https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:53:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2368186 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 04:45:22 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2368186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Samoa sounds and looks beautiful. Your vacation agenda sounds perfect to me, too. And you look fabulous, chic, and relaxed. Thanks for the update! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2368181 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 03:12:23 +0000 Sal 2368181@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Jules!&nbsp; It is a lovely part of the world. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2368087 Sun, 18 Aug 2024 22:44:52 +0000 Jules 2368087@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks amazing and so do you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2368022 Fri, 16 Aug 2024 23:14:21 +0000 Sal 2368022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Suz and SlimCat! It really is lovely.</p> <p>The skirt was a bit unlucky. I could do a direct replacement as it is still available - on sale - I am trying to hold off shopping til the 1st September and our house is back together. It was a workhorse last summer - so that might be a good plan. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2368015 Fri, 16 Aug 2024 22:03:02 +0000 slim cat 2368015@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful place and lovely pictures! You look great in every outfit! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367974 Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:54:22 +0000 Suz 2367974@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a beautiful place! I'm glad your capsule worked so well for you. I love you in the printed blouse! And I am not surprised that those palazzo pants are huge winners for you. They are lovely. Sorry to hear about the ripped skirt, though!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367925 Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:03:41 +0000 Sal 2367925@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks all.&nbsp; It probably isn't a travel location that many people from the US and Canada get to.&nbsp; NZers seem to mostly head to Fiji - I might try that one day but prefer a more out and about vacation than a resort vacation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367797 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 12:11:30 +0000 Dee 2367797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow looks and sounds like an awesome experience. Thanks for sharing these lovely photos of your trip. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367778 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 22:17:13 +0000 MsMaven 2367778@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful photos--cheered up my day. Thank you.</p> <p>I love your pants. The colorful pants and the simple top made a fabulous outfit.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367776 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 22:07:31 +0000 Sal 2367776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks all!&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>American Samoa is much smaller than Samoa, and is a US Territory so people can live in the US but not as citizens (I think).&nbsp; Apparently it is beautiful there but has one of the least healthy populations in the world due to the diet.</p> <p>Samoa is part of Polynesia like Tonga, Rarotonga, Niue and Hawaii.&nbsp; NZ has treated Samoa very poorly in the past which an ex PM apologised for.&nbsp; But there are strong relationships now - lots of Samoan people live in NZ, and many come here for seasonal work.&nbsp; It is one of the most Christian nations in the world and there are a lot of churches, definitely the most impressive architecture on the island.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367772 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:59:07 +0000 April 2367772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Samoa but not American Samoa - thanks for the primer and for sharing your packing skills with us! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367763 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:08:26 +0000 Angie 2367763@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WOW! Tropical, beautiful, and wonderful! Glad you have a fabulous time, <b>Sal </b>:)</p> <p>Those patterned pants are the bomb! What a GREAT addition to your wardrobe. You look amazing in them! And the blouse in #14 works beautifully with your complexion and the setting!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367760 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:37:26 +0000 Helena 2367760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a stunning place! Sal I disagree that it was not a fashionable trip ... Your prints look fantastic on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367758 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:13:24 +0000 JAileen 2367758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful pictures! &nbsp;You look wonderful, too! &nbsp;Thanks for sharing. &nbsp;</p> <div><br /></div><div>Our church has several Samoan families. &nbsp;Why they would leave that paradise for this high desert is beyond me. &nbsp;Jobs, probably. &nbsp;They often wear their traditional outfits on Sunday. &nbsp;Some are bright, but others are subtle. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>ETA: I guess they were from American Samoa.</div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367754 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:43:16 +0000 Star (Lise) 2367754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing Sal!&nbsp; Looks wonderful.&nbsp; You look beautifully relaxed in pic 14. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367752 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:14:04 +0000 Irina 2367752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the report - what a beautiful place! Glad you had wonderful vacation! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367744 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:25:51 +0000 cat2 2367744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, gorgeous! I love a good tropical vacation. We do Hawaii, which is close to us. And dream of doing Tahiti, which would be a trek. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367743 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:19:39 +0000 RobinF 2367743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the pictures! Sounds like a great trip!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367730 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 08:32:25 +0000 Jenni NZ 2367730@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How beautiful! We have never been. My DD2 has and loved it. We keep going to Rarotonga or Fiji instead. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367726 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 05:55:22 +0000 Sal 2367726@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Added the photos now!</p> <p>Yes I think these sorts of pieces are really useful on a summer vacation - and the colours were just perfect for me.&nbsp; The red swimsuit is really good - I like my blue one too, but I think the red is even better.&nbsp; Brand is Sealevel. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367725 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 05:10:28 +0000 Carla 2367725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isn’t it wild how a vivid printed item (like the palazzo pants) can become a workhorse?! &nbsp;Unexpected, and yet it happens again, and again! &nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>BTW, the red bathing suit is a stunner!</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/samoa-report#post-2367724 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 04:48:28 +0000 Sal 2367724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am just back from a week in Samoa - such a beautiful spot.&nbsp; We have a large Samoan population in NZ so it was wonderful to visit.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>For those that don't know, Samoa is a Polynesian independent nation, that was a colony of Germany and then NZ.&nbsp; There are two main islands, plus a host of smaller ones.&nbsp; It is different to American Samoa.</p> <p>We spent four days at some beach fale (huts), on Lalomanu Beach which was impacted by the 2008 Tsunami.&nbsp; We had a day in Apia and a couple of nights at a different resort at the other end of the island.&nbsp; Walking, swimming and reading were the main activities with some cultural events, eating and snorkelling in the mix.&nbsp; We met some interesting people from France, Germany, Czechia and Australia at the fale where meals were family style.&nbsp; We saw and participated in Samoan dancing, watched a parade, and swam in a trench, waterfall, cavepool, a swimming pool, on an island where we were the only guests and at a beautiful beach.&nbsp; Samoan people are generous kind and friendly.</p> <p>My packing went well - I could have taken less active wear, and potentially one less pair of shoes.&nbsp; I ripped a skirt on a walk so that did not survive the trip.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/finds/collections/?collection=14277">https://youlookfab.com/finds/c.....tion=14277</a></p> <p>I adjusted my capsule a bit - adding in my linen trousers and taking out a dress.&nbsp;I also added my cashmere tee for the hotel dinner prior to departure.&nbsp; My most worn pieces were my Alamais palazzo pants and the striped tee along with the red swimsuit and birkenstocks.</p> <p>Attaching some photos, not really of outfits as it was not a fashionable trip at all. </p>