https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:06:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1707189 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 20:49:27 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1707189@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think your style is modern classic for sure: i.e., very current updated versions of the classics. I see girly or feminine tomboy, too, with your button-down shirts, rolled pants or jeans, and your elegant pointy flats. I maybe combining your pre-retirement and current style in my memory. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1707181 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 20:42:23 +0000 Anonymous 1707181@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I loved your 4th of July outfit and looking at some of your older posts I think you really already have a style that's flattering and authentic looking which are my two favorite criteria.<br />I like the sound of renewal and I'll be paying special attention to your upcoming posts but you already look great.<br />You have a kind of Tea Leoni / Lauren Bacall look that's very attractive and while I completely understand the need to be comfortable I think outfits that have at least one structured piece will always be the most flattering. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702826 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:40:32 +0000 LACeleste 1702826@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Deborah so eloquently said what I was thinking. &nbsp;I'm not much help on descriptors (sorry) but wanted to say that you are so beautiful in the meetup pics. &nbsp;I always thought you looked lovely and had great &nbsp;presence but I am wowed by the new longer hair on you! &nbsp;You have a very cool and original style! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702822 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:35:16 +0000 AM 1702822@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was in a similar phase a few months back. Just felt like I needed a refinement and more focus on casual/work from home. Also wanted to go bolder and a few steps closer to avant guard. I revisited my adjectives, defined my capsules more specifically, choose 3/4 very specific inspiration pics for each capsule, and then took a step back. Sporty Luxe, Modern Classic, Avant Guard, Urbanite -- seemed to rise to the top but I think the inspiration pictures (almost like a look book per season) seems to be extremely helpful. Looking forward to following this thread. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702792 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:09:09 +0000 Suz 1702792@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Deb, if you root around in the archives (Aida's list on forum archives) you'll find lots of people's lists -- Rae, Una, a bunch of them!!&nbsp;</p> <p>Angie has a great post on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/2015/11/17/seven-steps-to-style-renewal/">style renewal </a>with links.&nbsp;</p> <p>Also don't forget Angie's blog posts on the subject, and the whole long <a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/2012/01/09/describing-your-style-persona/">style persona conversations</a> we had on here a few years back.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702785 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:57:11 +0000 deb 1702785@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all for the help. I got into Oakland from Seattle at 11:30 last night and had to drive 2 hours to Roseville. I am a little wiped out but I am making a Style Persona worksheet for 2016 with all of the good information you have given me. Thank you Suz for finding Aida's list.&nbsp;I will use it to help me set a direction to move forward. I think it will also help me to see where I have been with my style that no longer works for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702719 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 15:29:03 +0000 Tammyb 1702719@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the list Suz!<br /> Deb, I just did a little stalking of your pics to see your current style. A few things: I love your hair. It's beautiful! And when I looked at the pics from this year you don't look casual to me. You look like your are classic with a trendy flair. I aspire to have your shoe collection. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702640 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:26:33 +0000 Suz 1702640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Deb, I am nodding along with Deborah. I said to myself the other day, Deborah looks so beautiful in the group photos! I thought this the last time you were with the group, too.&nbsp;</p> <p>I think your style has and could move even more towards something I want to call "intelligence." It may be those wonderful specs making me think so, but it is more than that. The specs show a hint of humour as well as seriousness. Your clothing choices are practical for your situation but sometimes almost sly....I am thinking about the very modern plaid top worn to the farmer's market. There's something clever in that.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702631 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:08:59 +0000 RobinF 1702631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this question since I am going through the same thing myself. I copied down Suz's list and think maybe it is a good place to start. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702615 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:49:59 +0000 bella 1702615@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You forgot that you have gorgeous eyewear. It really struck me when I saw the Seattle meet-up pictures. With your hair and eyewear sorted, I think you are halfway there!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702573 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 09:54:23 +0000 Style Fan 1702573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not great at this either Deb.&nbsp; I did like your style.&nbsp; I like Aida's list that Suz posted.&nbsp; That might be a good starting point to define your style.&nbsp; <br />I love your hair long.&nbsp; I never thought of hair as part of an outfit or an accessory until YLF.&nbsp; Now I realize it is so important.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702544 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 07:24:44 +0000 Deborah 1702544@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Deb I am not particularly good at this sort of thing, but I wanted to say just how gorgeous you look in the photos posted from the Seattle gathering. &nbsp;I noticed how gorgeous your hair is looking and I love your white glasses. &nbsp;You are looking just stunning. &nbsp;Don't laugh but I saw a little "Deborah Harry" (not style but facial features). &nbsp;I think she was gorgeous by the way. &nbsp;Like Kiwigal/Sally, I saw the Euro Chic elements. &nbsp;I see a confidence in who you are and a willingness to take calculated risks with fashion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702542 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 07:20:29 +0000 Sal 1702542@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you have elements of Euro Chic in your style - to me your style says an intelligent city dweller who walks a lot. &nbsp;Your clothes are mostly simple and elegant (not too much layering) and you wear flat trendy shoes and have cool glasses and gorgeous polished hair. &nbsp;I think you live in California (I may be wrong).....</p> <p>I think your style is looking a little more edgy this year - perhaps this is the new apartment, more time now you are retired, or the changes you have been through. &nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702493 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 04:21:55 +0000 rachylou 1702493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been loving your current stylings. They stand out in my mind as being sleek and slick and polished - but not prim. I'm curious as to where you're going these days, what your activities are, how you introduce yourself... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702465 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 03:45:20 +0000 Suz 1702465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, I could only find it done as a cut and paste list thing -- you fill it out as fits you:&nbsp;</p> <p>PRIMARY NEUTRALS:&nbsp;<br />SECONDARY NEUTRALS:&nbsp;<br />MAIN COLORS:&nbsp;<br />ACCENT COLORS:&nbsp;<br />DON'T WEAR COLORS:&nbsp;<br />ACCESSORIES:&nbsp;</p> <p>-------- ELEMENTS OF LOVE --------</p> <p>(the things you have a "sugar eye" for and love love love)</p> <p></p> <p>NO THANKS:</p> <p>(the things you don't care for, don't like)</p> <p>ASPIRATION ADJECTIVES:</p> <p>(How you want to look)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702460 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 03:38:26 +0000 Suz 1702460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, let me look for you.&nbsp;</p> <p>It's buried in our archives someplace.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702450 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 03:20:25 +0000 Anonymous 1702450@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>From what I remember, I think you wear classic clothes with current/trendy shoes and glasses (and I think pants as well?). So there seems to be an element of fun in your style. I'm not sure this helps, but that's what I see.</p> <p>I love your hair too. It suits you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702439 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 02:50:30 +0000 Tammyb 1702439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, where is Aida's list? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702435 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 02:45:48 +0000 Tammyb 1702435@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Did you see the links that Suz provided in her reply to me? I just read them and found them to be helpful. Before you retired do you think you had a different persona for work than not at work? (That is my first question for myself as I embark on my style refresh.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702434 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 02:44:55 +0000 Suz 1702434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you have five adjectives that define your style? (Or 3)&nbsp;</p> <p>Or can you define your style by what it is not? Not bombshell, not grunge, not this not that. That level of distinction is pretty easy and maybe not helpful but if you get down to specifics of differences between the old work style and the new retired life style, that might be more enlightening.&nbsp;</p> <p>Some people find it useful to develop a Pinterest board of their aspirational style, if they are more visual.&nbsp;</p> <p>Then there is Aida's list. Now that's a doozy.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-style-persona-needed#post-1702427 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 02:38:39 +0000 deb 1702427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tammyb posted about finding a style persona which got me thinking that maybe it was time to determine what my style persona currently is and what I want it to be. I retired in January and my clothing has definitely changed in the direction of more casual. (not that it was dressy before. I was in IT). Anyway, I really do not know where I want to go. Basically I am lost in this growing up stage of life again. My hair is now long which I really like and I am wearing lipstick instead of Chapstick. Not sure what that says about me. Also, dark jeans are my pant of choice. So where do I go from here?</p>