https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:41:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610600 Tue, 02 Feb 2016 11:05:20 +0000 Karie 1610600@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Outfit #2 looks great as is, and I would pair the jeans and top in #1 with the jacket in #2. I'd call the jacket "the slightly oversized look" and not "too big." The pearls are lovely - you could try adding another strand for a chunkier look. The color of the jacket is fab, and I like it paired with the red purse. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610542 Tue, 02 Feb 2016 03:32:37 +0000 Jaime 1610542@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Apart from the wonderful suggestions and flattering compliments, thank you for justifying my indecision about the second jacket. Looking at the pictures, I am thinking some sleeve surgery might help.</p> <p><b>Elizabeth</b> thank you for the suggestion. I am going to try it!&nbsp;<br /><b>Mirjana</b> and <b>Lyn</b> thank you! As mentioned above, I think the jacket needs some alteration at least.<br /><b>Approprio</b> thank you and uh huh, well at least these comments have validated my back and forth feelings about the jacket&nbsp;<br /><b>Aida</b> I agree with your assessment of the jeans and most everything else you say too!<br /><b>Joy</b> right now I have to say the world sounds easier than two pubescent girls, one 13 year girl and a menapausal mother!<br /><b>Angie</b> thank you so much for appreciating my experiments! You always make me smile. </p> <p>eta Thanks <b>Karie</b> - I think the coat will stay after some minor surgery. I am thinking of adding some colored beads next time!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610528 Tue, 02 Feb 2016 02:40:18 +0000 Anonymous 1610528@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look like you could take on the world (or twin daughters).&nbsp; I like the shirt best in 1 and love the jeans and shoes.&nbsp; Both outfits look very stylish to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610483 Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:16:15 +0000 Aida 1610483@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Some more mix-and-match thoughts I would pair all of outfit #1 with the jacket in #2 AND look for some bigger, more dramatic pearls (while we're going big and dramatic!) for a funkier look. The bomber in #1 would be super with the tee in the second outfit <i>tucked</i> into the jeans. GREAT find on the jeans! Someone must have ordered final sale in two sizes and then decided the cropped look was not for them.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610440 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 21:51:34 +0000 approprio 1610440@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What rachylou and skylurker said. And I love the jacket. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610428 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 21:23:07 +0000 Lyn D. 1610428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great jeans, and #1 is one of my favourite cropped jeans outfits so far!<br />IMO the leather jacket is too roomy for you </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610332 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 17:20:32 +0000 Mirjana 1610332@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#1 is a perfect , jeans are great on you and striped tops both. For #2 I agree<b>&nbsp;</b> with Brooklyn that&nbsp; jacket is too big, just change it and you are done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610327 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 17:18:34 +0000 Angie 1610327@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>FABULOUS. </p> <p>I love #2. That's a wonderful combination! I also like Isabelle's suggestion of using the V-neck stripe in #2.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610321 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 17:01:46 +0000 Elizabeth P 1610321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, total score on the jeans!</p> <p>I'm going to mix and match for you... I don't care for the tee in the second picture, the dark neck detail competes with the pearls, giving the outfit a "too busy" look, IMHO.&nbsp; I do like the jacket.&nbsp; Swap the shirts and you are golden!</p> <p>I'm also not crazy about the topper in #1.&nbsp; From the waist up you have a "I just grabbed a hoodie and left" feel, although the jeans and booties are very modern looking.&nbsp; I guess this strikes me in particular, as a black and white striped tee and black hoodie are my total weekend FFBO when I'm just hanging out at home.&nbsp; So to me, it's more a comfort look than a stylish look, kwim?&nbsp; Totally fine, just not "super stylish Sveta".&nbsp; Which you are. :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610251 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 14:06:19 +0000 Jaime 1610251@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks all! <br /><b>Brooklyn</b>, thanks for the kind words and you are probably right that the jacket is too big. I showed it last year and really should have sold it - it probably is too oversized for me. The color is holding me back.<br /><b>Kelly</b> thanks! The pearls are definitely a wildcard for me!<br /><b>Una</b>, the jeans really surprised me - they aren't an expensive brand, but who would give up such trendy jeans already. Even weirder I found them with another pair of the exact same jeans one size down.<br /><b>Rachy</b> thanks - I am so back and forth on that jacket.&nbsp;<br /><b>Diane </b>thanks, I always saw myself as someone who looks best with white rather than off white, but either my coloring is changing or I am seeing things differently lately.&nbsp;<br /><b>skylurker</b> I think I would choose bigger pearls if I were intentionally shopping for them. These were more of an investment find that I thought I would give a test run. They are definitely classic rather than modern!<br /><b>LP</b> Thanks for your input on the jacket size. Thrift scores are my middle name ;).<br /><b>torontogirl </b>Thanks for the shot of confidence!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610219 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:45:47 +0000 Helena 1610219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look awesome, those jeans are great. Two top notch renditions of the ensemble! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610214 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:38:08 +0000 LaPed 1610214@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, what a slew of great thrift scores! I prefer the pearls on the second top. They sit a little odd w/ the vneck in #1. The lavender jacket looks a tad big? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610208 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:01:17 +0000 skylurker 1610208@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd match the striped top in 1 with the moto in 2, because I like the v-neck better on you and I have issues with cardigans - the other striped top works, too, just my personal preference.</p> <p>The colour of the pearls don't bother me in the picture, but the size does : bigger, more dramatic strands would look more modern, I think - I'm certainly no expert on modernity though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610193 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 11:03:56 +0000 Anonymous 1610193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bothe renditions look really good to me Jaime! I think the pearls look good on your skin tone and those jeans are a&nbsp;great find. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610177 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 07:30:34 +0000 rachylou 1610177@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find the lavender jacket and shorter, less voluminous top works better with these jeans. The pearls are good! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610176 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 06:40:09 +0000 catgirl 1610176@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are both great and once again your thrifting skills pay off! What a find - who let those jeans go?!? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610172 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 06:26:24 +0000 kellygirl 1610172@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The black jacket is a more conventional pairing but I love the unexpected pairing with the lavender jacket. Both work for sure. Love the pearls! You look so fresh and stylish! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610169 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 06:14:51 +0000 Brooklyn 1610169@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the pearls are fab on you and I like them with both tops. Keep! I have a preference for the first outfit just because it involves fewer colours and therefore looks more cohesive to me (low affinity colour mixer here) but I definitely think you could wear the red bag with the first outfit or the black bomber with the second outfit. I am not sure about the fit of the leather jacket on you though. It looks a little big? It is a lovely jacket, I just prefer black with these outfits </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/two-attempts-with-fridays-ensemble---please-mix-and-match#post-1610167 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 05:58:38 +0000 Jaime 1610167@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was taken with last Friday's ensemble and the many gorgeous interpretations posted this week so I thought I would give it a shot. I don't have a black moto, but I do have questions!</p> <p>#1 thrifted striped top (Maya Negri), thrifted cropped jeans (m&amp;s girlfriend cropped - I was amazed to find these), thrifted bomber sweater, second hand black boots (e'clat)</p> <p>#2 thrifted striped top (A.P.C.), same jeans, second hand leather jacket (Reiss), thrifted red bag, H&amp;M suede booties (!) bought on impulse while shopping for kids and turned out to be a surprise workhorse this winter - something about them works for me as walking shoes despite the (albeit small) heel.<br />Pearls are vintage Majorica gold tone triple strand</p> <p>Questions: what do you think? Can I wear this color pearls (I bought them with the intention of selling but have neither wore nor sold yet)? What about the leather coat - I can see the sleeves need to go up but does it work here? Feel free to recombine and make suggestions for improvement- this is definitely an experiment! </p>