https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:28:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1233982 Sat, 26 Apr 2014 15:09:45 +0000 Mo 1233982@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I thought of another - clothes to wear to/from a massage that aren't schlubby. &nbsp;But it can't be 'good' stuff either, since you're likely to get oil on it. &nbsp;For me, this is a rare (once a year maybe?) occasion, but I bet regular goers have an outfit or two just for this. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1233971 Sat, 26 Apr 2014 14:55:26 +0000 Freckles 1233971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anything formal, like Diana's morning dress occasion. &nbsp;Our lifestyle does not include that and I've purged everything. &nbsp;Also surgeries/breaks. &nbsp;They always demand a different fit/cut of clothing and are so unexpected. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1233924 Sat, 26 Apr 2014 13:41:48 +0000 Mo 1233924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done, Diana! &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />I still could use a better 'sporting event' mini capsule. &nbsp;Perhaps just the right top or tee would do it. &nbsp;But, again, we see lots of teams (A's for me, Twins for BF, Giants for all our friends) that team colors doesn't really work. &nbsp;Ah well, maybe just a generic baseball tee of some kind . . .&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1233759 Sat, 26 Apr 2014 04:26:32 +0000 Diana 1233759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, apparently a ceremony that requires&nbsp;"morning dress" at Westminster Abbey is a <i>really random</i> occasion&nbsp;that I was not expecting! &nbsp;</p> <p>Otherwise I think I am pretty good for having clothes for random occasions, with the possible exception of things that require serious gear. &nbsp;These days I work out almost exclusively at home so I don't really have much&nbsp;outdoors or even acceptable-to-be-seen-in-public gear. &nbsp;(Like, I work out in a sports bra with no top over it&nbsp;most of the time so occasions that require gear tops confound me, LOL.) &nbsp;But I'm not sporty at all, so I don't do many things that require true gear. &nbsp;I do need to get new hiking boots though; my timberlands bit the dust a couple of years ago and I have been just wearing trail runners for hiking, which is not really ideal.&nbsp;</p> <p>One such even that I recall was when we were invited to go tubing on a river a couple of summers ago. &nbsp;Well, obviously the bikini was the starting point, but then I needed something to go over that since we had to walk to the starting point through some trails, and of course everything had to be OK in the water. &nbsp;Ended up in a lightweight tank and some running shorts, I think.&nbsp; Plus there was a rule that you couldn't wear flip flops or go barefoot, but I also didn't want to wear something like sneakers that would get waterlogged. &nbsp;I think I had to borrow some Teva-type sandals from someone because I had nothing that would work.</p> <p>Some occasions that pop up from time to time for me:<br />--random business-y events for J's work. &nbsp;I got a suit last year which comes in handy for these things, either as a full suit or as broken up separates. &nbsp;Or a nice skirt with blazer is usually fine too.<br />--symphony, often right from work. &nbsp;And yes, I walk/subway there to someone's point upthread. &nbsp;I wear my black riding boots when it's very cold,&nbsp;pointy booties when it's cool, and flat or low-heeled&nbsp;sandals when it's warmer. &nbsp;<br />--baseball games. &nbsp;Jeans and a tee/sweater generally works fine, although the weather can really throw a wrench into things. &nbsp;(Night games can get really cold and day games can get really sunburny, depending on where you are sitting).&nbsp; I do need to replace my red tee though as I decided yesterday (when I went to my first game of the season) that it was too tight. &nbsp;I don't really go to any other types of ball games except baseball so I don't need any other team colors but red.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1233751 Sat, 26 Apr 2014 03:44:01 +0000 abc 1233751@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Had to come back and resurrect this thread. 3 days ago DH came home and we decided to take a short trip to a nearby town. Left Tues, came back Thurs so not so long. Trick was that their weather is hotter than ours. Highlighting my lack of summer clothes. I made do and had to be packed and out the door within 2 hours of deciding to go. It just reminds me I need to be ready for anything. Fwiw I took one floaty skirt from nyco circa 2008 with a plain white (too short sleeve) tshirt. Also took one of my two pairs of shorts I'm not crazy about paired with a Mexican traditional handcrafted shirt. It all worked but I def need some new summer stuff. </p> <p>Thanks for the thread. I kept thinking about it as this all unfolded. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229500 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:44:35 +0000 Lantana 1229500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun thread Mo, thanks for asking the question.<br /> I like Anna's point, that you don't need to put together a perfect outfit.<br /> I can, at a pinch, range from ritz to red dirt so random events don't faze me.<br /> Not these days, anyway. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229338 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 04:47:17 +0000 lyn* 1229338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I ended up wearing a purple&nbsp;dress that had a corset lace back, victorian-inspired boots in brown, and a bright green top hat with goggles - drat; wish I had a picture. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229236 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 01:59:01 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1229236@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How cool, rabbit! My MIL is a HUGE Adam Lambert fan so it'll be a lot of fun, I'm sure. I haven't been to a big concert in years. Probably I'll end up in a pair of jeans, boots, and a t-shirt of some kind, maybe with my faux leather jacket, even though it will be July.</p> <p>Lyn* - your best corset, welding goggles, and gold lame boots, of course! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229232 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 01:48:41 +0000 lyn* 1229232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was once invited to a "glam punk-rock victorian steampunk" wedding.&nbsp;</p> <p>O_o; what do you wear to THAT? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229229 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 01:47:38 +0000 Anonymous 1229229@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo, that's funny! I'm not sure what I'd have done&nbsp;if I had to pull off another decade. Certainly not the '70s, although I could probably do the '50s semi-well with my wardrobe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229222 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 01:43:28 +0000 Suz 1229222@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It seems like a lot of these fall into the category of "need to appear all things to all people." Or we perceive it that way. We want to be this <b>AND</b> that. You know, our grandmothers never had these issues. It may go hand in hand with the casualization of life. Back then, if it was a tea, they had their gloves and hats and tea length dresses. You know? I'm not saying I want to go back to that era, but things were easier in a way.&nbsp;</p> <p>As for rock concerts and ball games, yeah. Those are hard, too. I haven't been to either type of event in quite a while, but I do go to hear live music in local venues. That's usually easier -- some kind of jeans and jacket outfit will do it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229201 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 01:26:55 +0000 Carla 1229201@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah! The rock/blues concert. Been working on that, one (in 3 weeks!) All I need is the right T (either a cool image or some bling) and an envelope bag that has a strap or chain (for cross body) that can be tucked away (to look like a clutch.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229194 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 01:24:12 +0000 Mo 1229194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aubergine, you bring up another one - theme nights either at a party or event of some kind. &nbsp;Last year a GF requested we go to boogie nights for her birthday at the casino dance club. &nbsp;I have since purged everything I wore that night. &nbsp;So if a 70's dressing theme comes up again I may be screwed lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229165 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 01:07:22 +0000 Ledonna N. 1229165@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Summer is such a challenge for me so I would say anything I would feel comfortable with </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229163 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 01:06:36 +0000 Anonymous 1229163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was just thinking about this! Baseball games are one of the big things I always feel awkward dressing for too,&nbsp;and I was actually just at one on Saturday. It's hard to make sure I'm dressed for the weather, and I always want to be really comfortable and wear nothing I'd be too upset about getting mustard or ice cream&nbsp;on.&nbsp;Then our team's main color is red, which I don't have a huge amount of. So&nbsp;I always feel like I'm pulling really random combinations of clothing for something that should be simple. And it's always <i>extra</i> fun to dress for&nbsp;if I'm going there straight from work.</p> <p>Dressy daytime occasions that aren't work-related are always kind of hard, too. Family events are too, but maybe that's just me. I feel like I need to wear something that looks like a typical, thrown-on casual outfit, but also really polished and flattering.</p> <p>I haven't been clubbing in ages (and it's honestly not like I <i>ever</i> went that often), but I have no idea what I'd wear if I did. The last time I went was a '90s night, so I managed to fudge it with a basic black dress, clunky sandals, and&nbsp;cheap butterfly barrettes in my hair. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229159 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 01:04:27 +0000 abc 1229159@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well it seems like lately getting dressed for ANYTHING is throwing me for a loop. &nbsp;Just when I get some basics in my closet, the weather heats up and totally throws me for a loop. &nbsp;I've got some basics - pants, layering t's, a couple workhorse toppers, but now, BAM, I can't wear those formulas bc it's hot. &nbsp;I started a thread about it the other day. &nbsp;I'm working on my shopping list since now I need to add some summer-appropriate things. &nbsp;Seems like it's never over (the shopping, that is...me, complianing about shopping? Surprising even myself).</p> <p>My life is much like Suz's - my job is WFH most of the time, but I do have to travel, sometimes on short notice, to other climates, unknown walking situations,&nbsp;etc. &nbsp;I have to have a capsule of business appropriate clothes, which I have covered. It's the day to day stuff I'm struggling with (again). &nbsp;GRR!</p> <p>I'm also a lot like you, in that my S.O. will expect me to be ready in a flash necessitating formula dressing and little standing and staring at the closet. &nbsp;Most of the time I have to be able to walk my behind off so comfort is key and heels are out most of the time, like it seems for you, too. &nbsp;I was pretty good until we got hotter weather. &nbsp;Now I'm back to square one again.</p> <p>Anyway I ramble. &nbsp;Your concert sounds fun. &nbsp;I liked the guitar tee but you have time to think about (and seek out) what you want for the look for that evening :)</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229134 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:43:38 +0000 rabbit 1229134@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Laura&nbsp;</b>I'm going to see Queen/Adam Lambert too! &nbsp;I AM SO EXCITED. &nbsp;I'm going to Vancouver, but am tempted to also try to see them in DC. &nbsp;</p> <p>So I've been to a couple of stadium rock shows lately (Muse most recently, we had NIN tickets but got the flu the day before, arghhh...)&nbsp;-- but it's that mix between you are a dot in a sea of humanity with lots of walking and standing in line, and you want to dance to the best of your ability without falling off your ledge. &nbsp; I usually do cool/tough boots and work up from there with an outer&nbsp;layer I can take off. &nbsp; Also usually you are buzzing afterwards and want to go out somewhere to drink so it's worth dressing up a little.&nbsp;</p> <p>You know what I find strangely hard to figure out? &nbsp;Potlucks&nbsp;with people you don't know but want to make a good impression on. &nbsp; Maybe that's like <b>Rachylou</b>'s house warming&nbsp;party. &nbsp; I want to look casual, but also nice, but also more approachable/friendly than trendy/fashionable, but also interesting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229124 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:27:19 +0000 annagybe 1229124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It makes me very sad that people are not participating in activities because they won't wear X or Y.&nbsp;<br />You don't have to have the perfect outfit, because honestly aren't the memories of doing something worth more? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229078 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:41:52 +0000 Suz 1229078@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this question and this thread! Desmo April, you <b>ROCK</b>!!! What a fantastic weekend you have planned. Congrats -- and good luck!&nbsp;</p> <p>My life is full to bursting with events that puzzle me. As I get more used to my various roles (and build the wardrobe for them) I'm getting better at figuring out how to handle the situations that tend to throw me. But here are a few of the ones that have knocked me for a bit of a loop in the past:&nbsp;</p> <p>1. &nbsp;Writers' festivals where I am both a volunteer and an invited reader. On the same day. And need to dress for day and night at the same time. No opportunity to change. I have to feel comfortable for up to 16 hours at a stretch. Look approachable and in charge (for the daytime and/ or volunteer duties). Look interesting/ memorable&nbsp;for the presentation.&nbsp;</p> <p>Yeah, right.&nbsp;</p> <p>2. &nbsp;Conferences with my colleagues in the fitness business. Need to be casual and ready for fitness activities, but also warm enough in the air conditioned frigid hotel meetings. And while I hardly need to look corporate, I don't want to come across as a slob.&nbsp;</p> <p>3. Presentations while I am travelling. Especially when I don't know in advance that I will be giving said presentation. Sometimes I have had to go out and buy something to wear. What can I say? A girl's gotta do what she's gotta do.&nbsp;</p> <p>4. Invitations to teach -- in somebody's home. When my students are strangers. And mostly older women.&nbsp;</p> <p>5. City travel where I will be on my feet from 7 am until 11 pm, mostly walking, but also going to galleries, nice restaurants, and theatre, and want to look fab throughout.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229066 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:27:01 +0000 Jjsloane 1229066@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The depth of my wardrobe is more of a WHICH should I wear rather than WHAT. I have a painting "capsule" (ancient denim shortalls and several old tees that have all the paints in my house on them somewhere). Like how I call it depth instead of massive excess? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear/page/2#post-1229062 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:24:44 +0000 Peri 1229062@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anything outdoors in the summer throws me. I would like to find some shorts FFBO but shorts make me look and feel like Sponge Bob. Luckily I don't do all that much outside, but every time it comes up I'm in trouble. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear#post-1229057 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:20:27 +0000 JulieJohn 1229057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>April - that rock camp sounds really fun!</p> <p>I love this question, Mo. </p> <p>My personal bugaboo is bridal shows. We exhibit our videography business, and I always want to look dressy, but approachable. I don't have a lot of dressy clothes. I also must have comfortable shoes because I setup the booth, stand for hours, tear down the booth. So it's always a challenge. In winter, I wear my trusty black ponte dress pants, black Hush Puppies boots, and a dressy blouse. In summer, I wear a gossamer dress, light shrug, and sandal wedges. Now that I've written it, I guess I've solved this one. I just have to remember to err on the side of comfort. I also let my accessories be bolder than usual, because they are eye-catching to passersby. Sometimes I wear a big flower in my hair!</p> <p>Beyond that, another tricky one is sporty dates. I want to look cute and girly, but I might need to run around or, heaven forbid, perspire. I wish I could wear a one-piece flowered romper like when I was a lass. So I guess my coveted items are sporty-yet-girly things. Time to get some pink tennies / trainers, I guess!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear#post-1229028 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:47:24 +0000 Caro in Oz 1229028@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Until this past summer I would have said a week of 100F days would have thrown me but&nbsp;I bought some linen dresses &amp; have felt pretty good about my summer wardrobe.&nbsp;</p> <p>I &nbsp;am still looking for my HEWI - an ink blue non-corporate pants suit. Once I have that I will minimise my dressy capsule even further but I do have something I feel good in for every occasion. Except maybe a white tie ball - but I'd probably just rent a tux </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear#post-1229011 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:32:13 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1229011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Az, good idea - but then I'd have to carry a larger bag in order to stow the extra shoes. It never ends! </p> <p>Sporting events get me too, other than hockey games which out of going so many times I've gotten pretty good at. Baseball games, though, especially in San Francisco, require a crystal ball to dress for - sometimes it's hot and sunny, and sometimes it's cold and windy. We're talking a 40 degree swing in temperature from day to day. Layers are great and all, but when you're using transit and have to go through security, you don't want to carry everything but the kitchen sink with you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear#post-1228973 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:46:48 +0000 carter 1228973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm wearing the pink dress to graduation with either a pink or orange clutch, and I'm wearing the dark purple swirly dress to dinner the night before where we finally get to meet the boyfriend. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear#post-1228971 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:42:00 +0000 Mo 1228971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, lucky you! &nbsp;But, yes, if you do these types of things often enough, you build the outfits you need out of necessity if nothing else. &nbsp;It's the once every few years kind of thing that throws me.&nbsp;<br />Desmo, sounds fun! &nbsp;And yes, not the 'every day' occasion to be on stage. &nbsp;At least not for me. &nbsp;<br />Carter, graduations is another one. &nbsp;You're absolutely right, not businessy, not cocktail. &nbsp;What are you wearing? &nbsp;I would likely wear my DVF wrap dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear#post-1228956 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:25:50 +0000 carter 1228956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine is this weekend as well. My daughter graduates from college on Saturday. Although I had plenty of dresses, they were all either business-looking or cocktail dresses. Nothing that would look right at an afternoon outdoors graduation in sunny California. I'm now covered for that event, plus probably my son's high school graduation in 2 years, his college graduation in another 4 years, and a few other intervening events:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear#post-1228942 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:14:27 +0000 Desmo April 1228942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've got one coming up this weekend!</p> <p>I'm doing Ladies Rock Camp this weekend, It's three days to form a band, learn a song and perform it at a local music venue. I need outfits for three days that fit my idea of cool &amp; rockin but are all day comfortable. I haven't met any of the other woman going so this will be all about first impressions. I actually think I have a handle on what I'm wearing for the days of the camp itself. I have a pretty decent capsule for rocker/concert wear. </p> <p>The Sunday night performance is stressing me out though. I'll be playing guitar on the stage of a club that has been pretty integral to the Los Angeles music scene over the years. I can't really decide because we haven't formed the bands yet and I'd think we'd want some cohesion. Plus I can't clash with my amazing red sparkle guitar!</p> <p>Wish me luck!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear#post-1228881 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:24:34 +0000 Janet 1228881@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know, I honestly feel like I haven't been lacking for an appropriate option in any given -- even unexpected -- situation in a while. The closest I've come was for Easter brunch yesterday, but as you can see from my WIW&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-easter-brunch">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....ter-brunch</a>&nbsp;I figured it out, and it didn't take long at all. Once I got the idea to wear the new CM top, everything else fell into place. (I knew everyone else would be dressy, but family-coming-from-church dressy, not going-out-at-night dressy.) </p> <p>All of the situations you all have mentioned -- sports events, rock concerts, etc. -- I do frequently and so I&nbsp;have loose capsules for those kinds of events. I am also well-prepared for artsy events like theater, art openings, etc. I might be hard-pressed if a formal event comes up, but usually there is some advance warning for those, and even then, I cobbled together an outfit for a gala last spring only a week or two&nbsp;after I had undergone abdominal surgery. So I do feel like my wardrobe functions really well across the casual-dressy spectrum.&nbsp;</p> <p>I reviewed some summer dresses today as I got dressed, and I'm quite unenthusiastic about&nbsp;most of my summer dresses (most of which I've had for a few years), so I suspect I might have a challenge or two coming up in the next few months unless I refresh my dresses.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/random-occasions---what-will-you-wear#post-1228875 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:19:09 +0000 Aziraphale 1228875@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Laura -- for your symphony + public transit dilemma -- bring your shoes and change into them when you get there! </p>