https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:00:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987467 Tue, 01 Jan 2019 15:51:15 +0000 Chris987 1987467@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks so much for the kind words! Now I just need to figure out how to make that sort of inspiration happen again </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987238 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 20:43:56 +0000 karen13 1987238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not sure how I missed this last year - I'm so glad you reposted. Very fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987219 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:51:55 +0000 Angie 1987219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b></b>"westies and yorkies, teddies and butterflies"</p> <p>:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987218 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:51:02 +0000 Angie 1987218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>KILLER TO THE POWER OF KILLER, SUBLIME :)</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987209 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:42:46 +0000 Cee 1987209@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good job, Chris ! BRAVO </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987208 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:41:08 +0000 Suz 1987208@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All too true! And so much fun. Thanks, Chris. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987188 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 18:36:24 +0000 bj1111 1987188@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>we have to have a dramatic reading, set it to music or interpretive dance. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987184 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 18:27:56 +0000 Chris987 1987184@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks all,&nbsp;it was a fun thing to write.&nbsp;:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987181 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 18:24:06 +0000 Barbara Diane 1987181@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the smile. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987168 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:00:05 +0000 Roberta 1987168@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fringed, singed, cringed, tinged, and unhinged </p> <p>YOU ARE A GENIUS. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987166 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 16:55:30 +0000 Bonnie 1987166@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I nominate you YLF Poet Laureate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987158 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 16:36:44 +0000 JAileen 1987158@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Rachy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987155 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 16:33:17 +0000 rachylou 1987155@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Need a YouTube recitation </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987153 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 16:30:34 +0000 Anonymous 1987153@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bravo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987130 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 15:15:23 +0000 Bijou 1987130@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What fun, so glad that Westies got a mention! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/oh-the-embellishments-repeat#post-1987102 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 13:07:35 +0000 Chris987 1987102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wrote and posted this on February 11 2018, but it still resonates, at least with me :-)&nbsp; Not exactly best or worst, just some humor about some of&nbsp; the current fashion trends. </p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ode-to-our-embellished-fashion-era--">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....hion-era--</a></p> </p> <p><strong><i><u></u></i></strong><i><u>What we wear...</u></i><strong><i><u></u></i></strong></p> <p>Plentiful embroidery and whimsical cajolery <br />Cut out, stressed out, burned out, and thrown out<br />Ripped, shredded, worn, torn, and forlorn<br />Laced, disgraced, displaced, maced, and defaced<br />Pompoms, crampons, hanger-ons, and unmowed lawns<br />Ruffles, truffles, muffles, snuffles, and kerfluffles<br />Straps and buckles, surrounded by chuckles<br />Frills and lace at a frenzied pace<br />Shoulder holes, mayday poles, singing bowls<br />Big bell sleeves that make you sneeze, seat belt weaves and table leaves <br />Hardware, malware, gagwear, flagwear, snagwear <br />Sequins, shark fins, cookie tins<br />Rings and wings and mattress springs<br />Sparkle and glitter, princess Markle on twitter<br />Fringed, singed, cringed, tinged, and unhinged <br />Non-functional zippers, beluga whale flippers <br />striped socks, bird flocks, department of silly walks<br />bow ties, cow pies, fishing flies, waist ties, pleated thighs, jeweled eyes<br />Grommets, plackets, eyelets and pockets <br />over the knee, under a tree, backless shoes, chimney flues<br />Ruching and smooching, double hems and colored gems </p> <p><b><i></i></b><i><u>…and oh the prints!</u></i><b><i><u> </u></i></b></p> <p>Grumpy cats, pretty bats, pugs in rugs, bees in trees<br />Gee gaws, hee haws, flee flaws, lobster claws, jackdaws <br />Bowers and towers of flowers <br />cranes and owls, peacocks with jowls<br />hedgehogs, warthogs, big dogs, groundhogs, green frogs<br />horses and llamas, camels in pajamas<br />flamingoes and dingos, puppies and guppies, foxes in boxes<br />checks and plaids and polka dots, fruits and nuts and nautical knots<br />window pane with cellophane<br />leopard and snake, cookies and cake<br />westies and yorkies, teddies and butterflies</p> </p> <p>nothing plain, nothing simple, every face must have a dimple<br />around and around and around it goes, where it stops, nobody knows! </p>