https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 12 May 2026 16:50:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks/page/2#post-377786 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:09:55 +0000 Kari 377786@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Safety pins to keep the neckline of my wrap dresses in place.</p> <p>Hidden snaps sewed in between buttons of button-down blouses to prevent gaping.</p> <p>And most recently - a floppy pussycat bow blouse, where the top button gapes a little, but the great big bow covers it up! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks/page/2#post-377304 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:25:34 +0000 Barbara 377304@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The simple straight pin. It is truly multi-purpose and invisible when properly used.<br /> I just put Fashion tape on my list! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks/page/2#post-377285 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:16:54 +0000 MNsara 377285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So glad I finally stopped in here - I was thinking of something else re: 'hacks'.</p> <p>Anyway, I second the hair band around the belt to keep the end from flapping. I usually only do it when I have a jacket/sweater/vest over so no one can see. Maybe I need to invest in better colors . . .</p> <p>I have a roll of Fashion tape and have used it to keep wide necklines actually taped to my skin so they don't get even wider and show bra straps. </p> <p>I leave a little safety pin on the waistband of skirts that tend to rotate during wear. When I put them on I pin the top edge of the skirt to my hose or blouse or cami or whatever to keep the skirt in line. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks/page/2#post-377249 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:38:21 +0000 MsMary 377249@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, CocoLion reminded me of another one of mine: sports bras instead of cami's! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377234 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:56:23 +0000 CocoLion 377234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Superfeet insoles. Also, those squishy memory foam insoles from Dr. Scholls (I prefer over jell insoles). Cami bras. (#1 from Natori, #2 from Barely There -- this one is convertible into a strapless tube bra.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377215 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:42:21 +0000 Queen Mum 377215@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oooooh! so THAT is why bartenders wore garters... (slaps forehead) I'm not sure I ever even thought about the functionality of a garter.<br /> gosh this place is so educational! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377214 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:38:42 +0000 Mo 377214@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do what QM does for fresh deoderant marks, too. The sleeve trick Sammi mentions reminds me of the arm garters for bartenders way back when. Having worn a too long sleeve to work and then trying to not get them wet and dirty, I totally understand why! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377199 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:22:43 +0000 Jonesy 377199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's the latter, Queen Mum, but I'm not sure...</p> <p>I have no new hacks to share, but this has been a very informative thread! So clever, Sammi, with the hair elastics! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377191 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:20:04 +0000 Queen Mum 377191@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Question about the wipe outs... are they for the actual yellow stains or deodorant build up, or just for the deodorant that ends up on your clothes after you put the dress/blouse on right after applying the deodorant... cuz if it's the later, that wipes off really easily with a damp washcloth. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377133 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:29:19 +0000 Irene 377133@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can only thing of doctor scholl and compeed for blisters. That's basically it. Maybe I should buy some fashion tape... hm... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377097 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:43:38 +0000 Anonymous 377097@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hairbands to keep jacket sleeves scrunched. I cuff the sleeves once over the band, scrunch up, and they stay in place. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377094 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:02:07 +0000 Diana 377094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel, you're a genius! I'm totally going to try the hair elastic thing next time I wear one of my ridiculously long belts- I have a number of them because my hips are so much wider than my waist that if I want to wear a pants belt at my waist, I have to punch another hole much farther in. The dangly ends drive me nuts! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377064 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:11:45 +0000 Isabel 377064@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL.... MaryK, one thing I know for sure is that I HAD to have learned this somewhere. There is no way I thought this up on my own. But hey, maybe I could trademark it anyway : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377058 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:00:16 +0000 MsMary 377058@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel! You are a font of wisdom today! I am totally doing the hair elastic thing, and I just ordered some wipe-outs, too! Thank you!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377051 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:47:47 +0000 Isabel 377051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Steph and Sparky, the tape, for me at least, works better for skinny belts, though I suppose you could put several strips on a wide a band.</p> <p>With the hair elastic, you put your belt through it, like you put the belt through a belt loop, and it becomes another adjustment loop on the belt to secure the end after you buckle it. ( Slide the elastic toward the buckle end. ) You can do the same with a watch strap, if you need another loop to keep the band end down. For skinny belts, you can double the elastic the way you would for a ponytail. You are basically adding a "loop" to your belt to thread the end through. It works beautifully and there are so many hair elastic colors that you can find one to blend right in.</p> <p>I will post a picture tomorrow for you to "see". It is hard to explain without a visualization. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377042 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:10:42 +0000 Steph 377042@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel, I have to second the thanks. I own and use fashion tape yet I have never considered using it for belts. Can you expound on how you use the hair elastics on the belt? I'm having trouble visualizing. </p> <p>Thanks also for the Wipe Outs suggestion--I had never heard of them. </p> <p>I'm trying to think of more hints/things I use, but can't think of anything else. In a pinch, you can sometimes get rid of deodorant stains by rubbing the stained part of the shirt on another, unstained part of the same shirt. I don't know why rubbing with its own fabric works, but it (sometimes) does. For anyone who will get this reference--I learned that from Isaac Mitzrahi on MTV's House of Style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377038 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:53:33 +0000 Sparky 377038@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel!! Thank you so much for those tips! I have several belts with ends that curl out and drive me to distraction ~ fashion tape is the perfect solution, which I would never have thought of myself. Thank you for these specific ideas on uses for fashion tape ~ I need to get some now. The wipe outs sound great too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-377002 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:44:40 +0000 Isabel 377002@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MO, I am small chested ( man boobs, I call them ) and I use it for wrap dresses or shirts, for lapels, for the slingback part of slingback shoes, for belts ( to keep the end down ).</p> <p>toddlers' small hair elastics the color of belts to keep the end tucked in</p> <p>wipe outs for deodorant stains plus ( I LOVE this !! ) Not only does it get rid of deodorant stains, but almost any residue. I once got salt and sand ( from my car during a bad winter ) on black pants and this got it right out. I use it on suede too.<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/BRAZA-S6100-PINK-DEODORANT-ERASERS/dp/B0027Z9DOK" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/BRAZA-S6.....B0027Z9DOK</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-376991 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:33:30 +0000 rae 376991@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>- safety pins to keep my sleeves rolled up.<br /> - magic marker to color over scuffs on black stuff.<br /> - steaming instead of ironing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-376987 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:26:44 +0000 Mo 376987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just a random question - is fashion tape basically for those with larger busts? I can't think of when I might need or use such an item . . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-376959 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:27:34 +0000 Steph 376959@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am a longtime user of Hollywood Fashion Tape. The other item I always carry with me is a Tide Stain Pen. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-376958 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:25:19 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 376958@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am sure I have fashion tape in a roll like scotch tape. You just cut the length you need and away you go. I also have a U plunge bra and an extender to make it lower back for a gown or two that were cut almost to the waist at the back. Much better than the special surgical tape thing I tried another time or the nubra that never left the house. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-376895 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:25:23 +0000 lyn* 376895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to "safety tailor" all of my skirts. My waist seems to have shrunken a bit. Minimum of five pins per skirt! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-376894 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:18:36 +0000 DressLover 376894@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HUGE second for Fashion Tape.</p> <p>Also, a U-Plunge Bra. Absolute, hands-down best bra for low necklines. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-376888 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:08:12 +0000 mrseccentric 376888@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i'm with Girl X on the safety pin squad - and glad to find i'm not the only one who 'safety tailors' her clothing steph </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-376852 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:57:56 +0000 Girl X 376852@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Safety pins: 1 safety pin = why didn't you tailor that? 20 safety pins = awesome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-376845 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:50:47 +0000 modgrl 376845@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>TG for fashion tape. There are a million uses for it. Don't buy the knock offs. They simply do not work as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-376814 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:31:56 +0000 chewyspaghetti 376814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mary- I keep fashion tape in dd's dance bag for performances, and it really comes in handy. I was excited recently to find packs of it at Marshall's for 70% off the retail price, so check yours if you have one local.<br /> I can't think of any hacks that I use for myself, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-376808 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:28:20 +0000 Queen Mum 376808@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I need to get some of those bra strap things....<br /> in fact, the other day I asked my son, who works at Walgreen's, if they carried them and if he would pick me up a set..... um, ya... he didn't quite respond with "sure Mom, I'll grab those for you today ;-)" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-hacks#post-376799 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:22:51 +0000 Laura 376799@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those Second Base camis are an absolute godsend. Particularly in the summer, but I wear them year-round. My wardrobe would not function without them!</p> <p><a href="http://www.shopsecondbase.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.shopsecondbase.com/</a></p> <p>Interesting about the tape, Mary. Now I feel like a real dope because I just threw some out. Had no idea how I would use it. </p> <p>Oh, and bra strapper thingies! These have been amazing for summer racerback tanks. I got them at Walgreen's in the "Seen on TV" section - with all those Japanese knives that are supposed to enable you to create flowers out of cantalopes </p>