https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 09 May 2026 06:18:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-922538 Wed, 01 May 2013 16:06:27 +0000 Jonesy 922538@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Fab! I can totally appreciate the quest-like aspects of finally obtaining exactly what you want :)!<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-922504 Wed, 01 May 2013 15:21:53 +0000 Day Vies 922504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Sporty and polished! I love this. I particularly like these pants with the longer tunic tops for some reason -- I think I like the look of a longer torso with these pants since there is a detail at the hem that draws the eye. I love how you have styled these. <br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-922424 Wed, 01 May 2013 14:01:41 +0000 Transcona Shannon 922424@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Well how smart are you??? This is brilliant Vicki and they look fantastic. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-922303 Wed, 01 May 2013 07:48:25 +0000 Deborah 922303@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So clever Vicki! They look great. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-922249 Wed, 01 May 2013 04:07:58 +0000 rae 922249@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Super cool! Way to save the orphaned closet child! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-922241 Wed, 01 May 2013 03:52:34 +0000 Carole 922241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such great examples of how to wear the "Leith Track Pants" that are in the Nordstrom bag waiting to be returned. Maybe I shall keep them after all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-922147 Wed, 01 May 2013 01:47:08 +0000 Jaime 922147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Wow! So impressive! I especially loved the denim jacket outfit but so many of these are just amazing! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-922053 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:14:05 +0000 Debora 922053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are my style hero, Vicki! How clever of you to transform these into Leiths. All versions are spectacular! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-922052 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:11:13 +0000 Vicki 922052@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ *super big smile* Jeane! &nbsp;I do think we get "programmed" with shopping radar thinking the quest could still be achieved. &nbsp;:) https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-922030 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:52:05 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 922030@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Wow--these look fantastic! Love all your stylings with them. I especially like the long black top with the belts, but I like the looser ones over the pants, too! They're so versatile. Thanks for the close-ups. I could do something like that! (Oh, except I don't have the pants to start with. Oops.)<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-922020 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:42:26 +0000 Jjsloane 922020@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You rock. And yes I still look at my Nordstrom everytime I'm there in hopes they have your XS. Nada yesterday. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921895 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:31:47 +0000 Vicki 921895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ *laughing with amusement* &nbsp;I don't think&nbsp;I'm a DIY'er, but more a person who enjoys the conquest of figuring out something like this in the way of a treasure hunt or scavenger hunt. &nbsp;That's what makes it fun; the results can often be mixed and then you just chalk it up to experience. &nbsp;:)<br /><br />Thanks for your "real" love on the "pretend" Leiths!!<br /><br />Beth Ann and Rachylou, in answer to your great questions, I took in the printed photo from the Nordstrom website and folded in the hem, vertically to show her what I wanted. &nbsp;She did give me a rather odd, perplexed look, but I told her the pants I wanted were no longer available.<br /><br />There was a slight miscommunication in that she put the zippers in perfectly with an inverted v-effect in the fabric to gather it in this v-shape, but the problem was that there was still material gathered behind the new front zippers.<br /><br />So, I did have to reluctantly do a little DIY to this project, in my own non-seamstress way, which was to cut a vertical slit, so I'd have that nice open look, and then I simply folded the fabric forward on the zipper and sewed them together, like a hem. &nbsp;That's about as good as it's going to get. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921878 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:11:59 +0000 Marley 921878@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You should be a fashion designer!&nbsp; Don't know how you came up with this - but, so very, very cool! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921859 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:31:49 +0000 Diana 921859@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ So cool and clever!&nbsp; <br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921842 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:03:12 +0000 goldenpig 921842@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Brilliant! Love the DIY (or DIT) version! Way to make it work--love your persistence.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921824 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:39:03 +0000 AJ 921824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Vicki, luv how clever and creative you are!&nbsp; The zippers are what sold me on the Leith pants as well.&nbsp; It's so great that you were able to have your own version too.&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921822 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:37:18 +0000 Sona 921822@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ this is the beauty of ylf, creative thinking and a great seamstress! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921819 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:34:34 +0000 Inge 921819@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I can't believe you kept your DIY talents hidden from us for so long!-) They turned out perfect, so clever. I'm so happy for you, because I know you had been coveting the Leith pants. They look fantastic on you, and I absolutely love all the outfits you have put together with them. Simple, elegant, chic = trademark Vicki!<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921806 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:23:40 +0000 rachylou 921806@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ That is way too cool a redesign. I'm trying to figure out exactly what your tailor did... ;&gt;<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921791 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:04:16 +0000 Beth Ann 921791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Atta girl, Vicki!&nbsp; These look great and will be fun and practical in your wardrobe.&nbsp; Sometimes a little creativity is called for.&nbsp; I'm wondering what the tailor thought!<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921785 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:58:25 +0000 unfrumped 921785@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Too brilliant. Bravo! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921755 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:16:12 +0000 Sheila 921755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unbelievable! How amazing you look and your cleverness also. Who woulda thunk? I bet JoAnn Fabrics has a huge run on zippers now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921753 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:15:33 +0000 Suz 921753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Vicki, you stunner, you!! These are fabulous!! What a great idea. Not only should be leave no retail stone unturned, we should leave no closet orphan unexamined!&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921746 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:13:05 +0000 Angie 921746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ *crashed*<br /><br />forgot the helmet <br /><br />:(<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921745 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:12:39 +0000 Angie 921745@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ So rocking killer fabulous you are - it should be illegal. I LOVE what you had done to the pants, Vicki!! You look amazing in all these outfits!! <b>WOW</b><br /><br />*faints*<br /><br /><br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921732 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:00:13 +0000 Liz A. 921732@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I like these better than the real things... they look easier to style.&nbsp; So inspired! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921727 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:55:04 +0000 pil 921727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How clever! Love the leopard incarnation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921720 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:47:38 +0000 Thistle 921720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Fab interpretation!&nbsp; I think you are spot on with these. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pretend-leiths-thanks-to-tailor-ylf-inspiration#post-921718 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:44:39 +0000 Vicki 921718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My track pants don't have pockets and the perfect slouch, but, thanks to my tailor, I have something that resembles those fabulous Leith Woven Track Pants Angie recommended.</p> <p>I was so smitten by the front, vertical zippers and realized I had an orphaned pair of Hurley track pants. &nbsp;I was inspired by Beth Ann's DIY Leith project and Suz's and AJ's&nbsp;photos of the real thing. &nbsp;So, off I went to the fabric store and bought two seven-inch zippers and delivered my project to the tailor here in town.</p> <p>Realistically, it's better to wear these in warmer weather and with a longer top, since the slouch is missing in the upper regions, IYKWIM.</p> <p>Here are my "pretend Leiths" in a few variations. &nbsp;I wore the red top on the first outing. </p>