https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:44:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey/page/2#post-969736 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 12:24:31 +0000 Astrid 969736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, I'm glad you do. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey/page/2#post-969305 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:20:53 +0000 bj1111 969305@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see lots of your current wardrobe in keeping with hat sporty girl by the water only more grown up style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey/page/2#post-969286 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:30:30 +0000 Astrid 969286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Carole and Mona! Pictures really do tell it best.</p> <p>Mellllls, I guess you're right and it's not only true for style. </p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey/page/2#post-969285 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:27:15 +0000 Mellllls 969285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Life's a journey, not a destination </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey/page/2#post-969284 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:25:41 +0000 Mona 969284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So nice to hear that you have made progress! Outfit pics are so helpful. Style is a journey for sure and it is important to enjoy the journey as well as destination. Looking forward to seeing more of your amazing outfits! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey/page/2#post-969283 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:23:56 +0000 Carole 969283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats, Astrid! It's wonderful to be able to appreciate how far you have come, it must be a great feeling. Pictures do tell the story so well. I have loved watching your style evolve here on YLF! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey/page/2#post-969279 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:17:39 +0000 Astrid 969279@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachylou and Thistle, it is a good maxim. I have to take care not to forget it.</p> <p>Beth Ann, that's a good analogy! It's the same for me playing Clarinet. </p> <p>Claire, my hair was actually for a longer time short or shorter than long. I cut it all off to a pixie twice, once with fourteen and once when I was seventeen. The rest of the time it was anything between that and shoulder length. The long hair you've seen me with was the first time I let my hair grow that long since I was a child. And yes, I'd say the Tomboy is still there. I need ease of movement, practical clothes. More casual than dressy. More feminine than I ever was, but not really girly. Like I said in Ornella's thread, I'm also rediscovering jeans and tees as a deliberate choice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-969269 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:03:18 +0000 Anonymous 969269@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a great realization. Sometimes we are looking too close. It's when we back away that we can see the progress. You look amazingly different than your photo Astrid. I'm surprised to see your hair was ever that short. Do you still have a bit of tomboy in your style? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-969107 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 17:42:05 +0000 Beth Ann 969107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely!&nbsp; I think sometimes we have to settle in to a new phase in the style journey before we make more changes.&nbsp; I know that's true for singing, too.&nbsp; The plateaus are valuable for building consistency and preparing the ground for more development. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-969091 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 17:21:23 +0000 Thistle 969091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the reminder that it is a journey and not a race. Sometimes it is too easy to get caught up in "finishing" something when there is really no end. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-969071 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:58:47 +0000 rachylou 969071@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A good maxim. It's not a race! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-969044 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:35:00 +0000 Astrid 969044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Amiable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968845 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 12:08:12 +0000 amiable 968845@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay! &nbsp;I love it! &nbsp;I keep telling myself I'm learning too, but I usually don't FEEL like I am... &nbsp;</p> <p>I love your style though - keep it up! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968835 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:44:42 +0000 Astrid 968835@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Ornella!</p> <p>Thanks Mochi. I was a very sporty girl - wearing jeans, sneakers and loose t-shirts. When I tried to dress up I just had no idea about proportions and so on, it always looked a bit off. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968823 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:24:53 +0000 Mochi 968823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have wonderful style, Astrid. It's come quite a long way, I agree. And I love having your presence here as someone young (meaning it's very logical you'd be in style flux), and with a definite budget to challenge you, not to mention weather and other challenges, such as with your winter coat. Your successes and difficulties are so relatable here, and I really appreciate when you post one of your killer looks, because the evolution is really apparent. And I haven't seen pics of how you may have dressed in the past. I just get that sense from reading your intelligent, self-aware posts.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968816 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:09:00 +0000 Ornella 968816@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautifully said, Astrid.</p> <p>I agree that the visuals give the biggest insight, especially if they span such a long period of time. "<i>A picture is worth a thousand words</i>".</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968814 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:03:26 +0000 Astrid 968814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Sarah! I loved wearing the wedding outfit, I felt really good in it. </p> <p>Thanks Lantana. And yes, that's true - you're constantly learning and sometimes you have a breaktrough. I think both is important.</p> <p>Thanks Shevia, Khris and Una.</p> <p>Thanks Diane! Yes, I hide most of my pictures after a while, most of the times at the moment I'm posting new ones.</p> <p>Thanks Harmonica and Krish. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968803 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:53:53 +0000 krishnidoux 968803@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great realization. Thanks for reminding.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968795 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:14:15 +0000 harmonica 968795@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Way to go, Astrid! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968790 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:04:25 +0000 Anonymous 968790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven't been on YLF as long as you so not familiar with you very early outfits; But well said! Your style is fab and I'm glad you can see how much things have progressed. I will keep your words in mind. Thanks. Oh, and keep up the good work </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968760 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 05:34:50 +0000 catgirl 968760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YAY!&nbsp; I love following your pins. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968741 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 04:27:56 +0000 chewyspaghetti 968741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the reminder, Astrid! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968727 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 03:15:46 +0000 Jaime 968727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are so right Astrid! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968580 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 00:08:15 +0000 Lantana 968580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, I couldn't agree more. It is not a race and we are our own worst critics. What I am finding is that the learning is in one sense steady and incremental, while at the same time there are epiphanic moments ( I think I just made up a new word).<br />Once again, the power of the photographic image is demonstrated. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968572 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:55:27 +0000 Sarah A 968572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are so right it is a journey. Your style looks as though you have arrived though! I love love love the wedding outfit you posted in the last few weeks too </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968568 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:52:02 +0000 Angie 968568@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wooohoooo! I'm excited xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968565 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:50:59 +0000 Astrid 968565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Angie! And you're right, you said it. I guess I needed the visuals to really comprehend it. And I think I'm definitely going to pack that outfit for my upcoming holidays. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968562 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:48:26 +0000 Angie 968562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*applause*</p> <p>That's what I said last week :). You HAVE come a long way.</p> <p>*more applause*</p> <p>And your last outfit with the new dressy flats absolutely blew me away! I'm going to faint all over again just thinking about it...... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968560 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:44:26 +0000 Astrid 968560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sharon, I agree that "style journey" is really a wonderful term. I think it really illustrates the whole idea of YLF, for <i>everyone</i> to have fun with fashion. No matter at which point of the journey you are. I'm glad I got a reminder of that!</p> <p>Thanks Suz! You are too kind. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/realisation-about-my-style-journey#post-968554 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:31:28 +0000 Suz 968554@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, you have fantastic style. Killer style!!! And yes, there has been enormous development. Even in the last few months when your budget has been so tight you have made spectacular strides. You have a genuine sense of what looks good on you and what you like, which is so much more than I had at your age. I just love seeing how you have grown!!&nbsp; </p>