https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:10:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave/page/2#post-1470606 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 07:54:13 +0000 Caro in Oz 1470606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Totally fab, the beanie is the icing on the cake so to speak </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave/page/2#post-1470558 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 04:23:58 +0000 Jaime 1470558@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How did I miss this earlier? Rabbit you are awesome! amazing! Stunning! I absolutely love your usual style as you know, but you really show your stuff with these challenges. I am so impressed! Standing ovation! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave/page/2#post-1470544 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 03:54:28 +0000 rabbit 1470544@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Thank you everyone! I'm moved and glad you are enjoying along &nbsp;:D</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Gracie</b> - I like this trumpet skirt too, it has a great swirling movement at the hem when I walk.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Keturah</b> - aw I'm kind of a Gene Kelley girl myself -- a later era ;). &nbsp;I think you are right about the makeup really being key. &nbsp;Great advice for updated combos, thank you!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>La Belle </b>and<b> Carter</b> - naw, I just like to play dress-up, always have. Actually when I used to teach I'd sometimes dress up (combining cultural history lessons with the literature or art of the time). &nbsp;La Belle - The shoes actually I found at Goodwill and I think they are a Sears brand, but I really liked the buckle. More sitting shoes than for much walking, but they've earned their price. :)&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>rachylou </b>and <b>viva </b>- I don't think I've ever seen the whole movie, got to rectify that tonight!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>tulle</b> - thank you! &nbsp;I think these early eras I have a better handle on, some decades I didn't have quite the right clothes to pull off the way I imagined.</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave/page/2#post-1470492 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 03:02:02 +0000 tulle 1470492@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WOW.&nbsp; I've been watching a lot of 1930s "talking pictures" lately, paying special attention to the clothes (and decor) and in all these outfits you could have walked right out of any one of them!&nbsp; You have the equivalent of perfect pitch when it comes to fashion. More, please. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave/page/2#post-1470428 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 02:16:58 +0000 Suz 1470428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I cannot wait to see what you do the rest of the week.&nbsp;</p> <p>Oh, and I think it's a great idea to go all out and not worry about wearability -- but as you say, the pieces mixed with others actually ARE wearable in a contemporary way.&nbsp;</p> <p>You make me wish we were all dressing like this more often, though. To heck with modern.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave/page/2#post-1470248 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 21:36:55 +0000 Lyn D. 1470248@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All your interpretations have made my morning YLF with cuppa even happier these past few days! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470237 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 21:02:03 +0000 Gennifyr 1470237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>love it all. Slow clap. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470224 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 20:41:30 +0000 viva 1470224@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just stunning. Another fan of "One Night" here, and you've just simply got it down. Just gorgeous! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470217 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 20:17:29 +0000 Sveta 1470217@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rabbit, you should get the prize for the most authentic interpretetion of this challenge. Wow! You can be mistaken for one of the characters from 30's movies! SO well done! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470214 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 20:15:08 +0000 Sal 1470214@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Late to this, but agree that you are nailing it!!!<br /> Very very cool and inspirational.<br /> The double breasted black jacket is my favourite, I love the shaping at the bottom of the jacket. The shoes and fishnets are also perfect! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470186 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:41:30 +0000 rachylou 1470186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Omg! Yes.<i> It Happened One Night</i>. That might be my favourite movie of all time. It came on tv a couple months ago. I watched it twice! Cannot be seen too many times!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470184 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:40:24 +0000 Sharon 1470184@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So lovely. You look like you stepped out of a picture. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470176 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:29:32 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1470176@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your fashion-era posts are so inspired and inspiring! You wear the 30s just as beautifully as you did the 20s. I think you could wear any of these out of the house. You might just wear your hair more like your usual. . . or not! I especially love the look with the fur-trimmed leopard coat--totally do-able for a night out now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470171 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:22:11 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1470171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo perfect! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470159 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:09:19 +0000 Peri 1470159@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joining the chorus...WOW! and wow and wow! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470154 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:00:55 +0000 carter 1470154@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are insanely good at this! Ditto what LBD said about being a costume designer. Between the fashion week inspiration pics last year and this challenge, you are so in your element. Awesome job! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470146 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:54:35 +0000 Ginkgo 1470146@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love it, feel like I traveled back in a time machine to see you. &nbsp;The leopard coat outfit is my favorite, you've got the proportions "spot on" &nbsp;for the era.</p> <p>Going back now to check out the modified beanie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470144 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:53:59 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 1470144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG Rabbit! &nbsp;<br />&nbsp;<br />If don't already do this, you should be a professional theatrical costumer. &nbsp; You totally get it. &nbsp; And you're really giving Dita a run for her money here, with the glamour look.</p> <p>WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE AWESOME SHOES??</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470124 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:25:45 +0000 Keturah 1470124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My heart is racing! You have donned&nbsp;very <u>beautiful, gorgeous </u><i><u>AMAZING</u></i> fashion eras! Just saw your set for the&nbsp;20s and they're enough to make Gatesby crawl to you on his knees! And now you'll have Claudette Colbert yanking to keep Mr. Gable away from ya!&nbsp;</p> <p>As for keeping it more modern... I feel like you kinda have to go all out one way or another, especially with makeup. The more glamorous looks of the 20s and 30s need the extra makeup. Otherwise I think&nbsp;it looks incomplete.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>To really modernize it:&nbsp;pair retro hair and makeup and the blouse&nbsp;with a modern skinny jean. OR you could pair the skirt and heels with a graphic tee or sweatshirt. I think it's all an experiment and I try to go with a "feel" rather than attempting to nail all the elements at once.&nbsp;<br /></div><div><br /><div>I adore the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, etc. I mean, I love the different fashion eras, so I'm just eating this up. Somehow I missed the Challenge. If I get a chance this week, I may try something. You have definitely inspired me!</p> <p>mwah!</div></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470122 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:21:05 +0000 Anonymous 1470122@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WOW!! I opened your photos and sort of laughed out loud unexpectedly, because they are sooooo awesome! I'm floored! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470107 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:00:30 +0000 Gracie 1470107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow! I'm totally impressed by your improvisations. The results, including your poses, are fantastic – what fun!&nbsp; I love outfits from the 20s-40s and&nbsp; I really like the type of trumplet-y skirt you chose for these. Your closet is a treasure of surprises. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470089 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:35:41 +0000 LACeleste 1470089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow! &nbsp;You are an incredibly talented person! &nbsp;I am super impressed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470084 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:26:25 +0000 rabbit 1470084@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> <div>Thank you all!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>merwoman</b> - I really love old movies and swoon over the fashions, but I'm pretty happy with contemporary feminism so it would be hard to go back. ;)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Diana</b> - I really like the leopard version too. &nbsp;I actually have worn the faux fur scarf with both coats as shown in the winter, and I'll have to try working in the blue flower (it's on a hairpin) with the coat sometime.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Suz </b>and<b> Diana</b> - good points -- when <b>Angie</b> suggested we could do hair and makeup too and didn't have to wear it out I kind of ran with keeping it period (and also since I only had my photographer for an hour this week I had to move fast). &nbsp;I have worn this skirt with heels including these shoes a fair number of times, and have worn the black coat outfit (sans hat and fishnets, but with furry scarf and charcoal cardigan) out to watch The Grand Budapest Hotel in an old theatre. I actually had the hardest time with these challanges with the blouse/top aspect as I have very few fitted or feminine blouses (some were recently purged). &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Angie</b> - I'm honored! And very pleased with the title :D</div><div><br /></div><div><b>AM </b>- I do like history, and classic films! &nbsp;I love the costumes.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Rachy</b> - totally, we need to catch 'It happened one night' at the Avalon -- don't forget your pocketbook!</p> <p>-yeah I broke down and bought a curling iron which I'd been meaning to do. &nbsp;I think the shorter the hair the quicker the rough and ready&nbsp;styling actually. &nbsp;To get real marcel &nbsp;waves would have meant tons of product I think. &nbsp;(In later eras I *cough* employ&nbsp;some hairpiece assistance)</p> <p> </div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470051 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:00:54 +0000 rachylou 1470051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol. Can I put the mange back on my coat now? </p> <p>ETA: I'm impressed with how everyone can get their outfits lined up and ready to go so fast. Also, my hair is an issue for this challenge. It's no longer set up to do the 'dos. Also, do I have the mousse to cardboard my hair like I used to?</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470049 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:58:30 +0000 AM 1470049@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perfection again. You clearly have a sweet spot for being a fashion historian. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470040 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:45:57 +0000 Angie 1470040@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>BRILLIANT. </b></p> <p>Killer to the power if killer, AGAIN. You are <b>CREAMING</b> this challenge, Rabbit. My word. Very impressed.&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm loving the attention to detail with the hose, hair and poses. And the creativity with Mr. Rabbit's beanie is extra fabness.&nbsp;</p> <p>I hereby crown you Queen Fashion Era Dress Up.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470036 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:38:33 +0000 catgirl 1470036@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good grief, how do you have so many fab pieces in your closet?&nbsp; This is ridiculously amazing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470035 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:37:49 +0000 Diana 1470035@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>By the way, I have a skirt like that.&nbsp; I've worn it with a blouse like the one in #5 and didn't feel overly costumed, so I think it is translatable to today </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470029 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:32:26 +0000 Suz 1470029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are brilliant! I absolutely love how you have improvised to create exactly the mood of the period. The leopard coat version is just stunning, but all are great.&nbsp;</p> <p>So -- my own "rule" is that I would need to be able to wear the outfit as is without feeling costumed. You found a way to utterly update the 20s look. Would the 30s one be harder to adapt, do you think? I happen to love 20s, 30s, 40s style -- but having purged a lot of dated, thrifted stuff from my closet, I found I had nothing really to use anymore to create outfits themed around those periods -- and also, I wouldn't be able to imagine wearing them. Except maybe for formal wear. The dresses somehow translate more easily. Hmmm. I wonder why.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-30sor-i-attempt-a-marcel-wave#post-1470022 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:19:26 +0000 Diana 1470022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is so incredible, and I love that you DIYed the headwear and the collar! I really, really love the leopard coat variation. </p>