https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:10:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1098276 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:04:16 +0000 Neel 1098276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was just battling with my head if I should wear *expensive and precious to me* Steve Madden stilletos for this holiday in my usually mucky native country for fear of *spoiling* them. I think you just helped me decide :)</p> <p>Thanks Rae and you look wonderful! The fishes seem to like you too </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1098163 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 03:34:21 +0000 ManidipaM 1098163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And that right there is Rae LIVING Fab. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1098158 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 03:28:02 +0000 rae 1098158@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks so much, ladies! I wish I had a full body shot, but it's not too creative an outfit in reality - just all black covering the citron sweater.&nbsp;</p> <p>Una and Claire, I am glad you know where I am coming from! I used to feel like I was being wasteful if I shopped at a full-priced retail store... like if I <i>could</i> find a substitute for a dollar, then it was somehow my duty to do so. But many of those things were just that: substitutes. Very rarely&nbsp;the perfect thing with the perfect function. I DO have many beloved dollar gems, but the bulk turned out to be sartorial wheel-spinning or experimentation.</p> <p>Lyn, now that is putting an outfit through its paces!</p> <p>Jeanne, I would have been afraid of apple goo, too. Or resin... what if a big glop of resin fossilized my trench?? lol But you know... it's nice to like something enough to worry about its safety. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1098117 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 02:42:24 +0000 Jaime 1098117@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The koi are great accessories for fab you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1098080 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 02:10:12 +0000 Shirley 1098080@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes!&nbsp;&nbsp; finally get over that "save for XXX occasion" that never came.&nbsp; Even suede footwear.&nbsp; Thanks for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1098013 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 01:26:36 +0000 Anonymous 1098013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I FINALLY got the koi pun!~ I'm a little slow.</p> <p>This outfit is crazy gorgeous. I need a full body picture. I loved you realization. I used to be so proud when my entire outfit was only five or&nbsp;six dollars, lol! Recently I added up what I had on and nearly passed out. I loved everything I was wearing though, and will have it for a long time. I don't think I've kept a single "dollar" item.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1098011 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 01:22:39 +0000 Angie 1098011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful Koi and Beautiful Rae.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097970 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:39:28 +0000 Jjsloane 1097970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay for wearing it not putting it under the proverbial plastic sofa cover!&nbsp; </p> <p>I maiden voyaged my Burberry apple picking and am glad I did (although I was palpitating that something MIGHT happen and DH warned me about Apple goo)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097942 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:12:40 +0000 lyn* 1097942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I'm glad your clothes are with you on all sorts of adventures, Rae! I had this kind of a moment the other day too - adding up all the pieces of my outfit - after I had cleaned out a puke basin (not in my job description, but hey, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097861 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:54:21 +0000 minimalist 1097861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look so good! It's inspiring to see you loving and living your style so fully. And koi, aren't they the best? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097853 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:48:27 +0000 Caro in Oz 1097853@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YLF. Maybe that is why we have survived by feeding smaller creatures </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097838 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:34:16 +0000 Windchime 1097838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like these pics a lot. You, your clothes, the koi, and Japanese gardens are all elegant and classy, and it's interesting to see an outfit "at work" as opposed to a stationery pose. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097833 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:29:46 +0000 shedev 1097833@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You mean our wardrobes don't exist to make our closets happy?I'm spending more and actually wearing it too, what a concept. Hooray for wear your beautiful clothes. YLF. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097746 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:44:03 +0000 RunswithDolphins 1097746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You had me fooled.&nbsp; From the title I was expecting to see a google image search with Koi!&nbsp;&nbsp; You look great and obviously the fish think so too.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097715 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:11:36 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1097715@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now THAT'S to to wear our clothes Rae! We need to live in them and enjoy life's experiences regardless of how much they cost. Gorgeous! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097686 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 19:40:08 +0000 Suz 1097686@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, those fish are amazing! And I love the outfit photos in the wild.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097621 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:52:35 +0000 texstyle 1097621@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes - love seeing you out in daily life looking so fantastic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097609 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:44:22 +0000 Anonymous 1097609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks great to see you using your wardrobe! Hooray! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097588 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:25:17 +0000 AJ 1097588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Between your FAB flea market dollar finds and your eBay scores, you are cultivating a yummy wardrobe! That trench is delish! Nicely styled. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097580 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:16:39 +0000 Beth Ann 1097580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Glad you're bringing your best clothes into your real life.&nbsp; There is something beyond "good style" in this -- it's like we embrace our own lives more fully, and appreciate everyday activities more than before. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097572 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:05:55 +0000 catgirl 1097572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just wanted to add with regard to what I said about cost - it really had nothing to do with expense in itself but more with the fact that I was able to buy and wear EXACTLY what I wanted.&nbsp; In the past I would have thrifted substitutes and always been mildly bothered by some missing element.&nbsp; Less can be more. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097556 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:50:51 +0000 Mo 1097556@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hooray for wearing the 'good' stuff!! &nbsp;Love the real life pics, too.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097555 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:49:04 +0000 Anonymous 1097555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great way to illustrate Angie's advice to "just wear it" ~~ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097525 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:25:58 +0000 catgirl 1097525@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love everything about this!&nbsp; </p> <p>The other day I added up the theoretical cost of an outfit I was wearing and realized it was more than I'd ever thought I'd spend (even with consignment and thrifting) - but I felt so GREAT!&nbsp; I think it was the leather leggings/Joie tunic/Ugg Cortonas... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/playing-koi#post-1097521 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:23:56 +0000 rae 1097521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not traditionally the best outfit photos, but we didn't think about it while out relaxing yesterday. However, it tickles me to see myself in my cashmere, Burberry, Ugg Collection (investment) boots, and ladylike bag while out... squatting in the mud, feeding fish.&nbsp;</p> <p>Ok, so the koi pond was in a very nice, clean, stylized Japanese Garden, but still: there was a time when wearing my precious items on a "regular" day out would be unheard of - let alone getting them near water and dirt. Thankfully, Angie has taught us that things can be precious to me without being too precious for daily life.</p> <p>PS: those Koi are sooooo much fun - they eat right out of your hands. Sometimes I don't know how humans thrived as they have - what other breed of monkey becomes giddy feeding smaller animals? We're so weird!&nbsp;</p> <p>Pim &amp; Larkin cashmere pullover - Piperlime<br />Burberry trench - Ebay<br />Gap denim leggings - Ebay<br />Ugg Cortona convertible boots - Ugg<br />Brahmin satchel - Nordies </p>