https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:49:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965493 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 22:34:51 +0000 shiny 1965493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it.</p> <p>I'm envious you can rock so many different looks. Have you ever considered a career in modeling or acting?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965440 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 19:37:08 +0000 Anonymous 1965440@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not sure. I think if the wig bit had some blonde hilights it would tie it all together more. But enjoy the experiment:) Its fun to try on different identities, and no need to commit to just one! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965434 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 19:12:42 +0000 Anonymous 1965434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOVE! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965404 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 17:43:22 +0000 rachylou 1965404@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! I love it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965398 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 17:03:16 +0000 Gaylene 1965398@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I believe everyone ought to have fun with fashion, even if it’s the second—or third—or whatever— time around. So big thumbs up exploring your different options!</p> <p>The teaching question, though, is a bit more nuanced. It’s my experience, after spending most of my life in front of college and university students, that , regardless of what you do, 15% will love you for it, 15%will detest it, and the remaining 70% will tolerate or ignore or just get on with it. The only hesitation that I would have about constantly changing up how I present myself to a roomful of college students is that it could be distracting and make me appear unsure of my role. </p> <p>In my experience, college students are still in a formative stage of their life. They can become attached to a teacher who seems to understand their need to explore and take risks, but it can backfire on the instructor if a student has difficulty understanding the power distinction between the two roles. Having fun is important, but learning is also serious work for many students. It can be a tricky balancing act for a teacher who wants to show a playful spirit. Good luck in figuring out your boundaries for your situation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965358 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:42:21 +0000 LaPed 1965358@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agree with you, Jessikams and Cardiff Girl. Definitely a girl rocker vibe here. Love it. Especially with the plaid pants. That long black coat is amazing, too.&nbsp;</p> <p>Re: teaching, I'm not sure how comfortable I would be changing up my appearance on a daily basis. Like Jenn and others have mentioned, it depends on the students and your relationship with them. Right now I work with much younger children who really benefit from consistency and predictability in order to establish trust. But even with young adults, I always want to maintain some level of consistency and stability in the classroom; I try to be a constant in a room full of variables. Teaching is, of course, a performance, but I want the ideas to be the focal point, not my appearance.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965343 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:17:51 +0000 Angie 1965343@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The mullet looks very 2018.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965330 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:55:58 +0000 Cardiff girl 1965330@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Susie Quattro lives!fab tartan strides! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965313 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:57:37 +0000 Jules 1965313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m not sure about work either. I really have no sense of what CEGEP culture or student/teacher relationships there are like. Do you have rapport/relationships with individuals or is it more of a lecturer on stage type situation? Do you feel the students respond differently to teachers based on their style?<br /> I love this look however! Love the ‘mullet’. You’re really so pretty and I like what you’re doing with your eyebrows. This look has a strong style while still harmonizing with you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965274 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:14:39 +0000 Jessikams 1965274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I absolutely love this mullet look- very Joan Jett, or something. No opinion on whether it is work appropriate, but definitely try it for a full-on punk night out, live music show, something like that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965273 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:07:48 +0000 Style Fan 1965273@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you look amazing and I love how your creativity is showing in the outfits.<br />I don't know how to answer your question about teaching in this outfit and your institution.&nbsp; Jenn made some good points.&nbsp; I had a philosophy professor in university who wore different wigs (I am assuming she had some sort of condition that left her with sparse or no hair) to lectures.&nbsp; Her life and ideas were more interesting than her appearance but university students might be at a different stage in their development than your students.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965226 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 02:16:41 +0000 Kathie 1965226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m truly not qualified to comment on mullets, much less two-toned ones. But, I’m not put off by it, more thinking, “Hmm, that’s interesting.” If I worked with you, I’d probably enjoy seeing which wig you wore each day. There’s one woman on my floor who changes up her hair almost daily- sometimes natural and short, other days chin length and blow-out smooth, and other days a mass of long blond curls. It’s clearly not her real hair, but I love that she has fun with it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965219 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 02:02:08 +0000 cindysmith 1965219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the shaggy 'do.</p> <p>And we had a French professor at LSU-Shreveport who would wear these wild color wigs from time to time. Like, she had a cotton-candy pink wig, a cotton candy blue wig, and a green one that was tonally similar. She would match most of her outfit to the wig.</p> <p>It was random and it was weird, but it was fun. Had she been a professor teaching accounting or marketing, it would have been a bit bizarre &amp; hard to take her as seriously. But she taught French, and studied French literature and authors, so it was ok.</p> <p>That said, your wig isn't green or purple, so I wouldn't think it would be a problem to wear to teach. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965194 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 01:14:34 +0000 krishnidoux 1965194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I forgot to mention I teach college level. </p> <p>Are you put off by this shaggy mullet though? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965187 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:50:17 +0000 Kathie 1965187@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it really depends on the students. My middle schooler would think a teacher who changed their hair and look every day was fun. And, having just been to back-to-school night, there. are definitely a few teachers with quirky personalities, including a Latin teacher with a modern retro, somewhat bouffant ‘do. But, we live in an area where being an edgy public middle school teacher is ok, and the kids generally have very stable lives, so they can distinguish between fun/trying on identities and something that’s more chaotic. My husband teaches high school in a different demographic, and I think the kids there gravitate to his geeky, “always sipping tea in a button-down, tie, and khakis” persona. Which is a long way of saying that it really depends on your context. The good thing about the age you teach is that I doubt they’re shy on sharing opinions. So, they’ll probably let you know when it’s too much. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965185 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:45:16 +0000 Anonymous 1965185@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jenn makes some good points. Maybe ask some of your colleagues what they think </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965179 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:33:02 +0000 Jenn 1965179@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you could probably teach in this if this was who you were every day. Right now, though, I feel like you’re using your wigs and your wardrobe to “try on” different identities. I seem to recall you’ve been going through a transitional phase in your life, and the wardrobe play seems like a healthy way of experimenting with your identity and making the most of this time. </p> <p>I wonder, though, if such radical shifts might hinder your relationships with students, or make it hard for them to relate to you because they feel like you’re in costume? Or maybe you’re already comfortable in a reputation as someone who is constantly changing and presenting different faces to the world? It just seems like something to think through one way or the other. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/if-you-were-there-the-first-time-around#post-1965160 Sun, 14 Oct 2018 23:33:50 +0000 krishnidoux 1965160@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>... this<i></i> time, <i>do it better!</i></p> <p>Playing with my Japanese Fontaine wig (featured here <a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-style">https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-style</a>), I somewhat stumbled on this look and it's growing on me!&nbsp;</p> <p>Here I am using the wig as a hair topper. The ginger longer strands underneath are my natural hair. The whole thing has a vague Theresa Caputo shape, yet to me it feels more like a die hard rocker Quebec girl from the 20th century. A kinf of midlong mullet ... and I'm digging it!&nbsp;</p> <p>Please, please, tell me: have I become completely delusional?</p> <p>The edginess of this "do" prompted me towards more 80's punkish attires such as the one below, hence the title of this thread.</p> <p>Do you think I can go teach like this?&nbsp; </p>