https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 06 May 2026 05:56:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines/page/2#post-173659 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:08:52 +0000 Scarlet 173659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also now I think your name is a little funny, Taylor </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines/page/2#post-173658 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:08:05 +0000 Scarlet 173658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for your response, Taylor, you have really got me thinking. I have a big problem with roaming skirts. I wonder if I took in the waist so that they sat a little higher, where they seem to want to be anyway, maybe that would help them settle down. Funny, the only thing I feel like I can do is a hem. I am very petite, so I have to hem almost everything. I definitely ruined some things in the beginning, but I can do a great blind stitch hem now and a reasonable machined one. Some skirts for various reasons, though, can't be hemmed due to the disruption it would cause to the finish or pattern, so your idea of taking in the waist so it sits higher might really solve the problem. Also I wonder if it might help me to shop a little cheaper, where the fit is maybe not so precise, but then I could alter it myself. I know I am getting ahead of myself, but I am inspired! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines/page/2#post-173570 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:38:15 +0000 Carole 173570@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this list! Thanks for sharing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines/page/2#post-173566 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:32:03 +0000 Angie 173566@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very clever, Taylor :0) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines/page/2#post-173502 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:33:41 +0000 taylor 173502@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Something else.:)<br /> I bring all my skirts in from the waist on down. Even if they fit me , the waist is never right and if they are low on the hip they roam all over my waist and hip. I got this idea from one of Angie's posts a year or so ago. It has made a huge difference in the fit of my skirts..believe me it it amazing!!</p> <p>My pants are almost always too full in the leg and if they flair slightly I balance them by bringing them in. I have always done this with my pants... since high school out of necessity really, nothing fit me. I have gotten very picky about the way my clothes fit me as I have noticed the smallest of tweeks sometimes make a huge difference in fit!!</p> <p>I mentioned that I don't do my own heming because I am not that good at a perfect hem and I like the finish work a tailor does on this:) I rarely need something hemmed fortunately:)</p> <p>I just want to mention that I am really not an accomplished seamstress like so many here are...basic sewing 101 here. For real advice others here are far more skilled, but I have altered my own clothes for so long out of necessity that I can look at something once it is on me and immediately start to pull in a more flattering shape.</p> <p>I hope you are able to change some items you have by doing small little adjustments like these. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines/page/2#post-173497 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:01:30 +0000 Scarlet 173497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Taylor, if you don't mind, I am really curious about this. When you say you alter your skirts and pants, do you mean just the length? or something else? I caught the jacket button details on another thread--very interesting, it would never have occurred to me to just move the button a tiny bit, but I already have a candidate jacket in mind that could benefit... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines/page/2#post-173452 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:32:27 +0000 Mac 173452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun - thanks for posting this, April. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-173373 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:45:47 +0000 Michelle 173373@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The man is right on from top to bottom! And if more people listened to gurus like MK and Angie, they'd look that way too.<br /> How lucky are we to have someone with Angie's knowledge and generosity in our lives! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-173369 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:39:08 +0000 taylor 173369@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Scarlet,</p> <p>I alter all of my skirts, some of my dress and all my non denim and some denim pants. And move virtually all front buttons on about every jacket I own. These simple things make a HUGE difference the way my clothes fit..even little tweeks:)</p> <p> I can do these alterations myself. I take any items that need to be hemmed to a tailor. I know that seems like the easiest part , but I like the finish work a tailor does on hemlines and I am very picky and not so great at hems.:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172739 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:48:31 +0000 Tanya 172739@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great article! Very down to earth and actually useful, unlike what most other designers advice. I love MK designs, particularly his main ( but very pricey) line. I am so in love with this dress:</p> <p><a href="http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod107020025&#038;parentId=cat14840775&#038;masterId=cat9870732&#038;index=11&#038;cmCat=cat000000cat000001cat000009cat000019cat9870732cat14840775" rel="nofollow">http://www.neimanmarcus.com/st.....at14840775</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172669 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:49:51 +0000 Angie 172669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Scarlet, tailoring is free is most shops in Hong Kong retail chains, both high end and low end budgets. The shops in which you are allowed to try on clothes that is. There are shops that do not allow the fitting on of clothes. </p> <p>The alterations business is huge business is other parts of the world. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172595 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:56:49 +0000 Scarlet 172595@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am really intrigued about the alteration comments. I wouldn't believe it if Rute hadn't chimed in. For most of my clothes I can't really imagine what I would have altered, aside from length, which I do all the time, and adding snaps to avoid gaping at the bust.</p> <p>Taylor and Rute - what parts of your clothes do you have altered? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172497 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:06:50 +0000 taylor 172497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great guidelines April, thanks</p> <p>#2 by far has made the biggest difference in my life. I alter everything:) The perfect fit makes it look like you are wearing a different garment standing next to someone in the same unaltered garment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172463 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:01:24 +0000 Debbie 172463@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love his clothes and his wit. He is the reason I watch project runway. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172455 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:26:04 +0000 Angie 172455@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another reason to love MK. His bags are especially beautiful.</p> <p>But back to clothes! Personally I am all over #4 and #9.</p> <p>The only one that does not resonate with me anymore is #7. It used to, but that thinking stopped a few years ago. I feel zero pressure to have to wear an item several ways. If an item makes me feel fabulous worn one way only - I'll always wear it like that and wear it several times. That's enough justification for me to get it :0)</p> <p>My clients love MK too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172429 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:53:27 +0000 Frances 172429@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for posting this, April--what a fun read! I've always wondered about #5, as shopping when I'm a little heavier than usual sometimes depresses me. But if Michael Kors says so... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172390 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:05:57 +0000 Kristine 172390@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun! </p> <p>I actually don't agree completely on #9. Do people fall back on it? I don't see it much. I put that combo together last week for the first time and really loved it. Granted, the shirt was a little different than a regular button down and interesting accessories made the difference. But I think the right white shirt and black pants can be very clean and classic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172381 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:49:02 +0000 chewyspaghetti 172381@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think both April! LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172371 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:27:47 +0000 April 172371@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Follow-up question re. #6 (the one about not buying cheap black trousers): "If your bottom looks fine, everything else works." </p> <p>Does he mean bottom as in "the bottom half of your outfit" or bottom as in "the view from behind"? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172370 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:24:32 +0000 April 172370@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Re. "bonded jersey," from Merriam-Webster's online dictionary:</p> <p>"composed of two or more layers of the same or different fabrics held together by an adhesive &lt;bonded jersey&gt;"</p> <p>I guess it's what makes jersey substantial enough for items like a jacket. </p> <p>I love his pragmatism as much as his witty delivery and his Astor handbags... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172344 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:03:03 +0000 Rosie 172344@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So I started reading the whole article and love this quote about him going into Chapter 11 years ago due to expanding too fast and the grunge movement: “not a good time for me: don’t look pretty, don’t look affluent and definitely don’t look happy." </p> <p>This is why I love that man - too funny. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172338 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:58:49 +0000 Isabel 172338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is WONDERFUL !! Thank you so much for thinking of us and sharing it ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172337 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:57:58 +0000 Rosie 172337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh wise one. Michael, how I love thee! Thank you for sharing this. While some thoughts might be the standard, a few of his comments I hadn't heard before. #5 makes so much sense! </p> <p>Thanks to my mom who sort of did a wardrobe overhaul a year or so ago (she's not much of a shopper) I got a pair of really nice DKNY Gramercy black trousers. I'd never spent that much on a pair of pants, and I'd actually never gotten pants professionally tailored. Sitting here now, I'm not sure why I have any other cheaper somewhat dressy black pants in my wardrobe as these are a fantastic cut, fit great and are comfortable. So, I totally agree with the good black pants idea. </p> <p>I think I've run into #8 over the years and am trying to get more hearty fare into my wardrobe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172331 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:48:27 +0000 rute 172331@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Could agree more!</p> <p>I had notice no. 2 already! Here we get everything to the taylor and you don't.. but here most stores offer free taylor when you buy a piece that needs to be altered! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172320 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:53:58 +0000 Lisa 172320@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing, I liked #5 best. I agree with #2, but the only tailors I know of are in a dry cleaners and when you ask for anything past shortening pants, you are looking for trouble. I'd love to know how to find a tailor with more skills. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172309 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:17:55 +0000 chewyspaghetti 172309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just love MK- he's so down to earth. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172308 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:15:56 +0000 JennyK (NC) 172308@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For those in the USA I have another rule:</p> <p>Don't wear a red shirt with khaki bottoms if you even THINK you might stop at a Target store. You will almost certainly be asked where the dog food or dish detergent is. (don't ask me how I know this!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172307 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:15:50 +0000 Sarah 172307@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Super helpful. Thanks for posting! I'm really loving MK's current collections and I can visualize exactly what he's talking about in his own clothing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172306 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:13:36 +0000 wilson 172306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing this! Number 2 (getting clothes tailored to fit) is the one I want to explore more. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/michael-kors-top-10-wardrobe-guidelines#post-172284 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:26:12 +0000 Queen Mum 172284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>great advice.. I need to mull over #8.<br /> I'm guessing bonded jersey is what I call knit jersey. </p>