https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 04 May 2026 10:55:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar/page/2#post-212477 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:49:51 +0000 Barbara 212477@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I could have sworn I saw a jacket similar to this in a local consignment shop last week. Yikes, I'd better check it out PRONTO! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar/page/2#post-212002 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:43:12 +0000 Kari 212002@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gosh, that is beautiful. The jacket reminds me of Betty Draper's equestrian wear from season 2 of Mad Men, only funkier due to the mixed fabrics. Please show us what it looks like in person! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar/page/2#post-211910 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:11:39 +0000 Ana 211910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This jacket is on my wishlist too, April! If I get down to Anthro soon, I will try it on and let you know what it's like. Or if you get down there, will you update us?</p> <p>If you try it on and love it, go for it. You will figure out how to wear it so you feel comfortable, or we can help you too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar/page/2#post-211878 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:19:59 +0000 Scarlet 211878@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I think of this jacket for myself, then it is really too much and rather kooky. However, if it is something that really speaks to you, then I also would not judge that. If you wear it with that inner sass that says "hey, I know what I like", then it works. But Mae is probably right: if DS couldn't handle Oxfords, then you should plug your ears as you walk by. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211470 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:29:38 +0000 Barbara 211470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good point, Marley. I'm particular about seams matching, unless it's styled with funky seaming on purpose. I'd have to try it on and see for myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211428 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:38:44 +0000 Marley 211428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm . . . I think you've got to try it on. It looks really cool in the pic - but I'm wondering if the "vest" would make it feel/look bulky around the waist? Also, are the plaids purposely not matched at the seams (for added "coolness") or is it just on the "not very well made side?" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211421 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:32:33 +0000 Barbara 211421@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>April, It's definitely offbeat, but I agree with Angie. This jacket has an awesome equestrian vibe that appeals to my classic side. I'd wear it with a turtleneck, skinny jeans tucked into tall riding boots. Tally ho! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211418 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:27:41 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 211418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am totally digging on this jacket! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211413 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:16:54 +0000 Beth 211413@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>April, I'm going with your interpretation:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211304 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:16:19 +0000 Mae 211304@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey, I'm not *mocking* you; SO is. I'm with Jonesy on this one though. Kooky land. Outside your classic style zone. BUT (yes, I am yelling) if it's calling to you, listen to it. Maybe your eclectic avatar needs to be fed. Plus, I want to see pics of you in it. With the yellow bag. And maybe just a crop sticking out of the bag, ok?</p> <p>PS: Do not, I repeat do NOT, show this jacket to DS. If he thought the oxfords were wacky, I don't even want to imagine what he'd say about the equestrian mismatched jacket. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211277 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:34:47 +0000 Dashrashi 211277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the construction and the built-in "vest," but don't love how the fabrics of the two sides of the jacket are mismatched. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211244 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:44:32 +0000 April 211244@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>BethW -- I suspect that means that buried within our classic selves are a couple of uber-cool dressers screaming to remain deeply hidden... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211238 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:33:43 +0000 Jonesy 211238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the jacket, but the built-in vest takes it over the top for me into Kooky Land. But if you love it, then go for it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211234 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:29:57 +0000 Beth 211234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>April, I'm the least cool person on Earth, much less uber-cool, and I'd wear that jacket in a heartbeat.</p> <p>And BTW, I have the same reaction to Anthro. I'm oddly drawn to the store, then I get in there and can't decide if things are very cool or truly odd... *scratching head and looking befuddled* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211197 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:40:39 +0000 biscuitsmom 211197@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it if you keep the rest of the outfit very simple...otherwise I agree it would be too much. Anthro has some of the most unique things! Some of the weirdest too! lol... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211193 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:38:09 +0000 April 211193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Me too. &lt;gusty sigh&gt;</p> <p>ETA: I see that several of you posted while I was posting. Interesting -- Angie and other uber-cool dressers are on Team Love, while my baby sister is mocking me. Where is that riding crop? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211191 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:36:26 +0000 Maya 211191@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wish you were coming with us to the NY gathering so you could try it on in our presence! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211190 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:35:00 +0000 April 211190@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, the world doesn't contain many jackets that don't tempt me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211186 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:32:16 +0000 Angie 211186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm on Team Cool too. So equestrian. Love! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211177 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:22:26 +0000 Maya 211177@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was prepared to see a jacket with a duck strangling your neck when I first opened the link. Instead what I find is a beautifully constructed blazer? Shut UP! It's amazing!</p> <p>I happen to love it. And thanks for giving me yet another thing I want but can't have.</p> <p>However--and this is something you have to ask yourself--would you feel comfortable in it? It's a very arty little blazer and quite different from your usual refined and classic style. There is nothing wrong with breaking out of your box if it's something you really like though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211156 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:58:58 +0000 Sparky 211156@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That jacket is saying to me, "I am way too cool for you!"</p> <p>As long as it's styled simply, I think it could work on you, April. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211149 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:53:42 +0000 greenglove 211149@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very cool, especially styled very simply. It is something we would have to see on to really get a feel for how it looks.<br /> It would likely look great on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211148 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:51:48 +0000 Beth 211148@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to admit I was expecting something really bizarre, but April, I love it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211114 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:28:54 +0000 April 211114@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a question I often confront on the Anthro site: is this great, or just weird?</p> <p>For the record, if I were to wear this, I would stay pretty far from anything else equestrian in the same outfit. I would also keep everything else low-key to avoid busy-ness overkill: something along the lines of dark wash jeans with black or charcoal turtleneck.</p> <p>And maybe a bright yellow handbag... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211063 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:58:14 +0000 Donna 211063@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It looks a bit busy to my eye, but I'd love to see it on you, April. I think with a very simple streamlined background and your confident elegance you might just pull it off! I hope you try it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211051 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:49:31 +0000 quail 211051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it, but I'm into offbeat statement pieces. I might even go whole hog and wear it with jodhpurs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211047 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:46:25 +0000 FiestyWife 211047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm gonna go with interesting. I like the vest &amp; coat in TWO different fabrics but I don't really like the brownish color on the right. However, I think if you style it carefully and wear it with TONS of confidence you could really pull it off in a cool way. This response is a total copout I know but I'm torn on this one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211034 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:38:11 +0000 Mae 211034@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha, Cookie. We posted at the same time. Riding boots are a MUST. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211032 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:37:19 +0000 Cookie 211032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this is very cool! It would add so much style to simple black slacks or a skirt. Or jeans. Imagine it with jeggings tucked into black riding boots! Awesome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/offbeat-and-amazing-or-merely-peculiar#post-211031 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:37:14 +0000 Mae 211031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Busy and odd here. SO says you need a crop and riding boots to wear it. ;)<br /> It's really interesting, but it seems like it would be overwhelming because of all that's going on? </p>