https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 13:04:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end/page/2#post-900615 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:52:06 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 900615@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Here is my take on the situation.&nbsp; Over a few days in the next two to three weeks, the temperature is going to go from -10 to +25.&nbsp; Those few days will be perfect for wearing a spring leather jacket and then we will be in summer temps and it will be too hot.&nbsp; I think you could get two or three fabulous dresses and possibly even a few accessories that you can wear and enjoy all summer.<br /><br />Great musings as always Shannon.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end/page/2#post-900612 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:48:42 +0000 Anonymous 900612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Brilliant! Now the perfect spring jacket is going to pop up for sure...probably later this week. &nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end/page/2#post-900609 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:46:33 +0000 Anonymous 900609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks for sharing your thought processes with us Shannon. I think it will help us all to be more PPP and be mindful of what is right for ourselves. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end/page/2#post-900597 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:09:13 +0000 ironkurtin 900597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I love this post. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end/page/2#post-900508 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:25:17 +0000 goldenpig 900508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You are so wise and insightful, Shannon. Thanks for sharing your thought process (and Una is so wise too!). Good for you for not settling...keep up with PPP and that perfect white leather jacket will come to you someday! <br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end/page/2#post-900426 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:57:20 +0000 Sveta 900426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Shannon, you are a wise woman! You are right, it is so easy to be caught in the buying frenzy and think that you "must" get something. I am so proud of you that I would alsi give you some hugs like Una.<br />I know I have to restrain myself heavily when it comes to Danier jackets. I was looking for a white jacket for 3 years now and that's the reason I got one now but I will restrain myself from buying any other leather jacket now doesn't matter how tempting.<br />You are also on the weight program so it does not make sense to invest into a jacket now when your size is going to change. You can reward yourself when your goal is met.<br />Hugs - you are amazing!<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end/page/2#post-900336 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:25:05 +0000 celia 900336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I love your musings. I think you always articulate perfectly the process that most of us go by. We make a wish list, we start searching and suddendly we are way of mark, buying things because it might look good with something else and we end up with happy family of items that live happily in our closets, waiting for a life/occasions we don't have and we haven't bought what we wished/loved/wanted.<br />It was a brave and wise decision you made and a big cheer to Una for the counseling.<br /><br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-900334 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:23:04 +0000 Tanya 900334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What a clever and insightful post, Shannon, I am deeply impressed. &nbsp;It sounds that you made the right decision. &nbsp;it is to get swayed by all the&nbsp;beautiful&nbsp;things we see here on the forum.<br />Mochi, that is hilarious!<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-900302 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:58:16 +0000 Suz 900302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Ah, okay -- I got confused....I thought that last one was the one with the more V shaped neckline. But that one is&nbsp;definitely longer than this one. And this one is too long.&nbsp;<br /><br />If it will make you feel any better, when I tried on the one that has the sort of snakeskin trim, I looked kind of the same. It just kind of...hung there.&nbsp;<br /><br />Ah well. I am firmly convinced that if we wait long enough they will cut another jacket in the same way as our Blink jacket and make it in the colours we want.&nbsp;<br /><br /><br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-900298 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:50:43 +0000 Nadya 900298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I love your musings! &nbsp;They help me sort out my own wardrobe puzzles, like whether I need nude flats, or a clutch .....thanks for sharing! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-900246 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:01:59 +0000 Raisin 900246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Such a good point Shannon, and applicable to so many aspects of life. &nbsp;Thanks for the insightful post! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-900239 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:59:02 +0000 pil 900239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Good for you Shannon, I'm glad you're content with your final decision.&nbsp;&nbsp;It's so hard to exercise cold impartiality.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-900174 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:40:29 +0000 Transcona Shannon 900174@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Mochi - too funny!<br /><br />Well I'm glad you all don't mind my introspective and musing posts. Sometimes putting things down in words is the only way I can get the thoughts straight in my head, you know? https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-900157 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:27:49 +0000 Aida 900157@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*hugs* Good introspection Shannon, and way to be tough but correct with your decisions for yourself. Whenever I purchase something YLF influenced, I am even more than normal&nbsp;NOT on Team Wear specifically so that I give myself time to reflect on whether the item really does deserve a place in my wardrobe. Especially when on a budget, it really is worth thinking on each item we get.</p><p>I'll join you and Una shopping, I'm&nbsp;a ruthless shopper! Just as Mary how many open weave sweaters I shot down for her before we finally found the right one ;)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-900154 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:21:51 +0000 Nicole D 900154@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Mochi, too funny! &nbsp;And apparently not far off the mark.<br /><br />Shannon, I love those jackets but I do think you can do without the blue one. &nbsp;My fave is the floral moto. &nbsp;<br />I really appreciate your reasoning, I think it is easy to get caught up in the hunt for something and that is fun...until it's not. &nbsp;So just know your limit and shop within it! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-900148 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:15:33 +0000 Thistle 900148@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I understand&nbsp;the love of the hunt. And, I understand seeing beautiful items on others and wanting to add them to your closet, even if it doesn't necessarily fit with your style goals or lifestyle.<br /><br />I am impressed with your introspection and your ability to take a step back and reevaluate your nNed's.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-900132 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:00:02 +0000 Mochi 900132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I don't even have any idea what fashion issues you all started out discussing, but prepare to laugh:<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://highexpectationsasianfather.tumblr.com/">http://highexpectationsasianfather.tumblr.com/</a><br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-900120 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:46:29 +0000 Caro in Oz 900120@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I hope the self-knowledge that you have obviously taken away from "the great leather jacket hunt" has made it all&nbsp;worthwhile.<br /><br />Thanks so much&nbsp;for your honesty. For me, you are one of the people who make this such a great place:) https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-900085 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:16:23 +0000 Deborah 900085@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Shannon I really appreciate you sharing how you processes your decision here. &nbsp;And you know you are not&nbsp;not alone:). I posted a while packs re a pair of straight leg jacquard trousers for winter. &nbsp;I picked up said pants&nbsp;on Thursday (I had lay buyed them), got them home so excited, put them on last night to try and thought&nbsp;<b>what was I&nbsp;thinking. &nbsp;</b><b></b>I was so focussed on buying into the trend that I lost perspective. &nbsp;The pants didnt look completely awful but in reality were not 100% me. &nbsp;I'm returning them today! &nbsp;You should have seen DH's eye rolling lol. &nbsp;Sometimes I want something so badly that I find myself unwittingly compromising. &nbsp;Something I am trying really hard not to do. &nbsp;FWIW I think you made the right decision re returning and the insight you have gained (and shared) is invaluable. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-900011 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:52:49 +0000 rae 900011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Shannon, I want to type more at home, but I SO empathize regarding the searching, not wanting to fail, and not wanting to give up on a goal. You sound like you have had a similar time to me in my trench search... I hope the right one finds you one of these days... When you need it and don't have to stress over it. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-899990 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:19:25 +0000 Ariadne 899990@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Shannon, I loved reading your insights. &nbsp;It sounds like you made a decision that is in tune with both your head and your heart. &nbsp;That's a huge accomplishment, in my opinion, and NOT an easy thing to do, sometimes. &nbsp;Thanks for sharing your process with us. &nbsp;It's truly fascinating and extremely helpful. &nbsp;I love these types of threads. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-899966 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:07:18 +0000 hedgiehog 899966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Shannon, so glad you came full circle in this shopping quest and decided to return. Although I did like the jacket, I agree with the other ladies that unless something fills a gap and it is a 10+ item, it isn't worth your fabness. I can relate to the need for having something new...sometimes I find that I bought something that looked great on someone else only to find that it doesn't work for my style or my body. Spending time here on YLF, although short, has taught me that.&nbsp;<br />On another note, Una &amp; sylvie...you cracked me up! My DD came home upset the other day and mentioned that she received the equivalent of an Asian F on her algebra test. When I asked her what that was she told me it was an A-. I laughed so hard when I saw the same phrase here.&nbsp;I had to keep telling her that her A- was perfectly ok! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-899949 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:58:00 +0000 Transcona Shannon 899949@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Una - it is indeed a success and not a failure and I feel ok about it. You were a HUGE help to me last night.&nbsp;Hugs back at ya friend!<br /><br />RunCarla - good luck with your own jacket search :)<br /><br />Sylvie - you call it tenacity; my husband calls it being a pain in the ***! - lol<br /><br />Suz - how could I have forgotten that link and jacket??? The white one you've linked to is the white one I ordered and tried here (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-feel-like-a-freak-white-leather-jacket-edition">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....et-edition</a>).&nbsp;<br /><br />Sona - please don't ever feel like you can't tell me the truth. I'm learning to be a big girl - lol!<br /><br />Thank you all for your comments. Your input is always appreciated https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-899948 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:57:36 +0000 Sylvie 899948@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Una, an Asian F is an A.&nbsp; Nothing less than an A+ is acceptable.<br /><br />Adding side note:&nbsp; When I was growing up, I didn't tell my parents when I had exams or papers due.&nbsp; Every now and then, they'd ask if I'd had any tests recently.&nbsp; I'd carefully sort through the accumulated papers and only show them the ones that were 97 percent or higher.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-899945 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:52:04 +0000 catgirl 899945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Sona, you know this joke, I hope:<br /><br />What's an Asian F?<br />An A-. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-899943 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:50:51 +0000 Sona 899943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I am so glad you made this decision. I was sitting quietly on the sidelines but really thought none of the candidates were an 11 for you. My mom always told me getting a 100% on a test was not enough, you should impress the teacher enough that she wants to give you a 101 hence the 11/10 reference! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-899940 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:49:53 +0000 Suz 899940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Shannon, you are making a good decision here. Even though I love the blue jacket and think it could work very well for you, even more important is the learning and self-reflection you are doing here.&nbsp;<br /><br />In many ways, I think YLF does this for each of us. Somehow, reading Angie's blog regularly and participating in the forum can help us address our personal shopping weaknesses. For some, it is the restless need for something new -- when the closet is already full of lovely things that go unworn. For others, it is too many clothes, so much chaos, not even days in the year to wear the things they have. Still others don't have enough clothes and are too timid in their shopping. Others refuse or are unable to spend money on themselves (even within their own budgets) and feel frivolous if they do. Some don't buy for their dominant season. Some buy for their fantasy life and have nothing to wear for their real life. And so on.&nbsp;<br /><br />Every one of us has at least one of these weaknesses. and it's by hanging out here that we learn how to address them. You have learned so much! I like that you are able to see -- without judgement -- that you shop with your heart. Mostly, shopping with your heart is a good thing. And sometimes, it makes you buy things that on reflection aren't the best purchases. Just knowing this about yourself will make you pause this way before each major purchase -- thus ensuring that in future, your heart and your head will be in agreement.&nbsp;<br /><br />And now, because I can't help it, did you try on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.danier.com/leather-women-jackets-blazers-110030364-P6204.aspx?lang=en&amp;colour=100|ffffff&amp;mc=yes">this particular jacket?</a> The back length is 21." &nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-899934 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:46:46 +0000 Sylvie 899934@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Aha!&nbsp; It is so easy to decide we need an item after seeing everyone else get one. This point you made, is, I think, key:<br /><br />"I've gotten into my head that I <b><i>need</i></b> a spring leather jacket or moto of some sort. Why I came up with this, I don't know."<br /><br />If you had serendipitously stumbled upon the perfect spring leather jacket, then of course it is reasonable to keep it.&nbsp; But if don't know you have a wardrobe hole, it doesn't make sense to invest all that energy into searching, buying, returning.<br /><br />I have to say I quite admire your tenacity because it takes me months to source and purchase anything.&nbsp; If you had time for it, I bet you'd be an awesome personal shopper.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-899929 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:40:49 +0000 texstyle 899929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I do this too Shannon. I sometimes get rather obsessed with an item. I will shop for it relentlessly, maybe over a period of months. Then sometimes I get to that same point of "why in the world am I obsessing over this one thing?" Usually it IS a combination of reasons like I need a reason to shop in order to justify looking at pretty things. Or I feel like I "need" something new to brighten my mood.&nbsp; I must admit, sometimes it also works out well to&nbsp;obsess.&nbsp;But you already know that too. &nbsp;I shopped for months for the right moto style jacket after seeing so many great ones on YLF last year. For me the right one meant NOT leather (too hot here to enjoy it enough) and machine washable (very hard). I eventually did find one in a coated denim not long ago but it's not going to get used until this fall as it's already too warm here. It comes with a generous return policy so the tag is still on&nbsp;just in case I've been kidding myself and when fall comes I get my wits back. &nbsp;But for now, I'm satisfied.&nbsp; <br /><br />I wondered about your "need" for a white leather jacket. I thought about the white denim jacket I thought I "needed" and bought last year and only have worn 3 times.&nbsp; The faded denim one I've never worn as I opted for the darker denim whenever the option came up. Still has it's tag on but I don't think I can return it. (but I will double check I think). And the denim blazer style jacket&nbsp; I found at a resale shop for $10 that I thought was such a great find (really more of a childhood memory desire&nbsp;- again, I've never worn and it's in the donate box. <br /><br />I am getting better about not getting overly worked up on new trends or fashion envy items. Ingunn's fantastic black bomber made me look at bombers on several shopping excursions because it looked so great on her, but then I realized that black moto already fills the spot for me. I don't need a bomber at all. <br /><br />It's like fashion therapy here - and that's a very good thing to me. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-great-spring-2013-jacket-search-long-with-decision-at-end#post-899928 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:40:05 +0000 Anonymous 899928@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Shannon you are one smart cookie. It sounds like shopping with your heart is tough on the emotions. (I must be a thinking shopper instead of a feeling shopper). If you've realized that the blue color is not all that versatile, then I would put this in the disaster averted category instead of the failure category. Well, the blue jacket isn't a disaster in any way, but you get my drift! Plus now you have more money to re-spend, which is always fun. Onwards!