https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:20:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-471516 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:42:49 +0000 cheryl 471516@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, I have really enjoyed watching your style journey. I always love your wiw's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-471240 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:36:10 +0000 Elly 471240@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Awesome-- it has been a ton of fun watching you go through this transition-- believe me, I've notice you go from wanting to trying a ton of things to really honing in on and experimenting with your style. Plus, you kinda kick booty and live somewhere gorgeous and have a lovely hound. Oh, and you ask the very best thought-provoking YLF questions on the forum! I always look forward to it---- Go Una! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-471219 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:44:40 +0000 rae 471219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay, congratulations!! This is truly the start of something big... I am only sorta kinda there with my casual wardrobe, so I will be looking to you for guidance, UWP Tribe Leader. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-471063 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:29:48 +0000 Sylvie 471063@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've always admired your style on the forum. If you think I'm stalking your posts it's because you're one of my ylf style icons and I'd like to work some of that UWP into my style too. You often put together the oufits I wish I had the courage/ability to pull off.</p> <p>Congratulations on getting to the point where you are happy and comfortable with your style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-471060 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:15:57 +0000 soobee 471060@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations! I look forward to being in a good place fashion wise, and look to confident ladies like yourself to inspire me along the way. A year doesn't seem like a long time to me, not a slow learner at all </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-471053 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:53:32 +0000 Anonymous 471053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the list idea. I might write one for my own colours/style to keep it in my purse, so I don't get side tracked...</p> <p>I am not brave enough to throw out what I don't love...I think i would only have 15 things left..that should be my goal over the winter </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-471036 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:34:16 +0000 ironkurtin 471036@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HIGH FIVE AG! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-471023 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:15:25 +0000 catgirl 471023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, you seem light-years ahead of me from what I can see. I still have a looong way to go, but I've had a bit of an epiphany recently along these lines: I don't have to wear everything I love, but I have to love everything I wear. Because I love a lot of things I can't wear (wrap dresses, high heels, white button downs, cowlnecks), and having this forum allows me to appreciate them on others AND understand why they will be wasted in my closet.</p> <p>Claire, here's my version of Aida's list, the template for which was created by Aida and posted here as part of her style journey. If you search for "Aida's list" a number of threads should come up.</p> <p><a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/at-the-risk-of-boring-you-all-to-death-my-list" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....th-my-list</a></p> <p>Love you guys! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-470992 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:09:02 +0000 Anonymous 470992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>UWP is Urban Warrior Princess. :)</p> <p>I'd love a link to "Aida's List" too. I've been trolling her forum posts, but I can't find it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-470981 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:48:21 +0000 Marie 470981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations! What is UWP?</p> <p>I love this post; thank you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-470975 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:43:20 +0000 Sveta 470975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, I think this understanding is more priceless that a fully functioning and fab wardrobe! I love your style and your style journey you share with us! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-470936 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:59:17 +0000 goldenpig 470936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, congrats on becoming a veteran! You are such an inspiration--I've learned so much from you and your posts always make me smile. I hope that I can become as confident of a shopper as you--I'm just now starting to figure out my style but I still have trouble knowing which items are going to work on me before I order them--hopefully I'll be as efficient as you someday so I can avoid all this trial and error! You've got your UWP style down to a T and I so enjoy seeing you rock it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-470922 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:43:07 +0000 Heather 470922@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I give this post five stars!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-470895 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:17:18 +0000 Vicki 470895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, you are an inspiration as you share your journey with us. I am so new here, compared to you, and still learning and I don't even know what Aida's list is, but I'd love to have it. I'm fortunate to have met and know Aida, but I don't know her "list." While I know what the acronym UWP is, when spelled out, I don't know what it "means," so I just keep learning along the way and I'm always inspired by you "veterans" and, of course, your WIW's, which make it all very real and wonderful here on YLF. Good work, Una. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-470891 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:11:46 +0000 Anonymous 470891@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great stuff Una, and congrats on becoming a veteran! I still feel like I am all over the place and you give me hope that this won't last forever. I see you as being confident with what you love, what flatters your body and what is appropriate to your cllimate and lifestyle. You are more sure in your decisions now and that's what I aspire to! Thank you for sharing a little bit about how you got there. Message me a complete list of all the answers later (heh, heh). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-470876 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:52:16 +0000 CocoLion 470876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations on becoming a veteran, I just noticed now! And thanks for the style musings, I relate to all of it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-470871 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:42:38 +0000 Amy 470871@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, thanks for posting this. It's very inspirational. Like Mo, I also have an eclectic tendency in my wardrobe. I'd love to have as clear a vision as you do for what works for me and what doesn't. Your WIWs are some of my favorite. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-470863 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:32:50 +0000 Suz 470863@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, I'm all teary-eyed! I hope in another six months I will be where you are! You are a true inspiration. Thank you for all your WIWs. I LOVE WIWs. They are brilliant. </p> <p>And even though I probably can't be a full on UWP, I do want elements of that in my own style, too. So I will be watching you closely. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-470837 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:26:48 +0000 Mo 470837@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's been so fun to see you hone in on your unique "Una fied" style. I am not there yet, since I still have this bi coastal dichotomy in my life, ugh. But I feel a little more settled, as well, and not as all over the map. Guess it takes a good year or so for something as big as your own personal style. Well done!</p> <p>EDIT: and this has gotten me to realize I somehow internally valued variety in a wardrobe as the end all be all. No wonder it was too big and all over the place. Duh! Thanks for the mini lightbulb moment </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-taken-me-a-year#post-470829 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:19:05 +0000 catgirl 470829@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Slow learner that I am, it's been a year or keeping or returning, making mistakes and experimenting. But I think I'm finally honing in on my style. </p> <p>I started out here wanting to learn to be more controlled and focused in my shopping, but I never thought of it in terms of my style before, because there were so many things I loved, without realizing they weren't ME. I had no thought process or system. Now I look back and can't believe I was that unfocused.</p> <p> I can now look through sites or stores and confidently eliminate what will not work for me in terms of my shape, style or life. I don't feel any pressing wardrobe holes, only a few wants. This season has been remarkable in terms of finding items that suit what I'm aiming for, which has really helped. Aida's list and Heather's rule (find three ways to work it) are rules of thumb for me now. And above all, Angie's Team polls and the feedback of YLF has kept me in check (the polka dot dress being the most recent example). </p> <p>I don't know that I've cured my style schitzophrenia, but I've tamed it down to a manageable beast. And although I never thought I'd come up with a term for my style aspirations, UWP has really given me a direction and a focus!</p> <p>For the next year, my goal is to prevent myself from falling into repetition now that I know what I love and what works. Instead of varying the whole thing, I'm going to try varying one element (like color) - like the Muu Baa jacket, which is everything I love but in a new color palette. Jean is a huge inspiration here as she seems to vary her look while remaining true to her style. Everything she wears is totally HER, and that is my aim as well.</p> <p>Thank you all so much for being such wonderful companions on this fun and enlightening journey so far! </p>