https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:53:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-838237 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:00:57 +0000 Jewell 838237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My first thought was elegant, but that feels somewhat out of reach like chic. So I think I'll go with polished. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-838147 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:56:08 +0000 Sveta 838147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If it can be one word only I think I will go with 'strong'... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-838138 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:42:47 +0000 Atlantia 838138@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Natty.<br /> Yeah, I went there....on the never ending quest to bring "natty" back. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-838133 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:34:34 +0000 stitchywitch 838133@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elegant </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-838132 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:28:00 +0000 Angie 838132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elisabeth, you do make me chuckle. Thanks for the smiles :)</p> <p>Have a look at Ornella's thread - it's an offshoot of your thread: </p> <p><a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-and-everyone-modern-vs-trendy-and-cool---the-difference" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....difference</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-838127 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:12:13 +0000 Aziraphale 838127@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Trust Vildy to come up with something outside the box. Some days, I like "windblown" too!</p> <p>Angie -- "modern"? Of course. Why did I not predict you would say that. You are absolutely modern.</p> <p>Sara L. -- "effortless" -- I like it! I think it goes hand in hand with "cool".</p> <p>Rachy -- to me, "cool" always has dark undercurrents, when the word is applied to a person's style. </p> <p>RoseandJoan -- I think "fluid" is a good word for your overall style, and not just because of the way your clothes drape. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-838075 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:51:44 +0000 Ornella 838075@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine is - lady. I want my outfits to reflect first and foremost that I am a woman, but without ever crossing the boundaries of bad taste in any aspect. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-838036 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:02:08 +0000 Vildy 838036@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Today, "windblown" appeals to me. I've been liking my hair so that the longer bottom layers look blown forward from the back. And I like to wear ladylike, polished, traditional clothing that's worn carelessly, tossed on, disheveled. (vs. distressed clothing added to polished outfits) I feel dynamic so like the idea of having the wind at my back speeding me on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-837117 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:13:04 +0000 cheryl 837117@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unique! or fun or cute </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-837001 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:42:42 +0000 Lyn D. 837001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>'Stylish' </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-836990 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 07:38:49 +0000 Ariadne 836990@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-835080 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:34:09 +0000 RoseandJoan 835080@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fluid, although I'm quite gentle I'm nearly always in motion and love my clothes to be soft and move and drape with me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-834971 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:28:30 +0000 Angie 834971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Modern. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-834964 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:25:28 +0000 rachylou 834964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cool</p> <p><em>But</em> what I expect people to say is "cute" <em>meaning</em> "cool." And when I say cool, I don't mean the "neato" type. I mean the other kind with dark undercurrents. Lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-834946 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:13:00 +0000 Sara L. 834946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a tough question - how about "effortless" as in "I just threw this together but don't I look great?" or maybe "sleek" since I don't like overdone outfits. I'm not saying I always end up looking like this, but it's what I'm going for. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-834895 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:38:37 +0000 texstyle 834895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I just want to look GOOD. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-834714 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:33:35 +0000 Aziraphale 834714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Honest", "authentic" and "myself" -- those all mean the same thing, I think. Nice one! Another popular descriptor. I don't feel like I need it on my list, though, because I do dress like myself -- I can't really dress any other way. (Although I did try it once -- dressing like someone else, I mean -- at the beginning of my teaching career, just so I wouldn't look like a student. I tried to dress older, and more business-like. It felt awkward). </p> <p>Mona -- absolutely, I think you could describe a person's style as "confident". I wouldn't mind having that one as a descriptor, either. </p> <p>kkards -- you could hyphenate it. "Put-together"? I bet you could get away with that. </p> <p>Amy -- I like distinctive, too. Gee, there are a lot of words that I want to appropriate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-834699 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:23:06 +0000 Amy 834699@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>distinctive </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-834698 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:23:05 +0000 kkards 834698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i want to say put together, but thats 2 words. so i guess polished. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-834685 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:11:38 +0000 catgirl 834685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>At the moment I am going for authentic - I really want to wear only what feels like ME. </p> <p>("Unconventional" was a close second.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-834638 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:45:56 +0000 milehighstyle (Linda) 834638@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's so hard to pick just one word - polished, I guess. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-834636 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:45:32 +0000 Mona 834636@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think i would go with "confident". Can we even describe a style as being confident? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-834629 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:40:46 +0000 Kristin L 834629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's challenging. I think I'll have to pick "honest" as in I'm not trying to dress or act in way that isn't me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-834617 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:32:46 +0000 MsMary 834617@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>At work I'm going for "powerful." In real life I think I'm Team Going For Chic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for/page/2#post-834611 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:30:36 +0000 Diana 834611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My word is "Interesting". I have a deep seated fear of being boring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for#post-834596 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:24:09 +0000 Anonymous 834596@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Mo- I like on the fringe. Can I join you there? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for#post-834595 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:22:26 +0000 Aziraphale 834595@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, and I mean "old enough" in the good sense, not in the haggard sense. (I'm quite enjoying being forty). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for#post-834589 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:21:19 +0000 Anonymous 834589@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was said to be cute all my life and in my 20s I wanted to be Dramatic. Now I want to be cute again, not long ago I cried to my husband "I'm old, I'm not cute any more". </p> <p>I don't want to be sweet, or girly but I do want cute. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for#post-834587 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:20:37 +0000 ironkurtin 834587@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love spiffy. I also like dapper, elegant, and refined. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-word-are-you-going-for#post-834586 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:20:17 +0000 Aziraphale 834586@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought about it some more....but I'm still going with "tasteful". Perhaps "chic" implies tasteful, as well as other qualities such as looking current, effortless, and attractive, and that's why so many of us have chosen that word. The word itself is a bit hard to define, but I think most anybody would be happy with being labeled "chic"!</p> <p>But still, I'm going to use "tasteful", because that has become an overriding (and more specific) theme when it comes to my style goals these days. Five years ago, if I'd thought of this question, my answer would probably have been "cool". Cool is still high on my list. Even now, I'd rather be called cool than chic. Both imply effortless style, but cool also suggests an attitude to life that l like. A deeply ingrained sort of confidence. But it IS possible to look cool and be a little lacking in good taste (punk comes to mind -- it looks awesome, but since it's all about flicking the "V" to authority, it's hardly tasteful), and at the moment, good taste trumps everything for me. I'm old enough to want to be chic and dignified, not cute and funky. </p>