https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/raes-sandal-post-dating-and-updating Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:26:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/raes-sandal-post-dating-and-updating#post-951248 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:17:23 +0000 Caro in Oz 951248@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I liked Angie's post on this topic. &nbsp;It seems to depend on the wearer which strikes me as being spot on :)</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/2010/10/28/how-to-decide-whether-an-item-is-dated/">http://youlookfab.com/2010/10/.....-is-dated/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/raes-sandal-post-dating-and-updating#post-951230 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:04:10 +0000 Raisin 951230@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Honestly, I find it a bit stressful at times wondering if I'm buying something that will be so outdated before I get good use out of it. I hate to make a mistake, you know? I'm really just trying to go with what I like and not worry about it too much because I don't find that too many people (around here anyway) are all that up to date on fashion anyway. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/raes-sandal-post-dating-and-updating#post-951139 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:47:16 +0000 Thistle 951139@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting discussion!!</p> <p>Makes me wonder how long before I will be tossing my white jeans as totally outdated&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/raes-sandal-post-dating-and-updating#post-951111 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:29:43 +0000 catgirl 951111@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is very well put! &nbsp;I am developing a better sense of what is dated-looking in my wardrobe. &nbsp;For example, a Ralph Lauren dress I wore for my wedding rehearsal dinner was really close to maxi length but very in at the time. &nbsp;I didn't wear it often after that, but when I next took it out, I could see it needed to be hemmed and shortened it to midi length. &nbsp;I was able to wear it often but now it just looks dated altogether (14 years later) - think Elaine from Seinfeld. &nbsp;However, I can't part with it for sentimental reasons, so it remains in my closet. &nbsp;Perhaps someday it will be retro-vintage cool!</p> <p>The most interesting to me is when colors look dated... I find that to be true even though it seems logically ridiculous.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>To use a theme, it's a fashion tango keeping up to date.</p> <p>Then there are things that transcend time for me personally. &nbsp;Fryes and Docs come to mind. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/raes-sandal-post-dating-and-updating#post-951108 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:28:43 +0000 rae 951108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, nice post! I don't feel targeted at all - if anything, I'm happy to be the catalyst for such a discussion.&nbsp;</p> <p>I think you are definitely right that it is sort of a balancing act between adding something very fresh to be current or adding something classic instead to be more timeless. Rising and falling, as you said. Makes me picture a two sided scale, with trends on one side and classics on the other.&nbsp;</p> <p>For me, I have added a lot of items that are trendy this year (several pair of BF jeans, ombre patterns, cat prints, galaxy print, etc.), so I didn't want Super Duper Trendy It Sandals. I am okay with my BFs and cat prints and all that looking sort of dated in a few years because I still feel they jive with my personal style, regardless of trends. </p> <p>BUT, I don't necessarily feel that way about sci-fi silver... maybe it will stay with me, maybe it won't. And I just don't like to buy sandals every year - I'm not emotionally invested in sandals the way I am with boots - so I needed them to be more of a classic for me.&nbsp;I posted the sandals to see if anyone thought they looked like 2013 Trendy Sci-Fi Sandals. Seems like most people thought they were not over the top like that.</p> <p>Have you ever charted in vector diagrams? I think the trending power of an item could be well described that way. Pointing a degree toward or away from &nbsp; Trendiness with a certain amount of force. Then when you add that to another vector (another wardrobe item) it either pushes your style in the same direction or a different one.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/raes-sandal-post-dating-and-updating#post-951100 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:12:22 +0000 unfrumped 951100@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So not to target Rae, but...</p> <p>To me it was a great post that brings up questions of PPP and what gets dated and how we&nbsp; decide to add something and how we&nbsp;maintain wardrobes and freshen up style and don't go crazy or break the bank.</p> <p>It seems to me like fashion for a lot of us would be 2 steps forward and one step back, or one forward and one hopping, or something. I can't think of the analogy.</p> <p>You find some shoes that fit great and look good and you think, are they perfectly classic, which would also possibly be not very exciting, or are they mid-way with some staying power.<br />The shoes are great, your feet love them, they're flattering (because certain shoes remain flattering to certain feet and legs whether or not they are on trend) &nbsp;and they're not worn out in 1 or &nbsp;2 years, but they're neither pure classic nor on trend for this season.</p> <p>So to me, you don't have to toss shoes, you see if what&nbsp; you wear them with can be tweaked to add some edge--maybe&nbsp;you have a new&nbsp;pencil skirt or&nbsp; &nbsp;jean&nbsp; &nbsp;in the trendy Panettone color, &nbsp;or you add an it-bag because you want the it-bag, or something.</p> <p>Then maybe in a couple of years with the it-bag, you still love it, it's a fantastic color, all your stuff fits in it, &nbsp;but it's no longer "it",&nbsp;but &nbsp;by that time, you&nbsp;really are up for some&nbsp;new shoes that are super-fab on-trend, and get them and you change up a few of your tops to be... ( insert descriptor: longer, shorter, boxier, less boxy, sheer-er, fuzzier) and you charge on.</p> <p>So if I were into charts, my different wardrobe items would be ascending and descending toward and away from trends (using trend in the best sense--fresh, modern), the house of Aquarius rising and all that, with some items in each category kind of holding down the fort in between.</p> <p>What do you think?</p>