https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:55:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1789541 Mon, 20 Mar 2017 11:42:46 +0000 Chris987 1789541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>THanks so much everyone! It's nice to be able to pass on some inspiration to others....since I get sooo much inspiration from all of you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1789294 Sun, 19 Mar 2017 17:01:01 +0000 Mac 1789294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love how organized and succinct this is.&nbsp; Way to go! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1789287 Sun, 19 Mar 2017 16:37:38 +0000 kkards 1789287@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>wow....you''ve made more progess in 1 year than i've made in 4.5!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1789264 Sun, 19 Mar 2017 14:56:09 +0000 Ledonna N. 1789264@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wihi could organize my thoughts so well. I enjoyed this read also. I look forward to the rest of your style journey. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1789251 Sun, 19 Mar 2017 12:58:53 +0000 Bijou 1789251@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No wonder this took so long, it is a brilliant analysis and I am sure that this is time well spent - you will definitely reap the rewards! I am really looking forward to your 2017 too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1789220 Sun, 19 Mar 2017 04:51:00 +0000 Lisa Rayes 1789220@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amazing!!! The ideas you have shared are very impressive and helpful to style my wardrobe. Although it will take time to apply this style in your way as you have done great research for this&nbsp;yet i&nbsp;will try to learn it. Thanks for encouraging and providing these analysis. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1789114 Sat, 18 Mar 2017 17:49:26 +0000 harmonica 1789114@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Impressive! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1789111 Sat, 18 Mar 2017 17:45:38 +0000 Chris987 1789111@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Shevia, Deb, Karen13, and Ryce! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788746 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:29:13 +0000 Anonymous 1788746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations - it sounds like you've nailed it.<br />I'm obviously a slow learner, but heading down the same path, so thanks for sharing your process. It is both helpful and encouraging to learn how other people approach their wardrobes.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788717 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:35:31 +0000 karen13 1788717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Inspiring post! I discovered YFL around the same time and have found it so helpful, but your style journey and insights really show how to make the most of it. I hope to start posting more and tap into the supportive, incredibly helpful wisdom of this group. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788579 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:34:04 +0000 deb 1788579@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>good job! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788571 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 04:11:27 +0000 Jaime 1788571@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amazing and clear! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788540 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 02:05:17 +0000 Chris987 1788540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks RobinF,, Celia, shedev, jenni NZ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788481 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 22:34:38 +0000 Jenni NZ 1788481@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is awesome! I haven't even started such a post, I know it would take SO long. Certainly finding YLF has been a huge help and lots of fun too. My new obsession rather than shopping, my husband thinks ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788474 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 22:11:37 +0000 shedev 1788474@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great analysis. It should be very useful for wardrobe building. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788384 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 17:18:16 +0000 celia 1788384@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Chris it has been a pleasure to see your fashion journey.<br /> I enjoyed reading about your goals for this year and am looking forward for your next posts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788368 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 16:28:58 +0000 RobinF 1788368@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very nice analysis. I started about the same time as you I think, but you are way ahead of me! Thanks for sharing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788367 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 16:21:14 +0000 Chris987 1788367@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Elizabeth P for your kind words. "with both guns blazing" made me think of Yosemite Sam...not necessarily a persona hero of mine but a fun reference. I do love the old Looney Toons cartoons.&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks so much Style Fan, Angie, RachyLou. </p> <p>I need to go apply this same level of focus on a long list of small house renovation projects that I've been stalling on avoiding because it might eat into my YLF and shopping time...:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788360 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 16:06:13 +0000 rachylou 1788360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thorough! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788347 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:29:08 +0000 Angie 1788347@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OH MY WORD.&nbsp;</p> <p>Can I clone you?&nbsp;</p> <p><b>*APPLAUSE*</b></p> <p>I'm very impressed with your thought process.&nbsp;You rock my world, Chris. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788338 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:04:13 +0000 Style Fan 1788338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is amazing Chris.&nbsp; Great work.&nbsp; I am going to come back and read again.&nbsp; I am so impressed with how much you have accomplished. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788331 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:41:17 +0000 Elizabeth P 1788331@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow Chris, what a great analysis.&nbsp; You came to YLF with guns blazing, not afraid to jump right in, contribute, ask questions, take advice, an obviously your fantastic attitude and hard work has paid off.&nbsp; </p> <p>These are excellent move-forward goals.&nbsp; Good luck, and keep us posted! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-wardrobe-goals-and-style-direction-for-2017#post-1788317 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:38:12 +0000 Chris987 1788317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This has taken me a long time to write. Finally finished it!&nbsp; </p> <p><b>What happened in 2016</b></p> <ol> <li>Found YLF! I discovered my first fashion blog in fall of 2015 via a newspaper I almost never read; true serendipity.From there I discovered a bunch of other fashion blogs, finding my way to YLF early&nbsp;in 2016. </li> <li>Did a lot of&nbsp;experimentation with styles, silhouettes, colors, retailers, outfits after&nbsp;I unexpectedly but happily retired from my corporate/tech career. Got such&nbsp;tremendous and helpful feedback from Angie and the YLF community. </li> <li>Completely revamped my&nbsp;shopping behaviors from random magpie to a pre-defined list with an&nbsp;occasional random discovery and a very occasional retail research trip.. I made a few mistakes over the past year, but&nbsp;am making fewer now, and if I do I figure it out pretty quickly&nbsp;and return the items. &nbsp;</li> <li>Kept a detailed log of&nbsp;purchases starting in January 2016 and daily outfits (except some at-home&nbsp;looks) starting in June. I’m still<br /> doing this. &nbsp;This has given me a lot&nbsp;of great information to work with as I continue on my style journey.. </li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;<b>Wardrobe Goals for<br /> 2017</b></p> <ol> <li>Build up my spring&nbsp;wardrobe a bit, and to a lesser extent summer. I’m feeling a lot more&nbsp;knowledgeable and confident about this than I was last year. </li> <li>Buy fewer items than last&nbsp;year, make each piece count, and minimize the “just ok” items (other than&nbsp;true basics) . This does not necessarily mean buy more “statement” pieces,&nbsp;just be pickier about each purchase. &nbsp;I’ve seen this goal in a lot of other<br /> fabbers’ lists. </li> <li>Spend more time building&nbsp;outfits and repeating them.</li> <li>I’ve improved&nbsp;dramatically at assessing fit when I try things on, but I still bring&nbsp;home items that I later decide to return for reasons other than fit. Need&nbsp;to keep working at that. Online shopping is totally different since you don’t&nbsp;know what it will be like until you see it.</li> <li>I still have a bunch of&nbsp;items that I have worn zero or one time. More possibilities for culling&nbsp;itmes I no longer want</li> <ul> </ul> </ol> <p>&nbsp;<b>Style Direction for 2017 (mostly about spring/summer)</b></p> <ol> </ol> <br />Fit is my #1 goal. Regardless of what&nbsp;styles I wear, I want them to fit WELL. This could mean a looser fit or a&nbsp;tighter fit, depending on what’s appropriate to the garment. It’s ok if&nbsp;alterations are needed to get there, in fact I need to alter probably 1/4 of what i get and I’m ok with that. <ol> <li>After a year of experimentation my&nbsp;style persona has come back home (actually it never really moved out…J) I’m still happiest as a modern&nbsp;classic, sporty natural, and a little bit boho and/or preppy. These fit my&nbsp;body type, personality, lifestyle, climate, area of living, and truly feel&nbsp;like “me”. However I do like having&nbsp;a smattering of trends in my wardrobe. Right now I’m loving the embroidery<br /> trend, a small bell sleeve, floral patterns, and blush. Also liking this<br /> year’s pantone “greenery” color but don’t have any of it yet. A bit of maximal from time to time but no kitchen sink.&nbsp;</li> <li>Add more “pretty”. I don’t care for traditionally&nbsp;pretty details like ruffles and bows, but I do like lace, soft flowy&nbsp;fabrics (like silk), and pretty colors and prints. &nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Add more “polish” to my mostly casual&nbsp;wardrobe, at least some of the time.This is the one that’s the most difficult for me, it seems so<br /> tricky to figure out what this means..</li> <li>As much as I love traditional blue&nbsp;jeans, I want to wear more outfits that do NOT include blue jeans. Dresses,&nbsp;skirts, non-jean pants or jeans in colors other than blue. &nbsp; For dresses/skirts I need to get some different footwear to make this happen.</li> <li>I still need a solid black&nbsp;outfit collection for my 20 or so music performances per year, and am&nbsp;looking for a few new pieces, but otherwise I don’t like an all-black&nbsp;outfit as much as I used to, Instead I want black to be a supporting act or mixed ith other colors. &nbsp;I do still love the black top/denim jean bottom/black footwear look.&nbsp;</li> <li>Last but certainly not&nbsp;least, I need a serious refresh of footwear for spring. I want what I buy to “elevate” my&nbsp;outfits beyond super casual. I’m thinking fashion sneakers in black and/or&nbsp;blush for casual wear, light colored booties, flat pretty shoes in grey<br /> and/or red. Also for summer I need to consider new sandals in light&nbsp;neutrals.&nbsp;</li> <li>Silhouette and Shape: mostly classic:some structured and tailored, and some softer and more feminine. Shapes&nbsp;that are traditionally JFE for my petite, short-waisted, curvy body. Most&nbsp;trendy silhouettes (like cropped flares or asymmetrical tunics) do not feel like me or look JFE to my eye and I’ve made&nbsp;peace with that, but I will continue to try new things and never say&nbsp;never.&nbsp;</li> <li>Colors/Patterns: mostly neutrals, but&nbsp;add a bit more color and pattern/print. For spring I’m liking a cooler and lighter palate of blush, light blue, light grey. tomato red….plus&nbsp;black/white/navy. Solids, stripes, floral prints, a touch of geometric prints.&nbsp;My skin and hair coloring allow me to wear warm and cool colors equally<br /> well and I won’t get rid of the warmer items I have; I just want a change.</li> </ol> <p><i><b>NONE of this would have happened without YLF!!!! So so grateful.&nbsp;</b></i></p> <ol> </ol>