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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: Where, geographically, do you look your best? https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:48:30 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php VioletMyra on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793561 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 03:02:35 +0000 VioletMyra 1793561@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ City of Berkeley, CA for me. DH took me there and I felt so at home both clothing-wise, intellectually and emotionally. It was like being home in Queensland. Great question. Thanks so much for posing it. Style Fan on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793513 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 22:07:49 +0000 Style Fan 1793513@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ These are great answers.  So fun to read. celia on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793502 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 21:07:47 +0000 celia 1793502@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ This is a fabulous question with fabulous answers so far. I don't feel my best in extreme weather , too cold or too hot, and I do countryside chic very badly. I feel very at home in Lisbon and Toronto and generally I feel my best in cities. Also beach side towns in the summer. Gaylene on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793500 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 21:03:49 +0000 Gaylene 1793500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hmm, maybe the moon? I'd never have to worry about losing a few pounds or my creaky knees when I get up from sitting position. High heels would be a breeze! Assuming I'm stuck with being earthbound, I'd pick a Danish suburb just outside of Copenhagen. No one would ever think of me as a Scandinavian goddess, but the spirit of the women in that environment just seems like a coming home to me. I'd ride my bike wearing regular clothes instead putting on "bike gear". I'd let my hair curl and wear just a touch of makeup to polish me up a bit. No one would give me, a senior lady, a second glance if I chose to wear sensible footwear so I could walk for 10k to visit a friend. I'd feel free to wear pants everywhere if I so chose, but could opt for a skirt and sandals in the summer without any "wow, why are dressed up?" comments. And, best of all, no one would think it the least strange if I chose to wear a bikini (at 68!) at our summer cottage. Yup, this dark-haired, short legged Canadian from Middle European ancestry has an inner soul of blonde Nordic Amazon. rachylou on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793492 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 20:39:40 +0000 rachylou 1793492@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh! I can totally see you in Germany, Firecracker! Suz on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793487 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 20:32:01 +0000 Suz 1793487@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ If we go by the standard of "being asked for directions by a native of the place when you are actually a tourist," it seems I look right at home in Vancouver, Victoria, Montreal, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Boston, Seattle, London, Manchester, Nice, Antwerp, Dusseldorf, Berne, Zurich, and even (once) Milan. I'm sure I'd also get asked in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Amsterdam and a host of other places that I haven't been (yet).  It has nothing to do with a chameleon fashion sense. I just look non-threatening and also, usually, neat and presentable.  ;)  I think I look most "at home" in Toronto, which makes sense -- it's where I was born and where I lived in young adulthood and it's the place where I most intimately know the unspoken rules and codes. I know when I'll want heeled booties and when I'll want the Blundstones; I know when jeans will be right and when I'll want something dressier. I blend in, even when I wear a red coat while most others are wearing black.  But I feel best in any urban centre where I've brought some of my favourite and most current, fashionable clothing -- preferably one where the environmental norm is a bit dressier than my current city's, and where the climate is more temperate.  Firecracker (Sharan) on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793441 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:05:24 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1793441@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I wonder if my city might be Heidelberg, Germany. I felt like I looked good there, and like I fit in, when I lived there in the early 90s. I took to the styles that were being sold and worn there, and occasionally I'd get asked for directions. ("Keine Ahnung"--no idea--is a good response to know for such situations.) The fact that I got engaged there to my amazingly wonderful DH could be taken as some evidence that I looked my best there, too. Staysfit on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793291 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 11:16:00 +0000 Staysfit 1793291@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ That's a tough question. I always feel right at home in small college towns, particularly Ann Arbor and Burlington. There's plenty to do, but they are not formal, and jeans rule, or at least are very acceptable. I can still wear dresses when the weather warms up. I love the culture and variety of people, and the liberal atmosphere. I could see myself enjoying some warmer college towns also, but not anything too far south. I would consider California, I lived in Claremont for a year and was happy, but my co-workers were very formal with their style, I was out of my element. I prefer a more casual atmosphere, or at least a more casual work place. Firecracker (Sharan) on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793232 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 02:20:29 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1793232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Interesting read--thanks for sharing the article! I can't say I'd be able to identify any of what she is writing about. I mean, if I saw the writer, I don't know that I would see how she looks like New York and not San Francisco, especially with the "look in her eyes" bit. So, I am not sure where I would look most at home. I wish it were Manhattan. New York is my favorite city. I love living in Seattle, and perhaps I look like I belong here; who knows? JAileen on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793198 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:21:43 +0000 JAileen 1793198@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I got asked for directions in St Paul, MN, so I guess I look like a Midwesterner! I live in the desert, but feel right at home at Lake Tahoe, both in summer and winter. My favorite season there is fall. Irina on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793191 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:08:08 +0000 Irina 1793191@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I do not like winter here, in Toronto. I dislike the winter heavy coats and boots and never feel well dressed during winter months. I feel great in any place I've been in Western Europe, in a big city or a small village on the Mediterranean coast. I haven't been to many places in US, will go NY in May, so we shall see. LaPed on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793173 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:06:02 +0000 LaPed 1793173@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I always get pegged as a local in mountain towns (South Lake Tahoe and the like). DH and I met while backpacking. So I'm going to hazard a guess that I look better outdoors. Cities? Pfft. Jenni NZ on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793151 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 21:45:34 +0000 Jenni NZ 1793151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Read the article- how great! I guess for us NZ is too small for there to be that big a difference, although it is said that in the capital Wellington they wear even more black and when visiting there I think it's true. Also there is a cool, funky vibe in our most Southern city Dunedin which goes with their music, the "Dunedin sound". I guess as an Aucklander born and bred and mostly having lived here, I'm best here. But do prefer the West Coast of the US to the East when travelling, we have quite a cultural affinity with California here. Surfing, the Beach Boys...when I visit Australia I'm really happy in Queensland for the beach culture but don't like the Gold Coast fashion, it's too showy, lots of very young women teetering about in high heels and teeny dresses flashing lots of flesh! And now I sound like my strict Presbyterian mother, 18 years dead! Laura (rhubarbgirl) on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793144 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 21:20:39 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1793144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I've been asked for directions like I'm a local in a lot of places - maybe I just look friendly and unoffensive! I'm not sure what my answer would be. SF has gone too self ironically hipster for me to totally fit in, and Silicon Valley is so anti fashion and slightly misogynistic in dress standards. I always like visiting Chicago in the winter - everyone wears such great coats and scarves. Definitely not SoCal - I can't maintain that level of immaculate but not looking like it. JuniperGreen on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best/page/2#post-1793129 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 20:21:56 +0000 JuniperGreen 1793129@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hmm... an expensive French restaurant?  I don't suppose that quite counts as "geographically"! This has me thinking of *when* I feel I look my best - autumn!  Fall colors are my jam (and comfort zone!).  Olive, burgundy, navy... love em.   Style Fan on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793119 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 19:21:05 +0000 Style Fan 1793119@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Okay I read the article. Now I know why I don't look like I belong where we live. Style Fan on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793118 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 19:11:29 +0000 Style Fan 1793118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Montreal! I love it there. I feel best in big urban centres. Montreal is very urban and feels as close to Europe as I can get in NA. Barcelona comes close. kkards on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793110 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 17:13:34 +0000 kkards 1793110@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ what an interesting question.....I love the beach, and always feel relaxed at any beach or beach town, but I don't think that means I look my best there. i guess i'd have to say boston, or new York, but not all of new York, and not all of Boston either. id say I look my best in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Upper Upper West Side of NY harmonica on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793098 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:49:41 +0000 harmonica 1793098@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Fun question! Must be somewhere with 20-25 Celsius, and preferrably an urban environment. Then l could dress up a bit and play with skirts, dresses, shoes and handbags without getting freezing cold. I felt energized and so happy when l've been to NYC in spring, but also so in love with the arctic city Tromsø, Norway, and Barcelona (or other European cities). And l actually feel very at home in the mountains and by the sea side because of nature's calming effect, which l'm sure affects how I look (even in not-so-stylish gear). Well, seems like I'm unable to choose one place, but climate is key. :-) minimalist: Oslo in winter? I'm really interested in why. Anonymous on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793088 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:16:21 +0000 Anonymous 1793088@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Anyplace where the water is soft and the humidity is low works for me because those two factors help to keep my very fine, very curly hair in line. And if my hair looks good, everything else appearance-wise just seems to fall into place. Janet on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793087 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:15:11 +0000 Janet 1793087@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Pretty much any lively, progressive city with low to moderate humidity, daytime temps reaching 70 at the highest and nighttime temps requiring jackets would be perfect for me. Emily K on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793084 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:58:36 +0000 Emily K 1793084@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I think....Santa Barbara or Manhattan Beach.  I'm a SoCal girl.  I like easy and minimal style.  Sportiness is my easy fall-back look.  It's beautiful, there, and I like the moderate climate and being active outside most of the year. Anonymous on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793081 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:47:59 +0000 Anonymous 1793081@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Such an interesting question, and I'm enjoying the answers! I felt like I'd come home the first time I went to NYC, and it still feels that way.  My kind of town, very energizing and exciting. But my hair and skin look the best in South Africa. Anonymous on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793080 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:45:37 +0000 Anonymous 1793080@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Florida or Central America Angie on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793078 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:26:28 +0000 Angie 1793078@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Southern Californian weather. I'm much more of an LA gal than a NYC gal - although I LOVE Boston. If it weren't for the hectic Winter, we'd be living there.  I do well in Western Europe, Seattle, Vancouver and Hong Kong too. It's all good - but no snow or arctic weather please.  I'm good in heat.  Diana on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793076 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:15:12 +0000 Diana 1793076@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Um, Brooklyn with San Diego weather?  Ginger on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793073 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:02:26 +0000 Ginger 1793073@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hmm, this is hard to say, since I actually haven't traveled much.  I'm pretty comfortable in any Texas city.  I don't think I fit in in most of southern California, with two exceptions: (1) The garment district in Los Angeles. There's a lot more nice/fashionable/individual fashionista dressing down there, interpreted for city heat, and I fit in in my skirts and dresses with sandals. I even got a compliment from a FIDM student once, on a dress that he didn't know was 1950s vintage.  (2) Disneyland! In my skirts and dresses I was mistaken for cast several times in two days. I'm still a little surprised, since it's not uncommon to see colorful, fun, retro style from guests at Disney. It may be that I kept my polish, despite the heat? I would have enjoyed cooler temperatures, but 90s I can handle. RobinF on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793068 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:43:36 +0000 RobinF 1793068@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Anchie, I'm with you - Rome! We loved our trip there, I felt good in my moto boots and black puffer (it was January) and all my pictures turned out good! I'm basically a city (or town) girl, have always lived in town, not suburbs or country. I think if I am visiting a city I love I feel good. Such a fun question! chewyspaghetti on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793064 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:25:09 +0000 chewyspaghetti 1793064@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ This is a really intetesting question, and I don't have an answer to it. Certainly not in the desert where I live. Maybe my favorite spot that I lived in northern cali....more rocky beach/forest than the so cal beach where I grew up. I don't know. Janet on "Where, geographically, do you look your best?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/where-geographically-do-you-look-your-best#post-1793057 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:12:57 +0000 Janet 1793057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Interesting to ponder. I don't feel at all like I look my best in hot, humid climates, which is why I don't care for summer dressing in the mid-Atlantic. My hair frizzes, I sweat, and too much of my pasty skin and cellulite is on display. However, as much as I love the desert, I notice that it's not kind to my skin, so that's not quite my environment either. But that's a different thing from where I feel most like my style fits in. I feel comfortable in my style here at home, but also in most places I've visited. I'd have a hard time picking out any one place that gels with my style more than another. I'd like to say NYC, but I usually feel like I could have stepped up my game more when I visit there.