https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:48:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644785 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:16:01 +0000 ManidipaM 644785@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, the sci-fi/fantasy fans I *can* believe with the UWP label being brandished all around; I *cannot* believe Herge passed so many of you by though! Billions of blue blistering barnacles and thundering typhoons! Find 'selves a Tintin comic today!! There's even a movie out (was it out last year?) for Pete's sake. (Well, the movie's not the best start, actually.)</p> <p>Okay, we Indian children grew up with generous doses of Tintin and Tarzan (this one's likely unreplicatable, Rae!), so I'm just startled that for once we've been reading stuff the rest of the world hasn't heard of in English! Maybe we're just so hugely behind the times that this is the stuff your parents would know, rather than you?</p> <p>But I do agree the pop/geek culture participation heightens the fun of your fab, fab outfits, Rae. You've been rising to this challenge like a Phoenix! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644770 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:54:31 +0000 Deborah 644770@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the outfits Rae but i don't seem to know any of the inspirational characters. This is a fun thing to do and I really appreicate your creativity. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644765 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:47:26 +0000 Echo 644765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, great, and now I have a White Zombie song stuck in my head. Brilliant outfits and I love, love, LOVE the inspiration. Though you could have thrown in a gratuitous pic of Rutger Hauer just for fun. ; D </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644757 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:37:11 +0000 Kari 644757@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, I think I must be just hopelessly out of touch with pop culture. Sheesh!</p> <p>The layering in that first outfit was so fabulous. It made me feel kind of giddy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644741 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:13:56 +0000 rae 644741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Chrizzle - me, too! I never would have thought there were so many sci fi gals on a fashion site. Color me very pleasantly surprised. :)</p> <p>I have added HF pics and a Deckard blurb up top. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644539 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:26:08 +0000 Shu 644539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love #4! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644503 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:40:26 +0000 cciele 644503@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looking "more human than human" there, Rae </p> <p>I'm loving your sources of inspiration! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644493 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:27:06 +0000 Chrizzle 644493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rae, I love your manspiration outfits, mainly because of how great you always look, but also because I love getting validation that all these stylish women are sci-fi/fantasy geeks like me! Love the layers and colors in this one. </p> <p>Oh, and definitely see TinTin in that last outfit. I used to love to read TinTin and Asterix comics when I was a kid. (I read them in French - doubt I could do that now that I've lost so many brain cells to aging!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644379 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:20:15 +0000 Meredith1953 644379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great outfits! I particularly love #4! I got the Blade Runner (Do androids dream of electric sheep) reference but the rest? Who the heck is TinTin? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644374 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:16:44 +0000 catgirl 644374@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, I know this one and tried to force my DH to watch it the other night. 2019 is not that far off!</p> <p>I am a huge Tintin fan from childhood, and can totally see him as an inspiration, minus the haircut. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644360 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:00:26 +0000 Inge 644360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah Rick Deckard. What a coincidence, Rae! I saw Blade Runner again just a few weeks ago. You totally nailed it with the trench coat (fantastic colour on you). Also love the waistcoat over the striped shirt. And your casual outfit is all kinds of cool and brilliant! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644346 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:43:18 +0000 rae 644346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have some sci fi fans in the house! Applause to those who got it right!</p> <p>Looking at the pics now makes me want a rust blazer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644341 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:36:00 +0000 fern 644341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Will there be a sequel to this outfit? :)<br /> Love it, esp. the coat. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644339 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:34:09 +0000 Diana 644339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like Andrea, I can't remember the character's name either! </p> <p>You look great here, very unique and not a replicant at all. And Hank really does go very well with this outfit! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644336 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:28:30 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 644336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your running on the cutting edge, Rae!</p> <p>Love me some Blade Runner. Can't remember HF's char name but I DO know that I love your outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644237 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:32:00 +0000 rae 644237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, I don't know Tintin! Sound like my kind of character, though. I will have to watch the film. </p> <p>I think Hank knows when an outfit compliments him. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644228 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:18:40 +0000 Angie 644228@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Clearly my knowledge of fictional charaters is weak - but your outfits are STRONG! Both outfits are 10s! And Kitty works beautifully with this colour palette. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644214 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:57:14 +0000 ManidipaM 644214@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loving the olive roll-ups with orange, Rae! The contemporary tomboy vibe is just awesome!</p> <p>And that's some edge-of-the-blade replication and layering, Rick. Er, I mean, Rae...!</p> <p>EDIT: Ooh, LOVE JJ's point about seeing Tintin --- now I can't NOT see it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644208 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:54:48 +0000 Jjsloane 644208@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think that most men in real life are less inspirational fashionwise. I kind of guessed this one (and cheated on google to confirm). I like the homage outfit. Your casual outfit might not have been an intenional manspiration but I'm seeing a little Tintin here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644203 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:45:57 +0000 Transcona Shannon 644203@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm truly pitiful at guessing your manspirations (although I'm having alot of fun reading other people's guesses!). And I know out fit #1-3 is the manspiration outfit but I'm afraid I cannot get beyond your casual outfit in #4. Rae - this is an AMAZING outfit! I love the colour mix of the orange and green, the length and cuff on the cropped pants, the masculine belt and of course, the boots. You look so cool here that it's crazy!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644202 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:45:01 +0000 rute 644202@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the first outfit!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/manspiration-month-day-12-plus-bonus-casual-outfit#post-644199 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:42:14 +0000 rae 644199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There's something so poetic about a robot hunter falling in love with a robot, only to discover that he's a robot himself - isn't there? I can't be the only one who thinks so, especially when said robot hunter is Harrison Ford in a trench coat and chiaroscuro. </p> <p>Seriously, though, Rick Deckard may not be human, but he's an inspiration in a very human way. Deckard is literally hardwired to hunt replicants (androids) and view them as appliances - he's programmed to be ignorant of his own reality - and yet he transcends these built-in limitations. We don't know if it does him any good or if it makes him any happier... but it's a start. To some extent, we are all told how we should think and behave - and it's harder to overcome that than we'd sometimes like to think.</p> <p> Compared to his nemesis, Roy Batty, Deckard's dress feels very earthy and organic - before it's clear that Deckard is a replicant, it seems to highlight the differences between synthetic and natural organisms. But since Deckard is revealed a replicant as well, the contrasting styles seem to rather make a statement about the differences between life and humanity. The varied shades of brown are both warm and low-contrast. There's an element of chaos in his pattern-mixed shirt and tie. And there's a distinctive sense of curiosity, wonder, intelligence, and history conveyed in his noir-detective-style trench. </p> <p>Is Batty "more human than human" because he has super-human strength? Or is Deckard perfectly human - regardless of his origins - because his mind asks all the right questions?</p> <p>**********<br /> Is it wrong that most of my manspirations are fictional characters? Can I even hope to replicate that which only exists in the imagination? Do I subconsciously want more life than I have? Do I fall asleep to Rob Zombie songs, counting electric sheep and dreaming origami unicorns? </p> <p>(Note: casual outfit #4 is not part of today's challenge, so don't factor it in if you are guessing the manspiration). </p>