https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 10:04:16 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-377936 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:29:36 +0000 Kari 377936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I aspire to be part of Team Polished - and often "polished" is used as a descriptor for my style. However, I end up very ragged around the edges. I spill things on myself, I get hangnails, my face gets greasy, my glasses get smudged, my hair loses its shape, I fall and bang into things and get bruises and cut my knees/ankles while I'm shaving... halfway through the day, I'm a big haggard. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-377900 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:15:58 +0000 Mitzy 377900@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I, apparently, am Team Polished, whether I like or not.<br /> All my life I have heard, "Oh you are always so dressed up," and "You just look so put together all the time" and even, "You look like you just stepped off a band box" (yeah, that was an old dude told me that, heh heh).<br /> Even when I TRY to do the RATE or Rock Chick thing, I hear those comments.<br /> I guess for me, it's either Polished or total slob.<br /> I don't think it has to do with me being bigger, although I DO notice that total slob comes quicker now that I am larger!<br /> My mother was the same way. In jeans and a sweatshirt she looked like a black haired Grace Kelley. Posh by nature, I guess. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-376668 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:29:24 +0000 Traci 376668@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Have you ever noticed on some makeover shows the people look worse after they've been all polished up? I notice this especially when they makeover someone with a natural beauty or who has a single striking feature. It's like all the gloss and polish and refinement draw a big spotlight on that one feature and make it appear like a flaw, when it looked like an asset when they were more natural looking.</p> <p>The biggest example I remember of this was a WNTW with a lady with a gap between her teeth. With her wild hair and unpolished face, it fit her perfectly. It was one of the things that made her interesting and there was a great balance in her features. When she was all done up, it became this glaring flaw.</p> <p>Is this what people are talking about when they say they "can't pull off polished"? or do they mean more about the time and upkeep? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375817 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:44:59 +0000 Aida 375817@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Alicat I'm with you, I place myself 50-50 on team RATE and team POP I'd been saying "polished but not TOO polished" but I like your term, "scruffily polished" better! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375524 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:03:26 +0000 Anonymous 375524@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>May I be scruffily polished? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375505 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:39:43 +0000 yellowgirl 375505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for bumping this, Una - I hadn't seen it before. I think I'd fall onto team polish, but not stuffy. I, too, and looking forward to reading Angie's blog on this! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375472 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:58:04 +0000 catgirl 375472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh, can't wait to see your blog post, Angie! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375423 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:36:06 +0000 MsMary 375423@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can't wait for the blog post!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375420 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:28:58 +0000 GGB 375420@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry, what is RATE!?</p> <p>ETA: Okay, I'm slow. Rough Around The Edges! Count me in : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375417 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:22:06 +0000 Angie 375417@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wrote a blog post about this yesterday. Will post next week </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375409 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:03:17 +0000 Kyle 375409@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Polish, polish, polish. No question. But never overdone, I hope. I try to keep in shape and take care of my skin and nails, which makes achieving my desired polished result a bit easier. </p> <p>Simple hairstyle that is not high maintenance (well, there is a color issue to consider), but I'm not a scrunched or sprayer.<br /> Short unpolished nails. I don't think polish requires polish, necessarily.<br /> Makeup daily, but with a light touch.<br /> Clothing choices that tend to be simple, but with an increasing focus on fewer, higher quality items</p> <p>All of this contributes to a polished end result that is comfortable for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375391 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:53:28 +0000 Mo 375391@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can we be barely polished around the edges? I don't paint the nails or fuss with the hair but I am fastidious about other things - eyelashes being perfectly separated, seams running straight, laces laying flat, tucking being even and so on . . . maybe I'm just team sloppy OCD! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375238 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:15:28 +0000 Ginkgo 375238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven't even made it to upgrading hair and makeup yet -- I'm just trying to iron my clothes better (going for the Italian look) and good posture! That should cover me for either team </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375233 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:11:51 +0000 crazyone 375233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oops, I'm 101 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375232 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:11:12 +0000 crazyone 375232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And I'm post #100...</p> <p>I'm definitely RATE: I can't be bothered to iron, straighten my hair, wear makeup, do my nails, or anything else like that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375231 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:10:38 +0000 Heather 375231@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And I am not on Team RATE; however, I want to be Una's 100. xx </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375230 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:10:07 +0000 Heather 375230@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Um, look how many posts are on this thread. Number 99...... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375227 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:07:14 +0000 celia 375227@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think I read it the first time but I'm definetly RATE </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-375142 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:18:37 +0000 catgirl 375142@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bumping because this was an interesting re-read in light of all the recent discussions on style statements! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-306219 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:00:50 +0000 RoseandJoan 306219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well if Kate Moss is captain of team RATE my jaw always drops when she scrubs up for fashion week. Rock chick to angel via the salon is fab. I still think I'm neither one extreme or the other but aim for a natural polish. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-306214 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:52:35 +0000 Michelle 306214@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, if our team choice is based on style goal rather than style reality, I'm 100 per cent on team polished. Looking rough around the edges has no appeal for me. Nor do I wish to look too stuffy, particularly in some casual contexts, but I believe it's possible to look put together without being overdressed. The fact that some YLF veterans believe I actually carry off my polish ambition is very validating. So, yeah, I'm joiing the ranks of Team Polish officially. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-306173 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:23:41 +0000 cora*♥* 306173@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm team Unpolished because I'm afraid of looking like I'm trying too hard, but when I get more confidence in myself and learn a bit more I'll be glad to change team </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-306166 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:08:48 +0000 Lynne 306166@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jean, following Angie's definition I would put you up there with Kate Moss....a poster girl for Team Deliberately Unpolished (Team DUP!).....I'm thinking of your gorgeous frayed edge blazzer with Doc Martens pic - it's one of my alltime favourite YLF wiws because it appeals to my inner DUP girl! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-306019 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:13:38 +0000 shirl 306019@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fashion today makes it easier than ever to be Bohemian on Tuesday and Classic on Wednesday. Depending on my day timer, I'm comfortable with either, but I'll admit that when I'm going Classic, I tend to tease my hair a little more, truck slightly more dramatic eyes and counter the suit jacket with tall peek-a-toe heels so it won't come off as too uptight. But even as I write that, it cracks me up that we are (I am!) scrutinizing our fashion to such a degree lest some passerby get the wrong impression of who we really are! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-305842 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:27:55 +0000 MsMary 305842@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL.</p> <p>Yes.</p> <p>Yes, I am.</p> <p>Apparently.</p> <p>I may have to re-think this whole thing... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/4#post-305838 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:24:37 +0000 catgirl 305838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MaryK, are you accusing Team RATE of poor grooming? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/3#post-305835 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:21:19 +0000 MsMary 305835@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess I think of "polished" as pretty much synonymous with "well-groomed," and to me Jean is totally that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/3#post-305827 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:16:43 +0000 catgirl 305827@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, I think of Jean's style as arty/rocker and utterly gorgeous, but not necessily polished. I'm trying to think o0f other words for polished. Sleek? Neat? Heeeelp! </p> <p>Teri was the original reason I pondered this question - she just always looks like she stepped right out of the ATL website. So, maybe polished is catalogue-photo ready! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/3#post-305824 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:11:50 +0000 MsMary 305824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jean, to me you look super polished in every photo you've ever posted! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-polished-or-rough-around-the-edges/page/3#post-305821 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:08:58 +0000 greenglove 305821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I must be on team rough around the edges. My nails are in paint all the time, I like my boots and bags to be weathered, my hair is kind of messy, I like muted and matte textures. BUT... I love lipstick, eyeliner, shaved legs, manicured toes, pencil skirts, sheath dresses, sturdy heels and very urban and chic dress up clothes. I do not know what that makes me. My guess is probably still rough. </p>