https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:28:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1700841 Sat, 23 Jul 2016 21:44:37 +0000 Sal 1700841@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sheath dresses in the most- they tend to flatter my figure the best. I also have a bright pink jacket that attracts attention as well as a green leather jacket. I love wearing a show stopper!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1700774 Sat, 23 Jul 2016 19:23:04 +0000 Anonymous 1700774@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wore this gown to a Black Tie Optional fundraiser dinner. I love the color of it, and its beaded bodice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1700766 Sat, 23 Jul 2016 19:08:21 +0000 Staysfit 1700766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I have quite a few showstoppers but my favorite are dresses. I love a great sheath dress. I feel fab wearing them. I never get tired of them. They are my most flattering look, and I have a great collection of dressy sheaths that makes me happy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1700584 Sat, 23 Jul 2016 13:37:34 +0000 Jazzy Dance 1700584@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This has been so much fun to read. Even without pictures, I can visualize you feeling fab in your most beloved items. I noticed many of the showstopper items were boots, jackets and coats. I guess once the weather cools we can see more pictures of these items!</p> <p> Thanks to all that responded! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1700443 Sat, 23 Jul 2016 04:52:44 +0000 Ledonna N. 1700443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this thread. Even if you don't post pictures I love the descriptions. I can do my own visual. I think a show stopper is something you feel fab in. I could just as well rock a tee and jeans my favorite and be like stop the presses who is that? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1700032 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:11:11 +0000 rachylou 1700032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh now I miss my strapless jumpsuit which Lilypup accidentally destroyed. Somehow snagged a thread. I have a replacement ready to go almost, but it needs hemming. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1700025 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:57:48 +0000 Susie 1700025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Last December I bought a black, 3/4 sleeve alpaca coat with a fur collar that is one of my favorite pieces ever. While probably not&nbsp;traditionally flattering, the&nbsp;style is rather dramatic and I just feel fab in it. It's the first piece that when I bought it, I actually could envision keeping it forever. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699989 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:23:02 +0000 Suzanne (ambergreen) 1699989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You ladies who have posted pix in this thread aren't messing around--YLSF (you look super fabulous)!</p> <p>I used to wear more showstopping pieces in the past when I had a dressier lifestyle in a dressier region of the country. I still have some that I'd be happy to trot out where appropriate (including a stud-trimmed sheath similar to yours, Sharan). </p> <p>I suppose the last such item I wore was something I've had for decades, a vintage velvet shawl-collared jacket with marabou feather cuffs, to Fashion Week here in the fall. They took our pictures...but never posted them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699977 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:02:59 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1699977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get a lot of compliments on a jacket I made that is collarless, two-toned tweed, with zippers inset into the shoulder yoke seams. I feel kind of formal in it, because it's a little dressy (even though I tried to make it less so, with the zipper details) and because I don't wear structured jackets that often. Or maybe I should say I don't wear non-jean or non-moto jackets that often.<br />I would say I feel most fabulous in fairly sleek dresses with heels--and when I wear them, it's usually an occasion. I don't do it often. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699823 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:02:12 +0000 Anonymous 1699823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wouldn't really call any of my clothes showstoppers, but I do have a pair of teal suede boots that I always feel fab in, and a red winter&nbsp;coat with a big collar. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699790 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:04:26 +0000 Author Linda 1699790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A beaded black silk jacket I bought back in the day (90s). I wear it with black silk pants, skirt, or dress. It weighs a ton but the way it fits and shimmers draws compliments every time I wear it. It requires a black tie occasion, though.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699490 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 01:22:38 +0000 catgirl 1699490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Linda, you own that trench.&nbsp; My heart may have just stopped.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699469 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:53:51 +0000 Anonymous 1699469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My style is rather simple. I really love my dressier dresses, but I wouldn't call them showstoppers. I just feel great when I wear them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699336 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 22:03:42 +0000 Anna 1699336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a RL velvet bias cut skirt. It has a paisley pattern on it that you almost can't see because it is so dark. It goes to my ankles and I wear it a lot for dressy occasions with a simple ivory lace blouse or a denim shirt and a wider brown belt. I feel elegant and sophoticated in it. I got it from a thrift shop with the tags still on for $20. It has a 10 inch rip in the seam. I have been sewing for almost 50 years so I took it home and sewed it up. My all time favorite piece of clothing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699282 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 20:54:49 +0000 milehighstyle (Linda) 1699282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My metallic Burberry trench - I wear it a lot in late spring/early fall.&nbsp; My J. Crew bright cobalt wool coat - worn quite often in winter months.&nbsp; Both make me feel very glamorous. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699268 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 20:32:02 +0000 Amy 1699268@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ledonna, I LOVE those outfits on you.</p> <p>I don' t have a picture of my favorite boucle wool jacket with a peplum and zipper trim, but that thing makes me feel like 100 bucks.</p> <p>Also, you can't beat a fancy red dress for grabbing attention, lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699255 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 20:16:47 +0000 Ledonna N. 1699255@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you Jazzy D I do feel fab in them.&nbsp; </p> <p>KL what a pretty dress </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699197 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:38:24 +0000 Keix 1699197@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>1) My very favorite formal dress, which I coveted for years before acquiring it secondhand and now keep in waiting for a "new" dressy occasion that I can rewear it to. Although strapless isn't my best look due to a very small bust, I just adore the black and white floral pattern and the twirly skirt (it has a tulle underskirt giving extra poof).</p> <p>2) My first leather jacket. Classic black moto with zippers. Although I don't wear it as much as I'd like, every time I do I feel like I could take on anything. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699178 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:20:49 +0000 Jazzy Dance 1699178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh man. Ledonna, you rock that look. I am such a huge fan of one-shoulder dressing. Most of all, it's so clear in the photos that you feel ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS in them. Bravo!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699133 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:14:48 +0000 Ledonna N. 1699133@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Made for me and I love them. Wear them very often. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/showstopper-wardrobe-items#post-1699082 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:28:45 +0000 Jazzy Dance 1699082@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you have any beloved wardrobe items that you feel are especially glamorous, stunning or stylish, and that always make you feel super fab?&nbsp;</p> <p>I live an extremely casual life but I have a couple items that make me swoon: a deep plum-colored velvet overcoat, and a wide-leg, long sleeve jumpsuit with impeccable drape. The coat I wear often in the winter; the jumpsuit, not as much as it's pretty dressy.</p> <p>What are your showstopper items? How often do you wear them, and where? How do you feel when you wear them?</p>