https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:33:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1061143 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:25:42 +0000 jayne 1061143@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Snort, jack, tee hee.&nbsp; I loved that pattern too and I don't normally like them.&nbsp; You should see the scarf I bought over the weekend...my daughter says it is dragon scales....and that made me love it even more.&nbsp; WHo knew! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060996 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:59:48 +0000 Thistle 1060996@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's lovely and its fun. Sometimes it is extra fun tohave a piece that clashes just a bit with your style. And, it sounds like there might be a bit of nostalgia for your mom in it&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060993 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:57:31 +0000 Emily 1060993@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><i></i>That is a pretty print! &nbsp;The birds are quirky and fun rather than straight up busy, in my opinion. &nbsp;I think&nbsp;If it makes you happy and you wear it&nbsp;there is something about it that meshes with your style, even if it isn't a facet of your style you have articulated yet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060895 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:52:05 +0000 Alassë 1060895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Seems fine to me! And yes, I keep the occasional not-good-on-me top just because I can't quite give it up yet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060830 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:48:42 +0000 Anonymous 1060830@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can see why you love it! It is a busy print, but the colours and style of the image fit into your rubric. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060799 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:40:49 +0000 Jules 1060799@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually I don't find this particularly sweet - especially for a bird print - it's somewhat abstracted and cool! I love it too. I think you have a winner. Prints are even more special when worn sparingly (said the crazy pattern mixer...) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060750 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 07:17:45 +0000 Fruitful 1060750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love it! And I don't like many patterns either. The diagonal folds on the front add interest and show care in manufacture, rather than simply relying on the pattern for visual impact.</p> <p>Now I have to Google Angie's posts on diagonal sleeve hens and wild cards! This could be most useful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060740 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 06:23:34 +0000 Jeanie 1060740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with you about prints. &nbsp;I find them very busy and hard to wear. &nbsp;However, I am often attracted to the print simply because it is cute like these birds. &nbsp;I have made the mistake of buying a non-flattering item just because of the darling print. &nbsp;Your&nbsp;blouse is great because it has a great shape and it is a cute print. &nbsp;It's a keeper!&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060671 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:01:38 +0000 Amy 1060671@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What's not to love about colorful birds? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060664 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:47:36 +0000 Gracie 1060664@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@clearlyclaire - the thought hadn't cross my mind of doing a sleeve-ectomy... I can totally see the top without the sleeves and it looks I can easily use "Jack" – my seam ripper – on them. I'll wait for spring as the weather is getting too cool to wear this top now.</p> <p>Joy, Neel, Suz, Beth Ann and lyn*, thank you for helping justify my not purging this top. lyn* – I was wondering if this top would appeal to you </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060659 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:39:39 +0000 lyn* 1060659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I looooove that bird top and I usually don't like busy patterns either - I think a lot of the greenery is like a background colour and the patterns are really the pretty birds :3 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060653 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:28:24 +0000 Beth Ann 1060653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sometimes an "outlier item" is exactly what's needed to give a little punch to the wardrobe.&nbsp; I think the "natural" quality of the birds, and the presence of some earth tones in the pattern keep it from being too sweet.&nbsp; Most important?&nbsp; A pattern that puts a smile on your face! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060648 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:25:13 +0000 Suz 1060648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is such a great pattern! I would love it, too, and I don't do busy patterns, either. The colours are gorgeous and it feels happy.&nbsp;</p> <p>Angie calls items like this our wild card items.&nbsp;</p> <p>And she encourages us all to have at least one per season!! :-)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060647 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:22:23 +0000 Neel 1060647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok I am in love with that top! &nbsp;So cute! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060646 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:22:04 +0000 Anonymous 1060646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The sleeves have that magic diagonal line that Angie blogged about and the colors are gorgeous. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060636 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:11:55 +0000 Anonymous 1060636@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I can see why! Those are such gorgeous colors. I think it's fun to have a wild card in your wardrobe and I hereby grant you the right to keep this blouse. Maybe you can do a sleeve-ectomy on it at some point.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-don%e2%80%99t-do-busy-patterns#post-1060634 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:04:06 +0000 Gracie 1060634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pondering Angie’s post today.&nbsp; I love stripes, geometrics, abstract and subdued florals. I aim for mostly solids and minimalism I say to myself. And then I Have to Have <u>THIS</u> top.&nbsp; What gives?&nbsp; Something takes over me and I fall in love. I even have a poison eye for this little cap sleeve. My mother wears mostly busy patterns, maybe that’s why.&nbsp; I’ve worn this top a few times and have enjoyed it. Maybe some days I need to feel sweet.</p> <p>Every time I think of purging it, I reconsider and say to myself... “One more love bird and it would be ridiculous. But this amount...&nbsp; well, I think this is *just* the right amount of love birds.”&nbsp;&nbsp; :)</p> <p>Do you hang on to one item in your closet that doesn’t make any sense with your style goals? And wear it?</p>