https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:25:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-438812 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:12:16 +0000 Lavinia 438812@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey, guys, sorry for being away for so long. I'm still recovering from my last migraine and I couldn't bring myself to be at the computer.<br /> I really appreciate everybody's input! you're so amazing with your observations and tips.<br /> I wanted this outfit to be edgy but not over the top hence the plain top ans simple pendant to balance out the flashy leggings but now I see that most don't like this combo ...<br /> What kind of top would you suggest then?</p> <p>@Deborah: I agree that an animal print shoes would look cute but unfortunately I don't own any. </p> <p>@lyn67: Yes, the skirt need to be substantial and perhaps a smidge shorter than mine is. </p> <p>@fern: actually, I wanted to contrast edgy and polished but it kinda got lost somewhere along the way I love contrasts in outfits: masculine-feminine, liquid leggings with heavy knits, military and floral - yum! :-)</p> <p>@Suz: yeah, I know - I take lousy photos in a lousy light :-/ Unfortunately, I don't see the situation changing any time soon. BF has a new camera but he's not always around when I'm headed somewhere or am just experimenting with some new combinations. This is why I appreciate your input even more, because you make an even greater effort to help me out. </p> <p>@Janet: your observation makes total sense, but it was still kinda summery here (though about to change tomorrow) and I didn't want to drown myself in black in 25 + degrees C (eventually, I didn't even wear this combo, since it wasn't received that well). </p> <p>@KateS: thanks for the suggestion but I don't have any skirts like that, although I love the look of jaquard!</p> <p>@celia: I have medium brown hair but wear a pony most of the time so the bookending effect gets kinda lost. Plus, I didn't want to be all black :/ Don't get me wrong, I love me some head to toe black but not when there is still summer around :-)</p> <p>@Anna: Thanks, Anna! I was aiming for the juxtaposition of conservative and trendy/flashy, but I think it didn't come across as I had planned it :-)</p> <p>@Angie: thanks, Angie! what do you mean by an edgier top? I tried this combo and popped over a cropped motto jacket and I think it really pulled the outfit together. Any visuals, perhaps?</p> <p>@Jenava: yeah, I didn't want to go over the top, I just tried to juxtapose classic and edgy. Again, it didn't really work, huh? :-))</p> <p>@rute: High five! :D</p> <p>@hillview: Thanks for the suggestion, perhaps some colour would be nice :-)<br /> I got the top a few years ago via a European catalog brand called Quelle, the skirt is another catalog brand Halens, the liquid leggings are a cheapo store called Kik and the shoes are almost vintage (at least 15 years old) and used to be my sister's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-438318 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:05:04 +0000 hillview 438318@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with fern and angie. I like the leggings and skirt is there a more oomph shirt? Something with some color? Where did you get them? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-438280 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:40:38 +0000 rute 438280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-438232 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:18:24 +0000 Jenava 438232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had the exact same thought as Angie; love the bottom half but the top is kind of a snooze in comparison! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-438193 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:18:54 +0000 Angie 438193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the leggings with the skirt! Need a more edgy top, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-438190 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:17:28 +0000 Anna 438190@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's a bit of a conflict for me because the sweater and pencil skirt are so safe/conservative (something to wear to a business office) and the leggings are extremely casual. So it's a disconnect between business wear and casual wear. I would vote for tights instead just to keep with the business wear feel. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-437843 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:31:21 +0000 celia 437843@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>a tentative yes from me.I like the combo pencil skirt / leggings but unless you have very dark hair it needs a bit of black on the top. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-437840 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:26:33 +0000 mamaKate 437840@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>tentative yay - for even more edge (to my eye) try a skirt with an even more feminine (thus contrasting) texture, say lace or brocade / jaquard? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-437803 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:59:04 +0000 Janet 437803@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've looked a couple of times, in an effort to let my eye adjust, and I'm not sure about this look. You look so slim and lovely, I just somehow feel like this is hiding your legs. </p> <p>However, take my words with a grain or two of salt. I am NOT a leggings person, although I can often appreciate them on other people. I'm thinking I would like these leggings in another outfit. Maybe this skirt is too long with the leggings, so I'm not getting the best of either garment. I'm getting an overall bottom-heavy vibe from this, with the dark shoes, dark leggings, and dark skirt, all with the light top. And by "bottom-heavy" I am not speaking of your body at all. It's the visual darkness of every item on your lower half. Maybe the animal print shoe suggestion would help? Something to incorporate the lighter tone from the top with the black? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-437774 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:10:38 +0000 Suz 437774@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see you aren't getting many actual VOTES. It is partly the picture quality, I fear...and partly that we can't see your head so the whole effect is slightly lost. I THINK I like this, though. The leggings are cool. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-437766 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:02:50 +0000 fern 437766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the leggings, but I think it's reading, in these photos, as a polished (even conservative) outfit over edgy leggings.<br /> Do you want it to be more balanced? Then more edgy on top, somehow. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-437485 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:50:01 +0000 lyn67 437485@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'll listen to this thread.<br /> I like them on you but unsure if I could dress it myself. I so much want to make work a similar outfit, pencil skirt with plain ankle leggings(to my age, and my calves liquids will be too much I think:-(()<br /> But I guess all is in the colours and textures.<br /> Skirt has to be a bit of substantial here, doesn't it? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-437451 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:57:07 +0000 Deborah 437451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lavinia, on first look I wasn't sure. I have spent some time letting my eyes adjust (as Angie recommends) and I think it looks quite edgy. The shoes look good, are they flats, I can't tell. An animal print shoe could work to. Is this the top you would wear? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pencil-skirt-and-liquid-leggings-yay-or-nay#post-437449 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:37:28 +0000 Lavinia 437449@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it in real life but fear that it doesn't come across as edgy yet polished on camera. </p> <p>Here are the pics. Hope you don't find them too dark as I had a hard time taking them, because of all the black elements that show up poorly on my Nokia phone camera.</p> <p>Y/N?</p> <p>Suggestions for improvements welcomed! </p>