https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:10:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-714240 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 02:42:29 +0000 JAileen 714240@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, my friend and I laugh about this, but once when we were out walking our dogs, someone thought I was her daughter! (She's 3 years older than me) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-713471 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:02:54 +0000 Anonymous 713471@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I received a compliment yesterday afternoon, from a customer I waited on, about the top I was wearing. Interestingly enough, it's a top that has received several bad reviews at the Coldwater Creek website. I guess one woman's meat is another woman's poison. I've worn that top a lot this summer and just love it; glad someone else liked it enough to say something. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-713444 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:40:53 +0000 ramya 713444@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>After marriage when I was in a new job... my previous team sent me a card... In which few of my friends wrote" We miss your fab sense of style and the way you dressed"... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-713441 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:37:19 +0000 anne 713441@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>April - I love the sound of your outfit!</p> <p>I find it hard to pick the "best" but one recently I enjoyed (and have mentioned on YLF before) was from an older lady at church who said I looked more and more elegant all the time!</p> <p>ETA Oh and just the other day, I was complimenting my daughter's teacher on her outfits and she said something like she counted a compliment like that as significant because I always look so nice </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-713381 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:04:19 +0000 April 713381@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have posted this before, but my favorite compliment occurred at my former job. We were union members, and the union issued oversized men's sporty shirts (in bright purple) that we were supposed to wear on Fridays. Ugh.</p> <p>I yanked mine in with a belt, popped the collar, and paired it with a narrow black pencil skirt, black ruffled cardigan, black tights and heels. Someone who worked in the office said, "Only you could make a golf shirt look stylish." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-713368 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:40:23 +0000 Traci 713368@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not too long ago I had a client at work who tends to go OTT with everything she wears say to me "I don't know how you do it, Miss Traci, but you can wear ANYTHING!" It's so untrue, but I took it as a huge compliment that I was pulling something off with an air of ease.</p> <p>I always take it as the biggest compliment when someone says they want to copy a look I'm wearing. Highest form of flattery, right? It's like saying not only do they like how it looks on me, but they find the overall feel of the look appealing enough to want to have it for themselves. I'm always thrilled when someone wants to know where I got something so they can get it too.</p> <p>I think the funniest one that I think of as a compliment is a person I used to work with would always ask me "Did you buy that together? Like, was it in the store as an outfit?" every single time I did any sort of layering of items. If it was a collared shirt under a sweater she'd even ask me if they were attached. It always cracked me up.</p> <p>Oh, and you ylf'rs make me blush on a regular basis. It's so nice to be part of a community where everyone is so generous. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-713180 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 03:07:26 +0000 rae 713180@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so loving this thread - I've read every single post so far. Positive memories FTW!</p> <p>A girl once came into the bank while I covered the front desk for lunch and asked, "OMG, is your hair *real*??" This was when Brazilian blowouts had just started to become popular. For once I liked my super-straight, doesn't-do-nothin'-else hair. :)</p> <p>As for clothes, I usually get complements on my boots, but one of my favorites was when my boss told me he'd never seen anyone put together so many outfits. "I mean, I've seen women with a lot of clothes before," he said, "but all of your outfits look GOOD." I was very pleased, especially since I only had 2 pairs of dress pants at the time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-713162 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 02:54:30 +0000 Deborah 713162@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You amazing women have blessed me with the most lovely compliments over the past 12 months... on public I often receive compliments on my hair, and have women approach me and ask where I have it done.</p> <p>One compliment that I always recall was at work. A young (younger than me lol) delivery guy was in the office area dropping something off and he stopped and complimented me on my outfit and told me that black (yes suprise suprise I was wearing black:) ) look fantastic on me, and that not everyone could carry off black. I remember it possibly because it was a compliment from a totally unexpected source... and I got the sense if was a very genuine compliment.. nothing more. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-713152 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 02:43:16 +0000 Kristin L 713152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite compliment was probably one of the most random I ever received several years ago. Well, I think it was directed at me. My mom and I were at the deli counter at the grocery store and an older gentleman (I'm guessing 70s) was standing next to us and started chatting, like a lot of southern people do. He looked at my mom and told her that she had a very pretty daughter. He also said that he should know a thing or 2 about beauty, since his wife had won several beauty contests in her younger days. At that time I was trying to go for a more retro look, so that really made my day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-713086 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:43:14 +0000 Jaime 713086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite compliments are about my hats - I have been stopped by a surprising mix of people who want to compliment my hat. Hats in Israel have a very particular association with a certain religious group - and I do not appear to be part of that group. I am always astounded and flattered how many people like my hats! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-713070 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:32:07 +0000 Beth 713070@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Any compliments from the elementary school kids are the BEST. I was walking down the hall one day and a first grader who standing in line whispered to me in her best "Level 1" voice, "I love your shoes."</p> <p>And there was the day I was trying to be unobtrusive in a fourth grade classroom when I overheard a student ask a friend, "Is she a model?" LOL. Too cute.</p> <p>It's so easy to be stylish in the elementary school:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-713017 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:28:50 +0000 Sveta 713017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Long ago when I was in mid-twenties I was at a friend's wedding. There were two little girls at the wedding and apparently they did a small unofficial and private beauty judgement for all female guests The bride told me that they picked me as a winner and it was really unexpected and sweet.<br /> Another one which I remember I got from the owner of the gift shop. I don't remember what he said to me exactly but it was something along the lines that I looked incredible. It was was before YLF and I was not dressed nicely or stylishly at all. I think I did not even wear a makeup that day. However the reason this compliment stays with me after 5 years is because it was 3 months after my big car accident where my face was cut by the broken glass and my lip was really disfigured. My scars were still very red and pronounced at that time and I felt quite sensitive about my looks. This compliment was unexpected and boosted my post-accident self esteem a lot! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-712969 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:02:17 +0000 Anonymous 712969@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know if it's the best compliment, but one time an organic farmer told me that I looked like a superhero. Loved that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-712944 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:30:49 +0000 Mander 712944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I visited a friend, who was also plus-sized, in NYC many years ago. Another plus-sized woman on the subway came up to us and said something like, you girls are both "thick*" but you look good, where do you buy your clothes?</p> <p>*Note that "thick" does not mean "stupid" in the USA, unlike the UK! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1/page/2#post-712941 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:23:02 +0000 annagybe 712941@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Once I was riding the bus home from work. Random older dude exiting the the bus said I was pretty. He actually had ot say it twice. I didn't hear him the first time because I had my headphones in. I seriously look like a schlump-a-dump when commuting because I ride the bus to work then change into scrubs. I seriously don't care what I look like and dress purely for the elements. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712931 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:16:55 +0000 Isabel 712931@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Many years ago, when I was 28, I travelled with a co-worker who was about 32-35. During our meeting, something happened at her daughter's school ( she was a single mom ) and the two of us went to get her 6 year old together. </p> <p>After meeting the little girl and chatting with her , she turned to her mom and said, " Mom, is she a teenager...because she is really cool ! " HYSTERICAL !!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712917 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:51:16 +0000 rachylou 712917@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I was proud to be asked to come back and do my graduate work in the ecology department... since my major was writing. Lol. I was also proud to be voted prettiest girl in first grade. Ahahahaha. Also, a street guy told me my outfit was <em>beautiful</em> weekend before last. It was the way he said it. Other people told me it was *fantastic,* but he was all *My god! Your outfit is beautiful!* Lol.</p> <p>I'm still bummed about the outfit. It only got one outing. Horrible snag. I guess it was good I got it on sale at Marshall's, but it kills me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712907 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:30:06 +0000 ironkurtin 712907@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jyoti, my gyno once told me I had a beautiful uterus. Too bad it's not on the outside for everyone to admire. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712903 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:20:40 +0000 Aziraphale 712903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fashion-wise, the one I got from that guy in the grocery store a while back was really nice -- the one where he complimented me on my cool boots, and said I looked sexy. (I was wearing a button-front shirt, a fitted waistcoat, skinny jeans and Fluevogs with buckles on them -- nothing revealing or sexy in an obvious way). Though I was never a raving beauty, I was once a sweet young thing, and chose to emphasize my smallness and cuteness through my fashion choices. But five or so years ago, I started to see that at some point that tactic is no longer going to fly. Though I know it seems shallow, the knowledge that my feminine charms will gradually fade is a little....I don't know. Sad, I guess. But I'm a lot more confident now, and more comfortable in my skin, and I've been trying to dress in a way that reflects the way I feel inside. So it was nice to hear, from a complete stranger, that the look I've been putting together lately is still attractive, even though it's a more "mature" look. </p> <p>As far as non-fashion compliments, the one that stands out in my mind was the time my geology prof complimented me on my diplomacy and coolheadedness when handling an awkward situation with a confrontational student. Compliments on one's accomplishments are even more satisfying than ones about your style! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712880 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:49:49 +0000 Anonymous 712880@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hear "you always look so classy and put together" a lot. And I find it fascinating when people tell me I look like a celebrity. These are the ones I've heard in recent memory:<br /> ~Glenn Close<br /> ~Kaley Cuoco<br /> ~Trisha Yearwood<br /> ~Barbara Streisand</p> <p>None of them look alike, so it's kind of amusing! ;)</p> <p>WHOA!!! LOOK LADIES - I'M A VETERAN NOW - WOOO HOOO!!!!!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712877 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:46:14 +0000 Transcona Shannon 712877@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I got the black &amp; white striped VC tee last year and wore it with my black pencil skirt and black/white Doc Saras and my husband said that I looked like a sexy mime! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712873 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:41:52 +0000 Irene 712873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fashion compliments: 'you look very sophisticated in that white shirt' I also get compliments on my hair (whenever I do nothing to it), and accessories (I'm SO BAD with accessories but still get them right... or maybe my mom does? lol)</p> <p>One of greatest compliments I remember was from one of my students (she was 11 at that point) and she asked me whether I was dating someone, and I told her I wasn't and so she said 'Oh, how come? But you are so beautiful!!'. Somehow it sounded so... sincere, it felt really nice :)</p> <p>Oh, and this one was not for me, but when I was teaching a 4-5 year old group of kids, I had a female colleague that teached 3-4 year-olds, her name was Nina. I only had them two hours a week, so they didn't see that much of me, let alone Nina, of which they would get just a peek now and then (she was in another class). So, one day Nina comes to my class to ask for something, and suddenly this kid says 'You look very pretty!!!!' And then another one 'You look so pretty today!', and then two more kids. Nina had changed her hair from straight to curly for a couple of days, and my kids noticed the change before I did, which showed me how much attention to detail they pay!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712870 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:39:16 +0000 RunnerChick 712870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My little niece, as we were both standing in front of a mirror, getting dressed for a wedding: "Aunty, we are such beautiful girls, no?" </p> <p>I get a lot of compliments on my hair, often from complete strangers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712857 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:25:36 +0000 LadyBirdK 712857@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Other than my little boy telling me, "mommy, you are so beautiful!" the best fashion compliment I ever received was probably recent from my best friend. I was lamenting my weight gain since we were in early twenties (and I was very thin) and my greying hair and all that stuff, and she says to me, "Actually, I think you look much better now! You are always so elegant and glamorous."</p> <p>I almost died. No one has ever called me either of those things before. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712840 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:57:21 +0000 CocoLion 712840@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite compliments by far are from fellow YLFers.</p> <p>But in public, I most frequently hear that I have cool shoes. Then my ego says, gee, people always love my shoes, why don't they like my clothes. Then my ego answers that question by saying, they just don't get your clothes. Where I live, people aren't even wearing skinny jeans yet, and the most clothes-conscious women wear outfits that look sort of 2006 to me. (Ed Hardy graphic tees for example.) I have such a judgmental ego, ha. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712839 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:56:12 +0000 RoseandJoan 712839@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There is a lady who lives on my street with learning difficulties and very time I see her she will ask 'where did you buy your tights?' (sometimes I'm not even wearing tights) so I was completely thrilled when she turned and said 'I love your jacket'. Of course we are now back to tights.</p> <p>the strangest compliment I ever received was at A&amp;E (or ER), my daughter had impaired my vision by hitting me in the eye with a plastic jelly shoe (do not snigger Dana...stop it) and the Dr said 'Mrs (?) you really do have the most beautiful retinas', cue much squirming in my seat. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712820 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:27:12 +0000 Debbie 712820@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine is a compliment from a YLF member at a meet up. She said I looked elegant. that is a word I would have never used to describe myself but it made me feel great. I have thought about that compliment often and it still makes me smile. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712801 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:13:52 +0000 velvetychocolate 712801@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wasn't even dressed! Let me explain...</p> <p>I'd been working hard for a couple of years to lose weight, get in shape and so on. During this time, I also got my hair cut into more of a 'style' instead of just long straight hair, got new stylish specs, tossed old pj's and upgraded to nice modal pj's and robe etc. Got pedicures and so on. In short, I started taking better care of myself after a few years of feeling horrible about being significantly overweight. Did the diet, the exercise - but also started doing all kinds of other things to make myself feel better. Gone were the boring baggy jeans, the basic turtleneck and clunky 'walking' shoes. Ditched the plaid flannel pj bottoms and tee-shirt combo I used to wear for sleepwear. Got rid of the big fluffy fleece bathrobe. Stopped wearing running/athletic shoes anywhere but the actual gym. Banished the polar fleece 'bumming around' jackets I owned. </p> <p>Anyway - there was a big family wedding going on, and I had houseguests. Mom was there too, and it had been awhile since we'd seen each other (we live far apart) and I was so surprised when she came into the kitchen as I was putting the coffee on one morning, and as I was fiddling with scooping coffee grounds into the top of the machine, she sort of opened up her arms in a kind of grand gesture, and said, "You look so glamourous..." and I could see her eyes looking a teensy bit teary. I was shocked because I had no makeup, hair was a little mussed (hadn't had my shower yet), and I'm just in my PJ's and bathrobe. The pj's were black modal with cotton lace trim on the edge of the pant bottoms. The top was a sleeveless style, simple-v-neck - and then the nicer quality robe. Oh, and probably the new pedicure, glasses, hairstyle too. I guess I hadn't noticed how much I had changed? Mom noticed, even though I wasn't even ready or dressed yet. </p> <p>I will never forget how great that compliment made me feel. Me - in my pajamas, robe, glasses, no makeup. Glamourous! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712767 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:46:38 +0000 Jyoti 712767@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know if it really counts as a compliment, but I was working with a pediatrician and one little 6 month old could not stop touching the little stones on my sandals that day. When the appointment was over, she cried from shoe stone deprivation. xD</p> <p>Worst compliment ever (OT, but I just have to share): I was at a restaurant in Santa Monica with my boyfriend, and our waiter told him he looked like a mix of Keanu Reeves and a young John Cusack. So I asked him who he thought I looked like, as I've NEVER had anyone say that I looked like any celebrity and I was curious. The answer? "I dunno, maybe some Bollywood actress?"<br /> Moral of the story: If you're hitting on someone's boyfriend, at least pay his girlfriend a good compliment.</p> <p>EDIT: !!!!! This thread has made me a veteran. xD </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-the-best-compliment-youve-ever-received-1#post-712638 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:38:42 +0000 Suz 712638@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow. These are such touching stories!! Great thread, Dana. Glad you moved it. </p>