https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:32:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2113635 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 11:20:35 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2113635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Gigi! Those skinnies are sure polarizing. I wonder if opinions when I wear them are as varied. </p> <p>Jenni, thanks for the compliment on the shorts outfit. If “mom jeans” actually meant jeans for a middle-aged mom”, I’d agree. But it’s a pejorative, meant to put down the fashion sensibility of “moms”. When it warms up a bit, I’ll give them a spin &amp; see what I, and the forum, think. </p> <p>Cee, he’s a goofball! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2113602 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 04:00:40 +0000 Cee 2113602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your son has a great sense of humour </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2113601 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 03:49:50 +0000 Jenni NZ 2113601@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It’s good to see you! I think you’re looking amazing in the shorts outfit.<br /> I find the chinos too big with the pink pants a good size.<br /> Does it really matter if the denim shorts are “Mom shorts”? I mean you are a middle-aged Mom, and also as you say “Mom” cuts are more fashionable at the moment anyway?<br /> I remember my DD2 being quite critical of my clothing when she was a teenager. Mind you, I may have gained quite a lot more fashion knowledge since then since she is now 26. However she has also become kinder with adulthood </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2113579 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:58:06 +0000 Gigi 2113579@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite of all of these is the skinnies in no. 2. Those fit fantastic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112523 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 13:45:09 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2112523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Shevia! What I read out of my son’s descriptions is:</p> <p>•he finds the cut of the jeans shorts problematic. I used to wear them, when I started at YLF, before I gained too much weight. There was always very conspicuous silence about them, so he may have a point there. But if he is correct that they are “mom shorts”, then maybe they are more in style than he realizes.</p> <p>•His comments on the plaid and raspberry shorts are specifically related to the patterns, so I will ignore them, because he clearly favors much more subdued colors and patterns than I do.</p> <p>•The jury is out on the floral shorts. They were in one of my very first posts here. I sent that pic to a friend a couple months ago to say what I *don’t* want my legs to look like—skinny, with no definition. I’m slowly getting them built up. Those shorts are so full, they’re almost like a skirt. I will evaluate carefully before wearing them, to see if they highlight curves in my legs.</p> <p> So even though he is being a goofball in his descriptions, I think I can use them constructively, which is why I continue to ask for his comment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112472 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 04:06:56 +0000 Jaime 2112472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your son's descriptions are inspired! Hard to see but you look good in the shorts outfit! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112426 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:44:48 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2112426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy, with climate change, I’m not sure what to say. When we arrived in August 2018, temps were in the 90s for days. Then last year we waited for summer weather to come, and it never really did until a warm (not hot) spell in September or October. The pic of me in shorts was taken today, so I’d say yes, it is warm enough for shorts—at least for now. It was nearly 70 today, and is predicted to be that warm for several days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112419 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:20:46 +0000 Anonymous 2112419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your son’s creative critiques. Does it get warm enough where you are to need to wear shorts? I remember buying wool socks and a sweater in Germany in July to try to stay warm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112405 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 22:42:27 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2112405@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Cindysmith, dude, that's high praise coming from you!</div><div><br /></div><div>Slim cat, silly me for not understanding (out)fit!</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks Sal! My opinion of both pairs of pants is tied up in how I feel about my body right now--pleased to be slimmer, but not "skinny", not pleased at the absence of any detectable booty. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks MsMaven! I can evaluate them again in a few months, have pretty much set my birthday in August as the date I am at my "final" weight. If I can't lose 20 lb by then, I probably won't be able to lose it.<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112401 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 22:35:05 +0000 MsMaven 2112401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the pink pants too. They look like they fit fine as long as they are comfortable. If you plan on losing more weight, definitely keep them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112397 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 22:20:18 +0000 Sal 2112397@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am pleased you are feeling healthy and I like your shorts outfit.&nbsp; What a good look.</p> <p>I think the chinos are a bit big too but wearable and the pink look a good fit.&nbsp; Do you like them both? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112394 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 22:17:22 +0000 slim cat 2112394@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Fashintern - I think pink pants fit you nicely. I'm usually shy about wearing light-colored pants or jeans really fitted and like to add something loose on top - usually boyfriend shirt worn opened with tank top. Of course it's just me - you do you . Shrunken knit top plus khaki pants plus chunky sport shoes sounds like fun.<br />"Fit lab" for me means trying different ideas for styling one particular piece - "outfit lab" would be the right term to use. I apologize if that sounded confusing/misleading/strange. <br />I'm happy for you enjoying your warm ( or warm-ish&nbsp;:) ) &nbsp;weather and modeling your spring clothes - rock on ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112387 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 22:14:10 +0000 cindysmith 2112387@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aborted tablecloth fetus has to win some kind of award for creativity </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112368 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:11:53 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2112368@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For those “meeting” my son for the first time, his comments are partially my own fault. He used to try to find something nice to say about everything or to worm his way out of it when I asked his opinion. But it’s just the two of us, so sometimes I want another opinion. I make him give me explanations instead of just “no” because then I can decide (quietly, in my own head) if I agree with him or not. But the creativity is all him! </p> <p>Slim cat, the pink pants look like leggings? They are actually medium-weight denim with 3% Lycra. I’m not sure what you mean by “fit lab”. </p> <p>Toronto, lol. Such a joy at this age, aren’t they? I’ve got to say though that gingham would probably be too much for me as well. </p> <p>Kathie, the khakis were a bit distressed new—no actual holes, but a couple very roughed-up spots. Also, they’ve been folded up in a trunk, so are very rumpled. If I choose to wear any of the shorts, it will be for general life in the city, but not for work. </p> <p>Rachylou, too big. Woweeee! I got them quite a while ago, haven’t been thin enough for them ever since. I am *not* hip-hop, but I am thinking of wearing them with a “shrunken” knit top, might pair them with clunky white tennis shoes in the summer. I have another 15-20 lb to lose, so the final verdict isn’t in on the pink pants yet; my calves may get thinner. But actually, I’m taking the “calf-suckiness” as a positive sign. Last time I was close to this weight, I noticed that my legs were skinny, with no shape to them, so I’ve been trying to add muscle. I’m psyched about that little bit of quad definition in the pic of me in the shorts. So if that’s what’s making my calves bigger, I’m all for it. There is another pair of pants I got mail-order close-out no returns last year that I couldn’t wear then because they were too small on top. Now I think they’d fit up there, but I’m not sure because I can’t get them past my calves. Happy dance! (Although I was looking forward to them) </p> <p>Thanks Rebekah! Even though it’s just the two of us in this socially distanced house, it isn’t boring with my teen around. I will have to put together some outfits with the khakis and see what people think. </p> <p>Angie, good point about the angle of the pants pix. He was sitting on the floor and could barely be pressed into service pressing the shutter button. Actually standing up would’ve been way too much effort, lol. Glad to hear you like the pink skinnies. I got them before we moved here &amp; wore them quite a bit that fall, now have some blazers I thought would go with them. The high temp here today was 21 c—you would’ve frozen in shorts, I bet, but we were comfy in ours. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112326 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 19:33:52 +0000 Angie 2112326@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"like a field of raspberries threw up"..... is one for the fashion hall of fame....</p> <p>It's hard to accurately judge the fit of the chinos from that angle. The pink skinnies look good, and the shorts outfit is casually fab for a hot day.  </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112310 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:39:58 +0000 rebekahphoto 2112310@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love his descriptions! haha kids are so funny sometimes.&nbsp;<br />"like a field of raspberries threw up" lol! I agree the first pants are too big.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112307 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:35:53 +0000 rachylou 2112307@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The shorts outfit is good. I like the pink pants, but if they’re calf-sucking...</p> <p>I think the khakis are way too big. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112302 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:07:01 +0000 Kathie 2112302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fit of both pairs of pants looks good, though the khaki ones look a bit worn, and the pink ones might be a tad see-through. I’m not a good judge of shorts, since I rarely wear them myself- pretty much only for bike-riding, gardening, and walks on the beach. I’d wear any of the ones in your picture for those activities. Shorts outfit is cute! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112299 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:56:42 +0000 Helena 2112299@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol!! Well at least he's creative in his critique! My DS would just mutter 'boomer' under his breath and be done with it haha!</p> <p>I like these pieces, although I have to admit, when I wear my own gingham shorts, I do feel a bit tablecloth-y </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112295 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:35:20 +0000 slim cat 2112295@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like black&amp;white printed shorts - more interesting than traditional khaki shorts and works great with red tee and sandals.<br />The pink pants/capri could work out with a longer tops (tunics or boyfriend styles let's say ). <br />The khaki pants fit is fine - the only question is if you like that classic style and what pieces you'll wear with it? High tops with some feminine blouse, or sandals/wedges and black tank top with scarf ?.. Fit lab would be helpful. <br />Kids are always opinionated about parents' fashion choices &nbsp;:) . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/he%e2%80%99s-back-1-wiw#post-2112294 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:09:30 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2112294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Everybody’s favorite fashion critic: my son. </p> <p>I’ve been losing weight, so pulling out clothes for the season, I’m trying on shorts I haven’t worn for years. My son’s verdicts:<br /> Like a pampered, wealthy thespian girl,<br /> Mom shorts<br /> Like an aborted tablecloth fetus<br /> Like a field of raspberries threw up. </p> <p>The pants are “like a female Tim Duncan” and “stop wearing Pink Panther clothes!” (The calves on the pink ones are tight enough I might not wear them anyway) </p> <p>He deemed the shorts outfit acceptable. </p> <p>Is he right? </p>