https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:30:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently/page/2#post-1686466 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:03:01 +0000 MsMary 1686466@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For a variety of reasons that are too boring to get into, for the past week or so I've been sleeping at Lovely Fiance's house and running home in the morning to get dressed. It definitely means I'm largely in FFBO mode, particularly given the 90-plus temps we've been having. And Suz described my chore-heavy weekend strategy lately: shorts and a top that sort of goes with the shorts!</p> <p>I'm hoping that I'll be able to move in with LF within a month or so and get back to having more time to play in the closet! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently/page/2#post-1686389 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:53:08 +0000 Astrid 1686389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's the same for me right now, even on days when I don't have the weather as an excuse. I pretty much stopped taking time for any small finishing touches (jewelry, accessoires ...). I'm just throwing on clothes that I know work together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently/page/2#post-1686327 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 05:40:56 +0000 rachylou 1686327@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have just realised I have been leaving off 'the third piece,' the finishing touch. As soon as I'm covered, I've been wandering away... I think I should wear some jewelry. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently/page/2#post-1686294 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 03:14:17 +0000 Aquamarine 1686294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It depends what I have planned. I am always neat and groomed, but if I am home for the day, I dress very casually. I work from home 80% of the time and tend to squeeze chores, cooking, etc. in between work stuff, so my outfits are practical and comfy on those days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently/page/2#post-1686291 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 02:59:28 +0000 rachylou 1686291@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ack, it's funny. I put together a whole summer capsule last year that made me very happy. But it was dresses and skirts, and I have a great desire/need to cover up more this summer. Also my neighborhood is different now. Older establishment people. Quieter. Less flash. No va voom. Although, interesting enough, my country punk fits in ok. Being an eccentric works. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1686239 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 01:21:02 +0000 Gigi 1686239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You've described me lately...not really loving getting dressed, and it's very hot here. And I am realizing that I don't have a very good summer wardrobe. The stuff I bought last year I don't like anymore, and the stuff from the year before is also yuck. Summer is one of the hardest seasons for me shopping-wise. Sigh.</p> <p>My go-tos lately have been a linen dress and a romper from Anthro, which as some have pointed out obviates having to really put together an outfit from components. I like these two items because I can wear them without a bra and not have it be too obvious or awful looking. Sorry if that's TMI!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1686015 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:39:03 +0000 rachylou 1686015@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>...And also, where is the glorious fog here! It's June. We have a phrase - June Gloom. I need it back!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1686005 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:25:40 +0000 rachylou 1686005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, gosh... that's a good deal, Angie.</p> <p>Ahem ok - my three hats: Orange, turquoise, and black/white speckle thing. That's a problem. Lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1686004 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:24:08 +0000 JAileen 1686004@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No, but it might rain in the afternoon (ten years experience on the Texas Gulf Coast.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1686002 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:19:06 +0000 rachylou 1686002@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm such a creature of habit, Angie. Probably can't avoid it entirely, but you're right. I need to get myself somehow more active and willing to do 'chores' in the evening.</p> <p>Jules - No, I don't (!)</p> <p>...Wait... peeps - if it's 100% humidity, doesn't that mean it's raining?!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685982 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:40:32 +0000 Angie 1685982@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy, can you walk when it's shady? Do you have to go out in the sun?&nbsp;</p> <p>ETA: I cover up in the sun, and wear the same hat walking Sam each day in the Spring and Summer time. How about a hat like this?&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685980 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:38:08 +0000 RoseandJoan 1685980@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sun is a rare phenomenon here, when the sunshines I try to wear my favourite clothes (all at once if I could).</p> <p>Do you have any sun protection clothing? <a href="http://www.sunprecautions.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sunprecautions.com/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685968 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:21:12 +0000 crazyone 1685968@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>BrieN, that's what I just posted about! &nbsp;Thank god for dresses, they allow me to fake diligence when I'm not wearing them in that spirit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685961 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:56:36 +0000 BrieN 1685961@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>thank goodness for dresses.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685960 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:49:15 +0000 jill58 1685960@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Linen tunics for me too. They work at home and out and about. I try to find things to wear at home that won't embarrass me if I have to answer the door. I used to wear any old thing around the house but invariably found myself leaving the house without changing and then running into everyone I know! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685957 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:42:46 +0000 Anonymous 1685957@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I'm venturing out into the sun and heat, I'm ultra-diligent about the sunscreen (SPF 50) and sometimes a hat.&nbsp; I've already had one skin cancer removed, so that was my wakeup call to be Diligent with a capital D!&nbsp; I have a good supply of light-colored cotton and linen tops, shorts, and pants to rely on.&nbsp; I try to refresh them as needed to keep my spirits up during our long hot summers.&nbsp; I've found I feel quite jaunty and mischievous when I wear one of my hats (usually a Panama). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685952 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:31:43 +0000 Cococat 1685952@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure how I would dress in 100% humidity! My hair would be a hopeless mess, that's for sure. </p> <p>I always dress diligently for work but if I'm not going to leave the house it's usually a denim skirt and tee...always long uggs and leggings in Winter. Wearing sunscreen is something I do every day no matter the weather. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685949 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:26:55 +0000 Adelfa 1685949@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I pick out an outfit (diligently) the night before. I can't think in the morning. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685946 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:25:16 +0000 JAileen 1685946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Relentlessly sunny? I've described our summers with those EXACT words. We're supposed to get over 100F this week. Yuck! </p> <p>In summer I shower at night. It helps me get to sleep. In the morning I wash my face and start putting on sunscreen. I've started using these two. The one on the left for my face, and the other one I put on the back of my neck, chest, arms, legs, and hands, especially. My makeup used to have SPF, but at some point it stopped, and I didn't realize it. I've been very diligent since seeing that picture of the trucker who had such terrible sun damage. The other reason I shower at night is to wash off all the sunscreen before bed.</p> <p>I bought several pairs of shorts and crops at Kohl's this spring. They're all Lee. They were fairly inexpensive and seem fine. I also like sleeveless tops. I bought a bunch of Eddie Bauer sleeveless boatneck tops. They were an Angie pick. They look kind of feminine and aren't lowcut. Add sandals or sneakers and a hat. If I'm going to be out for awhile, such as dog walking, I wear my Tilley hat, with a brim all the way around. That's my summer uniform.</p> <p>When I went down to see my mother last week after her fall, in the morning it was foggy. GLORIOUSLY foggy!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685930 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:10:10 +0000 Angie 1685930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I dress VERY DILIGENTLY each day. And it doesn't matter what the dress code is, or how grotty I feel.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685926 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:07:47 +0000 Beth Ann 1685926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It was 100% humidity this morning, according to my weather app. &nbsp;And it was sunny. &nbsp;It' will be in the 90's today, which won't be too bad if we can halve the humidity! &nbsp;I need to plant my new flowers, but I'm thinking up reasons to postpone it til tomorrow -- when the high will be a blissful 80!</p> <p>As for clothes -- I rely on sleeveless tops and tunics in great prints, woven and knit. &nbsp;Prints hide sweat and create interest. &nbsp;I don't like shorts on me, so I'm wearing mostly crop pants (white, denim, black) and have several pairs of athleisure cropped pants that move from lounge to casual wear out. &nbsp;I have 4 pairs of these, and they dry quickly, which means I can avoid a laundry pile up. For some reason, I'm not wearing dresses and skirts much at the moment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685918 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:44:54 +0000 Anonymous 1685918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very hot here. The comfort index was 115F much of yesterday. I always put on something first thing to get a cuppa from the kitchen as we have not put window coverings on our kitchen windows except plants and I don't own lounge clothes. I plan to spend today in the basement decluttering where it is cooler. I'm wearing light blue ankle pants and a navy tank top, gold loafers and gold earrings. If I need to cover up more, I'll toss on a light blue or navy linen cardigan.<br /> I'm considering buying shorts for the first time in years but probably won't. What I need is a cool house dress for hot cleaning days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685917 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:43:06 +0000 Suz 1685917@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I'm staying home, it's shorts and a top that sort of goes with the shorts. I hope.&nbsp;</p> <p>If I go out, I get more diligent about it. Shoes to bottom to top and hat and sunscreen and shades.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685907 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:15:13 +0000 Mochi 1685907@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your system's about it for me, Rachy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685898 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:02:24 +0000 Jaime 1685898@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not as diligently as I put on sunscreen and a hat. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685894 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:57:59 +0000 Meredith 1685894@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I'm a complete mess these last few weeks. Seriously thinking of issuing a "wear real clothes" challenge to myself to force me to dress decently. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685884 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:31:13 +0000 El Cee 1685884@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tend to depend on certain FFBO's and silhouettes once the extreme heat hits… especially on my very casual work-from-home days. I can get more creative with my outfits for evening and weekend activities such as meals out with friends or date nights with hubby. I do not enjoy dressing for summer days as much as I do for other seasons, but I try to make the best of it.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685880 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:15:54 +0000 Staysfit 1685880@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just found a sunscreen I love that doesn't smell or burn. Copper tone Sensitive Skin with naturally sourced zinc oxide, SPF 50. I am putting it on daily before my walk with my neighbor. For the walk I wear gear, and my visor, then I do Pilates at home.</p> <p>It's hot here so it's dress weather. After my workout and shower it's more sunscreen. Grab a dress and sandals. Big hoop earrings. Minimal Make-up. Done. </p> <p> Floppy Sun hat optional. It depends where I'm going for the day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685820 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 07:22:20 +0000 Barbara Diane 1685820@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On hot days, my jewelry is my third piece. Or if I'm in a sundress, my second. And if I'm not leaving the house, well, today I'm wearing long jean shorts and a Laurel Birch Cat t-shirt.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-diligently#post-1685817 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 07:16:02 +0000 rachylou 1685817@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol, you guys. I just wandered out for the last dog walk in sweats, winter socks, old lady slip ons, old puffy and beanie. Didn't put Lilypup on her string either. Pretty much look like a vagrant. It's now chilly after all that sun and too close to bedtime...</p> <p>Ok, but fooey - I did have on sunscreen! Pure chemical block tho. I think maybe that's not good enough. </p>