https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wib-lately Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:45:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wib-lately#post-2136626 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 09:49:16 +0000 Liesbeth 2136626@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Rachy and Shevia!<br /> Thanks Sal, and I'm just hoping the rest of the world is at the same type of standstill and I won't feel the need to overhaul my workwear come summer next year (or whenever we're somewhat back to normal).<br /> You're so sweet, Angie. You're right of course, and even if I'm having trouble adapting afterwards, I'll have you and YLF to help me get sorted :). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wib-lately#post-2136606 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 02:38:13 +0000 Jaime 2136606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great look! I think that will be a long term keeper in your wardrobe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wib-lately#post-2136573 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 20:48:01 +0000 Sal 2136573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the denim jacket on you - very cool.</p> <p>I am sure that good underwear will be the best spend right now.&nbsp; And who knows next summer - you may have a lovely work wardrobe ready to go.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Take care:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wib-lately#post-2136558 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 18:39:50 +0000 Angie 2136558@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>KILLER look - which is also late '80s, btw :)</p> <p>LOVE that denim jacket!</p> <p>Things are uncertain everywhere, and it is what it is. I bet that when you're back at work full time <b>Liesbeth</b>, your dress code and the way you think about it will have changed too. I'm sure that it will all work out in the end. You will wear your old work clothes, and remix the LOT to come up with a new and adapted post pandemic style.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wib-lately#post-2136551 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 18:24:21 +0000 rachylou 2136551@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looking great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wib-lately#post-2136539 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 17:29:35 +0000 Liesbeth 2136539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks slimcat! I'm glad for you about the relaxed dresscode. We have one too I just (used to) prefer a dressier style for work. Thinking, rightly or no, it comes across as more professional.<br /> Thanks Joy, I hope your son will be allright. As for moving, the thought has crossed my mind too that one can live anywhere if working from home by default, I wonder if many will actually move. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wib-lately#post-2136534 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 16:52:47 +0000 Anonymous 2136534@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the oversized denim jacket and your new sunglasses. My DS2 is working from home indefinitely but goes in for meetings. The company is reorganizing, so we hope is job is secure. DS1 is also working from home indefinitely. He is talking about moving since he thinks he can work from anywhere. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wib-lately#post-2136521 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 14:58:49 +0000 slim cat 2136521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The oversized denim jacket looks cool and modern on you - great find! I think you did extremely well with your purchases - love your sunglasses. <br />Hope local boutiques will be a fun and safe place to shop for some later additions.<br />I'm back to work to my retail job and have been wearing my dressy pieces mixed with some casual ones thanks to more relaxed dress code - which I really appreciate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wib-lately#post-2136514 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 12:28:38 +0000 Liesbeth 2136514@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Minaminu! I also think I'll enjoy this jacket a lot; I think it makes anything I throw it over instantly trendier :). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wib-lately#post-2136506 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 09:00:19 +0000 Minaminu 2136506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>H&amp;M has been doing some great progress on their conscious range, I am very impressed! I like the oversize jacket on you and can imagine it on multiple outfits! Nicely done! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wib-lately#post-2136505 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 08:54:09 +0000 Liesbeth 2136505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>'Always trying' posted about not shopping lately and I thought I could do a roundup of my most recent purchases and share my own experiences with shopping these last months. To set the context: where I am, restrictions had lifted in June and July but have been tightened again now we're at the start of a second wave. Shopping at retail is still possible but not encouraged (run-shopping and no fun-shopping). I have been to the office three times in June-July but will be working completely from home again until further notice. So most of my office clothes remain unworn. I'm starting to feel a little sad about this 'lost' fashion season and am seriously wondering if a separate work wardrobe still makes sense for me. (Of course this sadness is nothing compared to the stress and isolation, just saying I realized most of my summer workwear will soon be back in storage without having been worn at all).<br /> I did quite a bit of shopping therapy at the start of the epidemy, that I shared in previous posts. For the past two months or so, my interest in shopping has plummeted for the reasons stated above. My casual wardrobe is in pretty good shape so I don't feel like putting in the effort to add to it much. I did add a pair of jeans which is a sort of replacement in a smaller size of a pair I got last year that I really like but that stretched out too much. Apparently you should still buy jeans in a size that you can barely get into waiting for it to stretch..?? Anyway, on a lone shopping trip for bras (one department store, a dozen try-ons) I spotted an oversized denim jacket that I really liked. At H&amp;M, so a steal, made of recycled fibre so not too harmful either. No use denying anymore that I'm seriously into that nineties look...<br /> My limited spending on fashion has lead me to use my budget on comfy and attractive underwear (which was a goal for this year) and a pair of prescription sunglasses that was expensive but has already made me so happy in the summer heat &amp; glare. So there's a pretty great bright side.<br /> Hard to predict what the coming months will look like. If I feel up to the challenge to navigate sales shopping with the current restrictions maybe I'll visit some favorite local boutiques and open up to spontaneous additions. For fall everything remains very unclear. </p>