https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:38:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-807466 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 04:34:02 +0000 cheryl 807466@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fantastic post! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-807465 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 04:33:17 +0000 MsMary 807465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amen!! Thank you so much for this, Ornella! And thank you, Angie and Sona and Rae, for being so brilliant in the first place! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-807462 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 04:30:22 +0000 Debbie 807462@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella-I decided to check the forum before I went to bed and read this touching post. You hi-lighted the two of the things that stuck with me this year. Angie's and<br /> Sona's post.<br /> Shopping should be fun and if I keep these two ladies wise words in mind it is.<br /> Thanking all of you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-807392 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:31:21 +0000 Thistle 807392@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful post! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-807386 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:29:01 +0000 JulieJohn 807386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow! Those are some of my faves also, Sona's is always on my mind.</p> <p>Thanks a lot, Claire. I wasn't tearing up until I read your comment, and now, well, pass them tissues on over! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-807330 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:26:38 +0000 Laura 807330@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella, you sum up your YLF year beautifully - I missed some of the moments but also remember Angie's CAPS LOCK declaration Thank you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-793398 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:13:34 +0000 Ornella 793398@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tissues...? I was definitely going for "yes, that's it" effect, but now your kindness had made me weepy too... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-793349 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:02:07 +0000 ManidipaM 793349@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella, this is such a thoughtful, beautiful, evocative post... It's inspiring to see someone not only take something so concrete away from the YLF forums, but remember them well enough and cherish them enough to go back and find them to share generously. </p> <p>Thank you particularly for that, and also for pointers to some of the highlights I've missed while I was sleeping! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-793275 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:07:25 +0000 Jaime 793275@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a beautiful post! Will reread. Thank you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-793240 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:44:45 +0000 Suz 793240@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella, your generosity in calling out others' posts is rivalled only by your thoughtfulness and eloquence. What a beautiful summation of your learning this year and of why YLF is such a wonderful place for us all. </p> <p>And now, please pass the tissues!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-793098 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:40:48 +0000 rachylou 793098@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Don't make me weepy claire!</p> <p>Ornella, I so agree. You nailed it and picked some of the most "yes! that's it!" statements made here this year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-793034 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:57:02 +0000 Anonymous 793034@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm NOT gonna cry, I'm NOT gonna cry. </p> <p>Ornella, why do these types of posts make me all sentimental? Thank you for writing this. It's good to look back over the things we've learned. I'm going to read and re-read the articles and posts you've linked to. Thank you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-793017 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:35:25 +0000 Ornella 793017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks ladies.</p> <p>Sona, I wish I can illustrate just how true it is that size is just a number, but my camera broke down and I can't do the photos I wanted. But I will at first opportunity.</p> <p>It is so true that just choice of words makes a lot of difference to how we feel. It just never occurred to me that I *am not* M or L or 14 or 46, but wear those (and XS and 8 and 12 20 and 42 and 48... mind boggling). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-792992 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:35:51 +0000 Astrid 792992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wonderful post! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-792982 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:17:08 +0000 Sara L. 792982@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great post! I enjoyed reading your insights. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-792975 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:05:36 +0000 Isabel 792975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a wonderful post !!! Thank you ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-792903 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:38:24 +0000 Transcona Shannon 792903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amen!</p> <p>Beautiful and meaningful post Ornella - thank you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-792895 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:32:51 +0000 Sona 792895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautifully said Ornella. And thank you for mentioning my words. I no longer buy smaller sizes or unflattering clothes because a size is really just a number not me, myself by any defintion. I never tell a SA: I 'AM' a size 12, instead I confidently say I usually WEAR a size 12. It has changed my perspective and no longer makes me cringe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-792860 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:46:33 +0000 Angie 792860@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So eloquent and so Ornella. YOU ROCK big time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-golden-style-rules-for-memorable-2012#post-792832 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:09:27 +0000 Ornella 792832@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><em>After musings about changes my wardrobe has undergone (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/epiphany-how-my-style-went-through-b-cycle">here</a>) and how I shopped my needs (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-i-shopped-my-needs-syn-for-the-past-6-months">here</a>), I would like to round up my year on YLF.</em></p> <p>The statements below captured my attention from the moment I had read them and they are highlights of this year for me. What makes them so memorable and ultimately powerful is that without even trying they are now ingrained in my way of thinking, bringing more joy and fun in the game of dressing and expressing my personal style. </p> <p>~~~ <strong>Honorary non-YLF mention...</strong><br /> Amongst the blogs I follow is <a rel="nofollow" href="http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com">Advanced Style</a> which, with Angie's own advocacy that style has no age limits, raised my own awareness of just how inspiring the silver-haired generation is. One post and its title in particular spoke to me. </p> <ul> <li><strong>Elegance Is Always in Style.</strong></li> </ul> <p>For me this is as true as simply and elegantly it's been said.<br /> <em>(The post can be found <a rel="nofollow">here</a>).</em></p> <p>~~~ <strong>And now back home...<br /> #3...</strong><br /> When Angie speaks, we listen. One forum conversation made her speak her mind so... ahem... quite loudly:</p> <ul> <li><strong>PLEASE WEAR THE HECK OUT OF YOUR FAB CLOTHES! Too many people forget to wear their treasures and focus on the hunt.</strong></li> </ul> <p>Caps locks are Angie's. Enough said.<br /> <em>(The forum conversation can be found <a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/12-items-per-year-has-anyone-done-this-successfully">here</a>).</em></p> <p>~~~ <strong>#2...</strong><br /> After leaving her old job our brave and beautiful UWP Rae summed up her thoughts in a brilliant thread. What particularly stood out was:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Personality comes through in less pieces than I'd thought...sometimes the only "twist" in my outfit ...was enough for me to feel like "me".<br /> </strong> </li> </ul> <p>Thank you Rae for saying it aloud and continuously demonstrating that. Style is ultimately about being yourself.<br /> <em>(Rae's thread can be found <a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/desk-job-denoument">here</a>.)</em></p> <p>~~~ <strong>#1...</strong><br /> The Golden Girl of this community had shared her epiphanies in the heartwarming Veteran post and although every single word she wrote struck a cord with me, one sentence was the ultimate highlight. It spontaneously resurfaced in my mind a few weeks ago when I started searching for a new pair of jeans in the new market and faced with sometimes perplexing sizing system. Instead of feeling disheartened or grumpy because of the initial, but familiar lack of success, I could just move on. Best of all, I smile(*) every time I remember these words, for they make me feel connected to everyone who shares their wisdom and insights here:</p> <ul> <li><strong>KNOW YOUR SIZE AND SAY IT OVER AND OVER: I WEAR A SIZE----- AND IT DOESN'T MEAN A THING</strong> </li> </ul> <p>Like a quiet voice in my head... <em>You are not the size you wear. You wear the size. It's just the number. It is not YOU.</em><br /> Thank you Sona! I am so grateful you wrote them!<br /> <em>(Sona's thread can be revisited <a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-epiphanies-and-truisms-my-first-year-in-ylf-school">here</a>.)</em></p> <p>In the end, while these are only a handful of moments amongst daily doses of thrill, inspiration and joy, I chose them (or they chose themselves) because they reflect my own circumstances and current leg of style journey. They made 2012. on YLF particularly memorable. Thank you all. And now, bring on 2013.</p> <p>(*) P.S.<br /> You can all bet I smile *a lot* when I shop </p>