https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:36:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2141148 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:44:48 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2141148@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Bijou. You are such a sweetheart. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2141144 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:36:52 +0000 Bijou 2141144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fasintern, with a skirt like this I think you have options and can try different styles. It looks fabulous currently. The picture of you wearing it is lovely, such beautiful colours on you and a great piece to wear into autumn with a sweater and boots. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2141089 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 08:18:26 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2141089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, RL and Jenni. I’m still not sure about it. The tie is the same material as the skirt, and thinner than the shoelace.<br /> If I tie pretty bows, they wouldn’t really be seen (and the fabric is floppy anyway).<br /> I see what you mean about threading them vertically for ruching, but there are 4 vertical rows (2 per side) and only 2 laces. Somehow it’d have to go from one side to the other. And they have to tie to something. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2141086 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 08:03:28 +0000 rachylou 2141086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm. I was thinking they wouldn’t cross back and forth but in a line, so they’d ruch the skirt up... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2141083 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 06:38:28 +0000 Jenni NZ 2141083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess a bit like lacing a shoe, yes. I wasn’t sure if you should start the lacing/crisscrossing at the bottom or the top. Maybe the bottom, crisscross up to top then down again and tie a bow??<br /> A bit like in my second dress pic? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140910 Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:49:14 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2140910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>JenniNZ, so like lacing a shoe? That's what I did with them this morning, but I couldn't decide if they should tie on top or bottom. When I got it, one lace was hanging by one loop and the other had one end on top on one side and bottom on the other. That didn't seem right. </p> </p> <p>BTW, right now the skirt fits perfectly, pulled all the way up to my natural waist/practically to my ribs. RL suggested the laces as ruching. If I indeed lose 2 more inches, I could do use them to make the skirt tighter and keep wearing it up high like that, or I could wear it lower and have the laces &amp; skirt lie flat against my hips, as now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140909 Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:13:52 +0000 Jenni NZ 2140909@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Should there be two ties through each loop and then sort of criss-cross them over each other and pull in? Will submit this reply and then try to find a screenshot to add.<br /> ETA: sort of like these dresses, but on each side of the skirt? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140903 Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:42:22 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2140903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess I’m on Team Wear, because I couldn’t wait any longer, even though I haven’t even figured out how this thing is supposed to go. I put it on for a grocery run today, along with a favorite summer sweater that’s hardly been seen this year. After some serious summer weather recently, everything changed yesterday, and it’s now in the 60s. Very nice to be outside or sit on my balcony. </p> <p>JenniNZ, your “halfway” comment made me chuckle. I am very tempted! </p> <p>Jane, thanks for the additional info. Sounds like they really have covered most ethical concerns. That is so good to hear. </p> <p>Lynn67, thanks for asking about the ties. I replaced one with a shoelace, just so you can see it better. The actual tie is about a foot longer than the lace. There are two rows of loops on each side of the skirt. There are buttons all the way the middle in front of the skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140724 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:26:03 +0000 Jane 2140724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi there, yes, I think it is for both. Also for looking after their staff. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140691 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 07:43:44 +0000 lyn67 2140691@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would like to help with the ties, but cannot see the loops_can you make a better pictie? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140592 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 21:35:46 +0000 Jenni NZ 2140592@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No idea on the ties, but it’s a very pretty skirt. I ordered some tops for my UK nephews from Seasalt a few years ago. No report back on how they were though so I’m no help! I partly did it because I love Cornwall, maybe since reading “Rebecca” as a teenager. I have been there several times on our previous UK trips.<br /> I guess Germany is sort of halfway in between England and India, so “local” to some degree! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140580 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 20:17:57 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2140580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Inge. I remember your search for a raincoat--very thorough and detailed, so that says something about the company that makes the one you eventually got. I appreciate the link to their sustainability info too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140574 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 19:40:51 +0000 Inge 2140574@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Very fun skirt, Jennifer. No idea about the ties either.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have the Winter raincoat pictured below from Seasalt and am very happy with it. Great quality, durable, and their customer service is great too. I can really see their prints and colours work for your style.<br /></div><div>I believe they are known for their good sustainability efforts, you can read more about what they do on their website:</div><div><br /></div><div><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.seasaltcornwall.co.uk/customer/pages/about/sustainability">https://www.seasaltcornwall.co.....ainability</a><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140563 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:23:19 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2140563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jane, can you explain what you mean about their reputation? Is it for ethics or for clothing quality? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140559 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:12:22 +0000 Jane 2140559@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On Sea Salt, they have a good reputation and a loyal following. I like their style and have had one or two really super casual items from them. II find their clothes big, so I size down. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140558 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:11:24 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2140558@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Celia, thanks for the link! I’m completely drooling now, and even more undecided than before. I was trying to decide if Cornwall was too far for things to be transported, but now I see that many items are made in India. But they supposedly have policies for their workers. Improving working conditions could outweigh the environmental impact, but I haven’t decided.<br /> But dang, their dresses move so nicely!<br /> The website has sale prices not available at the store I was in today, and includes lot of interesting features, like telling where things were made, having videos for every product, and is very easy to use.<br /> Decisions, decisions! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140550 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 17:47:59 +0000 celia 2140550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not sure about teh ties.<br />Regarding Seasalt , yes it is a Cornwall brand and the stores and cloeths are what you dream a 'live by the sea casual wardrobe to be'.<br />I have several items by them and really like the quality.<br />You can check their website here:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.seasaltcornwall.co.uk/">https://www.seasaltcornwall.co.uk/</a></p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140526 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:52:22 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2140526@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Preppy Pear! I am avoiding the weepiness over doing things for the last time by telling myself we’ll live in the same city &amp; see each other a lot when he’s in college, starting next fall. </p> <p>RL, something like that. If I can’t figure it out, I might post a pic using string instead of the lace, which is the same fabric as the skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140516 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:09:19 +0000 rachylou 2140516@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hard for me to tell where the loops are. Maybe the skirt is supposed to be ruched up at the sides? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140486 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:03:42 +0000 Preppy Pear 2140486@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The skirt looks pretty. Have no clue about the ties, sorry, but you and your son are adorable! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mystery-ties#post-2140484 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:00:06 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2140484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>1.5 years, one slip up (3 jumpsuits &amp; a dress) after my decision to only buy things made in my region or second-hand, I’m finally making forays into second hand shops. No hits in either of the ones I’ve tried so far, but I loved this skirt, made of viscose in Europe and sold in a store of Berlin stuff. I was sorely tempted, decided to wait to see if I found something on sale instead, turned to the sales rack, and there it was—in my size, 36% off. Leaving it there would have been tempting fate, and I couldn’t do that!</p> <p>It’s hard to photograph well, but each side has two vertical rows of three loops for a skinny tie. I’m not sure if this is the way it should be laced, how else to do it, or which ends to tie together, where. Can you help???</p> <p>Bonus pic is brunch during back to school shopping—he goes back tomorrow.</p> <p>ETA One store (Not second hand) had several items I really like by the label Sea Salt. I think it’s from Cornwall. Do you know anything about it? </p>