https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:12:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2095057 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 21:32:12 +0000 kellygirl 2095057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with you--one sparkly item toned down with the other elements. That's how I operate! Love the print.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2095027 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 18:26:32 +0000 Jenni NZ 2095027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would like to see the pants on you with what you would wear. But my gut reaction is go for it. I wear at least one sparkly thing to the day job often and don’t think anyone gives me the side-eye! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094979 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 14:52:26 +0000 nemosmom 2094979@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think these are fine for a business casual outfit. If YOU love them, and will wear them, I say keep. DH isn't the one wearing them </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094957 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 06:22:47 +0000 Kari 2094957@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>“ My theory is that I can wear **one** thing that is a little glam to work, if the rest of the attire is moderate and doesn't ask for attention; for "out at night" I can add a second thing and still be in the limits of my personal comfort zone.”</p> <p>Exactly what I was going to suggest before I read that that’s what you’re already thinking. Yes. Go for it. They look great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094955 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 05:41:31 +0000 nuancedream 2094955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The jeans have more of a subtle sheen than a bright shine, which may read as more appropriate for clubwear. They're totally appropriate for a business casual work environment. I think you're on the right track with keeping the rest of the outfit uncomplicated and let the jeans be the star of the show. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094951 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 04:46:18 +0000 Anonymous 2094951@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The jeans look like they could be leather. I used to have coated jeans that had a shine to them. My favorites were blush. In time with washing the shine turned to regular dull fabric and I did not like them as much. I don’t know if this usually happens to coated jeans. None of my other coated jeans became uncoated with washing. I like that you have the look of leather without the complicated care and the price. Black can look rather hard edged if worn with more black. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094925 Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:02:38 +0000 kkards 2094925@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can totally see these in a business casual work place, it’s all about the supporting players </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094893 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 21:22:08 +0000 Isabel 2094893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I LOVE them.&nbsp; When I first read the header, I thought it was going to be a metallic gold. They appear to be subtle enough to be very chic . Enjoy ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094889 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 21:12:08 +0000 SarahD8 2094889@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think they're pretty awesome and I agree with your "one glam thing" strategy. Go for it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094879 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 20:01:12 +0000 rachylou 2094879@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094791 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:48:53 +0000 Suz 2094791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For sure! Keep them if you like them.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's another thought. For you, perhaps glam bottoms work more easily than a sparkly top for work? (Or period). I tend to be the opposite -- I will wear a sparkly top but struggle with bright bottoms -- although, weirdly, patterned bottoms are just fine by me. It's all so mysterious. Anyway, it sounds like they make you happy. So enjoy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094785 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:39:00 +0000 Anonymous 2094785@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes from me! Was debating those, but wanted brown instead, and the poor reviews scared me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094781 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:33:08 +0000 Helena 2094781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha - you got the stamp first go!! *applause*</p> <p>I was going to say they might be a bit much if your work environment is very conservative, but if it's more relaxed and creative, then they should be good. I agree with your idea to keep the rest uber-simple and 'buttoned up' to offset the funkiness of the pants. Enjoy them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094777 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:24:42 +0000 KikiG 2094777@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ya'll.&nbsp; Does it get better than the Coveted Angie Seal of Approval?&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094768 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:54:36 +0000 Angie 2094768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>GO FOR IT. </p> <p>I find them adequately subdued for work if you dress them down and not disco them up!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/questioning-my-judgment-on-pants-with-a-shine-help#post-2094762 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:21:52 +0000 KikiG 2094762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On impulse, I had Nordstrom send me these pants.&nbsp; I knew they'd fit, I have this exact pant in a different fabric.&nbsp; I was a little hesitant about the fabric, because it has a shine to it, on purpose.&nbsp; I honestly didn't expect that they'd be keepers, and after I ordered them, I read the reviews, and I doubted it more.&nbsp; You all remember that Banana Republic sweater that was an Angie pick before Christmas, the one with the leopard pattern and glittery yarn? I ordered that in black with blue spots and it was **too glittery** for me, because I wanted it for day wear, and I took it back without even trying it on.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I tried them on for my husband.&nbsp; He said that that shine, to him, made them more like club wear than something to wear to work.&nbsp; But.&nbsp; I feel that I would absolutely wear these to work, where I'm on the dressier end of business casual (but other people go all the way down the scale to very casual).&nbsp; I happily wear my leopard heels and flats to work.&nbsp; I wear statement necklaces.&nbsp; A couple of years ago, I happily wore some black leggings with a black pleather side stripe.&nbsp; &nbsp; My theory is that I can wear **one** thing that is a little glam to work, if the rest of the attire is moderate and doesn't ask for attention; for "out at night" I can add a second thing and still be in the limits of&nbsp; my personal comfort zone.&nbsp; &nbsp; I . . . have zero use for club wear in my life.&nbsp; I just don't go to places where glittering at night is what one does.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I **like** these pants, and I'm inclined to keep them, and they would be my **one** thing in an outfit, and the rest of the outfit would be simple--probably a black pullover and black booties with a heel.&nbsp; They don't feel stiff or sticky or scratchy. They do fit me more like a pant than a skin tight jegging.&nbsp; The pattern is created by a shiny overprint in a snake design, you can see it better I think in my phone picture.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>So:&nbsp; &nbsp;Please tell me where these pants fit on the Goldilocks scale:&nbsp; too much or just right?&nbsp;</p> <p> </p>