https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:33:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1373567 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 00:45:46 +0000 Mermaid 1373567@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this thread! My fantasies are Grace Kelly and Catherine Deneuve. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1365152 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 06:35:55 +0000 catgirl 1365152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And Angie T., I thought I commented here already that your descriptions take the cake! "Half of a power couple with fabulous arms" indeed! Is that REALLY your friend in a Ralph Lauren utopia? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1365092 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 02:55:18 +0000 SarahTheWhite 1365092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes... Like the lights they are putting in freezers and fridges in grocery stores now, where you walk past them and they light up on the inside. We would need a magical button that ignites twinkle lights as we walk in to a room, or outdoors. Everywhere we go... Magical glow. Yeah, I could get on board with that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1364829 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 17:52:27 +0000 catgirl 1364829@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Galadriel!&nbsp; Excellent inspo.&nbsp; I love that you have the hair color for these too - I&nbsp; have the cut I want, but wish I could add more manga to the color. </p> <p>Wouldn't it be great to be surrounded by twinkling wherever you went?&nbsp; Sounds like the premise of a Disney movie.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1364524 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 03:10:52 +0000 SarahTheWhite 1364524@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, I realize that I am totally late to this party! But I have been thinking about it and gathering photos. My comment on your thread with the tule skirt brought me back here. Your addition of Grace Kelley to your fantasy proved my point perfectly. So here are mine. The Rapunzel pic is purely for the lanterns. I want everywhere I go in my fantasy world to be lit by twinkle lights and glowy lanterns. It is a requirement. The last photo puts the warrior in my fairy/elvin princess (the same way that you have a little princess in your warrior). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1359867 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 06:47:18 +0000 Hil 1359867@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>AnnieMouse - have you seen this blog?<br /> <a href="http://fashionofgilmoregirls.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">http://fashionofgilmoregirls.tumblr.com/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1359865 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 06:31:17 +0000 columbine(erin) 1359865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loved reading this thread. thanks for starting it Alaskagirl. I was a volunteer EMT/firefighter for a couple years and picked these images from Chicago Fire and Call the Midwife because I love the style but also because I identify with the characters sometimes and in my very active fantasy life, I'd dress like Jenny Lee and go around saving lives and being awesome. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1359840 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 04:46:07 +0000 sparlingo 1359840@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Casual but intentional, effortlessly cool. Easy but not sloppy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1357985 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 03:59:29 +0000 Anonymous 1357985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I grow up, apparently, I want to be a bad@$$. &nbsp;I guess I need to stock up on leather, cargo pants, tank tops and biceps,&nbsp;lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1357700 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:33:38 +0000 MsMaven 1357700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Years ago I tore a photo out of a Vogue spread on India Hicks and kept it for ages, then one day while cleaning tossed it--much to my regret. I've searched online and haven't been able to find it yet. Besides showing India doing a perfect headstand, (may even have been a handstand) there was India wearing what at first look might seem like a simple outfit. It was perfect though. The perfect tailored black blazer tossed over a perfect white shirt, with perfect jeans and very high heeled sandals. Another look I can't find was as still of Tuesday Weld from&nbsp;<i>Play it as it Lays.&nbsp;</i>Again she was wearing a dark blazer, perfect jeans and perfect boots.</p> <p>I thought I might find a photo of Cheryl Tiegs--more American looking, but in a similar outfit, when she was modeling. Couldn't find anything just right either.</p> <p>I can see them in my mind though. I just counted: I have 7 black jackets--all a bit different. I could work with them, but white shirts defy me and I've yet to find the perfect jeans.</p> <p>So far no photos to share. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1357675 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:37:21 +0000 E 1357675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I loved reading this thread! I have a very *cough* developed fantasy life, as you might be able to guess. ;)</p> <p>As far as I can tell, my fantasy self is a former ballerina, turned old-fashioned farmer/wisewoman (if anyone has read&nbsp;<i>The Ocean at the End of the Lane</i>, *that* farmhouse)&nbsp;somewhere in northern/eastern Europe who lives on the edge of the woods. I suspect she's not quite in this century, although she certainly enjoys a modern woman's independence.&nbsp;She&nbsp;regularly&nbsp;takes train trips into a lovely old&nbsp;city full of historic architecture &amp; cobblestones&nbsp;to get her dose of&nbsp;culture. And she occasionally stumbles into a fairy tale or across a magical creature&nbsp;as she's adventuring about.&nbsp;</p> <p>For images, I included one of Anna Pavlova (in public domain), and I found a couple folklore ones that I'm not sure about copyright so there's <a rel="nofollow" href="http://color-collective.blogspot.com/2010/12/all-beautiful-things-via-april-and-may.html">this one </a>and <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/113115210/antique-cabinet-card-of-czech-folk?utm_source=Pinterest&amp;utm_medium=PageTools&amp;utm_campaign=Share">this one</a>. As for fairy tales/fantasy and farmhouses and fin-de-siecle pictures, I can't imagine narrowing it down. They all live inside my head though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1357653 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:59:34 +0000 AnnieMouse 1357653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una - deffo not Death! She's adorable, but I could never live in her wardrobe (despite years in the goth scene, I could never give up my love of colour). Plus, she's WAY too together for me to relate to. ha! But Del... Del, I can relate to. And I find her fashion much more inspiring </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1357629 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:23:03 +0000 catgirl 1357629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>AnnieMouse, huge Sandman fan here.&nbsp; Delirium, not Death?&nbsp; Because Death is so dang cute.&nbsp; :)</p> <p>Suz, you're the apex of this thread - you and your fantasy you as one!</p> <p>Angie T., thanks... digging out those pics has me contemplating what I could do to be more like those pics.&nbsp; They convey more than a style to me - there's a whole FEELING they evoke.&nbsp; Hmmmm.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1357599 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:44:48 +0000 Angie_T 1357599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una your last group is stunning. I'm drawn to that look too. But you can totally pull it off. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1357598 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:43:46 +0000 Angie_T 1357598@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Late to the party again. I had such a busy weekend - I kept glancing thru this thread and wanting to join but couldn't. Now I'm sitting in the ATL airport on a layover so here goes mine...</p> <p>#1-Fabulously chic yet simple Parisian and fashion icon<br /> #2- Fearless and brightly garbed artist<br /> #3- Sophisticated half of a power couple with fabulous arms<br /> #4 &amp; #5- this would be me at my summer home in Jackson Hole. (Actually #5 is my friend at her home in the mountains<br /> #6- gloriously trenched problem solver<br /> #7- rocker</p> <p>I see tiny glimpses of these archetypes in my choices at times. </p> <p>Sigh. This was fun to think about. </p> <p>Thanks Una! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1357542 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:29:28 +0000 AnnieMouse 1357542@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, you're not alone - I just got here too.&nbsp;<br />But, oh! how I've loved the thread!<br />I've been trying to suss out my fictional counterpart, and so far, I'm coming up blank. The best I can come up with is if Delirium (from Sandman comics), Tank Girl, Lorelei Gilmore, and Kate Helpburn all had a baby who liked to dress like Stevie Nicks.&nbsp;<br />no wonder I can never find a style descriptor. *sighs and laughs at self*</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1357457 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:50:26 +0000 Suz 1357457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I am fearfully late here. I just wanted to say that I read and relished every one of these replies.&nbsp;</p> <p>I had an awfully hard time coming up with images that express the fantasy me. The fantasy me <b>IS </b>me. How lame is that?&nbsp;</p> <p>Well, like Janet said, she'd be richer. Freer to take off at a moment's notice to Paris, London, Rome, or New York. She'd have more time to do the work she loves.&nbsp;</p> <p>Oh, and she would live in a climate where it was not necessary to wear boots, scarves, puffer coats and other such accoutrements for 6 months of the year. For 3 months, sure. No problem. She is up for that. Just not 6.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1355981 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:28:05 +0000 Alassë 1355981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I keep meaning to post here. My inspiration: a medieval maiden, either in the village or at court. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1355971 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:08:22 +0000 citygirldc 1355971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oohhh love this. &nbsp;My style icon is Gwen Stefani. LOVE HER and her Rock and Roll life style. &nbsp;Funny thing is that I have most of these items in my closet like #1 outfit, #4 leather jacket, #5 all except flip flops (don't own a pair), #10 and all. &nbsp;Hmmm, I may have to use this a &nbsp;Fall/Winter casual capsule.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1355560 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 02:41:05 +0000 catgirl 1355560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying seeing you all post here. And I'm posting some additional pics of mine that I've saved for over a decade because even pre-YLF I had a really strong sense of what I loved, even if I didn't implement it in reality. Per Natalie, I need to do so - these look attainable! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/4#post-1355523 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:54:52 +0000 Jaime 1355523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Late but this suddenly hit me. Jules and Jim opened up a whole new world for me. I think I understand my obsession with white culottes now.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/3#post-1355510 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:44:58 +0000 Desmo April 1355510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love seeing everyone's fantasy side.<br />@dashielle, nice Rossi pose.</p> <p>Wait, I just realized we both have Rossi helmets!!!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/3#post-1355380 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:43:46 +0000 dashielle (Ann) 1355380@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider, Salt or Mr. And Mrs. Smith, for sure. Tough, athletic, classically feminine (in camel, not Lycra) and nobody's fool. The last two pics are my attempts at hitting both ends of the spectrum. I can also bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan...LOL! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/3#post-1355345 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:32:57 +0000 Faith 1355345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love your first photo, Janet! My fantasy is also just a slightly elevated version of myself.</p> <p>I suppose my fantasy image is somewhere between this blogger^ (click through to "main blog" to see&nbsp;<i>her&nbsp;</i>inspiration), who is also my shopping hero/imaginary mentor, and Olivia Pope--down to her loungewear. I love the artsy bad-$**ness of the former, and the unapologetic (but never juvenile) femininity of the latter. Perhaps that yields something like the final pic?</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.res-pulchrae.com">http://www.res-pulchrae.com</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://heyyou-getoffofmycloud.blogspot.com">http://heyyou-getoffofmycloud.blogspot.com</a></p> <p>^It's a crying shame that the old Style Diary site, where she first chronicled her outfits, is no more. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/3#post-1355294 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:26:29 +0000 viva 1355294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is incredibly fun. I loved reading / viewing everyone's images and thoughts. I found it difficult to locate one image / person and was so impressed by anyone who was able to do that! </p> <p>I am definitely thinking style broadly here. But each of these people has something that in my fantasy life I would love a taste of. </p> <p>Stella Tenant (perfect androgynous drama) + <br />Michelle Williams (perfect hair, swoonworthy 60s mod-influenced fashion choices) + <br />Elvis Costello (virtuosity, constant reinvention, perfect nerdy fashion sense) + Ines de la Fressange (inherent joie de vivre) + <br />George Saunders (elastic sense of imagination) = <b>fantasy me</b></p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/3#post-1355196 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:05:28 +0000 Hil 1355196@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a fun thread! I love that so many of your are your fantasy selves.</p> <p>The first pic that comes to mind for me is this woman featured in a HONY post. I have posted here about it before. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/3#post-1355145 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 11:25:39 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 1355145@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Marlely, I love the group of Tilda pics. &nbsp;Did anyone else think that she looks much like David Bowie during his androgynous phase? &nbsp;Especially the pics with the shorter red hair. &nbsp; </p> <p></p> <p>Janet, you are not alone. &nbsp;I work in a finance &nbsp;and&nbsp;posted a JCrew ad (so easily recreated), pics of Robin Wright as&nbsp;Claire and Kate Hepburn in wide legged pants. &nbsp;I have done similar looks to all of them in the past. &nbsp;Not anywhere near as well as they do though so I guess mine are also just a much better version of me. &nbsp;I have found it very inspiring though and feel my interest in fashion has really been spurred on by this thread. &nbsp;</p> <p>So much fun!!&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/3#post-1355114 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 07:56:08 +0000 Joana 1355114@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Marley, love love love Tilda Swinton, everything you named about her! I find that british singer Elly Jackson (La Roux) resembles her a little, younger and not so refined as Tilda.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQdC7h609k8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQdC7h609k8</a></p> </p> <p>ok maybe not a little, found a photo of them together :)</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/3#post-1355113 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 07:53:43 +0000 goldenpig 1355113@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fantastic thread! (Pun intended!) Great idea Una!&nbsp;I love seeing everyone's inspirations!&nbsp;</p> <p>I think in my fantasy life I am a pregnant UWP Russian spy:<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://goldenpig.lookfab.com/post/wiw-19-russian-spy-is-this-uwp-or-not">http://goldenpig.lookfab.com/p.....uwp-or-not</a></p> <p>I love playing dress&nbsp;up and having different style personas for the day, so this is right up my alley! I think I'm going to start a Fantasy You Challenge! I think we could all use more touches of fantasy in our lives! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/images-that-convey-the-fantasy-you/page/3#post-1355096 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 06:42:25 +0000 rachylou 1355096@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is the <i>best thread ever!</i></p> <p>#1 is my touchstone pic. It's not *the* pic -- which is in this very obscure 'zine (and it's a 'zine, not a magazine) that also tells you how to build a shelter of sticks and leaves -- but it was the closest I could find on the web. Anyways, that's Penny Rimbaud and Gee Voucher, presumably at Dial House in Essex. They did a reverse of the Beverly Hillbillies: severely industrial people gone to live in the countryside. I would love to head for the hills still in night-circus glory.</p> <p>#2 is Babe Paley, because she's my fashion roots and just <i>had </i>to be the inspiration for the costuming for Rachael Rosen in <i>Blade Runner</i>.</p> <p> </p>