https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:10:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/3#post-1224787 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:46:14 +0000 mrseccentric 1224787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Shoulders up chest out and don't forget to strut."&nbsp; Amen!!!&nbsp; heehee, i grew up across the bay from San Francisco, plenty of ladies over there who provide us with a fine example and plenty of inspiration. We won't forget to hold our heads high!</p> <p>Ladywone, 'runway vs. everyday' is really one of the core issues regarding style and fashion generally, it's also a touchstone for us as individuals. So it's a wonderful jumping-off point for discussion. One of my favorite things about any long-term, healthy forum and of course YLF is the way that certain topics come up again and again, and memebrs refer back to and build upon former discussions of those topics.&nbsp; It's great the way this allows for changing and refining of opinions and ideas with experience and new information.</p> <p>And thank you for your continuing participation and feedback in this thread :)&nbsp; Happy Day All!&nbsp; steph</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/3#post-1224717 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:36:24 +0000 Ledonna N. 1224717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow this thread has taken a life unto itself I really appreciate reading everyone's perspective and in depth analysis. No matter what your definition is of runway or everyday is remember. Shoulders up chest out and don't forget to strut. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/3#post-1222165 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:58:20 +0000 mrseccentric 1222165@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This thread and the<a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-how-much-time-do-you-spend-on-fashionclothes" rel="nofollow"> 'how much time do you spend on fashion?' </a>thread have given me a lot to think about this last week. And i really did want to hash it out in my beleaguered brain before responding, which is why i am (as always) so late to the party.</p> <p>For me, at the end of the day, i thin Em has a strong point. I also think she's been misinterpreted.&nbsp; Em was talking about<i><b> the runway as it actually is</b></i>; whereas many Fabbers who approach their own life as a runway are using runway as metaphor or motto (unless any of you are, for example, businesswomen who are using your presentation as a way to promote 'your brand', in which case you ARE on the runway everyday and i salute you!).</p> <p>I was a bit abashed when i read the responses on the 'time' thread. Here were many people who're fascinated enough with clothes that they registered and comment on the forum, take and post WIW's, look truly incredible - and i was outrunning them on the hours like no one's business. I spend 4-5 hours a week simply doing wash and ironing. Granted, that's for me and my husband (a peacock!) and i do not work outside the house....but still. I sew for myself, and some days i'll spend 5 or 6 or + hours doing that. Not to mention the blog i've had since 2009 (sorely neglected, yet....), the OOTD pics, the digital scouring for minimalist wardrobe advice, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=a+sewing+muslin&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;channel=sb#channel=sb&amp;q=making+a+muslin&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official" rel="nofollow">the muslins</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=making+a+croquis&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=iNN&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;channel=sb&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=W6NKU9rNM6HOyAHFn4HYDg&amp;ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&amp;biw=1114&amp;bih=555" rel="nofollow">the croquis sketches</a>, the brooding about frequency of wear vs. minimum number of tops for summer, the tentative seasonal wardrobes written on the back of an enveloped and stuffed in my purse.....</p> <p>Yet, the vast bulk of my wardrobe/style fussing and fidgeting and pondering is on the question of "how do i make my style aesthetic work in <i>practical </i>terms?". For me, personally, coming up with a style is not a problem. It's a snap. The hard work, thus the bulk of my mental focus, is on how to get that across given limited money and time, my neuropathy (anything too tight or scratchy or binding is so painful i just won't wear it, no matter how it looks), my fussy feet which walk a dozen miles a week or more, the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+use+dye+remover&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=1ON&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;channel=sb&amp;source=lnms&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=rKNKU5SoM6r4yAHQmYGYCQ&amp;ved=0CAUQ_AUoAA&amp;biw=1114&amp;bih=555&amp;dpr=1.25#channel=sb&amp;q=how+to+use+fabric+dye+remover&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official" rel="nofollow">dyeing, the removing of the dye</a>, my ever-elusive favorite colors, my tendency to wear clothes out in nothing flat unless cannily crafted of iron-strong fabrics. I don't have the time (i'm a slow-sewing lady) or money to have my entire closet whipped up to my own specifications, so i'm always on the hunt for clothes for sale which fit my own practicalities: linebacker shoulders, pref for weird and unpopular colors, natural fibers, hardy construction.</p> <p>Runways shows enchant and entice, they flower in a special place for a brief moment in time. I've worn that outfit,<a rel="nofollow"> i know ladies who dress that way every day</a>, but for me i want the mountain, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=mariposa+lily&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=Wl2&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;channel=sb&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=IaRKU8HdLKOWyAHuo4DoBg&amp;ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ" rel="nofollow">not the lily</a>. I like my clothes to last and wear and wash happily and be there years from now, my old friends.&nbsp; For me, i choose my lasting everyday mountain over beautiful, ephemeral runway lilies.</p> <p>And i am so so glad there are all types of style people out there!&nbsp; Some of my most favorite style people are the lilies, but it's just not me.&nbsp; Doesn't mean i'm not interested in fashion or clothes or style (hello, i happily spent two hours of my yesterday Saturday morning ironing). Doesn't mean i do not obsess or put huge amounts of energy in my clothes (this dress took me a good 20 - 25 hours to make, most of it hand sewing. Plus the fabric was $80, a birthday splurge).</p> <p>It's simply a different philosophy. Anyways, thank you everyone for a very thought provoking and interesting thread, and props to Em for sparking it. Em, i think it would be a shame if you did not participate any more in the forum, i feel bad if i did anything to make you feel unwelcome.</p> <p>Happy Sunday all and Have Fun! steph</p> <p>p.s. the image i use as my clothing label </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/3#post-1210902 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:43:33 +0000 Suz 1210902@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Denise, I was thinking something similar, for similar reasons...and then I decided, hey....runway's the <b>FUN</b> way. By which I mean that maybe (at our age) we can let go any guilt about spending a bit more on the less practical, less-frequently worn items, if they truly give us joy when we do wear them.&nbsp;</p> <p>rabbit, I love what you said.&nbsp;</p> <p>Deb, I relate to what you say.&nbsp;</p> <p>And Ladywone, I love you and your momma.&nbsp;</p> <p>Cathy, Rachy - you crack me up.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210860 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:58:16 +0000 CocoLion 1210860@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wish my life were more of a runway! &nbsp;I still <i>shop</i> thinking I have a runway to dress for. &nbsp;My LD Tuttle pale, delicate leather booties case in point. &nbsp;Not practical for ranch living with mud, dust, and lots of animals. &nbsp;A few years ago I wrote a thread about this: I shop and allocate a disproportionate amount of my clothing budget to clothes that I wear a few hours each week. Or for the odd trips I take&nbsp;to the city&nbsp;which might total 24 days a year.</p> <p>My real-life fashion needs require a mix of elevated lounge and cowboy styles. &nbsp;Slim slouchy jeans (whether slouchy skinnies or skinny boyfriends = same thing), short, low heeled leather boots, tees and sweaters. &nbsp;No Carhardt jackets though, maybe I should add? &nbsp;So, even though that's very practical and I don't WIW it, I do* try* and that makes it a little bit runway, no?</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210745 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 22:33:20 +0000 Ledonna N. 1210745@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You all are wonderful, perceptive, descriptive, thoughtful and I love reading everyone's thoughts on this topic. This remindes me of why I stopped lurking and joined. We all have a voice and we all are here for a certain reason and I'm loving it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210675 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 21:10:55 +0000 Anonymous 1210675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I worked I certainly felt runway and loved putting together outfits that really made me look and feel professional. I find it harder to dress down and dress casually. Am I overdressed or underdressed? I get so stressed just trying to put something together to go to the store. I also find that I am layering more (just get too warm sometimes as my menopausal friends will attest to), so finding pieces that will work with my entire wardrobe is a chore.</p> <p>But I do find comfort in my warm wooly brown pilled sweater and my oversized fuzzy slippers and a hot cup of tea with my doggy snuggling up against me....</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210645 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:52:09 +0000 cciele 1210645@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My life is a highway, and I wanna ride it all night long.</p> <p>;) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210629 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:38:48 +0000 Neel 1210629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My life is a runway. Life sucked before I treated it like runway.</p> <p>I don't own a single designer piece of clothing .... Not even premium denim. Period </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210604 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:21:27 +0000 shedev 1210604@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad you didn't edit your comment, Viva. I feel that way a little too. I opt out of plenty of trends. I want that to be a conscious decision on my part. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210484 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:39:42 +0000 MsMary 1210484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachylou, ain't that the truth!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210481 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:37:54 +0000 rachylou 1210481@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I'm a clown. I'm wearing my clown clothes right now. There is a great deal of pointlessness to what I wear and, as far as I'm concerned, that's just a fact. </p> <p>Thing is, runway <i>is </i>everyday in the megalopolis. That's the problem. I may be a bit more clowny than others, but I'm not the only clown by far. Costume is... costume is the National Costume of California. Hehe. </p> <p>p.s. &amp; ETA: I propound that Fashion is the first multi-player, virtual-reality game ever.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210466 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:14:17 +0000 Anonymous 1210466@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the idea of daily runway. Dressing can be a creative expression. It usually is for me. Why not enjoy it on yourself and others. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210460 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:08:43 +0000 lyn67 1210460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Runway-all the way-too (at least&nbsp;in my head!:-)! (My mother used to tell me as a young child I was literary&nbsp;tireing them&nbsp;doing fashion shows&nbsp;at home&nbsp;every weekend, LOL-and I am pretty sure &nbsp;never saw one in&nbsp;person&nbsp;untill I was a teenager, or so...:-))&nbsp;</p> <p>I&nbsp; personaly believe the way you present yourself in&nbsp;life is same as shouting out loud&nbsp;&nbsp;who you actually are, only that way is more subtle and&nbsp;needs&nbsp;putting in&nbsp;much more effort:-).&nbsp;</p> <p>I always loved clothes-and sewing- as a hobby, but over 40 and&nbsp;experiencing some other obstacles that life put me through I felt like having to find a way to compensate for not losing&nbsp;my inner/outer sane and&nbsp;equilibrum.</p> <p>I felt that due to my HOH condition &nbsp;my communication ability is&nbsp;suffering so &nbsp;I switched to more powerfull metacomunication instead. I&nbsp;try to dress in&nbsp; a matter&nbsp; to&nbsp; mantain the&nbsp; attention&nbsp; and the respect I have to have at work&nbsp; as an executive and&nbsp; in my private life as a wife and a mother. I have a DD(16,5) which has to see it's not all lost after 40 or when&nbsp;getting some &nbsp;problems.&nbsp; I want to show her&nbsp; that self respect&nbsp;(done by each on it's own way of course-perhaps mine is dressing neat)&nbsp;is&nbsp; a good way to achive&nbsp;kind of&nbsp;an equilibrum&nbsp; no matter what throws life to you or against!</p> <p>I also find fashion, clothes and this site my fun and creative&nbsp;outlet-even if nobody is noticing IRL. It is like having a hobby or so and it actually gives me some great me time and more positive perceptions of my own imperfect&nbsp;body. It simply empowers me with the ability to see the beauty in all things surroundig me to say,&nbsp;when nothing else, than even&nbsp;in such an ordinary thing like a&nbsp;colorfull scarf&nbsp;seen on a&nbsp;stranger:-). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210456 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:05:32 +0000 kkards 1210456@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>yes, i play it safe to often. i'm working on it. for me runway implies a level of risk taking that i just haven't achieved yet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210448 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:00:27 +0000 pastrygirl 1210448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>kkards, I think you summed it up for me! I was thinking I leaned toward runway, but really it's more catalog. I dress as though I will be photographed at any point...most days. I don't have anything runway-worthy as it's being described here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210434 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:44:49 +0000 kkards 1210434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i aspire to the runway, but for now, i'm living/dressing more like a catalog. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210413 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:30:30 +0000 Helena 1210413@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi, I just wanted to chime in again on this interesting thread. To me what is great about this forum is precisely the fact that some people are "runway folks", such as&nbsp;true fashion-lovers that are up on trends and the first to try things ... while other people are "everyday" folks", such as those trying to figure out how to navigate fashion in the easiest, most down-to-earth way they can&nbsp;... and probably many, if not most, are somewhere along the spectrum that joins the two.&nbsp;</p> <p>It's exactly that diversity that makes this forum both inspiring and relate-able (is that a word??) which is no small feat. IMHO anyway!&nbsp;:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210412 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:30:00 +0000 deb 1210412@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had to think about this thread because I was not sure where I stood. I have decided my life is a runway. Sometimes I walk down it dressed the best. Other times I answer the front door in my robe, my version of Victoria Secret. For us older folk, trying out these new trends in an appropriate way keeps us young at heart. That is where Angie's posts and WIW threads help. It gives us the opportunity to try new things&nbsp;and get good feedback because in reality, family feedback is not always the best. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210401 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:09:11 +0000 viva 1210401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hear you both -- Ladywone and Maryk. I actually came back to "edit" my comment -- meaning, to edit it down to <i>nothing</i> -- and then I saw that you, Ladywone had already read it. And then quickly Maryk had responded. And I was like, darn! Guess I am going to have to live with that rant! </p> <p>You're both right, of course. We're adults, we're each doing our own thing, and it's a creative and fun outlet we are choosing to participate in. (That is to say, we're not 13-year-old girls giving over our selves at a time when we are completely vulnerable.)</p> <p>So I am just going to lighten up and enjoy the ride, and just have fun, and live life. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210397 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:04:46 +0000 Ledonna N. 1210397@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>viva, I have to agree I remember watching the WIZ with Michael Jackson and Diana Ross. There is a dance scene where the the Wiz is changing the color like the pantone color chart. All the people of the Emerald City start to dance and there clothing changes to what the Wiz tells them the new color is. "Green you got to be seen in green" The Wiz says the color is now red "Red I rather have Red instead" , "I would not be seen in green"</p> <p>Get my meaning. Everything has it place and I have my on perspective on fashion but it the end it is a lovely hobby that I turned into a part time business. So I think people just want to be comfortable and well put together.</p> <p>People used to ask me all the time where I was going lol. I said I was going to get my life. Now they don't even bother to ask because this is just me. I'm living life. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210389 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:59:34 +0000 MsMary 1210389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I struggle with that a little bit, too.&nbsp; It seems like we are always chasing the latest trends and the goalposts are constantly moving!</p> <p>For me, though, it's really not about what everybody else, or the cool kids, are wearing&nbsp; It's more like I want to be on top of the latest, newest thing (provided I like it) just because I feel like it's a fun end in itself.&nbsp; I honestly don't think (much) about whether anybody on the street is going to look at me and say "Blech.&nbsp; She's still wearing her round-toed pumps when everybody knows it's the pointy-toed pumps that are trending."&nbsp; But I do totally get a kick out of wearing my pointy-toed pumps and knowing that I am participating in the newest (well, newest at my very plebian retail level) shoe shape.&nbsp; And not because I think anybody will notice, because I mostly don't think anybody will.&nbsp; It's just my own little hobby and honest to goodness, it has very little to do with what anybody else thinks.&nbsp; Although yeah, it's fun to be part of the club but I guess I see that as a little different from the kind of peer pressure you're talking about.</p> <p>Does that make any sense?&nbsp; Maybe I'm deluding myself but that's how I roll, anyway. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210381 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:52:25 +0000 viva 1210381@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To answer your question quickly: my life in my head is a runway, but my ordinary life is often just ordinary.</p> <p>This thread has really sparked something in my that I just want to get out. I am occasionally conflicted about my love of Fashion. I admire the creativity of it, I love the runway shows, I love to look at the crazy art that the women strut down the runways wearing, I love the mags, I love the Style section of the NYTimes, I adore Bill Cunningham and wish he'd let me live with him in his little NYC hovel, I love YLF and all the discussions here .... but I also hate the whole idea that we should wear something a certain way because it is "trending" or should not because it is "so last year." I really, really struggle with this.&nbsp; When Angie says something is in, and suddenly everyone is wearing it in their WIWs, I must confess that sometimes it makes me feel a little crazy. Is this fashion? Where we all do the same thing because someone says it's cool? I realize I am being provocative here ... and I really apologize if I am offending anyone. </p> <p>I don't think there is an answer to my inner conflict. I realize fashion trends come and go, and styles have a lifecycle, and when we learn about new styles we want to try them. I get that. But you know, when I raised my girls I often said, <i>don't do what everyone else is doing -- don't care about what everyone else is doing! Do and wear what makes you happy. It's really not about what is cool; it's about what works for you.</i></p> <p>Sometimes, occasionally, this seems at odds with a love of fashion, which can feel like it is about what everyone else is doing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210375 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:46:58 +0000 MsMary 1210375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Remember Sherman, remember, no matter what you Got To Strut"</p> <p>Good grief.&nbsp; When get my dream Woman Cave I am totally having this embroidered on a pillow!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210359 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:34:06 +0000 annagybe 1210359@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also having a knee jerk reaction to runway as not applicable to life is not truly understand it.<br /> There is trickle down fashion in runway where the designer says this is my vision and such. Which seems to be what most people think. But there is also and this is becoming hugely more so as of late, trickle up. Where the designer is inspired by street trends. Seminal example is Marc Jacobs grunge collection for Perry Ellis back in the 90's. At the time it was hugely decried by a lot of fashion people saying it wasn't fashion. I found interesting at the time, because living in the NW at the time, that is how me and my friends dress.<br /> Then there is this runway.<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cou04-vOZx8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cou04-vOZx8</a><br /> This dress probably never made it to production, but isn't it just amazing, this vision that Alexander McQueen created. I truly believed he was an artist, it's just that his medium was clothes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210330 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:55:00 +0000 Ledonna N. 1210330@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have got it MaryK, runway is not about high end or low end. It's about the feeling in spite of what you wearing. I have no designer duds in my closet but taking a quote from the Nutty Professor:</p> <p>"Remember Sherman, remember, no matter what you Got To Strut" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210317 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:40:27 +0000 MsMary 1210317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought about this some more overnight, and my final answer is:&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; Yes, my daily life is most certainly a runway show!&nbsp; Thank you for asking!&nbsp; ;)&nbsp; (Note that I almost never wear a designer garment, and I never wear a high-end designer garment.&nbsp; It's all in the attitude!)</p> <p>And rae, LOL about your mom! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210273 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:44:41 +0000 Ledonna N. 1210273@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Again what a healthy dialog. I was worried for a moment. Thanks to everyone for participating where ever you find your self to be. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210215 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:58:47 +0000 Anonymous 1210215@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Runway for me at work. &nbsp;Nearly invisible on weekends. &nbsp;I want weekends to be runway, but for some reason it just doesn't work out that way. &nbsp;Lazy? &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/our-daily-lives-are-not-runway-shows-runway-or-everyday/page/2#post-1210164 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:37:13 +0000 goldenpig 1210164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK. I will admit I found the runway stuff incredibly weird and silly and OTT before YLF. I remember flipping through Vogue fall 2011 issue and thinking, who the heck wears this stuff? S&amp;M bondage apparel in public? And now I'm looking through the Chanel grocery runway show pics and thinking, I'd wear that one, and that one, and that one...I guess I've changed a little, hm?</p> <p>Anyways, when I first joined YLF I struggled with a lot of guilt and worrying whether I was being vain by being interested in fashion. Lots of threads started on variations of that topic. Now I don't care, everyone around me knows I'm a fashionista. And once when I first joined, someone said I looked like I walked out of Vogue (I was wearing Chie Mihara sandals and a plaid skirt from H&amp;M). And I love doing hypermatchy, which Angie has said before is very "catwalk". I don't have much time to follow the fashion shows, but I do appreciate the summaries that Angie does. I like doing runway in my own way. I love having a distinctive style that people see an outfit and say "That's so GP!" Just like I recognize the style of a lot of other members here. Life is too short not to have some fun! </p>