https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:11:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-668484 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:28:46 +0000 JR 668484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aida, I totally get the eclectic thing. Sometimes I want to look classy and lady-like, other times I want to look funky, and occasionally I even tip towards romantic. I do like to keep things relatively simple, whatever I do. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-668123 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 00:23:12 +0000 Aida 668123@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Putting in a quick note about what I use... it's more of a 3-D cube :} I'm a bit eclectic in my style, so limiting myself to a rubric just doesn't work for me. So instead I have three sets of things that I use to guide me: a list of specific elements/colors that I love (what you see in the "Aida list" links above), a set of style descriptors of my style goals (punk/urban, euro-chic, vintage), and a set of decades I find fashion inspiration from (40s, 60s, 70s, 80s). Some outfits skew more 70s+urban, others more 60s+euro-chic, etc. and all will include at least one item from my "elements of love" list. Maybe not the simplest system, but that's what works best for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667813 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:28:13 +0000 Mo 667813@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol at 10 terms, Natalie! I started with 4, but when neither tailored nor structured seemed right, I ended up with fitted and added streamlined as an all encompassing term for non ALGO. So it was pure happenstance that I ended up at 5. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667803 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:16:53 +0000 goldenpig 667803@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo, I think we all copied Shannon with the five terms. I thought that was part of the exercise! Five seems about right--I originally had ten terms and it was too hard to remember! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667785 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:03:02 +0000 rachylou 667785@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I've enjoyed this collection of lists! I think a rubric just might be easier than naming one's style.</p> <p>I have mulled this over, and this is probably my rubric (from most important to least) (and yes, 5 terms did seem the right amount!):</p> <p>1. No-fuss<br /> 2. Thermal<br /> 3. Off-Center<br /> 4. Hip<br /> 5. Frilly Girl</p> <p>...Hmm. What a crazy list! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667607 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:20:17 +0000 Mo 667607@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find it quite interesting to see that we all used 5 terms to fully describe our different styles' parameters. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667523 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:34:18 +0000 JR 667523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy, that sounds very, very close to where I think I will end up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667390 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:06:17 +0000 Mama Susie 667390@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for this! I too was wondering what the term meant. It's going to take. Me some time too, I'm still trying to figure out my body shape lol, but it seems like a great tool! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667364 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:54:59 +0000 goldenpig 667364@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine is:<br /> 1. Color or contrast<br /> 2. Matchy Matchy<br /> 3. Pattern<br /> 4. Fitted<br /> 5. Flair</p> <p>Here are some examples of outfits that match my rubric:<br /> <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/refining-my-style-rubric-may-outfit-retrospective-and-new-list" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....d-new-list</a></p> <p>The outfits that I feel the most fab in have most, if not all of these aspects in them. It also helps me figure out why certain outfits don't feel like me--like if it's lacking color or flair etc. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667346 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:23:22 +0000 Anonymous 667346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I came up with CLASS for mine and it has helped me figure out why an outfit makes me happy, or doesn't.<br /> C-Classic<br /> L- Ladylike<br /> A- Accessorized<br /> S- Structure<br /> S- Surprise element </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667210 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:11:11 +0000 JulieJohn 667210@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You people are all so much fun! I learn so much every day from you great ones. I'm puzzled but I'm determined to solve the Rubric's cube. Sorry, couldn't resist. JR thanks for this post. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667103 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:25:47 +0000 biscuitsmom 667103@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fascinating! Need to develop mine </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667101 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:24:13 +0000 JR 667101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's going to take me a while to articulate where I'm at, I guess. For now, I know that balance is key for me, like it is in almost everything. Balance between reason and passion, faith and science, your needs and my needs... In fashion: classic and funky, romantic and gritty, time-tested and surprising... I don't know: classic eclectic? That sounds good. (I know, you can't answer this. I haven't posted any pictures yet.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667019 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:55:53 +0000 Mo 667019@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>FWIW, I narrowed mine down to SHRiFT</p> <p>streamlined<br /> hardware<br /> repetition<br /> fitted<br /> texture </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667008 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:48:46 +0000 rae 667008@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good link hunting, Julie!</p> <p>If it helps you any, my rubric is:<br /> - bright<br /> - dark<br /> - structure<br /> - waist-demarcation<br /> - toughness </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667007 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:48:27 +0000 jayne 667007@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>my rubic is classic with a feminine touch, structure masculine touch and a surpise element (usuallly color) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-667006 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:48:15 +0000 Mo 667006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I took a stab at this, as well, and found it very helpful. <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/copycatting-the-rubric-idea" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....ubric-idea</a> Also maybe look into Aida's list <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/style-journey-via-aidas-list" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....aidas-list</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-666995 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:39:58 +0000 JR 666995@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, ladies! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-666966 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:07:04 +0000 Transcona Shannon 666966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, that's the one Julie - thanks for the link! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-666965 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:06:09 +0000 RoseandJoan 666965@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon I think this was your thread in which Rae coined the term<br /> <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-restrained-va-va-voom" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....va-va-voom</a><br /> Correct me if I am mistaken. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-666963 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:04:33 +0000 Transcona Shannon 666963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey JR - this term was coined when a few of us starting talking about what elements in our outfits made that outfit work for us and made us feel good. Not individual items like this particular blouse or that particular skirt, but elements such as structure or colour.</p> <p>I was working on honing in on my personal style and started to realize there were certain things that made me feel good. My rubric includes: structure, colour, classic, retro/vintage and urban. When I include one or more of these elements into an outfit, this is when I tend to feel the most like "me". </p> <p>I hope this helps - I know Rae and Goldenpig (Natalie) also have rubrics, as well as a few others that I can't think of off the top of my head. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-666962 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:01:45 +0000 Anonymous 666962@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm all ears because I never caught the full meaning of this, either. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/rubric-1#post-666956 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:55:54 +0000 JR 666956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, I've seen the term "my rubric" twice today, and I have no idea what it means in this context. Fill a newbie in, please? </p>