https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 12 May 2026 21:35:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-527684 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:57:03 +0000 puffenstuff 527684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey Deb you could not look bad in anything if you tried My inner jury is out on the dress, probably a good one for around the house it looks really comfy. Where are those patterned pants from, I want some!</p> <p>P.S. cant believe you can still wear leggings in January! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-526331 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:10:30 +0000 Deborah 526331@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, cream it is until I find the perfect white pants:)</p> <p>Suz, thank you, and yes Master 8 is about to become Master 9 in exactly 12 days And thank you for the reminder as I have a birthday party to organise.</p> <p>Anna, glad you like the pants! I have tried on one two pairs recently but he pattern never seemed to work. For your info they are Threadz, a local Aussie label. I am sure you will find your perfect pair.</p> <p>Thanks Amy, we will we see you make a pair of patterned pants for your lovely self? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-526235 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:03:02 +0000 Amy 526235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the patterned pants! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-526166 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:44:09 +0000 annagybe 526166@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ACK! Those pants, those are the patterned pants I've been searching high and low for this side of the globe. So glad you're keeping them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-526164 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:40:43 +0000 Suz 526164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Somehow I am late here but wow, I am glad I stopped by! Those patterned pants are fantastic on you (as you already know) so you must ignore the adorable Master Eight on this one matter. By the way, is he soon to be Master Nine? </p> <p>LOVE the coral top, too, and it's a surprising colour for you. Both looks are great and I expect it will be wonderful with cream and white. </p> <p>The dress is of course a bit harder to see, but if you already have a similar one and know it works for you, then you know you are onto a good thing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-526154 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:22:39 +0000 Angie 526154@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Deb, tucking has it's leg lengthening advantages for sure! And cream bottoms sound just as fab </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-526137 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:07:51 +0000 Deborah 526137@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well it looks like the patterned pants are keepers Now I just have to be confident to wear them out of the house lol.</p> <p>Kirti, San &amp; Rachylou, thank you :)</p> <p>Penny, you DH sounds so funny. I find the dress/leggings combination so comfortable and cool but you still look 'dressed'. Its one of my go to forumulas as well.</p> <p>Thanks Mander, my office is pretty relaxed so I am thinking I might wear #1 to work to test it out and see how I feel.</p> <p>Shevia, my eye likes the apricot top with the black bottoms too.</p> <p>Meredith1953, thank you.</p> <p>missvee, I do have more strappy black sandals but they have quite a high heel. I will try and see how they look. They could be an option if I wore the outfit out for dinner and only had to be in my heels for a few hours.</p> <p>Shannon, thank you! I am trying to think of some other styling options for the pants.</p> <p>Jonesy, thank you. The patterned pants actually made me think of you and I was thinking back over your outfit posts to work out how to style them. I have similar thoughts to you and Queenmum about the blouse, but I do really like it. And QM I do appreicate your honesty. I think with a bit more thought, I can make it work better.</p> <p>Angie, thank you. I actually tried the top on over my cream skinny jeans and I really liked the combo (I don't have white pants). I even photographed it but forgot to post it. I can see white really making the apricot pop but do you think the cream would be ok too? Or maybe I should just bite the bullet and buy some white jeans And I can so see you in patterened pants like these. The thing I found interesting when styling them was I orginally pictured wearing a top untucked and over the pants but it really shortened me. Tucked definitely seems to create better proportions. I am considering other tops and am thinking something asymetrical that is shorter at the front and longer at the back might work??</p> <p>Mochi, thank you. I tried the blue with the top for fun but I do like how it works.</p> <p>Have a great day everyone xxx </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525559 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:47:33 +0000 Mochi 525559@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All great, clean looks. I love the pink and vibrant blue of the third pic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525553 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:39:24 +0000 Angie 525553@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it all, Deb! </p> <p>Do think that the apricot top would look best with white bottoms. </p> <p>The patterned pants are KILLER! I want a pair too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525512 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:07:44 +0000 Queen Mum 525512@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the pants and the black dress...unknotted.<br /> I'm actually not all that keen on the blouse.. I think I'm allergic to rounded necklines with added gathering. To be completely honest, I don't think it's the most youthful silhouette out there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525501 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:03:05 +0000 Heather 525501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Deborah, I am in love with your printed trousers! KEEP!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525491 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:58:55 +0000 Jonesy 525491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Master 8 is very charming, but wrong, wrong, wrong about the patterned pants! You look fab in those--keep! I also think the black dress works beautifully for you and your wardrobe. I am so-so about the peach top. On one hand I really love the color on you; on the other hand I'm not totally sold on the cut of it (particularly the 3/4 gathered sleeves and the straight bottom hem hitting where it does). Just my two cents, of course! How do you feel in it? Sounds like you love it? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525441 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:17:51 +0000 Transcona Shannon 525441@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look fantastic in the patterned pants Deborah - and wear them with such panache! Please keep. I also love the coral orange blouse with both the skinnies and the cobalt pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525426 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:50:28 +0000 missvee 525426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like all of these outfits. Agree that the dress is better untied. As for the patterned pants I might try a lighter weight shoe, ie. strappier sandal, just to see how that looked. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525410 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:12:51 +0000 Meredith1953 525410@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The pants are bold but lovely on you! Apricot top is beautiful with your hair and skin tone. I like all of it. The dress is pretty nice and you have styled it beautifully with the red accents. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525395 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:34:51 +0000 Jaime 525395@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your style. #1 is fantastic, I hope you wear it. I really like the dress, can't tell if it is better tied or not. But those leggings are super fab! The red and the black is a great combination. Also love the apricot top. Maybe I prefer it with the black jeans, but that might just be my eyes are not in summer mode yet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525359 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:39:06 +0000 Mander 525359@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I didn't expect to like them, but they look pretty elegant to me! Good for a less formal office or dinner, IMHO. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525346 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:27:32 +0000 Lantana 525346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Deborah. Fun purchases, all of them. I like the patterned pants but my guess is you"ll have to be in the right mood to wear them. It might take some time before you're comfortable with them. Persevere, please. Looks 2&amp;3 are fail safe for summer when it's not ridiculously hot. When it is, 4&amp;5 are absolute winners. I know, because this has been my go to formula for our latest run of high 30's. I made several dresses from the same pattern and wear them with 3/4 leggings sitting at that sweet point on the calf. I love your textured ones but would not venture there; I am breaking DH into the leggings look slooowly. His first reaction was"What! Are they meant to show?" Now that is one totally unreconstructed 1950's male speaking! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525340 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:17:28 +0000 Kirti 525340@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am in love with that top! It looks lovely on you and I like the colour blocked look with the blue skinnies </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525330 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:01:49 +0000 san 525330@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All are beautiful! Your child is too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525314 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:36:47 +0000 Deborah 525314@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks MaryK, was posting same time as you :). Sometimes Master 8 proves to have a very good eye for style, however I always prefer to defer to the wisdom of my YLf sisters. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525313 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:35:46 +0000 rachylou 525313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The pants are great. All of them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525311 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:34:42 +0000 Deborah 525311@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you! </p> <p>Tina, I agree the dress is better draped not tied. It's a very comfortable dress for the hot weather (I have the same one in another color already) and I find it can be dressed up or down quite easily.</p> <p>Una, thank you, I was quite anxious about posting the pants as it's a quite an "out there" look for me but I am determined to try new things. My Master 8 has some very strong opinions and is always happy to voice them lol.</p> <p>Thans mamaKate. And yes that is Master 8 in the photo..I forgot to crop it. He is very au fait with YLF and often asks if Angie has posted a new outfit and then like to have a look!! He told me he thinks she is very beautiful:)</p> <p>Firecracker, I will have a play with some necklaces and try something shorter.</p> <p>Jayne, trust me there was a time pre YLF when I would NEVER have tried patterned pants!</p> <p>I am keen to wear #1 to work tomorrow bit I can only imagine what hubby is going to say when he sees them. I suspect his response may be similar to Master 8 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525309 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:28:50 +0000 MsMary 525309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You MUST keep the patterned pants! Master 8 is adorable but don't take fashion advice from him -- you look AMAZING in #1!!</p> <p>Love 2 and 3, too! Also like 4 and 5 with a slight preference for 4. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525297 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:00:35 +0000 jayne 525297@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love how you styled the pants! a perfect combo in my eyes...I won't even dare such pants!</p> <p>the shirt seemed pretty but volumous, loved the combo with blue and would not add much more as this seemed striking</p> <p>also thought the dress should not be tied, and it looked best to me with the black necklace... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525290 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:50:20 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 525290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love all the outfits on you. The pants are fun, and I really, really like them with that jacket. To me, the proportions look perfect. I might go with a shorter necklace, as the pendant seems to compete with the belt. Otherwise super. I like the coral top with the blue skinnies as well as the black! The dress and leggings with those pops of red are stunning, too. I like the dress both ways, tied and loose. You carry off the length and volume well! You look casually elegant. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525286 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:46:23 +0000 mamaKate 525286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>pants and top KEEP<br /> dress not sure<br /> is that Master 8 in the photo? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525285 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:43:44 +0000 catgirl 525285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOVE the pants and both breezy blouse looks! The dress is hard to see - can we get a close-up? I'm having a hard time seeing how it fits and what the style is...</p> <p>Cracking up about Master 8! I have one of those too - he'd like me to be in pink dresses and heels at all times. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525284 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:42:43 +0000 Tina 525284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow! You look so stylish. 1-3 are keepers in my book, love all 3. The knot in the front in #4 seems to add volume, does it feel that way to you? I really like #5 as well, the red flats are a perfect touch. I have to remind myself that it is warm where you are:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-i-lost-the-plot#post-525281 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:35:32 +0000 Deborah 525281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Stylish Ladies,</p> <p>Some new purchases that I would like to run past you.</p> <p>#1 Patterned pants!! Totally out of my comfort zone. They are kind of slouchy and are very comfortable. This is my fist attempt at styling them. Master 8 thinks they are awful (he might be right?!)</p> <p>#2 &amp; #3 Is a breezy blouse in Apricot. The color is much more vibrant in real life. I like it over black pants and just tried it with my blue skinnies for fun.</p> <p>#4 &amp; #5 is a black asymetrical hem dress worn with leggings. 4 has the dress tied at the front and 5 is with it hanging loose. And I am sorry I know its hard to really see the dress... I am still struggling to photgraph black well.</p> <p>Styling is at a minimum here and accessories have not been well thought out yet.</p> <p>Love to know your thoughts on these.</p> <p>xxx Deborah</p> <p>PS: forgot to crop the photos. </p>