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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: Jenny Walton article https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:35:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php lyn67 on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2326387 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:35:42 +0000 lyn67 2326387@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Wow, that was a really good read. My fave quote from her here would be: :-"it’s quite liberating to see how the items I’ve acquired over the last ten years, are, finally, finding their way onto my body as I come into myself. (...) Their combinations, which I could have never imagined when buying the items separately, are often surprising even to me." That's the reason I like to keep my old things forever as I so many times experienced this same  AHA moment but with my poor older items from my own  wardrobe. Not designer for sure but if any piece I loved, has a good cut, a good fit(often DIY personalised) and decent to higher end  execution-then, that's a forever piece for me.  Also,  I'm with Jaime here as I  also "find social media and the internet feed my creativity rather than rob it - perhaps because I have always felt a bit too alienated to think I could possibly..." (Jaime's quote ended  here!).... fit (size-and body shape-wise) all what I possibly  like from within my shops (budget permited and regional available) or media promoted.  Thanx for the thread, Lisa. (And yesss, I also used to admire older italian ladies from their bigger cities. Will seek to find  some of my  picties taken while lurking them during our vacations there. But even sans picties and many years past their looks are still strongly  engraved in my visual memory -so fab they looked!) quietloud on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2326282 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:10:02 +0000 quietloud 2326282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Love the article, and thank you for linking to her substack! I've followed her for some time on instagram, and while my style is not at all similar to hers I do find her inspirational. She seems to have a very joyous approach to fashion.  Anonymous on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2325295 Sun, 04 Jun 2023 19:32:37 +0000 Anonymous 2325295@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What Suz said.  I don't have the time or inclination for fashion magazines, Pin-trust or Instagram, but remember when what was shown in shop windows in Milan would take 2-3 years to get to my medium sized city in the USA and then a moderated version.  I remember seeing lots of embroidery years ago, which was odd to my eye.  Two or even three years later it appeared and I wish I had bought or made some when I had the chance.  Angie's predictions also take awhile to reach my area. They are often marked down first.   ChristelJ on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2325266 Sun, 04 Jun 2023 17:22:36 +0000 ChristelJ 2325266@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <div>Just want to say I really enjoyed the substack article and also the harper's one. I used to enjoy the Sartorialist, but I'm not on Instagram and don't keep up with a lot of style or fashion online content, so had never heard of Jenny Walton. I really like the retro aspect of her style. I also admire Italian taste in general and would get a kick out of going to Milan and seeing the older ladies there. </div><div>Lots of great, interesting comments in this thread from everybody. Most of the time, I consider my lifestyle so far removed from that of style celebrities or influencers that they have no everyday relevance to me, other than those times when what they wear qualifies as art, and can affect me as such. I am curious now about LaPed's older folks in Carhartts and hand-knit sweaters...I could see aspiring to something like that. </div> Suz on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2325257 Sun, 04 Jun 2023 16:10:49 +0000 Suz 2325257@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Ah, to be 33 again! And to live in Milan... Love her precise, polished, retro style, though I cannot imagine dressing like that myself for my actual life. Of course it is her job to be performative -- every outfit is an event. I view this the way I might have seen the magazine spreads in the old days when I read fashion magazines. It's inspiration for some, aspiration for others. Fantasy-land.  I have been almost entirely off social media for a year, apart from rare things I have to "promote." (Quotation marks because you cannot promote if you don't engage and I don't any more, ha.)  I was never on there a lot but leaving it aside has opened up more space and I like that.  In the old days I used to read a few other fashion blogs but pretty much stopped after finding YLF.  (This is one stop shopping, LOL.) I never followed any fashion influencers and only learn of them from the forum. I don't read fashion mags any more, except online occasionally -- mostly to look at what's trending. I do like to watch bits of the shows for inspiration each season.  And that's it. If I subscribe to a store's mailing list (and I do that) I immediately have messages sent to junk so that I only have to look at them when I feel ready to shop, look for sales, etc. When I'm not actively shopping, I don't browse sites or even think about clothes except how I'll wear what I have.  Not saying that's good or bad. If I had more time to devote to it, or felt less overwhelmed by the sheer abundance and clamour of SM, I might do more. But it jangles me.  Still, I don't think I've developed a style in isolation -- I don't know if that is possible. We're social! And I wouldn't want to ignore trends entirely, because an awareness of the trends is what helps me feel plugged in and current. I love vintage -- and Jenny Walton's high-end designer vintage is amazing! -- but realistically, I can't source such items in my price range or get them fitted -- at least not often -- so to make them the foundation or fulcrum of my style would be impossible.  JW's calm neutrals in that outfit are lovely. The pile-on accessories and statement shoes together with those calm, classic neutrals reminds me of Jenna Lyons' approach (though she'd usually have gone for colour +  pattern, as well --  but if not colour and pattern, then she'd definitely do the bling). Nothing wrong with that! I'm a fan. Just not for myself.  Sally on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2325217 Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:26:23 +0000 Sally 2325217@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I don't look at fashion magazines online or buy fashion magazines or any magazines where I might be be exposed to trends, unless you count pinterest and social media such as facebook and instagram as a source of trends.  The only ideas I get are here on this forum when I get time to come here, or from movies/tv.  I don't live in a particularly fashionable suburb, and I don't visit malls to look at the shops and its only the rare trip into the centre of the city when I see what others are wearing.  In saying that, I do think I get influenced somehow even if it is what is available when I go to shop.  I have moved over to looser fit trousers after years of wearing skinnies.    Sal on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2325204 Sun, 04 Jun 2023 01:48:52 +0000 Sal 2325204@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I like your original link Lisa and Judy’s subsequent one. What fab style and a great attitude. She has panache. If I didn’t look online I would miss seeing so much. Whilst there are lots of stylish people where I live - my everyday life is either at work - not stylish - or exercising - I don’t get much street style like you might in a big city. And she is part of the online presence - and earns money from it. Without people being interested in her style she would get a lot less Prada collabs. Thanks for sharing. judy on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2325171 Sat, 03 Jun 2023 17:39:39 +0000 judy 2325171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I enjoyed the piece you posted.  Though I'd seen photos of her over the years, I didn't know much about her.     <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/a42270425/jenny-walton-profile/">https://www.harpersbazaar.com/.....n-profile/</a>  LaPed on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2325053 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:37:21 +0000 LaPed 2325053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Interesting article, definitely curious to read more of what she she has to say about Milan!  Her observation that, "There is a balance that can be struck between minimalism and eccentricity, but this requires knowing yourself and taking some risks," really stands out to me. I think most of us here on the the forum are trying to find that sweet spot. For me, it would definitely not be a column of light neutrals plus mega-bling -- but there's no one correct formula. On JW, the quiet neutrals plus OTT jewelry reads kind of arch and cheeky (although I do wonder if the fact that it's all "the real deal" is a factor), whereas I'm pretty sure I would look like a kid playing dress-up in grandma's closet. But I can guarantee you everyone has their own version of this, an outfit that nods to trends but also winks.   I will say, I do take a lot of cues from the older generation where I live, a region that was an epicenter of the back-to-the-land movement in the 60s-70s, so a lot of older folks here dress entirely in paint-spattered Carhartts and hand-knit sweaters. It's a lot more interesting and authentic than what the crowd my age tends to wear -- lots of Lululemon or other athleisure, past-their-prime skinny jeans, and anonymous corporate-casual pieces from Loft or Talbots as a sort of "necessary evil" worn only on office days. Most people in their 30s dress around work and kids -- JW clearly doesn't have those constraints to contend with!  LJP on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2325048 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:35:48 +0000 LJP 2325048@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Jenny Walton was Scott Schuman’s partner for many years . She’s an illustrator and clothing collector living in Milan . And clearly making lots of $ doing so Anonymous on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2325018 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:02:11 +0000 Anonymous 2325018@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I have never heard of Jenny Walton or Substack, but Angie gives us the same message.  One way is to mix high and low and have fun. Kim M on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2325017 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:01:39 +0000 Kim M 2325017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I agree with LJP in shutting it down for awhile.  Maybe I'm backing myself up by saying I like looking at different looks and seeing what I already have that can be worn other ways to feel updated.  Agree with those who pointed out the 30-something epiphany.  Ha!  She will have many more of them in the coming decades! RobinF on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2325014 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:52:04 +0000 RobinF 2325014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Great read! She is unfamiliar to me. I love her take on fashion and style. I get tired of all the influencers wearing the same things. It becomes boring after a while. But I do wonder how different my style would be with more funds at my disposal :) Olive Green on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2325008 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:00:27 +0000 Olive Green 2325008@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ For the more isolated of us, or the ‘weirder’ ones amongst us, magazines and media are the way to pursue an interest in fashion or a niche style. Perhaps even feel understood, or seen.  So I think that while building a wardrobe that makes us happy with our look, we may refer to others already doing what we want to do. I found it a relief to discover older Japanese or Milanese or English women doing older women fashion without apologizing, and looking so interesting and current doing it.  But I agree, there is so much noise and very different and sometimes cruelly opinionated fashion commentary online and on other media.  When it’s too loud or too body shaming or just too, we can turn most of it off. Thank goodness. It’s poison in large doses.  I hope you find a happy balance there. You look great, by the way.  Dee on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2325005 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:28:21 +0000 Dee 2325005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hmm.. I'm like Jaimie, kind of chuckling at epiphanies at such a young age but hey, its great that she's discovering this much earlier than I did. It took me this long (60 years+) to figure out what actually looks and feels best on me, and sure I might like to rock an oversized, slouchy outfit or perhaps a neutral minimalist look, but for whatever reasons they just don't suit me best. It seems my body frame is suited better to a more fitted and classic look, and cool colours look better with my coloring and my personality enjoys stripes, small geometric patterns and ditsy florals. So these will be some of the elements that I'll utilize for my own personal style. And even though there's a whole host of trends being trotted out there on social media, I am not as bothered about whether I'm looking current or not but its more about whether these trends will actually serve my personal style. Carol on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2324988 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 03:38:24 +0000 Carol 2324988@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What a great article, and I wonder if she is actually living in Milan? Because she does have that Italian flair. Bejeweled, stacked heels, for instance. I agree that the most stylish people often eschew trends. I think there is a balance, because if all of us stopped looking at fashion, so many of us would end up in Crocs, sweats, and a Spongebob sweatshirt, which is maybe not where we want to be. But certainly some balance...to stand out a little bit.  Jaime on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2324985 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 02:17:42 +0000 Jaime 2324985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ As I get older (and older) I realize that what I saw as personality flaws have some advantages - no I don't always get why people do what they do, yes I make a lot of odd choices, but I also don't feel compelled to follow and fit in. I find social media and the internet feed my creativity rather than rob it - perhaps because I have always felt a bit too alienated to think I could possibly be like anyone else. And am always amused by epiphanies in one's 30s, although, of course, I had them too. Janet on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2324962 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 22:13:29 +0000 Janet 2324962@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Yes, kkards! I don’t care if an item is from Prada or Target — a good item is a good item, and I love the creativity of how each individual mixes their own unique signature pieces to form their style. LJP on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2324960 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 22:07:37 +0000 LJP 2324960@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I tell you, I am SO tempted to shut it all down for awhile, not look at anything fashion related online, to stay out of stores, and just live life for awhile.  I'm kind of sick of clothing and shopping , and feel no connection to my own self right now.   kkards on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2324955 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 21:20:28 +0000 kkards 2324955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I think she could have left everything else out of the essay and just left this sentence Yet what I would say to myself and to someone struggling with how to create their own style, would be to get offline and stop trying to be perfect or fit in and to instead start leaning into those things, those wonderfully unique eccentricities, that make you completely unique Of course as you say, having access to (and being gifted even temporarily) pieces most of the rest of us will never experience doesn’t hurt either. But I think the sentiment still applies LJP on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2324942 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 19:42:13 +0000 LJP 2324942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ She has money to spend on some really great pieces , that’s for sure , but being able to turn off outside noise and wear what you love - AND HAVE ACCESS TO IT - would be a dream come true for me . Janet on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2324936 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 18:42:49 +0000 Janet 2324936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I’d not read her before but that’s a good piece. I do like the idea of developing one’s own style in a way that transcends trend. I like knowing what’s current and evolving and experimenting, but some things are evergreen for me, and I suspect they will always be — my blue-green color palette, structured jackets, denim, bootcut and flare pants, stompy boots, midi and maxi length skirts and dresses… This is what personal style means to me. Irina on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2324935 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 18:37:02 +0000 Irina 2324935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Interesting article, thanks, Lisa!<div> </div> LJP on "Jenny Walton article" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/jenny-walton-article#post-2324934 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 18:28:32 +0000 LJP 2324934@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Not sure if any of you subscribe to Jenny Walton on Substack , but today’s piece is about developing your style away from the lens of others and away from the influence of the internet and trends . Great read . <a href="https://jennywalton.substack.com/p/coming-into-my-own-and-the-personalization?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow">https://jennywalton.substack.c.....dium=email</a>