https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:05:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card/page/2#post-2101609 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 05:26:15 +0000 Suz 2101609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yup -- I think the year of no shopping is really going to be a game changer. It gives you a re-set. And for sure -- it makes no sense to pay $30 for returns of an item! Horrid. I hope that is going to change for us soon!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card/page/2#post-2101561 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 01:17:14 +0000 Anonymous 2101561@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To your question , Angie : no. Don’t recall seeing it . My store definitely didn’t stock all colours . I don’t love this sweater enough to even justify the 3 I bought - I must lost my mind that day . In the proper size , it’s waaay too vavoom. </p> <p>Suz - I usually trust my intuition too , and I can usually tell within a second if I like something on me or not . I’m paying $30 an item to return to Nordstrom and I don’t like it. ( That’s where the bulk of my online shopping has been done .)It really is crazy . Until it’s free in Canada , I’m out .( Obviously The Bay and BR are a different story ). Anyways , with battening down the hatches on shopping this year , I hope to eliminate this whole issue. Sorry for odd spacing and punctuation - I’m typing and editing on my phone </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card/page/2#post-2101539 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 22:17:29 +0000 Anonymous 2101539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love Runcarla's and Inge's suggestions for the leather shorts, and think mules or tall boots especially with them. I haven't been wearing my low cut booties either. They seem to be easiest with full length wide leg or bootcut pants. The charcoal grey would be nice with your blushes and mustards. I had a flappy jacket like that too though, and ended up passing it on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card/page/2#post-2101509 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 20:47:24 +0000 Suz 2101509@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So...I should clarify. The 8 times-worn shooties were actually in my closet for about 3 years before I let them go. They were a dressier shoe and I knew they wouldn't get a lot of wear -- I just didn't anticipate how little. They fit nicely and felt great. But our weather made them hard to wear and when my hair went grey I let them go because the colour no longer worked so well in my wardrobe.&nbsp;</p> <p>As for other items...I definitely hold onto seldom worn dressier items. I know when I buy them these things won't get a lot of wear, but I need them anyway. If they fit and look good, I keep them.&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm much, much quicker to return items bought online now. If they don't feel right in my try-on sessions, for whatever reason, I send them back. Most things are cost-free to return, or I return them in-store, so it is free, or I swallow that cost because it is less than the cost of the item and having it around drags me down. I am lucky that I live in a big metropolitan area for now -- it does make in-store returns a lot easier. And the post office is four blocks away, for postal returns.&nbsp;</p> <p>I tend to go with my gut feelings. If I love it when I put it on, I'll usually love it in the wearing -- although sometimes I can be fooled. Some things don't work out as well in comfort or in durability as we imagine they will. My Cons high-tops fall into that category -- and I duplicated!! (I did get considerable wear from both pairs but I expect to let them go at the end of the year.) Usually, I don't cut tags if I'm in doubt.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here are some items I ordered online &nbsp;(or even bought in store), considered, and then returned -- for whatever reason. Just this year's. No doubt I'm forgetting some...and there will be more to come.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card/page/2#post-2101493 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:52:50 +0000 Suz 2101493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ack! I just lost a reply. Will be back later. I have some thoughts.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card/page/2#post-2101483 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:29:51 +0000 Angie 2101483@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Lisa P</b>, I have a question. Did you this colour? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card/page/2#post-2101451 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 16:43:20 +0000 lyn67 2101451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I struggled with shooties to pants either, but learned they can look good with some skirts. Love they are easier to wear than pumps, but&nbsp; feel lighter than booties-and I have 2.&nbsp;<br />One is all black but kind of a daity texture on the leather, and almost similar to yours here in cut&nbsp; toe and heels-but again, all black. I wear that one to dark pleated midis and pencils all the time (love them with black sheers). <br />I have another (which got unworn for years for the same reasons you mention yourself) a brown&nbsp; shootie with darker rounded rugged toe, wedge heel&nbsp; and&nbsp; a faux chelsea elasticated detail on sides (so much more casual)-that one I wear with a&nbsp; knee length dark grey acid denim skirtb(small split on front)&nbsp; or&nbsp; a brown gingham pencil with letaher buckle detail on waist (both with black sheers to them,&nbsp; too).</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card/page/2#post-2101330 Sat, 22 Feb 2020 23:36:05 +0000 Anonymous 2101330@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been thinking about you all weekend,<b> Suz</b> - vis a vis your remarks about not hanging onto unworn or less-than-great pieces for very long before passing them along. &nbsp;I have to say, since I started buying more things on-line, the number of less-than-great pieces I have has grown dramatically. &nbsp;I'm accepting things I normally wouldn't because I don't want to keep eating the cost of returns. This didn't really dawn on me until today - duh. &nbsp;These boots are perfectly nice, but for the price, they aren't *that* great. &nbsp;Kind of a flat look, and had I been passing by them in the store, I doubt I even would have tried them on. &nbsp;I know others here on the forum have them and love them , but they are better at adapting that western look than I am. &nbsp;I may let these go in a month or two if I haven't found a way to make them look like me.</p> <p><b>Sal</b> - good advice about getting my jeans to the tailor. Thanks for the nudge!</p> <p><b>Marilyn</b> - thanks, I've been working hard on a new eating plan and I'm loving the results.</p> <p><b>gryffin</b> - great to hear from you ! &nbsp;Nice to know I'm not the only one who struggles with low-cut shoe/boots. &nbsp;I think if I had a sweater or jacket in the same cognac colour, I'd feel like I could make a true look out of them. As it is, they don't work with as much as I though they would. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2101328 Sat, 22 Feb 2020 23:10:39 +0000 Suz 2101328@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm enjoying reading all the suggestions. I am not sure I have anything useful to add. But I can commiserate about the booties -- they look great, but I also find it hard to wear very low shaft boots. Or shooties. Or whatever they are. I had a bronze pair I adored in theory but I only wore them about 8 times before letting them go.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2101301 Sat, 22 Feb 2020 20:49:49 +0000 Sal 2101301@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My pick of these three is the boots and I would let them be the star! I think it is worth experimenting a bit as they are a fun piece with a great heel height.</p> <p>I prefer your longer leather pants on your other post by miles so you are sorted there.</p> <p>And I think you should get the bootcuts hemmed- an easy no buy addition to your closet:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2101253 Sat, 22 Feb 2020 16:53:42 +0000 Roxanna 2101253@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Lisa you are so right. Spring can be a flash in Toronto too - and who knows when, and if, it comes. Sometimes all of June is spring like weather - sometimes it feels like we go straight from May to August heat. And then things that I didn't realize were more spring appropriate for me (shorter shaft booties, thick cardis that I realize I wear more as outer layers) go unworn. Trying to be fashionable in Canadian weather is a battle all its own. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2101250 Sat, 22 Feb 2020 16:35:51 +0000 cindysmith 2101250@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm adventurous enough to do the faux leather shorts with the ankle booties, a brown top, and the faux leather jacket. Very late 70s/early 80s feeling to me </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2101106 Sat, 22 Feb 2020 02:33:56 +0000 Marilyn 2101106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha!&nbsp; I have a pair of fantastic looking bootcuts waiting to be hemmed too. For like 2 months. &nbsp; My excuse is it's too damned snowy in Ottawa to wear them anyway.&nbsp; I also have a pair of nice straights that need to be hemmed to a cropped length for my short little legs.&nbsp; Ummm......No good excuse for that one. LOL </p> <p>Hey, it's great that you've slimmed down a bit.&nbsp; I know that weighs on you so it must feel good.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2101056 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:12:48 +0000 notsaf 2101056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe this has been said above, but perhaps it's a case of these all bring better suited to a slightly different season? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2101055 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:10:41 +0000 Anonymous 2101055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha - Sara - spring in Manitoba lasts for about 5 minutes. It's cold and miserable , until it's not. And then we are into shorts and open toe shoes. &nbsp;Nothing blooms until well into May and then the temperature climbs right into the 20's . &nbsp;It's a very tricky season.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2101051 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:07:48 +0000 Anonymous 2101051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>DeAnna</b> - you're reading my mind re the grey jacket. I'd love to have a cognac or hazelnut coloured silk top for this reason. &nbsp;I've learned/decided that the best way to wear cool tones is to mix them with warmer shades (<b>thanks to Roxanna for t</b>his) . Other wise I look too washed out.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Inge</b> - loving the idea of the grey jacket worn casually with a t and jeans. &nbsp;I think it's the best use for it. &nbsp;</p> <p><b>Marilyn</b> - we are so similar with footwear it kills me . &nbsp;I think about every pair of boots I've owned, and my favourites are NEVER lower-cut ones like this. &nbsp;</p> <p><b>Denise</b> - now you're talking. Customizing some skinnies with a side vent thing is a GREAT idea. &nbsp;And I definitely could use a printed /top of some kind to make this look (a la Janet) I don't own grey jeans or footwear, which is likely a big reason the &nbsp;jacket hasn't been worn. &nbsp;</p> <p><b>Angie</b> - you nailed it. DULL grey it is. A flat finish, too. &nbsp; And yes to an earthier toned top. Must locate one &nbsp; &nbsp;No to full length straights - don't really wear this type &nbsp;of pant as I feel too mannish in them. Full length bootcuts - I am embarrassed to tell you that I have several pair in my closet that have gone unworn for the better part of a year &nbsp;because they need hemming.....and that never happens. &nbsp;These boots are a great example of buying something that requires too many other purchases to make them work. Grr. &nbsp;</p> <p>And now for the <b>funny/not really part: &nbsp;the shorts</b>. &nbsp;I put on a pair of tights, then the shorts. &nbsp;And laughed. &nbsp;They are far too big now - as in at least a size too big if not more . &nbsp;And of course now I'm obsessed with them because of all of your great ideas - big shirts, sweatshirts and flat form sneakers etc. &nbsp;But nope, not going to reorder. &nbsp;Lesson learned and into the donate bag they went. With tights still on, I figured I'd try another piece I've never worn - a satin-y bias cut midi slip skirt in black. &nbsp;Slid right off me. &nbsp;Tag still on and everything but way past any opportunity to return it. &nbsp;Another item for the bag - although if I were more motivated , I'd perform some alterations on it but don't want to kid myself that that would happen. &nbsp;Perhaps I should try a tailor .&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;Thank you all for the ideas for the jacket and shoe/boots. &nbsp;I have some good ideas now and will wear the jacket on Monday . &nbsp;Boots - who knows? &nbsp; &nbsp;Looks like they will end up being &nbsp;a jeans/black sweater look. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2101050 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:07:46 +0000 Roxanna 2101050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know, it wasn't until your comment on Janet's post about the low shaft on that boot that I realized - I have a hard time with low shaft booties too! First of all - they are too cold for our winters, and I would only wear them with opaque black hosiery, so they would have to be black or is go without hose. Secondly I find them hard to pair with pants - I like boots that go with multiple styles of pants, not ones I can only wear with skinnies or bootcuts for example. And now that I am over skinnies, I only wear short boots with ankle pants. However those really are beautiful so maybe you wear them in spring as a neutral with ankle length pants? That's how I wear the white ones I bought from you.</p> <p>As for the leather shorts - I would wear those with opaque black hose and heels or oxfords or flat Boots that are streamlined. Pair with a chunky sweater or streamlined top. I see you rocking this look once you figure out the components. Also they would be great with a gilet or even a short vest. Think of them as a midi - may make it more versatile in your mind. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2101046 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 22:42:34 +0000 Sara L. 2101046@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those shorts are great but I have no idea how to style them.&nbsp; I like the suggestions you have here but it sounds like they may be easier to style in the spring when it's not quite so cold.&nbsp; That might be the problem with all 3 of these items - easier to style in warmer weather.&nbsp; I don't know how your springs are but they last forever here.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2101025 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 21:21:02 +0000 RobinF 2101025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was thinking the shorts would be the most difficult but you have gotten some great ideas here! Definitely try them with the booties.</p> <p>Gray is a nice neutral with most colors I think. Just about any color top you like with jeans or as someone already said, a column of color. They are great pieces, hope you find a way to make them work.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2101017 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 20:42:44 +0000 DeAnna 2101017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the grey jacket would look good with a top that is a cognac color, or a brown earth tone with skinny jeans and the boots. Its would be beautiful with your hair color. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2100976 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 19:24:34 +0000 Inge 2100976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> <div>Lots of brilliant itdeas already, Lisa, and all 3 pieces are fab. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Full-length bootcuts, flares or wide legs will definitely be fab with the <b>booties</b> (I know, not practical for right now). Also like the idea of trying them with the shorts. Or with a dress perhaps?</div><div><br /></div><div>The <b>waterfall jacket</b>. How about pairing it with joggers, cargo pants, or chinos + booties or (high-top) sneakers?</div><div>Love the idea of the grey with white jeans (extra yay for citron;-). Or like Denise says, if you have grey jeans and then white, citron or top in a colour you love with your complexion. Fab jewellery is a given :-)</div><div>And how about pairing it with a dress or tube skirt?</div><div>Mid-blue jeans + white tee + necklace like visual below is nice too.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Shorts</b>. Would they work with the waterfall jacket?</div><div>I like the idea of pairing them with a long cardigan too. Or faux or semi-tucking a relaxed-fit chunkier sweater + booties or sneakers. Some of the visuals below are leather skirts, but I think they would work just as well with shorts like yours.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2100969 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 19:12:01 +0000 Marilyn 2100969@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> <div>I don't have any styling suggestions but low shaft boots are a no for me.&nbsp; I find them awkward.&nbsp; They're too high to work like a shoe and too low to work like a bootie, IMO.&nbsp; I ordered a navy pair last fall and promptly returned them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Those shorts look super cool on the model but yeesh....I'm not sure how I'd style them either.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I like the way they're styled in the photo with the tall boot and slouchy sweater but I doubt I could pull that off.<br /></div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2100945 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:25:46 +0000 Cardiff girl 2100945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are all really cool pieces and you ve now got some smashing ideas on new ways to wear them.l feel an outfit lab coming on! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2100944 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:23:52 +0000 CocoLion 2100944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the booties and the teddy jacket would look great together. &nbsp;Then I would customize some straight legged jeans. &nbsp;I carefully removed the outside seam of some straights (4-6") so they look like a narrow bootcut with a split hem. &nbsp;Falls beautifully over this kind of footwear. &nbsp;As for a top -- black to pick up the black in the booties or? red? or turquoise? &nbsp;Warmer toned accessories might work best with this outfit.</p> <p>As for the grey jacket, it seems like more of a spring item. &nbsp;Do you have grey jeans? &nbsp;Grey shoes? &nbsp;If so that could pull together a quick on the go outfit with a simple white tee and as someone else said, lots of silver jewelry. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2100933 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:07:44 +0000 Christina F. 2100933@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>You've got some good suggestions. I just want to add my two cents on keeping the booties - if, as Barbara Diane suggests, you can return them, you may want to do that.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>But if you have worn them, then if I were you, I'd wait to assess them with Spring outfits allowing some ankle showing (like Jenn suggests), OR will full length bootcut jeans, like nemosmom suggests. I have the same Frye shooties as nemosmom, and that's how I prefer to wear them with pants (I also wear them with skirts and dresses). My gut tells me that cropped bootcuts wouldn't work as well but I haven't tried that look yet myself since I can't wear anything but sneakers right now after my foot surgery.</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2100931 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:03:51 +0000 Angie 2100931@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you have full length straights for the boots? Or bootcut pants?&nbsp;</p> <p>Wear the dull grey jacket over an EARTHY or bright sleeveless top over cropped flares. Adds chunky mixed metal jewellery.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2100930 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:02:34 +0000 Janet 2100930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get a ton of wear out of those boots, but I wear full-length pants and jeans almost exclusively so the height of the shaft is a non-issue for me. I like the ideas gryffin shared, and also wonder whether just embracing the height of those booties with cropped or cuffed pants in the spring may work better for you. You have good legs and can probably rock that look. </p> <p>I like the idea of pairing the grey jacket with prints or the McQueen scarf to temper the color. That’s what I do with jackets that are not my absolute best color (I have a rust one that I love but pair it with prints with blue, or black and white). </p> <p>The shorts are totally cool as a wild card. I say play with the stylings others have mentioned! </p> <p>That teddy jacket is adorable too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2100929 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:02:09 +0000 Angie 2100929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Try this for the shorts:&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2100926 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:44:44 +0000 Barbara Diane 2100926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Try the above ideas before considering donating. I think they could work.<br />And, this is not popular on the forum, but if you haven't worn the booties at all, I would return them to Nordstroms (assuming that's where you got them) for a full refund.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/styling-suggestions-wanted-2-nas-lemmings-and-one-wild-card#post-2100924 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:26:25 +0000 nemosmom 2100924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> <div>I have a similar pair of booties (shooties?) and this year I've worn them with full length bootcut jeans or boyfriend jeans, cuffed at the ankle. On top, I've done a larger chunky knit sweater by itself, and a thinner turtleneck with a chore or denim jacket (with uniqlo puffer vest under the jacket for warmth).&nbsp; I like your teddy trucker jacket but maybe not with the bootie, and think a black puffer would look really great with them. I think Janet has your snake booties; maybe she will weigh in with some ideas.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Afraid I'm not much help for the waterfall blazer or leather shorts - I don't wear either silhouette well, so I don't have any styling experience with them.<br /></div></p>