https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-at-home- Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:25:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-at-home-#post-439919 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:48:57 +0000 Anonymous 439919@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really hear you on well-fitting menswear inspired pieces accentuating your femininity. So glad you found a look you're happy with! Looking forward to seeing the pics </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-at-home-#post-439871 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:00:44 +0000 Elly 439871@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will try to post pictures sometime soon! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-at-home-#post-439765 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:20:52 +0000 Suz 439765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a wonderful story, Elly. I'm so glad you've had this experience and I can't wait to see the result! I can easily imagine that your curvy shape in menswear would be absolute perfection. It goes back to what we've been saying about playing a bit against the grain...Rae's long feminine hair, for instance, with her tomboy style...and my new short hair with my more feminine looks. </p> <p>My "aha" moment came with the haircut. The stylist cut the first side and we both looked in the mirror and said, simultaneously, "LOVE." And when she was done I breathed a big sigh of relief and said, "I feel like myself again!" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-at-home-#post-439717 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:26:35 +0000 catgirl 439717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is such wonderful news. Please post pictures if you feel up to it - I would love to get a sense of what makes you feel this way! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-at-home-#post-439684 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:54:16 +0000 Anonymous 439684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yay. So happy for you. I've had just a moment or two like this....but hearing your story will help me to perservere and not "settle" for something not quite right or let me be talked into something I don't like. Thanks for the inspiration! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-at-home-#post-439647 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:24:51 +0000 Elly 439647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie-- I will happily engage in your high five and raise you a fist bump! You nailed it down for me-- thanks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-at-home-#post-439616 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:51:14 +0000 Angie 439616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I so enjoyed hearing about your magical moment, Elly. (Can I also high five you on being "a button down shirt girl"). </p> <p>What draws you to masculine items are the clean lines - ME TOO. </p> <p>Once you have the waist altered on the shirts - tuck them into your skirts. The bunching really doesn't matter </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-at-home-#post-439578 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:23:28 +0000 Fruitful 439578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elly, I'm really moved by your post. Even a tear in the eye. You expressed this elusive experience beautifully.</p> <p>This is magic - the moment when you find something and you feel that who you are is just right. In fact, the clothes needed you to bring out their best.</p> <p>I have had many moments like this in life, made all the sweeter for the many moments that were not like this.</p> <p>It's part of why I end up investing so much emotion into some of my clothes and other style props. They help me make sense.</p> <p>Everyone should be able to come home to themselves like this and I'm glad you did today, Elly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-at-home-#post-439566 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:12:25 +0000 Scarlet 439566@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Got to run, but I just wanted to mention that there is a really nice series on menswear in Gentlewoman. The article was about a girl who finally got into style through the efforts of her dapper father and now she wears a lot of his old clothing but tailored beautifully for her. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/feeling-at-home-#post-439562 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:07:40 +0000 Elly 439562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a moment yesterday. My blazers and button-down orders came in. I am actually really happy with the fit of the button downs compared to everything I have been trying. I will have to take the waist in, but otherwise it was nice. </p> <p>The blazer quality was pretty dismal, with the shrunken blazer being better quality but not as nice of a fit. The fit on both wasn't that great. </p> <p>Still, I popped on the deep pink button down with the black very plain blazer over it. I looked in the mirror and suddenly I looked and felt like myself. Instantly I felt like posing instead of just standing there and was completely comfortable. My face suddenly made sense-- it made my sort of masculine features seem like they belonged and made my feminine features stand out. I think it was the masculine relaxed look plus the feminine color and more fitted shape (waist!).</p> <p>I felt the same way about the Miz Mooz Nash oxfords (menswear inspired) I received earlier in the week in contrast to my ankles (feminine). </p> <p>I generally don't care for menswear inspired pieces as I find they are often too "inspired" and not enough "menswear" with the shrunken fits and fussy details. I think this is because my body is feminine enough to provide that contrast. </p> <p>The menswear stuff can just be fitted and even maybe a little slouchy so long as it has a nice shape. I love more feminine clothing as well, but have been finding that it has to be very very fitted/borderline tight to really show off my figure. The same amount of relaxation in those clothes makes me look matronly. </p> <p>It makes sense with my personality too--- I am not girly.</p> <p>Now I am looking for a dark grey/charcoal blazer in a fitted menswear style, maybe in a nubby or tweedy textured fabric that won't make my shoulders look huge. I also am on the hunt for a pair of trouser style or wide-legged slacks. </p> <p>I also have to figure out how to wear my pencil skirt. I do love how it looks on me and I feel comfortable in it, but I have yet to find a top to wear with it and a way to make it feel like "me." Unfortunately nothing that isn't super slim wants to tuck into it without bunching, but it definitely needs something tucked. </p> <p>Have you ever had a moment/clothing item/style that makes you just feel like yourself, at home in your own skin? </p>