https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:03:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2337190 Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:49:01 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2337190@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those are fantastic lessons! I like your outfits, too. Looking pretty, polished, and relaxed for summer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2337128 Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:24:42 +0000 Cee 2337128@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've learned Angie is beyond hopeless at the Goth look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2337064 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:31:39 +0000 Style Fan 2337064@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great lessons!&nbsp; I can relate to all of them.&nbsp; I have learned so much from Angie and the forum.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336771 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 23:02:01 +0000 rachylou 2336771@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just brilliant! And I totally recognise your pink dress phenomenon. I have several, some of the most notable being black sleeveless tops with frilly-girl trim and red and blue plaid. I conquered red and blue plaid, but the black tops was a recent discovery! Honestly, they’re all the same. Lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336688 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 14:37:51 +0000 unfrumped 2336688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great progress and insights! </p> <p>Thank you for sharing and inspiring better wardrobe curation. I like your “ aha” moments and I can make progress myself by hearing these things stated in slightly different ways and with various real- life examples examples as you have done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336679 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 13:42:31 +0000 RobinF 2336679@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How fun! I love your outfits - you are definitely doing something right!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336633 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 00:39:37 +0000 Roxanna 2336633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>“Will this version move my style forward?<br /> That is such a good question to ask! I can usually justify a similar item because it is slightly different in color, cut etc but this question will force me to take take a hard look at whether it will move me forward in my style goals.</p> <p>Looks like you’ve learned so much from our savings Angie - thank you for sharing your lessons! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336631 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 00:33:35 +0000 Jaime 2336631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Excellent lessons and beautifully illustrated with your outfits. Angie is an inside out consultant . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336614 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 21:03:40 +0000 Suz 2336614@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great post and you look wonderful in all your outfits! No wonder you love pink -- even without seeing your face, I can tell what a great colour that first top must be on you!&nbsp;</p> <p>I really love all your points but the third one is something I need to get a clearer handle on, I think! I sometimes get excited at the start of a season and buy more items than I can actually wear!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336607 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 20:41:35 +0000 Sal 2336607@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing! Clone shopping can be an issue I agree. Sounds like your closet and wardrobe is a happy place.</p> <p>Love your floral dress!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336581 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:42:29 +0000 lyn67 2336581@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I so can relate to always been attracted to vertain looks or items and having difficulties in realizing similarieties in the past, but I am beter on this, me too! Wonderfull looks&nbsp; all, but the 1,2,3 are workhorses for me, too! You lucky girl (for having Angie to curate your own personal wardrobe) no wonder you now finally&nbsp; enjoy your wardrobe!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336558 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 16:14:19 +0000 Angie 2336558@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> As always, sweet&nbsp;<b>Emily,</b> you are a pleasure to work with and have an incredible amount of good energy! LOVE how proactive and positive you are. Always delightful! Thanks for the kind words, (<b>Janet </b>too) :)</p> <p>Glad you're having and learning from&nbsp;fabulous wardrobe epiphanies! They can be extremely helpful. You are sooo good at following through!&nbsp;</p> <p>#3 is the bomb for me. <i>We&nbsp;need to know our limits. </i>Now you know!&nbsp;</p> <p>ROCK ON!&nbsp;<i></i> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336557 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 16:10:33 +0000 Janet 2336557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What great lessons, and how fab to work so closely with Angie! She’s so good at getting to the heart of dressing. You are looking great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336552 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 15:54:25 +0000 Carol 2336552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your photos! Orange linen pants! Who would have thought that those would look like a wardrobe staple? You definitely look stylish.</p> <p>I agree that it's always tempting to add more, although we usually have enough. I try and stick to a small number of clothes...and what helps me is thinking how overwhelmed I'd feel if stuff were falling all over the closet floor from excess.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336547 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 15:23:42 +0000 Anonymous 2336547@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good lessons! #1 is a chronic problem for me especially :/ I didn't know Angie did virtual clients! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336542 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 14:56:14 +0000 Carla 2336542@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great story your wardrobe tells (per your Finds)! &nbsp;I’m taking note of your outfits. &nbsp;Hoping to take an extended vacay in Florida in 2024 and the outfits you show here are aspirational! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336529 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 12:49:29 +0000 Helena 2336529@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wonderful!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336523 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 11:32:27 +0000 Olive Green 2336523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Boy, point number two is me. I love something online and put it in the cart to ponder, and a day later look at it and a Very Similar item or two is on my closet. And I like it as much as the new item.&nbsp;<br />The only way to combat the clones is to have a very transparent closet layout where I can see all the items when I look. No digging.&nbsp;<br />Because I have everything I need (after a couple of years editing and buying duplicate heroes) I am down to replacing worn or uncomfortable things as needed.&nbsp;<br />Mental closet space is such a good way to look at it! The fine line between enough and overwhelmed is real. Will remember that one.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336517 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 10:53:04 +0000 Dee 2336517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great looking outfits, looks like you've got a wonderful wardrobe that's functioning very well for you. Happy that Angie was a great help to you. </p> <p>You've made some excellent observations about closet editing that really resonate with me too. Like exploring WHY we don't what to wear an item, so that we don't repeat the mistake again.<br /> I also have a tendency to "clone buy" but now I'm finally stopping to ask myself whether I really need something I basically own already. I mean, how many navy and white striped tops do I actually need? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336501 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 06:40:14 +0000 Star (Lise) 2336501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Everything you said is so true and you look fab!&nbsp; Your silhouette preferences are very similar to mine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336493 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 03:16:56 +0000 Jenni NZ 2336493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That’s so great, you’ve learned heaps. Your point about the pink dresses is well taken. My first year on the forum I read an article elsewhere which talked about “clone clothing”-“different but not really”- which I also have to watch. I am always drawn to the same kind of clothes or shoes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-angie#post-2336490 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 02:58:10 +0000 aloha emily 2336490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Next month will be my three-year anniversary as a virtual client of Angie's, and I am AMAZED at how my style continues to evolve!  Style goals that seemed out of reach have been achieved and replaced with new steps forward.  Every time I read YLF, send pics while shopping, or do a seasonal refresh, I learn something.  Here are three things that struck me during a recent closet edit. (This week’s outfits attached)</p> <p>1.  My closet editing process used to be: get rid of stuff I spent money on but didn't wear enough or feel wonderful in.  Go spend money on other stuff I didn't wear enough or feel wonderful in.  I felt wasteful and defeated.  Now I can almost always define why an item needs to go, and I feel confident that I can avoid repeating the mistake.  I won't lie- there was a lot of turnover in my first year or so with Angie, but now my closet holds beautiful, versatile items I love to wear.</p> <p>2.  It's taken me a ridiculously long time to notice how often an item I'm considering is already in my closet.  For example, I love pink dresses.  I own a sufficient number of pink dresses, yet I'm tempted by almost every pink dress I see.  Now I've learned to ask myself, do I already own a version of that item? (You'd think the answer would be obvious, but it often takes me a minute to recognize the similarity!)  Will this version move my style forward? And if it will, is the price point worth it?</p> <p>3.  Now I have a very clear idea of how many clothing items I need or can even enjoy, and that gives me freedom to be really picky.  Before, I had lots of work dresses in my closet- they're one of my favorite things to wear.  But because only one or two of them were truly fabulous, I was always looking for more.  It has slowly dawned on me that I personally can only wear and enjoy eight to ten work dresses.  More than that overwhelms me, and I don't have enough opportunities to wear the items.  This realization has been transformational!!  If I only have closet and mental space for eight dresses, then I can be very selective.  In fact, I need to be, because if I put a mediocre dress in my closet, I've wasted one of my precious work dress slots.</p> <p>Thank you, Angie, for all you do to educate your clients and all of us on YLF.  I'm excited for another year of learning! </p>