https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:47:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896380 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 10:30:19 +0000 Cee 1896380@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Damn right !!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896373 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 08:40:51 +0000 rachylou 1896373@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Right. The best Frankenstein of all time </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896371 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 08:37:43 +0000 Cee 1896371@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another one ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896368 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 08:25:21 +0000 rachylou 1896368@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cool </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896365 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 08:20:22 +0000 Jenni NZ 1896365@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry only just back to this thread. Yes, I would take my walking shoes in their bag into wherever I was going. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896307 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 22:17:26 +0000 rachylou 1896307@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Omg. Driving in that hail. Terrifying! And everyone speeds on 24... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896304 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:23:55 +0000 Greyscale 1896304@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I appreciate seeing the throngs of formally dressed folks flowing into the opera / ballet / symphony buildings. Really the only place in SF you'll see that. So I think it's a good excuse to wear your heels, unless the weather interferes.</p> <p>I was out near you in that hailstorm! Driving home on 24 from dance class in San Ramon. There was a three-car crash ahead of me -- no one knows how to drive in the rain so I guess hail is even worse. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896303 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:23:28 +0000 Cee 1896303@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Longjohns can go with the swan outfit :D</p> <p>Just add webbed feet ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896301 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:18:57 +0000 rachylou 1896301@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol, JAileen. What? I thought everyone knew you pick the arias you want to wake up for and sleep thru the rest... provided the arias come before intermission, because that’s when you leave to go to dinner/the party... ;)</p> <p>I need thermals in summer... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896300 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:14:10 +0000 JAileen 1896300@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I went to the SF Opera once back in the 70s. My best friend invited me to Aida. Her parents gave her very good tickets for her birthday. To this day she won’t let me forget I fell asleep. I don’t remember what I wore at all. I would think if you had a long puffer that you wouldn’t need long underwear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896297 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:05:21 +0000 rachylou 1896297@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If only it was summer! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896296 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:04:21 +0000 Cee 1896296@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There you go ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896290 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 20:18:10 +0000 rachylou 1896290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also, I have to say, Dad really liked classical but hated being in a dark theatre for hours. Never went to the movies.</p> <p>On the other hand, Dad hated the dirt of camping but would always go camping, even if it meant going alone.</p> <p>Dad was a contrarian! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896287 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 20:03:35 +0000 rachylou 1896287@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have usually been comfortable inside the SF opera house; but I get colder than I used to... I’ll probably wear thermals under.</p> <p>When I was little, my father and I would have a father-daughter day for the Nutcracker. The ballet and then lunch at a restaurant with lace curtains! French of course. It was dad after all, lol. In my teens I did the ballet season with my mum. Mum also did the symphony season, so I’d go for a few of those. Opera has always been me and friends. The ‘rents didn’t do opera, it’s interesting.</p> <p>Although, my mum and I would go have a gawk at the opera opening to spy on, like, our family doctor guru. Lolol! One year his wife wore a vine of ivy... wrapped all around and I swear on top of her head!</p> <p>...of course, we’d duck and hide and runaway so as not to be spotted... quite funny </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896263 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:57:48 +0000 karen13 1896263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How fun to see Frankenstein. My family used to see the SF ballet Nutcracker every year. My sis sprang for box seats and took us and DD five or six years ago and it was as wonderful as I remember. I want to see the WIW. But if you can’t do fancy dress for the SF Ballet, where can you? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896242 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 15:35:40 +0000 Kari 1896242@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh how fun!</p> <p>So I don’t know about the SF opera house, but the temp in the Seattle one can vary a lot. I’ve stepped in before curtain up to a hall that was uncomfortably warm, then chilled down once the performance began. I’ve also been to performances where I was chilly and kept my coat on. I prefer to wear very easy to remove layers and make sure my lower layer isn’t too warm!</p> <p>I hope you have a lot of fun. I love the idea of a chic pantsuit with statement shoes. And what a fantastic coat! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896162 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:43:50 +0000 rachylou 1896162@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Where do you keep your walking shoes, Jenni? I mean, you take them into the performance hall? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896161 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:40:36 +0000 Jenni NZ 1896161@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Take heels in a bag and change? I've done that quite often and enjoy carrying this cloth bag. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896158 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:27:24 +0000 rachylou 1896158@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Right? Sadly my heels languish because of this. Someone needs to throw a fancy dinner party! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet/page/2#post-1896157 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:22:03 +0000 Jessikams 1896157@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always run into this same problem— an occasion to dress up makes me want to wear heels, but it usually also means lots of walking or standing around at the end of an already-long day. OR lately it seems we get invited by friends to go out to a bar or club— but we’ll meet up at their house first and hang out with their toddlers before going out. How on earth to reconcile these conflicting dress codes and practicalities?? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet#post-1896153 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:11:53 +0000 Anonymous 1896153@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:D<br /> Up high! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet#post-1896152 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:10:17 +0000 rachylou 1896152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High five, jl!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet#post-1896151 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:09:06 +0000 Anonymous 1896151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh, teal velveteen!<br /> Also, curmudgeon! I like to call myself a curiously hopeful curmudgeon. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet#post-1896147 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 06:51:45 +0000 rachylou 1896147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are funny, Bonnie!</p> <p>We will have to compare notes, Denise! What will you wear? I’m going to date myself, but it was early 90s when jeans overtook dressing up at the ballet and symphony. The opera held out a little longer, I feel, but only I think because of the society following and the balls... Gosh, without Herb Caen, I don’t hear ANYTHING about the opera and society anymore...</p> <p>Also: to be an old curmudgeon, I STILL really miss Michael Smuin!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet#post-1896115 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 02:20:46 +0000 rachylou 1896115@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was thinking about my Christmas suit again, but you know, there is indeed my teal velveteen suit... hmm! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet#post-1896102 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 00:27:59 +0000 Carla 1896102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Victorian high necked lace blouse with green pin at the neck. Milkmaid braids. Velvet or brocade trousers. Puffy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet#post-1896054 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 19:24:32 +0000 CocoLion 1896054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am going to the same ballet, only on Tuesday! &nbsp;The wind really whips around the opera house. &nbsp;I would start with the outwear and shoes then work back down to the dress/pants. &nbsp;I really think anything goes. &nbsp;I've been going to the SF opera and ballet for years and no matter how formal the opera house is, or how much you pay for the tickets, I see jeans... </p> <p>ETA - Please no teased hair, for the sake of those sitting behind you! &nbsp;I like the outfit posted above, it's dramatic without the big hair. &nbsp;&nbsp;;-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet#post-1896051 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 19:06:48 +0000 Bonnie 1896051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I probably would wear this. The hoody coat would keep me warm and the big boots look a bit Frankensteinish. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet#post-1896036 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 17:39:17 +0000 rachylou 1896036@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm. My fave brides of Frankenstein: </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/going-to-the-ballet#post-1896024 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 17:07:34 +0000 Anonymous 1896024@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well there's Bride of Frankenstein for inspiration. Cotton candy hair teased and sprayed to stand up straight? White make-up with black eyes, slash of red on lips? </p>