https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:33:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive/page/2#post-292148 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:02:34 +0000 Mac 292148@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Instinct! But I love LOVE reading about others' rules and logic because they help me hone my instinct... : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive/page/2#post-290447 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:27:52 +0000 Lena 290447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I'm both. And when my logic and instinct try to push and pull - problems begin They need to learn to work together more smoothly. OR maybe let instinct lead more. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive/page/2#post-290189 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:51:41 +0000 Aida 290189@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Logical in terms of theory, instinct in terms of experimentation. Half and half in usual practice </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive/page/2#post-289983 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:48:24 +0000 LeahJanes 289983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>100% instinct. I might be logical in a lot of other areas but my clothing is my creative outlet, the one thing I can go completely with my gut and not really suffer any ill-consequences, other than a few questionable outfits. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289980 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:40:08 +0000 Anonymous 289980@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am Team Logic. I definitely need a formula for outfits and body type. If I go by instincts, I will mess up. When I go by instincts, I tend to copy someone else or some picture I saw somewhere. That doesn't translate well to my acutal body and lifestyle. </p> <p>My formula is like this: Check calendar for activites + Check weather + Select shoes based on first 2 items + What pants will go with those shoes + What outerwear will I need based on first 2 items + Choose top + Choose accessories. </p> <p>The choosing of the top and accessories is where I tend to be more creative and flexible each day. </p> <p>But with all that being said, I do spend a good amount of time at the beginning of each season purging, sorting and editing my wardrobe so that most of the hard thinking and creative work is already done so when I face my closet each day I have already thought things through. I do assemble lots of outfit ideas beforehand so that most of the hard work is already done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289966 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:16:05 +0000 CocoLion 289966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Team Instict. I came here to try and apply more logic to my wardrobe. I do find, however, that after making an instinctive choice, I can use logic as to why something DOESN'T work. For example, those jeans don't work because the pockets are too far apart making my butt look wide. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289956 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:54:43 +0000 judy 289956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Instinctive! But I think logic does play a helpful role in learning what instincts to trust! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289878 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:06:35 +0000 Cilleena 289878@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I don't have a very good instinct with clothing, I have to have rules to follow. I am very logical about it. Whenever I let my "instinct" take over, I end up with a mess. I think because my instinct is to stick with very minimal details, bland colors, low contrast, simple, simple, simple and BORING! I tend to decorate the same way, so I turned that department over to my DH, who isn't very instinctive either, but isn't as afraid of color, decorative accents and texture. He dresses me much better than I do, but he's too busy to do my shopping for me. It's so weird too,because I really love details and color and appreciate different textures, but I'm totally ignorant of how to combine them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289627 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:37:16 +0000 Marley 289627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Instinct all the way for me. I find that when I think too hard or "try" to copy someone's look or follow the "rules" that that is when I make my biggest missteps. If I just go with my gut when I am dressing, I usually do pretty well! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289622 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:29:52 +0000 mamaKate 289622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Team Logic all the way, though my best outfits are those where a little bit of instinct snuck itself in. (or where the clothes came from my instinctive sister!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289508 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:08:15 +0000 MNsara 289508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! This is helping me understand that I am missing the transition to logic. . .</p> <p>I am first and foremost instinctive about what grabs me in style. </p> <p>But then I can't say exactly what I like about it, or replicate it properly, or adjust it to my body, etc. I can't seem to transition to then apply any logic to my dress. . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289495 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:34:39 +0000 greenglove 289495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Instinct first and foremost.<br /> Logic does show up after I make a mess. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289493 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:30:53 +0000 Lisa 289493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm team logic. As I learn the rules for my body type and colors that work for me, shopping and putting together outfits is getting easier. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289442 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:49:03 +0000 Steph 289442@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm definitely instinctive in knowing what I like and what looks good on me. I am generally a very logical person, but I guess this is an exception. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289392 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:02:28 +0000 taylor 289392@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great question. I think mostly instinctive and a dash of logic. But my instincts often needed tweaking </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289331 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:25:24 +0000 Becky 289331@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would say I'm instictive with colors and logical with everything else. There have been a few isolated times when I put something on and know it's a winner, but most of the time I rely on knowing I followed the formula and/or had YLF approval. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289326 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:18:41 +0000 Kari 289326@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm definitely more instinctive, and that's not to say that all of my sartorial instincts point me in the right direction all the time. Which is a big part of the reason why I am here! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289325 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:16:40 +0000 Sihaya 289325@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great question. I'm definitely instinctive. And then through instinct have built "logical formulae" - such as instinctively knowing double breasted stuff doesn't look good on me, and now logically knowing to avoid even wasting my time trying them on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289221 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:05:09 +0000 Elly 289221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm . . . not quite sure. I tend to instinctively know what I like and why it works, but that doesn't always help in translating an inspiration into a clothing reality. I tend to see something I like (whether it be fashion, art, ect) and think, "why?" Then a thousand little pictures and words flash into my mind and create a collage of other things with similar elements and feelings and things that bring out the same emotions and ideas. For example, I recently saw a magazine shoot with this image <a href="http://piperperabofan.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=184pid=7976#top_display_media" rel="nofollow">http://piperperabofan.com/phot.....play_media</a>. Instantly it reminded me of morning light in the desert, a school I once attended, a pen and ink of my great grandfather that hangs in my grandpa's basement, a photo of an angel filigree off of a cross at the San Fransisco de Asis church in Taos, the adobe and sky paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe, and Georgia O'Keeffe's personal style. I also instantly absorbed the proportions (long legs, broad shoulders, thin waist). That as all instinctual. However, being able to adapt it and replicate it requires logic for me. Sometimes I have to break it down into what elements make the look special, what colors, what lines, what proportions make the look and which can be sacrificed. When looking at garments I have to be able to think about how a flat plane is going to look draped over a curved object and if the volume of the curves are going to compromise the line.</p> <p>As far as just being able to look at a woman and suggest items of clothing that might look good, I am much better at doing this on other people than I am on myself. All my little mental idiosyncrasies about my personality and likes and dislikes (that don't come across because they are piddly) don't interfere and I also see other women's bodies more clearly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289189 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:50:07 +0000 chewyspaghetti 289189@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine's instinctive. I think that I came here looking for more logic, and that's why I like things like the MOTG formula's and 'rules' like PPL. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289185 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:39:53 +0000 Diana 289185@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Instinctive - it's more fun that way! - although I think to develop a good instinct, you have to start with logic, if that makes any sense. (i.e. you have to understand the rules before you can break them). </p> <p>I'm not saying my instinct always works - far from it - but I will always try on outfits rather than automatically nixing them because they don't logically "work". And I never plan my outfits in advance, except maybe for things like special occasions - it always comes down to how I feel at the time I'm getting dressed. This is why it stresses me out to pack for trips.... the combo of compulsion to pack super-light and unwillingness to plan outfits in advance is really stressful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289182 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:31:23 +0000 Louise 289182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now I know what works for me it's instinctive and I just throw things together x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289181 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:29:10 +0000 Mo 289181@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not sure on this one. I instinctively know what I like but I think it takes some amount of logic or formula to put together a cohesive working wardrobe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289175 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:13:03 +0000 Maya 289175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Must it be one or the other? I start out by instinct but if it doesn't work I need to know why so I can adjust it or abandon it effectively. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289174 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:10:33 +0000 Kate 289174@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I've needed to learn a lot of rules in order to be a better dresser, and now that I know the rules I've become a bit more comfortable breaking them in ways that still work. So I'm on team logical, but I'm slowly allowing myself to be a bit more instinctive. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289161 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:53:15 +0000 Patty 289161@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To be on either team I guess you have to be able to make good decisions --I second/third guess everything so I am team Overwhelmed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289138 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:19:24 +0000 Angie 289138@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am 100% on Team Instinctive. I am not a logical person at all. I feel my way through life and through my style. In the Myers Briggs, I consistantly score a 98% for *Feeling*. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289105 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:36:31 +0000 Deb 289105@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely Team Instinctive.</p> <p>Not to say my instincts are always right! :-O </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289101 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:33:36 +0000 April 289101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I had an instinctive sense of what looked good on me, I'm sure I would never have found this site. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-your-dress-sense-logical-or-instinctive#post-289085 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:10:25 +0000 Sveta 289085@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am logical too. I have not even thought much about style and dressing until I began to read on this topic about 6 years ago. However I learned that your instinct can be trained if you have the basics figured out. You can only break the rules when you know what they are! I often build my outfits in my head an it works well about 80% of the time. </p>