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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 19 May 2026 08:51:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php ManidipaM on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-801555 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 05:10:39 +0000 ManidipaM 801555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Delightfully don't-care layers --- I enjoy the RATEness of this particular onion, Rae. It says it's stylish, but is NOT going to try too hard to fit into a fashion magazine spread and will 'go its own way'. Very cool-tastic. You also reminded me I need layers, not just fleece tights, for warmth. And no, am NOT disclosing temperatures. Lisa on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-801282 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:50:29 +0000 Lisa 801282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ 50/60s is our spring weather. For the really cold days I would add fleece hose and a long sleeve t underneath this outfit. Extra warmth but you won't see the layers. Great layering here the cropped sweater is perfect with this dress. Alecia on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-801044 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:40:20 +0000 Alecia 801044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Love it! CocoLion on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-801019 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:42:08 +0000 CocoLion 801019@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Yes it's cold in CA right now folks! Our blood is thin, we feel the cold too. *sniff* This is fantastic Rae! I'm pinning this ASAP. One of your best. Mo on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-801018 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:32:31 +0000 Mo 801018@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hey, Rae, I hear you. I went from 80's to single digits in about a week and a half's time. Acclimation is a real thing. I think you look cute! But I remember when our faucet to our hose froze overnight in Ventura county it was a big deal annagybe on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-801017 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:31:53 +0000 annagybe 801017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Bodies adjust to the prevailing temperatures. I grew up in a place with much colder winters than what I have now in Seattle. I fully admit to being a wimp now. I'm currently wearing my down puffer and compared to full blown continental winters it's probably overkill for the temperatures I'm currently experiencing. But hey, low 40's feel cold to me now. Also humidity plays a huge factor. Cold wet is much more miserable than dry wet. I remember when I was in school when the students from Hawaii would bundle up when the temperature dropped to below 70. rae on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-801010 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:18:54 +0000 rae 801010@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'm going to apologize in advance because I'm not sure how to say this and might stick my foot way in my mouth here... but I think I'm going to try not to mention the temperatures here anymore and I think I'd appreciate it if there were no more comments that amount to it not really being cold here or that that feeling cold in CA is somehow ludicrous or that I'm unappreciative of the weather here. Don't get me wrong, I truly know that nothing said above was meant in a mean way, I really do. But it is starting to make my teeth itch a little. I can't help what my body is used to or what feels comfortable, and it feels bad to have everyone laughing at you for needing a coat or wanting to bundle up. I don't find it amusing at all that people Seattle can wear shorts in their cooler summers, for example... Anyway, again, I'm sorry if this is coming off as weird... annagybe on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800984 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:46:01 +0000 annagybe 800984@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Great outfit. But yeah I'm trying to understand your version of cold and failing. It's all relative. Aida on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800942 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:01:32 +0000 Aida 800942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ FAB outfit, I love the high-low proportions. I'm on the hunt for a cropped cheerful sweater, and if I ever find the right one I'm so copying this! EDIT: Weather comment removed. Jaime on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800906 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:36:20 +0000 Jaime 800906@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hey Rae, I am with you. I am cold when the highs are in the 50s! That means that in the morning when I take the kids to school it might be in the 40s! Brrrr. Anyway, I love your outfit, the tough sweater with skirt and boots, and I especially like how the necklace works with the neckline. I hope you soon can wear your fantastic outfits at work all day long! Tina.b on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800898 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:29:25 +0000 Tina.b 800898@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What a great casual outfit. The crop sweater is an inspired pairing with the B44 dress. I have one that I've never worn and I may want to do something like this. Hijack: Suz, I live in Saskatoon! I concur we have way more snow than usual for this time of year. And it is COLD, -34 this morning. Makes outfit planning a nightmare! Amy on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800745 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:13:24 +0000 Amy 800745@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You look really great, Rae. That's some creative and cute layering. I cannot get warm today. I'm picturing a warm sunny beach in my head, hoping it will trick my body into thinking it's comfortable. Want to have a rum drink on the beach with me? Angie on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800739 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:05:51 +0000 Angie 800739@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Low 60s is very typical on a bad Seattle Summer day - which we have had FAR TOO MUCH OF 3 years in a row. High 60s and mid 70s is more typical. 80s is more rare. Low 40s is not typical at night at that time of year. High 50s are. Now you know :) Right now - we are hovering in the 30s and 40s. RAIN, RAIN, RAIN. rae on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800737 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:01:41 +0000 rae 800737@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I wonder if I may have used poor wording. Highs are in the high-fifties to low-60s, Lows however are around 40F. Is that still Summer weather for Seattle? I've been in Seattle in summer, and that doesn't sound right... Angie on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800695 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:45:10 +0000 Angie 800695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ WOW. Those are Seattle Summer temperatures if we end up having a bad Summer! Now you know why I am always wrapped up. I have no resistance to the cold. Caro in Oz on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800689 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:36:38 +0000 Caro in Oz 800689@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Love the mix of neutrals & your hair. Anonymous on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800642 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:36:09 +0000 Anonymous 800642@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ 50's-60's that's my spring joy! I do love the unexpectedness of this whole shebang. Loving the hair too as well rae on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800608 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:18:51 +0000 rae 800608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Diana, it's high 50s-low 60s pretty much. If the wind doesn't die down, though, it will feel chillier. rae on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800606 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:17:35 +0000 rae 800606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ RunnerChick, thanks for the cold sympathy! The sweater is secondhand from the flea market - thin, pilling, and has some "artistic" moth holes in one shoulder and one sleeve. I should have snapped a pic of that! It looks like something out of the 2nd Matrix film to me. I wish I knew how to DIY that effect; I'd buy a bunch more 50-cent sweaters! Diana on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800604 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:14:55 +0000 Diana 800604@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I love this! The cozy sweater over the CCV is a fantastic pairing. (Also, I tried on some more Baileys yesterday at Anthro and decided once and for all that they are not for me, but now you are making me have second thoughts, dammit!) How cold is it there? I am flying in next week for the holidays, hope it warms up by then! RunnerChick on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800600 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:09:48 +0000 RunnerChick 800600@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ This looks great! I hear you about feeling cold in spite of the layers (same here!), and it's good to see you, too, are the victim of ribbing about the "cold". What is a "destroyed" cashmere sweater? Did you do the destroying? If so, how? It looks really good and if destroy is a DIY, I'm up for trying too! rae on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800599 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:07:49 +0000 rae 800599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks, all! Ok, I'm not really that big of a wuss - the sweater is cashmere, but it's gossamer... almost like a thick blanket of spiderweb, which is why I liked it. I think if the sweater were thick and the tights were wool or fleece-lined, I'd have been roasting. I did need that wool coat, though, as the wind gusts from door to car went right through all my clothing! Raisin on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800591 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:56:46 +0000 Raisin 800591@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Love the layers. Maybe one of your fab jackets overtop would help keep you warm outside. Suz on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800590 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:56:31 +0000 Suz 800590@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Gorgeous outfit, Rae. I love the necklace and the way it ties together with the stripe of the dress. And you look spectacular in grey. Chuckling with Una about your cold. Just be grateful you don't live in Saskatoon. A friend of mine lives there but visits Kingston every couple of months. She calls Kingston her personal Miami. In Saskatoon the snow is already so deep they have to dig tunnels in it.... Beth Ann on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800583 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:47:06 +0000 Beth Ann 800583@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I used to live in Arcadia and Alhambra -- at the base of the San Gabriels. I remember how the temp were fluctuate 40 degrees throughout the day, so I'd always run out without a coat. Not in Chicago, where we waiting for our first snowstorm of the season! This is expert layering, and I love your hair, even though it's looking sleek rather than RATE. Your neighbor is probably inspired by your fabness! Angie on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800574 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:32:55 +0000 Angie 800574@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Fun crop top layering! One of your cropped jackets would look fab too. And it's always a good idea to dress the part at work to be noticed. Hope you warmed up Transcona Shannon on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800565 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:11:59 +0000 Transcona Shannon 800565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Ok....love LOVE the layering of the sweater over the dress....hmmm....I wonder if I have a sweater I could layer over my B44 dress.....whoops sorry...back to you here...and like Una, I love the expected brown boots. Also think your hair looks fantastic here. catgirl on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800557 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:04:40 +0000 catgirl 800557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Goodness, how cold is it? It's well below zero here and you're wearing as much as I wear! You look fab, and I especially love the unexpected brown boots with these colors. The CCV dress goes with so much! rae on "Layered Like an Onion and Still Not Warm Enough" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/layered-like-an-onion-and-still-not-warm-enough#post-800553 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:54:47 +0000 rae 800553@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Just a quick pic of what I wore on my way into work. It's kind of been my small rebellion to only change into my tee once I get to the clock-in area - sort of hoping the Powers That Be will subconsciously think of me as more stylish in the event that I ever need a recommendation for a promotion. Also, it's more fun, and this way I still get to post WIWs! Sorry for the awkward post - my neighbor caught me photographing myself, and I felt a sudden wash of shame, lol. Destroyed cashmere sweater over my CCV dress over brown cabled tights. I also wore my midi length Norma Kamali for Walmart trench over it all, but I was still freezing. I should have stayed with my wool coat, but I liked the longer hem better. :T Talula Babaton sweater - flea market Cha Cha Vente dress - Macy's Cable tights - Target Report Anna Motor boots - Shoebacca Ted Baker bag - flea market