https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 17 May 2026 05:40:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item/page/2#post-349719 Sat, 14 May 2011 15:30:59 +0000 Michelle 349719@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all so much for your comments, ladies -- you've helped get me really excited about this dress, which is at the tailor's as I write this. I went first thing this morning to see if I could get it tweaked on time for Wednesday night, and we're in business! Steph, do you sew? Because you nailed the alteration that had to be done -- the seamstress is taking the shoulders up by somewhere between 0.5 and 1 inch. It was amazing to see the difference once she'd pinned the dress -- the neckline literally fell into position perfectly, with no bra exposure whatsoever, and the whole thing just felt like it fit better! </p> <p>When I get it back on Tuesday evening, I'll post my proposed party outfit and a couple of more everyday combinations I've been toying with (no worries, Debbiek, both white and blue denim jackets figure in my plans). :)</p> <p>Thanks again for everything, ladies! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item/page/2#post-349486 Sat, 14 May 2011 00:44:05 +0000 Heather 349486@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Michelle: This is perfect. It is true; Angie definitely did it again. I hope you feel incredible in it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item/page/2#post-349416 Fri, 13 May 2011 22:38:06 +0000 lynn 349416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, this is fabulous on you! Go to your function and have a great time! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item/page/2#post-349361 Fri, 13 May 2011 20:44:15 +0000 san 349361@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're a knockout Michelle. This dress is amazing on you and the colors are cool like a cool summer breeze.<br /> It looks like a couple of stitches at the opening will cure any gaping.<br /> I would try a milky white clutch with this dress when you feel like mixing it up. The possibilities are endless.<br /> Enjoy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item/page/2#post-349325 Fri, 13 May 2011 20:10:38 +0000 Lisa 349325@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lot's of great advice here, just adding another you look just lovely in this dress. I think it dresses up nicely with your silver accessories here and would also look great dressed down with ballet flats and a jean jacket too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item/page/2#post-349300 Fri, 13 May 2011 19:17:49 +0000 Inge 349300@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I voted yes without hesitation. I think you are one of those lucky lasses that rock both straight and fit and flare dresses equally well. These are two very different silhouettes and I realise it's really a matter of personal taste, but I for one love how you look in both styles. This particular dress looks very elegant and the colours are so lovely. The neckline is very flattering (having it tailored a little might be the handiest solution, then you can go without a cami) and I think you'll love wearing it all through Spring and Summer. You can totally dress it up and down, very versatile. Can't wait to see more outfits with this! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item/page/2#post-349233 Fri, 13 May 2011 18:39:13 +0000 Auburn 349233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So beautiful, Michelle!<br /> I think this will be so fun to wear in so many different ways--to dressy occasions (as you've styled here) or to a fab lunch or another more casual setting with a light jacket/sweater and sandals.<br /> It simply looks like it as made for you and I can't wait to see you style it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item/page/2#post-349090 Fri, 13 May 2011 15:03:09 +0000 Debbie 349090@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this dress on you. Sometime we just have to step outside the box and try new things in our style journey. You will look beautiful at your industry event.<br /> Please try this dress with a jean jacket too. I loved to see how it translate casually. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-349031 Fri, 13 May 2011 12:29:47 +0000 anna 349031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Everyone else have already said it so well but I just wanted to chime in and say I love the color combination on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-349028 Fri, 13 May 2011 12:10:37 +0000 Michelle 349028@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you so much for all the great descriptions and feedback, ladies! I will run to my seamstress tomorrow morning and beg for a quick alteration -- there's an optional industry function next week, and with this dress in hand I just might go now. Thank you Angie!!</p> <p>Renata: for the record, I wanted a fit and flare dress not because it's trendy but because I've always liked the style. Dresses with more ease through the skirt tend to feel better on me, and while this skirt is flared more than some I own, I'm quite alright with that. I very much enjoy having a variety of silhouettes at my disposal, and the two dresses you linked to are definite favourites (great memory, btw)! Angie is the number one proponent of dressing for your body type and style rather than dressing to please the trendsetters, so I have complete confidence in her choice. That said, I appreciate your honesty on this question and thank you for being so detailed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-349026 Fri, 13 May 2011 12:00:03 +0000 Patty 349026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes she done did it again!!!<br /> And the descriptions are bang on---fantastic dress for you Michelle!<br /> How nice of the store owner to take your pic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-349025 Fri, 13 May 2011 11:42:54 +0000 chouette22 349025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this dress - it is one of my favorites on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348993 Fri, 13 May 2011 07:44:06 +0000 Scarlet 348993@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The dress looks perfect to me--once you get the minor gaping sorted out. I think how much you can dress it up or down depends on the material, but fit and colorwise it looks great with these accessories. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348946 Fri, 13 May 2011 04:54:50 +0000 Steph 348946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Michelle, I think that this dress is beautiful on you! (I also love the dresses that Renata posted--your cobalt blue dress and your black and white polka dot dress, but I think you are fantastic in this style as well.)</p> <p>I also agree that the alteration should be really easy. Looking at the photos, I actually wonder if the seamstress would just be able to take up the shoulder straps slightly--it looked like the top might have enough room to allow for that. If not, it should be simple to just close up the neckline slightly. Another idea--do you have any bras that don't come up quite as high in the center? Only the tiniest part of your bra is showing, so a bra that is just a little lower cut, you should be able to wear the dress without a problem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348941 Fri, 13 May 2011 04:49:39 +0000 Arya 348941@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Michelle, you look wonderful in this dress! Here's my detailed description of the pattern and colors:</p> <p>It looks like an impressionist watercolor painting with a floral theme. No specific petals, per se. Instead it looks like big, broad brushstrokes placed to evoke the shape of a flower. It has undefined lines. As for color, there are purples in the shades of my lilac bush (light to dark), blue-greens (ranging from paler than sky blue to a deep teal) and a smaller amount of light green strokes throughout, which evoke leaves. It is densely packed, so there doesn't seem to be a background color. From what I can tell the lightest color is the light blue, but mostly the dress is the other colors/shades listed above. The overall effect makes me feel like I'm floating while looking through a waterfall at some sort of beautiful, flowering tree. Stunning! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348940 Fri, 13 May 2011 04:46:52 +0000 Misia 348940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I shop for clothes I look at the shape of the clothing and see if it will flatter my figure first, I don't do trends just because that's the going thing!<br /> And that's how I give my honest opinions that are based on that first, I see I'm in minority here.<br /> Here are a couple of dresses that I LOVE on you: </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348937 Fri, 13 May 2011 04:28:25 +0000 marianna 348937@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous!!! We have that dress at my Nordies so I've seen it in person too. It is stunning and even more stunning on beautiful you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348917 Fri, 13 May 2011 03:45:21 +0000 Anonymous 348917@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOVE the colors, LOVE the style. You look amazing in this dress! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348914 Fri, 13 May 2011 03:36:54 +0000 Angie 348914@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also meant to add that you have a midi!</p> <p>To Renata's point, you look fabulous in straight sheath dresses too! Good thing you have those already. Now it's time to rock another trend - which you are, first class </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348913 Fri, 13 May 2011 03:34:32 +0000 Vani 348913@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>SO, so gorgeous!!! You look beautiful Michelle. I love how everything about this dress - cut, color and fabric - is so versatile. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348908 Fri, 13 May 2011 03:31:01 +0000 Kyle 348908@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Soooooooo pretty! Gorgeous palette. Fresh and modern. Yum. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348897 Fri, 13 May 2011 03:21:24 +0000 Alecia 348897@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love it! I think the way you styled it is very nice. I could also see it dressed down. I predict it will be a workhorse. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348850 Fri, 13 May 2011 02:52:40 +0000 kellygirl 348850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Goodness, it's fab! I love it. What a perfect spring frock. It's amazing on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348812 Fri, 13 May 2011 02:28:24 +0000 rosee 348812@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very pretty Michelle, congratulations! Very versatile, dress up (nice stylings!!) or dressed down a little (like Maya said). I would get it altered so that it fits perfectly -- why bother with a cami, a perfect-fitting dress is much better.<br /> Nice work, Angie! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348791 Fri, 13 May 2011 02:08:01 +0000 celia 348791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Michelle this is out of this world. It looks like it was made for you. I would take it to the seamstress because the neckline is very feminine and it would be a shame to visually alter it with a cami underneath.<br /> Angie did it again. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348789 Fri, 13 May 2011 02:06:30 +0000 Sharon 348789@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So pretty!<br /> Mary K has described it well, and I agree with the description of the print as being slightly impressionistic.<br /> I agree that a little stitch would secure the neckline.<br /> I think this could be dressed up or down, although I don't think you could make it casual-casual.<br /> I vote a great big YAY. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348785 Fri, 13 May 2011 02:01:23 +0000 Angie 348785@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*blushing* (thanks for entertaining my suggestion). </p> <p>KILLER. It's just perfect in every way, Michelle. I'm thrilled!!! You are *on-trend*, girl friend. </p> <p>Have the front altered a little so that you don't need to wear a camisole. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348778 Fri, 13 May 2011 01:56:13 +0000 Reneeb 348778@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this dress on you Michelle the colors are so pretty. I agree with the others about the neckline easy fix and it would not be a deal breaker. I like the way the dress fits and how you have styled it. Hope Angie approves. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348748 Fri, 13 May 2011 01:06:03 +0000 MNsara 348748@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Michelle - you look beautiful in this and it is a gorgeous dress!</p> <p>For the cleavage issue, I usually resort to the safety pin trick like Kari, but they sometimes come unpinned (somehow), or flip sideways so they might show to someone up close. You may feel more secure having the overlap tacked down in its most perfect position.</p> <p>Even though this dress isn't really 'casual', I can see it being dressed down just a bit with a *very* cropped white denim jacket - especially if the sleeves are scrunched up or turned back. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/has-angie-done-it-again-and-found-me-another-great-wardrobe-item#post-348746 Fri, 13 May 2011 01:01:13 +0000 Misia 348746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IMHO I would like to see you in dresses with less volume, less tent like. I'm hoping Angie points out why she like these shapes of dresses on you, because I can see you in more tapered styles hugging your lower gorgeous full figure body. </p>