https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:15:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice#post-2302332 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 21:45:29 +0000 rachylou 2302332@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are all gorgeous!! It does help having something ready to go. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice#post-2302088 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 18:21:57 +0000 notsaf 2302088@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for all the love! No surprise that the Kay Unger is a favorite here. That and the new midi dress are two that I'm now waiting for excuses to wear: not something I'm used to feeling about dressing up!</p> <p>Jenni and Sal: the weather after New Year's was really terrible, but still I loved all my time in NZ. Will be dreaming about it for a long time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice#post-2302060 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 16:04:12 +0000 Debbie 2302060@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the dresses! Especially the Kay Unger. These pieces will serve you well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice#post-2302055 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 15:35:48 +0000 Angie 2302055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We need pics of you in these STUNNING outfits, <b>notsaf</b>! I bet you were the belle of the ball!</p> <p>Nice to hear that you tried my shopping strategy. So much less stressful, and no compromises :)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice#post-2302045 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 14:30:48 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2302045@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love these pieces. It's wonderful that they worked for their intended purpose but well beyond that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice#post-2302038 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 13:14:41 +0000 Janet 2302038@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful choices!</p> <p>I’m envious of anyone who can choose to showcase their legs. Even in my running days, mine are never worthy of that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice#post-2302032 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 10:39:27 +0000 Minaminu 2302032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great strategy and fab collection of dressy items!!!! It's always a nice surprise when an item can easily be dressed up or down! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice#post-2302026 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 05:35:30 +0000 slim cat 2302026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous dresses, shoes and pretty clutch! Fabulous collection for a special occasion!&nbsp;<br />I'm waiting for the early spring/late winter audit of my wardrobe to decide on the direction for 2023. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice#post-2302013 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 03:38:00 +0000 Suz 2302013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh, that Kay Unger dress in particular wows me! Gorgeous. But all these items look spectacular and it sounds as if they worked brilliantly for you.&nbsp;</p> <p>Such beautiful dresses!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice#post-2302011 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 02:59:29 +0000 Bijou 2302011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>More love for these fab dressy clothes. The Kay Unger dress is stunning, and is the sort of dress I would find an excuse to wear. I have quite a lot of dressy items in my wardrobe. The most useful are those that can be dressed up or down depending on jacket and shoes and it is so useful to know that if an invitation comes in you have something that you want to wear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice#post-2302010 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 02:45:09 +0000 Sal 2302010@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your dresses and pleased it all went well! We are lucky to live here- it’s a stunning country but boy has the weather been all over the place. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice#post-2301987 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:49:10 +0000 Jenni NZ 2301987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the NZ love!<br /> We had beautiful weather for the few days between Christmas and New Year which Neil and I spent at a central North Island lake resort town, but just after coming home on 2 Jan the storms started.<br /> Am sure you looked gorgeous at both the wedding and the other parties!<br /> Lovely dresses. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/following-angies-advice#post-2301985 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:43:25 +0000 notsaf 2301985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>After having to scramble to find a wedding guest dress for New Zealand last month when the weather was a little cooler than expected (thanks brick-and-mortar Nordstrom for saving the day!), I've been keeping Angie's advice about buying dressier items when you see them on the front burner. </p> <p>I'm also in a bit of a sweet spot wardrobe-planning-wise since I'm fresh off of a (coolish) summer-season holiday and deep in (warmish) winter at home, so I have a real sense of what is working for me at all temperatures.</p> <p>To the wedding, I ended up wearing the bright <b>Farm Rio dress</b> with the&nbsp;<b>Tory Burch heeled sandals</b>, and felt fabulous. It's more color than I'm used to, which was a great change and very appropriate for the beachy setting. As my body has changed in the very earliest stage of perimenopause, I find I like to show my arms and back less but am loving putting my legs on display. (All that running is paying off!)</p> <p>I wore the navy <b>Veronica Beard dress</b> to both the rehearsal party and on New Years eve. I can throw a chore jacket over to dress it down, and it's become a real favorite.</p> <p>Meanwhile, following Angie's advice, I ended up keeping a <b>Kay Unger dress</b> that I'd purchased as an alternate for the wedding but didn't end up packing. Normally, I would have returned it since it was no longer a need, but I really do like it on me, so next time I have a dressy event that calls for something elegant, it will be there. (Note on the neckline: when I bought it, the keyhole was unfastened so it is an open neck on me, which I prefer.)</p> <p>Back in the States now, I've been doing just a little bit of post-holiday sale shopping with this in mind, and added another pair of&nbsp;<b></b><b>embellished Tory Burch sandals&nbsp;</b>(always a little pricey, but this brand fits my feet really well and I can't get over the tortoise and rhinestone on these!), a <b>non-black "dressy top"</b>&nbsp;in silk from Rebecca Taylor (something that has long been on my wish list and it's prettier in person than in the photo, imho), a Reformation-style&nbsp;<b>midi dress from Caara</b>, and a <b>faux fur clutch</b>. </p> <p>Seasonally confused, for sure, but I hope these will be pieces that I can reach for in the future when I want to look smart! They are all ones I would have passed one normally, even though they really appealed to me, because they are not right for my everyday wardrobe and not "needs."</p> <p>Only time will tell if the strategy worked, but my hunch is that Angie's knows what she's talking about! :)</p> <p>Has anyone else taken this on?</p> <p>PS: New Zealand was absolutely gorgeous. So jealous of fabbers like Sal and Jenni who get to be there full time. </p>