https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:39:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229844 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 15:07:19 +0000 CarolS 2229844@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No verdict yet, Mary Beth! It works with the black but is harder to accessorize with the outfit (would take time and shopping). I would consider pearls with it but one of my pearl earrings needs repair and I might not have it in time for the event. i will play with it all a bit more over the next couple of evenings. I really need to build a dressy capsule so I don't have to either like this every time an event comes up! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229841 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 14:56:47 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 2229841@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carol, I hands-down love that brown for you!&nbsp; It sets off your hair beautifully.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;What's the verdict on wearing it for the wedding?&nbsp; &nbsp;Can it be worked into the wedding outfit?&nbsp; &nbsp;If it can't, I vote keep it anyway, and wear it every chance you can. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229814 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 12:46:38 +0000 CarolS 2229814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Star -- I feel similarly. One is better for the need at hand. The other I would probably enjoy more in the longer term and wear it quite differently. </p> <p>Keeping both wouldn't break the bank, but one of these days I will have to decide if I really NEED both. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229775 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 09:00:06 +0000 Star (Lise) 2229775@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>CarolS&nbsp;</b>just chiming back in.&nbsp; As much as I love the brown on you I actually thing the gray is more suitable for the wedding.&nbsp; Something about the 'silvery' shine looks more festive to me, sort of takes it to that level.&nbsp; Obviously the brown will work 100% too, just splitting hairs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229653 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 18:59:52 +0000 CarolS 2229653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Firecracker. I love your duplicated sweater -- the colourways are different enough that each reads as quite distinctive.&nbsp;</p> <p>For the ones I am considering, I think the grey one is easiest to accessorize with my black base items -- I don't have to go shopping for new accessories with only days to the event. :-)</p> <p>The brown one works with more of my newer pieces and supports a move to bring more colour into my closet. A little more tricky to accessorize. I do have pearls, but one of my pearl earrings is broken and an attempted fix yesterday went very wrong, so not sure if those will be an option or not.&nbsp;</p> <p>Still time to decide. And it won't be the end of the world if I just go with the gray because it is most suited to the immediate need (wedding guest this weekend).</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229643 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 18:30:40 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2229643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>I think the bronze looks smashing on you. It looks great with the white jeans and matching sneakers, and as you say, I can envision it with blue jeans and blush pinks. I think it is more stunning on you than the gray one. <br /></div><div>I would be on the fence about keeping both, but I have duplicated a fairly distinctive cardigan myself (in Finds below) and found opportunities to wear both. In some years, I wear the lighter one more, and in others, I wear the darker one more. But I have a pretty large wardrobe.<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229633 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 17:38:44 +0000 SarahD8 2229633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What about mixed metals? I think brushed (not shiny/polished) gold + silver could be nice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229631 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:53:39 +0000 LaPed 2229631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I'd go with jewelry that picks up the embroidery colours. Pearls would make sense, or something leaning towards blue like turquoise or aquamarine... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229578 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 11:36:26 +0000 Anonymous 2229578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes to bronze accessories, copper or rose gold too! Flame painted copper is especially nice. I also like semiprecious stones with browns like turquoise and jasper. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229547 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 04:49:21 +0000 CarolS 2229547@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tried something on the brassy side and wasn't sure it was quite it. Bronze is an interesting idea but not sure I will be able to get my hands on any in time for the upcoming event. Will keep a lookout tho. Also on the accessory front I took a pearl earring to be fixed tonight. It had come off its post. The guy glued it, but the butterfly backing was also on the post. Long story short, the post and butterfly are holding totpgether well, but the post is out of the earring again after I tried to pull the butterfly off. Grr. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229543 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 04:31:52 +0000 chewyspaghetti 2229543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carol- try brass or bronze jewelry </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229518 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 02:10:27 +0000 CarolS 2229518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Shevia </b>- I am leaning in the same direction now that I have seen how the brown works with the black. I don't know that I need two of the same statement piece. The brown one kind of combines the best of the solid brown that I have already returned and the solid grey.&nbsp;</p> <p>My only question with the taupey brown is what accessories? Both gold and silver seem out of place. I have pearl earrings and a very simple pearl necklace, but maybe too country club for that funky jacket? Maybe rose gold?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229509 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 01:25:40 +0000 Jaime 2229509@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting! If you were to choose one I am thinking brown makes more sense right now. Then the choice is whether you want to duplicate a statement - which would make it part of your signature.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229478 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 23:17:43 +0000 CarolS 2229478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Please do post, LaPed -- I want to see your olive bronze shoes!</p> <p>I don't think my vintage choker works as well with the brown, so toddling off shortly to see what is out there for possible accessories...</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229476 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 22:51:14 +0000 LaPed 2229476@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, yes, definitely do the brown/black combo! I think it will look great. My own fall wedding guest outfit ended up being brown/black, with "olive bronze" shoes, even (someday I'll get around to posting a WIW).</p> <p>Another point in the brown's favour is that it will look amazing with denim! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229470 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 22:13:02 +0000 chewyspaghetti 2229470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the brown with black. If you're only keeping one- I vote for the brown one! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229467 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 21:58:18 +0000 CarolS 2229467@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So much good feedback and food for thought here! Thank you, everyone. I had convinced myself that the grey was the only option for my column of black, but seeing the brown over the black today has shifted my thinking a bit.&nbsp;</p> <p>Still a work in progress, but one observation I have is that the grey represents the path I've been on the past several years while the taupey brown represents where I am going.&nbsp;</p> <p>I am starting to play with the notion that if I wear the brown one as my wedding topper I could possibly change into my bronze sneakers when the lights go down and the dancing starts.... hmmmm.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229366 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:29:41 +0000 SarahD8 2229366@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the brown and think it looks fab over your column of black wedding outfit. Actually I think the more colorful, detailed embroidery on the brown makes it look more luxe (while still being able to be dressed down). So I vote keep the brown and return the gray, if that's possible.</p> <p>I duplicate a lot, and am not opposed to it even for statement pieces -- but in this case, you seem much more excited about the brown, so I'd ask: in what circumstances/outfits would you choose the gray over the brown? (I bet even over a column of gray the brown would look great, because of the blue-gray stitching in the mix.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket/page/2#post-2229361 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:07:22 +0000 Katerina 2229361@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both are so beautiful and gorgeous on you!<br /> I duplicate a lot. Also some statement pieces. Sometimes I am happy I did, sometimes I regret doing it afterwards, when one of the pieces is not worn enough. Sorry for the non advice…<br /> On this jacket, I am with April though. If wearing the jacket makes you feel great, excited and happy - it is worth an extra version. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket#post-2229355 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:49:49 +0000 LaPed 2229355@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's totally fine to duplicate dressy/statement pieces, especially if finding ones that fit well and feel like you is a challenge (it is for me, so I like having a formula). Would you be okay with these embellished velvet toppers becoming a signature for you? You wear them effortlessly and I could see them becoming the core of your special event capsule.&nbsp;</p> <p>Like Angie, I want to see it side-by-side with the grey one. It looks so good with the bronze sneakers; that alone would be enough to make me hesitant to let go of it. Maybe that's a colour capsule you didn't know you needed until now. Jenni brings up a good point about size changes; do you expect these to be long-term keepers in this size? Would it make sense to have the grey in your current size, and the brown in the next size down, or is it more of a one-size-fits-all cut that you'll be able to keep wearing?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket#post-2229339 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:56:43 +0000 JAileen 2229339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always duplicate. &nbsp;Sometimes it works, sometimes not. &nbsp;I can never figure out before hand when it is going to be a good idea. &nbsp;I’d like a rule of thumb. &nbsp; </p> </p> <p>ETA: &nbsp;“I might need it.” &nbsp;:)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket#post-2229329 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:35:02 +0000 Anonymous 2229329@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I like the light brown a lot! It features the embroidery more as well as an awesome color on you. Could you use the gray for dressy and brown for casual </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket#post-2229304 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:56:31 +0000 CarolS 2229304@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Thanks, everyone for the thoughtful feedback. </b>I SO appreciate the differing perspectives. You've given me some excellent food for thought. (<b>Angie</b>, I did bring the brown one home, so I do have the luxury of some thinking and comparison time!)</p> <p><i>I have to get to work now, but will go through the comments more thoroughly later in the day!</i> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket#post-2229298 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:40:44 +0000 Angie 2229298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t think you can make the decision in the dressing room. </p> <p>Can you take it home <b>CarolS</b>, compare the two jackets, and figure out whether you will wear them both? Return the brown if necessary. You might prefer the brown! It's spectacular with the new sneaks - IF you will wear it that way :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket#post-2229296 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:34:33 +0000 Theodora 2229296@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is the most brilliant and beautiful combination, the brown with your bronze sneakers! &nbsp;I love it, and I actually think it reads differently than the grey one. &nbsp;Send it on to me, lol.It feels like it would work well in your daily life, not as formal. I vote keep, </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket#post-2229294 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:19:42 +0000 Mirjana 2229294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I adore #1, fantastic jacket with white, winner. For the rest I am with Janet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket#post-2229285 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 12:48:24 +0000 RobinF 2229285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love both jackets and they look quite different to me. However, I know if it were me I would tend to wear one or the other and not both, especially with such a distinctive item.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket#post-2229282 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 12:39:34 +0000 Janet 2229282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It’s a great piece, and I am a frequent duplicator — but I’m feeling similarly to cat2 on this. I tend to duplicate basics that are less statement-like pieces. The more distinctive a piece is, the more I usually favor one color over another of it. I try to stick with only duplicating things like jeans, tees, and everyday bags. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket#post-2229280 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 12:36:38 +0000 Irina 2229280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is a beautiful color on you, a lovely jacket.&nbsp;<br />I would ask myself in this situation - where and how often would I wear it. Is this a statement piece or you see yourself wearing it casually? For me, two similar statements that would be worn occasionally is too much but perfectly fine for everyday garments.<br />You probably like the brown one more than the grey jacket. Can you sell the grey one and keep the brown? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/kr-duplicate-velvet-jacket#post-2229265 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:53:46 +0000 Tanya 2229265@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The brown is also gorgeous on you and I love the outfit in #1.&nbsp; Definitely worth considering keeping, as long as you are not going to get too tired of similar looks shortly. </p>