https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:07:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally/page/2#post-294013 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:24:55 +0000 Aida 294013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hm most of the time I just give a confused (usually genuine) look and say, "This isn't dressed up..."</p> <p>That seems to stump most people. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally/page/2#post-293835 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:50:03 +0000 Scarlet 293835@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293829 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:46:30 +0000 MsMary 293829@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How about "I am dressed up because I find it appropriate to my station in life." Heh... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293828 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:46:24 +0000 Isabel 293828@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ladies, I am deathly afraid that if I say " this old thing" someone might think that I am referring to myself and not the clothes !!! ; 0 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293825 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:44:12 +0000 Scarlet 293825@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All of these make me smile over and over, but I think the next time it happens to me I will say What? This old thing?<br /> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293695 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:48:49 +0000 MsMary 293695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been giggling at Jenava's "oh, honey..." response all weekend! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293690 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:32:45 +0000 Lynne 293690@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely, Isabel. And it does feed the soul of those around us, I'm sure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293660 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:46:03 +0000 LoP 293660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it, Isabel! Giggled while reading all the comments. I might use your suggestion soon. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293597 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:06:08 +0000 Deb 293597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@ Patty: "What this old thang??" ... classic! LOL - indeed, the best answer of all! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293596 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:03:11 +0000 Jenava 293596@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL...this thread has obvious stuck a nerve with all of us. (-: I just think it's so rude when people make these comments. Why can't they just say you look nice? Yeesh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293591 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:51:40 +0000 catgirl 293591@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel, your "jackass" comment made me laugh out loud. That sounds like something I would say! Love this thread. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293590 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:50:45 +0000 Isabel 293590@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What GREAT ideas ! Jenava, I really like yours, too !</p> <p>I love the "soul food" budget line item, what a hoot, Lyn, I hope it is not fattening.</p> <p>And Ellie, you made me think of all sorts of responses, to my husband or other parents at school, " I am hoping to hook a Sugar Daddy." ( Talk about stunning them into silence at work..." I have an interview" )</p> <p>OOOOO Deb, you may have the best "response" of all : just look 'em up and down! Sends chills down my spine.</p> <p>Angie, beyond my pleasure ! There really are no words to describe what you bring to the world. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293510 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:54:19 +0000 MNsara 293510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel - love the comment and especially the way it removes the personal vanity idea.</p> <p>lyn - hmm, the budget line entry: Soul Food That could cover a multitude of things! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293480 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:03:39 +0000 Theresa 293480@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love these girls!!!</p> <p>I wish I'd read this BEFORE I did the school run this morning because I got the "where are you off to/you're all dressed up" type comments... All I replied was that I was just doing errands in town, and that I liked dressing up! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293479 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:02:02 +0000 Patty 293479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What ever happened to--"What this old thang??..." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293478 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 01:57:45 +0000 medusa 293478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lisa - I have the same reply as you! "Because it's fun." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293360 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:31:51 +0000 biscuitsmom 293360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great responses! Why not treat every day as something special and celebrate *all* the good things in your life....including your love of clothes and accessories! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293285 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:02:33 +0000 Deb 293285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My real life answers, depending on the person and her attitude, are usually along the lines of - "I feel more comfortable like this." and "I've been dressing this way for so long, I wouldn't know how to do it any other way." and "Oh, really? *I* don't think so..." then look them up and down. :-O</p> <p>Fortunately for my blood pressure, I don't come across people like this very often. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293147 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:15:27 +0000 Lisa 293147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are great responses, I usually say, because it's fun to the person questioning. That always makes them pause. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293135 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:43:59 +0000 Louise 293135@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jenava I love that response x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293047 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:21:50 +0000 Kimmy 293047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>XDDD<br /> Loving the soul food idea.<br /> And "Oh, honey, I'm not dressed up, you're just dressed down!"<br /> And all the other responses (:<br /> They sure beat "Why not?" and "I don't know. *...depressed*" XD </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293014 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:13:20 +0000 Kim 293014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL at the "job interview" answer...I run a home daycare, that would get the daycare parents in a tizzy! LOL (And they do comment on my clothing but always in a positive light.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293013 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:11:08 +0000 lyn* 293013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol; Im going to mark all of my clothing purchases in my budget as "soul food" Thanks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-293007 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:02:07 +0000 Angie 293007@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*chuckle*</p> <p>Isabel, thanks for writing a splendid testimonial. And thanks for your quick wit and fun comments. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-292985 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 01:21:45 +0000 Jenava 292985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Or, how about, "Oh, honey, I'm not dressed up, you're just dressed down!" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-292921 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 22:54:39 +0000 Ornella 292921@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite answer to this, especially at work, is to say "I have a job interview".<br /> Then I either change subject or leave before they have a chance to ask further. Works every time lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-292837 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:16:08 +0000 Isabel 292837@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Becky, yes, all joking aside, I want it to be thought provoking and compassionate. The other person may be unhappy...and it takes the focus off vanity, which it isn't about.</p> <p>You go Deb ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-292835 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:15:23 +0000 Deb 292835@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually, I'd just cut to the chase, and respond w/Isabel's suggestion - ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-292833 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:13:56 +0000 Becky 292833@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this response. It's a tactful, honest, and thought-provoking way to reply. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-are-you-dressed-up-the-answer-finally#post-292832 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:12:53 +0000 Isabel 292832@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MaryK, and then we say, "Jackass, do you have a soul ? " I am kidding of course, one must always be kind! </p> <p>It is funny, I specifically thought of you and Legacy of Pearl when this came to me ( not the jackass part, but the joy part. ) </p>