https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 13 May 2026 15:00:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090646 Wed, 08 Jan 2020 04:21:44 +0000 Kari 2090646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hitching a ride on the time machine too. I love and remember all of these! Laura, you were an early role model for me RE: bold jewel tones.&nbsp;<div>I’ve loved following your Prince experiment. That was so fun!</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090446 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:05:47 +0000 Angie 2090446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I want to climb into that time machine with you! Or it all simply needs to happen again. Happy days </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090433 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 14:01:55 +0000 Laura 2090433@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Angie, I want to climb aboard a time machine to take us back to fall of 2011! What happy memories of a creative sisterhood that has brought loads of joy to my life.</p> <p>@Suz, thanks for the nudge to follow the urge to change things up. You wear your pixie incredibly well and inspire me not only with your hairstyle but with your writing and sensible yet fun-loving approach to fashion. Rock on!</p> <p>@Taylor, you made me laugh! Good times indeed, and more ahead!</p> <p>@rachylou, Taller, no kidding! You make me want to run out and get that pixie! Thanks for the sweet words!</p> <p>@Jess, All of the links from my old posts were broken, so I figured Photobucket was no more. It was quite the process to take a photo on the camera, upload it to photobucket, and then post it here. That was in the years before I had a smartphone! Greg did an amazing job of making it easier to do everything from our phones.</p> <p>@Shevia, your enthusiasm brings joy! Thank you so much!</p> <p>@RobinF, the heels were borrowed and I could barely stand much less walk, but they sure looked good in the photo, ha! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090430 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:37:13 +0000 RobinF 2090430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love these! Those heels in #5! Wow! I love the pixie too and definitely see Annette Benning. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090337 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 03:22:20 +0000 Jaime 2090337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are fabulous! #5 is amazing. I like you in every short length from very to a bit longer. Agree with the Annette Bening comparison every time! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090332 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 02:51:25 +0000 Anonymous 2090332@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Photobucket is still around I am a member but don’t use it much anymore. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090323 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 01:48:09 +0000 rachylou 2090323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are totally a ringer for Annette! How different you look with a pixie, tho. I think the pixie makes you look really tall! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090318 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 00:59:01 +0000 taylor 2090318@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh ... the photo with the red and polka umbrellas really woke up my memory...SO FAB...good times ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090312 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 23:54:22 +0000 Angie 2090312@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to throw these in from 2011! :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090310 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 23:49:07 +0000 Suz 2090310@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look amazing in a pixie. I know I am biased, but still. I call it as I see it. GO FOR IT!! Especially if you are craving a change.&nbsp;</p> <p>I definitely see consistency in your style across the years. The last photo is killer amazing, but you look great in all of these.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090284 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 21:06:19 +0000 JAileen 2090284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#5 looks like a celebrity. &nbsp;#4 looks like a lovely regular person. &nbsp;Your pixie is perfect. &nbsp;If you like it, you should definitely go back to it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090280 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:57:38 +0000 Angie 2090280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Annette Benning wishes she looked as good as you :)</p> <p><b>Laura</b>, I remember ALL of these. YOU HAVE NEVER LOOKED BETTER, and are beautiful inside and out.&nbsp;</p> <p>Few people wear a pixie as well as you. YES, go back. That yummy nose of yours, you know....</p> <p>We wore a lot of black and grey back then because there was nothing else! Those days have evolved.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090188 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 17:07:48 +0000 slim cat 2090188@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful picture #5. Love your hair both ways.<br />They say that baby-doll dresses possibly will make comeback this year &nbsp;as a fringe trend ( some baby-doll tops already showing up in retail ). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090186 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 17:03:54 +0000 Laura 2090186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@suntiger, you made me giggle!</p> <p>@Taylor, let's see that new 'do! You rock short hair like no one's business so I have no doubt that seeing you going shorter could be the inspiration and tipping point for me.</p> <p>@kellygirl, you inspire me right back! You wear jeans and dresses equally well and I want to steal your boot collection.</p> <p>@smittie, awwww, how gracious you are! It's fun to look back on old hairstyles and realize hey, that didn't look half bad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090182 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:47:17 +0000 smittie 2090182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I simply ADORE you short pixie, and natural hair colour!!! (And this is saying something because I love long hair.)<br />You are soooo pretty!!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090175 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:36:21 +0000 kellygirl 2090175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#5!! Wow is right. I remember all of these as you were quite and still are a fashion inspiration to me!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090153 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:47:47 +0000 taylor 2090153@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I lLOVE the pixie on you. &nbsp;I bit &nbsp;and chopped mine off yesterday . &nbsp;Looking at old photos did it for me too!<br />i remember the more fitted dresses most about your style:). And the pixie !<br />photo # 5 is killer ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090150 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:42:43 +0000 Anonymous 2090150@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#5 WOW </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090147 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:33:35 +0000 Laura 2090147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're all so nice and awfully kind to take a look. Thank you!</p> <p>@Cardiff girl, #5 was all about being fierce and confident so I'm glad that shines through. It was intimidating at first and then I started to have fun with it (so much fun I almost scared myself, lol!)</p> <p>@Kyle, you were there in the early days too! Thanks for the vote of confidence about the pixie. I was admiring Ellen DeGeneres' pixie as she accepted her award on the Golden Globes last night. That's what got me started thinking along those lines!</p> <p>@torontogirl, that is high praise and a lovely thing to say! Now where's my Warren Beatty? :-)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090128 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 14:53:59 +0000 Helena 2090128@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look like a young Annette Bening in #5! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090127 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 14:52:22 +0000 Kyle 2090127@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You rock a pixie, and that photo shoot is epic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090122 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 14:44:15 +0000 Cardiff girl 2090122@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>wow,you look Fierce in number 5! And the jacket in 4 looks great.l always prefer alittle length in hair cuts myself so again #5with the volume looks good to me.Thanks for sharing ,it’s so much fun to see other peoples past style selfs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/then-now-and-goals#post-2090118 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 14:38:53 +0000 Laura 2090118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very late to the party, but I finally found some 2009-2010 YLF photos on a USB drive (I used to use an app that's now defunct, called Photobucket, to load photos to post here, anyone remember that??) and wanted to share. #1-4 are from 2009-2010 and #5 is from 2019 -- I did a photo shoot channeling my Princely alter ego for my "The Year of Living Like Prince" project. It was quite the experience to dress up in full hair and makeup and take photos in downtown Minneapolis!</p> <p>Looking back, I was surprised at how much black and gray I wore.&nbsp; At the same time, I see consistency in my style. There's always something romantic and playful about my clothes, whether it's ruffles or a full skirt or a brightly colored handbag. </p> <p>My goals for 2020 are to continue adding color and to evolve my moniker of eclectic bohemian by going back to more fitted silhouettes. As I was reviewing photos from over the years, I realized that somewhere along the way, my clothes became slouchy (I think that happened around 2012 with boyfriend jeans and oversized tops?). I'll be on the lookout for empire-waist dresses (they need to make a comeback!). And whatever I purchase, I need to accomplish it while staying within my budget.</p> <p>Looking back on my hairstyle, these photos made me realize that I miss my pixie cut in my natural hair color. Should I consider going back to it?? Thanks for taking a look! I'm grateful for whoever had the great idea for this topic and a chance to look back and reflect on a fab decade in fashion, thanks to YLF.</p>