https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:31:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676818 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:04:15 +0000 Angie 1676818@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YAY.&nbsp;</p> <p>I WISH you could get these tops. You would have LOVED them.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676447 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:43:03 +0000 Suz 1676447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, so sorry about your skirt, Angie!! But it was very well loved. That is always some consolation.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>LOVE</b> your crop top with the striped skirt - that is a look I can absolutely get behind. Now to find one of those tops in a fabrication that will work. The AT ones were all sold out in my size when I looked and we pay hefty duties on AT anyway (even though we have AT stores now in Canada...though of course not where I live...)</p> <p>I'll be in Toronto next weekend and plan to sneak out of my conference to do a little shopping. I might meet with success in an actual store. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Yes, much cooler here today! I am dressing for work at home but might have time for some experimentation later. &nbsp; :)&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676428 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:22:44 +0000 Angie 1676428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, YES. I wore heck out of that skirt - <i>that it tore</i>. *sobbing*. I believe it's cooler where you are now - no? You mentioned so on the blog this morning. Or do I need more tea??</p> <p>I look forward to the outfit experimentation with the &nbsp;skirt. You really need a crop top!&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676360 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:06:16 +0000 Mochi 1676360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hate???? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676359 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:05:26 +0000 Suz 1676359@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those shoes definitely inspire a lot of love and hate, don't they? <b>Isabelle</b>, you ask a good question, but honestly I think I like them -- they are extremely stable and comfortable and I have been looking for white sandals for &nbsp;years. I just like them better with pants than with shorts or skirts, I think. &nbsp;And I was feeling sensitive about "preppy" perhaps. I definitely lean that way in my style but might like to alter that a tiny bit...</p> <p><b>Tanya</b>, I'm so glad the skirt worked out! It's a lovely fabric. I wish I could answer your question about the background colour. I have the same question myself! I guess that is a quality of silk, that it is changeable. On the whole I think it is black, but it could be ink. I tried it with an ink tee from J. Crew and it looks great -- but then it also works with black. So I'm just going to say it's either or both!</p> <p><b>Denise</b>, I am gobsmacked! You want to dress like preppy me? No, it's the ease of the sweater, I think -- it's really a great cut.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Ledonna, Lyn,</b> thank you!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676346 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:42:38 +0000 Mochi 1676346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am wondering if anyone is capable of looking bad with this formula. And Suz, you look particularly chic and spiffy. You own this type of look. I'm madly in love with your shoes, btw. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676318 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:48:58 +0000 Tanya 1676318@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous outfit on you Suz, the red scarf totally makes it and the color is so vibrant with your hair.<br />I also adore the J Crew skirt outfit on you and would like to thank you for your help in choosing the correct size in the skirt; i got size 2 at your recommendation and it is a perfect fit. We are twins now, yet again I have a somewhat silly question regarding the skirt background color: is it black or very dark inky navy? I keep changing my mind about it depending on the lightening and what I put next to it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676317 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:45:37 +0000 skylurker 1676317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very puzzling.<br /> I see nothing wrong in both outfits.<br /> And I'm afraid to say it, since you didn't feel good in them, but they both look typical Suz to me : blue&amp;white palette, modern classic pieces.<br /> Do you hate those sandals or what ?!? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676315 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:38:00 +0000 lyn67 1676315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, just read the comments, and &nbsp;saw the skirted outfit-love the big white earrings to it!!! Wow, wow, wow!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676314 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:33:48 +0000 lyn67 1676314@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hah, the canvas book bag is missing:-)). I find the white sandals(which I did not really like to the shorts outfit) are working so great here, and looking trendy once again:-). So very controversial, I know they were current buys and fab shoes, still they were not really doing any favor to the other outfit somehow... Love the outfit with the new hair and so-it &nbsp;is all gorgeous, again! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676221 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 04:11:45 +0000 CocoLion 1676221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This works! &nbsp;I am so inspired by you to try it myself now.</p> <p>I think this outfit hits every note of how I want to dress myself right now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676194 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 02:48:07 +0000 Suz 1676194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Angie</b>, I love that outfit on you. The skirt is so vibrant -- you wore it for Mother's Day once, did &nbsp;you not?&nbsp;</p> <p>I can do my denim jackets up, absolutely! I have the white, the faded denim, and the darker denim with leather sleeves. I will try that. Will have to wait for a cooler day than the one I was wearing that outfit -- maybe in September. That outfit was a 33+ with humidity day in Montreal -- phew!&nbsp;</p> <p>I also have a chambray shirt that works with it and a striped linen button down for some pattern mixing. And a black cropped top with split back. And a black mock t (sleeveless) and some other options. I'm going to experiment. It's not a failure because I love the feel of the fabric and it's always nice to have a change. I just need to find the right way to wear it.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676193 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 02:46:15 +0000 Ledonna N. 1676193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey sis you are so analytic when it comes to your thinking I love it. I wonder if your hair evolution means something more deeper. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676187 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 02:37:34 +0000 Angie 1676187@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, can you close your denim jacket and wear it like a top? I do that with my flared skirts sometimes. See below:&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676177 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 02:15:20 +0000 Maneera 1676177@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perfect! It doesn't read preppy to me at all....but it does look Minimally Fab. I think it's that red of the scarf and the sandals. </p> <p>I actually really like these sandals. They look amazing with the jeans! I was considering a very similar pair of brown sandals for myself a while back...now I almost regret not buying them because the block heel is super comfy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676162 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 01:37:09 +0000 Suz 1676162@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah. Got them. They weren't here when I wore the outfit, though. I was travelling and had only room for a set number of shoes...agree on the contrast levels -- it's too much.&nbsp;</p> <p>And #$*% those publishers if they have money they are not giving their writers... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag/page/2#post-1676150 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 01:19:14 +0000 Anonymous 1676150@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not all of them are as broke as you'd think :)&nbsp;</p> <p>The skirt outfit is great - I'd just swap out the white shoes for something softer. &nbsp; &nbsp;There is too much of a contrast going on there between shoe and skirt - but I love the idea of the cobalt top . Just wear your metallic cage sandals here....you have those, right ? &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag#post-1676132 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 01:02:33 +0000 Suz 1676132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ETA -- this is what not having a full length mirror or my camera set up for regular photos does to me. I try things out but can't evaluate ahead of time and just go out wearing them, only to cringe later!! Can't WAIT until DD is finished her photography course!! (By the way, she does take really great photos now!)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag#post-1676129 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 01:01:16 +0000 Suz 1676129@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for filling in about Anansi, <b>Lisa</b>, and of course I'm kidding about shrinking the sweater!!! The sandals are Tevas.&nbsp;</p> <p>Writing/ publishing people in Canada have less than no money and mostly think it is frivolous to be interested in fashion except for a few poets who love their Fluevogs and their rock star moto jackets. :)&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Angie,</b> you think? I thought that outfit looked <i>really dumb</i> in retrospect. Similar to Saturday's bermuda's outfit. Anyway, however it looked, something <b>felt </b>off about it to me. I think it is too "set" and matchy-matchy for my aspirational style. &nbsp;There is something too rigid about it. I am going to try the skirt with a denim shirt or jacket and a different type of top, as you suggested -- not tucked.&nbsp;</p> <p>And <b>Aida</b>, yes, that's what they are, really -- cropped straights that I wore BF style last year and intend to wear as raw edge this year!&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag#post-1676109 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:49:24 +0000 Colette 1676109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my goodness this outfit looks great on you! I love the scarf with your new hair. And the sandals are perfect with these jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag#post-1676107 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:47:12 +0000 Anonymous 1676107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anansi &nbsp;(House of Anansi ) is a Canadian literary publisher . Very well-known and respected . Publishes many big Canadian writers, as well as international/UK &nbsp;and US writers ( like Jim Harrison) . &nbsp; &nbsp;I was a rep for them for 10 years or so - and Suz is very familiar with and known to them as well. &nbsp;I have lots of their canvas book bags &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag#post-1676099 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:42:59 +0000 Jaime 1676099@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Doesn't strike me as preppy. The wonders of perfect hair! Love the sandals, interesting about the red.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag#post-1676094 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:39:23 +0000 Angie 1676094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The skirt outfit is fabulous. Elegant. Wooohooo. LOVE the shoes with the skirt.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag#post-1676061 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:19:47 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1676061@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>what's the Anansi book bag? Is that from the Neil Gaiman Anansi Boys?</p> <p></p> <p>And also, I love this look! &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag#post-1676041 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 23:56:54 +0000 Aida 1676041@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hah horrors nothing! I actually like capris (maybe that's the horrors?) and I think these will make a fine pair. If it makes you feel better about them you can always call them cropped straights </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag#post-1676036 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 23:50:20 +0000 Anonymous 1676036@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hope you're kidding about shrinking the sweater...... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag#post-1676032 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 23:47:56 +0000 Anonymous 1676032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Speaking of Anansi , I just had a cocktail with Sarah MacLachlan at The Hotel Fort Garry. The ACP meetings are here this week. &nbsp;The bar was packed with publishers of all shapes and sizes - kind of fun to see people I hadn't seen in a few years . &nbsp;Publishers are the oddest dressed people ever &nbsp;(Jack David in those strappy rubber sandals &nbsp;(what are they called again - starts with a T) with socks, massive pleated blue shorts hiked up and firmly belted over his impressive girth with a random Blue Jays t-shirt on .&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag#post-1676028 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 23:45:41 +0000 Suz 1676028@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Smittie</b>, yes!! I got them with Gaylene's help from Ingeldew's. It was the only place that had my size! I really like them but haven't had too many chances to wear yet.&nbsp;</p> <p>As far as I am concerned, any bag that holds books is a good bag. :)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag#post-1676026 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 23:44:19 +0000 Suz 1676026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Sara,</b> do give it another try. I think it depends on the scarf, really. This one has MAJOR sentimental value as I bought it in China when we went back to visit my daughter's orphanage city. I wanted to bring back one fashion souvenir and this was it. It's a gorgeous quality silk but an awkward shape to wear for anything but this type of look.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Aida,</b> you are so observant. These jeans actually need another hack. I left them as is and only rolled them because they frayed badly somehow and they are too long anyway so I rolled. I'm going to hack them to the proper length and maybe roll again as you suggest to make - horrors!! -- capris!!&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Jenn</b>, thank you. Isn't it instructive? Because I do so much shopping online I have become an obsessive reader of the reviews. I really want to hear what people's body type is. When I review an item now I am incredibly precise about my height, approximate weight, figure type, body modifiers, climate, needs, etc. The sweater that is hell for one is perfect for another. J. Crew in general fits to a rectangular body type, I believe. Whereas some other makers? Uh...no. (You should have seen me in the Ted Baker store in Boston. Our hourglass Fabbers looked divine in his designs!!)&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Dottie, Viva, Aileen, Marianna </b>-- thanks.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Tex,</b> re the shoes -- yes -- I like them better with longer bottoms too. They work okay with my tube skirts but I wore them with my flared skirt and blanched at the pic I later took....Live and learn, folks...I actually wore this in real life in a Montreal restaurant at lunch -- urgh!! Luckily half the people in the place were inebriated.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Chris</b>, if it doesn't look preppy it is probably the hair and shoes. Or, like <b>Lisa </b>and <b>Rachy</b> said, the fit of that darn sweater...need to shrink it!! &nbsp;;)&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Lisa,</b> coming to get that Anansi bookbag pronto.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Angie, Anne,</b> thank you. <b>Angie</b>, you inspire us all so much! Thank you.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/only-thing-missing-is-my-canvas-book-bag#post-1676022 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 23:38:03 +0000 Anonymous 1676022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just love it. That sweater is gorgeous.<br /> I'm happy that your range of reds has expanded. Reds are great for adding colour to your face. I think that's why a lot of women wear red glasses.</p> <p>I am definitely a frequenter of the library and it's usually with some plastic Loblaw's bag or a kid's backpack :)</p> <p>aside: I also see that you have the ECCO white sneakers. We are sneaker twins, yay! </p>