https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 13:51:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401954 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:13:36 +0000 rachylou 1401954@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>She definitely had the figure for the baby doll: lean-lined, crisp</p> <p>I'm not curvy, but I'm not lean-lined either. I'm certainly not crisp... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401799 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 10:34:46 +0000 Alexandra 1401799@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm guessing the woman's dress worked well with her body lines and proportions, which is why it looked right. Add her best colors and fabric, and it's an outfit that looks right no matter her age.</p> <p>I agree that styling matters. Even on the same person, a dress styled one way may work better than styled a different way. On different people, all bets are off. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401788 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:11:01 +0000 lyn67 1401788@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loved greycats's hubby1s quote, thanx:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401785 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 07:04:03 +0000 rachylou 1401785@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Swagger indeed! Lol.</p> <p>But I just thought of something else... Someone correct me, but I think items are tweaked a bit for actual retail? Maybe hems are a little less likely to flash the undies? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401741 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 03:30:20 +0000 Jaime 1401741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, so it is all in the swagger or lack thereof. Sounds about right. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401668 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:39:48 +0000 greycat6 1401668@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this quote, which I can't remember where I read:</p> <p>"It is all in how you carry yourself, your attitude, your swagger."</p> <p>It applies not only to clothing but life in general.&nbsp; My husband's favorite quote, along the same lines is:</p> <p>"Not always right, but never in doubt."</p> <p>Go forth with confidence and swagger. YLF!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401608 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:05:07 +0000 deb 1401608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On #1, I wonder if she was able to wear baby doll dresses when they were in style in the 60's? I have always had good posture but was never able to pull it off. That leads me to believe it must be attitude. </p> <p>On #2, I usually feel that way about runway looks. I look at them as merely costumes and appreciate them that way. Not until items hit the stores and I am able to put them on my body do I view them in real life scenarios.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401583 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 21:21:49 +0000 rachylou 1401583@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>More on #1 - Yes, I don't know if *wear what you want* works exactly, to make fashion magic. I think that sorta translates into *dress how you feel* - and if you can't be bothered, well that will show. </p> <p>Perhaps the same woman in the same clothing would have made me think "dressed too young" if she hadn't carried herself with the the authority she obviously has.</p> <p>More on #2 - Styling I'm sure matters. On the runway that dress was work with a lot of bare skin showing. In the magazine, the model had a long sleeved shirt underneath with leather cuffs (an Ann Taylor number). Given that this is the <i>winter </i>collection we're talking...</p> <p>Haha. That's a good way to put it: try eating a spoon of flour, fancy foodie stuff or not. <i>Not tasty :)</i></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401560 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:29:28 +0000 rabbit 1401560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#1 - awesome, it's all in how you carry it off</p> <p>#2 - it's maybe also&nbsp;all in how you style it, carry it off? &nbsp;I'm kind of the same way I think, I don't see clothing&nbsp;items in isolation but as part of something. &nbsp;I mean it might be really great Red Mill organic&nbsp;or Winco bulk bin pastry flour, but unless you make pie out if it, what's the point? &nbsp;Also once it's in the pie, who will be able to tell the difference?</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401546 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:01:35 +0000 Gaylene 1401546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm printing out your second paragraph, unfrumped. A perfect distillation of how to put fashion into perspective. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401544 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:57:35 +0000 Anonymous 1401544@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the sound of the baby doll outfit! </p> <p>I kind of hope I can pull that off when I'm her age. In fact, I think a red and black plaid baby doll dress may come close to being my&nbsp;equivalent of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-start-wearing-leather-pants-in-midlife">those black leather pants</a>. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401543 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:55:48 +0000 unfrumped 1401543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is it the simple mantra of "own the look" ?</p> <p>I was re-reading some Corporette posts and of course keep gravitating to things like "how to wear flats to work".&nbsp; It was kind of a mixed bag because there was both the "I don't think you can really wear flats with pencil skirts"--oops, that is just what I do and <u>need</u> to do--along with, well, just own it and make it your signature.</p> <p>I'm having the same experience with some of my pant length decisions.<br />It's not as simple as "wear what you want all the time and don't worry". It's more that I think I have learned that my fashion "joy" sometimes is to be found in careful observation and following certain style rules and trends--that I will get a high happiness result from that process;&nbsp; and sometimes it is in another direction, that I need to break away at times, because if not, I will feel I've <u>given up </u>some fashion joy needlessly, for reasons that aren't important. I have room for both of these approaches.</p> <p>(Note in keeping with Corporette party line, I'm talking about choices that are not typically tied to workplace cultures.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401535 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:36:09 +0000 rachylou 1401535@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So the dress was above the knee, but she was wearing leggings and knee boots. The dress was like a pinafore affair, so she had a long sleeved tee underneath. Short, close cropped white hair. Drop earrings, I think.</p> <p>The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced it's all to do with body language. Do you stand like you're in command or are you swinging around like a kid? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401530 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:29:17 +0000 Sharon 1401530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love to hear this. How short was the dress? I think this observation is directly related to your second point - it's all about the styling! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401523 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:14:31 +0000 crutcher 1401523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loved this post...the woman in the baby-doll had probably learned to accept herself and gave out a certain vibe to the world to accept her...I laud her courage to wear something like that in the face of possible non acceptance...<br />And you can take anything and make it look good with the proper dose of confidence and swagger...Good for you... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401504 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:37:16 +0000 Thistle 1401504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't pull off a baby doll. Even when I was pregnant. </p> <p>Need to work on my posture! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401494 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:23:01 +0000 Anonymous 1401494@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's a skill not many people have. &nbsp;I know I don't. &nbsp;I'm not embarrassed by that - but I do admit I need to be hit over the head with obviousness or have a look presented to me in order to move ahead. &nbsp;I either like it or I don't. I rarely waffle. Speaking of waffles..... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-musings#post-1401477 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 17:39:18 +0000 rachylou 1401477@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This weekend's fashion musings: <ol> <li>I saw this clearly mature woman, even elderly, wearing a baby doll dress and it totally worked. She looked dignified. I'm thinking the key may actually have been posture. And maybe it helped that the baby doll was red-and-black plaid and not something floral.</li> <li>I was ready to toss the Vogue 2015 Winter runway picture book, because nothing in it excited me at all. Then I saw this cool LV dress in Lucky and said *hey wait a minute*... and indeed, it was there in the Vogue picture book... still looking awful. It sums up my most fundamental shopping conundrum. I think it's partly why my fashion philosophy involves forgetting the merits of any given individual item and trying to take anything and make it look good.</li> </ol>