https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:06:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1871132 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:35:17 +0000 Column 1871132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anne,<br /> As a fellow spoon (love that description!), I would tuck the cami without the jacket. I find I like full tucks over faux tucks every. time. Continuing the leg line with analogous footwear is also wise, as others have stated. Express has paperbag waist pants on sale (esp. for summer), which I`m planning to try. So with you on trying on pants. It is as bad if not worse for me than bathing suits--mostly because I don`t need any new bathing suits and therefore don`t try! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1871048 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 05:20:37 +0000 anne 1871048@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RL, I usually say pear/ rectangle, with sometimes a leaning towards hourglass. Angie reckons pear. &nbsp;I did FEEL that I looked very "pear like" in the photo. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1870584 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 10:12:32 +0000 rachylou 1870584@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>3 is on the money. </p> <p>I don’t think you’re really a pear visually, honestly. I think it’s all a matter of a long torso. I, of course, have no torso at all. The legs just start at the neck. Very sad, lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1870580 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 10:05:24 +0000 Style Fan 1870580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The pants are gorgeous on you and look great with the styling in pic 2 and 3.&nbsp; Your hair is beautiful.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1870523 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 04:07:11 +0000 anne 1870523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fashiontern - thanks. I don't know why 3 should look better either, with the same outfit!&nbsp; And I sympathise on the photo angle issue. Not easy, especially with selfies. And my daughter was using my phone which is a cheapie and doesn't have a particularly good camera</p> <p>Ladypainter and tanstaafl - thanks. I'm contemplating doing the alterations myself at this point</p> <p>Bijou - thanks for the pear empathy!!&nbsp; &nbsp;(not that I even notice that you are a&nbsp; pear) I know it sounds silly, but I actually forget my shape quite a bit. I dress in the dark, or in a room without a full length mirror. Plus most of my outfits are relatively pear friendly because I go for certain styles as a matter of course. Then occasionally I look at a photo and get surprised</p> <p>Sal, Katerina and Harmonica - thanks</p> <p>Smittie - I think we may have similar leg shape? Thanks for the advice</p> <p>Janet - yes - YLF has been great in exposing me to "the other side" of all sorts of body types. And I don't mind my long torso at all, except for the difficulty of finding things that fit (but I wouldn't say no to longer legs!)</p> <p>Cardiff girl - another similar shaped person - I look forward to seeing your photos if you choose to put some up. Yes I think there's padding in the jacket. Higher and thinner heels are indeed&nbsp; usually a better look for me but are difficult for to wear - that&nbsp; (second) day I wanted to walk home from the bus, about 700m, and that's the only work suitable shoe that can manage that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869453 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:12:24 +0000 Cardiff girl 1869453@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a similar shape to you and I find it balances the figure best by having emphasis at the shoulders and waist.you have done this by wearing a jacket with what looks like a little padding at the shoulders and by keeping the jacket shorter rather than bottom covering.You are slim so showing off your waist is a good idea.I think that you have instinctively done this .The trousers are a little big on you and too long I think that you would feel that they were more flattering if they fitted you properly.A slightly higher and less chunky heel might be worth a try as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869452 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:11:53 +0000 Janet 1869452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look great. If the pants are loose in the waist, have them taken in -- they will sit higher on your waist and help disguise the proportions you are self-conscious about. Take it from a short-waisted person who cannot wear high rises and looks like a squat little torso on top of long legs, it's not easy on the other end of the spectrum either! :-D&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869416 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:39:58 +0000 tanstaafl 1869416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you look great in 2 and 3.&nbsp; If you love the pants, but not quite how they fit, you might as well at least check on getting them tailored.&nbsp; It's easier to decide what to do when you have all of the information, like what they can do and how much it would cost.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869415 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:32:53 +0000 Anonymous 1869415@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For a leg lengthening effect, I would wear pants that are more fitted in the hips and leg join area.</p> <p>As others have said, you are gorgeous! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869406 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:49:36 +0000 harmonica 1869406@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Bijou said! I wish I was as fit as you are. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869350 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 05:34:35 +0000 Katerina 1869350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice trousers! In the pictures they look very good on you.<br /> The combo with the jacket is really good, you look very pretty.<br /> The last picture with the shell top looks nice too. Don’t worry! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869335 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 04:11:12 +0000 Sal 1869335@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The last pic is fine too.&nbsp; Exactly what Bijou said :)</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869330 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 03:26:06 +0000 Bijou 1869330@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Anne, I think you look great in this outfit especially with the dark shoes. Your trainers really shorten your leg line with these pants, but the darker boot extends the leg line and you look great with and without your jacket. As a fellow pear-shape, I totally get why you don't like photo #1, but really you just look slim and fit in all of these. When you get hot, take off your jacket! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869327 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 03:05:55 +0000 ladypainter 1869327@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The last photo with you wearing only the shell top over the trousers looks good! You have a nicely defined waist, and this combo shows it off. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869323 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 02:57:20 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1869323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>With my iphone 7, holding the camera at arms length and slightly above my head results in amazingly funny selfies where my head is huge and my legs really, really short and skinny. Even with mirror selfies I have to be careful how high/low I hold it, because it will definitely use “perspective” to make whatever is a little closer look much bigger. Maybe the camera your daughter uses has a similar lens. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869322 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 02:52:13 +0000 anne 1869322@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually someone shorter&nbsp; I think in all cases - my DD9 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869319 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 02:43:26 +0000 Liz 1869319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The angle of the photo in #1 feels different from the rest -- did someone taller than you take it, with the camera pointed down? I feel like the angle is giving a somewhat false reading of the visual. </p> <p>#3 looks lovely. </p> <p>I think I'd suggest the alterations, just to see if you can get a better fit on the waist (and therefore less fabric sagging into the rise). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869318 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 02:41:20 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1869318@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>sorry-posted on wrong page! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869316 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 02:32:08 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1869316@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your legs look really long in #3. I can’t figure out what’s different from #2 to give that effect. When you take the jacket off, you have curves like a woman. I’m guessing you posted it because you want to “fix” what you see. I’m no help because I think you look great. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869309 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 02:06:59 +0000 anne 1869309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sal - yes and I hate buying trousers. I haven't bought any for 8 years at least!  I am hoping an alteration could stop that crease around the crotch point.</p> <p>I think the lesson from everyone's comments is not to stand with my hands on my hips!! I think I can manage that </p> <p>Also, the next question is ...but what about when I get hot and take the jacket off ....?</p> <p>[see pic below] </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869306 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 01:59:06 +0000 Sal 1869306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you have worked out how to balance the outfit really well.&nbsp; I would be tempted to get them altered as they look a really good classic work pant.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869298 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 01:34:54 +0000 ladypainter 1869298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice trousers--the outfit combo in 2 and 3 is very flattering.&nbsp;<br />The pants legs look like a slightly relaxed straight-leg fit--no worries.<br />But if the waist feels/looks too big to you, it would be worth getting them altered. Minor waist darts/reductions are pretty simple, and usually not too expensive. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869295 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 01:33:07 +0000 Angie 1869295@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I echo <b>Joy</b> and <b>Suz</b> 100%.</p> <p>Your hair looks really pretty, <b>Anne.&nbsp;</b> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869282 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 01:09:46 +0000 Suz 1869282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those are great pants! And they look fab on you. I like them in #3. The proportions of #1 are foreshortened due to the angle and exaggerated due to the hands on hips post. But in #3 you are balanced beautifully.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869279 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 01:01:51 +0000 anne 1869279@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Joy,</p> <p>I'm having a good time with my hair at the moment- must be the unexpected humidity. Don't know if it has lasted the walk a few windy blocks&nbsp;into the office though!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869276 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:58:49 +0000 Anonymous 1869276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the third styling best. Your hair looks beautiful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/outfit-lab#post-1869274 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:52:20 +0000 anne 1869274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Picture one was taken a week ot two ago. Once I saw the photo I did NOT like it - felt like a spoon with&nbsp; a long handle and then a big curve!.</p> <p>However that photo was taken with my commuting shoes (aka my running shoes) which I covered with a coat, so no one much actually saw it.</p> <p>So I wore the outfit again today, as actually worn, and got some photos (pics two and three)</p> <p>Questions</p> <ul> <li>-<b> Have&nbsp; I&nbsp;fixed the proportions enough by adding the jacket and the&nbsp; slightly heeled booties</b>?</li> <li><b>&nbsp;Or are there other styling suggestions for these pants? </b></li> <li><b>And are the pants too big (they are loose around the waist) They are a lovely YLF handed down item and a much better quality than I can afford - should I alter?</b></li> </ul> </p>