https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:04:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1736373 Wed, 05 Oct 2016 21:12:32 +0000 Lyn D. 1736373@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looking Lovely- strength through adversity! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1735367 Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:32:49 +0000 Suz 1735367@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So cute!!!&nbsp;</p> <p>(Colours of the top are gorgeous.)&nbsp;</p> <p>And...I love your attitude, celebrating Ellie's birthday through the sadness. You're amazing.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1735327 Mon, 03 Oct 2016 17:01:46 +0000 Vicki 1735327@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, Sarah, you look spectacular and this gilet was made for you! &nbsp;I love the way you've styled it with your cute sandals. &nbsp;Your photos are fantastic and I also adore the photo of your son carrying you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733930 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:34:04 +0000 SarahTheWhite 1733930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all again for your sweet words and for your sympathy! You guys are the best. Today would have been Ellie's 18th birthday, so it has been a busy but good day. I went with my boss to one of our offices and had lunch on the water and we saw dolphins. My outfit wasn't all that spectacular today but I loved the colors and pattern of the top (see photo). </p> <p>Una, we did he HCG diet. It is incredibly effective but very very strict. It does help a lot to have a buddy... You can do it well with someone from afar though because a lot of the support is just commiserating on what it feels like and checking in on losses and plateaus. </p> <p>In other news, my son can pick me up... and the story we are sticking to is that he is super strong and not that I am getting lighter. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733925 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:03:21 +0000 catgirl 1733925@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have been through a lot! You look wonderful and I want to know what you did for a diet. That's impressive - a buddy must help and sadly I don't have anyone who would do that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733818 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:29:06 +0000 Mochi 1733818@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry for the stress you've been having recently. (And congrats on your weight loss!!!!)</p> <p>I have to admit that I don't unequivocally love the gilet on everyone (I think that with certain stylings, it has librarian tendencies, TBH), but for you, here, it is fantastic: minimalist, modern, and cool. You've styled it brilliantly.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733813 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:07:36 +0000 SarahTheWhite 1733813@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all so much for the kind words! It means SO much! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733794 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:02:57 +0000 Bonnie 1733794@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look great in the gillet and you deserve a new wardrobe after all you have been through this summer. Shopping for a new wardrobe will be a lot of fun.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733779 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:07:10 +0000 Angie 1733779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Killer</p> <p>The perfect Florida gilet.&nbsp;</p> <p>Very happy that things are more settled at home, and have fun shopping for a new wardrobe! You look beautiful, Sarah.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733744 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:59:11 +0000 Sara L. 1733744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad to hear things are settling down for you.&nbsp; Your summer sounds crazy.&nbsp; The gilet looks here and I'm looking forward to seeing your other experiments with it.&nbsp; I love your haircut too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733724 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:26:18 +0000 Suz 1733724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'll try to think of a few other discoveries I made....</p> <p>Oh...one is, even if you have reached your goal weight, you'll find that your body will still be adjusting a bit and changing over time. I noticed that my face looked a bit more gaunt for a few months afterwards...and then it sort of adjusted (even without more weight). I mean, I have a very angular face anyway, but at first after the weight loss I looked more tired or something -- and then that went away over time. There were some other changes too, due to continued exercise.&nbsp;</p> <p>There were really nice discoveries (pants became much easier for me to fit than they ever had been in my entire life) and some frustrating ones. (Necklines -- need to be more careful of those -- and drape up top -- really can't take too much of it unless there is also a lot of structure.) &nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733710 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:04:51 +0000 RobinF 1733710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have had a crazy few months! Glad things are settling down. I love that gilet and think you have styled it really well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733647 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 08:55:40 +0000 Style Fan 1733647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a rough year you have had.&nbsp; You look amazing.&nbsp; Love the gillet and those shoes.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733631 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 06:09:41 +0000 deb 1733631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My goodness woman, you have had a rough year! You look beautiful, as always, an I am glad your life is calming down. Love the gilet on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733626 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 05:50:31 +0000 Maneera 1733626@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow....you look amazing, Sarah. And what a crazy summer you've had!!! Definitely *too* much going on....so I'm double surprised at how awesome you look!!!</p> <p>The gilet is perfection on you. And I really really &lt;3 the shoes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733624 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 05:47:35 +0000 Barbara Diane 1733624@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, that was a lot. So glad to hear your uncle pulled through and is home.<br />And congratulations on the weight loss.<br />Glad you took time to catch up and vent. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733609 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 03:39:34 +0000 SandyG 1733609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sarah, you've been missed You've done so much! And that very honest statement deserves its own refrigerator magnet, along with a YLF one of course.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733598 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 03:04:17 +0000 SarahTheWhite 1733598@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And as far as dieting under stress - my reasoning was - everything is crap, so let's just do all the hard stuff now and get it over with. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733597 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 03:02:39 +0000 SarahTheWhite 1733597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you guys so much! And thank you for the commiseration... It feels better to get to whine a little and unload some of the craziness... :-)</p> <p>Suz, yes, my boss and I do have a really special relationship. Because I am her personal assistant, I get to be part of her life in a more personal way, and the most important thing is the relationship. Without that, it just wouldn't work. Thank you for the advice! I am definitely finding that the proportions are totally different. I am liking things more fitted and tailored and definitely struggling with the looser silhouettes. I think that's why I like this one, but don't love it. I also definitely have the bust issues you mention - Anything that is making a visual impact on me is all due to the hard work of the bras and their miraculous padding. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733588 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 02:53:26 +0000 Jaime 1733588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow Sarah! You have been through a lot and came out looking like roses. Well I cannot improve on Suz's advice, as often is the case, but kudos for handling everything. You look fab! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733584 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 02:44:53 +0000 Suz 1733584@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sarah, my goodness you have been through <b>way</b> too much lately!! Phew. And in all that craziness you managed to go on a diet and lose weight? Wow. I'm in awe.&nbsp;</p> <p>I was thinking that you and your boss are quite a pair -- you have really supported one another through so much; it must be a really interesting relationship.&nbsp;</p> <p>I really like the outfit with and without the vest. Having lost that much weight you might find it tricky for a while -- I lost 35 pounds just before joining YLF. (I have kept most of them off give or take 5 at various points -- sometimes up by 5 to 8 and sometimes down by that amount in the last 5 years -- but overall quite stable). I'm just a bit taller than you I think so it's about the equivalent loss.&nbsp;</p> <p>Anyway -- I found a couple of things. My body shape had changed! (I did more exercise than before and it made a difference). So I had to figure that out. And while core vertical proportions were not so different, the kinds of items that flattered me had changed. I also cut my hair which occasioned another adjustment.&nbsp;</p> <p>Anyway, one thing I learned was that the kind of layering that used to work pretty well for me at a higher weight just wouldn't work at my new weight. Don't get me wrong -- I can still layer. But the whole drapey thing is a lot harder now. Of course I have a really small bust, which affects this quite a lot. So your mileage may vary. But I would experiment a bit with this. You might find yourself reaching for slightly more tailored pieces than before.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733548 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 01:24:39 +0000 Karie 1733548@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look fantastic! Glad to see you here, and I hope life gets a lot less stressful for you. The new gilet is gorgeous, I like how you've styled it here.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/trying-out-the-new-gilet#post-1733543 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 01:20:45 +0000 SarahTheWhite 1733543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sorry to be so scarce lately. It has been a pretty brutal summer/fall but I'm finding it a little easier to breathe these days.... John's uncle finally went home from the hospital after two months (motorcycle accident). It was so rough seeing him in the ICU and going through the painful process of recovery. I was in the room twice when his heart stopped... Our five weeks of out of town guests (including three good sized dogs) ended, and while we miss them, it is nice to have things back to normal. I just took a trip out to northern CA to visit my ailing grandmother. She is doing much better, thankfully, but it was a week full of emotions and long buried memories surfacing. John got a new job in April that has had the most difficult schedule and learning curve, leading to a lot of stress and exhaustion. Today he found out that he got the position that he just put in for, which will allow for much more structure and a normal life. Whew. </p> <p>In other news, I went on a diet with my boss and lost 27 pounds so a whole new wardrobe is in order - don't you hate it when you *have* to go shopping?! I have caught the gilet fever from Angie and others on the forum! My new grey CAbi gilet came in the mail yesterday so I haven't been able to take the time to figure out how to wear it well. Today was the first attempt. I felt reasonably good, but I do think that I can do better. Our weather is so hot that I chose a sleeveless top (and I did get warm enough to take the outer layer off for a while, so the outfit had to hold up on its own). I wanted a dark column of color underneath, but I couldn't find black top and bottoms that matched well enough (one always looked too faded) so I went with a print. When the weather turns cooler I want to try my off white booties - I loved how Angie did that! I also want to try white jeans and a light colored (or white) top, as well as a longer sleeved top. Anyway, here is attempt #1 and I am looking forward to more experimentation. </p>