https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 12 May 2026 16:52:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that/page/2#post-537602 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:06:45 +0000 Aziraphale 537602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@IK -- my daughter's 8. We do have parallels. She's got a hamster rather than a big hairy spider, but we've had plenty of escaped-hamster-related emergencies. When I saw the title of your "tarantula emergency" thread, I had assumed it was something similar. :-)</p> <p>Glad you are still able to wear necklaces! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that/page/2#post-536885 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:29:55 +0000 Abie 536885@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just wanted to commiserate, I'm in Austin too. In the past no matter how much I tried I ended up in a uniform of walking shorts or capris with a super lightweight tshirt and sandals by May-Sept. </p> <p>I love boots, jackets, sweaters.. *sigh*</p> <p>I have a new plan for this year though and I am sort of optimistic. I've ordered some custom sundresses. I'm also going to explore making some skirts in prints I love. I've got my eye on a couple of denim jackets that I plan to alter into short sleeve, and I'm going to explore adding in some super lightweight cotton toppers that add interest but aren't thick enough to be hot. </p> <p>Making jewelry out of fabric is another thing I'm going to try out. </p> <p>I'm trying to put most of my inspiration into the colors and patterns of the fabrics. I think that is the best option I have.</p> <p>Here's a couple of the fabrics I'm having the dresses made in, </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that/page/2#post-536867 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:12:47 +0000 Suz 536867@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IK, I feel your pain. I know I would find your climate extremely difficult to dress for. We have a couple of weeks each summer like that and it is tough. Layers are out of the question, except in air con. and I can't stand the feeling of necklaces or scarves in that kind of weather. I think the solution is really simple but striking cuts in wovens, which I'm sure you know. But yeah, they get yukky looking fast. And it's more fun to dress for fall and spring. </p> <p>Winters are long and boring where I live and often very cold, and springs are wet, cold, miserable and completely inhospitable to the lovely bright spring fashions (they look ridiculous and are totally impractical for our actual weather in spring). So sometimes I grumble about that. But it is preferable to your situation for sure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that/page/2#post-536853 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:01:06 +0000 ironkurtin 536853@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello Elisabeth!</p> <p>I actually only have the necklace problem in the heat. I can wear them and other jewelry in other temps just fine. Although wearing earrings while skiing is a literal pain in the ear!</p> <p>I would do wristwear but I type on a keyboard all day long, and it gets in the way. Although I do love the soft leather wrap kind of the tight cuffs.</p> <p>Fussy, aren't I?!</p> <p>And DD is almost 8. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that/page/2#post-536851 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:57:10 +0000 Aziraphale 536851@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh IK, it sounds like you and I have a lot in common. I, too, can no longer wear necklaces because they give me a rash (in any weather, but much more quickly in hot weather). I'm sad because I have quite a few necklaces I just love. You're about my age, too I think. When did you have to give them up? I haven't really worn them since I was 35. </p> <p>This is what I do now: I collect wrist-wear. I have a Chen Lu 5-wrap bracelet (brown leather and gray pearls) that is my absolute fave, but I own a quite a few in various styles. The cuff or wrap types are good because they don't bangle around and they're very visible. Tiny chains don't add a lot of style to the outfit because you can barely see them. </p> <p>I admit that bracelets are a major annoyance when you've looking after small children, but mine are old enough now that most days a bracelet is not bothersome. </p> <p>btw how old is your tarantula-owning child? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that/page/2#post-536817 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:33:05 +0000 jenanded 536817@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Ironkurtin I feel your pain... I am in Brisbane Australia and its umpteen degrees and humidity STILL - the tshirts/cotton/linen are just washed to a thread, scarves, necklaces, boots are feeling lonely and hounding to be let free. The shops are full of fur scarves, layers, colours etc. Just put a pair of suede boots on layby... We will be begging for the few cooler days to wear everything nice we own all the time. At least in air con I get to wear a linen jacket for a few hours a day... So thank you for reflecting on imaginary lives and the important role they play - and so I don't totally feel I am in a total fashion wasteland! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that/page/2#post-536802 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:24:54 +0000 Carole 536802@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think we always want what we can't have. Your heat sounds lovely to me. Nothing but gray skies and rain here almost year round, ok, well July August and September are good months, but I lust after spring and summer clothes, sandals etc. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that/page/2#post-536801 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:24:33 +0000 Lisa 536801@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I understand this, I do not like dressing for our 4 season climate either. I'd rather stay in cooler weather and wear layers all day. I always cringe when the hotter months come along. And I limit purchasing investment pieces for the hotter months because they just don't last like the winter one's do. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that/page/2#post-536782 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:19:37 +0000 Isis 536782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know how even a necklace can be too hot.....</p> <p>There is still awesome earrings......</p> <p>And awesome sandals.......</p> <p>.(IK; I can't wait to see your sandals if they are anything like your boot collection!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-536718 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:35:37 +0000 ironkurtin 536718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Want to hear the sad part? It gets so hot here I can't wear any sort of necklace. The sweat gets caught in it and it gives me a rash.</p> <p>True story. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-536714 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:30:37 +0000 Aziraphale 536714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ironkurtin, I absolutely understand your pain! Texas would kill me. </p> <p>How about you start accumulating awesome jewellery (if you haven't already) so you can add interest to your summer outfits without adding insulation? I get tired of summer clothes faster than fall/winter clothes, too, for some reason -- although I love that I can go sleeveless everywhere in the summer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-536424 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:02:10 +0000 mrseccentric 536424@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo - thanx! and absolutely - we have dry heat here, which is NOTHING like with humidity! that said, 100F is still hot (especially for weeks on end).</p> <p>and IronKurtin, i would have said the same myself until about one or two years ago. In other words, it took me pretty much a decade to decide to make my peace with this new climate - i cannot fault ANYONE for not doing so themselves!</p> <p>Another element which i think made a big difference for me is that i sew a lot of my own clothes. Actually, taking a look at what i posted, the seersucker (brilliant in the heat) jacket is the only piece i didn't make myself.</p> <p>What can i tell ya. I didn't say it was easy!!! hang in there and have a great day! steph </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-535488 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:32:18 +0000 ironkurtin 535488@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! I LOVED living in Berkeley back when I was a brighteyed student. I also loved my summers in the Arizona mountains. And in the LA Valley where I grew up. But I was younger and more robust then.</p> <p>I have a lot of nice summer things and I'll show 'em off come bazillion degree weather. But I just don't like summer duds as much as winter ones. I don't like having to shave my legs all the time. Or being unable to wear jeans or boots. Or sweating the second I step outside. Or getting heatstroke and bug bites. Or having to be super fit to feel attractive in the scanty clothing I need to wear to survive.</p> <p>I still layer in summer. I just like layering in winter more. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-535392 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:26:29 +0000 Mo 535392@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cute looks Steph! The natural fibers are a godsend for sure. But I have to say (having lived in both), CA Bay Area inland hot and southern US hot are two different animals. I would be screaming, ripping at my legs in look #4 in Louisianna or Florida, or Texas on the Gulf coast. Just sayin' </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-535378 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:07 +0000 mrseccentric 535378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, IK, Ana, etc. i understand your emotions! when i married 12 years ago i moved inland from Berkeley, California. Lovely lovely lovely fog almost every day, no need for air conditioning, i wore layers layers layers, tweedy deets and scarves and tights galore! It was a perfect fit with all of my natural style loves and i never ever had to think about what i wanted to wear - i just did.</p> <p>A mere dozen miles inland meant colder winters but also much much hotter and longer summers. Just about every tactic i used to pull looks together was a big no-go in 90-100F heat. I had always been interested in style, and decided after a while that i wanted to use this opportunity to expand my style instead of just settling. I have to say that i have learned so much about my own style and style in general by grabbing the bull by the horns (yes, i am a Taurus and discovering how to dress like ME in these unpromising circumstances.</p> <p>And the even happier part is that this has reverberated into my fall/winter style, revitalizing and refining it more than i thought possible.</p> <p>I don't think i'd ever choose to live in this type of climate, given me druthers. But i am So Glad that i decided to dress for myself in this situation - it's made a huge, completely positive difference in my style! And even better i don't have to wait for 'something else' in order to enjoy dressing. We can never be certain that that other circumstance will unfold for us, after all.</p> <p>I apologize for taking this thread in an inspirational direction - i hope you understand steph</p> <p>p.s. just a couple 'hot looks' that i love </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534685 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:13:37 +0000 ironkurtin 534685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anya, you should move to Austin! You'll never wear layers - especially those kinds of layers - ever again! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534652 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:54:35 +0000 Anonymous 534652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>it's super cold here (-13C) and I dream at my pretty sundresses and pumps and sandals while i trudge to the snow on the side-walks , wind blowing in my face. I had a cami, a sweater, a blazer a puffer coat ( belted ofc) jeans and boots, and i was thinking "maybe I should have layered tights underneath the jeans".<br /> Or yesterday, when I did the cami , dress , cardi , boots , leggings , coat, and "there's 5 inches of leg uncounted for and it's freezing". So please please look at the bright side.<br /> As for weather as nice as autumn and spring, yeah, I believe you, I'd miss that too ( summer can get too hot and boring). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534359 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:36:11 +0000 Ana 534359@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha, Vicki! Good point. I remember my grandmother telling me that I should be happy because the humidity would keep me from getting wrinkles (Ha! Turns out not to be true at all!). Actually, I just got back from Idaho and had terribly itchy skin on my legs a couple of days until I put a ton of moisturizer on. I guess it is a silver lining I don't have to worry about that. Although, I do get heat rash sometimes, so maybe it's a wash. ; )</p> <p>Back to IK's original comment, I do think there are more interesting design details and just more style in the Fall/Winter collections in general. I wonder why that is? Maybe it's just that there are more details that I happen to like. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534356 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:32:08 +0000 MsMaven 534356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like your spirit. Surely there is a way to inject some fantasy into the every day wardrobe. What fun to try and figure it out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534337 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:21:26 +0000 Vicki 534337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IK, I'm not a summer fashion lover and, guess what, I live in California! I prefer the other seasons, so I can wear the things I like (boots, jeans, jackets, etc) and what I don't like to wear are shorts and sleeveless tops and I don't own these except for a couple of knee-length pairs of fitted walking shorts. In the summer, I don't usually run too hot, but I still keep my tees rather light in fabrication. Aside to Ana, didn't StacyJo say that honey is very hydrating to our skin? That could be the silver lining in your sauna! I think there is the practical side, but finding fashion in it is key. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534317 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:08:36 +0000 Ana 534317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think my dream would be to have a summer home in Seattle and then winter in Austin. I love the winter and spring here (not counting all the spring allergies we have), but knowing what is coming kind of takes the shine off. If there are a string of gorgeous 80 degree days...in FEBRUARY...it's hard to enjoy knowing that means this summer will be particularly bad. </p> <p>Barbara, I think your post is really good! There must be a balance. </p> <p>Laura, thank you! : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534301 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:58:24 +0000 velvetychocolate 534301@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sveta's onto something here! </p> <p>I wonder what the opposite of 'snowbird' is? Places like Seattle need to get on this bandwagon, and start offering up summer getaways to "cool." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534284 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:44:24 +0000 Barbara 534284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IMHO, perhaps we should shop NOT ONLY for the lives we live, i.e., somewhat practical, but ALSO shop for fun, totally fabulous purchases that reflect a COMPLETELY different lifestyle. Hence my mild addiction to animal print. And a fascination with anything Rachel Zoe wears. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534282 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:36:53 +0000 Laura 534282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha, Ana! Covered in honey and stuck in a sauna. Brilliant description!</p> <p>I do understand though. Not sure how I would live without sweaters, jeans and boots, and not getting to wear those except a couple of months a year? Eeep. Why don't you all move up here to Chicago? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534280 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:36:02 +0000 Laura 534280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha, Ana! Covered in honey and stuck in a sauna. Brilliant description!</p> <p>I do understand though. Not sure how I would live without sweaters, jeans and boots, and not getting to wear those except a couple of months a year? Eeep. Why don't you all move up here to Chicago? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534260 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:16:25 +0000 Sharon 534260@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL at Vildy. I am wondering how a "no hootchie mama" dress policy would be expressed in bureaucracy-speak.<br /> IK, living in a warm climate, I sympathize. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534258 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:13:51 +0000 Mo 534258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ana - I totally get the frustration! It is STILL 80 here in FL. Some summer looks can be airy and feminine but mostly it's just no fun. I'll be happy to go home to my mountain closet very soon </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534248 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:07:46 +0000 Ana 534248@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo, that's a good point. I sort of took the post to be more about blowing off steam than an actual plan of action. I definitely try to purchase items for my climate and lifestyle. I think IK's point was that what is appropriate for our climate just doesn't really light her sartorial fires. I feel the same way, and I just accept that's the way things are. Then I go shopping for short shorts. : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534221 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:44:51 +0000 Mo 534221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, unless you want to live the fantasy and dress in what you buy, no matter if it matches your life or not, it really is a losing proposition. I should know, I have had what amounted to lovely closet decorations for years that never once made it onto my body. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-for-the-life-you-live---nuts-to-that#post-534186 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:20:06 +0000 LoP 534186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had these thoughts passing through my mind as I got dressed this morning. </p>