https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-considering-the-basicsbut-not-feeling-them Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:25:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-considering-the-basicsbut-not-feeling-them#post-511815 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:29:46 +0000 Jewell 511815@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find that those lists are only helpful to a certain degree. I have some (but not all ten) of them and none are in what I would consider constant rotation. Yet, I feel perfectly stylish. I say forget their list and create your own. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-considering-the-basicsbut-not-feeling-them#post-511796 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:02:37 +0000 cciele 511796@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Kari said! There are definitely different definitions of stylish. You can build your wardrobe from basics that suit your style, not someone else's version of style!</p> <p>I have an LBD but haven't worn it in ages. Black tailored trousers--nope. Trench coat--kinda. Matching skirt and jacket--definitely not. Solid T shirts--well, yes I do wear t-shirts. Pumps--nope. White shirt--nope. Cardigan--I only wear cascading ones. Black boots--well, I love boots so yes. Jeans--of course. </p> <p>So I don't have most of the items on the list but do I feel stylish? Hell yes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-considering-the-basicsbut-not-feeling-them#post-511793 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:53:14 +0000 Kari 511793@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jayne, I get by without many of those basics. I haven't worn my crisp white shirt in months (just not needing it right now.) My LBD is a 3/4 sleeved faux-wrap style that I'm wearing a lot right now, but it's not an essential item in my wardrobe. I haven't worn black trousers (or any dress trousers, for that matter) in years. Solid tee shirts I mainly use for layering under other pieces (kind of like solid color camisoles.) For years I did not have black boots, black pumps, or a black purse and got through just fine. I really don't think that *all* stylish women need to have the same basics in their wardrobes, as there's a lot that depends on climate, your lifestyle/work environment/social life, etc. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-considering-the-basicsbut-not-feeling-them#post-511783 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:39:07 +0000 Louise 511783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Please walk away from the list! Everyone's list of basics is different and from the sounds of it the items on this list would become wardrobe orphans x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-considering-the-basicsbut-not-feeling-them#post-511770 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:25:26 +0000 jayne 511770@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just finished re-reading a style book and it listed basics all stylish women should own. As usual the LBD, black tailored trousers, trench coat, matching skirt and jacket, Solid T shirts, pumps, and the white shirt are all on the list. </p> <p>All of these make me want to run quickly in other direction. </p> <p>But what I really want to know is where /how do I wear these things? I do not wear pumps to work. I do not want to wear black trousers to work. The white shirt I have but it hangs untouched. I do not ever wear a LBD and I don't feel I have the social life that requires it. </p> <p>Does this say something about my style or about my lack of it?</p> <p>I don't really know where to go with this. Just wanted to share my disappointment at not wanting to own the basics that should start me down the stylish road....</p> <p>to be fair, the ones I do own and use on the list are jeans, cardigan and black boots. 3 out of 10. </p>