https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:10:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/3#post-2206485 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 01:04:40 +0000 anne 2206485@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> <div>I live in the same city as Bijou, and second everything she says. She manages a lot nicer clothes than I do in summer though!</div><div><br /></div><div>One of my frustrations is that I quite like fitted clothes (and I can wear them in the office in summer), but I only work 3 days a week.</div><div><br /></div><div>The rest of the time&nbsp; because of the heat I pretty much wear loose dresses with no</div><div></p> <ul> <li>collar</li> <li>waistband</li> <li>sleeves</li> <li>not even too long (captures the heat under the skirt)</li> </ul> <p>That is pretty style limiting!</div><div><br /></div><div>OTOH we having our coldest winter for a while, although not cold by most standards of YLF people. I have found myself ONLY wearing turtlenecks, and do tend towards a rut of&nbsp; just picking clothes for warmth.<br /></div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/3#post-2206439 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:11:37 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2206439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, sounds like you are kinda stuck with the outerwear. But are there other things about winter wear people mentioned that might make that season of wear more fun (=warmer) for you? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/3#post-2206334 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 05:29:06 +0000 bj1111 2206334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>after i responded, it occurred to me that as a european, you were probably on public transit (bc-19) more than me and that informed your outerwear choices.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>you do summer really well.&nbsp; the juicy colors you've gravitated to really sing during warm weatherl. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/3#post-2206333 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 05:26:32 +0000 anchie 2206333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to wear blazer to the office any time of the year because how cold it is. So there is not much room for additional layer. And this is also limiting factor in my coat and puffer choices because they have to fit over a blazer. I did buy a fitted puffer last winter because I was partially working from home and was not wearing blazers. And when I was going to the office I was wearing wool coats, because of the pandemic I was avoiding the public transport and my husband was driving me everywhere. And wool coat was enough for quick dash from the car to the building. So it is obvious now to me how lifestyle can easily affect our style. If I was driving and my office was warmer I would probably have much more variety in my winter dressing. And I also realized that I can buy something that is strictly casual and will not get worn to the office too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/3#post-2206289 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:58:34 +0000 bj1111 2206289@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>here's the uniqlo packable down jacket that i use. compresses "down" to nothing.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/women-ultra-light-down-jacket-419776.html?dwvar_419776_color=COL69#q=packable%2Bdown&amp;lang=default&amp;start=1">https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/w.....COL69#q=pa</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/3#post-2206286 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:42:10 +0000 Irina 2206286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>bj1111, I would not know about the designer brands but I bought an oversized puffer in 2019 and promptly sold it. Too much air around one’s body, too cold! I haven’t tried a light puffer under a wool coat but thought about it, maybe will try this year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206277 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 23:46:10 +0000 bj1111 2206277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Have you met these stylin’ puffers?</p> <p>The Swedes say there is no bad weather, only bad clothing. I wouldn’t go that far…but a uniqlo packable puff is wonderful under cloth coats </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206234 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:38:00 +0000 nuancedream 2206234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Seattleite here. Dressing, like most everything else, has been very difficult over the past few days with 100 degree plus temps. I had to go into the office yesterday since my condo was simply too hot for WFH. Surprisingly, I really did not care what I wore yesterday or how I even looked just as long as my clothes didn't stick to my skin as walked from my car to my hoteling space. Normally, I really like the ease of summer dressing and pulling out my sandals on a daily basis. Right now, dressing is a chore on which I don't feel like expending much energy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206205 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 18:49:39 +0000 Jonesy 2206205@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am on Team Fall and Winter 100%! This has been a fascinating thread to read. It seems like how we commute (by car or on foot) is really important too, along with color preferences, layering preferences, and how hot or cold we run. Here is my story, to add another data point!</p> <p>I live in the Great Lakes region of the US, so winter temps are quite cold (e.g., in January, average daytime temp is 31 F/-1 C, nighttime temp is 17 F/-8 C). I like the cold--much prefer it to hot, humid weather--and temperatures around freezing, especially if it's sunny and not windy, feel very mild to me.&nbsp;</p> <p>We are outside for extended periods every day, even when it's frigid, because we walk our dog three times per day (my SO and I alternate this duty). I do have a puffer, but will wear it only when I walk our dog in very cold temps (e.g., well below freezing, so something like 5 F/-15 C). For work, I typically wear a wool coat (I prefer how they look compared to a puffer), and I commute to work by car.&nbsp;</p> <p>I love, love, love fall and winter clothes: The colors, the textures (tweed! corduroy! wool and cashmere!), the layering possibilities, the JACKETS, and most of all, the BOOTS! My favorite footwear are boots and booties, and so I don't quite feel like myself in the summer when I can't wear them to finish off my look.&nbsp;</p> <p>Another factor is my work: I am an academic, so I am on an academic year calendar. The fall reminds me of new beginnings (I still think fondly of the annual J. Crew fall catalog in all of its tweedy, bright, patterned glory), and I teach during the academic year and give talks, attend meetings, etc. For all of these, I wear professional clothes. But during the summer I am home, doing my own research (and meeting virtually with colleagues), so my style is very casual and to me, quite boring relative to my fall/winter style.</p> <p>I read this NYT article recently, about acclimating to cold weather, and I thought I would share in the spirit of camaraderie :). The winter is your friend!!</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/well/live/winter-cold-weather-covid.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/1.....covid.html</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's an excerpt:&nbsp;</p> <p>You can condition your body to adjust to cold temperatures in as little as <a rel="nofollow" href="https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.01133.2018">three to seven days. </a>“Practice” spending time in the cold by going out for a few minutes at first, then stay for longer stretches on subsequent days. Researchers know it works because they’ve studied cold habituation in soldiers in arctic climates and deep sea divers in freezing ocean waters.</p> <p>“You can’t stay housebound and expect to go outside in the cold and feel OK,” Dr. Castellani said. “Make a foray outside multiple times to start adapting to the cold.”</p> <p>ETA: A really cold office is terrible! I have used a space heater in those kinds of circumstances, because if you are sitting still in the cold trying to work, that is NOT pleasant! For winter to be enjoyable, there has to be a nice contrast between the crisp, biting cold and the warm, toasty inside.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206137 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 15:47:10 +0000 rachylou 2206137@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Stylewise, there’s one thing about my moniker Quirky Waif - the waif comes from ‘spooky waif.’ That is, I’m overly fond of punk and spooky poetness. Summer clothing is really neither, except for the truly awful gas station t-shirt… </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206125 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:24:34 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2206125@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>“ AC comes on, and everyone is driven indoors with windows and blinds shut. What fun is that?”<br /> Sounds just like my life in Florida, with a kid who didn’t like the beach! For a few days, I’m fine with the heat, but there needs to be an end. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206124 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:20:44 +0000 Anonymous 2206124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha - yes, I am that odd person who doesn't mind the cold. I can warm up a lot faster than I can cool down. &nbsp;Maybe it's all my extra body fat &nbsp;The forecast is for +30C all week and I'm trying not to cry. All it means is that the AC comes on, and everyone is driven indoors with windows and blinds shut. What fun is that? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206114 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 13:03:43 +0000 anchie 2206114@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Style wise, I really like Bijou glam winter style, with pleated skirts, capes, dresses, short jackets, wool coats and fur. But that would work for me only maybe in October. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206107 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 12:19:22 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2206107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Seems to me that heat/cold tolerance beats out climate--maybe your wool coats aren't as warm as mine, but it might just be that I have more "natural insulation" against the cold. As Janet pointed out, she and Suntiger live in the same area and have opposite responses to the weather there. I'd love to hear more than one person's style preferences for one season over the other. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206105 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 12:06:38 +0000 anchie 2206105@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>From your responses I gather that climate and heat/cold tolerance plays somewhat bigger role than style preferences with notable exceptions like lisap </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206101 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 11:39:30 +0000 Janet 2206101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High five, Deborah! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206071 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 09:15:17 +0000 Deborah 2206071@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I&nbsp; L O V E winter dressing.&nbsp; For me it's the dark tones, the layers, the heavy often textured fabrics.&nbsp; Oh and don't forget the boots!&nbsp; I wear boots every single day in winter.&nbsp; To a point I feel winter dressing lends itself to some serious creativity because you can layer more and play more </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206069 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 09:12:18 +0000 Jenni NZ 2206069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I am with Anchie, and Sal above put everything exactly right for me since we both live in cities under 2 hours drive away from each other. What’s best about our country is built around summer.<br /> ( Apart from skiing, but I am not much of a skier and last skied in 2008).<br /> Winter is cold, dark and rainy. I don’t mind autumn and spring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206066 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 08:57:56 +0000 anchie 2206066@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not warm enough to be outside a lot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206058 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 08:30:07 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2206058@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Irina/Anchie, what’s the wool coat/car disconnect about? I don’t drive or have a car here, but I wear my wool coat a lot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206051 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 07:55:27 +0000 Sal 2206051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I prefer summer dressing over winter - and for me this is why:</p> <p>- I suit spring/summer colours and am drawn to dresses and sandals<br />- whilst neither summer or winter here is extreme, the winter here is often wet (especially this year - not at all last year!)<br />- NZ lifestyles, homes, buildings are built around summer.&nbsp; And with Christmas and the end of the year being in summer - winter is a long drag with no holidays to look forward to.&nbsp; Whereas summer is all about the beach, long evenings, end of year parties etc..<br />- air con is not as prevalent here</p> <p>I can totally understand why others prefer winter, or fall, or spring dressing though.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206048 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 07:14:35 +0000 rachylou 2206048@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I suppose the thing for me is being in a place built before a/c, when it gets hot … well, you just take a long siesta and hide. Everything is a trial. Nothing works. And even if it wouldn’t get you arrested, going naked isn’t an option either ‘cuz: sunburn. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206044 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:36:35 +0000 anchie 2206044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am with Irina here 100%. I also don’t drive, so I can wear wool coats and short jackets for only a few weeks of transitional weather. Cropped pants, culottes, skirts, dresses and blouses are completely out of question - it is not just cold here but very windy, and cold wind is getting to the bones. My office is also not warm enough in the winter, even with all the layers I became completely miserable sitting behind my desk, watching my fingers turning purple. When I became too cold in the office in summer because of AC, I take a quick walk outside in the sun to get warm, but it is not an option in winter.<br /> And another point- I am mostly outside in early morning and late afternoon which is the nicest part of summer day, but the worst part of winter day when it is still/already dark. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206024 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 01:43:13 +0000 Jaime 2206024@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am a summer person, which is fortunate as I live in a summer heavy climate. Our winters are mild, and I do enjoy wearing my large assortment of jackets and coats, but my body only truly relaxes when I am warm. Summer dressing means showing off my shoes too.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2206001 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:37:18 +0000 celia 2206001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To be honest, when I say that I prefer winter dressing I mean Fall, those beautiful cool months of Fall when wool coats ,layers, scarves and beautiful boots come to play.( I live in Toronto)<br /> As some of the posters mentioned before comfort is a big part of it. Although I like the more relaxed vibe of summer clothes( at least for me) going outside in the hot and humid weather just makes me wilted, uncomfortable and not very fabulous. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2205990 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 22:47:30 +0000 Irina 2205990@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I said it before - summer dressing all the way.<br />It comes to two things - high/low temperatures tolerance and lifestyle.<br />I can’t stand cold but it must be at least +28 before I would consider turning AC on.<br />May be for some winter means they can wear fancy boots, nice coat and a light scarf but not for me. I’m too cold once it’s below -5C.<br />I don’t drive, so I can’t wear any of my wool coat from December to March with only a few occasional warm days or when going to events. No to dresses, I wear midi dresses and just below a knee puffy. So, this “layered “ look is not for me. I haven’t found a midi puffer that would not swallow my 5’3 (160 cm on a good day) frame. Winter pants, oh please... no to cords or tweedy fabrics, they are a shapeless mess after sitting for hours behind a desk in the office. What else? A flat hair after wearing a hat? Day after day wearing either a sweater or a cardigan - I don’t find comfortable wearing a blazer under puffers. I have too many sweaters because I got so bored with them. And don’t let me started on ugly boots.&nbsp;<div>I love cashmere, wooly knits and sometimes even puffers but to wear it for more than 4 months? It’s obvious, I’m a summer person :)</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2205988 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 22:44:21 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2205988@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, the weather you describe sounds much more like Tampa than like Fairfax, where I lived for 3 years around the time my son was born. Has it changed that much in less than 2 decades, or was it always hotter where you are than in the West side of DC?</p> <p>Sloper, glad you meant it in fun. I’m laughing at your “mole person” description—this is how much sun we have right now. The response for how many hours of dark makes me giggle. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2205987 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 22:43:29 +0000 Sloper 2205987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Janet</b> - I hear you!&nbsp; I'm a true mole person and only creep out when the sun has sunk to within a few degrees of the horizon. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2205986 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 22:41:58 +0000 Sloper 2205986@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Fashintern </b>- you missed the point of my hopefully well-intentioned "turnaround."</p> <p>Anchie likes summer because of all the things in her original post (and no doubt the things you mentioned as well).&nbsp; For her, winter means, in contrast, a limited choice of clothing in a limited choice of colors that for her, quickly becomes boring.</p> <p>I'm gently, and in a friendly manner, making a light point that for this winter-lover, I enjoy the plethora of cold weather colors, fabrics, and clothing choices.&nbsp; For me, summer clothes and colors (that I personally enjoy wearing and CAN wear, given some health limitations that no one wants to hear about) are limited.</p> <p>It's all in fun, get it?</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-dressing/page/2#post-2205985 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 22:36:16 +0000 slim cat 2205985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One thing I like for sure in summer- many different tops/tees/tanks and some skirts for quick update on the style. Winter dressing is the same things all over again without much update ( I can find much less options for myself in pants/sweaters or dresses- since I need 0% of polyester in my clothing/ except some hiking gear ).<br /> So - summer is better for me . Even though busses could feel like freezer on wheels, AC requires layering and hot weather lasts a long time.. </p>