https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:19:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-818360 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:19:08 +0000 Aziraphale 818360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HAHAHAHAHAAAA! Julie you are awesome. You're quite right; I need to get a Sherlock box set. I've been watching them on Netflix. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-818341 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:08:41 +0000 RoseandJoan 818341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no sorry Elisabeth, I would recognise you for being petite, curly haired, no handbag, Keith Richards boots and the biggest telltale sign, a Sherlock box set tucked neatly under your arm.</p> <p>Mo you bring athleticism and your hair adds both romance and drama.</p> <p>Rachylou, two puffers! Now that is a great image.</p> <p>Tina B, I love that you bring your positive attitude. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-818318 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:55:56 +0000 Aziraphale 818318@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Julie, I just re-read my post and I realize it sounds like I have a giant swollen head. I don't think I do! Just confidence. I don't think I'm the only woman in Vancouver who is confident. (But you still might recognize me, because I might be the only one wearing burgundy Keith Richards boots). ;-)</p> <p>Gaylene, if we met in real life, we'd probably hit it off. Whether reserved or outgoing, I find confident people very appealing. (I have a "stare", too. Despite my stature, I've never been the target of unwanted sexual attention in public). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-818256 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:58:07 +0000 Mo 818256@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think I give it much thought . . . mostly I dress with a bit of ease in mind. I don't want to be restrained by my clothes from any activity that might crop up! (climbing roadside dinosaurs, impromptu bowling, etc) Beyond that, I think mostly climate and color come to mind first. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-818249 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:54:06 +0000 rachylou 818249@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting question! Hmm. </p> <p>Well, I suppose first of all I'm an introvert who cannot lie low... and that inability to lie low kinda takes over. I cannot even tell you what's whackadoodle about my combo today, but I know there IS something whackadoodle about it. It could be the skirt. Maybe, maybe not. I'm wearing a sweater skirt - which isn't exciting - but you know what? I'm the only person with a job that I've ever seen wear a sweater skirt in the flesh. It's received comment already today.</p> <p>Next comes the inability to maintain my own body temperature. I'm actually head to toe in sweater - sweater skirt, sweater stockings, actual sweater - and over that is my shiny navy puffy. And, I might add, coming in from the parking lot I had an ankle length white puffer over it all. ROFL. That makes me laugh!</p> <p>I'm vaguely aware that I've got a short torso and that my health situation might be better if I had a narrower waist. I don't do anything about the width of my waist, but I give 1/16th of my attention to making sure it doesn't look like it's right below my chin.</p> <p>Oh, and I'm a preppy. So zero sex appeal to my outfits. That's very important! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-818243 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:50:20 +0000 Tina.b 818243@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a fabulous question and I too need to give it more thought. I have have a fairly positive, confident and easy going personality and I feel my clothes are a reflection of this. I enjoy standing out, though I rarely go over the top. I'm simple in my style, but I love a statement piece. I'm tallish, and I don't mind embracing it at all. I love to wear 5" heels.</p> <p>I'm a fairly rectangular shape as well, have a bit of hip and broad shoulders, but not a super defined waist. I do enjoy a body con look on occasion to accentuate the curves I do have. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-818231 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:43:10 +0000 RoseandJoan 818231@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rute, you bring glamour to even the most casual of looks!</p> <p>Elisabeth, confidence and a walk, although I have never seen you I could probably spot you in your home town!</p> <p>Gaylene, I love how your height and body shape is dramatic and how you embrace this.</p> <p>Suz, it is interesting to hear how your body shape has changed and the effect on your style.</p> <p>Diane, I think you do wonderfully in dressing your curves. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-818209 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:36:14 +0000 Suz 818209@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh -- I love this question! I don't have time to give it a full answer right now but I hope to come back. In the meantime, I was going to say I bring energy, appreciation of colour, and acceptance of who and what I am. Having lost weight I am more or less a rectangle -- this is new to me, but I am embracing it. It feels right -- in fact, it is allowing me to dress more easily in ways that feel right than I was ever able to in my more pear/hourglass past. So this is an interesting discovery. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-818086 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:21:43 +0000 Gaylene 818086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, Elizabeth, I could have written what you've said for my comment, if I just substituted "tall" for "short" and IT for racy rectangle!</p> <p>I definitely dress for my body shape, posture, and personality. I like to emphasize my shoulders since they minimize my rectangular tendencies in my mid-section, my mother was a bear when it came to posture (she hated seeing anyone slumped over) so I've always stood up straight, and I like to project an image of competence and authority so straight lines and tailored outfits with a minimum of fuss help me accomplish that goal.</p> <p>It's really hard for me to dress against my body shape and personality. The soft, floaty, pastel, feminine styles just look wrong on me--even to point where sales staff can start laughing despite themselves. But I can pull off a Dramatic Diva look in the evening without any effort. On my body, decolletage looks more dramatic rather than sexy. </p> <p>I can wear some fairly edgy looks without feeling overpowered by them, but, I think, for me, the opposite is also true--my body shape and personality overpower the ruffles and pastels making those feminine and bombshell styles look quite odd on me.</p> <p>ETA: And I get what you mean by having a "walk", Elizabeth. I once had a police officer in my class who told me I had the "don't mess with me" stride that they try to teach in a self-defense class. Accompany that stride with the "death stare" that I use when someone is being rude or obnoxious (behavior I won't tolerate in my classes), his assessment was that I'd intimidate most would-be muggers--something that I really don't want to check out! LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-818067 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:52:26 +0000 Diana 818067@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I am a shy introvert so I like to let my clothes do the talking. I'm also pretty eccentric and creatively inclined and I think that reflects on my clothing choices.</p> <p>My pear/hourglass body shape (and myriad modifiers such as a short waist, sloping shoulders, short neck, long legs) obviously affects what I can and cannot wear, but I admit that I fight it on occasion. I like things that *fit* my body, but I hate things that emphasize it. Bombshell looks make me super uncomfortable even though I have a typical bombshell body. </p> <p>I also have developed a peculiar sensitivity to pressure on my rib cage, so I no longer wear things like high, wide belts or things with tight elastic under the bust. (A corset would probably look great on me but I would DIE.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-818045 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:37:20 +0000 Aziraphale 818045@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, my curious little kitten, I AM a racy rectangle who likes dressing on straight lines -- mostly. (Sometimes I girl it up). I'm comfortable with my shape, and I feel unnatural if I try to dress against it.</p> <p>What do I bring to the dressing room? A certain amount of self-assurance, I think. I must, on some level at least, want to be noticed. I think I always have. One of the disadvantages of being small is that you have to work harder to be seen and taken seriously, and I've got a massive ego that doesn't like being ignored. So I stand up straight and look people in the eye. I smile a lot. I try to make sure my clothes fit me well, so it looks like I'm wearing them and not the other way around. </p> <p>Oh, and apparently, I have a "walk". My dad calls it a saunter. He says I've walked that way since I was a little girl. Hehe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-818030 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:26:26 +0000 rute 818030@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always bring my mood, I have phases I want to dress more confortable and go for flats, big chunky cardigans with no waist, looser dresses. This year I'm all about looser pieces.<br /> Others I feel to dress more according to my body type (hourglass). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-818013 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:13:29 +0000 RoseandJoan 818013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shevia, I also dress to suit how I feel on a particular day.</p> <p>Janet, I always think you look warm, artistic and intelligent regardless of what you happen to be wearing.</p> <p>Ceit, I can understand the need for armour given your profession. </p> <p>Mandipa, I love that you work with your shape and beautiful colouring and understand the sentiment of your clothing defecting attention.</p> <p>Phoebe, it is interesting how our emotions affect our wardrobe choices.</p> <p>Angie, you bring a huge amount of warmth and approachability to the table as well.</p> <p>What do I bring to the table? Hmm my colouring is soft which lends itself to a pretty or romantic look. I have height and rectangular frame plus a quiet nature which I think brings a certain reserve to my style too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-817904 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:23:52 +0000 Angie 817904@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun read! Jules, which attributes do YOU bring to your style before you get dressed? </p> <p>I bring equal parts Boyish and Ladylike and lots of energy, most of which is happy. Getting dressed is the fun part of the day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-817901 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:21:54 +0000 Anonymous 817901@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I simply wear what I find comfortable, for the environment I'm in. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-817898 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:20:18 +0000 Thistle 817898@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Does temperature count? My clothes are very determined by how warm or cold it is outside. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-817893 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:17:38 +0000 Phoebe 817893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It depends. On sad or blue days I dress very modestly and don´t want to be seen. On a regular day, I choose whatever feels right and comfortable - depending on the people I´ll meet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-817888 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:12:23 +0000 ManidipaM 817888@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am an introverted who deflects attention from herself with her 'distracting' clothes, wears them as armour or wears them as camouflage Can you tell I'm also moody? And I go into a variety of social situations requiring different strategies?</p> <p>My posture and rounded rectangle shape do leave me yearning for straighter lines and height sometimes, as I realize that some of the formulas that I'm most comfortable in would look better that way. But I've made my peace with this piece of lovable (to me, at least!) flesh, and work with it rather than fight it. At most, I dress in what is comfy regardless of figure flattery.</p> <p>Colouring and curls of course are my unchanging attributes, and those I do choose to work with rather than against. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-817849 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:10:58 +0000 Anonymous 817849@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am introverted but in a job that requires me to be extroverted (teaching undergrads). My job also has very different activities that range from mucky fieldwork, to lab work, to desk work. So I need to be able to span a large range of possible activities.</p> <p>So, I do play with colour, but I don't often wear dresses, skirts, or restrictive clothing, or things I can't get dirty in.</p> <p>I do dress a little differently on teaching days, it's my armour! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-817848 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:10:02 +0000 Janet 817848@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting! </p> <p>I am an introverted person, but not necessarily shy (that depends on mood and situation). I do know that some days I dress "down" more to blend into the background, and others I may make choices that are more likely to draw attention or even initiate conversation -- certain pieces I have tend to get compliments, like my colored booties or bold jackets. But even on "shy" days, I need to wear something that bears my personal stamp that reflects my personality and artistic nature: a color I love like teal or cobalt, a moto jacket, even my Cons (one pair is grey with silver studs on the tongue, the other is purple with a pattern on the tongue). I never dress to truly disappear. :-)</p> <p>In general, I try to work with my body type and coloring rather than defy it. Depending on my mood and how much body confidence I have on any given morning when I get dressed, I'll either play it safe with simple tailored shapes that I know flatter me, or if I'm feeling good I might go a bit more body-con. If I'm feeling more like experimenting, I may try something a bit more out of my comfort zone, surrendering my waist or rolling my jeans to a crop length, etc. But I find it very difficult to defy my curvy body -- I like a defined shoulder and tailored straight lines, but I can't pull off straight up-and-down silhouettes without feeling very frumpy and dumpy.</p> <p>Ah, posture. I so envy all of you who are able to have beautiful posture. Sadly, my spine will only go so far in that, so I do what I can to keep my shoulders back and down and hope for the best. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-817846 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:04:54 +0000 Jaime 817846@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm. I am very introverted but some of my clothing does garner attention. I dress to be warm, comfortable, protected from the sun, and prepared to walk a lot, and finally to suit my sense of what I want to look like. I don't have the makings of a bombshell and it never occurred to me to try! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-attributes-do-you-bring-to-your-style-before-you-get-dressed#post-817836 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:50:54 +0000 RoseandJoan 817836@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>in the morning? Does your body type, colouring, posture or personalty add a dimension to your style which you embrace or do you choose to rebel against it?</p> <p>Are you a racy rectangle who enjoys dressing ones straight lines or do you long to be a bombshell? Are you an introvert who chooses to wear quiet clothing or do you express the depths of your personalty through bold clothing choices?</p> <p>I am as curious as a kitten and would love to know.</p> <p>TIA </p>