https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/me-and-my-vera-wang-in-ca Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:36:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/me-and-my-vera-wang-in-ca#post-622102 Thu, 17 May 2012 14:16:04 +0000 Vix 622102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Laurie -- </p> <p>You look great in these shots (the Pacific ain't too shabby either). </p> <p>You seem to have struck a great balance between work-appropriate for a casual CA setting and stylish -- no easy feat -- plus dressed to enjoy downtime with your husband.</p> <p>Glad the packing and trip was a success! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/me-and-my-vera-wang-in-ca#post-622101 Thu, 17 May 2012 14:15:35 +0000 Angie 622101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A totally great outfit in #4. Very fashion forward </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/me-and-my-vera-wang-in-ca#post-622033 Thu, 17 May 2012 12:55:09 +0000 MNsara 622033@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes! You looked fab in every pic and I totally hear you on the Kohls/VW thing -- so cute, but if you get an entire season out of them (quality-wise) you're lucky!</p> <p>You were in Montecito? for work? I am clearly in the wrong profession! My daughter went to school in Montecito for a few years and if you jogged past Oprah's estate, you probably jogged past her school, Westmont. They were on the same road! </p> <p>I especially love how iconically Californian you look in #4 (to my Minnesotan eyes). I can picture you sitting out at Jeannine's Bakery, looking like a local </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/me-and-my-vera-wang-in-ca#post-622005 Thu, 17 May 2012 12:26:21 +0000 Anonymous 622005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You could give classes on how to pack for trips -- you look great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/me-and-my-vera-wang-in-ca#post-621989 Thu, 17 May 2012 11:59:31 +0000 Tanya 621989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for sharing your trip with us! Sounds like you had a wonderful time. And very stylish outfits! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/me-and-my-vera-wang-in-ca#post-621940 Thu, 17 May 2012 07:37:36 +0000 Kiwichik 621940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look relaxed and chic . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/me-and-my-vera-wang-in-ca#post-621294 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:17:31 +0000 Makrame 621294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great pictures (and I love Big Sur and Northern California, too) and great stories!</p> <p>In #1, 3, and 4 you look as if you just stepped off a page of a catalog selling expensive travel clothes - breezy yet elegant. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/me-and-my-vera-wang-in-ca#post-621233 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:24:42 +0000 Kristin L 621233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look great! And it looks like you had a lot of fun. </p> <p>Thanks for the info about packing and the Vera Wang line at Kohl's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/me-and-my-vera-wang-in-ca#post-621220 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:16:56 +0000 christieanne 621220@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's so funny about the Nordstrom skirt! You picked the right person to ask. </p> <p>Thanks for sharing your packing thoughts and nice pictures. We had some halfway decent weather out here for you at least. Great winery choice! You looked terrific and i especially like the dress in #1. </p> <p>The benefit to shopping one line in certainly that it will mix tonally and be easy to capsule but too bad to hear about your quality concerns. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/me-and-my-vera-wang-in-ca#post-621208 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:23 +0000 Laurie 621208@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi everyone,<br /> I recently spent the better part of 2 weeks in CA for work and fun, and wanted to share a few things. Of course my pictures aren't great, but I have a few to share.</p> <p>First of all - I packed really, really well. I think I have this down to a science. I needed work, dress and play clothes, and I wore 98% of what I put in that suitcase, and did not wish I had brought anything else. From a recent thread about packing, I wanted to add a few comments - I wash out both running gear and lingerie in the hotel sinks, especially if I stay at least 2 nights and the stuff can dry. I either just use soap, or I bring Tide packets with me. Also, my biggest secret to packing well is to use packing cubes. I took a picture with my husband's phone that he hasn't sent to me, but I'll post it another time.</p> <p>2nd - just before this trip, I hit Kohls late at night and it was one of those nights where the Vera Wang was talking to me. I got a bunch of things that I ended up bringing, and really loving. So inexpensive, so stylish. The only problem is the quality is just not there, and those items do not last long, in my experience. Every piece was extremely comfortable. I had no intention of doing this, but it worked out great.</p> <p>#1 - a detail from a group photo, and not a great shot - but this dress is really cool, and I wish I had a pic without the jacket. The metallic colors were wonderful, and the drape of the dress as it crosses over is really interesting. The shoes are Dana Buchman, also from Kohls that night.</p> <p>#2 - our work group in Montecito. Vera Vera Wang dress which felt like a t-shirt, and shoes. Loft sweater and scarf. </p> <p>#3 - My husband and me on the way to Big Sur - I just love this photo! Big Sur was truly mind-blowing....wow, I was amazed.</p> <p>#4 - better shot of the whole outfit. The skirt was fun, and super comfortable. Again, Loft sweater, and...Talbots belt.</p> <p>#5 - Dress from earlier shot, with a jacket -- love the sheer fabric detail at bottom of jacket and bottom of skirt. Rombauer - good wine! The shot is washed, but the Pacific Ocean is shining out there on the horizon behind me!</p> <p>So the moral of this story is, you can go to these fancy-schmancy high-end hotels where celebs hang out (Oprah had her 50th birthday at the hotel in Montecito and lives down the street, I jogged past the estate), but you don't have to break the bank on the wardrobe.</p> <p>One last thing - I was stuck in ATL airport yesterday for hours, and asked a nice young woman to watch my stuff while I went to the ladies room. When I got back she said, "I love that skirt, I have 5 of them!" I was wearing my Norstrom pencil skirt in purple! </p>