https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 20 Jun 2026 01:54:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella/page/2#post-1674700 Tue, 07 Jun 2016 11:44:44 +0000 skylurker 1674700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for your kind words, Aida and Amiable.</p> <p>Aida : ha, it sounds so obvious now you've pointed it out. The outfit is JFE, and I felt good in it (I didn't like the look in the pic afterwards) but a new generation flare with fitted thighs, and heels, would make it conventionally flattering. I don't have a flare like that, but I'll keep that idea in mind for next shopping season. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella/page/2#post-1674426 Tue, 07 Jun 2016 00:24:46 +0000 amiable 1674426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your style! &nbsp;Of these, my favorite is #4 - it's just gorgeous </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella/page/2#post-1674385 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 23:34:49 +0000 Aida 1674385@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hah I thought the same as Jaime, at least Connery makes our 007 guess close Outfits are good! #3 is super, definitely a good topper to have be "your moto". I like #5 as well, though I understand the feeling of the not-fitted-long-blazer. Looks good with the printed blouse. Do you wear flared hems at all? I think pants more fitted on the thigh then flared at the hem would balance the blazer perfectly. #4 has a great laid-back-but-also-done-up vibe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1674147 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 11:17:39 +0000 skylurker 1674147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, you're too kind, if I feel down, I have to remember to come back to your last comment, and chin up :)</p> <p>Inge, glad if I could help you with something. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1674112 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 08:36:10 +0000 Inge 1674112@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh that's good to know, Isabel, thanks. Definitely will check out Marimekko umbrellas now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673918 Sun, 05 Jun 2016 22:01:48 +0000 Suz 1673918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love Marimekko umbrellas.&nbsp;</p> <p>And now I know the mystery!&nbsp;</p> <p>I actually thought of Katherine Hepburn looking at you...strength, simplicity, and elegance all at once.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673807 Sun, 05 Jun 2016 17:18:49 +0000 skylurker 1673807@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Colette.<br /> It's amazing how many movie characters wear trench coats, actually. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673688 Sun, 05 Jun 2016 14:17:07 +0000 Colette 1673688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry I missed out on the fun. Your trench coats are TDF! (To Die For) I adore trench coats in all weather. I think in your first trench coat you could fit right in the cast of Peaky Blinders. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673675 Sun, 05 Jun 2016 14:06:49 +0000 Angie 1673675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Two things:</p> <ul> <li>You DO channel Marlene and Katherine so you're safe</li> <li>Daniel Craig is a marvelous specimen......</li> </ul> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673582 Sun, 05 Jun 2016 11:36:18 +0000 skylurker 1673582@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Jaime, funny, Aliona felt the same. The one that feels the more "me" actually is #3, I've had that navy moto a long time and worn it so often, it's become "my" navy moto, not just "a" navy moto, you know.</p> <p>Angie, I understand my style is quite menswear inspired, but Daniel Craig, really ? He's too butch, don't you think ? Roger Moore is ok :)<br /> And all the while I thought I channelled Marlene Dietrich and Katharine Hepburn in my trench coats, I'm so disappointed *heavy sigh* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673443 Sun, 05 Jun 2016 01:43:11 +0000 Jaime 1673443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! I thought singing in the rain right away and, like Aida, James Bond for the second. Since it was Sean Connery I was sort of close. But of course you are always a detective to me.<br />I like #3 very much but #4 is the most you - as far as I know you so far.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673302 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 19:38:34 +0000 Anonymous 1673302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is it Indiana Jones?<br /> I too like #5. I like the blouse with the blazer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673294 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 19:26:11 +0000 Angie 1673294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The trench coats are a dead giveaway, Isabelle 007. (Pssssst......I know your "umbrella" can save the world. Your secret is safe with me).&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673276 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:56:31 +0000 skylurker 1673276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Alaskagirl : that's weird, coming from you, you do look at home in your style, nothing looks uneasy or contrived!</p> <p>Firecracker : thank you, tomboy is a very tempting style for our shape, isn't it ? Esp. if, like, me, the beauty-hair sides of fashion bore you to death.</p> <p>Ok, my fledging mime skills were not equal to the task of impersonating #7, here he is, Sean Connery in Indiana Jones and the last crusade </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673269 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:45:30 +0000 skylurker 1673269@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Come on, Aida and Angie, James Bond would not condescend to chasing birds - unless it's slang for girls :)<br /> Ok, ok, Angie, I'd leave #5 as it is.</p> <p>Rachy : you, choosing the ultra classic option ? You surprise me ;)<br /> yes, floods, and journalists obscenely fantasizing about a Paris flood, but that's unlikely.</p> <p>Inge! So nice to hear from you, thanks for stopping by. The umbrella is from Marimekko, I highly recommend their umbrellas : larger than most, great quality, semi automatic which I find very practical. Actually I should stock up in case they stop selling them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673267 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:44:14 +0000 catgirl 1673267@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love that second trench coat especially and the easy debonair style your outfits have. I strive for that kind of ease. </p> <p> #7 is stumping me... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673264 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:41:02 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1673264@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love your style. You dress in a way I admire and at times would love to emulate. Angie's Elegant Tomboy moniker is so apt for these looks you've posted. I think perhaps some kind of tomboy is a shadow style for me; I'm very drawn to it. </p> <p>As I was looking through the photos, I thought all of them looked great. I particularly like how you wear the shorter jacket with shirttails hanging out, a scrunched leg and bulky shoe, and how you wear the longer jacket (5) with a soft blouse and flared pant. I love 4 with the reverse lapels and slim, tapered pants and shoes. The combinations and proportions struck me as very artful, like, <i>She knows what she's doing</i>. So I was surprised to see your analysis of 5 as needing something different.</p> <p>Your trenches are fantastic--classic and chic, and you wear them with grace. </p> <p>Your poses are so fun!</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673250 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:25:00 +0000 Angie 1673250@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HAH. <b>Isabelle 007</b> has a nice ring to it. You ARE a secret agent after all. (Jaime made you detective last year, remember?).&nbsp;</p> <p>I love #5 because of the low contrast between the jacket and jeans. Very masculine - especially with the shoes - but beautifully tempered by the soft and pretty bow blouse. Yup. Killer.&nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673247 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:22:41 +0000 Inge 1673247@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel, you are a <i>delight</i>!!-)<br />And man, we've sure been needing our umbrellas too much, haven't we. (love your striped one). I'm totally with you, by the way, I've never for one second thought I couldn't sport an umbrella and a trench. And I wear my trench coats all through Spring and Fall too, rain or shine.</p> <p>I totally love ALL these outfits, and am so chuffed that you've been posting them more often. Thank you for that! Now all we need is for Angie to send some sun/dry weather our way, right!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673199 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 16:50:07 +0000 rachylou 1673199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have great jackets! I'm particularly enamoured of the first trench coat. A straightforward coat.</p> <p>I heard it's been flooding ?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673191 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 16:43:03 +0000 Aida 1673191@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#7 makes me think of James Bond. On my phone so will be back to comment on outfits later! Great trenches, meanwhile. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673177 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 16:14:51 +0000 skylurker 1673177@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, you're very good at this game, thanks for indulging me. I give a clue for the last one : I'm on a beach, chasing birds, and once you have the trumpety soundtrack in your head you will hate me :)</p> <p>Suz : no, we don't have that saying. I like this one : il pleut, il mouille, c'est la fête à la grenouille.<br /> I liked #5 when I dressed in the morning, but I was second guessing it looking at the pics, I thought long blazer with wide jeans were too overwhelming. You've reassured me, thank you.</p> <p>Maneera : thank you, and I like the idea of trying contrasting jeans with that blazer.</p> <p>RobinF : really? Why do you find them hard to carry off ?</p> <p>Diane : I completely trust your eyes on fit and proportions, I will wear #5 confidently now.</p> <p>Aliona, Ledonna and Tanya : thanks for the cheerleading and your kind words.</p> <p>Runcarla : nope, I thought of him initially but he uses a stick as cane. I checked.</p> <p>Peri : not telling yet.</p> <p>Angie : it's the jacket collar in #4.<br /> Aaah, #5 is fashion forward, that's what is wrong with it then just kidding, I'll wear it proudly now it got YLF approval.<br /> Thank you for your generous compliments, you make me feel special. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673164 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 15:38:20 +0000 Tanya 1673164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are so chic, Skylurker.&nbsp; The first thing&nbsp; I thought when I saw these photos is very sophisticated.&nbsp; I am a big fan of trenches and have a couple of them myself.&nbsp; And your umbrellas are lots of fun.&nbsp; ( we have also had an extremely rainy May.&nbsp; It is raining today as well and probably will tomorrow too).<br />I am also guessing Gene Kelly and Mary Poppins.&nbsp; Thanks for the fun quiz! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673159 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 15:27:28 +0000 Angie 1673159@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How CUTE are you?<b> Very cute. </b>Gene Kelly all the way, and Mary Poppins at the end.&nbsp;<b><br /></b><br />(So our Seattle rain went to Paris. Mystery solved).&nbsp;</p> <p>Your trench coats are fab, and your fun umbrella makes me smile.&nbsp;</p> <p>I adore #3. Fablous look and proportions on you. You have the longest legs!&nbsp;</p> <p>In #4, is that a scarf by your neck or part of the blazer? Very fun matching socks.<i>&nbsp;&nbsp;</i>And I LOVE #5 just as it is. Killer. And fashion forward, you little trend setter.&nbsp;</p> <p><i>You are an Elegant Tomboy.</i></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673157 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 15:24:05 +0000 Carla 1673157@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Does Charlie Chaplin figure? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673141 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 14:54:37 +0000 Peri 1673141@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#6 Gene Kelly, in Singing in the Rain<br />#8 Mary Poppins</p> <p>Waiting to find out who #7 is!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673126 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 14:31:45 +0000 Ledonna N. 1673126@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How much do I love this title your post,and your fits? This❤️..............much! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673057 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 13:09:14 +0000 Anonymous 1673057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are such a hoot Isabelle! Ok I have to guess the film stars first...Gene Kelly from Singing in the Rain....Hmm, not sure...maybe for the second I think Clouseau or Patrick McNee from the Avengers? And Finally...Mary Poppins by Julie Andrews.</p> <p>Ok, onto the trench coats and other toppers...I love a trench, it's my favourite type of topper. Bothe trenches are great with my personal preference being the shape of the second one as I like the shorter length and double breasted fastening. It's strange that some people say they feel silly wearing one if it's not raining. I wear my all the time! Your shorter jackets worn underneath look great. Funny you should consider 5 a fail, because I&nbsp;rather like those proportions :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673056 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 13:08:25 +0000 Anonymous 1673056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh, goody, I love a YLF quiz. Like others, I can spot Gene Kelly in the first pose and and Mary Poppins in the third (though I love Suz's suggestion of Being There which just may be my fave movie of all time). I know I recognise the pose in 2 but am momentarily stumped so I look forward to an enlightening 'aha' moment. Could it be John Steed from The Avengers? (But that's not a movie). </p> <p>I love that you have two very different trenches. And I'm starting to think of the look in pic 4 as Skylurker style. You carry this off beautifully. I hear you on the proportion challenges of a longer woven jacket and am looking forward to Angie or others weighing in with ideas. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/under-my-umbrella-ella-ella#post-1673043 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 12:15:19 +0000 RobinF 1673043@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha love it! A quiz! I agree with Suz, Gene Kelly #6 and definitely Mary Poppins #8, no idea #7. I feel like I should know so when you say I'll probably be like of course!</p> <p>Love these trench coats on you, I personally find them hard to carry off but they really suit you. </p>