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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: The Learning Curve, June, and done! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-learning-curve-june-and-done Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:36:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php Alana in Canada on "The Learning Curve, June, and done!" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-learning-curve-june-and-done#post-1291925 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 02:12:02 +0000 Alana in Canada 1291925@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks for answering my questions! I like that criteria #!: Don't leave the house in something you don't wwant photographed. Hmmm. Karie--too funny about the UPS guy. Maybe, if he saw you, he'd just figure you didn't have any decent clothes yet--they they were all in the box? Caro in Oz on "The Learning Curve, June, and done!" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-learning-curve-june-and-done#post-1291805 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:04:11 +0000 Caro in Oz 1291805@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You are singing my song "Comfort can be stylish". Can't wait for your thoughts cheryl on "The Learning Curve, June, and done!" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-learning-curve-june-and-done#post-1291796 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 23:57:57 +0000 cheryl 1291796@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You look amazing and I am jealous of your plaid pant collection Anonymous on "The Learning Curve, June, and done!" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-learning-curve-june-and-done#post-1291654 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 21:17:23 +0000 Anonymous 1291654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Karie, you have been so disciplined with your picture taking. You've learned a lot, and since you've been sharing your findings, we've learned a lot too! I can really relate to you're wanting your clothes to fit just right and be fuss free. Thanks to lyn*'s link in Link Love last week, I will now be able to tailor some dresses myself like you did.  I love that white floral top from Target. It's gorgeous. I also love your dark denim jacket (the one you have on with your pub-crawling T--lol,).  Karie on "The Learning Curve, June, and done!" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-learning-curve-june-and-done#post-1291639 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 20:53:13 +0000 Karie 1291639@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Suz, I have to chuckle at your "step further" - I am sitting here in cut off Old Navy sweat shorts and a Thousand Islands tee (the place not the salad dressing, lol), and the UPS man just dropped off a box from Zappos. The window shade on picture window in the living room is up, so I ducked between the loveseat and the ottoman until he left! Another lesson to learn...but in my defense I am house cleaning today :)  OK, so I'm not house cleaning yet, but I intend to start soon! Suz on "The Learning Curve, June, and done!" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-learning-curve-june-and-done#post-1291633 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 20:37:16 +0000 Suz 1291633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Karie, you are a star student!! (Not to mention, a fab teacher.)  Congratulations on a full year of photos!! I am blushing, because I haven't even managed more than a month at a time (and me, a 3 year veteran of this place!)  I was just saying to Alana today how important the regular photos can be to our learning.  You have proved this tenfold. Or is that twelvefold? Anyway, you've proved it.  I can't wait to read your reflections. I am very taken by your observations so far: Comfort can be stylish. Don't settle. And don't leave the house in something you wouldn't want to take a photo of.  Even though I haven't always been as regular in my photos as I would like, I definitely made the latter my mantra when I began the YLF journey. I have even taken it a step further: Don't wear (as daily wear) anything in the house that you would be horrified for the UPS man to see! (Obviously undies are excepted here).  lyn* on "The Learning Curve, June, and done!" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-learning-curve-june-and-done#post-1291602 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:57:02 +0000 lyn* 1291602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I love your tailored dresses - isn't a little nip and tuck the best thing?  I think the concept of not leaving the house in something you wouldn't want to take a picture of is interesting - I've definitely been guilty of schlepping on a t-shirt to go to the grocery store - teehee. Maybe it's just as easy to schlepp on something a bit more presentable. Karie on "The Learning Curve, June, and done!" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-learning-curve-june-and-done#post-1291580 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:38:38 +0000 Karie 1291580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Alana, I didn't have goals for each month per se, but I did have one requirement: No leaving the house in any outfit you don't want to take a photo of.  I was prompted to do it because I felt like I was having trouble putting in to practice what I was learning about on YLF. I am a very visual learner, and I learn by doing and reflecting on that. As I made note of some of the things I had figured out, I tried to build on that even more the next month. One of the biggest things I learned was to stop settling. That is/still is a hard habit to break! Taking the pics didn't take long at all - I started taking pics in the mirror and then I went to ust leaving the Gorilla tripod and the camera out and snapping a few pics in the kitchen the next morning. Easy peasy. Alana in Canada on "The Learning Curve, June, and done!" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-learning-curve-june-and-done#post-1291523 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:34:06 +0000 Alana in Canada 1291523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Another lover of the vest outfits--so interesting to see how well the outfit worked both ways!  I have looked through some of these past learning curve posts of yours and it's so interesting to me that you did this. What a great idea. I'm wondering if I should do something myself. May I ask what prompted you to do this? Did you have goals each month?  Neel on "The Learning Curve, June, and done!" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-learning-curve-june-and-done#post-1291520 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:28:13 +0000 Neel 1291520@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Fantastic set of outfits Karie and congratulations on the one year outfit-pics-taking anniversary ;). You are right. Time to reflect and look back and I love how pictures help in doing just that :) I love the plaid pants collage. Your self made handkerchief skirt is so pretty! We have lot of talented seamstresses around here :) But my absolute favorite has to be the vest outfits. Taking notes for my own! Cool shoes! Karie on "The Learning Curve, June, and done!" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-learning-curve-june-and-done#post-1291511 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:12:12 +0000 Karie 1291511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Something has shifted (don't be alarmed, I'm not talking about my undergarments!). I mean style-wise. Here's what shifted this month: Comfort can be stylish. No more wearing old sweat pants for the 3 hr. car ride for a weekend get-a-way to Lake Ontario. I almost did that Sat. morning, but I just couldn't and I changed clothes. It also ties in with another learning aha moment that happened earlier this year - Don't settle for something that doesn't fit the way you want it to - ill fitting garments aren't comfortable AND they're not stylish. So the great experiment of school year 2013-2014 is done. I started taking outfit pics every work day of the school year, and then added weekends too. I plan on going back to the photos and looking at what I wore/didn't wear, what stays in my closet/what goes. I do want to do a reflection post -  Egads, this is where I started, and hallelujah, this is where I am now - and then it'll be back to individual/weekly outfit posts. Thanks for listening to my ramblings, and for better or worse, here's June: #1 Stray from your comfort zone - A not-too-into flowers gal goes floral from head to toe (handkerchief hem skirt is self made, top is from Target) #3 - Proportions make a difference: The red jacket (Levi's, last year) looks fine, the white jacket (older) not so much. #6 - Get a little funky: Funky shoes and a vest to shake things up a bit. #7 - Have fun with fashion: The outfit on the left is what I wore to my school's end-of-year pub crawl. The tee (from Swedish Hill Winery, Lake Placid, NY) is my report card (!) - it says "Drinks well with others" #10 - Do alterations, don't expect everything to fit off the rack: The dress is altered, and so is the polka dot one in #2. I can do my own alterations, but I wouldn't hesitate to take something difficult to a good tailor.