https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:53:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336636 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:43:41 +0000 Becky 336636@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So fun to find out all these stories behind the photos. My profile pic was taken at my sister's wedding last summer. I have very few pictures of myself, even fewer that can be cropped to show just me, and very few indeed which aren't humiliatingly awful, so this is a rare one! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336617 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:12:38 +0000 RoseandJoan 336617@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So many thoughtful responses, thank you so much for sharing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336515 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:36:09 +0000 Patty 336515@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine is a detail from a bank note vignette from Bibliodyssey--a site I often get mesmerized by <a href="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2010/07/banknote-vignettes.html" rel="nofollow">http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.c.....ettes.html</a><br /> I like her. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336390 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:11:19 +0000 elpgal 336390@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine is cropped from an image of a painting. It is not aesthetically pleasing but I like it and it makes it very easy to pick out my comments. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336380 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:23:21 +0000 MsMary 336380@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I joined the forum I could never have imagined that I'd be posting photos of myself, face and all! LOL So my photo is baby MaryK on my parents' bed a very very VERY long time ago! I still remember the gray/blue chintz bedspread with pink cabbage roses... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336373 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:17:34 +0000 yublocka 336373@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting thread! My profile pic is a "self-portrait" taken whilst on holidays in Port Douglas last year. I bought the hat for $2 at a Chinese discount store. For some reason I really love it!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336364 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:04:25 +0000 Melissa 336364@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like many others, I am not good about having my picture taken and rarely like photos of myself. I just recently updated my profile pic to a photo that was actually taken not long ago, as opposed to my previous profile picture, which is now several years old and didn't reflect my current looks.</p> <p>So I am on the "this is the only photo of my face I am not embarrassed of" train. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336320 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:57:34 +0000 chewyspaghetti 336320@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think mine is pretty self explanatory- it's a bowl of yarn (which would make for really chewy spaghetti- which was the name of my hand dyed yarn company) I had used this photo for business stuff at one point. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336312 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:47:43 +0000 AJ 336312@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I luv color and print so a thumbnail of one of my skirts seemed appropriate. Like others have mentioned, it also makes it easy to spot my posts.</p> <p>Thanks for sharing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336311 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:47:21 +0000 Anonymous 336311@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I was choosing a profile picture, many members had used photos of their pets. Mine is of our dearly loved little clown of a dog that I usually call Maggs. She's an 18 month old PONS (Polish lowland sheep dog) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336307 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:42:06 +0000 annagybe 336307@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie bugged me to put up a pic. I don't feel that I'm very photogenic and don't like putting lots of pictures of me online. It's a purple studded cuff by Eddie Borgo that I got at Holt Renfrew in Vancouver, Canada. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336305 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:32:11 +0000 Medicechic 336305@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine is my dog Tiger Lily. She's a Shepard mix of some sort I rescued a few years ago. This picture captures her personality perfectly! I had one of my face, but haven't decided if I really want my face out there or not just yet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336279 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:51:17 +0000 Angie 336279@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How cute! These stories were so fun to read. </p> <p>Julie, I love your new very Mia Farrow pic!</p> <p>My profile pic is a year old and I should change it :(. But it's when I cut a fringe after having a long sweep for a while. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336261 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:58:00 +0000 TravellingTam 336261@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When we travel, I am usually the one taking the pictures, so getting a shot with just me is rare. This one filled all of my requirements for a profile pic - I am wearing sunglasses, my hair looks decent, and there's a camel! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336242 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:16:39 +0000 Maya 336242@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There isn't much of a story. This one of hundreds of Lucie pictures in my Lucie folder. It just lent itself well to being a small icon. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336231 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:38:42 +0000 MsMaven 336231@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The photo is from my early career as a fashion/costume designer. I made lovely crepe paper dresses glued together and these crown/tiaras. Maybe we were princesses. If my memory is right, the body of the dress was turquoise--maybe the sleeves were pink. Sh-sh-sh--my little Sis doesn't know she's in it too. I must have been around 8. I'm going to change it to an even earlier fashionista photo when I get around to it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336166 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:50:01 +0000 rosee 336166@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting responses thus far!</p> <p>I don't like taking pictures in general -- very camera shy. I used the icon I use often on the internet of Rosie the Riveter, who was a 1940s wartime icon that promoted women's participation in the war effort. I'm not a pro-war person, more of a pacifist really, but I do like what she symbolizes with women's independence and patriotic values. I have had a few people tell me I look like her too, and my nickname is Rosie, so it's a good fit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture/page/2#post-336146 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:09:56 +0000 amyreh 336146@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine is from my engagement photo shoot! I am in a halter top on a rooftop in Seattle in April, it is freezing out and starting to rain - I suffered through : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture#post-336136 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:52:00 +0000 Bookarella 336136@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very interesting answers! When I went to choose a profile pic for YLF, I realized that I rarely had my picture taken alone. I did find this one shot of me from a trip to NYC in 2009. It was during a ride on the Staten Island Ferry. I also wasn't sure how much I was willing to reveal of my identity on this site so this seemed like a good half-hidden face look! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture#post-336091 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:05:19 +0000 Lisa 336091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I prefer not to show my face in my WIW photos. I love butterflies and my profile picture is a photo of the butterfly pillow in my living room. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture#post-336068 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:08:27 +0000 April 336068@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My "story" is not very intriguing: I don't show my face in my photos, so I wanted something distinctive that wasn't a picture of me. Also, I wanted something that was still recognizable when shrunken to thumbnail size. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture#post-336062 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:59:30 +0000 Mac 336062@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I try to keep quite private online - as few photos of me as possible floating around the internet! So, as a size 14 redhead, I picked a photo of the TV character Joan Holloway who is curvy and redheaded (not natural, but who cares?!) and FIERCE. : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture#post-336060 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:58:50 +0000 HeleenH 336060@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a picture of my face that I took in the mirror, but I wasn't comfortable with having my face as profile picture so I changed it into a photograph of forget-me-nots that I took in the garden last week. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture#post-336057 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:56:42 +0000 Janet 336057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine was taken last year at my birthday dinner -- just a snapshot my husband took with his iPhone, but I like the memory, I'm wearing one of my favorite dresses, and it's a good pic of me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture#post-336055 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:55:31 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 336055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My photo was taken a few months ago when I was visiting puppy girl Regan before she was old enough to come live with us. It's the most flattering, recent photo of my face that I have so I used it. Also, it includes a dog which any photo of me ought to. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture#post-336054 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:47:17 +0000 Laura 336054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun thread! Julie has the best ideas for threads :)<br /> My photo was taken at my son's kindergarten graduation two years ago. I was so proud, even if it was just kindergarten! LOL! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture#post-336048 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:32:09 +0000 Louise 336048@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine was taken by Elle at the London YLF meet last August. I'm not very photogenic but Elle captured me laughing and relaxed, this has got to be one of my favourite photos of me x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture#post-336036 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:17:25 +0000 Nadya 336036@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine was taken on our anniversary a couple of years ago. My husband and I usually aren't happy with posed pictures of ourselves, so we goofed on in the mirror before going out to dinner. I picked it because a)my hair looks good b)I like the dress c)I look happy! I also kind of like the off-kilter angle. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture#post-336027 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:59:11 +0000 catgirl 336027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My profile picture was taken in Hawai'i two years ago, and I am happy, tan and relaxed. I do not feel photogenic, but I like this picture and feel it reflects the true me. </p> <p>I hope to have a replacement photo taken in Hawai'i soon... we leave next week! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tell-me-the-story-of-your-profile-picture#post-336015 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:35:20 +0000 Di 336015@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There are formal gardens near us, and the hubs took this picture of me a year or two ago. I like that there's a little anonymity to it. I rarely have the guts to pull it off, but I love classic glamorous looks, and hats are a piece of that for me. </p>