https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:57:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1143172 Sat, 18 Jan 2014 21:39:57 +0000 Lisa 1143172@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am no help with the vest, but it's a great piece.&nbsp; And I'm nodding my head in agreement, I want to purchase every warm item I see because we have at least 2 more months of cold weather in sight and the warm clothes are already moving out of stores. Boo! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1143168 Sat, 18 Jan 2014 21:37:25 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1143168@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a pretty basic shape. Why not contact a local seamstress/dressmaker and see if they could make one for you? The key would be to find the right faux fur fabric, but I've seen a lot of it in the fabric stores recently since these vests have been popular. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1142699 Sat, 18 Jan 2014 04:13:45 +0000 April 1142699@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know, Anna, and this makes me crazy. &nbsp;It's going to be seriously cold on the East coast for at least two more months, yet all we can buy at the end of January&nbsp;is bathing suits. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1142675 Sat, 18 Jan 2014 03:56:29 +0000 annagybe 1142675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you missed the boat this season.&nbsp;Unless you find dregs of the sales.&nbsp;<br />Resort is coming into the stores. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1142670 Sat, 18 Jan 2014 03:50:54 +0000 April 1142670@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, Thistle -- lots of beautiful things on that site. &nbsp;Really nice. &nbsp;Thank you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1142174 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:57:01 +0000 Thistle 1142174@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No help here, but hoping you find your vest!</p> <p>Have you ever checked this place out? I had bought my sister a few things there on deep sale years ago that she still loves and wears: <a href="http://fabulousfurs.com/ladies-faux-fur-animal-print-fashion/c/women/" rel="nofollow">http://fabulousfurs.com/ladies.....n/c/women/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1142159 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:51:29 +0000 DonnaF 1142159@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would think it would be just as easy (or maybe easier) for a seamstress to make a faux fur vest from scratch. . .The zippered pockets would add to the time/expense.</p> <p>I bought my faux fur vest at a thrift store a couple of years ago.&nbsp; Not 100% of what I wanted since it has a collar and I would prefer collarless, but close enough. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1142139 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:43:19 +0000 Suzanne (ambergreen) 1142139@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks April. :)&nbsp; You know, I don't know if those things are still happening...as someone newer to the Portland, OR area and knowing how...politically-oriented a lot of people can be about certain personal choices having to do with animal products, I wasn't really sure how anyone would react.</p> <p>And yes, NY in the cold is going to be *the* place for furs in the US, for all the reasons. As a former east coaster (who umm...remembers the old Flemington Furs building in New Jersey even) I probably wouldn't think twice about wearing this coat (and my even older vintage real one) there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1142108 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:21:56 +0000 April 1142108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never had any fake (or real) fur. Is that ketchup-throwing thing still really happening? When it gets bitterly cold, I see a lot of (real) fur coats in New York. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1142095 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:13:21 +0000 Suzanne (ambergreen) 1142095@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@ruthe, I have a vintage 70s faux fur coat that I have the same feelings about whenever I consider wearing it. I have worn it several times and tend to get compliments so far instead of adverse reactions, but you never know. Even when I hear nice things, though, I always respond, "It's fake!"</p> <p>I almost wish it looked faker... I mean, *I* know it's fake, <i>and </i>that it's vintage, but...it's brown, and it clearly is supposed to look sort of real. So yeah.</p> <p>(I would be much more OK with ketchup than paint, though!)</p> <p>*</p> <p>Ladies: How have others responded to fake fur that isn't obviously fake in your fashion lives? Or do you make sure your fakes look fake? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1140738 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:57:29 +0000 April 1140738@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, boo. &nbsp;</p> <p>Seamstress says the pockets would make it impossible to scale this down as much as it would need. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1140715 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:01:31 +0000 ruthe 1140715@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That particular vest looks nice. Wish I could help you out. I always thought I wanted a faux fur vest and so bought one. I've never worn it. Maybe because it looks too real and I'd hate for someone to throw ketchup on me </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1140706 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:51:59 +0000 TraceyLiz65 1140706@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My first celebration gift to myself&nbsp;&nbsp;on my weight loss journey was a faux fur vest! &nbsp;This one is lovely , so crossing my fingers your seamstress can work magic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1140687 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:27:42 +0000 April 1140687@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>After years of thinking that faux fur was too "cave wear" for me, I got a little fixated on it after seeing Una's cool variations. &nbsp;</p> <p>Um, thanks a lot, Una. &nbsp;;) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1140685 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:27:04 +0000 rute 1140685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loved furry vests, I had 3 during 3 years, but this year I feel that this piece is no longer on trend, we still see it on stores (much less than 2 years ago). I would think first, is it something you really love and will wear no matter what?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1140665 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:16:32 +0000 viva 1140665@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is a very streamlined one -- I would wear it, and I only wear faux fur in my dreams, really. I hope you work it out! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1140662 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:14:16 +0000 Anonymous 1140662@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Faux fur seems to be getting more pricey. There was a morning news feature on national TV yesterday that had two faux fur coats. There was a game of guessing which was the expensive one? It was said that quality is improving and more designers are using it recently. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1140619 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:23:43 +0000 Anonymous 1140619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>April, I think it should be possible to be taken in. I notice it doesn't say if it's lined, so I assume not, therefore the side seams should be visible. If it is lined then the lining can be unpicked a little to get inside. Hope she can do it for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1140616 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:20:53 +0000 Neel 1140616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's one cool fur vest!! Love the cut and the color!! I wish your super seamstress could do something. Fingers crossed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1140573 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 12:35:28 +0000 April 1140573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a really talented seamstress right around the corner (the kind that remakes wedding dresses and complicated things like that) but I don't know if this kind of garment could be scaled down so much. &nbsp;</p> <p>Any thoughts from our sewists? </p> <p></p> <p>ETA: &nbsp;I just emailed photos to my seamstress to see what she thinks.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1140565 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 12:11:13 +0000 Aquamarine 1140565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, it's refined and not too "out there"...LOL "streetwalker". Good luck in your search. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1140563 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:55:29 +0000 Anonymous 1140563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm afraid you're preaching to the converted! I adore anything furry! That's a great vest and looks modern to my eye. Sorry to be such an enabler </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-me-with-faux-fur-obsession#post-1140562 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:51:54 +0000 April 1140562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I realize that faux fur vests have been around for quite a while, but I started really, really wanting one when I saw this from Club Monaco: &nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.shopbop.com/natasha-faux-fur-vest-club/vp/v=1/1580785980.htm">http://www.shopbop.com/natasha.....785980.htm</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Naturally, I didn't spot it until they were out of everything but L, and I think I would need an XS. &nbsp;</p> <p>But it has everything I would want in such a garment. &nbsp;</p> <p>-- not too shaggy<br />-- not too oversized and blocky<br />-- subtle,beautiful color,&nbsp;not a hectic pattern like tiger or zebra<br />-- not too, shall we say, streetwalker</p> <p>Has anyone seen anything meeting those criteria that's available in S or XS? &nbsp;</p> <p>I loved <a rel="nofollow" href="http://http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/eliza-j-faux-fur-capelet/3629224?origin=keywordsearch-personalizedsort&amp;contextualcategoryid=60136226&amp;fashionColor=&amp;resultback=586&amp;cm_sp=personalizedsort-_-searchresults-_-1_2_C">Una's capelet</a>&nbsp;but am thinking that the drop-dead glamor of such a thing might limit its use for me. &nbsp;A vest would probably be more practical. &nbsp;</p> <p> </p>