https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-297738 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:46:36 +0000 Lisa 297738@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this trench screams MaryK, you are too sweet Taylor! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-297718 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:11:45 +0000 taylor 297718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gotta love our Lisa!!!!...Pink is your color Mary!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-297539 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:11:54 +0000 MsMary 297539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And in the "one good turn deserves another department," our own darling Lisa is sending me a PINK trench that she was about to donate to Goodwill!! How fun! Stay tuned... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-297538 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:10:12 +0000 Scarlet 297538@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Happy resolution! I think this coat fits you very well but I agree that maybe black is not right for you. I always think blondes can look so great in beige/camel, even though it is not a YLF-popular color. I hope one of the other ones works out for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-297491 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:40:02 +0000 Jonesy 297491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh MaryK, what a perfect happy ending for the black trench :). I agree that it just wasn't you...I imagine you in a cornflower blue trench--wouldn't that be smashing with your hair and coloring? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-297419 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:33:16 +0000 Lynne 297419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These look gorgeous, Mary...looking forward to pics. And so lovely about your friend. You need to start a thread - lovely people I have dressed - with Marleys skirt, and Amanda's coat as the first two entries! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296760 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:43:42 +0000 MsMary 296760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, check this out: My BFF Amanda (whom some of you met at the swap) came over for her birthday dinner a little while ago, saw the trench on the table, loved it, tried it on, and it looks FAB FAB FAB on her! So I gave it to her for her birthday and everybody is happy, happy, happy!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296712 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:51:35 +0000 Lisa 296712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with others, after seeing you in so many wonderful colors, a black trench does not do you justice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296708 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:46:20 +0000 Isabel 296708@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MaryK, I am glad you are trying something else. It just doesn't seem you.</p> <p>It is funny, I spent 15 years living in black but the only black trench I have ever owned ( and still do ) is one with luggage leather piping. Get yourself one first that will work well in very wet weather. Then get yourself a couple of fun ones. ( I have a fun one that is Fuschia with little white polka dots ). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296644 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:53:15 +0000 Aida 296644@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I liked it better without the hood, but I think it's not quite fitted enough for you. And I am 100% happy to hear that you're going to try for one in color! Marley, your berry trench sounds awesome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296553 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:31:11 +0000 CocoLion 296553@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it from the back MaryK but from the front, the top buttons tend to draw too much focus on your shoulders and bustline so I vote return, or remove those shoulder-ish top buttons. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296539 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:21:25 +0000 rae 296539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad to hear you are trying other colors -- MaryK in black from neck to knees? It did not seems right to me, even though the fit looks good. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296538 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:21:18 +0000 Barbara 296538@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MaryK, </p> <p>I'm not crazy about black, but if you like it, keep it. I think a deep teal trench would be stunning on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296484 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:17:43 +0000 Sally 296484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Its funny...I'm so used to seeing you in colour that when I see you in black, it seems strange. but black does actually suit you and goes with your blonde hair I think. But you should go with what you feel good in. Like others here I am envious of how you manage to wear different colours and combinations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296483 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:14:05 +0000 Mo 296483@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It looks a whole lot like the trench I just bought for myself, so maybe that's why I like it! It doesn't look big to me. Do you like the black? I personally prefer it to the standard icky beige most trenches are. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296437 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:45:08 +0000 Queen Mum 296437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>mary- did you see the ones at Costco? it might be worth a look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296432 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:36:14 +0000 MsMary 296432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Turns out it doesn't make me happy. The black just kind of brings me down.</p> <p>I do need a good trench coat, though, because we have more rain coming this year. So I ordered this one in brown: <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/gallery-nepage-three-quarter-length-trench/3110956?origin=keywordsearch&#038;resultback=1046" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/ga.....tback=1046</a> and this one in green and in red: <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/gallery-trench-coat/3123973?origin=keywordsearch&#038;resultback=1046" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/ga.....tback=1046</a>. Hopefully one of them will be "The One." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296380 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:09:27 +0000 Angie 296380@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's a beautifully made garment. The sleeve length could be altered. I love it! Does it make you happy, Mary? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296252 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:37:31 +0000 Stephanie 296252@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Lynne and Marley. I think I would prefer you in color, and if you have your heart set on black, I think you can do better. (There's something about the sheen of this fabric that I'm not nuts about--it's not shiny enough to be satin but not matte.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296235 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:03:40 +0000 Lynne 296235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another vote for colour, Mary - black seems too pedestrian for bubbly you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296194 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 06:49:29 +0000 Marley 296194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MaryK - do you have any trench coats at all? I LOVE a great fitting black trench - and this looks very nice on you - but, I'm wondering if you would look better (and find more useful) a colorful trench? Remember Angie's pic from Fashion Week of her wearing the yellow trench? It was gorgeous and I think of you wearing something like that more than I do a black colored trench. I have a black trench and I have a bright berry colored trench - and I love them both, but I wear the berry colored one a LOT more than I do the black. (Just something to think about.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296185 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 06:44:16 +0000 catgirl 296185@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay - removable hood = best possible compromise! I love it without the hood! And useful with it, too. I am not sure about the black on you. It's dramatic but I like that look. Maybe the blonde gals here will chime in. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296183 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 06:42:24 +0000 MsMary 296183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Huh. Turns out the hood comes off. Better?</p> <p>Does it look too big in the shoulders?</p> <p>I generally don't wear a lot of black because I think it looks kind of harsh on me. What do you think? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296173 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:34:13 +0000 san 296173@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's gorgeous! I love the fabric and the buttons, and the style. I myself have a hard time wearing a large expanse of black but with your blonde hair I think it looks good. It will be more at home over a dress too. I love the length, it looks like a very well made coat. Classy, like you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296172 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:32:18 +0000 catgirl 296172@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it, and I think it is very flattering, but I think it's the hood that's throwing me off. When a trench does not have a hood it seems kind of pointless, since you're still going to need a hat or umbrella. But when it does have a hood, you don't get the same cool detective-on-a-secret-mission collar effect. How does it feel? </p> <p>Have I ever seen you in black? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-return-black-trench#post-296169 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:17:54 +0000 MsMary 296169@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I ordered this London Fog on sale from the Rack, but I'm not feeling like it's doing me any favors, either in color or fit. What say you? </p>