https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 11:58:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1002933 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 13:05:54 +0000 TraceyLiz65 1002933@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love each and every one of these! &nbsp;No meltdown showing here!!!!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1002904 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 11:43:23 +0000 Suz 1002904@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was wondering when you'd post your week. I knew it would be brilliant in every sense of that word. And you do not disappoint. Love every one of these.&nbsp;</p> <p>Sorry you have been feeling overwhelmed. It's really tough to face a major life transition like this one. Lots to ponder, lots to organize, lots to sift through. Hang in there! YLF!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1002754 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 02:46:07 +0000 Lisa 1002754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun challenge!&nbsp; You rocked it, and you have such a happy wardrobe, all the strong bold colors are just fun.&nbsp; You really know how to remix with colors! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1002461 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:39:54 +0000 Eliza 1002461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the line up. So many winning combos that are iconic for your style.</p> <p>Big gear shifts can take a toll sometimes, even though they may ultimately propel us to a better place, Hang in there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1002449 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:24:19 +0000 MsMary 1002449@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL, Ornella! I'll happily be your paper doll!</p> <p>And don't forget top part from 2 with bottom part from 3! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1002371 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:53:59 +0000 Ornella 1002371@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello Mary, this is great! True Halogen rainbow - I think you should model for them.</p> <p>Btw, I loved playing with paper dolls when I was a kid and the name of my favourite paper girl was Lou.&nbsp;Now I feel like playing with her again, except you can now be my electronic Lou :-)</p> <p>- top part from 4 with bottom part from 3,<br />or<br />-&nbsp;top part from 4 with bottom part from 1,<br />or&nbsp;<br />-&nbsp;top part from 1 with bottom part from 5...</p> <p>Possibilities, possibilities.</p> <p>Thanks for taking up the challenge, it was fun watching it unfold.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1002360 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:43:13 +0000 Parsley 1002360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love your rainbow of skirts, Mary!&nbsp;<br />Every one of these outfits is a winner!<br />Sorry to hear that all the changes were getting you down. I think it's inevitable that you'll have times like that - I know I did, when I was going through the same thing. I hope things settle down soon. Big hugs to you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1002356 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:37:57 +0000 Susie 1002356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, no one rocks a rainbow of pencil skirts like you do, MK! My favorites are #1 and #5.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1002346 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:28:44 +0000 No Fear of Fashion 1002346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely to see them all in a row. Although they are totally different from another, they do have the same demoninator (if that is the right word). Or vibe: classic chic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1002276 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:06:46 +0000 Lantana 1002276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your outfits are a dazzling delight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1002141 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 08:51:12 +0000 Jaime 1002141@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amazing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1002126 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 07:14:02 +0000 AJ 1002126@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, when something works, multiples are a must!&nbsp; The prints, accessories, and of course your color ranges, makes this formula fabulous.&nbsp; </p> <p><a href="http://www.crayolaexperience.com/" rel="nofollow">This place</a> made me think of your magic closet! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1002114 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 06:49:57 +0000 Asingh 1002114@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You've got an enviable &nbsp;collection of skirts, Mary K! Like all the outfits but #1 is just fab! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001963 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 01:22:16 +0000 Anonymous 1001963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been looking forward to your response to Ornella's challenge and you topped all expectations. My favorites are the first, the mustard and grey, and the last with neutrals and red (another important neutral) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001956 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 01:10:07 +0000 pil 1001956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The mustard and gray is out of this world! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001892 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 23:18:53 +0000 MsMary 1001892@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Deb, I have that skirt in 12 colors!&nbsp; LOL&nbsp; And I wouldn't say anything actually <i>happened</i>, so much as all the life changes just kind of hit me kind of hard over the past couple of weeks.</p> <p>Denise, I'm loving my cardigans this summer, too -- especially the new ones from Costco, of all places!&nbsp; Although I love love love that white blazer.&nbsp; It's cut longer in front and shorter in back, so I think/hope it's more flattering in person than in still photos. </p> <p>And yes!&nbsp; Of course a mustard pencil skirt is a need!&nbsp; ;)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001889 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 23:14:24 +0000 Carla 1001889@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Make that 2 mustard skirts for table 3. I'm with lyn* on this one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001888 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 23:11:50 +0000 Beth Ann 1001888@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What an amazing week!&nbsp; Just goes to shoes you that undertaking a challenging that restricts our choices a bit can open up new possibilities!&nbsp; You are looking glorious through a very challenging transition in your life.&nbsp; Brava! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001886 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 23:07:58 +0000 deb 1001886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK, you beat me, I only have 4 colors. Meltdown?? What happened? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001866 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:17:23 +0000 Mellllls 1001866@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001863 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:15:50 +0000 lyn* 1001863@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Clearly, a mustard pencil skirt is a NEED for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001857 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:09:29 +0000 MsMaven 1001857@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are the Grand Master of Color Combinations! &nbsp;Once again I am amazed by your creativity. &nbsp;Glad to see you back--I missed seeing your cheerful outfits. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001806 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 21:04:48 +0000 CocoLion 1001806@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your style shines -- elegant and understated yet colorful and ebullient. &nbsp;You are another one of those who can carry many different colors.</p> <p>I have just realized something. &nbsp;I prefer you in cardis or knit jackets to woven ones. &nbsp;I think it simply comes down to the fact that knits are easier to fit on petite torsos than wovens. &nbsp;Your white jacket looks a bit big, whereas your cardis look impeccably fit. &nbsp;The black jacket in the Burberry outfit isn't bad though, it looks to fit better than the white one but that could be because it is black and not as much is visible. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001800 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 20:55:29 +0000 Debra 1001800@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mary......you look great in every single photo. Your own individuality, style and personality SHINES and I bet your co workers look forward to seeing what you'll wear every day and are playing with colour now too.<br /> Buy the way, I have purchased 3 pencil skirts myself after being inspired by you........plain black, black and white stripe and black and emerald.......I do like my black........but you are stretching me </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001781 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 20:18:52 +0000 Sylvie 1001781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice to see "you" around Mary!&nbsp; Your outfits definitely don't all look the same.&nbsp; I think sometimes we have to remember that when people see us, they don't see the same lineup of outfits that we wore over the last week.&nbsp; They just see that we look good in what we're wearing today.</p> <p>I particularly like outfit #1 because the grey/yellow combination is one that I've been wanting to try out but don't have the clothes for, so I just admire it on everyone else. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001768 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 19:51:09 +0000 Anonymous 1001768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This just shows how good you are at taking a basic formula and making it interesting through your choices of elements. You look fab in all of these! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-ornella-halogen-skirt-week-recap#post-1001752 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 19:21:54 +0000 MsMary 1001752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A couple of weeks ago Ornella<a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-723-blue-and-white-and-flowers-all-over" rel="nofollow"> challenged</a> me to do:</p> <p>"Halogen skirt week <b>and</b> your formula of skirt, top, blazer/cardi!&nbsp; You already have 2 days covered. I bet if you line all 5 outfits next to<br /> each other they will not look the same at all."</p> <p>I had a little bit of a meltdown and never got to do the recap, so here it is!&nbsp; Your frank comments and feedback are most welcome! </p>