https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:38:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390386 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:47:13 +0000 Angie 390386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High five to Lena, Kyle, Christy, AJ and Deborah! </p> <p>AJ, I want a black lace jacket too :)</p> <p>Rosee, I think that black flats would shorten the leg line a little. Not too much, but still more than the nude. </p> <p>I knew that the Captain of Team Flats would love this outfit!</p> <p>Taylor, I know that's a promise </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390322 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:05:51 +0000 Deborah 390322@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this look! To my eye this is perfection. I agree with Carole, the flats make the outfit kind of edgy, arty and unexpected. While it would certainly look great with heels, I don't think heels would 'elevate' this ourtfit. I think the proportions here are perfect. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390297 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:32:42 +0000 AJ 390297@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, this is definitely an Angie outfit! I luv the sweetness factor with the flats.</p> <p>I'm enjoying the lace trend this year! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390294 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 05:59:24 +0000 rosee 390294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like this look with the flats, though I'm not as particular about those exact flats. A little more black contrast in the flats would be better -- like Angie's mentioned above. The fact that she is tall, slender, with short-cropped hair helps too.</p> <p>I have very high arches (don't touch the footbed, I have a 2-piece footprint) and I wear flats much of the time. I do need extra cushioning in the insole but I prefer flats to heels for running around (I have 6 pairs of heels and 6 pairs of ballet flats). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390255 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 04:01:28 +0000 Lena 390255@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG. </p> <p>It took me a long time to get past the stunning contrast between the full skirt, the short hair, the lace sleeve detail and the structured bag. Wow. </p> <p>So now that I'm paying attention to her shoes... to my eye, using heels of any kind would look almost expected. Still beautiful, but not as fun as with these two-tone flats. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390226 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 03:02:15 +0000 MsMaven 390226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My first thought: Audrey . . . and those shoes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390221 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 02:46:55 +0000 Kyle 390221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Delicious. The flats feel very right for this girl in this dress. Kitten heels would be fab, too, and a chunky heeled fashion forward sandal or a platform pump would be beautiful. But flats feel just right for her. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390201 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 02:11:47 +0000 marianna 390201@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perfection. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390183 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:43:50 +0000 christy 390183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd consider myself firmly on the side of Team Heels, but I really LOVE this. I think it's beautiful, sweet, and confident. I'm not sure why, but I think her haircut really helps pull this off and make it work to my eye. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390177 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:37:48 +0000 taylor 390177@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I was a SAHM , I only wore flats, and wore them with dresses this length OFTEN to dressy events!</p> <p>I am seriously thinking I am going to find a killer versatile pair again!</p> <p>Your knowledge and perspective is NEVER boring!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390171 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:30:07 +0000 Angie 390171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jonesy, your comment *really* resonated with me. I mentioned that the flats and the see through lace on the outfit are what do it for me - those aspects of the outfit work in perfect harmony. </p> <p>Good job, Carole. You were just as eloquent.</p> <p>With all my heart, I believe that this outfit would NOT be elevated by heels. It would look just as good and become a completely different outfit with the addition of heels. But no better in my mind. </p> <p>I worked with a regular height plus sized client today who does not wear heels at all. She wears a-line skirts/dresses with flats and looks divine. For her Xmas party last year, I popped her into pointy toe patent flats to wear with her fancy frock :)</p> <p>Okay. I have bored you enough! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390167 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:22:20 +0000 Jonesy 390167@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carole said: "The flats make the ensemble seem artful and edgy to me, heels would seem predictable and classic, not a bad thing for sure, but not as much fun either."</p> <p>She took the words right out of my mouth, er, fingertips! I love this look--I remember noting it when I first saw it on the blog. It's daring, unexpected, sophisticated, knowing, self-confident...To my eye, the lightness of the flats are balanced out by her skin showing through the lacy sleeves. Her chic haircut is the cherry on top! She is a style leader, not a follower, IMHO. Wherever she was going (party, art gallery, out to dinner, etc.), how many young women there were wearing a short tight skirt or dress and really high heels, do you think? Probably the vast majority, I'd wager. Her look stands out.</p> <p>Yes, Angie, I could totally see you rocking this look! You already sort of do, with your dressy midi dresses and flats that you sport, and your pixie cut :). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390165 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:21:31 +0000 Janet 390165@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this is such an interesting study in our perceptions and tastes! </p> <p>She does look very sweet, yet not too sweet, with the dress styled that way, BUT this is due in no small part to elements of her appearance beyond the dress and the shoes. She is obviously tall and slim, which helps the look not come off as frumpy or little-girlish. Her edgy cropped hair also elevates the look. </p> <p>Put the same ensemble on someone with a different body type and look, and the result will not be as fab.</p> <p>But I must admit, I have to agree with the ladies who posted that this might look better to my eye with a pair of heels, even kitten heels. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390159 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:09:59 +0000 Angie 390159@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for your meaningful comments, ladies. Like I mentioned earlier to Sarah, we all see different things :). </p> <p>Those who don't feel that the outfit works with the flats are welcome to their important opinion. We can absolutely respectfully disagree. I on the other hand see a lady who has a doctorate in style. The wearer has taken it to the next level - a full step ahead of the curve. </p> <p>Taylor and Laura, I see exactly what you see and you both explained it very well. High five!</p> <p>Taylor and Sammi, I'd swap out the bag for a lighter colour and wear the outfit as is RIGHT NOW. I am very, very, very flattered that you thought of it as "Angie Style". Thank you.</p> <p>Malina, high arches aren't created equally - I guess that's the difference. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390151 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:58:44 +0000 Steph 390151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to admit that I don't like this look with flats. I feel like the flats don't look dressy enough with the dress--I think Kari makes a good point that it seems that it needs something else casual to kind of even things out. (A pet peeve of mine is shoes that aren't formal enough for a fancy dress worn to a dressy occasion--admittedly, I don't know where this woman is heading in her outfit.) Aesthetically, every time I look at the photo, trying to like it, all I think is "this would have looked much better with heels." Even with her gorgeous figure and long legs, I feel that the length and volume of the skirt, combined with the flat shoes, results in leg-shortening. </p> <p>Mo, I am a high arch heel wearer (and my arches never touch the footbed either). I wouldn't say that I necessarily feel BETTER in heels--my theory has always been that my high arches makes it easier for me to wear heels than it might be for someone with lower arches. I do not like the feel of flats on my feet, but I wonder if part of that is just that I don't like feeling like my foot is slapping directly on the pavement. I do feel comfortable in sneakers, and those are pretty flat, so I don't feel I can fairly say that it is completely uncomfortable for me to wear flat shoes because of my arches. I realize everything I just wrote does not illuminate things for you at all! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390116 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:22:39 +0000 Mo 390116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>sort of off on a tangent, but I'm curious about Angie's comment of very high arches feeling better in heels . . . someone here mentioned this when I was packing for my trip for my half marathon, before I screwed up the ankle. They said a friend with high arches wore heels after their race for relief. I have quite high arches - so high in fact that they do not touch the footbed in any heels. But I don't find that comfortable. In flats my foot can spread out a little, I guess from gravity, and the arch actually touches the little arch supports in the foot bed. Maybe I'm missing something here?? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390111 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:13:54 +0000 Queen Mum 390111@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been mulling this one all day While I do think the flats are a sweet look here, I can't help but want to at least put her in a kitten heel with this outfit. Something about the ballet flats doesn't quite resonate with me as the "perfect" pairing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390103 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:56:38 +0000 Laura 390103@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely love this look and would wear it in a nanosecond. I think the flats are unexpected and therefore give the outfit a certain charm that wouldn't exist with heels.</p> <p>The word "gamine" comes to mind. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings/page/2#post-390098 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:44:26 +0000 annagybe 390098@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This gives me an idea, I may experiment with tomorrow. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings#post-390094 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:40:10 +0000 Kari 390094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I *am* on the team who thinks that flats can make the outfit sometimes - but for me, they don't quite mesh in this outfit. I guess I see flats as inherently being more casual unless they are a *very* dressy construction, and I see a disconnect between the level of dressiness in this woman's very formal dress and her shoes. I need something to balance out the disconnect between the gorgeous dress and the nude shoes. Maybe it's because they are at opposite ends of her body. I almost feel like another casual accessory or a denim jacket or something would make this work better for me, or a different color/material in the flat shoe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings#post-390091 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:38:37 +0000 Anonymous 390091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! I actually thought "Angie", not "Audrey" when I first saw this </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings#post-390089 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:35:25 +0000 taylor 390089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful example! I agree with you because "It is about the LOOK" Not that a different shoe would look better or different...but that THIS look(flats) works as beautifully!</p> <p>VERY Audrey Hepburn and very YOU Angie!!:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings#post-390076 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:44:04 +0000 Polly (thunalata) 390076@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'll be honest: this outfit is beyond me. I mean that I feel I don't understand enough about why this works to have a valid opinion on it.</p> <p>But I will just say that to me this outfit gives a very clear statement about the wearer (I'd go for confidence and glamour, combined with practicality and vulnerability) and that makes it a compelling image. Once you change one of the elements it would not make the same statement. </p> <p>Or am I being fanciful?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings#post-390068 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:32:27 +0000 Angie 390068@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting perspectives! </p> <p>Sarah, that is a sweet MJ skirt. I really like the deers :)</p> <p>Dresslover, the flats ground the outfit. I see that too. </p> <p>MPJ, I see the black toe cap as bookending the lasses hair. Kitten heels would look great!</p> <p>Freckles, to my eye, black pointy toe flats would probably have worked too. But the nude and black combination is just out of this world. </p> <p>Shauntelle, this *is* a dressy look. </p> <p>Ornella, that was well put. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings#post-390046 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:53:29 +0000 DressLover 390046@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It took me forever to even get to the shoes because that dress is so divinely beautiful! Most of all I like that she wears the dress and it doesn't wear her. Interestingly, I think if she wore sky high heels with it, it would look like the dress is wearing her. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings#post-390035 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:40:54 +0000 Freckles 390035@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think a flat is amazing with this outfit but I'd prefer barefeet or black ballet shoes. Don't like the nude/black combination.</p> <p>If I saw this in real life I would just think she was on her way somewhere and was changing shoes there...sad isnt' it? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings#post-389998 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:48:28 +0000 celia 389998@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As you could expect I love this outfit. Although my legs are not what I wished they were I like to pair dresses with flats. Maybe my arch is very low but the fact is that i think I move in a more graceful way in flats than in heels. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings#post-389964 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:06:08 +0000 Debbie 389964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this is an artsy fun way to this. I like it. It is unexpected and show stopping. Not knowing her or a thing about her. I still think she looks entirely comfortable with her style and who she is. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings#post-389938 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:27:50 +0000 Astrid 389938@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This look is gorgeous! I really love the flats here, heels would change the feel of the outfit and I like it the way it is. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-outfit-pulled-at-my-heart-strings#post-389914 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:55:38 +0000 Shauntelle 389914@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess I'm seriously a team heels girl because I had to look at this several times before I decided that maybe I could see what Angie sees. I would admire seeing this lady on the street because I would feel the look was so "her" but I'd never wear it that way ever.</p> <p>On the other hand, I also find flats uncomfortable and mostly feel like they make my feet look funny... and I think I tend to favor dressier looks anyway so I'm definitely biased. </p>