https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 08 May 2026 16:03:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders/page/2#post-686365 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:01:24 +0000 Vicki 686365@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sarah, it was heart-stopping houndstooth love when I saw your first photo. The fit is extraordinary on your very fit body and I'm so happy that I then read the posts and Angie was there with her supportive take on them. I see what you mean about the back being a bit looser, but if you're working on the hem, then this may take care of itself. Keep us posted on the back-zipper sweater and I'm so happy you're keeping the houndstooth pants! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685972 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:20:57 +0000 CocoLion 685972@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Sarah! Send me a PM if I happen to miss your thread. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685728 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:38:34 +0000 christy 685728@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sarah, don't return the pants until you try pinning them to the length you want. Remember those Lafayette pants I linked to before? They were baggy in the back until the seamstress pinned them to the appropriate length and then the fit was much smoother. </p> <p>On the whole I have to admit that I'm not that fond of the sweater. I'm just not crazy about the zipper... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685679 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:22:17 +0000 sarah 685679@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the teal would be very pretty on you : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685675 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:21:07 +0000 sarah 685675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Denise, I'll try on the 2 sizes side by side and if the XS is better, the S is yours. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685661 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:08:46 +0000 catgirl 685661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just ordered this sweater in small, and I've refrained from commenting because I feel like I need to see it in person. However, I almost always favor a less fitted look in an item like this sweater, so I'm inclined to say it fits the way it's meant to fit. </p> <p>I think the pants look good too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685658 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:00:54 +0000 CocoLion 685658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sarah, please don't return the teal sweater just yet, I may buy it off you! I have it in black. What do you think, would teal be a better color for me? (Indecision...) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685605 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:14:22 +0000 Kyle 685605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the pants a lot IF you wear a fitted top. I do not care for them with the roomy sweater, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685583 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:20:19 +0000 sarah 685583@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That makes sense. How much would you hem do you think? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685582 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:19:26 +0000 Angie 685582@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Some will view it that way, Sarah - that the trousers are a bad fit. I think these trousers are worth a little more effort because I know the look that you are after. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685580 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:15:31 +0000 sarah 685580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ay-ay, captain. I was just worried that the baggines was a result of ill fit, rather than style. I was also thinking that doing away with the creases may help with the drape issues. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685576 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:11:16 +0000 Angie 685576@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Furthermore, shortening them will probably take away some of the bagginess. Pin and try that first. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685573 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:10:07 +0000 Angie 685573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They ARE baggy. Too baggy is debatable depending on the look you are going for. Of course, I do not know whether they will stretch out during wear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685571 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:08:42 +0000 sarah 685571@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK, but you don't think they're too baggy in the back of the legs?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685568 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:07:42 +0000 Angie 685568@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sarah, I think the trousers "on you* are achieving a modern and fashion forward fit - ignore the fit on the model because that is not the look that you are trying to achieve. </p> <p>I have been watching too many catwalk shows, perhaps </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685560 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:01:06 +0000 sarah 685560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good grief, Angie - you ARE the spanner. Hmmm...now I have to rethink everything ; )</p> <p>Scarlet, I will certainly keep an eye out for Theory trousers - I really wanted the ones that Angie modeled, but they haven't been available in my size. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685517 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:55:03 +0000 Angie 685517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The trousers look great! Wow! They need to be shortened just a tad, Sarah. They look so much better on you than they do on the model. </p> <p>The pullover fits just how it should fit. It's not too large at all. Most of the people who ordered this style on YLF, ordered it too small. I vote keep and scrunch the sleeves :)</p> <p>I am such a spanner on Sunday mornings. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685413 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 12:50:32 +0000 shiny 685413@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm. Do you have the pants hiked up too high? Are they supposed to rest lower on your hip? If you scooch them down lower, does that fix the puckering in the back? Looking at how the pants look on the model, I almost want to say that you need a size smaller in these pants, because they look like they are supposed to be slimmer fitting in the legs, and low rise (not all the way up to your belly button). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685377 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 05:35:26 +0000 Scarlet 685377@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the sweater would look great with very slim-fitting trousers, but I would also be interested in seeing the XS for comparison. It doesn't read automatically too large to me, but rather not well paired in this particular combo. While I love the fabric and front of the trousers, there is just too much fabric on the back of the leg. Have you ever tried Theory trousers? While I have some I love, many of their cuts don't work on me because I have a lot of, um, lower butt that would probably take up the extra room in those houndstooth trousers. For that reason I wonder if some Theory cuts might work really well on you. if there is a Theory store you can go to, I would definitely go try on several styles to see if one doesn't work out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685304 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:36:00 +0000 Kari 685304@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven't read the other comments and expect I'm probably going to be the outlier here, because I think that as lovely as the pants pattern is, the fit in the rear is a deal-breaker for me if it's not something that could be addressed through alteration. *sigh* This is partly why pants-shopping gets me down. The fit can be just perfect from the front, and then from the back it's too tight or too baggy. </p> <p>To me, the brown pair that you recently altered is MUCH more flattering to your beautiful frame than the pair featured on this post. Take this with a grain of salt, though, because I really prefer more fitted bottoms even when they are on the slouchy side - I can't wrap my brain around the baggy-crotch BF jeans, but I like seeing them on others when the fit is just a touch relaxed.</p> <p>I'd like to see a smaller version of the sweater, and see them worn with a slimmer-fitting bottom, before making judgment on which size I'd personally prefer. I'll bet that the purple color will look absolutely amazing on you! The teal is lovely too, but I personally think it's too large to wear with a slouchy-fitting item like these trousers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685301 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:27:35 +0000 Gaylene 685301@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The back rise of the pants seems to be too short which creates the creasing and pulling you see on center back and side seams. That's a hard alteration because, in most cases, women's pants do not include extra fabric in the back seam which would be needed for the alteration. I'd pass on the pants, which would be hard because I love the houndstooth pattern and they look so nice in the front.</p> <p>The S size sweater definitely is a loose fit. I guess it depends on how much slouch you like. Personally, I think I'd go for a smaller size as long as it still had the loose, flowy look. I really like that blue color on you, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685281 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:00:57 +0000 Parsley 685281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's weird about the pants! I really like how they look from the front., but the back just isn't right.</p> <p>As far as the sweater, it looks pretty big, but I bet the XS will be good. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685265 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 02:44:56 +0000 sarah 685265@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for your thoughts, all.</p> <p>Yes, the more I look at the pics, the more I think that the pants are just ill-fitting in the back of the legs, and I'm not sure it's worth trying to alter them. Too bad, because from the front they aren't that bad. It's a bit strange, isn't it?</p> <p>It seems that you all agree with me that the sweater is either too big, or just isn't a good style because of my sloping shoulders. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685260 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 02:21:28 +0000 Jaime 685260@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is tough - I love houndstooth and in the first pictures I like the fit but feel they need to be a bit shortened. But by picture #9 they do look big in the back. Similarly I like the blue sweater, but I go for oversized looks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685185 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:50:38 +0000 Marley 685185@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the pants look too big in the legs for you - the Nordstroms description says that they are a "slim-fit" and these are definitely not slim-fit on you! However, they look a little tight in the back in the "bum" area - and then baggy in the legs. I don't know anything about sewing or tailoring, but I'm wondering if you could get them altered to work for your body? Otherwise, I'd send them back.</p> <p>I'm also with the others who say that the sweater is not working that well for you - it just looks really shapeless to me in the front, and then in the back it almost looks too small - so, I just don't know. FYI - I haven't seen anyone in this sweater that I thought was flattering on them, so take my opinion with a grain of salt - at this point, I'm probably pretty biased against the sweater! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685178 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:36:36 +0000 Queen Mum 685178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>the pants look great from the front, but yea, from the back they look big. Try playing around with some basting and see if you can work that out.<br /> I'm not crazy about the sweater on you... just seems a bit shapeless. Perhaps the smaller size will work out better for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685175 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:31:36 +0000 Suz 685175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I LOVE the pants I am not an expert on the fit, but I suspect that if you shortened them just a touch or wore them with shoes they could break over more easily, you'd be in heaven. These look super-wearable and wonderful. </p> <p>As for the sweater, I don't think it is a good fit or perhaps style for you. I would like to see the smaller size, but I wonder if your shoulders simply don't fill it out as it requires (as per your post today). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685160 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:01:18 +0000 cjh 685160@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with you that the sweater looks too big on your petite frame. Hopefully the smaller one will work out. </p> <p>As to the back of the pants, I see what you mean. My instinct says that if the crotch seam was just a little deeper, that might take care of the extra fabric at the back of the upper thighs, and also make it look less tight in the center butt area. I would like to hear other opinions on possible alterations for the pants. Otherwise, I really like the fabric and they seem to be a great fit in the front. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685116 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:40:28 +0000 jayne 685116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>those slacks are perfect! Keep Keep!</p> <p>Not so happy about the sweater. I would return that and hope the next one fits better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr---nearing-the-last-of-the-nas-orders#post-685104 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:23:03 +0000 JR 685104@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love those pants. Of course, I love houndstooth. I don't think the sweater looks too big because it's supposed to have some volume. But if you're more comfortable in the smaller one when it arrives, you are the one who has to wear it. I suspect it will also look great on you. </p>