https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:25:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-380216 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:38:32 +0000 Kari 380216@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>StacyJo, it might be easier for you to bookmark the "links" category for the blog posts Angie makes with reader contributions: <a href="http://youlookfab.com/category/links/" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/category/links/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-380092 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:56:04 +0000 Liz Y 380092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a href="http://unusualform.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://unusualform.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p>The post from Wednesday, July 6 is a great post on pattern mixing, and the blogger links to some of her own outfits that demostrate the categories that she sets out. I thought this was really well done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-380056 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:52:14 +0000 StacyJo 380056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this thread! Is there a way to keep it at the top of the threads list for easy reference? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-379594 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:42:50 +0000 Angie 379594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks wonderful ladies! Off to write the post. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-379524 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:55:05 +0000 Anonymous 379524@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I found this link this week about using baking soda and cider vinegar as shampoo and conditioner:<br /> <a href="http://thegreenextract.com/archives/1820" rel="nofollow">http://thegreenextract.com/archives/1820</a><br /> and this :<br /> <a href="http://www.care2.com/greenliving/non-toxic-shampoo-and-conditioner-day-one.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.care2.com/greenlivi.....y-one.html</a><br /> This spoke to me because I've become increasingly sensitive to sulfites and other ingredients in commercial shampoos to a point that I can't go on using them. Even the SLS free formulas still irritate, although not as much. I'm thinking of giving this system a try. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-379384 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:01:56 +0000 RoseandJoan 379384@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have just watched this Dutch film project which shows a years of make-up, wacky yet fascinating<br /> <a href="http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/a-year%E2%80%99s-worth-of-make-up---all-at-once.html" rel="nofollow">http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/.....-once.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-379300 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:04:09 +0000 Jonesy 379300@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sadly, nothing caught my eye this week, but I am enjoying everyone's links! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-379290 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:49:19 +0000 DressLover 379290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I found this article extremely interesting as many people like to make blanket comments about fashion being a frivolous, marginally important, low-paying, low-mobility, poor work/life balance, etc. career. Clearly, that is not the case. Maybe I should quit my day job!</p> <p><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rising-salaries-and-career-moves-in-store-for-fashion-and-retail-professionals-125002324.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.prnewswire.com/news.....02324.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-379171 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:14:26 +0000 puffenstuff 379171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've got alot of great advice from this blog post from Aussie stylist Nikki Parkinson because I am pretty hopeless at make up &amp; skin care. It's all about getting your face done in a minimal amount of time, great for mums!<br /> <a href="http://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/06/mums-get-your-two-minute-face-on/" rel="nofollow">http://www.stylingyou.com.au/2.....e-face-on/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-379108 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 04:25:45 +0000 rosee 379108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Angie! I ran across this YLF link earlier today -- I think Alaskagirl posted it too.<br /> Common sense reigns!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-379097 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 04:05:15 +0000 Kari 379097@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Anna - WOW.</p> <p>I think the only pieces that interest me at all are these dresses: <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/slideshow/F2011CTR-CDIOR/#slide=19" rel="nofollow">http://www.style.com/fashionsh...../#slide=19</a><br /> (The first dress, above, I would actually be happy to wear - which probably means that it is too boring to belong in a high fashion show.)<br /> <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/slideshow/F2011CTR-CDIOR/#slide=20" rel="nofollow">http://www.style.com/fashionsh...../#slide=20</a><br /> <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/slideshow/F2011CTR-CDIOR/#slide=35" rel="nofollow">http://www.style.com/fashionsh...../#slide=35</a></p> <p>The whole collection is quite disjointed, and frankly a lot of the pieces look like reject garments from Project Runway.</p> <p>(Angie, sorry for hijacking your thread!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-379089 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:36:24 +0000 annagybe 379089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The house of Dior falters, big time.</p> <p><a href="http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/04/days-of-strangeness-at-dior/" rel="nofollow">http://runway.blogs.nytimes.co.....s-at-dior/</a></p> <p>Pictures here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2011CTR-CDIOR" rel="nofollow">http://www.style.com/fashionsh.....1CTR-CDIOR</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-379078 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:18:56 +0000 Angie 379078@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fab, ladies! </p> <p>I give you the same permission, Rosee: </p> <p><a href="http://youlookfab.com/2010/09/30/when-5-pounds-means-a-different-size/" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/2010/09/.....rent-size/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-379064 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:00:37 +0000 rae 379064@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Forget diamonds -- *photographs* are forever! As someone who has grown up feeling decidedly un-photogenic, I'm fascinated by these tips for emphasizing and de-emphasizing various body parts in pictures. </p> <p><a href="http://www.insideoutstyleblog.com/2011/07/how-to-pose-for-photographs-my-6-top.html?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+InsideOutStyle+%28Inside+Out+Style%29" rel="nofollow">http://www.insideoutstyleblog......t+Style%29</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-379060 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 02:58:22 +0000 Kyle 379060@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Stephanie Nielsen, a young fashionable Blogger and SAHM of four, continued blogging after she and her husband survived a horrific plane crash, and Stephanie was burned over 80% of her body. She recounts her recovery in a painfully honest way, and I am awed and inspired by her strength, courage and positive attitude. Stephanie is remarkable and helps me put life in perspective.<br /> <a href="http://nieniedialogues.com/" rel="nofollow">http://nieniedialogues.com/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-379012 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:40:23 +0000 Kari 379012@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is not a recent link so I'm not sure whether you will want to include it, but lately I have been reading tips on Academichic blogger S's personal blog, Simply Bike, about commuting by bike in work clothes:<br /> <a href="http://simplybikeblog.com/?p=1552" rel="nofollow">http://simplybikeblog.com/?p=1552</a></p> <p>I live less than two miles from my work location and am trying to get brave (and tough) enough to commute by bike. I emailed S. for some advice and she very kindly replied with some tips on getting started. Today I proudly biked in my Clarks Brulee sandals and <a href="http://youlookfab.com/upload/images/Picture-503b35_image.jpg">this dress</a>, with some bike shorts underneath. To my surprise, the skirt was not a problem at all. Hooray! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-378997 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:25:14 +0000 Lisa 378997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was looking for pink blazer outfits this week and although I do not have a dress this color to mimic, I love this mix of colors together. I would not have thought to pair these together. Definitely the freshest look with a pink blazer I have seen so far.<br /> <a href="http://lookdiary.blogspot.com/2011/05/pink-blazer.html" rel="nofollow">http://lookdiary.blogspot.com/.....lazer.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-378985 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:48:29 +0000 Angie 378985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, ladies! You are fab! </p> <p>Keep the links coming </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-378879 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:10:48 +0000 kitty400 378879@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know if this absolutely adorable lady's blog has been posted before but this video from her site is in my opinion fun to watch and informative on some different ways to tie a scarf. There are other posts at her site that give more details on each way she ties the scarves.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LYAEz777AU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LYAEz777AU</a></p> <p>here's her blog <a href="http://www.wendyslookbook.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wendyslookbook.com/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-378853 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:34:49 +0000 Debbie 378853@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I found this link when I was browsing a link from last week. I thought this was great. If it is not what you want or been linked before feel free to delete it. </p> <p><a href="http://www.beautifully-invisible.com/2011/06/we-are-women-we-are-beautiful-we-are-real-part-one.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.beautifully-invisib.....t-one.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-378765 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:17:11 +0000 Desmo April 378765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>From Jezebel, How to alter a thrift store dress.</p> <p><a href="http://jezebel.com/5815251/how-to-alter-a-thrift-store-dress" rel="nofollow">http://jezebel.com/5815251/how.....tore-dress</a></p> <p>Even if you aren't ready to make major alterations, it's still a good read and is helpful in how to look at fit. </p> <p>I will say that my $150 sewing machine is the most significant improvement I have ever made in my wardrobe. I'm NOT a skilled sewer, in fact I call my style quick and dirty. I don't do zippers or hems but the minor changes that I do make have a major impact. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-378746 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:51:56 +0000 Inge 378746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I came across this new service this week: "Suddenlee lets you shop multiple online retailers and get affordable next day delivery all in a single package".</p> <p><a href="http://www.suddenlee.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.suddenlee.com/</a></p> <p>I haven't tried this out myself, but maybe some of the other YLF online shoppers will find this interesting? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-378735 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:00:06 +0000 rosee 378735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think Kate posted this blog on a thread not too long ago and I have been following it ever since -- I like simplicity and this woman seems very commonsensical about it.</p> <p>The following post is bookmarked for future reference: (a little dated but still recent. I'm not purging my wardrobe until after my weight loss effort.)</p> <p><a href="http://smallnotebook.org/2011/04/05/how-to-manage-your-wardrobe-with-common-sense/" rel="nofollow">http://smallnotebook.org/2011/.....mon-sense/</a></p> <p>She actually gives me permission to keep more than 1 size (in storage mind you), rather than the advice of throwing everything out that doesn't fit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-378731 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:42:56 +0000 Polly (thunalata) 378731@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Taylor - ouch! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-378725 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:37:33 +0000 taylor 378725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a href="http://www.alwayztherro.com/2011/06/30/ladies-corner-christian-louboutin-ballet-slipper-stilleto/" rel="nofollow">http://www.alwayztherro.com/20.....-stilleto/</a><br /> These are to be auctioned off..not actually worn...Even too high for me:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-378706 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:47:18 +0000 MsMary 378706@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aw, shucks, Angie! *blushing*</p> <p>I've been saving this link for you for almost a week! LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-378702 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:45:25 +0000 Angie 378702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are a star, Mary! Thanks for always being so helpful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-378700 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:43:36 +0000 MsMary 378700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The New York Times, of all things, has a big feature on "Why Did Wild Nail Polish Go Mainstream?" The comments, especially, are fascinating for the vehemence with which the commenters hold their varying opinions about brightly-colored pedicures, especially in the workplace. As somebody who is currently sporting green toenails in a legal office environment, I was riveted...</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/06/30/why-did-wild-nail-polish-go-mainstream-10" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/roomfor.....nstream-10</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/post-your-favourite-weekly-links-here-1#post-378666 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:00:06 +0000 Angie 378666@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are doing a terrific job at this :)</p> <p>Remember that it's one link per person, and say WHY the information made an impression on you. </p> <p>I'll need all links by Wed afternoon so that I can write the post for Thursday. </p> <p>Thank you! </p>