https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:03:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2215011 Mon, 09 Aug 2021 19:02:48 +0000 Roxanna 2215011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Honestly. LOVE these ideas! I don’t wear a lot of sheath dresses (hard to fit) but I will try this brown jacket over flowery dresses and skirts. Also love the idea of a slightly longer untucked top.</p> <p>There’s might be a style Lab coming up as I find ways to make this jacket work for work… </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2214298 Fri, 06 Aug 2021 11:43:54 +0000 Anonymous 2214298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes to a lower contrast top for #1. How about pairing the brown jacket with a flowy skirt? Love #2! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2214266 Fri, 06 Aug 2021 08:22:08 +0000 lyn67 2214266@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>...or put a low contrast and longer top (to peak out from) under the short cropp jacked in nr 1. I also L.O.V.E. nr 2!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213821 Wed, 04 Aug 2021 12:48:09 +0000 Helena 2213821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nodding along with above ... for the priorities you've identified for yourself, #2 is fantastic, and #1 would be amazing over a column, or as was mentioned above, perhaps a long shirt (I feel like that early 00s short over long thing is coming back? Might be wrong though ...)</p> <p>In any case, you always look fab Roxanna! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213791 Wed, 04 Aug 2021 10:35:58 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2213791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When will it be cool enough for the vest in #2 or that jacket?<br /> I agree with others on not giving up on the jacket entirely. I’d try it over something fitted that shows off your shape, like a pencil skirt &amp; matching top. Being me, I’d go for pattern in one or both pieces, but low/no contrast between top &amp; bottom. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213589 Tue, 03 Aug 2021 02:18:06 +0000 Jonesy 2213589@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with a lot of the comments re. pairing the brown jacket with other bottoms, e.g., a skirt, and wearing it with pants with a dark, longer shirt underneath. I think it's more about the current pairing of the jacket with the tucked top and those particular pants (and bare feet), vs. something about the jacket or your figure (I see no evidence of "blocky" or "squat"!). And the second jacket with those pants and heels is a slam dunk! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213575 Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:45:50 +0000 nemosmom 2213575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t see your figure as boxy or squat, but I do see how the combination of angles and color of #2 play well with your hair and coloring. I wouldn’t give up on jacket #1 just yet. Maybe a brown top under it or with a print on bottom? Adding more organic or angular bits on bottom to play off the straighter lines of the jacket? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213567 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 23:33:59 +0000 Angie 2213567@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Exactly what <b>Brooklyn</b> and <b>cat2</b> said.&nbsp;</p> <p>I also prefer outfit #2 because the colour of the topper is magical with your hair and complexion. It's more striking than the brown - which also looks fab, but not quite as fab.</p> <p>Pop the shorter jackets over dresses!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213564 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 23:26:51 +0000 bj1111 2213564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>live the second look.&nbsp; also helped by lower contrast between the inner layer and the jacket and better tonal matching between the jacket and the pants.</p> <p>multiple reasons for more figure flattery than just the jacket shape. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213405 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 14:42:22 +0000 Roxanna 2213405@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is such great advice and it gives me hope for all my cropped jackets! Great solutions, @Brooklyn, @irina, @Bijou and @kkards. I will try a tonal top for a column of color to see if That works better - and heels will for sure make look #1 more conventionally flattering.</p> <p>Though I don’t want to be tied to strict rules of flattery too much, so I appreciate your advice in making #1 work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213399 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 14:25:42 +0000 Bonnie 2213399@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The new jacket does look better. I've gotten great feedback from the forum, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213374 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 12:39:31 +0000 Irina 2213374@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your second outfit looks terrific, Roxanna.<br />I think that the first one will work, too with an untucked top. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213370 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 12:26:13 +0000 Vildy 2213370@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now there's a winning formula for you.&nbsp; You look terrific! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213361 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 11:07:36 +0000 kkards 2213361@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>love the second outfit, and i see what you are getting at with #1, but I think its worth trying again, but don’t tuck the blouse. And i agree with Bijou to try a top in the same color as the pants would also give you a stronger lengthening line. As would shoes in the same color as the pants.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213353 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:25:22 +0000 Bijou 2213353@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree, the second is more conventionally flattering, BUT, you look fabulous in both.&nbsp; Heels with #1 would give you a longer leg line so this is not a direct comparison. If you wore a top the same colour as your pants under jacket #1, that will give you a column of colour and offset the more boxy shape of jacket #1.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213326 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 02:49:12 +0000 Brooklyn 2213326@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the second outfit better too but I don’t think there is any problem with your lovely figure. I think the diagonal angles of the jacket in 2 just create a more interesting and flattering look. The first outfit has a lot of horizontal happening, which produces the boxy vibe. So maybe a cropped jacket with more angular lines would also work well for you (like a moto jacket for instance). Or you could wear an angular or ruffled top or cardi under the boxy jacket in 1 to break up the lines. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213320 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 01:50:26 +0000 rachylou 2213320@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, the longer works better. Really fab! Love the footwear choice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213312 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 01:09:10 +0000 Jaime 2213312@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, gorgeous! Of course the light color and heels also are a factor. I do think the cropped jacket/s will still work in some combinations on you for sure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213296 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:02:35 +0000 cat2 2213296@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What about tossing the cropped jackets over sheath dresses? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213294 Sun, 01 Aug 2021 23:39:56 +0000 Jenni NZ 2213294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, much better Roxanna! But then sometimes we just want to wear what we want to wear, figure flattery or no, IYKWIM? So don’t totally give up on your lovely cropped jackets! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/getting-dressed-with-ylf%e2%80%99s-help#post-2213291 Sun, 01 Aug 2021 23:17:53 +0000 Roxanna 2213291@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello all-<br /> I wanted to report back on all my proportion experiments that you all have been so generous in helping me with :)</p> <p>The first outfit (with brown jacket) was one I had posted a few months ago, but on reflection and with your help, I realized that the boxy cropped jacket ended at the wrong place on my short-waisted body, making me look blocky and squat. </p> <p>This time I keep the pants and cami, but replaced the jacket with a longer one that nips in, which I think hints at a waist and gives more leg lengthening proportions (along with the heels, of course.) what do you think? Does this work better?</p> <p>Now that I have identified my short waistedness, regular rise, and FF priority of lengthening my legs, I’m realizing that cropped jackets are harder to wear on me than I thought. You ask gave me some great suggestions on a previous post that I will be trying out come fall.</p> <p>Pants: Eileen Fisher<br /> Cami: Oui<br /> Brown leather jacket: Rag &amp; Bone<br /> Tweedy cardigan jacket: Club Monaco </p>