https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-us-solve-this-fashion-oxymoron Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 04 May 2026 12:57:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-us-solve-this-fashion-oxymoron#post-846743 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:55:49 +0000 Beth Ann 846743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah! The bassoon! Only for musicians with natural gifting, that instrument! In my University, bassoonists are the most highly recruited. </p> <p>I'm glad to hear you're working on her "concert black" capsules. So many high-level instrumentalist -- including, say the Chicago Symphony Orchestra -- look positively shabby. I think they just get bored with it and think nobody notices the wrinkled collars and too-short pant lengths with faded socks.</p> <p>If only they'd let the singers show them how it's done! It's different when you have to look the audience in the face! lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-us-solve-this-fashion-oxymoron#post-846590 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:56:42 +0000 Adelfa 846590@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, Tayleigh, Sveta, Claire, Desmo, Anna, Suz, unfrumped, and Sammi--I am thrilled with all of these suggestions! This is so kind of you to take time to help us! And you have totally nailed her style, too.</p> <p>And--she plays the bassoon! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-us-solve-this-fashion-oxymoron#post-846530 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:26:43 +0000 Anonymous 846530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had fun looking at everyone's picks! Here's a few more fun options:</p> <p><a href="http://www.glassworks-studios.com/item/equipment/Heart-Print-Sheer-Silk-Shirt/eqp10020/?src=isUK&#038;Hy3bqNL2jtQ-Ld.UWusRfffaTMJetqkE_g" rel="nofollow">http://www.glassworks-studios......TMJetqkE_g</a></p> <p><a href="http://piperlime.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=64478&#038;vid=1&#038;pid=443273002" rel="nofollow">http://piperlime.gap.com/brows.....=443273002</a></p> <p><a href="http://piperlime.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=64478&#038;vid=1&#038;pid=425855002" rel="nofollow">http://piperlime.gap.com/brows.....=425855002</a></p> <p><a href="http://piperlime.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=64478&#038;vid=1&#038;pid=526701002" rel="nofollow">http://piperlime.gap.com/brows.....=526701002</a></p> <p><a href="http://piperlime.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=64474&#038;pid=551074002" rel="nofollow">http://piperlime.gap.com/brows.....=551074002</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/shirtsandtops/blouses/PRDOVR~37871/37871.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.jcrew.com/womens_ca...../37871.jsp</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-us-solve-this-fashion-oxymoron#post-846501 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:35:13 +0000 unfrumped 846501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have links, but Talbots had a black lace top- a bit boxy. I have also found various cardigans and a few knit tops with a "silk" ruffle at the neckline. Black velvet ballet neck tops here and there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-us-solve-this-fashion-oxymoron#post-846498 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:29:52 +0000 Suz 846498@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How about this one: <a href="http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/12201/en/zara-nam-S2013/358004/1050520/BLOUSE%20WITH%20TEARDROP%20OPENING%20AT%20THE%20BACK" rel="nofollow">http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs.....THE%20BACK</a></p> <p>or this: <a href="http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/12201/en/zara-nam-S2013/358004/1133516/STUDIO%20SILK%20LOOSE%20BLOUSE" rel="nofollow">http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs.....E%20BLOUSE</a></p> <p>or this: <a href="http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Petites/AT-Petite-Blouses-Tops/Petite-Split-Neck-Silk-Top/303251?colorExplode=false&#038;skuId=13195380&#038;catid=cata000026&#038;productPageType=fullPriceProducts&#038;defaultColor=1212" rel="nofollow">http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/p.....Color=1212</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-us-solve-this-fashion-oxymoron#post-846497 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:28:58 +0000 annagybe 846497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/parker-marilyn-silk-top/3443165?origin=category&#038;contextualcategoryid=0&#038;fashionColor=BLACK&#038;resultback=0&#038;pprd=0" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/pa.....038;pprd=0</a></p> <p><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/joie-devin-silk-top/3440641?origin=category&#038;contextualcategoryid=0&#038;fashionColor=CAVIAR&#038;resultback=0" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/jo.....sultback=0</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-us-solve-this-fashion-oxymoron#post-846495 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:28:24 +0000 Desmo April 846495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Have you already checked out Concert Black?<br /> <a href="http://www.concertblack.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.concertblack.com</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-us-solve-this-fashion-oxymoron#post-846491 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:21:07 +0000 Anonymous 846491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was thinking she must play the cello too, Tayleigh! Can she wear lace? The ones Sveta linked too might read as two-toned on someone with light skin. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-us-solve-this-fashion-oxymoron#post-846478 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:42:33 +0000 Sveta 846478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How about a black lace top? Lace makes it dressy and there are ones with high neck and longer sleeves like these ones:<br /> <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/topshop-lace-crop-top/3463051?origin=keywordsearch&#038;contextualcategoryid=2379676&#038;fashionColor=&#038;resultback=0" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/to.....sultback=0</a><br /> or<br /> <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/ted-baker-london-lace-top/3414819?origin=keywordsearch&#038;contextualcategoryid=2379676&#038;fashionColor=&#038;resultback=0" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/te.....sultback=0</a><br /> or <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/adrianna-papell-bishop-sleeve-lace-blouse/3409959?origin=keywordsearch&#038;contextualcategoryid=2379676&#038;fashionColor=&#038;resultback=0" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/ad.....sultback=0</a><br /> or <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/bailey-44-orientation-top/3345576?origin=keywordsearch&#038;contextualcategoryid=2379676&#038;fashionColor=&#038;resultback=0" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/ba.....sultback=0</a><br /> or <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/bobeau-lace-peplum-top/3411491?origin=keywordsearch&#038;contextualcategoryid=2379676&#038;fashionColor=BLACK&#038;resultback=0" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/bo.....sultback=0</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-us-solve-this-fashion-oxymoron#post-846470 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:30:19 +0000 tayleigh 846470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, that's a problem I haven't had to deal with for a while! When I was in orchestra I used to wear sort of a ruffly black top in a silky fabric. I'm afraid I don't really have the resources for trawling the web for options but I hope someone else here will </p> <p>(P.S. wild guess - is she a cellist?) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/help-us-solve-this-fashion-oxymoron#post-846456 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:21:48 +0000 Adelfa 846456@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My daughter is a professional musician who plays in an orchestra. She is looking for tops to wear with dressy pants to her concerts (her instrument doesn't work with skirts or dresses).</p> <p>The top must be:</p> <p>1. black<br /> 2. covered up, with sleeves to the elbow<br /> 3. dressy<br /> 4. NOT sparkly</p> <p>We were laughing that a covered up dressy top for a woman is almost an oxymoron! Plus she has sizing issues as she is a 00P. Below are some pics she sent me with these comments:</p> <p>1. sleeves too short</p> <p>2. wrong color</p> <p>3. what I DON'T want</p> <p>Any ideas would be welcome! Thanks for looking!</p> <p>ETA link for first pic as it didn't reproduce well: </p> <p><a href="http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/product/AT-Apparel/AT-Blouses-Tops/Georgette-Overlay-Short-Sleeve-Top/294377?colorExplode=false&#038;skuId=12633203&#038;catid=cata000010&#038;productPageType=fullPriceProducts&#038;defaultColor=6600" rel="nofollow">http://www.anntaylor.com/ann/p.....Color=6600</a> </p>