https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 10 May 2026 18:14:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-906109 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:22:49 +0000 Anonymous 906109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Ivory. &nbsp;I went the longest time thinking I was a winter when I'm really some variation of autumn. &nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-906088 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:00:30 +0000 Anonymous 906088@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Team Soft White (AKA Winter White). I don't wear white or ivory or cream. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905549 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:56:55 +0000 BroadEarthQueen 905549@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I am definitely more team Ivory/Cream (Hey that rhymed~~! :D!) but at the same time most of my undershirts are in shades of bright white... https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905508 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:45:19 +0000 Charmian 905508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'm a soft autumn who recently discovered that she likes white ... maybe I should say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE white! &nbsp;But my coloring means that, if I want to wear them next to my face&nbsp;it's all about winter white, ivory, cream and&nbsp;the&nbsp;"warmer", "softer"&nbsp;whites (ie, white mixed with a little yellow). &nbsp;Optic white, off-white,&nbsp;or any of the cooler whites (ie, mixed with a little gray, blue, or none at all)&nbsp;just wash me out ... so I just wear them with a lower neckline&nbsp;or a scarf or&nbsp;on my bottom half :P.<br /><br />Everybody's skin tone&nbsp;is different, though there are usually broad generalities that can be made (eg, "redheads are typically warm"). &nbsp;Pink undertones definitely sounds to me like you would look best in cooler whites. &nbsp;Good for you, for discovering you're an exception! &nbsp;Wouldn't it be horrible to be stuck in unflattering colors? https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905356 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:29:07 +0000 Janet 905356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ This is a good question, and I'm really not certain. I think I look OK but not awesome in most whites as long as they're not too yellow. I've never really thought of white as "my color" because I'm so pale. I do think it works better on me in the summer, when I have a little color to my skin.&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905351 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:18:07 +0000 Rambling Ann 905351@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Googled winter white for a definition and the result: our own resident oracle Angie, in which she says in the comments&nbsp;"winter white is a form of cream."<br /><br /><span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/2008/04/24/white-off-white-cream-and-beige/">White, off-white, cream and beige</a><div></div></span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/2008/04/24/white-off-white-cream-and-beige/">http://youlookfab.com/2008/04/.....and-beige/</a><br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905341 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:07:45 +0000 Sarah A 905341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I am team white. Optic white or just a hair of creamy white is okay, for the most part ivory's make me look like I am ill.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905317 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:47:36 +0000 DonnaF 905317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ My question is the same as Marley's.&nbsp; Someone please educate me/us!&nbsp; I think I look okay in both ivory and white; never really noticed.&nbsp; Maybe oyster and bluish whites are the hardest for me?<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905313 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:45:58 +0000 Diana 905313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Team Ivory!&nbsp; I have been told I look good in optic white but I feel awful in it.&nbsp; It's too stark and so, so white.&nbsp; I feel really self-conscious in it, like it's always screaming "LOOK AT ME!&nbsp; LOOK AT ME!&nbsp; I'M SO WHITE WHITE WHITE!"&nbsp; (And yes, I know I am a hypocrite since I wear screaming brights and ridiculous patterns all the time and feel just fine.)<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905303 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:36:57 +0000 Marley 905303@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I honestly don't know!&nbsp; Probably because I have pretty much avoided white/ivory in my wardrobe for a long, long, time - thinking that neither looked good on me.&nbsp; Now, I'm playing around with them a bit - but, I don't know the difference between optic white and winter white - or, the difference between ivory and cream!&nbsp;&nbsp;Would someone&nbsp;define them please? https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905295 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:31:46 +0000 milehighstyle (Linda) 905295@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I have no idea what shades look bad on me.&nbsp; I wear white and ivory and can't really tell if one or the other is better.&nbsp; I think I'm neutral but maybe I'm just delusional. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905294 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:30:14 +0000 jayne 905294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ White, pure clear clean white! &nbsp;white white. &nbsp;I am a winter and both silver and white love me, so I love them back! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905289 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:26:08 +0000 rachylou 905289@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Ahaha! You are talking to the girl who calls "Aqua", "Green." I have no idea what the difference is between Stark White and Winter White :)<br /><br />I have been making some small attempts to wear white, per Angie challenge. I kinda pretty much hate white, but that is not the point. Angie said I could take some baby steps with oysters and pale greys...<br /><br />I have a feeling ivory is not my colour, unless there's such a thing as a clear ivory, but white white feels so unfinished to me...<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905253 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:44:35 +0000 Thistle 905253@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Anything with yellow looks horrid on me, soit really depends ont he "ivory". <br /><br />While I like white, I tend not to be clean enough to keep it white for long. Add DD to the mix,a nd the amount of white in my wardrobe has shrunk a lot. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905250 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:39:21 +0000 amiable 905250@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Nodding my head - I have some red in my hair, and always thought I was a "Fall", and tried and tried to wear cream. &nbsp;It washed me out terribly, so I kept going darker (veering into beige), with no success. &nbsp;Then on a whim, I noticed that a silvery-white looked better on me than the cream identical top. &nbsp;Turns out that a bright white really does work for me. &nbsp;I'm guessing that I don't fit in the "Fall" color-box very well &nbsp;Not a surprise for me.<br /><br />Glad you've done the legwork to find the white that works for you!&nbsp;<br /><br />And Jen, the white of my eye is blue-ish, which makes sense that a colder white would be "mine", right? https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905245 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:36:50 +0000 Suz 905245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Absolutely! There are so many whites.&nbsp;<br /><br />True optic white is not the best on me -- too strong. But I can get away with it in doses on a good day -- just like black.&nbsp;<br /><br />Winter white is brilliant on me.&nbsp;<br /><br />Anything too yellowish is horrid -- and yet there is a particular shade of cream, like the Gap sweater, that is magic. So it's all in trying them on.&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905239 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:33:17 +0000 jenanded 905239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I read somewhere that your white should be the white of your eye... Ok me without glasses in a dark change room .... But guess the principle sounds right! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905174 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:23:57 +0000 Anonymous 905174@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You aren't wise to refuse the stereotype. I think everyone has so e shade of white that they can wear, but it can be a bear to find the right one </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-white-or-ivory#post-905171 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:21:12 +0000 Rambling Ann 905171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ As&nbsp;a redhead, all the advice from&nbsp;sales people and the media over the decades suggests/insists that I should wear ivory. Finally I realized that despite the lore, not all redheads are autumns. My skin is actually has quite a lot of pink undertones, even when I am tan in the summer (another myth, or my ancestry is really mixed up). Duh.&nbsp;I hate how I look in ivory. I either look ill or I just disappear in it. A couple years ago,&nbsp;I finally said no more purchases of ivory items because they are guaranteed orphans. I'm team white, team contrarian. You?<br /><br /><br />