https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 19 May 2026 20:29:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or/page/2#post-1631801 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 01:00:02 +0000 rabbit 1631801@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd at least try on anything in the picture with a pointy-toe and no heel &nbsp;or a block heel. &nbsp;But I have a weakness for black and white shoes... &nbsp;Also those yellow and black ones. &nbsp;But they have always been far out of my price range.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or/page/2#post-1631714 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:41:33 +0000 Aziraphale 1631714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've got those red Operetta booties too, Diana. I still wear them quite often, and they still draw compliments. They are good all-day walking heels (one of the only pairs of heels I have that are all-day walking shoes!).</p> <p>I perused the website out of curiosity -- I have to admit that these are pretty cool, and I'd consider them if I hadn't bought very similar sandal-boots last year: </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or/page/2#post-1631633 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 19:48:26 +0000 Diana 1631633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven't looked at Fluevog for a while. My gmail seems to think their emails are spam so I almost never see them in my inbox. ;)&nbsp; I've always run hot and cold on their styles - I either love them for their weirdness or think they are super ugly - so I think your response is normal.&nbsp; You know, I'd start to worry if I didn't get some kind of visceral love-it-or-hate-it reaction from Fluevog, because then I'd think they were slipping.&nbsp; (Kinda like allsaints these days, most of it is just meh, when in the past it was all weird-ugly or weird-fantastic.)&nbsp; </p> <p>Both my pairs are quite old - I have red Operetta booties and the navy Dankes that I bought from Janet.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631567 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:46:23 +0000 Suz 1631567@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Listen to Gaylene. You would think she was the most doddering oldster out there. In fact, she is an incredibly vibrant and YOUTHFUL person who -- I probably should not say this -- looks at least a decade younger than her age. So there.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Fluevogs this year are on the weirder side and your tastes are also shifting because they're not completely out of their normal range. If normal has any meaning... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631555 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:40:42 +0000 Anonymous 1631555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol, Rachy. I know I know. I'm not a true fluevogger, I don't think.<br /> I do really like gaylene and KL's choices too and Lisap's new ones. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631553 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:38:43 +0000 rachylou 1631553@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those are too normal to be Fluevog... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631549 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:31:29 +0000 Anonymous 1631549@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It IS fun to go though their site :)<br /> I found these clogs for me </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631539 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:18:07 +0000 Sara L. 1631539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like to look at their shoes but I'm not sure I would actually wear them.&nbsp; It's like looking at art.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631533 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:57:25 +0000 Aziraphale 1631533@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaylene: Those dusty white short boots ARE very cute, and not clownish at all. :-)&nbsp;</p> <p>They always have a few things I like. It's just that lately, the ones I don't like, I <i>really</i> don't&nbsp;like!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631532 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:56:09 +0000 JAileen 1631532@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've thought they were fun looking. The color combinations were kind of weird sometimes, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631527 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:46:20 +0000 Gaylene 1631527@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, and now, I'm ogling these flats. Obviously, I'm a weird senior... they may not let me into any respectable home for the elderly... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631522 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:35:06 +0000 Anonymous 1631522@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I totally love the skull buckled ones, except for that toe - I just can't with that. &nbsp;Funny how we all respond so differently to the little details.....</p> <p>And runners by hasbro guys on methamphetamines? &nbsp;I love that &nbsp;yay for crazy runners!!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631516 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:31:40 +0000 Gaylene 1631516@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually, I've found more to like in this season's collection, so you are not alone, Lisa! :)</p> <p>I've been a Fluevog fan for decades ( bought my first pair waaaaaay back in the 70s!), but found the relentless "grannie" vibe of the 90s and early 2000s rather tiresome. In contrast, the more graphic black and white looks I'm seeing these days really appeal to me. Those Andersons (pictured last) found their way into my closet recently and have become my favorite spring boot--and I'm seriously contemplating those heels in #3!</p> <p>But I agree the emails are annoying--as are the weird attempts at "humor" which accompany their mail orders.</p> <p>ETA: Aw, Lisa, I'm disappointed that you were kidding! But, to me, that's why I've always had such a soft spot for Fluevogs. They are such an idiosyncratic choice--my "love it!" Is likely to be another person's "yikes, what an ugly shoe". If you happen to see another person in the same Fluevog shoe you are wearing, it's like meeting a sole mate (pun intended!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631511 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:26:07 +0000 Aziraphale 1631511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ginger: your suspicions are correct. The heel on that otherwise retro-cute grey-green shoe is extremely strange. </p> <p>Una: I quite like the skull-buckle ones you posted -- but as you know, I have a weak spot for that funny Swordfish toe point. Er, and skulls. :-)</p> <p>KL: the grey floral print is, I agree, very nice. They actually made a nice colourful one too a few seasons back, and it's still going strong -- they've been using florals in a lot of their shoes.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631510 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:25:58 +0000 Keix 1631510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loved the mint fairytale pair in the top right corner. In person though the heel is a plastic sky blue, kind of garish. There are a few different styles I saw in a lovely neutral floral print (see Find below) that I would have considered buying if they'd come in my size in store, but I'm not willing to order sight unseen at Fluevog's typical prices. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631508 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:24:28 +0000 Aziraphale 1631508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ohhhhh OK Lisa. Lol. (It's just that I remember a conversation we had about running shoe design and how I thought it looked like they were all &nbsp;done by Hasbro employees on methamphetamines, and then you said you bought and liked a particularly rainbow-y pair). :-)</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631507 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:20:05 +0000 catgirl 1631507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HAHA!&nbsp; I knew Lisa was being facetious... Although someone could surely rock those shoes.</p> <p>I really like these - the buckles is made of skulls.</p> <a href="https://www.fluevog.com/shop/4677-sinead-black?item=1&amp;of=4&amp;anchor=true" rel="nofollow">https://www.fluevog.com/shop/4.....nchor=true</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631505 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:19:05 +0000 Anonymous 1631505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I WAS KIDDING !! &nbsp;Please feel free to increase my meds if you ever seen me in those shoes:)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631502 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:15:48 +0000 Anonymous 1631502@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! The ones in the upper left corner of the photo (white with double buckles) are the same ones Duckie wore in "Pretty in Pink"! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631501 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:15:35 +0000 Ginger 1631501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I haven't kept up with the brand, but this is definitely not what I used to see. The non-stompies have always been too cartoony or too fairytale for me so I've never gotten into them.&nbsp; I've never thought them ugly.&nbsp; But I'm not sure what to make of this set! The gray-green heels in the upper right look nice, although the heel is hidden and I'm suspicious. And objectively I like the two-tone lace up in the center, though I wouldn't use those colors.&nbsp; That's all that remotely appeals to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631490 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:06:57 +0000 Aziraphale 1631490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's true what you all say about how they alway had "eccentric" shoes -- it's just that I think their brand of eccentric is changing. It used to be more in line with my taste.</p> <p>ETA It's probably also true that what one person thinks is "awesome-weird" is what another one thinks of as "ugly-weird". ;-)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631487 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:05:52 +0000 Anonymous 1631487@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ETA: It seems like we're all picking different favorites from this brand! Maybe it has a little something for everyone </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631483 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:03:28 +0000 Janet 1631483@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can relate. I still have one pair left -- I sold the other two I had collected a few years back. I still have my low-heeled black pointy-toed boots, but they have limited use for me -- with bootcut jeans only. I see a couple in your photo that I like, but nothing I'd be inclined to shell out money for at this stage in my style evolution. My tastes have become more streamlined.</p> <p>Oops, correction. I have two pairs left! One black ankle bootie with pointy toes, a nicely fitted ankle, and the old thin curvy 3" heel -- they look good with skirts and dresses. I still get compliments on them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631482 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:02:57 +0000 Anonymous 1631482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know. There are quite a few eccentric shoes, but I'm thinking it's always been like that.</p> <p>One particular style I really like are the Angel's (my 90's alternative to Docs) but they're not offered in basic black which is just so weird, since this style is one of their classics.</p> <p>I do like a lot of their stompy-er boots, if they're offered in black. They have some plain chelseys that seem like a nice alternative to Blundstones.</p> <p>But their heels have a definite fairytale style to them that I really can't wear.</p> <p>Love their sales and their quality is astonishingly good, so I still highly recommend them.</p> <p>All in all though, I'm the same as you Aziraphale: There are really only about 3 or 4 styles out of the hundreds that I actually like. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631478 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:00:59 +0000 catgirl 1631478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually like the grey ones with the strap.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631475 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:57:56 +0000 Anonymous 1631475@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have one pair, but that was a bit of a fluke. I do not go out of my way to &nbsp;even look at them in stores. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631473 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:56:56 +0000 Aziraphale 1631473@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@LisaP: Oh s**t. Inserting foot into mouth. </p> <p>Well, my loss is your gain!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631470 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:56:27 +0000 Anonymous 1631470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They are definitely not subtle shoes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631469 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:55:46 +0000 Anonymous 1631469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just ordered the perforated pink ones with the curved heel and aqua bottoms &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/have-my-tastes-changed-or#post-1631466 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:52:45 +0000 Aziraphale 1631466@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I still wear and love a lot of mine. Some get limited wear, it's true, because they are dressier than my everyday life allows -- but a lot of Fluevog's older stuff had a 1920s vibe that I still really like. Or a Victorian granny boot vibe. Those aren't having a moment right now, but I still adore them.</p> <p>I do wear my Swordfish boots (shown below) every second day, it feels like. They are weird but amazingly seem to work with a lot of my bottoms. And I wear the BBC brown work boots a lot. I still like the red Operettas too. </p> <p>Angie, Una -- you're right, my taste definitely skews sleeker than before.</p>