https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 22:03:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr/page/2#post-874282 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:47:36 +0000 pil 874282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon and shevia, thank you! Yup, the skirt goes back today. Whodathunk Goodwill accepted credit cards and returns? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-874013 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:16:18 +0000 Jaime 874013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the dress but it might need a little adjustment around the arm holes. I love linen, red and this is a great style. I think it has been agreed that you will return the skirt? The black top looks great too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873994 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:58:19 +0000 Transcona Shannon 873994@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the dress! I'm a sucker for linen and then when you add that gorgeous, saturated colour - WOW! Definitely keep. I also quite like the RL knit top - keep that as well.</p> <p>I'm not crazy about the skirt to be honest. I'm not a big fan of the front zip in skirts - I find it a bit bulky. You're too fab for this skirt Pil- send it packing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873976 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:43:02 +0000 Thistle 873976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep, Talbots may not be trendy, but great quality basics. :). That dress is exactly that IMHO. Yes, it is red, but still a basic you spice up with belt and shoes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873973 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:40:44 +0000 pil 873973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Thistle! That *is* a Thistle dress, isn't it - and one of your brands too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873969 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:38:10 +0000 Thistle 873969@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love, love, love the dress! That is a keeper for sure, and I am beyond jealous you thrifted it! Why don't my thrift stores EVER have something like that?</p> <p>Not feeling the skirt, but I would keep everything else, especially the dress (did I me ton that?) and the RL top. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873889 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:39:15 +0000 pil 873889@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Missvee, I have been trying to stay away from black but something about this one was calling my name.<br /> Runcarla, looks like it will be staying here after Angie's comment!<br /> Vildy, I should learn how to think like you, but I'm not very analytical but go more on instinct. And my instincts aren't always right : )<br /> Clare, the dough is the reason I make chocolate chip cookies! And yes, I have more time than you. The snow is almost done melting - until we have a last minute storm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873886 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:37:06 +0000 Anonymous 873886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pil, you crack me up! Pass the cookie dough (somehow we are never able to get actual cookies *baked* at our house)! </p> <p>I am reading your mail girl. I have SO often said, yay, it fits, it was on my list, done! And then ended up with something no more than a place holder in my closet. I was starting the season (and it will be 90F by next weekend) with two skirts and 1 pair of clams that I'm not loving any more so don't feel bad. Then I found another skirt yesterday at Goodwill's 50% off sale, so that makes three. Now I have some breathing room. I also find that people really clean out their closets and donate huge amounts of stuff when the weather changes. Hopefully you have more time than me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873875 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:28:54 +0000 Vildy 873875@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>heh, yeah I'm from the U.S. and I loved your V8 moment. In fact, that's one of the ways I cull my wardrobe. I ask myself what I'd *really* want to wear here or there and that helps me realize that I might have a number of options but I'm just never going to choose them over one that makes me look a certain way (whatever role I'm currently playing in my head ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873835 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:07:56 +0000 Carla 873835@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you don't keep that dress, and wear it...I want you to send it to me. Okay? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873832 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:06:20 +0000 missvee 873832@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the dress and I don't think it's too big when belted. I like to wear linen a bit loose anyway because in the summer I don't like my clothes to be too form fitting. The colour is just great on you.<br /> I would probably keep the skirt too,, mainly because it's very hard to find summer skirts that are not too short, and with this one you have the option of choosing a very flattering length. I was out today looking and found several very cute skirts that fit me well, but they were all 2 inches too short :-(<br /> The black top is a keeper too. Fits well and will go with everything.<br /> Great finds! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873831 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:05:59 +0000 pil 873831@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wowza! Thanks Angie! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873811 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:48:25 +0000 Angie 873811@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't get over the dress. WOW! It's a 20 out of 10! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873752 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:03:27 +0000 pil 873752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Claire, I don't have much of a spring/summer wardrobe. A couple of dresses that fit ok, but my bottoms are two skirts are two pair of white jeans that are way too tight. No light weight pants. My cropped pants would be offensive to wear out in public. Tops are really low too. The two that I wore most often last summer aren't going to make my YLF cut for this year. </p> <p>But I have time to find something else. I think I got all excited because the skirt seemed to fit and I had it in my head that that was what I need.</p> <p>And now I want to eat chocolate chip cookie dough. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873746 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:55:50 +0000 Anonymous 873746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow that red dress is such a find! I'll bet it will look even better when the linen *relaxes* and wrinkles just a little bit. I also love the black boat-necked top, especially with those amazing white slacks. The denim skirt is *okay* but seeing as you'd have to alter it, I wonder if you'd rather hold out for a better one? I guess it all depends on how much you need it right now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873744 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:51:28 +0000 pil 873744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh, just lost everything I typed : (</p> <p>Texstyle, I added a pic #3 with the widest belt I own and also pinned the back of the dress #9. Not a huge difference, but maybe I should look into alterations. Seems kind of odd for a $4 dress though.</p> <p>Kalli, dstalksalot and Nicole D - thanks for helping out, I appreciate it!<br /> Krista, thank you too - I haven't seen you around much lately.</p> <p>I think the skirt will go back. I'm going to takes Suz's words to heart that it "isn't special enough for me".</p> <p>And Vildy, I don't know if you're from the US, but thank you for the V8 Juice "plonk" to the forehead about why would I want to wear the skirt when I could wear the white pants. Brilliant!</p> <p>Beth Ann, thank you. You're a sweetheart. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873740 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:47:47 +0000 Beth Ann 873740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have a YLF consensus! I love the red dress on you --- with the belt, particularly. The blue top is also very flattering and versatile. Good finds!</p> <p>Remember to be gentle with yourself! Weight fluctuations are the norm, not the exception, and they are always most noticeable to us. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873723 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:34:07 +0000 Krista 873723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the dress and the top! I'm not sure about the skirt. But keep the dress and the top! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873704 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:05:46 +0000 Suz 873704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the dress quite a lot and think it could be really useful to you. It looks as if that linen is a nice weight and has a good drape to it. I like it belted best. </p> <p>I also LOVE the new black top. </p> <p>I'd bid the skirt goodbye. It's just not special enough for you. And as one who has also thrifted her share of those denim skirts with the zippered front, I would say that if anything is liable to make one feel one's stomach is "pouchy" it is those darn front zippers on skirts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873692 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:57:02 +0000 Vildy 873692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LIke the dress a lot. From your description of the skirt's problems and the pix, I tend to think that it's not the end of the world to have an extra skirt BUT if I compare how you look in the white pants to the outfit with the skirt, I would ask myself why I wanted to wear that (schoolmarm) skirt when I could wear this (sleek white pants).</p> <p>ETA: so I mean: hold out for a skirt that looks as sharp as those pants </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873683 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:40:25 +0000 Nicole D 873683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All good finds! Love the dress with the belt, without it does look a bit roomy, unless you had a jacket or blazer over it. I think you should go up another inch or so on the skirt. Top is a winner! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873678 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:36:49 +0000 dizzys 873678@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dress looks great with the belt, but a little big without. Shirt is great. Skirt? Not sure about. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873675 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:28:39 +0000 texstyle 873675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Could you try the red dress with a wide belt maybe? Something like this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Womens-Wide-Waist-Fashion-Stretch/dp/B007ULRQJU/ref=pd_sbs_a_2" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Womens-W.....pd_sbs_a_2</a></p> <p>I don't love the skirt but the tops (both of them) are great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873662 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:09:47 +0000 Kalli 873662@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the dress, hem it for just as the knee/above the knee if you feel like it or just wear heels (that extends the line of the leg when the skirt is longer). I think the dress lays fine, looks even more fantastic with the belt.</p> <p>Not loving the skirt though. It's just not a stand out piece for me.</p> <p>The top you already know you are keeping is pretty fab. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873660 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:08:38 +0000 pil 873660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was talking to my husband about the skirt and he suggested wearing sideways. I did actually try that, but it didn't work : )</p> <p>cinnamon fern, harmonica, Anne, Mellllls and Runcarla - thanks for taking a look. I suppose I could even try washing the skirt too, but I suspect the zipper just has to much backbone to soften up.</p> <p>I'm sure I've already clubbed you over the head with this already, but I've put on some weight and bought these hoping they would help me get by until I can get in gear enough to do something about it. I'm completing week one but who knows how long I'll last. I've had about 3 "week ones" since the first of the year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873659 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:07:57 +0000 Carla 873659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the rosey red A line dress very much, but it needs the waist defining belt. Love the sophisticated colour combination of the plum top and olive skirt. You have a very strong classic vibe to your style. *love!* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873633 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:46:11 +0000 Mellllls 873633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dress looked a little big to me, but better with the belt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873630 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:43:45 +0000 Anonymous 873630@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the linen dress has potential and I like the RL top. I'd return the skirt; I think your instincts on the vibe it gives out are correct. I hope someone with a better eye weighs in about the fit of the dress, especially the back. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873624 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:40:39 +0000 harmonica 873624@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The red dress is great! Love it belted and the fit seems really good to my eye. I like the Coldwater Creek denim-ish skirt too. It is casual, yet a bit more put together than a denim skirt. Do you bother about the front zip? If you do, you might consider to return. #7 is a keeper IMO </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/thrifting-trip---kr#post-873622 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:40:33 +0000 cinnamon fern 873622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the top a lot. I think the skirt would work except for the wonkiness - will that go away if you iron the skirt? If not, I would return it, just because that would annoy me.</p> <p>The dress looks like it's too big for you to me. </p>