https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 15:20:16 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1399162 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:30:08 +0000 rachylou 1399162@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>abc </b>- It's rotten when work interferes with one's surfing...</p> <p><b>KatieKate</b> - I'm trying to think of any <i>secret </i>style crushes I might have. I'm pretty tell-all... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1398694 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 04:26:10 +0000 MsLuna 1398694@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol! Secret style crush... I can't agree more! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1398689 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 04:16:26 +0000 abc 1398689@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aaah RL how I have missed your posts! No advice. Just good reading here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1398557 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:44:47 +0000 rachylou 1398557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Heh... all good points, unfrumped. And I have to add to the list, one's Shadow Style may be the style one tends to repress.</p> <p>Or wait. No. Vix said that.</p> <p>Hehe. I should get out my hoop skirts... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1398555 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:39:54 +0000 rachylou 1398555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In my head, I totally live in the country. I do so like the Kates and rumbling around a ramshackle country house and crossing through the back pastures! </p> <p>...ok, well, cows are scary, so going through the pastures is a little terrifying.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1398536 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:13:04 +0000 unfrumped 1398536@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so confused. I like definitions! Which one is it?</p> <p>Is it aspirational --things you like and style &nbsp;you'd like to achieve--so you could in&nbsp;theory or in practice&nbsp;try to find the best versions or adaptations for your shape and lifestyle.</p> <p>&nbsp;Is it imaginary and impractical--for the fireside but not for the closet...</p> <p>Or true alter-ego in which you don't really show it very publicly--but might ramp up at home.</p> <p>Or a side you haven't realized yet and should listen to... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1398519 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:32:52 +0000 catgirl 1398519@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am with Diana.&nbsp; All my shadow styles are Kate-related: Middleton, Hepburn, Spade.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1398484 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:26:20 +0000 Diana 1398484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol. I think Sloane ranger might be my shadow style too. I have a secret ambition to own a British country estate. (Never mind that I'd probably fall off my horse.)</p> <p>But yeah. Riding jackets, liberty prints, Tweedy plaidy things. Love it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1398368 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:45:02 +0000 rachylou 1398368@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>suz </b>- That's a good clear way to put it: <i>"Punk as a reaction to Maggie T."</i>&nbsp; Re. <i>"maybe it's the opposite of your style. You know. Like in Jungian psychology." </i>My sloane ranger bit may be more along these lines...</p> <p><b>Sharon </b>- Thanks for the '80s support :)</p> <p><b>gryffin </b>- <i>Re. why *stuck*</i>: We-ell... there was this moment in the early 2000s, where I met up with an old friend in person. We had a little fashion slash at each other. Because, <i>*doodette,*</i> he looked like a CIA agent trying to look like he was on holiday. He'd found his year, 1983, and was just wearin' it and wearin' it. I didn't tell him that until he took a swipe at my totally on-trend Anthropologie coat. Anyways, the '80s thing wasn't a good thing.</p> <p><b>vix </b>- <i>don't you have a very mischievous, "keep 'em guessing" personality?</i> I do. I find it a bit of a problem. Because half the time "keep 'em guessing" comes out more "nasty surprise." (I'm a lot stricter than people think initially.)</p> <p><b>kkards/kiwigal</b> - I must ruminate. The sloane thing follows me around... but I'm not sure it isn't doing so like a hall monitor. Haha... sloane ranger is my hall monitored style... hahaha... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1397783 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:33:37 +0000 Sal 1397783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For the second time this morning I agree with Kkards! </p> <p>For me I guess retro would be my shadow style. Given a theme party I will try and incorporate this into my look, and I have a couple of retro pieces I enjoy wearing. But I would not want to wear it every day or every week. But it is fun to play with and adapt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1397747 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:45:40 +0000 kkards 1397747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think of my shadow style as the one that follows me around,just under the surface, it's sort of always there, but not always visible. And when it comes out to play, it can be in a small way, or watch out, take over the whole outfit, (but those occasions, like your shadow, don't last long) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1397743 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:28:30 +0000 Vix 1397743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi RL --</p> <p>For me it's closer to what you said -- the fashion alter ego -- than the crush.</p> <p>I see it as a side of oneself that one's ambivalent about expressing openly because it may reveal something counter to one's usual dressing MO.</p> <p>I'd think you'd love adding more of the shadow to your wardrobe...don't you have a very mischievous,&nbsp;"keep 'em guessing" personality?</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1397736 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:10:01 +0000 gryffin 1397736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy - why stuck? Maybe this is the crux of what I rebel against. What is wrong with simply liking what we like? Isn't the worst personal falsehood putting aside what we like because the majority likes something else? I guess it boils down to whether you believe "to thine own self be true". "Everything that can be believed is a vision of truth" Blake. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1397549 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 04:38:10 +0000 Sharon 1397549@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nothing wrong with the 80s. It's a fine place to be stuck. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1397539 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 04:14:48 +0000 Suz 1397539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Secret style crush, maybe....or maybe it's the opposite&nbsp;of your style. You know. Like in Jungian psychology.&nbsp;</p> <p>I think what you said in the original post is right. Punk as a reaction to Maggie T.&nbsp;</p> <p>The pants are awesome.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1397408 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 23:02:56 +0000 rachylou 1397408@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Secret style crush. That's a good explanation!</p> <p>But man, I have a lot of style crushes. It's a problem.</p> <p>I don't think you can go wrong with plaid pants... lol. Why does that sound so wrong? The L.L. Bean pants are super fab-u-lous, btw. Keep keep keep! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1397391 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:46:20 +0000 catgirl 1397391@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your secret crush style.&nbsp; Mine is the plaid pants.&nbsp; Haha.&nbsp; Like Kate Spade/prepster cool.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1397378 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:36:51 +0000 rachylou 1397378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Re. current style direction: I'm trying to hold steady on the country-punk-goes-into-the-office incarnation of Quirky Waif. I'm trying not to get too urban and slick while, of course, not being a slob. I've also, accidentally, fallen into a palette of black, grey, and red - with occasional wearings of blush, cobalt, and pine green just to mix it up.</p> <p>I was out this morning with the Lilypup and was thinking I'd pass on the pants, because I was remembering them as being on the tan side of things. But then I had another look and saw they were grey. I'm thinking I could do it, if I replaced the peplum with one of the muscle tees I've taken to wearing with suits... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1397346 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:14:20 +0000 Aida 1397346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting thoughts Rachy, and I don't have much input for you except to agree that punks aren't inherently anarchist (I'm sure not). Do the young 'uns really think that? How cute and conformist of them :p</p> <p>(Ok re shadow styles, you can either entertain them or not. Really up to you. If you are drawn to the style AND are happy when you don them then I think it's fine to entertain; versus wearing them and feeling betrayed/not like you then it's best not to entertain. E.g. me and really masculine outfits. I like them, but almost always feel not-quite-right when I wear 'em. So I entertain only in small little doses.)</p> <p>(Ok ok and on the pants... I think you could work those into a few styles. What's your current style direction?) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-a-shadow-style-again#post-1397342 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:06:30 +0000 rachylou 1397342@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't remember. Is that like your fashion alter ego? I've just purchased a pair of <a href="http://usa.tommy.com/shop/en/thb2cus/women/PANTS-WOMEN/7647874" rel="nofollow">Tommy Hilfiger pants</a> (at a super discount, 50% off!), which were featured in <i>Real Simple</i>. They're styled with a peplum top and court shoes in the magazine. It crossed my mind that my "shadow style" might be 100% sloane ranger. Or was that already known?</p> <p>Two other thoughts followed on: </p> <ol> <li>I'm stuck in the '80s and maybe need to get out. I could be embarrassing myself now.</li> <li>I've been arguing with young 'uns about the nature of punk "anarchy." I don't think punks are anarchists. I think punks were chucked out into anarchy by sloane ranger extraordinaire, Maggie Thatcher. Which I've probably already mentioned somewhere here on this board. But my fashion point being, my shadow style may not really be my personal shadow style...</li> </ol> <p>I have one more thought... I maybe should not have given in to my shadow side. I may be breaking form, which is the antithesis of what I'm trying to achieve...</p> <p>So I also forget... what are you supposed to about your shadow style again? </p>