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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: What about a challenge? https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:41:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php Anonymous on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge/page/2#post-1963596 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:03:46 +0000 Anonymous 1963596@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh.  I hadn't realized that.  I must have missed a post.  Thank you, Jenni. Jenni NZ on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge/page/2#post-1963588 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:11:46 +0000 Jenni NZ 1963588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Actually I think Katerina decided to do it in November, didn't you Katerina? Because there was already Costober and the closet edit challenge going on? Anonymous on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge/page/2#post-1963399 Tue, 09 Oct 2018 20:34:04 +0000 Anonymous 1963399@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hi Katerina -- I am bumping this upward for those who have the inclination to do multiple challenges this month.   jussie on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge/page/2#post-1961411 Thu, 04 Oct 2018 12:37:21 +0000 jussie 1961411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Well I’ve been mulling this over today. My “stylestretch” is going to be wearing statement earrings WITH a bold lip colour every day for a week. Fun! The earring part will be pretty easy but doing a bold lip each day will challenge me... I love the look though so it’ll be worth it. Suz on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge/page/2#post-1961245 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:22:04 +0000 Suz 1961245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I love this idea -- style stretch. I'm going to focus on 3 types of garment that I already have well represented in my wardrobe but wear less frequently than I wish:  Blazers Fall dresses/skirts Pants vs. jeans I'll also wear more booties, but I would have done that anyway, I suspect.  Anonymous on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge/page/2#post-1961213 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:18:04 +0000 Anonymous 1961213@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I tried to do a small silk scarf your way, but kinda a fail for me (was tryingto tie in the shoes). Think i need to stick to my long narrow scarves instead! Katerina on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge/page/2#post-1961211 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:09:06 +0000 Katerina 1961211@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hi nemosmom! How fun you want to do this challenge. You are so welcome and nice to meet you! nemosmom on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge/page/2#post-1961189 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 18:17:10 +0000 nemosmom 1961189@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I am new here, but would love to join if you have room! I have been afraid to take risks and try new combos (too many days in jeans) Katerina on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge/page/2#post-1961083 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 11:13:46 +0000 Katerina 1961083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Torontogirl, what a lovely idea! Pop of colour - yes. You will look beautiful in red lipstick! Staysfit, I am so glad you changed your mind! Shoe stretching challenge (ok, sort of LOL This will be fun. I admire your ability to use all your scarves and statement necklaces - it is one of my challenges. Would love to learn more.     Katerina on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge/page/2#post-1961081 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 11:05:42 +0000 Katerina 1961081@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Sterling, wonderful! Sound like a great and very useful idea to try less worn accessories and document accessory-complements. It should make your dressing in the morning easier if you have ready groups of accessories to ad to your outfits. I try to do this with scarves and bags (shoes too, but I don´t have nearly as many shoes so it´s not that much work :-). As for the scarves, thinking how to help you... hm. I wear mine at work all days, but move them sometimes - tie them differently so they don´t get in the way, or if I get cold - wrap around my shoulders etc. But I am so used to them so they don´t bother me, really. One helpful trick, if you wear a knitted top, to use a large safety pin (a brooch) to pin onto the knit. Then you just wrap the ends of the scarf around the pin (or tie it to it) so the pin is not visible. It holds your scarf's ends secured in place and nobody can tell it is pinned. You avoid holes in the scarf this way, too.   Staysfit on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge/page/2#post-1960708 Mon, 01 Oct 2018 11:05:13 +0000 Staysfit 1960708@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I love the title “Style Stretching”! At first I thought I would pass on this challenge because I like consistency in my accessories. I have eclectic style and enjoy a wide variety of silhouettes, so having some consistency in my jewelry helps me feel pulled together, and makes me feel like “me”. I like wearing the same watch and bangles all the time. I like wearing the jewelry my aunt gave me or left to me or that I received as gifts from friends or while hunting at art fairs with DH. It has sentimental value. I wear all my scarves and statement necklaces already. Nothing sits unused. My earrings are well used also. So, my challenge will be about shoes. I have lots of them, and as the weather gets colder and rainier or snowy, I tend to get into a repetitive shoe pattern. I pick a favorite bootie and tall boot and that’s what I wear. I need to change them around and use what’s in my closet! I can wear boots for rain or snow and change into shoes or a fashion bootie once I’m at work. It means more to carry but I think it will be better for my style and my feet. That will be my challenge.........wear my shoes! Barbara Diane on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1960564 Sun, 30 Sep 2018 06:29:33 +0000 Barbara Diane 1960564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I like this idea and will have to ponder what aspect of my wardrobe to focus on. Anonymous on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1960419 Sat, 29 Sep 2018 10:48:54 +0000 Anonymous 1960419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'm excited about starting this challenge.  I'm thinking about how I want to frame it so that I derive the most benefit going forward.  Generally, I want to make it a point to wear lesser-worn accessories across all categories.  I think my primary goal will be to build and document accessory complements.   Weather permitting, I'd like to learn how to wear a scarf while seated at a desk without fussing with it throughout the day.  I can easily wear scarfs commuting.  But once seated at a desk, I start adjusting and re-adjusting it throughout the day.  I wonder if just loosely draped across my shoulders is the answer?   Helena on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1960302 Fri, 28 Sep 2018 21:54:07 +0000 Helena 1960302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Style stretching sounds awesome! My stretch is going to be "pop of color". Could be as simple as a lipstick or nail polish, a scarf or whatever, but a few times a week I shall endeavour to add a pop, and just wear it even if I feel weird wearing it. This is based on a conversation I had with my mom this week, about how she used to wear all sorts of unique, creative clothing pieces, and I used to always wear a red lip or a bright teal purse, and how we felt at some point we'd lost touch with that part of ourselves that just went for it and didn't worry about whether anyone else was doing the same! Thanks Katerina for suggesting it!!! Jenni NZ on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1960283 Fri, 28 Sep 2018 20:06:31 +0000 Jenni NZ 1960283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Style stretching is a great name. I like the alliteration! All the ideas sound fun x Katerina on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1960071 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 21:44:44 +0000 Katerina 1960071@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thank you ALL for reading and thinking. So fun many would like to do this kind of challenge and interesting to see what the challenge actually would be for different people. Quite a few want to use more or different accessories, some more jackets and blazers, some new colours, new shapes - this is what makes it fun. Thank you guys also for bringing up the practical issues of many challenges at the same time, I totally understand. Reading the forum posts often on the phone too. And I also enjoy and appreciate the musings on different topics and the exciting discussions - this is what makes YLF so wonderful. Since we are just finishing the September tracking challenge and since there are two other challenges planned for October plus that some people are on trips, I think it would be better to start the challenge in the end of October. This way, there will not be too much at the same time, not only on the forum as such, but also if people would like to do all three challenges, there will be time to participate. What do you think? In the meanwhile, we have to come up with a good title. Mainelady mentioned style stretching. A style stretching challenge - how does that sound :-)? The Cat on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1960056 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:41:20 +0000 The Cat 1960056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Jenni NZ, I so agree with your last paragraph. Jenni NZ on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1960055 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:02:09 +0000 Jenni NZ 1960055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks for asking Angie, Katerina. Shevia is right the forum isn't size limited. For me I think it's because I mostly read the forum on my small phone that I was thinking if there are two challenges going then I'm going to have non-challenge posts quickly drop off onto page 2. And I may miss them. I do do some of the challenges but not all. Sounds like you have heaps of enthusiasm for this one so it won't matter if there will be 2 when Angie gets back. It's good she answered the question clearly that she wants a new thread for each person. I'll just have to look harder for non- challenge posts next month and that's cool. Some of those are gems, when someone starts to muse about a random clothing topic and out comes the collective wisdom! jussie on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1959996 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:08:33 +0000 jussie 1959996@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I enjoy reading the challenge posts even when not participating, so I don’t mind it taking up forum space RobinF on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1959992 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:44:16 +0000 RobinF 1959992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ This is a fun suggestion. I love Elizabeth P's jacket idea. I have several I never wear and always drag out my sweaters instead. That being said, I also need a closet edit and am still wearing my summer clothes so I should do that first. Also on vacation next week so it'll be probably be full Fall when I return and I will have to drag out my pants and boots. Anonymous on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1959959 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:58:13 +0000 Anonymous 1959959@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I like the idea of a separate challenge section too, if it can be done. Im in wear my wardrobe (no shop) mode, and still wearing summer things, so trying to change it up. I tucked yesterday and didn't hate it, thats a start! Mainelady on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1959953 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:41:36 +0000 Mainelady 1959953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I love this idea! I enjoy the challenges, even though I don’t often join in. I learn a lot and have fun seeing how everyone takes on a challenge and makes it work for them. I would likely join in and would make an effort to post.......if I don’t take a pic before heading out the door at 7am, I don’t take a pic. One of my personal challenges is to stretch my style a bit, by trying new shapes. I am pretty happy with my go to styles which are all slim fitting, but they are also predictable. Sisi on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1959943 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 08:14:28 +0000 Sisi 1959943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Good idea. You are encouraging me to put into action something I was thinking of in these past days: I should rotate my jewels a bit more. Not that I have many, but once I have put on something I just forget about it. For example, I am wearing the same chain with pendant and the same bracelet since the beginning of the year. My challenge could be to pick a different jewelry set for October.  Jaime on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1959929 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 03:48:00 +0000 Jaime 1959929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What! The forum isn't size limited! I love challenges, whether I partake or not. An accessory challenge sounds great to me, I have been trying to wear necklaces more (meaning ever) and also vary my bags more (since I have so many). Maybe we can keep it to a daily thread to limit its footprint. The Cat on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1959877 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:59:44 +0000 The Cat 1959877@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Challenges can be fun. But I agree that they sometimes take up much of the forum. Would it be possible to create separate sections for Challenges--like the existing section for Anniversary Sale? Angie, Inge, Greg, what do you think? Katerina on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1959876 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:51:46 +0000 Katerina 1959876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Fun so many like the idea! I guess it is a matter of timing, I know there are already other challenges in planning, we can save the idea for later. Definitely don’t want to take up too much of the forum... L'Abeille on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1959872 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:09:21 +0000 L'Abeille 1959872@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What about Cost-over the dress-up challenge? I love challenges (reading them even when I don't partake), but Jenni is right that it fills up the forum. Jenni NZ on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1959868 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:53:20 +0000 Jenni NZ 1959868@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ We might be having two challenges at the same time if so? Didn't Angie say yesterday she would run a closet edit challenge? Can have two at once but it fills the forum up a lot? rachylou on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1959816 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:36:38 +0000 rachylou 1959816@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Ok. I certainly could stand to try wearing my wool coats more often. Puffy always takes all the glory. Angie on "What about a challenge?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-about-a-challenge#post-1959773 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:00:05 +0000 Angie 1959773@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What a great idea, Katerina. I will be cheering from the sidelines.