https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wirw-this-winter-keeping-it-real Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:19:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wirw-this-winter-keeping-it-real#post-1467828 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 20:57:07 +0000 Meredith 1467828@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, I completly understand the dread now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wirw-this-winter-keeping-it-real#post-1467740 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 18:48:52 +0000 rabbit 1467740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good utilitarian work clothes are so important, &nbsp;and it's such a bummer to have to replace them because they get, well.. WORKED to death. &nbsp; I like fashion clothes but I also have a great fondness for my backpacking gear and grubby studio clothes, because they can mean the difference between life and death occasionally, or just because they do their job and take abuse constantly and I never have to worry. &nbsp;Thanks for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wirw-this-winter-keeping-it-real#post-1467631 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:37:27 +0000 Rambling Ann 1467631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And you guys wonder why I need so much help from YLF when I need to clean up! Honestly, there's a lot to be said for the daily opportunity to practice. </p> <p>Hunting pants are the bomb though. The patterns are kind of a floral, and the pockets! I started wearing them before we bought the farm when I was doing a lot of outdoor and travel photography. The few women I know here who have farms/ranches wear Carharts or jeans instead.</p> <p>rachylou-2 black, 1 grey, 1 light blue, dress fleece is lavender. DH gets sick of looking at&nbsp;all black fleece.&nbsp;</p> <p>L'Abeille-I've only seen them at Target and only in the late fall. I actually have 3 sets, one stays in the city apt. Sock monkeys!&nbsp;</p> <p>Beth Ann-I have more of a sensory response than an emotional one to what I'm wearing when I'm working, same as hiking or photographing. Is it soft on my skin?&nbsp;Am I warm enough? Is hay stuck to my fleece? Why is this piece of baling string in my pocket?&nbsp;Can I swap out shoes easily at the door? I love to wear earrings but my ears get cold from the metal when it gets windy. In winter's quiet season, I go in and out a lot so there's a lot of layering up.&nbsp;</p> <p>Meredith-like Wellingtons, black, bought at the feed store. Dreaded for 2 reasons: earwigs sometimes get into them (ugh) and wearing them means I am down in a muddy ditch with a shovel and tarp,&nbsp;making a temporary dam to direct water to different parts of my orchard without actually falling into the canal. This is a skill folks around here are either brought up to or have abandoned in favor of modern technology, like pumps. I am still a beginner - though last year I didn't fall in once!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wirw-this-winter-keeping-it-real#post-1467605 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 13:32:48 +0000 Meredith 1467605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's always fun to hear what people wear to be appropriate in their environments and I think attention to functionality is especially important when you're working outside. Out of curiosity, what are irrigation boots and why are they dreaded? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wirw-this-winter-keeping-it-real#post-1467600 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 13:24:42 +0000 Beth Ann 1467600@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This post is a reminder that clothing really serves, well, a "function!"&nbsp; Also another, important reminder that there are different types of workwear.</p> <p>Did you feel good in what you wearing?&nbsp; In my workout and travel wardrobe, I think of function first, but find that proportion and color are important to me.&nbsp; And I had some fun with earrings (although not dangling ones) to create interest.</p> <p>Abeille, Nick and Nora is a brand -- great retro, clever designs.</p> <p><a href="http://www.target.com/bp/nick+&amp;+nora" rel="nofollow">http://www.target.com/bp/nick+&#038;+nora</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wirw-this-winter-keeping-it-real#post-1467527 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 07:11:48 +0000 L'Abeille 1467527@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok I need to know. What are Nick and Nora pyjamas? Sounds like something I ought to have (DH and I have been watching the Thin Man movies). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wirw-this-winter-keeping-it-real#post-1467513 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 04:53:37 +0000 rachylou 1467513@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your dress fleece made me smile. Is all your fleece black? Or do you do navys and greys? Or pastels? I have a blue one with cute fake plaid shirt tail. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wirw-this-winter-keeping-it-real#post-1467511 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 04:18:29 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1467511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love these kinds of posts. Sounds like you had your practical wardrobe down to a science this winter! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wirw-this-winter-keeping-it-real#post-1467459 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 02:08:53 +0000 Ledonna N. 1467459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds very beautiful where you live.&nbsp; Now that you have everything written down now you know how to move forward </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wirw-this-winter-keeping-it-real#post-1467446 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 01:39:05 +0000 Rambling Ann 1467446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's finally warming up enough to consider putting a few things away, although they are talking about snow next week. While I come to YLF for help with my city clothes, you guys constantly remind me to pay attention to my real, mud-and-manure-strewn life here at the farm. </p> <p>Inspired by your&nbsp;closet counts and spreadsheets, I looked at what I really wore on the farm&nbsp;once the weather got cold last fall as a way to figure out what I need for spring/summer. It ain't pretty, but keeping it real. If I wasn't going any further than the post office, these items&nbsp;comprised my day-to-day wear. Numbers in parentheses at the end are the items that need replacing.</p> <p>3 pairs camo hunting pants (2)<br />2 pairs jeans (1)<br />1 pair fleece pants (morning chores and gym mostly) (1)<br />9 l/s knit shirts, mostly tech fabric (0)<br />1 light fleece (1)<br />4 mid weight fleece (1)<br />1 "dress" fleece not used for chores<br />2 wool sweaters (1)<br />2 down vests (2)<br />1 goretex jacket (1)<br />1 wind-proof hat (1 back-up as this is critical)<br />various gloves, scarves and bandannas<br />heavy hiking boots<br />lightweight hikers<br />mid-height snow boots<br />waterproof shoes&nbsp;<br />2 lounging Nick and Nora&nbsp;pajamas<br />gym clothes (bike shorts, shoes, etc.)</p> <p>If you've read this far, I think it's interesting that&nbsp;the numbers add up to a 3/33 type wardrobe.&nbsp;With that, I got dressed everyday for 6 months, no laundry bottlenecks. Putting it all down here,&nbsp;I see I need to budget some serious cash&nbsp;for fall gear.&nbsp;</p> <p>Spring/summer isn't much different, substitute s/s and tanks&nbsp;for l/s tees, l/s button shirts to stay out of the sun for the fleece. I will downgrade some city tees for farm chores.&nbsp;For pants/capris I'm in a world of hurt right now, but I can wear the hunting pants/jeans until it heats up in&nbsp;June. I can retire the snow boots for the season, get out the water sandals soon. And the dreaded irrigation boots, ugh.</p> <p>Just writing this out makes me look forward even more to my&nbsp;next trip to the city at the end of the month! And happy that I live here with&nbsp;deer and&nbsp;sandhill cranes that&nbsp;don't care what I'm wearing.&nbsp; </p>