https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:00:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list#post-968563 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:48:28 +0000 Astrid 968563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Caro! We'll see how it works out. I agree that planning for a surprise item is a good idea, but what I have left in my budget depends also largely on how much these items are going to cost and how many of these I will find. So it's not all that predictable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list#post-968557 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:34:00 +0000 Caro in Oz 968557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks like a great list. I always leave some of the budget for something I love but don't need </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list#post-968427 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 19:44:39 +0000 Astrid 968427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Cheryl! </p> <p>Thanks Mona. I'm feeling so so about my summer wardrobe, but since we already have July and it's been cold all the time I didn't really use the stuff that I have much. It's always cooling down again in September, so we only have two months left to get some summer temperatures anyway. I recently bought new sandals, some new t-shirts and a summer dress (the one I wore for the wedding). The ballet flats I wore with the dress. Some lightwash bf jeans that I hemmed at full length. A breton shirt. I made a list four months ago and I didn't get most of it - the blazer and the oxfords already were on that list for example.</p> <p>Thanks Lyn. I don't buy at Modcloth because I don't want to deal with international shipping. I had a look and I do think that one would be too full for me anyway, maybe it's more accurat to say I'm looking for a flared skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list#post-968406 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 19:17:46 +0000 lyn* 968406@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid - have you tried the Essential Elegance skirt at Modcloth? There is a black one that is quite popular and gets a lot of good reviews. I think you need to size down though - I am still wanting to bite the bullet on the red one. I have it in blue and magenta, but they were a little too big for me and I (faceslapself) donated them before I got my sewing machine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list#post-968404 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 19:10:55 +0000 Mona 968404@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like a great shopping list. It is good that you are already thinking about fall/winter. I need to do that soon.&nbsp;<br />How do you feel about your summer wardrobe? Were you able to get everything you had planned for? I am curious as I am updating my wardrobe on a budget too and would love to hear ideas from you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list#post-968373 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 17:43:51 +0000 cheryl 968373@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great board and I especially love the two coat you have pinned. I think your list sounds very accurate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list#post-968289 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 16:04:12 +0000 Astrid 968289@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks! A blazer has been on my mind for a while, I just hadn't found one so far that was comfortable, not too dressy and not too expensive. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list#post-968262 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:47:40 +0000 missvee 968262@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a great starting point for your fall wardrobe. I love the idea of a blazer to add structure to your softer pieces. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list#post-968230 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 14:58:46 +0000 Astrid 968230@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Suz! I doesn't have to be black jeans, but I have to be comfortable in them. Depending on how tight they are and how they feel I might not be comfortable wearing shorter tops with other pants and that wouldn't help with my wardrobe hole. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list#post-968197 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 14:15:13 +0000 Suz 968197@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, this looks like a great list.&nbsp;</p> <p>I have been witnessing your winter coat search for two years, and I am praying that <b>this</b> is the year PPP pays off and you find something spectacular!!&nbsp;</p> <p>Do you think it needs to be black jeans, by the way, or would a ponte pant or some similar straight leg style be even more versatile? I ask because I do find my non-jean trousers to be quite useful for times when I want to wear a denim topper. Not that I am against denim on denim; I'm not.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list#post-968187 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:55:20 +0000 Astrid 968187@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Claire! It was a suggestion I got on the other thread and it really helped a lot. Because I discovered that I have a lot of outfits pinned that I like for a certain aspects but that I wouldn't wear as they are. The tailor I usually go to doesn't replace zippers, so I'd have to look elsewhere. The skirt still looks okay, but you can definitely see that I've been wearing it a lot for two years now. It's from Zara, so not super quality either. I already had to stitch seams together two times, but luckily it isn't very obvious on the black fabric. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list#post-968185 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:50:16 +0000 Anonymous 968185@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, what a good idea to have a board where you pin only "complete and realistic" outfits! It tells a lot about your style as well. Your list looks good to me. I noticed that my tailor has a price of about $15 to replace a zipper. Do you think it would be worth it to pay someone else to fix your skirt? Is the rest of the skirt in good shape? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/updated-shopping-list#post-968163 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:49:27 +0000 Astrid 968163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I recently posted about style goals and wardrobe planning and this is the pinterest board I came up with as a consequence <a href="http://pinterest.com/ridrin/personal-style-revisited/" rel="nofollow">http://pinterest.com/ridrin/pe.....revisited/</a>. I only pinned those outfits on it that I could really see myself wearing head to toe.</p> <p>I had a look at this board and my wardrobe and here's the shopping list I came up with for now:</p> <p>1. Booties<br />They should work under my bootcuts and with my skirts and I should be able to tuck my straight leg jeans into them. They also need to be practical for cold and wet fall and winter weather.</p> <p>2. Oxfords/Loafers<br />Don't need to be as weather proof as the booties, they would be a replacement for my tan oxfords. Need to work with skirts.</p> <p>3. Black straight leg jeans<br />I need to be able to tuck them in, that way I have another option for winter to wear with my boots . Or wear them untucked in fall with one of my denim jackets as a topper.</p> <p>4. Wool coat<br />To wear over pants and skirts in fall and winter when it's not super cold. This would be a replacement for my cheap pseudo wool coat.</p> <p>5. Winter coat<br />To wear when it's freezing. Has to be functional first, but I don't want it to look too much like gear.</p> <p>6. More sweaters/knitwear options<br />I haven't planned what to get in this case, I want to wait and see what's out there and what I think would work best once we really have fall.</p> <p>Optionally</p> <p>7. Blazer to wear with pants<br />This would be a cord/velvet/wool/tweed blazer to wear with my jeans.</p> <p>8. Fall/winter dress<br />Dress I can wear on its own or layered over or under in fall/winter. </p> <p>9. Solid colored knee length full skirt <br />I might need a replacement for my black wardrobe workhorse skirt. The zipper seems to be on its last legs and I don't think it would be an easy fix.</p> <p>That's it for now. I've decided to not worry about spring or summer stuff for the moment. I can think about that next year. </p> <p>What do you think? Would you add something? Leave something out? Specify something? </p>