https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:55:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/3#post-1165309 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 03:26:11 +0000 shoppingisfun 1165309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@annagybe, I like your superbowl outfit (except for the stupid gosh darn seahawks colors!). I guess I am not too worried about looking stylish at football parties, lol (my pic was not very stylish, but I like the jersey anyway. It has pink lettering with sparkles!! I got it in the kids' department).&nbsp;&nbsp;I checked out some of your pinterest stuff. I like a lot of it. Just not this one. Scrubs 40 hours per week? I get why you want to dress up on your off time.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/3#post-1165283 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 03:00:12 +0000 Missey 1165283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I say YAY for you.&nbsp; I think you could make this jersey look super cool in the way you've described.&nbsp; I actually like the Rodarte jersey; with a white button up, a great statement necklace or two, some killer jeans and heels it would be OTT divine on you!&nbsp; I love your fearless approach to fashion and your eye for combining styles to create interesting and cohesive fashion forward outfits.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/3#post-1165277 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 02:56:16 +0000 annagybe 1165277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been mired in QA all day today, and have only been periodically checking this thread on my phone.<br />I appreciate all the input.<br />I really like this jersey and have more than one styling idea. First off I'm thinking with my leather moto pants. Or my tuxedo jacket.<br />Petitesanonymous, this is my blog.&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://noscrubs.lookfab.com/">http://noscrubs.lookfab.com/</a>&nbsp;<br />I wear hospital issued unisex scrubs for 40 plus hours a week. So I try to make the most of my off hours stylistically.&nbsp;<br />Your styling of your SF jersey is so far from my style. Besides we won the Superbowl, your team didn't make it (just a little dig, :D&nbsp;).<br />Here's how I dressed for a Superbowl party&nbsp;<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://noscrubs.lookfab.com/post/wiw-22-theres-a-little-game-today-with-a-ball">http://noscrubs.lookfab.com/po.....ith-a-ball</a><br />Besides in all honestly my sports are hiking and skiing. In college, I competed in sailing. So decidedly non-traditional sports. When I attended a PAC-10 school, I would cater and bartend for the alumni at&nbsp;football games, because I was more interested in paying for school than attending the game.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/3#post-1165259 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 02:45:41 +0000 Mellllls 1165259@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I definitely think you can rock this look! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/3#post-1165246 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 02:36:14 +0000 ironkurtin 1165246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just to chime back in, I guess someone might think I was a poseur for wearing cowboy boots when I'm not wrangling cows, but to me, that kind of boot has evolved beyond one function - like jeans. Hard hats and sports jerseys are still event-specific to me, however.</p> <p>And for the record, I still don't think the design of this jersey is the best you could do. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/3#post-1165176 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 01:08:13 +0000 Claudia 1165176@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here's the thing for me, I grew up in a big football family and town. My older brother was a star athlete, captain of the high school football&nbsp;team, first team All State, big college career, bowl games on TV, drafted by the pros.&nbsp;</p> <p>In high school and college&nbsp;I think of all the player's adoring&nbsp;girlfriends walking around wearing their jerseys, mooning over their guys. &nbsp;Heck, in college I even wore one of&nbsp;my boyfriend's hockey jerseys as a nightshirt. So when I see these type of sport uniform shirts, especially a very literal one like the Rodarte, worn as "cool"&nbsp;fashion on a grown woman (outside of tailgates, parties and game day), I have this not so positive association, sort of and including&nbsp;how I see the Victoria's Secret Pink Varsity line on anyone over high school age. Hence, the juvenile and cutsie.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/3#post-1165175 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 01:01:33 +0000 rachylou 1165175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, I will concede on parties and sports bars and game days, that you can't be dinged for wearing your team's jersey. But it's still a little bit ghetto. I mean, stadium sports *are* all about unwashed masses. Roman tradition and all...</p> <p>But I totally agree on regional differences. I lived in AZ for awhile, and it wasn't so ghetto to wear sports jerseys. It has to be said, tho, that there is no city in AZ that has become one with the great Big City in the sky. </p> <p>Which I find rather interesting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/3#post-1165158 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:46:12 +0000 shoppingisfun 1165158@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not just stadiums....playoff parties! Superbowl parties! Sports bars! If you are actually into sports, you find lots of reasons to wear your team's jersey every week during the season. IMHO it is only ghetto if 1)it is not game day or 2) if you're wearing it like gang attire. Perhaps this varies based on region. Just for fun...photo is me, unstyled but lovin' life at a gameday party, and looking non-ghetto! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1165122 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:10:22 +0000 rachylou 1165122@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, of course, The Big City is a state of mind as much as one of the actual cities of the world. Hehe.</p> <p>But Annagybe, the OP, is up in the Seattle metropolis. I'm in the SF Bay Area (born and raised). </p> <p>Ok, now. I'm gonna have to split hairs with you, you Sacramento gal! Oakland jerseys are wratchett, but all jerseys are ghetto anywhere not a stadium </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1165118 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:05:21 +0000 MsMary 1165118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, I get it.&nbsp; I want to change my vote to "go for it!"&nbsp; Thanks for the thought-provoking discussion!&nbsp; I don't happen to see one single thing wrong with sending the message that says "I am super into fashion and I also recognize that right now professional sports, and my team in particular, are Having A Moment, so I am choosing to recognize that in my own special Super Into Fashion way!" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1165116 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:00:51 +0000 shoppingisfun 1165116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachylou: which city? I live in Sacramento, CA. Only Oakland jerseys are ghetto. Wearing a local jersey (Sacramento Kings, San Francisco 49ers, SF Giants, etc) is fine on game day (wouldn't want to wear it every day). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1165110 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:50:13 +0000 shoppingisfun 1165110@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha ha, I grew up in the country with actual cowboys. For this reason, I will never rock a cowboy boot. To me they just look so....unfashionable. lol! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1165108 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:48:58 +0000 rachylou 1165108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>petites -</p> <p> <i>why not wear a real jersey?</i></p> <p>I have to respond to that one. The OP <i>is </i>sporty but she's also a denizen of the metaphorical, literal-yet-figurative Big City. And a real jersey in the Big City is just ghetto... I know <i>I know</i>, but I swear it's true. </p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1165103 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:46:22 +0000 rachylou 1165103@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><i>"What I mean is, to me it looks like a girl who is into fashion and just acting like she likes sports"</i></p> <p>I think that's what I meant when I said it's hard to see the fashion in the fashion. </p> <p>You know, every time I go into The Big City, I am quite frankly struck by how, ahem, clownish people look. I have very rude thoughts. Thoughts like: <i>Why are you wearing cowboy boots? The closet you come to cow is a soy burger!</i> <i>And you, you over there!</i> <i>What is the point of you all together?</i> <i>Is your dissertation work on the use of the word "and" in bodice rippers deserving of even one soy burger? Is it? Is it?! Aaaaahhh!!!!</i></p> <p><i></i><i></i>After a little while, though, I remember what cities are about and how they function. They are places to collide and trade. There are some interesting side effects, artifacts, and by-products - and capital-F Fashion is one of them. As are museums and opera houses. Go anywhere else, and cowboy boots mean "I wrangle cows." In the city, they mean something more like, "I wrangle latte lines and yoga mats, and live where the brick has been exposed." </p> <p>Oh, I guess I live in The Big City now. I forgot. It's why I'm looking for faux leather overalls, which are fundamentally inexplicable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1165101 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:45:52 +0000 cciele 1165101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like people are going to think what they are going to think -- horses for courses, fashion is subjective, all that stuff. The question is whose opinion (no one?&nbsp;yourself?) matters, if at all? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1165100 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:44:47 +0000 shoppingisfun 1165100@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To clarify what I mean by "poser"...I feel like being a poser is to pretend to be something you're not. I actually do appreciate the idea of wearing it ironically, but IIRC the OP mentioned having a sporty side. If she is sporty, why not wear a real jersey? (They can be styled quite nicely. :-)) I think a "designer" style jersey conveys the message, instead, that you are not into sports at all or are for some reason just pretending to. No offense intended by my posts by the way! I'm sure the OP finds my clothes incredibly dull. Different strokes for different folks right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1165089 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:21:45 +0000 AviaMariah 1165089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Late to the party but I can totally see you wearing this jersey. &nbsp;I love how adventurous you are with fashion. &nbsp;I'm much more conservative in my tastes so I live vicariously through you. &nbsp;;) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1165085 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:12:57 +0000 ironkurtin 1165085@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Poseur is an insult.&nbsp; I think *maybe* PA is saying that she would interpret the look as someone not giving the proper respect to sports, sortof making fun of it or using it, not really understanding or respecting the sport it represents.&nbsp; Much like some other YLF readers interpreted using native American or other ethnic patterns and motifs without understanding where they came from.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1165055 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:32:25 +0000 CocoLion 1165055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, great point -- yes there is room for both types on this forum.</p> <p>And Petitesanonymous, thanks for explaining your POV.&nbsp; I think this is difference in viewpoint. &nbsp;Does wearing a sports jersey in a fashion context qualify as "ironic dressing," or does it make you a "poser?" &nbsp;I choose to call it irony, maybe I'm missing something but I always understood "poser" to be a put-down. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1164973 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:53:39 +0000 gryffin 1164973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anna - I love it.&nbsp; Okay, so sports jerseys are a sentimental favorite of mine.&nbsp; Although I don't have one now, but&nbsp;I met my husband in anatomy lab, and he loved my "Property of the NY Jets" t -shirt and the rest is history!!&nbsp; I think they are fun and and if it calls to you I think you can style it in an awesome way.&nbsp; When you play an item like this against type with high fashion pieces, statement necklace, fab boyfriend or tux jacket, killer heels, I think it's just plain fun!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1164966 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:42:52 +0000 catgirl 1164966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you could totally rock this jersey, Anna. </p> <p>Just want to add a quick question: if the whole forum loved an item you posted and all rushed out to copy, would that not make you question how edgy or cool the item really is? </p> <p>You aim for individuality (as do I without the depth of designer knowledge you have, just my own path) in a way not everyone here does. KWIM? And that is going to be reflected in feedback.</p> <p>I am always more than ready to discuss anything - if only I had time!</p> <p>As far as Denise's comments on the forum, again, I think some are here with a true passion for fashion; others (and I fell into this category when I first joined) want to know how to look their best consistently style-wise and aren't interested in the vagaries of runway trends. Surely there is room for both. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1164953 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:31:29 +0000 ironkurtin 1164953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I see, Cocolion.&nbsp; Yeah, I think there is occasionally burnout on the forum. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1164946 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:18:20 +0000 shoppingisfun 1164946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am one of those people who tend to be more conservative with fashion choices. I don't usually like ultra trendy things. I personally try to look appropriate, wear looks that are flattering to my body, and that are kinda classic but current. For me, though, my opinion regarding this particular top has nothing to do with it looking ugly or cute, appropriate or inappropriate, flattering or unflattering, etc. Instead, it is about the wearer looking like a poser (sorry, not sure how to explain it). What I mean is, to me it looks like a girl who is into fashion and just acting like she likes sports (why? ) instead of actually following a team or knowing anything about sports. People who are real sports fans would roll their eyes. Just explaining my personal opinion regarding my reaction to this particular piece. YMMV. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1164916 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:24:20 +0000 CocoLion 1164916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For me, it's the feeling that some people are not happy with the current styles. &nbsp;Not happy with retail, the shopping experience. &nbsp;Not happy with trends, like the 90s coming back. &nbsp;</p> <p>Also, honestly I don't really understand the criticism of "wannabe" or "trying too hard." &nbsp;I applaud anyone taking risks with fashion. &nbsp;THAT is interesting and stimulating to me. &nbsp;It may or may not work, but I don't judge them for being wannabe (so I thought you were being harsh on yourself Anna).</p> <p>A few weeks ago I was watching this new internet series with Seinfeld. &nbsp;It's called "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" on a new streaming&nbsp;network called <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.crackle.com">Crackle</a>. &nbsp;In it Seinfeld sees a young man dressed in black with a dramatic Mohawk haircut. &nbsp;He jokes, "I hate people like that. &nbsp;They are so pretentious." &nbsp;This is what I'm talking about, this to me is a fashion or style hating stance.</p> <p>I find that there are those on this forum who&nbsp;have conservative tastes, don't like to shop, don't want to stray from very many silhouettes. &nbsp;Maybe I'm just confused because that kind of person seems like a non- fashion involved person. &nbsp;Yet they participate regularly on the forum. &nbsp;I feel this viewpoint is valid and yes, it's interesting to me to on a certain level because it's so different from myself. &nbsp;I'm just saying -- sometimes it's a downer for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1164908 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:09:00 +0000 rachylou 1164908@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been in an anti-fashion mood, that's true. For awhile I've felt the collections have been just a wee lackluster and the never-ending show season disorienting. I'm a little confused by the total eclipse of couture by pret-a-porter, as well. And I'm a little tired of every celebrity becoming a designer, of everybody being a designer. I wouldn't mind a weed-out, quite frankly.</p> <p>On another track - It can be hard to see the fashion in the fashion. Esp. when it comes to things like equestrian, military, sporty, tribal... There's a weird-out factor. It's weird to think about "riding boots" that will never see muck... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1164877 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:35:01 +0000 Parsley 1164877@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know, I've often thought that if some of the more avant-garde and high fashion&nbsp;looks often featured on&nbsp;blog sites were posted here, they would get negative feedback. That is the trouble with "fashion by committee". We can tend to go for relatively mainstream looks and resist anything that's out of our comfort zone.</p> <p>I think that if you want to be daring, you just need to&nbsp;go for it. If everybody were comfortable with it right off the bat it wouldn't be daring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1164870 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:23:44 +0000 Janet 1164870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would take it a step further and say there is no "wrong" or "right" -- everyone has opinions, and like we've said on other threads, we are all totally free to take other's opinions and do with them whatever we like, even if it means ignoring them. Some opinions will weigh more with an individual than others do, depending on whose style choices resonate deeply with our own. As Angie says, horses for courses. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1164868 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:17:50 +0000 annagybe 1164868@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Dana, you were much more succinct than I was flailing around trying to explain. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1164839 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:31:53 +0000 ironkurtin 1164839@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>AG, when you push the envelope, you will get pushback. It's just how it works.&nbsp; The forum can be wrong, as in mint, or it can be right sometimes as well... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whackadoodle-cool-or-wannabe/page/2#post-1164822 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:20:34 +0000 annagybe 1164822@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mind honest feedback. But there have been plenty of times where I get a lot of resistance. I remember when I first was seeking out mint items a couple of years ago I got a lot of negative responses. Turns out it is a great color for me &amp; I could get make a pastel edgy.<br /> If you are unsure of an item, that's ok. That's why I included the pins, because the actual item photograph isn't very good. For many items as I've said in the past it's all about the styling. I should have perhaps photographed the item styled for full assessment. But with my schedule it's hard.<br /> My perception, and perhaps it's wrong that if something lies completely outside of a Angie pick or outfit suggestion it's just not as popular. Which is perhaps how it should be. Some people have said that this is the only fashion blog/site they read. I like to read many sites &amp; sources. It's a hobby for me. </p>