https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/revisiting-my-dress-code Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:09:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/revisiting-my-dress-code#post-2336225 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 01:58:26 +0000 jacquez 2336225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I unironically love radiohead's clothing, Carol!</p> <p>suntiger, I do plan to make new tops -- I think I'm also going to pick up a new pattern or two. Most of my shirts are made from a pattern I bought and then extensively altered so it fits very well -- but I'm a little bored with it. So it's likely to be a bit of a project altering a new pattern.&nbsp;</p> <p>Suz, that's part of how I noticed I wasn't feeling my current style! I found myself adding very different fabrics to my wishlists at Mood than I had been previously.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/revisiting-my-dress-code#post-2336182 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:39:35 +0000 Angie 2336182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Follow these feelings,<b> jaquez</b>! Experiment and have fun with these manageable and meaningful sartorial changes. It's fab organic style evolution </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/revisiting-my-dress-code#post-2336154 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:32:02 +0000 Star (Lise) 2336154@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting how a few of us, me included, are feeling the pull away from patterns.&nbsp; Your future experimentation sounds like it will be fun. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/revisiting-my-dress-code#post-2336150 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:57:42 +0000 Anonymous 2336150@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like a good plan! Are you going to make the new shirts? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/revisiting-my-dress-code#post-2336117 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 03:57:18 +0000 Carol 2336117@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like a cool concept! Maybe like a Radiohead look?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/revisiting-my-dress-code#post-2336115 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 03:49:51 +0000 Suz 2336115@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This sounds like an interesting shift, and if you sew your own tops, it is probably less expensive to experiment and see what continues to strike your fancy over time. Would love to see what you come up with!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/revisiting-my-dress-code#post-2336106 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 00:56:46 +0000 Jaime 2336106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also find that over time my eye (and body) changes and things that were my fall back outfits or pieces fall out of favor. I think it is natural for style to evolve this way. Hope to see some of your experiments! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/revisiting-my-dress-code#post-2336088 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 21:49:46 +0000 jacquez 2336088@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Some folks might remember that years ago I started a dress code experiment (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-a-year-review">my update post with links)</a>. &nbsp;I'm still wearing my patterned tops and jeans most of the time, and I have a great collection of patterned dressy tops that I wear usually with black or subtly-patterned dress trousers.</p> <p>Lately I've been feeling the pull of some new things, though. I make about half my shirts these days and I noticed all my new ones are in darker, moodier fabrics, and I'm leaning more heavily on black and grey jeans and away from blue. I've found myself thinking about solid-colored sweaters worn over my shirts, and even occasionally thinking about wearing skirts (I haven't worn a skirt or dress in over a decade).&nbsp;</p> <p>So I took some time to think about what I still like about my dress code (patterned button-front shirts, jeans) and what isn't making me quite so happy anymore (some of the color choices, some particular patterns and scales of patterns). If you go full-bore color analysis on me I'm probably "soft summer".&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>I think I'm going to bring back more grey jeans, as well as adding some cool browns into the wardrobe. I might add a skirt and see how I feel about it. I'm going to go for more low-contrasty patterns as I add new things to my wardrobe, and more smaller-scale patterns. I'm aiming somewhere in the dusty not-quite-goth nerd area, with more cool, muted colors. My favorite clothes for the past year have been in this space, so I'm looking forward to exploring it a bit!&nbsp;</div> </p>