https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:07:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147586 Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:16:32 +0000 Helena 2147586@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like your final outfit choice.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147519 Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:42:08 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2147519@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Jenni! Fingers crossed on the job but I really don’t expect to be permitted to take it. I’m still looking for something else here in Germany.<br /> Yes, the first pix posted, with the green top, are old ones from Tampa. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147489 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 23:08:20 +0000 Jenni NZ 2147489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>FashIntern, I’m completely confused! Is this a job in Germany? I’m guessing those were older pics of the first outfit.<br /> Anyway, congratulations on the job and hope ( German?) immigration lets you take it. As your son is later in teenage now then I guess he doesn’t need the same amount of looking after he once did.<br /> I had voted yay to the first outfit, it looked both tidy and interesting to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147416 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 15:06:25 +0000 nemosmom 2147416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats on the offer! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147409 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:55:45 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2147409@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cjh, by green I meant the patterned one in the first pix, taken in Florida. </p> <p>Thanks Gigi! It’s a favorite sweater, but everything about it just feels right. Purchased from Winter Silks ~12 years ago. </p> <p>Kkards, thanks—fingers crossed! </p> <p>Vildy, sounds reasonable to me, but reasonability seems to be a reason things get shot down there (who, me, irritated?). The latest application I filed includes a note from my son’s doc about his asthma. Fingers crossed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147400 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:59:11 +0000 cjh 2147400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Green sweater? Looks purple to me.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147389 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:37:15 +0000 Vildy 2147389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Since everything else seems to be working this way, is it possible to get an economic/budgetary exception 'Cause Covid ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147387 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:08:28 +0000 kkards 2147387@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations on getting a job offer, hope that you can/do get approval to take the job! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147380 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 07:34:38 +0000 Gigi 2147380@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations! I do like the sweater that you chose. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147357 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 23:26:43 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2147357@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for all the good wishes, everyone! Tbh, I’d be surprised if Immigration OKs me taking the job, because the salary is too low—they’d rather have me grind through more savings than earn too little. </p> <p>Angie, no, we are not back in Florida. Even if we wind up returning to the US, I don’t think we would go back to Florida. The pictures with the green sweater were taken in Florida a couple of years ago. It was a winter outfit then, and that counted as a serious sweater there. Here, even on a fall day like today, I was much more comfortable with a thicker sweater, boots, and thicker tights (actually over-knee socks worn on top of fairly thin tights). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147352 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 21:44:17 +0000 Preppy Pear 2147352@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thumbs up on the lovely sweater and congrats on the job offer!!!!</p> <p>I do like the pattern mix outfit for non-interview situations! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147349 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 21:36:01 +0000 Angie 2147349@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats on the new job! Are you back in Florida?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147337 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 20:39:37 +0000 slim cat 2147337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks good - like the sweater choice. Hope all goes well! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147334 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 20:27:11 +0000 Vildy 2147334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations on getting offered the job and great good luck with any red tape you may have to negotiate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147328 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 19:42:18 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2147328@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all! I don’t think I’ve ever seen such unanimity here. </p> <p>As it turns out, I posted those pix (from Florida) too late for anyone to comment in time for the interview. I think I knew it might not be the best outfit, so I switched to a solid sweater (with texture). I got the job, now just have to see if the immigration office will let me do it. </p> <p>Pictures were taken while shopping on the way home. That’s a mini tire pump and cartridges in my hand. No idea how the sweater hem got flipped up, hope it wasn’t like that while talking to HR. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147314 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 17:49:07 +0000 Angie 2147314@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great combination! Works well. Are your shoes patterned too?&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm with <b>Nuanacedream</b>&nbsp;and <b>Brooklyn</b> about the interview outfit ideas.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147302 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:21:51 +0000 nuancedream 2147302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a big fan of pattern mixing and really like the top and skirt combination. If you're interviewing for something in a creative field, then by all means, I say, "Why not." On the other hand, if the interview is for something in a more conservative work environment like law or banking, then it might be safer to go with a top in a much smaller scale print that could read as a neutral. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147300 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:07:04 +0000 rachylou 2147300@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the prints together! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147296 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 15:30:18 +0000 slim cat 2147296@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mixed prints and the neckline looking good. I would consider adding something like solid white scarf on the neck - just to bring more neutrals into play. I guess it all depends on the particular place where the interview is happening. Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147286 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:38:29 +0000 lyn67 2147286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To be fair I (for myself)&nbsp; am more conservative&nbsp; when pattern mixing-color scheme seems good as is&nbsp; neutral and&nbsp; quite close to each other but&nbsp; the scale and rhytm of repetition of the patterns are almost the same and pattern of the skirt has a definite direction which distrurbs me a bit. <br />I am more happy when pairing very small with a bigger scale-I cannot put exactly my finger on. If this doesn't bother you and you are OK with the mix I say&nbsp; wear it happy! <br />Both pieces are great contenders for a smart interview on their own and paired with something uni/plain and it surely depends a lot on the industry,&nbsp; I just wouldn't wear them together for that purpose. <br />Wanted to add,&nbsp; to my eyes neckline is&nbsp; quite OK- I wouldn't bother to raise it- hosiery and shoes work beautifull, as well. No matter your decision, just wish you good luck!:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147282 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:50:44 +0000 Vildy 2147282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's just fine for private life but you don't know the inner life of the interviewer. :D&nbsp; &nbsp;Lots of people attribute negative meanings to pattern mixing.&nbsp; The majority of my own outfits in warmer weather are pattern mixed but I don't have to subject myself to someone's ideas of them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147278 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:23:15 +0000 nemosmom 2147278@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the patterns work together, but am with the others on whether it works for an interview. Does the work environment mesh with the outfit?&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147277 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:55:51 +0000 Brooklyn 2147277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I think they work together. The pattern of the skirt is actually quite subtle (to my eye anyway!). I don’t know whether it’s the best choice for an interview. I think it depends on the dress culture associated with the job. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147275 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:08:22 +0000 kkards 2147275@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t mind the patterns together, but, IMO, I’d wear something less busy for an interview. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/these-patterns#post-2147270 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:03:37 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2147270@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How do you like this top &amp; skirt together? I’m thinking of wearing them for a second interview, probably with something under the sweater to raise the neckline. </p>