https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 19 May 2026 17:41:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1790983 Fri, 24 Mar 2017 06:28:37 +0000 Lisa Rayes 1790983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All dresses are nice but black one is best out of all.<br />Great collection.<br />Keep it up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1788920 Sat, 18 Mar 2017 02:37:45 +0000 Desmo April 1788920@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@ginger <br />I ride a motorcycle which you absolutely can't do in a skirt/dress. Playing drums, going to the dog park are also things that don't seem like skirt activities. Mainly I just don't like the idea of being ladylike, its not a positive for me. </p> <p>Dresses are easy to fit for me and I can see that they are often traditionally flattering on me; I just don't like them, it feels like a costume. Now that I think of it, the last skirt I wore was a Halloween costume. That stil fits with my personal aesthetic, I was Daria and the combat boots counteracted the ladylike of the skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1788896 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 23:52:40 +0000 Anonymous 1788896@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm surprised at how many Pant team members there are! &nbsp;And I'm surprised that there are so many of you that can find the fit you like in a pant unless you're all using a tailor &nbsp;I find dresses - loose-fit ones, anyways, hide a multitude of sins and make daily activity easy. &nbsp;I assumed here that jeans are not pants , btw. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1788893 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 23:37:21 +0000 DonnaF 1788893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A few years ago, I only owned maybe one dress so I was on Team Pants or rather Team Jeans.&nbsp; In the last year or so, I bought quite a few casual dresses and have never owned so many in my life.&nbsp; But in addition to wearing them bare legged (rarely, because I run cold) or with tights, I also like to wear them with cropped flared jeans underneath.</p> <p>So does that make me Team Dress?&nbsp; Or Team Both?&nbsp; Or on the bench?</p> <p>I am definitely not on Team Trousers, although I own a few pair. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1788677 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 13:45:52 +0000 Mel 1788677@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, love your looks. I am definitely on Team Dress. &nbsp;I love the comfort, ease-of-movement and feminine assertiveness of a dress. Even in winter I pull out my sweater dresses and ponte knit dresses; combined with tights and tall boots they keep me really warm. The only drawback is that I am a very thin and curve-less person and so it is not easy to find dresses that fit me well. Shift dresses and sheaths look horrible on me. And so many dresses today are so short, super-revealing, or made of flimsy material. As well, it is generally better to try on a dress before buying, which means that online shopping can be a pain, since I end up returning so many pieces. Dress shopping can be very difficult. But the dresses that I do have are my wardrobe treasures! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1788609 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 10:05:40 +0000 Karin L H 1788609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great looks all of them! And I love love love #1 and 2, such a great dress, and amazing shoes! I'm also team dress, mostly for the comfort! Hate wearing pants that cut to my stomach, but have some super stretchy ones that work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1788594 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 08:18:50 +0000 Jenni NZ 1788594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I'm mainly team pants. But really with "long over lean" or " tunics over pants" I can hedge my bets, lots of the tunics are a bit dress-like, too short to stand alone though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1787961 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 16:27:36 +0000 Susie 1787961@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like some others, for me it is a seasonal preference- pants in the winter and dresses in the summer. We don't have cold or long winters but cold enough for stockings/tights with dresses and I just don't like wearing them. Our summers are long AND hot and dresses are an easy and cool option both for the office and for casual wear. I struggle with wearing shorts; I rarely find ones that I feel fab in so dresses are a good alternative. Last year I was thrilled to find several dresses. Sometimes I envision a summer closet filled just with perfect dresses! For winter, it would include nice pants, great jackets and perfect layer tops!</p> <p></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1787944 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:35:39 +0000 LaPed 1787944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Team Pants for the time being.</p> <p>Like Ledonna, I really embraced dresses during pregnancy and while my son was an infant. I was also in a hot desert climate then, so dresses and skirts were comfortable and practical -- especially lightweight shirt dresses (buttons on the front -- great for breastfeeding)! </p> <p>Like Angie says, dresses are way easier in mild weather. I love them for traveling too. A knee-length tee dress plus leggings makes great airplane or roadtrip wear. Way better than sitting in jeans.</p> <p>Now I'm in dirt-road New England with a preschooler and a dog, and while I do still like dresses, I don't wear them nearly as often -- especially since it's still winter, apparently, and we have almost 2 feet of fresh snow right now... I'm not brave enough to wear a dress today. &nbsp;</p> <p>Mr. LP (or LeP?) loves it when I wear a dress, especially if it falls into the LBD genre. I always get a compliment, and he's not very clothes-aware generally. So I guess I'm choosing the right ones? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1787930 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:48:03 +0000 Bijou 1787930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ginger I am the same, I can and do most things in a dress. I can't do headstands in a dress or pants. </p> <p>I do karate and often think how would I be able to defend myself if I was attacked when wearing this? Dresses are fine, I can do a good side kick to the knees in my dresses!</p> <p>What is empowering is really up to each of us. However, I can understand others feeling disempowered by a dress such as my floral Karen Millen dress, because it is not authentic to them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1787910 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:59:52 +0000 Ginger 1787910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm finding the comments on constraint to be interesting - having to be ladylike, not being able to do stuff. I wonder if it's unfamiliarity. There are very few things I can't or won't do in a skirt; the only one that comes to mind right now is climb a tree. (And I might dare that in a <i>long</i> full skirt.) Or maybe it's the type of skirt. I do find pencil skirts limiting and as hard to fit as pants.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1787907 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:52:40 +0000 Ledonna N. 1787907@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You do dresses very well.</p> <p>I must say pre-pregnancy i was team pants.</p> <p>During my pregnancy journey. I had to leave the pants behind and reevaluate dresses and how i viewed them.</p> <p>Now i would say its an even split. Dresses provide a comfort and ease of dressing. One piece leghings stockings or bare legs and go. I dont have to think about it at all and still look pulled together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1787905 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:42:13 +0000 Bijou 1787905@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So interesting, we all see to have very similar reasons for our preferences, and it appears to depend upon:<br />1. climate<br />2. how easily you can find the right dress or pants - where we get a good fit, seems to help the preference<br />3. the look - the comfort factor in whether it feels 'you'.</p> <p>The final factor was a great point made by a number of you. &nbsp;Whilst I enjoy wearing pants I probably feel my best in a dress...so no wonder I gravitate to them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1787865 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:46:27 +0000 kkards 1787865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>team pants!&nbsp;<br />while you do look lovely in yours, i personally find them limiting....i dislike having sit like a lady, i find them cold in the winter, and not a/c friendly in the summer, and hard to fit.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1787860 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:32:29 +0000 Lucy 1787860@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Totally Team Dress here! I love your collection, btw!<br />I wear dresses all the time at work, in fact I rarely wear anything else. Maybe once a fortnight, I might wear a skirt or (very rarely) pants. At home I'm a bit flexible, and wear a mix.&nbsp;<br />I agree that I find pants much more difficult to fit. I'm a bit of a lazy/time poor shopper, and I rarely have time to try on 20 or 30 pairs of pants, to find The One, whereas I can generally eye up a skirt and know it will be fine. Jeans, for some reason, are easier than other pants, so I do wear them, but not so much for work.&nbsp;<br />Of course I do live in a very warm climate, and even on the coldest days a pair of tights will "winterise" enough.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1787855 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:18:19 +0000 anne 1787855@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Team dress. I wear dresses a lot , and skirts quite a bit too, to work.</p> <p>And in summer I wear dresses casually frequently too.</p> <p>Like you, I find dresses much easier to fit than pants.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants/page/2#post-1787851 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:41:26 +0000 Anonymous 1787851@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Team Slacks ALL THE WAY. &nbsp;I own one "occasion" dress and it might be too tight to wear any time soon. &nbsp;LOVE the look of dresses on other women. &nbsp;Just can't bear to wear them myself.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants#post-1787838 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 08:17:27 +0000 Bijou 1787838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Really interesting to hear the feedback. Team dress got more support than I expected.</p> <p>I do understand cold weather makes dresses prohibitive. I live in a mediterranean climate, so it is an easy option for me. Also, I have a figure that makes dresses easy to fit and not so easy with pants.&nbsp;</p> <p>Ginger - High five, I knew you were a dress girl too!&nbsp;</p> <p>Thank you for all the lovely feedback on my dresses. I was putting together a WIW and did notice the trend that I mainly wore dresses this week.&nbsp;</p> <p>Brooklyn, my boots are from a small shoe boutique in Perth called Dimario shoes, which dangerously is near where I work. The brand is XSA - but I have not seen the brand in other stores or on the internet. It is such a shame, because they make great shoes, especially boots. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants#post-1787818 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 04:54:03 +0000 Desmo April 1787818@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>100% pants.</p> <p>I HATE wearing dresses. I find them limiting, like there are too many things I can't do while wearing one. I don't like needing to worry about watching the skirt or being ladylike. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants#post-1787773 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 01:42:51 +0000 Jennib12 1787773@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I play for both teams! Actually, I might be a bit more Team Skirt as I find it easier to create many looks with one skirt vs. one dress. But I do wear dresses, skirts and pants equally, I think. </p> <p>I see many of you commenting about preferring the warmth of pants in cooler weather, and I do agree. However, on a particularly sloppy winter day (like today in Toronto), I prefer a dress or a skirt so I don't need to worry about splashes or salt stains on my pant legs :). </p> <p>Bijou, your dressed are lovely! You look gorgeous in all of them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants#post-1787770 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 01:18:05 +0000 Penny 1787770@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely dresses! And team dress all the way - about seven years ago, I realized wearing pants just didn't make me happy, and I never looked back - other than a pair of jeans tucked in a box under my bed "just in case" (last worn maybe three years ago), all the core items of my wardrobe are dresses and they make me very happy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants#post-1787746 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 00:04:12 +0000 Irina 1787746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful dresses.<br /> I'm on the team Pants all the way. I don't really like myself in dresses. Even if I would consider to purchase a dress, it is so difficult to find ones that I like, that made out of natural fabrics, fit for a petite size, not too short, not too tight, in my price range.... oh, forget it!<br /> But I really like Angie outfit with a shirt dress over pants. I got one already and want one for summer and one for winter months. This is my wardrobe refreshing plan. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants#post-1787739 Tue, 14 Mar 2017 23:39:28 +0000 Diana 1787739@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dresses in the summer, pants in the winter. So I guess I'm sitting on the bench? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants#post-1787724 Tue, 14 Mar 2017 23:17:05 +0000 Brooklyn 1787724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Team dress all the way! Or, more accurately for me, team skirt. I love a good dress but I like the mix and match potential of a skirt. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />You look gorgeous in all your dresses. I love your floral dresses! I would really like a dark floral shift dress this year. With the white booties you look like a model for the Cue campaign. Where did you get them? They are on my radar but I am not seeing a lot of them.<br />And of course I love the chevron dress </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants#post-1787656 Tue, 14 Mar 2017 20:49:37 +0000 Anonymous 1787656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm on Team Pants most of the time, but love to wear dresses for special occasions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants#post-1787652 Tue, 14 Mar 2017 20:36:23 +0000 Summer 1787652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look lovely in your dresses, Bijou.</p> <p>For many years I have been on Team Pants, simply because they seem more practical for my lifestyle, but I do love to wear a dress now and then. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants#post-1787629 Tue, 14 Mar 2017 19:46:53 +0000 rachylou 1787629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am so on the lookout for something with a hemline like your first dress!</p> <p>I'm really Team Dress, but I need the weather to be warm enough. That's my problem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants#post-1787616 Tue, 14 Mar 2017 19:23:26 +0000 Sal 1787616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am a little like Stayfit, Team Dress in summer, Team pants/jeans in winter. &nbsp;But I am looking to add in a new winter dress this year.</p> <p>You suit dresses brilliantly Bijou - keep wearing them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants#post-1787610 Tue, 14 Mar 2017 19:18:30 +0000 Lisa 1787610@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't agree more about the versatility of a dress, they are fast dressing at it's best. &nbsp;But my always cold self is on team pants, because I need the warmth. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-dresses-or-pants#post-1787596 Tue, 14 Mar 2017 18:58:56 +0000 Barbara Diane 1787596@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is a fabulous collection of dresses.</p> <p>Not necessarily by choice, but by practicality, I'm on team pants.</p> <p>For fall/winter I'm team pants, at least for now. Although I did try to change it.</p> <p>I tried to wear fall dresses this year. I bought some at NAS. I found the few times I wore dresses this fall I was too cold. The leggings I purchased to wear with them were too thin, and I gained some weight and the knee high boots don't zip up, so my legs were just too cold. The dresses were elbow sleeve length, so not really winter wear. I can not wear sweater dresses.</p> <p>Spring/Summer-crops, old long dresses, and would like to wear dresses almost exclusively if I could find the right ones.</p> <p>I haven't been able to find the type of dresses I like for spring/summer in a very long time. I'd like some knee length print cotton, linen, or something breathable in a style that isn't fit and flare and has some extra fabric to glide over the stomach and hips, even while seated. It has to camouflage lumps and bumps. With elbow length sleeves, or longer. Right now the only breathable ones I have are old sleeveless floral maxi-dresses that I wear primarily when I am so hot I just don't care.</p> <p>I do have some dresses I really like that work for not too hot not too cold weather. &nbsp;</p> <p>Mostly I see women my age in pants. Everywhere I go. </p>