https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:46:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570916 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:39:53 +0000 Transcona Shannon 570916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all so much for the feedback - good to know I'm on the right track. My seamstress doesn't work Sundays, so will drop of the skirt Monday after work and get started on making it perfect!</p> <p>Once I get it back, I think I'll take it with me to my thrifting/consignment haunts one day and see if I can't find one or two more tops to work with it - I'd like a few more options to really maximize the wear of the skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570833 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:14:52 +0000 stringy 570833@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done for persevering with this skirt - I think you look great in it, well worth the further effort to find a way to make it work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570829 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 07:55:04 +0000 anne 570829@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon, I am really admiring how you have made this skirt work! Great outfits! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570821 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 07:18:42 +0000 Kirti 570821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This totally works! The untucked top solves any problems you might have had with proportions! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570790 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:18:00 +0000 jayne 570790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The peach is my favorite also! So summer and lovely...I can see why you fell for that skirt! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570780 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 04:52:27 +0000 christieanne 570780@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both jackets will work but I really like the peachy pink with the skirt. Have it taken in and you are ready to roll. Could be wearing that for Easter Sunday if the weather cooperates. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570769 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 04:40:15 +0000 Anonymous 570769@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Brilliant! I love this idea; run with it! So much different than the white shirt tucked in, don't you think? Love it with the denim on top because that softens the brown. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570758 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 04:32:34 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 570758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The peach with it is my favorite but all look good. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570698 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:59:14 +0000 Anonymous 570698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It works! I'm glad that you are notchanging the length and like all three looks very much. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570697 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:57:40 +0000 ManidipaM 570697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful! And what a resounding success when you *do* make it work! Love, love, love! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570693 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:51:09 +0000 Meredith1953 570693@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bingo! You have the formula down! I like it a lot with the peachy jacket! Tres jolie! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570681 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:04:36 +0000 Jaime 570681@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The blue jacket looks great with the brown. I like the pink one too, but wonder if it would also look good with a a lighter top. Anyway, the skirt works! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570666 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:16:56 +0000 rae 570666@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think all these totally work! I like the untucked top; I think it prevents the bottom half from being too overwhelming. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570659 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:01:13 +0000 Transcona Shannon 570659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Me too Suz (on the peachy jacket)! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570655 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:56:54 +0000 CocoLion 570655@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very pretty. Yes, these work! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570646 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:49:40 +0000 Jem 570646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOVE!!! All three look great! The skirt does not look too long in these, at all. I think you are right, you just need a little bit of tapering and it will be perfect. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570640 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:46:11 +0000 Suz 570640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Works!! </p> <p>And you know what? I personally think you can tuck with this combo, to show the birds' heads. I don't think you will look disproportionate if you get a wider belt toned with your top (whatever colour it is) that more or less covers the waistband. </p> <p>And it is a gorgeous, happy skirt, so enjoy it!! </p> <p>PS I like the peachy jacket much better with this outfit than with the striped top/orange shoes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/update---shabby-apple-skirt#post-570635 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:41:29 +0000 Transcona Shannon 570635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>After yesterday's post regarding the Shabby Apple skirt (<a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shabby-apple-skirt-review" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....irt-review</a>) I really got to thinking about how on earth I was going to make this skirt work in my wardrobe. I was beginning to feel quite foolish for having purchased a skirt based solely on my love of the print and colours.</p> <p>I washed the skirt late last night and hung it up to dry to get the stiffness out of, thinking that trying it on in a "softer" mode might help my creative juices. It also did shrink a tiny bit.</p> <p>I really wanted to play down the proportions of the super high waist. The skirt does fit really well in the waist (especially now that it's about a half inch smaller) and it does have a bit of a "girdling" effect which I decided I could use to my advantage. I took on Rae's comment about brown on top and for shoes and went digging through my closet. I found a dark chocolate brown deep v-neck tank in a soft knit, which I popped on with the skirt but left untucked. This lets the high waist sit comfortably but not look disproportionate. I then put my skinny chocolate brown belt (the exact same colour of the tank) on top of that to bring my waist down a little bit, trying to lengthen my torso. Then I added my brown Naturalizer leather Mary Janes (which I forgot I had!). To my eye, this worked. To add more visual interest, I added my denim jacket and scrunched the sleeves. Again, I think this works.</p> <p>Now for a different colour combo - I kept the base of the skirt, brown tank, brown belt and brown shoes but now added my peachy/pink cropped Gap jacket to pull out the pink tones in the flowers on the vines in the print. Again, I think this works.</p> <p>My one hand is behind my back trying to pull in the volume on the skirt, which is still an issue. But looking at these, I don't think I need to alter the waist or shorten the skirt - I simply need to wear the top untucked and bring in the width of the skirt.</p> <p>Am I right? Does this work? I must say, I am feeling more hopeful about the skirt after this experiment. </p>