https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:01:52 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-728441 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:59:49 +0000 bj1111 728441@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i love it on skirts and pants. not so fond of so much color next to my face like a dress or jacket. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-728171 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:56:12 +0000 ironkurtin 728171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think on the right item, of course! So long as we're not talking about logos (blech). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-728142 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:14:30 +0000 Mellllls 728142@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>now, i'm curious. i'm not entirely sure what makes something a status print. i have a dress that may qualify. can't find a current picture of me wearing it though. will try to find one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-728034 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:56:07 +0000 rae 728034@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>JR, I like the music, too. I used to play a LOT of Bach as a kid in piano lessons... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-728012 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:34:50 +0000 cjh 728012@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like print skirts, but I don't like purple much, so this one is ... meh. The idea is good - however, I found my print skirts to be challenging when stepping outside the original outfit I had developed. </p> <p>It requires a reversal of thinking. Normally I wear plain, neutral bottoms with color or prints, accessories on top. When I wear a print skirt, I have to put the plain and neutral on top, and that feels odd. Since I have become more used to the idea, it isn't quite as difficult, and I am usually happy with the results. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727541 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:39:31 +0000 JR 727541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rae, interesting that it reminds you of baroque. In the visual arts, that period was all about ornamentation and intricacy, so it certainly makes sense. I am not a great fan of the architecture or paintings of the era, but I absolutely love the music, for some strange reason. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727430 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:40:22 +0000 MsMary 727430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like them! I loved this one at Atlantic-Pacific: <a href="http://atlantic-pacific.blogspot.com/2012/09/baroque.html" rel="nofollow">http://atlantic-pacific.blogsp.....roque.html</a>. Despite the army vest and despite the fact that the pattern seemed to accentuate her reproductive area! LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727408 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:24:54 +0000 Carole 727408@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know what you mean, I have seen dresses in this pattern and it grows on you! I like it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727407 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:24:19 +0000 Janet 727407@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am drawn to these prints since I love bold patterns and prints, but I am picky about them, especially on my bottom half since they can emphasize the hips a bit too much for my liking. Plus there's the question of awkward pattern placement (LOLing at "here's my uterus!"). Id be more likely to choose a blouse or dress in one of these patterns than a skirt, and then funk it up with denim and boots to keep it from looking too 90s office wear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727399 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:15:04 +0000 Mo 727399@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm strangely drawn to them, though they are not what I would consider my style. Maybe in a funky cut, one shoulder blouson dress or something . . . but not in a classic pencil skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727357 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:16:36 +0000 Anonymous 727357@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>tee-hee, this one looks like: here's my uterus! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727351 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:09:09 +0000 Claudia 727351@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wore some status prints for work attire in the '90s. Always felt a bit like a poser in them. Now that I am mature enough in years for them to feel more age and station-in-life appropriate to more match my mental associations with it, they feel too cliche for me, and don't hold much appeal to my current style persona aspirations.</p> <p>I do admire them on the young, trendy bloggers and the pizzazz and flair in which they style them, though, with the likes of Atlantic-Pacific pairing a status print dress with a safari jacket for example. They make them look fresh instead of "ladies who lunch." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727333 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:33:43 +0000 ramya 727333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una,<br /> This reminds me of all the outfits we used to get stitched out of Mom's sarees... This is pretty common in all the colleges in India... The kurtas, the tops and the skirts :)<br /> Strange how this is becoming an international rage now </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727317 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:42:46 +0000 April 727317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In this dose, too busy and riotously colorful pour moi. Can't shake the feeling that someone took a scarf and made it into a skirt, but I'm notoriously slow at eye adjustment. :)</p> <p>ETA: I do think there is a pattern placement issue here, as in "X marks the spot" with the front view, and "picture frame" on the derriere... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727260 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:26:23 +0000 Ingunn 727260@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it! It is a very bold pattern, and it would be fun to create an outfit around it.</p> <p>I'm not sure I would actually buy this particular skirt, but who knows? I'm always playing safe when I shop, and the result is a boring closet full of basics. Getting exposed to all the ideas here at YLF might easily change that. Keep'em coming! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727251 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:48:33 +0000 catgirl 727251@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the name ccomes from the traditional look of a scarf print like Hermes or Chanel in olden times. But I could be wrong. </p> <p>I'm just posting these questions for fun, Scarlet - not because I'm considering everything I post! Lord help me if that were the case... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727239 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:43:58 +0000 Scarlet 727239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it, but it doesn't seem like "you". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727193 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:04:27 +0000 Jyoti 727193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think there are a few different types of prints that are related enough to be called a 'status print' in this manner!</p> <p>I don't like the chain/scarf prints, personally. I LOVE the baroque thing that's trending now (but would prefer beading and embroidery to just a print). I find myself warming up to prints like this more recently!</p> <p>I actually just bought a dress with a print I would put in this category today, but I bought it without trying thinking I could return it, and it doesn't fit AND it turns out it's on final sale! Boo. I might put it in the style exchange though. xD </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727164 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:29:47 +0000 rae 727164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Never knew they were called that!</p> <p>I personally don't feel them calling to me. They remind me of the baroque period (for whatever reason), and that's just something that doesn't resonate with me. I don't have a negative opinion of them, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727144 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:02:38 +0000 Jonesy 727144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think prints like this are fab. I do wonder if, since they are everywhere right now, they will seem dated pretty quickly? Hard to say... I have never heard them called "status" prints, so I'm curious about Nordstrom's usage too... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727049 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:14:01 +0000 Mellllls 727049@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oh wow, i love it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727042 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:11:52 +0000 Diana 727042@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love them. I really want a waistless shift dress with a print like this, but have not managed to find one that is not icky fabric. </p> <p>Why are they called status prints? When I saw your post title, at first I thought you were talking about something like Burberry plaid! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-727023 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:05:11 +0000 K. Period. 727023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like placement prints, but I'm always a little shy of buying. They run the risk of fig leaf fail, or at least that's what I'm calling it now that I read Shannon's "thanks, but no thanks" post on them! </p> <p><a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pattern-placement-fail" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....ement-fail</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-726984 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:38:50 +0000 annagybe 726984@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love them, but I want a dress or a top. Because realistically I really don't wear my skirts.</p> <p><a href="http://www.revolveclothing.com/DisplayProduct.jsp?product=CLOV-WD15&#038;c=Clover+Canyon" rel="nofollow">http://www.revolveclothing.com.....ver+Canyon</a></p> <p>ETA<br /> <a href="http://www.shopbop.com/ombre-paisley-moto-jacket-clover/vp/v=1/845524441950992.htm?folderID=2534374302189820&#038;fm=browse-brand-shopbysize-viewall&#038;colorId=10917" rel="nofollow">http://www.shopbop.com/ombre-p.....orId=10917</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/last-post-for-now-i-promise-thoughts-on-status-prints#post-726983 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:36:05 +0000 catgirl 726983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Seeing these everywhere... Didn't think I liked them, but there's something appealing about this. Or maybe it's just because I'm SYC that everything looks good. </p> <p><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/vince-camuto-ornate-paisley-pencil-skirt/3339162?origin=category&#038;contextualcategoryid=0&#038;fashionColor=&#038;resultback=821" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/vi.....ltback=821</a> </p>