https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:48:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62518 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:29:24 +0000 Kari 62518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy, I snapped the ATL cardigans up a month ago. Online they don't have a very large color &#38; size selection left, but you might luck out in the sale/clearance section in stores.<br /> <a href="http://www.anntaylorloft.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=17026&#038;N=1200259&#038;categoryId=2099&#038;Ns=CATEGORY_SEQ_2099&#038;loc=LN&#038;defaultColorNameFromCategory=Black&#038;defaultSizeTypeFromCategory=Misses" rel="nofollow">http://www.anntaylorloft.com/c.....ory=Misses</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62517 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:23:43 +0000 Kari 62517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for all of the encouraging and helpful comments! </p> <p>I am so tickled that the tunic and skinny jeans work. I have had these skinnies for nearly two years and am shy about wearing them since they show off the bum and thigh area so much. The tunic length makes me less self-conscious about this aspect of skinny jeans. I also have a plan to use the tunic in a different way next week to coincide with Hanna's "Clue" color theme... we'll see if I can pull it off.</p> <p>I really appreciate the feedback about the microchecks. They are definitely keepers. Great fitting pants are very hard for me to find, so I decided this pair was worth the expense. I'm hoping to get a TON of use out of these (especially now that many of my other non-denim pants are too baggy for workwear.)</p> <p>Alecia, I'm also interested in your comment about the structure of the grey dress - I haven't thought much about that. In the past I wore this dress with smaller silk scarves - do you think that would work better with the structure of the dress instead of overwhelming it/adding extra bulk? Thanks for offering your honest opinion - I'll have to think about this one!</p> <p>To those of you who commented about waistband alteration - I've never had this done on pants before, but my gosh, I'm impressed. Little by little I'm becoming a believer that it's worth tailoring items that don't fit perfectly off the rack. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62514 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:10:50 +0000 Anonymous 62514@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the tunic and skinny jeans on you! Love the microchecks too.<br /> Did you get the ATL white cardi recently? I need one like that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62508 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:53:23 +0000 marianne 62508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like everyone said, the tunic outfit is awesome! Microchecks look great, too.</p> <p>Waistband alteration is amazing. I also heard about it here for the first time, and it makes a huge difference even for not so curvy me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62506 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:18:51 +0000 sinead 62506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been on the fence about getting skinny jeans (thinking, would I really wear them? Can I stand to shop for another thing?) but seeing you in that black tunic and skinny jeans has convinced me- have to get some. You look so terrific! That is one of my favorite looks of all you've posted. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62498 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:09:59 +0000 tarzy 62498@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with what's already been said! The microchecks look amazing on you - like they were made for you. And the tunic/jeans look is one I am going to copy immediately. You are really on a roll! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62496 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:31:42 +0000 Asha 62496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look great as always (especially your color combos), but my absolute favorite is the tunic and skinny jeans. That outfit looks SO GOOD! The proportions are perfect for you. And you are looking very svelte!<br /> Isn't tailoring amazing? It makes such a big difference. Those micro-checks fit so well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62494 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:29:54 +0000 JewelryGirl 62494@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WOW - Kari, you look super skinny in the micro-check pants! I missed that one earlier... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62491 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:23:24 +0000 JewelryGirl 62491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kari, another GREAT bunch of pics! I especially love the job the tailor did on the jeans. That is one thing I could never give up is a fantastic tailor. Nice job, I always enjoy reading your posts! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62490 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:22:06 +0000 Kristen 62490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great week! The microchecks look terrific on you, and I loved the yellow scarf! The goldfish necklace is very sweet.</p> <p>My favorite outfit, however, is the tunic and skinny jeans. GREAT job! Your dad was right, you should wear that more often! the top is the perfect length for you, and the long necklace just elongates the whole thing very nicely. Bravo for trying something new; it was very successful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62485 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:57:33 +0000 Alecia 62485@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those micro-check pants are AMAZING! I like blue and yellow outfit a lot, too. I don't think the scarf with the dress works too well. I think the dress has shape and structure but the scarf takes away from that. Otherwise a great week. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62478 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:23:29 +0000 LoP 62478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great week Kari! I love the first outfit with white, blue and yellow, and the skinnies on you in particular. This site is making me purchase microcheck pants. I wish I could do them so well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62477 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:22:11 +0000 chewyspaghetti 62477@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the tucked in scarf- great colors!<br /> Great job on the alteration for your pants. I am going to have to remember that this can be done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-couple-weeks-and-new-cm-microchecks#post-62475 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:18:08 +0000 Kari 62475@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Overall I had a lot of "blah" choices in the past couple weeks (and a major mishap including throwing a full can of V-8 all over my pants while at work, and then making the error of bringing all of my favorite pants to the tailor at the same time and being without them all week, plus a weight-loss struggle of being in between pants sizes.) That being said, I'm only linking to my favorites here, though you can see everything on the blog.</p> <p>This is my attempt at the "Angie knot." I *think* I got it twisted right, but does the styling work?<br /> <a href="http://inkariswardrobe.blogspot.com/2009/04/blue-and-yellow.html" rel="nofollow">http://inkariswardrobe.blogspo.....ellow.html</a></p> <p>The weekend before last was finally warm enough to break out clamdiggers. Hooray!<br /> <a href="http://inkariswardrobe.blogspot.com/2009/04/saturday.html" rel="nofollow">http://inkariswardrobe.blogspo.....urday.html</a><br /> <a href="http://inkariswardrobe.blogspot.com/2009/04/sunday.html" rel="nofollow">http://inkariswardrobe.blogspo.....unday.html</a></p> <p>Dress and long scarf, again with an attempted "Angie knot." Is this scarf too long, or does it work with the dress?<br /> <a href="http://inkariswardrobe.blogspot.com/2009/04/girly-colors.html" rel="nofollow">http://inkariswardrobe.blogspo.....olors.html</a></p> <p>I found a great jersey button-down tunic at Macy's that I really feel great in AND I wore it to work with skinny jeans - very different from my norm.<br /> <a href="http://inkariswardrobe.blogspot.com/2009/04/tunic-and-skinnies.html" rel="nofollow">http://inkariswardrobe.blogspo.....nnies.html</a></p> <p>Finally, I got the CM microchecks back from the tailor - yay! They look slightly long/baggy here because I am standing on carpet with pointy toes. My mom reassured me that they are the right length when I'm standing on a hard surface.<br /> <a href="http://inkariswardrobe.blogspot.com/2009/04/saturday_25.html" rel="nofollow">http://inkariswardrobe.blogspo.....ay_25.html</a></p> <p>I also got the waistband of my jeans taken in for the first time ever, and I am amazed at the job my tailor did. You can't tell at all from the outside that any alteration was made to the waistband. I'm definitely doing this with my other stretched-out pair of AT jeans.<br /> <a href="http://inkariswardrobe.blogspot.com/2009/04/tailoring-results.html" rel="nofollow">http://inkariswardrobe.blogspo.....sults.html</a> </p>