https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:31:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-700104 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:11:37 +0000 Anonymous 700104@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And I participated last night by making Mochi-inspired gnocchi! Nom! I used organic russet potatoes, homegrown basil, truffle oil, and the very best Parmesan-Reggiano I could get at Whole Foods. Delicious!</p> <p>Here's the recipe:</p> <p><a href="http://www.candicekumai.com/195/a-hot-meal-for-a-hot-date/" rel="nofollow">http://www.candicekumai.com/19.....-hot-date/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-700035 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:45:45 +0000 krishnidoux 700035@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've had this thread open on my screen for two days now, unable to find a minute to write, but I SO agree with so many comments here. And I have had the same reflections too about YLF. It has a profound effect on the psyche AGAINST mass media thinness alienation. Looking at the real world is so much more beautiful and interesting! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-699083 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:22:17 +0000 Anonymous 699083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Whoa! I wouldn't go that far! It's a pretty L.O.N.G. leap from a leopard cardi to leopard tights worn with leopard heels! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-699074 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:12:33 +0000 Gaylene 699074@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shabby sounds like she can give Giovannna a run for her money. I mean, after all, cobalt flats, leopard cardi, vintage bag and silver hoops sounds pretty statement-like to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-699072 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:11:24 +0000 Anonymous 699072@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really do wear it intentionally. My wardrobe has lots of colors, but there is always black in the mix. Try as I might, I just can't get excited about brown - I feel so *BLAH* in it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-699069 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:06:14 +0000 Suz 699069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Heh...it is tough to get away from black, try as we may. </p> <p>As long as we wear it intentionally, as Angie says. With forethought and planning. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-699066 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:04:00 +0000 Anonymous 699066@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here's a sampling of "Shabby" style:</p> <p>~Maxi dress<br /> ~Denim Jacket<br /> ~Funky Bangle<br /> ~Fun Flats or Sandals<br /> ~Red or Vintage Bag, Depending on Mood<br /> ~Hair Loosely Up<br /> ~Fun Earrings</p> <p>~Black Sheath Dress<br /> ~Teal Button Down (Worn Open), Sleeves Rolled<br /> ~Chunky Silver Charm Bracelet<br /> ~Silver Hoops<br /> ~Fun Sandals<br /> ~Red Bag</p> <p>~White 3/4 Sleeve Cardi<br /> ~Cobalt, Grey and Black Print Top<br /> ~Black Skirt<br /> ~Bangles<br /> ~Cobalt Flats<br /> ~Black Bag</p> <p>~Leopard Print 3/4 Sleeve Cardi<br /> ~Cobalt Tank<br /> ~Black Skirt<br /> ~Bangle<br /> ~Cobalt Flats<br /> ~Red Bag</p> <p>~Black and White 3/4 Sleeve Tunic<br /> ~White Cami<br /> ~Black Skirt<br /> ~Red Flats<br /> ~Silver Cuff Bracelet<br /> ~Silver Hoops<br /> ~White Bag</p> <p>Wow....Shabby sure likes black! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-698958 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:53:17 +0000 Mona 698958@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is such an inspiring discussion. I can't wait to see what shabby style will be like. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-698954 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:51:18 +0000 Anonymous 698954@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! Ladies - that's the problem! I interpreted NOTHING! NADA! All I did was buy what I love, same as always! I guess I have Giovanna to thank for my "great awakening". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-698932 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:12:46 +0000 Mochi 698932@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I too would LOVE to see your interpretations, shabbychick. I'm so excited that even one person found this project-worthy! I promise that at some point I will start posting WIW's. It's going to be at least a mid-term project. I've just embarked on a year-long fitness regime and am hoping to get down at least a couple of sizes. My wardrobe will probably be in great flux (I hope so, anyway) and I won't be investing in anything longlasting. (Now that I'm writing this, I'm very accountable, everyone...but so far, one month in, it's pretty good, I think). </p> <p>Anyway, your first try at reinterpretation already sounds so delicious! I hope you will be posting pics soon. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-698921 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:04:53 +0000 Suz 698921@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Shabby - you had me in stitches!!!! </p> <p>I would SO love to see your own interpretation of SHABBY style. I'm sure it's every bit as smashing as Giovanna's. I think cobalt flats and a leopard cardigan have great possibilities..... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-698853 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:07:40 +0000 Anonymous 698853@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok ladies, bringing this topic back to the front, and I'm warning you, this post is gonna be long! So I went shopping today. Challenge: "Giovanna Battaglia" Inspired!<br /> I was geared up and ready to follow the rules - Statement, Statement, Statement mixed with Simplicity. I wore my makeup as usual because I wear it natural like Giovanna. I tried to wear my hair down and casual, (this is hard for me because I love hairstyles) but I didn't like how frumpy I felt, so I loosely pinned it up and it looked super cute. I wore semi-big earrings (because I'm not a huge-earring fan) and my big watch, only other jewelry wedding ring. I have nothing in my closet resembling Giovanna's style, which is why I needed to shop. Well.......let's just say that once in the store it didn't take me long to realize that this was going to be an EPIC FAIL. I saw heels, BIG heels. I even tried a few on. But I got distracted. You see, a sweet little pair of cobalt blue pointy toed flats started calling my name. What do cobalt blue pointy toed flats have to do with Giovanna Battaglia? Absolutely nothing. But Shabby LOVES cobalt blue. And Shabby LOVES flats. (You see, Shabby fell a few years back while wearing wedge heels - ended up having a grand mal seizure afterward, and well, you can imagine why Giovanna heels simply don't call my name like flats do.) Anyway....then I looked for statement tops, because everything Giovanna wears is a statement something-or-other. But wouldn't you know it, just then, a leopard print cardigan started calling my name - and you all know how cardigans love to call my name! I know, I know. You're wondering "what does a leopard cardigan have to do with Giovanna?" Answer: nothing! But I came to the conclusion that since Shabby is buying and Shabby is wearing, Shabby is gonna get what Shabby wants, not what Giovanna wants. All in all it was a short lived experiment which proved what I felt all along...Giovanna owns her style and her style is NOT my style. I can appreciate her, much like I appreciate a rare black panther at the zoo. Stunning and amazing to behold, but not for me to try to catch. Not because I don't have her body or hair, but because I have my own style - and I love, REALLY LOVE my style!</p> <p>Mochi - I would still love to see your interpretation of Giovanna - I'll be watching from the sidelines! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-698213 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:06:52 +0000 Gaylene 698213@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon's comment about FEELING tall and slim in certain items is, in my opinion, how we make our fantasies real. When we put on clothing that makes us feel good, others may perceive us as being more attractive because we look confident and happy.</p> <p>So, if dressing like your "crush", or using her as inspiration, makes you feel confident and happy, then go for it. But, I'm going to add a qualifier. I think that imitation has its limits. Copying another's look is not the same as owning that look, as Sveta so wisely puts it. If it doesn't fit your body or lifestyle, copying can sometimes make you look less confident and less attractive than if you were to develop your own style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-698171 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:42:03 +0000 Suz 698171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shabbychik, pics are easy. There are some instructions here: <a href="http://youlookfab.com/backstage/the-forum/uploading-photos/" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/backstag.....ng-photos/</a></p> <p>And if you ask questions in a new thread, people will be happy to answer any questions! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-698166 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:36:49 +0000 Anonymous 698166@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And since I don't know how to do pics on here, I'll do my own interpretation and let you know how it goes on my end. I'm sure it will take me several weeks to get my look together.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-698164 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:34:32 +0000 Mochi 698164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That I will try to do! It will be a fun, challenging project. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums/page/2#post-698163 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:32:36 +0000 Anonymous 698163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree! Mochi - you interpret Giovanna and show pics! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums#post-698155 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:26:23 +0000 Suz 698155@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree, Mochi. You know what would be really neat? Well, for all I know, maybe it actually exists. A site where someone shows her high-fashion inspiration (or her nature inspiration, or whatever her inspiration is) and then her translation. </p> <p>Actually, we do that here in our challenges. But it's a bit different if we pick our own inspirations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums#post-698144 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:20:21 +0000 Mochi 698144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, of course Karen is a knockout too. My thought being that the fantasy sells to a degree, I'm sure, but also some realistic depictions of clothes, as a wide range of women wear them, would ultimately be more successful in giving us the confidence to buy. At least that's how I tend to think. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums#post-698143 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:20:12 +0000 Jaime 698143@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agree with many of the thoughts on this thread, in particular the realization that many of the greatest looks on YLF have been worn by women shorter, heavier, older, etc. women without access to high designer pieces. I find it so empowering, and also ego salving, to remember that in moments of self doubt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums#post-698122 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:51:46 +0000 Angie 698122@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hugs to you, Nancy! Meredith, Bei-Jing and Phoebe are all petite - 5ft 2-ish. Below average height in the US actually. Karen is taller than me and stands at about 5ft 8-ish. They all make EXTREMELY compelling models. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums#post-698116 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:45:02 +0000 Mochi 698116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I feel honored to have been quoted! Thank you. </p> <p>Will just succinctly agree that no one could have been better ambassadors for those clothes than Bei-Jing, Meredith and Phoebe. In fact, it was so shocking, almost--and then I was wondering why the industry doesn't employ more shorter, average-sized women like them. They'd absolutely sell more clothes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums#post-698111 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:41:34 +0000 Angie 698111@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(I look AWFUL in a wrap dress. In fact, I don't look great in items that need filling out because I just can't fill them out). </p> <p>Suz, you so have your look honed. No worries!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums#post-698069 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:44:01 +0000 Suz 698069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gnocchi - MMMMM!!! </p> <p>That's so funny. </p> <p>And Sveta, you are SO right. A lot has to do with the personality of the wearer. Ditto, Clarissa. Wrap dresses are the great case in point; curvy women look SO much better in wraps than straight types. </p> <p>Shabbychick, not Shannon, but here's my guess: she will feel tall and thin in a pencil skirt with her wedge heel booties or shoes, a fab jacket that nips in at the waist, and something retro in the outfit as well as something rugged. Or a fantastic drew with a jacket.</p> <p>ETA DRESS not DREW. Sheesh!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums#post-698068 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:43:54 +0000 Anonymous 698068@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a Michael Kors watch on my wish list. Right now my watch is a big BCBG, which is fine. Just not as fine as the MK </p> <p>One does have to be careful about statement everything, lest the clothes end up wearing the wearer. I shall take the challenge of finding the right balance! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums#post-698062 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:38:47 +0000 Suz 698062@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon, you are a gem of high price. And worth every penny! </p> <p>I agree with you 10,000%. There are some outfits that make me feel - well, I don't know if I feel tall and thin - but I feel GREAT, which is even better, in my books! </p> <p>And Angie, I could not agree more about your gorgeous clients Bei-Jing and Karen and Meredith. So many times, I have seen the individual pieces that you've dressed them in on the models and thought, "Meh." Then I see the items on them, and WOW!! The difference is that the tall very thin model could not do the item justice. </p> <p> It helps, of course, that they have YOU for their stylist! You help them cut through the chaff and find the pieces that really sing on their unique bodies. But through reading YLF I feel as if I am slowly beginning to understand the "whys" of figure and style flattery. It's still a challenge for me to put it all together for myself, but I think I'm learning. </p> <p>Some of the most stylish women I have EVER seen in real life were plus-size women. I mean that. I truly believe that style has no size. It's all about attitude. And a willingness to play, I think, and a sense of humour, and, I guess, a love for it all. </p> <p>Shabbychick, I'm not going as far as trying out GB's style because it's not a style that I personally could aspire to, at least not in total. But she DOES remind me of the importance of statement pieces, of luxe fabrics, of choosing at least one glorious piece per outfit. I'm already on the same page as her when it comes to simple hair and makeup. I do tend to prefer statement shoes, although mine are not and cannot be sky-high heels. I do love a statement watch and would love to get myself an understated one (if that's not an oxymoron, LOL!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums#post-698056 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:32:31 +0000 Anonymous 698056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gnocchi - very yum indeed!<br /> And Shannon - please tell me what silhouettes make you feel tall and slim cause I'm totally stealing them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums#post-698054 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:30:41 +0000 Clarissa 698054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree from personal experience that certain clothes do not look better on the model. I am a petite hourglass and I love fitted or fit and flare dresses and that flatter my curvy body better than it would a straight body. Its the differences in our bodies that make them special. Certain clothes look better on certain features, finding the ones that flatter us make fashion fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums#post-698053 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:30:32 +0000 Sveta 698053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here is my theory why so many YLFers who are not as thin and tall as models rock the same clothes better than the models in the catalog:<br /> - when a model wears a piece of clothing for the picture it is not her choice and maybe not even her style. Very likely she acts like an animated hanger in the picture;<br /> - when Kari or Jonesy or Suz or Shannon (I can continue the list endlessly here) put the same item on she OWNS it and owns the whole look. It becomes a part of her personality which shines through and it is much more mesmerizing than the catalog shot...<br /> Just my 2 cents... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quoting-mochi-style-conundrums#post-698050 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:29:37 +0000 Anonymous 698050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Totally off-topic, but I just added gnocchi to my meal plan for next week. Every time I see "Mochi" I think, "gnocchi, yum"! </p>