn Birds - and Lace .....and Flowers in the Attic.&nbsp; We were a debauched lot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996809 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 02:33:51 +0000 Carla 1996809@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Angie said. I had a dusty mauve suit I called my 'power suit'. Whenever I wore it, I got what I asked for - the job, the raise, the grant - it was scary! It is a hard colour to find, and I don't have any in my closet at the moment.</p> <p>i think of teal (dark teal, not turquoise) as a universally great colour for bathing suits on anyone.</p> <p>My brother painted the interior of his house a colour called 'Sugar Cookie'. I would love to have a job naming paints, or nail varnish... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996783 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:07:09 +0000 The Cat 1996783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think soft colours like mauve look best in summer and autumn. Generally, spring and winter call for clear colours. Of course, some people (often those classified as Summers, with soft, cool colourings) look beautiful in mauve year round. As for myself, I need clear colours. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996742 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:14:25 +0000 rachylou 1996742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Omg! Should I watch Thorn Birds again? And Shogun? Richard Chamberlain mini series!</p> <p>Colour names are so... mystifying! Lol. I saw Tobacco used today for that tan/caramel/etc category, and I thought to myself, who knows what tobacco is nowadays let alone what colour that might be? Lol.</p> <p>Mauve for redheads! What a great idea, Angie! Mauve doesn’t really love me, but sometimes it seems to work. I don’t know. It might be the way a pink house looks better in the tropics and a little weird in foggy No. Cal... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996709 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:30:40 +0000 Angie 1996709@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like <b>Opaline,</b> I wear whatever colour tickles my fancy throughout the year.&nbsp;</p> <p>As for mauve, <b>Rachy.</b> It's fab on freckled red heads.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996708 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:24:19 +0000 Sal 1996708@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks! I find colour names really interesting. </p> <p>Jade/ teal/ turquoise/ aqua/ sea green/ peacock - all somewhere between blue and green.....</p> <p>Mauve/lilac/ lavender</p> <p>Fuschia/ orchid</p> <p>Tan/ beige/ camel/toffee/ caramel </p> <p>Ink blue/ navy blue</p> <p>Some names sound more modern, but when I say camel you may think beige? My teal might be your jade etc...,</p> <p>Sorry Rachy - off topic!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996698 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:01:09 +0000 Gretchen 1996698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ashes of Roses immediately reminds me of Meggie's dress in The Thorn Birds.&nbsp;</p> <p>YouTube link to her entrance in the dress:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrcbugLrB4I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrcbugLrB4I</a></p> <p>Re mauve: I love the color, but it doesn't love me back. I need to go more toward taupe to get the right color balance.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996593 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 08:43:48 +0000 rachylou 1996593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That sounds very interesting! Are any of these the Ashes of Roses you speak of? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996588 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 07:29:55 +0000 Kate 1996588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm very fond of a grayish lilac color, though it is not represented in the color palette you showed. Whenever I think of mauve, I think of a color called Ashes of Roses. Years ago after returning to the US from working in Europe, we sublet an apartment where the the double living room was painted mauve. It was very beautiful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996587 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 07:14:04 +0000 rachylou 1996587@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think of mauve as more muted, greyish. Lilac and lavender I feel are more blue and clearer... but when I googled, lilac definitely showed up in the results... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996584 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 06:22:32 +0000 Sal 1996584@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not particularly drawn to it - one scarf, and one beach or casual dress. I like it worn in an unconventional way ie I don’t think I would choose a cardigan in the colour.</p> <p>I think mauve is more muted then lilac? And where does lavender fit in? More blue? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996583 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 06:05:38 +0000 Katerina 1996583@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like mauve. I wear it when I want a bit more soothing, calmer outfit as a change to bright colours and jewel tones. I like to combine it with black or white. I wear it in different seasons as I have both summer and winter items as well as scarves in this colour. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996574 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 03:17:55 +0000 Anonymous 1996574@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Rachy! I have my fingers crossed for it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996573 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 03:15:33 +0000 Jessikams 1996573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love mauve and dusty lilac and feel that they can work in any season, depending on what colors they’re paired with. Sadly they look terrible on me </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996560 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 02:35:34 +0000 Anonymous 1996560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to love a dusty pink/mauve but got tired of it. It seems a color for fall with earth tones or deep winter to add a bit of color to black, grey or brown. I wore my dusty pink wool JC stadium coat with black to church today. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996559 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 02:28:01 +0000 rachylou 1996559@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Omg! That’s gonna be awesome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996556 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 02:17:33 +0000 Anonymous 1996556@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like mauve all the time. I am one who wears any color any time of year without seasonal associations. I wear whatever strikes my fancy but I do get your perspective on it working transitionally. </p> <p>I just ordered my first wig in a very pale dusty pink, tonight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/false-spring#post-1996554 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 01:39:40 +0000 rachylou 1996554@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>‘Tis the Season False Spring! Very hot and sunny for a few hours in the afternoon. Lilypup and I did a longer walk, meandering the neighborhood. One of the shops had a new window done in mauves. I sorta liked it, altho admittedly I was hating on my dusty pinks earlier this week. I have an on-off relationship with this colour, and I think it may have to do with light. Today it seemed a nice way to introduce some colour without feeling out of a season... or that it was pleasantly in-between like the season itself.</p> <p>Anyways, this has been the local fashion weather report Do you think mauve looks better at certain times than others? </p>