https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:51:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1969283 Sat, 27 Oct 2018 06:38:38 +0000 Gigi 1969283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Deciding to return something that's almost right but not completely right can be really hard. Good job with not settling! I have had to return items that couldn't be altered as well. It hurts, especially after you've already envisioned yourself wearing the item. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1969277 Sat, 27 Oct 2018 04:29:27 +0000 Barbara Diane 1969277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cee, I like the sign. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1968527 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 09:54:53 +0000 Cee 1968527@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Indeed ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1968495 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 06:49:34 +0000 Barbara Diane 1968495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RobinF, I see you know exactly what I went through. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1967858 Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:14:36 +0000 RobinF 1967858@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Too bad, but sounds like that was the right decision. I had a similar kimono I bought and tried several ways to make it work and considered hemming, but ended up returning. Sometimes a tweak can make a piece perfect but sometimes it is just too hard to make work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1967798 Tue, 23 Oct 2018 06:18:45 +0000 Barbara Diane 1967798@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks torontogirl. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1967444 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 23:06:27 +0000 Helena 1967444@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Next indeed ... Wisely done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1967313 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 15:37:28 +0000 Barbara Diane 1967313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks cindysmith. I don’t have a need for a kimono as dressy as that one, or more dressy clothing. But I have a less dressy one I will wear soon. It is a much more useful item just not as special. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1967292 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 14:37:34 +0000 cindysmith 1967292@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those are hard decisions to make. Sorry this one didn't work out for you; but as I've learned from Angie, we just haven't found the perfect kimono for YOU yet. Hope your perfect kimono shows up soon! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1967235 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 07:53:31 +0000 Barbara Diane 1967235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jane, Suz, rachylou, Toban, kkards, Angie, thanks for the support.</p> <p>Suntiger, thanks for the scarf suggestion. </p> <p>Bijou, that’s true. I rarely regret not buying something, but some of the items I was most on the fence about become workhorses, so I have trouble differentiating.</p> <p>Jules, learning to admire the pattern and leave an item would be useful for me. You are correct that it is a relief to have made that decision. Shush, don’t tell anyone but I have a few more items with an as yet undecided future. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1967092 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:30:03 +0000 Angie 1967092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a pity. Just your colours. NEXT indeed.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1967017 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 14:36:02 +0000 kkards 1967017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>sorry that this oh so close item did not work.....but good for you for returning it instead of trying hard to make it work!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1966992 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 13:01:17 +0000 Jules 1966992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isn’t it great to feel that kind of certainty in your clothing decisions? Well done.<br /> Patterns are my downfall, so I’ve had to learn to admire them in items that just don’t work. At the same time when I see that the patterns I love are in style, I feel free to overdose - at my price point. Right now it’s PJ bottoms in all these botanical-inspired prints. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1966974 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:24:00 +0000 Bijou 1966974@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have never regretted not buying something. Usually there was a very good reason for leaving it behind... However, I have regretted many inappropriate purchases. This is what I have to remind myself of when faced with these sorts of dilemmas. I think you made the right decision. Well done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1966958 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 10:47:07 +0000 Anonymous 1966958@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a beautiful kimono, but i just passed on one too that hardly got any wear in the nearly 15 years i owned it. The wide short sleeves make them impossible to layer over without bunching, so have a very short climate window. My solution, which could be yours too, is keep on the lookout for a scarf version! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1966949 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 10:10:57 +0000 Toban 1966949@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful piece — and a very wise decision. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1966940 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 07:30:12 +0000 rachylou 1966940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Difficult but the right call I think. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1966926 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 06:02:25 +0000 Suz 1966926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's a lovely piece, but if it doesn't work for you or your style, onwards! Good for you, for not letting your clothes boss you around.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1966923 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 05:47:43 +0000 Jane 1966923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done. Good call. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/next#post-1966905 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 03:45:01 +0000 Barbara Diane 1966905@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I purchased a beautiful burnout kimono as a possibility for a dressy occasion. I didn't find the right dress to wear with it for that particular occasion. Now I have possibilities. </p> <p>I've held onto it for a while as I loved the material but not the dropped sleeve. I had an epiphany this week. I could use my Nordstrom alterations credit to have it altered.</p> <p>Sadly, today I was told that it couldn't be done. The alterations person liked it the way it was. I did not. I looked at it in the dressing room for a while, then wandered around the store while I pondered whether to return it or to take it back home to try it on with the items I thought it could work with. After a while, I heard Angie's voice.</p> <p>"NEXT!"</p> <p>So I walked over to the counter and returned it. I'm still a little sad.<br />Goodbye beautiful material almost right kimono jacket. </p>