https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:46:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then/page/2#post-2089495 Sat, 04 Jan 2020 07:02:39 +0000 Bijou 2089495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Style Fan, it is fun to look back over the last 12 years. I cannot believe now quickly that time has gone. DS has just had his 11th birthday. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2089336 Fri, 03 Jan 2020 20:50:45 +0000 Style Fan 2089336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bijou, you look gorgeous in everything but that turquoise outfit steals the show.&nbsp; What fun to look back and see the changes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088978 Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:47:32 +0000 Bijou 2088978@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sal I always enjoy seeing what you wear too, especially since we are in opposite season to the Northern Hemisphere forum members. Of course, seeing what is coming up style-wise is always a treat. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088870 Wed, 01 Jan 2020 19:28:30 +0000 Sal 2088870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always love your style Bijou and admire your positive and fun spirit. Thanks for sharing your evolution. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088823 Wed, 01 Jan 2020 11:03:41 +0000 Bijou 2088823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mirjana - you are one of my style icons. Thanks for posting your WIWs, you always look so pulled together and elegant, even wearing a sling.</p> <p>Robin F - I love the blue dress too, it is a shame that the colour is not more readily available. I will be very happy if it comes back into fashion.</p> <p>Nuancedream - you are right, Westies are the best and most fun accessory. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088750 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:44:38 +0000 nuancedream 2088750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What an amazing style evolution you have documented, Bijou!&nbsp; DS is growing up so fast! I am crushing over that blue midi dress. The suit in photo # 7 is stunning and you look so elegant. Of course, you can never go wrong with an adorable Westie as an accessory! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088723 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:05:36 +0000 RobinF 2088723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun evolution! I love the blue dress the most, such a fabulous color on you!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088713 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 11:58:38 +0000 Mirjana 2088713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bijou, you are divine. Yes you evolved your style, quite normally. I adore #6 and #7 , you look amazing, sooo elegant. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088679 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 04:17:05 +0000 Bijou 2088679@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie - in real life puppy always steals the show, she is a complete extrovert and loves meeting people. DS is her biggest fan, they are both devoted to each other.</p> <p>Liesbeth - I changed jobs not long after joining YLF so my current co-workers think this is the way I have always dressed. My friends who have known me for a long time laugh about how I always wore black and remark about how much better I look now.</p> <p>Aquamarine - it does feel like an evolution. I did have a few colourful pieces, like a raspberry velvet jacket - but for the most part, I wore neutrals and always with a black bag and shoes.&nbsp;</p> <p>Taylor - thank you that is very kind. I think I looked fine, but as Liesbeth said, just kept under the radar.</p> <p>Joy - I found being a young woman, it was hard to be taken seriously as a professional. I did camouflage to blend in with my co-workers.</p> <p>Kellygirl - its funny that it has taken me sooo long to eventually find my style. However maybe that is the joy of middle age that you can reinvent yourself.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088673 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 03:37:08 +0000 kellygirl 2088673@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing!! You give us all hope! I can totally relate to 1–I didn’t look much different in my early days at work when I thought I had to look a certain way to be taken seriously! You have only become more beautiful and self assured in your style! Love how your personality comes through now!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088648 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 00:25:08 +0000 Anonymous 2088648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a difference. #1 and2 look like camouflage compared to later when your true colors came out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088634 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 23:30:12 +0000 taylor 2088634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you are beautiful in #1 and in every photo❤️ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088633 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 23:24:05 +0000 Aquamarine 2088633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such an evolution...like a different person entirely. Of course you were always beautiful but you glow now, in color! Amazing.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088611 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:24:45 +0000 Liesbeth 2088611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hard to believe that you once had a neutral heavy wardrobe! Of course you looked great in those classic clothes too, yet way more 'under the radar' so to speak. I'm curious: did your co-workers ever remark on your style evolution or did it go so gradually it wasn't as spectacular as these pictures show? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088573 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 15:33:52 +0000 Angie 2088573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Always pretty, playful, glam, fashionable and having fun with fashion. You inspire us all!</p> <p>Puppy almost steals the show </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088551 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 14:20:05 +0000 Bijou 2088551@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shevia - my son is such a lovely child, but he is getting close to the tween years! I am bracing myself for those changes.&nbsp;</p> <p>Gigi - I don't know why I wore so much black. It was just an easy default. I have always admired women who can wear their black wardrobes in a stylish way.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088518 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 03:50:57 +0000 Gigi 2088518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So fun to see your style evolution! Your later outfits have so much more character. They show a bit of a playful side. Definitely a change from the all-black work-inspired wardrobe! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088517 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 03:37:09 +0000 Jaime 2088517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun and fabulous evolution! #7 is amazing. Your little boy is growing up fast! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088496 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 02:04:08 +0000 Bijou 2088496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy - thank you! I must admit that to be taken seriously at work, I dressed in a very dull and boring way and that even spilled over to my casual style. #1 is a horror and just shows that there is hope for us all!</p> <p>JAileen - I am definitely having more fun with fashion now - there was no FUN at all in how I dressed previously (but I did indulge in dressing up DS).</p> <p>Bonnie - it is amazing what a difference colour makes. My aqua dress would look entirely different if it was in black.</p> <p>Suz - the hair really makes me laugh, I spent so much time straightening my hair. My poor Mum, she constantly was telling me to embrace the waves in my hair and also to wear colour. Luckily I found YLF and did so prior to her death, I eventually listened to her good advice.</p> <p>Karen13 - I think that is the gift that Angie gives to us, is to dress to show our personality. Previously I would rebel from my strict uniform and buy something quite outrageous that did not work for my personal style because it was too much of a wildcard.</p> <p>Cardiff Girl - thank you, I really enjoy my wardrobe so much now.</p> <p>Slim Cat - dresses are definitely my favourite wardrobe items - although on the weekend, jeans are so practical. I agree that the colour of my dress in #6 is my best colour, it is a shame that I find it so rarely.</p> <p>KKards - #1 and #6 are very similar and yet I feel quite different in them. Maybe it is the pink heels that kept it feeling fun.</p> <p>BlueJay - yes, the accounting world is a sea of black, navy and grey suits.</p> <p>UmmLila - wearing the uniform of others made me feel less authentic. Dressing to please and suit myself has paradoxically enhanced my work performance too.</p> <p>Suntiger - I much prefer how I dress now too, which is fun because I am fine with getting older.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088490 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 01:11:52 +0000 Anonymous 2088490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow- such a difference! I'm so used to you being bright and moviestar-ish! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088468 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:10:57 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2088468@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think of you as always having been colorful. </p> <p>If there’s one thing the YLF (mostly) sisterhood gives us all, it’s the confidence to know our own self worth and not confuse that with a need to be dull in our looks just to let our other talents shine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088432 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 21:16:15 +0000 BlueJay 2088432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! Laughing because I've been to some of those accounting/law conferences and it's a sea of black and grey (even now).&nbsp;</p> <p>I love all the pictures once you joined YLF. haha! It's fun to see the evolution of your style and to see your DS grow up through photos.&nbsp;</p> <p>Also, how wonderful you got to see a Banksy!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088425 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 20:42:49 +0000 kkards 2088425@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#1 &amp;#6 are like cousins, clearly related and yet different. Love how you’ve evolved your look and honed your core style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088367 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 17:03:57 +0000 slim cat 2088367@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love dresses on you - fav #3,5,6 and of course #7 - stunning work suit.<br />That dress in #6 is gorgeous on you - could be your best color ( want to steal your cherry shoes - kidding/not able to do heels ). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088363 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 16:51:10 +0000 Cardiff girl 2088363@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a difference embracing colour has made to your look!You looked fine before but now you look amazing,so glam and so confident. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088361 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 16:47:41 +0000 karen13 2088361@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a treat! Always gorgeous, but now your style shines so brightly. And shows your personality.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088356 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 16:28:45 +0000 Suz 2088356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Bijou</b>, this is amazing! You have always been beautiful, of course, and nothing can change that. But those early outfits are missing all your pizzazz and movie-star charisma! Add some colour, let the hair wave a bit, and <b>WOW</b>! You look wonderful in both your dressy and more casual outfits and look how has DS grown!!!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088352 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 16:06:33 +0000 Bonnie 2088352@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your new colorful styles.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088350 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 16:02:39 +0000 JAileen 2088350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You’ve really honed your style over the years. &nbsp;You've gone from whatever to really fab. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/now-and-then#post-2088334 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 14:30:39 +0000 rachylou 2088334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bijou! Please don’t be upset when I say... ohmigosh, #1 is a horror of perfectly OK. I’m sorry! I’m a bad person! ETA: ok ok. Very bad. But 6 is soooo beautiful. You are sooo beautiful. #1 is like a very nice disguise... </p>