https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:51:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge/page/2#post-2201673 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:24:07 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2201673@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, bj111! That blouse is one of my favorite self-made pieces. I think it shows in that expression! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge/page/2#post-2201575 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 12:09:39 +0000 bj1111 2201575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>sharan, you wear color so well.&nbsp; that green onesie is the bomb.&nbsp; my fave is the #9 sideview because your expression is so sassy--"yes i know i look fab." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge/page/2#post-2201554 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 05:08:50 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2201554@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carla, I think I am leaning toward more classic and less avant-garde, perhaps. The straight, full-length legs in 2, 3, 7, 8, and 11 feel more classic to me, and different to my usual, since most of my jeans are cropped. I really enjoyed wearing my arty shirt again in 8-9, so maybe classic with a twist or an edge, as Catherine noted, is where I'm headed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201536 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 01:21:09 +0000 Carla 2201536@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you can wear many silhouettes well. &nbsp;Some of these looks are classic, and some avant-guard, and some an artistic mix of both. &nbsp;I like the wide on bottom/slim on top silhouette, and asymmetrical outfits. &nbsp;Of course, the boiler suit is fab and deserves lots of wear opportunities.</p> <p>In an earlier post you mentioned feeling a style shift coming on. &nbsp;Did any of these outfits feel more the direction you want to explore? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201471 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:06:22 +0000 Angie 2201471@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great sneakers! Try moleskin where they rub at the back.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201461 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 18:51:43 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2201461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Angie, these are the ones I kept. (They are in Finds with the post, too.) Today I found they rub at the back, too! I'll make them work with the right socks &amp; preventative measures. The high tops posed more of a back-ankle fit problem, and I could see they weren't going to work.</div><div>I'm beginning to think I barely have ankles, like my calves just abruptly join my feet--little room to play with there.<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201444 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 17:23:58 +0000 Jonesy 2201444@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are excellent spring outfits--you have done a splendid job of pulling together looks that say "spring!" while still staying warm. I love the boilersuit! You wear all sorts of pants silhouettes really well, but I especially love the plum drapey pants and the balloon jeans--edgy but they work seamlessly for you (outfit #10 is my fave!). I know what you mean about a fussy sweater, but I think that wide neckline looks fab on you (#11). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201440 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 16:53:25 +0000 Angie 2201440@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Blast. Sorry they rubbed :(</p> <p>Which did you keep instead?&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201437 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 16:32:25 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2201437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Thanks, everyone, for your thoughtful replies! <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>ChristelJ</b>, I like the conclusion you draw from the varied favorites!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liesbeth</b>, high five on our dress-weather thinking!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Katerina</b>, thanks for your detailed look. Good question about what piece I start with. In these instances, it was always the pants, because I was coming up with non-blue-jeans outfits. Then I would consider which tops go with them, and which of those were warm enough options for the weather (or would allow the right layers on top). I think often I DO start with the tops, though, and build around that point. Maybe that's why I end up wearing jeans so much, because for every top I've got at least a couple of pairs of jeans that will go with it. <br /></div></p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201385 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:58:42 +0000 Liesbeth 2201385@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good that you're already wearing the jumpsuit, it suits you so well. These are all great outfits, nice to have a bit of variation with dresses out of the running (I hear you on the temperature issue! I wear dresses in winter with tights and on warm to hot summer days, but rarely in between.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201381 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:43:10 +0000 ChristelJ 2201381@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's telling that favorites are so varied; it's clear that these are all great outfits. I love the tops you made yourself and all the balloon pants. Your green boiler suit is wonderful. You wear it so naturally. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201376 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:05:59 +0000 Fashion Guru 2201376@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No.11 is by far my favorite! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201365 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:14:03 +0000 Katerina 2201365@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a treat to see so many excellent outfits, each unique and very interesting! You are very talented indeed and the pieces you made are fantastic. These are for me the pieces that made the outfits. I like all the outfits on you very much. They represent casual sophisticated style. Very thought through with perfect proportions and lot of interesting shapes and lines. </p> <p>I am smitten by the great blouse in 8-9, great design and a great outfit. Other personal favorites are 4, 13, 3 and 2. Love the symmetry in no 4 and the tee is great! Love the colors and the asymmetrical top in 13. And the orchid cardigan combined with the grey pants in 3 is so beautiful on you. No 2 - again a gorgeous top and perfectly chosen pants to go with it.<br /> I am curious how you choose your outfits - which item you start with and which are those you build the outfits around? I imagine that many of the tops are the center pieces? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201355 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 04:08:24 +0000 Sloper 2201355@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They all look nice - I especially like the slim cut in #11, and the cuffed look of the white jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201350 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 03:05:18 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2201350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div><b>Angie</b>, sadly, I returned the sneakers. They rubbed at the top of the back. I tried two sizes, and each did the same thing. So I got the white ones with the green detail on the back instead. (I was thinking of keeping both, if the high-tops had worked out!) Funny you mention outfit 7 with them. That's what I was wearing when I went to exchange sizes, and they did look great with it.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Bonnie</b>, thank you! I like how outfit 11 looks, too. I have pants very similar to the ones I passed on, and the sweater may stick around, despite its fussiness for me. <br /></div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201256 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 17:44:24 +0000 cat2 2201256@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your landscape T! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201225 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:40:41 +0000 Linda Welsh 2201225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That jumpsuit is divine!!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201220 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:30:02 +0000 Anonymous 2201220@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pretty sneakers! My favorite pieces are the ones you made- as usual! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201212 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:20:34 +0000 Bonnie 2201212@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like that you discovered things to change on this challenge. Your outfits look great, I even like #11. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201200 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:50:15 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2201200@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Thanks for your thoughts, everyone! It's fun to see which outfits strike your fancy. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Joy, I chuckled at "a lot of green"! Yes, very true! <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Fashintern, yes, I am looking forward to wearing the boiler suit with just a cami under it in warmer weather. As to the dark colors, it's not that I don't wear dark colors at all in spring or summer. I do have navy and black that I wear in summer. These particular pants in the dark olive and plum were hard to style for the chilly spring weather we were having. I wanted to lighten up, and yet the items that were warm enough felt like winter outfits. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Zaeobi, you're so right, it's how I feel in the pullover. I'm on the fence with it. There are things about the design that just aren't great for me--the wide neckline (I usually wear a scarf with it), the width of sleeves that make it hard to push or roll them up and keep them where I want them, and the awkward length of the sweater on me, which means I always want to wear it semi-tucked. And yet, it is soft, pretty, and a perfect hard-to-find cool, heathered stone color.<br /></div><div> <br /></div><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201195 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:35:42 +0000 Angie 2201195@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YOU LOOK AMAZING AS ALWAYS!</p> <p>Did you get these top pick sneakers in the Find? Made for you. They would look great with outfit #7 too.&nbsp;</p> <p>Love all these looks! KILLER love for #1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 14 and 15.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201127 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 10:14:11 +0000 Zaeobi 2201127@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like them all - lovely cohesive colour scheme, &amp; your handmade items fit right in alongside their style But the important thing is how you feel - if you don't feel fab in that jumper, then most likely you're not going to reach for it enough to warrant holding onto it, no? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201112 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 06:49:33 +0000 Mirjana 2201112@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow! So many great outfits, it is difficult to pick favorites as all are so perfect styled. But my favorites are #3, lovely color cardigan, #10 and #15, I love mauve balloon jeans. You look stunning in all outfits. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201109 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 06:10:02 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2201109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow! Good job soldiering on through cold spring. I totally get you on feeling over tights and boots before bare-legged weather arrives. You’ve got a lot of great options to wear instead. I’m not usually a fan of scarves, but the soft colors on that one are lovely on you. That boiler suit is indeed great. I can see it continuing to be very useful as weather transitions, wearing it with heavy things when it’s chillier and rolling up sleeves &amp; maybe even pants when it warms up a little. I like the rumply/slouchy pants and the fitted but not tight sweater in 11, together and separately, but if you’re not into them, then oh well. It’s interesting to me to hear that the dark colors don’t work in summer there. I’d kind of forgotten that that’s a thing—black is a 4-season color here. The way that shirt in 4 ties the dark and light together is great. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201101 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 05:14:16 +0000 Anonymous 2201101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look amazing. My favorite pieces are those made by you. My favorite outfits are 2,4,7, 11. I’m not sure how I feel about the boiler suit. It’s a lot of green.. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201093 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 04:13:55 +0000 rachylou 2201093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the boiler suit, all the mauve outfits and #10 - those are my favorites. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201078 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 03:23:38 +0000 Tanya 2201078@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So many stunning outfits here - each and every one of them are beautiful&nbsp; I especially like #5/6 and #9 - you wear this shapes of pants so well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201069 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 02:46:25 +0000 catherine 2201069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such an array of excellent outfits. I like all of them, and my favorites are 10, 11, and 15. Thanks very much for posting. Your style is somewhat classic, yet each outfit seems to have something a little edgy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201059 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 01:56:00 +0000 slim cat 2201059@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fab looks - so many great outfits! I love #4, 10, 14 and 15 but all are interesting and unique. Amazing results from your own masterful clothes making! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-no-jeans-challenge#post-2201057 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 01:52:04 +0000 Irina 2201057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, these outfits look wonderful! I absolutely admire your ability to make clothes. You are so talented!<br />Hard to pick a favorite but if I have to, it would be #10 and both outfits with the boilersuit.&nbsp; </p>