https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 20:42:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369625 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:48:45 +0000 SarahD8 2369625@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh so excited for your new HVAC system Angie! Hope you can move back in to your now perfectly climate controlled loft soon. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369623 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:46:27 +0000 Angie 2369623@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know, right? Sweater vests are a good Seattle item! Excited to see yours, and I'm sure you'll find the right long sleeved top to wear under it.</p> <p>AND, big news. WE HAVE AN HVAC for our hot as Hades loft. Final installation this week ;)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369619 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:31:24 +0000 SarahD8 2369619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Angie</b> thanks as always for your kind words! YES, I have been intrigued by sweater vests lately too. I purchased a vintage fair isle piece in the spring but I'm still figuring out how to wear it. I wonder if a vest + long-sleeve top will be warm enough for me? (I tend to need extra warmth on my arms.) I'll experiment some this week...</p> <p><b>RobinF</b>, yes I agree it's all about the toe coverage lol! I am looking out for more layerable tops with interest... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369594 Mon, 09 Sep 2024 12:46:11 +0000 RobinF 2369594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great outfits! I love the mules - I also like mules as a transitional piece. Something about the toes being covered just feels a little bit warmer for that time of year. Love the embroidered top in #1, it adds a lot of interest, and the cuff on the jeans.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369574 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 22:20:34 +0000 Angie 2369574@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh! And I'm into sweater vests too! Great over long sleeved tops for transitional weather. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369573 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 22:19:18 +0000 Angie 2369573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good to see you,<b> SarahD8! </b>(Seattle has a lot of transitional weather! Especially now and in Spring. And you don't look like you are struggling with it )</p> <p>Impressed with the discipline of your challenge! Good job, and looking good!</p> <p>I like those Summery huarache mules!&nbsp;</p> <p>KILLER new necklace! Super duper cuffed jeans. I love the sundress on you too. Stinking cute!</p> <p>I have a lot long sleeved tops, jackets, pants, loafers and sneakers. This is what gets me through transitional. LAYERS! And warm feet.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369571 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 22:03:03 +0000 SarahD8 2369571@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone! </p> <p>Jaime I think you are right about the extra thought about accessories focusing a person on the outfit. Great point. I hope you are well!</p> <p>Lisa I checked out your capsule posts briefly and I need to go back and study them more and take notes, I feel you are several levels ahead of me in "warm fall" mastery.</p> <p>MsMaven I hope you get a break from the heat soon! Maybe I will try to do some more deliberate experiments with texture...</p> <p>Suz that is a gorgeous Comrags dress, I can see why you garnered lots of compliments and it practically screams emotional durability. Yes to layering and also to just fully changing clothes when necessary -- maybe I'll end up with more than 30 outfits to report for the month!</p> <p>cjh thanks for appreciating my new birdie!</p> <p>JAileen whew that sounds like some oppressive heat. You need a birdwatching trip to Iceland or something!</p> <p>Firecracker thanks for these suggestions! I'll try some experiments this week (weather permitting ofc). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369565 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 18:51:00 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2369565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Great to see you and this wonderful set of WIWs! I love the huarache mules, and they are a beautiful complement to your outfits. Same with the new necklace. I really like how you're layering it. Those "effortless look" combinations always take me so much time and effort to come up with! I like all of the outfits and how easy-breezy they look. My special faves are 1, 8 (with the imagined addition of those fab earrings), and 13.&nbsp; And I have two suggestions: what about a dark cami in #1 (navy, black, even gray)? It would make the waistline disappear, for a different look. And would the sandals in 14 go with the outfit in 13? (Again, for a different, not necessarily better, look)? <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I hear you on dressing for transitional weather, especially with summer temperatures in autumn light levels here in Seattle. Like you, I lean into my beloved cardigans for versatility throughout the day!<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369560 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 15:24:29 +0000 JAileen 2369560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You’re so lucky to have this lovely weather, and your outfits are quite nice, especially with your interesting and varied jewelry. &nbsp;I’m jealous because we’ve had an incredibly hot summer, day after day of oven-like temps. &nbsp;I think I’ve worn shorts every single day, and a sleeveless top most days. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369556 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 11:47:16 +0000 cjh 2369556@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun challenge and great outfits. Thanks for the detailed descriptions. I love the bird necklace so much. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369543 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 04:02:35 +0000 Suz 2369543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice to see you, Sarah! (And I'm curious about the haircut!) On the subject of that last sundress -- if it ain't broke, don't fix it. This week, I wore (and got many compliments) on my old Comrags sundress, bought in 2016 and still going strong. In the heat, nothing beats a simple, easy dress. And we had real heat this week!&nbsp;</p> <p>Like you, I'm still trying to figure out the transitional seasons here. Which, as you say, comprise a lot of the year! What I've found is that layering is key and outfits that work as well one way as another are the way to go. But also -- if I'm working from home or in and out all day, I actually change. So I might wear two or even three different outfits per day in these variable temps.&nbsp;</p> <p>Love your new mules with the cuffed jeans.&nbsp;</p> <p>Re the column. of neutrals -- I tend to feel a need for texture if I go for that, too. Though I like the look of your version and the inspiration.&nbsp;</p> <p>I like the idea of your challenge! I'll be following along.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369542 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 03:37:32 +0000 MsMaven 2369542@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your challenge. It is a challenge this year to figure out the weather. Forecasts not reliable. We have 95° weather hovering day after day. They say it will cool but it doesn't. Meanwhile, mornings and evenings are cooler, but days are so hot. I want to put away hot weather clothes, but don't dare.&nbsp;</p> <p>I also want to wear items bought for fall, but it's too hot.</p> <p>I'm enjoying your thoughtful use of accessories, especially the jewelry and the shoes</p> <p>I don't think much about texture in planning outfits, but I realize from Angie's posts that it is important. I hope to learn from you.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369537 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 01:52:07 +0000 Lisa 2369537@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great collection of outfits here and this sounds like a fun challenge. I am also dealing with varied temperatures throughout the day. We started at 60F this morning and by lunch it was 85F! I’ve been working on wearing summer weight clothing in fall colors to fill my desire to dress for fall dressing while it’s hot outside.</p> <p>The hurrache mules look like a great transitional shoe. I also really like the texture they bring to an outfit. The accessory idea is a great one, I often forget accessories with my looks. I really like the necklace layering you did in 7 and 11.&nbsp;<br /><div><br /></div><div>For 10, I agree mixing textures makes a big difference with column of color outfits. I also find I personally enjoy column of color dressing best when I can add a third layer for visual interest.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>I look forward to your check in for week two and good luck with your challenge!</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369532 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:50:41 +0000 Jaime 2369532@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice to see you and excellent challenge. I like that you included adding an accessory - it makes you really focus on the outfit (or does for me). These looks are all charming and makes sense for the weather and your style. Keep it up! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/natural-dyed-literati-tackles-the-change-of-season#post-2369531 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:10:08 +0000 SarahD8 2369531@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello all. I’m sorry to have been scarce the last several months (increased caregiving responsibilities = less internet free time). I’ve missed you all!</p> <p>I thought I would pop in to share a new challenge I’ve set for myself. In the past I have struggled a bit with dressing for transitional weather (which for me is somewhere in the mid 60s Fahrenheit, with cool mornings and evenings). Yet I’ve also realized the past several years that Seattle actually has fairly long stretches of these conditions! Sometimes in September it’s even in the 70s, yet summer attire just feels “wrong,” so I also need to master warm fall dressing.</p> <p>So, this month I’ve set myself a “no repeats” challenge similar to what I did <a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/introducing-my-january-no-repeats-challenge">back in January</a> to focus a little bit of attention on this mode of dressing.</p> <p>The rules:</p> <p>-No exact outfit repeats of clothing worn indoors/at-home during the month of September.</p> <p>-Put on at least one accessory every day.</p> <p>-In contrast to my January rules I am *not* aiming to avoid wearing the same item twice in a week.</p> <p>Here is the first week’s worth of outfits. (We’ve had a late-summer heat wave this week so you will in fact see some markedly summer ensembles. Part of the challenge here is to see well what really *is* the weather this time of year? And what really does feel “right” or “wrong” to wear?)</p> <p><b>1-2</b>: straight-leg jeans, embroidered cap-sleeve top, orchid cardi, huarache mules, green beaded necklace. This is a good “formula” to take through the month I think.</p> <p><b>3-4</b>: huarache mules, which I recently thrifted. I am liking the idea of mules as a transitional shoe! Experimenting with these for now, maybe in the future I will look to add a brogue or tassel loafer mule?</p> <p><b>5</b>: yes yes, my new huarache mules are very similar to my summer indoor shoes (also thrifted). Well, I know what I like.</p> <p><b>6-7</b>: navy shorts, white embroidered popover, gold sandals, turquoise necklace, Damascene bird pendant. The pendant is a recent Etsy acquisition and I’m really enjoying it, especially layered.</p> <p><b>8</b>: straight-leg jeans, navy 3/4 sleeve sweatshirt, huarache mules. I thrifted this sweatshirt (originally from the Gap) ages ago and still really like it — evidently it has what Derek Guy calls “<a rel="nofollow" href="https://oxs.335.myftpupload.com/2020/08/01/on-emotional-durability/">emotional durability</a>.”</p> <p><b>9</b>: I didn’t get it together to add an accessory to the above outfit, but realized later that I would have liked to wear these Guatemalan silver bird hoops. Uber-casual denim-based outfit + extravagantly boho accessories seems like a juxtaposition formula to remember.</p> <p><b>10-11</b>: black crepe pants, black tunic sweater, ivory wedge sandals, layered necklaces, hair scarf. This outfit was actually inspired by the image in #<b>12</b>. The outfit grew on me over the course of the day but I don’t think I’d repeat it. It’s a little more “ladylike” than I’m going for, and I think if I’m going to do a column of neutrals I really want there to be more texture variation. Learned something!</p> <p><b>13</b>: Khaki shorts, blue ikat-print popover, tennies, silver bird earrings. Hot day again! I would have preferred this with different footwear, maybe the huarache mules.</p> <p><b>14</b>: black knit tube skirt, blue tie-dye tank, silver bird pendant (forgot to get a closeup but you’ll see it again), ivory wedge sandals, white linen button-up. Something about my photo angle is distorting the proportions here — it was better in real life. Still, the top is tricky because it is quite cropped and boxy/swingy. My husband liked it, so I guess I’ll keep experimenting with it!</p> <p><b>15</b>: sunflower-print sundress (that you all have seen a million times, talk about emotional durability), pink tennies, pale lilac cropped cardi (not pictured). Super simple outfit because it's still hot and I was getting my hair cut.</p> <p>Thanks for looking!</p>