https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:04:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-698039 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:22:34 +0000 Transcona Shannon 698039@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome to YLF Laurie - looking forward to seeing more of you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697999 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:48:51 +0000 Vix 697999@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome, Laurie. Echoing those who say it's great to have another sewist around (I learn so much about alterations/construction from the discussions). How fun to have two radically different styles for work and play -- looking forward to hearing more about them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697848 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:50:47 +0000 jayne 697848@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oh welcome aboard! I love safari too, and buckles and pockets...This year's mags don't inspire me though...so I am leaving it for next summer </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697638 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:43:49 +0000 Angie 697638@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And another welcome from me </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697635 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:42:29 +0000 Mo 697635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi! I like a spin off of safari - utility details and cargo looks. I think it's great that you found your 'off work' style can be totally different and still be you! Welcome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697634 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:41:53 +0000 Mo 697634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi! I like a spin off of safari - utility details and cargo looks. I think it's great that you found your 'off work' style can be totally different and still be you! Welcome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697627 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:34:15 +0000 RunnerChick 697627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome - I'm pretty new myself, and I'm here to tell you that you'll love it here! </p> <p>Your safari style does sound interesting. I'm one of those people who have a split style personality too. I too am drawn to the style you call safari (love linen!), although I think it's more "rumpled eddie bauer" on me. Look forward to getting to know you and your style! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697562 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:26:49 +0000 Anonymous 697562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello and welcome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697538 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 08:23:21 +0000 Deborah 697538@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome and thanks for sharing. I love your revelation about the best length for shorts.... this is also a conclusion I came to recently:)</p> <p>Looking forward to getting to know you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697372 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:24:29 +0000 KathyL 697372@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome i lurked for a while before joining too. This really is a great place. I look forward to seeing your safari styles! Sounds interesting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697368 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:18:28 +0000 Suz 697368@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome! It sounds as if you have been soaking up lots of great inspiration here. Can't wait to see some of your outfits! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697367 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:18:22 +0000 nicoleb 697367@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome Laurie! I'm excited to see more of your posts and hope you'll do some WIW's for us soon! Great to hear you're really finding your style outside of office wear as well! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697363 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:14:32 +0000 Gaylene 697363@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome to the forum, Laurie.</p> <p>I've also been sewing for 40+ years, but I've never heard of the painter's tape method. I'm intrigued because I've always made muslins, especially if I was copying RTW. Do you have a link that you could post?</p> <p>To be honest, the amount of sewing that I've done in the past few years has been more about alterations than creating garments. But I still like to get out the machine if I'm in need of a simple skirt or top, especially if it's for a dressy occasion. I just can't get my head around paying $$$ for a simple silk top that is just back and front and sleeves! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697353 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:05:39 +0000 Lyn D. 697353@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome Laurie!</p> <p>I am sure your sewing experience will be a bonus to the D.I.Yers and wanna-bes on this forum. Timely, because yesterday I decided to shorten the sleeves of a casual utility-style jacket myself rather than pay the $30.00. Guess what? Although it is going to take a few hours I am confident that it will be a success. (Very satisfying!)</p> <p>This forum has also given me many 'light-bulb moments'. It is a great place to be! </p> <p>Look forward to 'seeing' you in future posts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-member-saying-hello#post-697343 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:51:46 +0000 Laurie 697343@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>New member here and I wanted to say hello. I've been lurking awhile and really appreciate all the great advice on here, and enjoy seeing everyone's great styling. I wanted to wait to post till I had something to share, so I'd like to share some things that I've picked up from being here.</p> <p>First, I figured out that I can actually have 2 different styles! I work in a conservative CPA office with older, wealthy clients, so I have to dress pretty conservatively. Which is fine, because I like and look good in a pencil skirt and some sort of untucked structured blouse or unlined jacket. Great.. got that covered! But I'm also really drawn to, hmmm.. let's call it safari style. Lots of long and loose linen, vintage style messenger bags, flat lace-up leather boots. Really almost menswear inspired. It occurred to me that I can dress one way at work, and another way on my off time. I'd always had a tendency to put my energy in to the work aspect, and just throw on whatever for my days off. Well, that has changed, and I'm enjoying exploring different ways of dressing. </p> <p>Second, something I learned today that seems to work for me. Have your shorts/capris/clams, basically any pant/short that is not full-length, end at the same length that you find a skirt length flattering. From observation, I've learned that hemming my skirts (pencil as I'm a spoon/figure 8) just below the kneecap is the most flattering for me, as I have proportionally longer legs, especially the lower leg. Today I found a pair of, lets call them shorts, that fit close to the leg and end right where I hem a skirt. They look GOOD, and I'm not a big shorts or even pants fan.. but after thinking about it, I think it's because they land at a point where my leg naturally goes inward.</p> <p>Third, for those that sew. I've sewn for close to 40 years and hate the whole pattern/test garment thing. If you have something ready to wear that you like, and assuming the fabric is not delicate, it's pretty easy to make a sewing pattern from an existing garment using that blue painters tape. You can find instructions online. I've done it several times, and it's worked well. You do need to have a similar weight/drape for the fabric of your new garment as the original. But you basically already have your trial garment in your closet, and I've found it to be a lot more rewarding, and less frustrating, in the end.</p> <p>Again, thank you all for taking the time to post the WIW, purchases, suggestions, etc. It's been really fun and helpful to see both the struggles and solutions that we all have at one time or another with dressing, and I look forward to being a part of this community. </p>