https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 20 May 2026 14:43:16 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-786228 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:34:03 +0000 JR 786228@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for all the input from everybody. It seems that almost everyone feels the same way, that #2 was the best outfit. Thanks for the thumbs-up, Angie.</p> <p>I've been enjoying the charcoal too. I am considering a slow shift from black to charcoal, at least for the top half. We shall see. I'm kind of addicted to black...</p> <p>Caro, some day we are going to have to find ourselves on the same continent. That would be great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-786014 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 15:21:18 +0000 Angie 786014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think #2 works best - both with and without the belt, and with both scarves. Well done!</p> <p>Grey is a great colour on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785946 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:25:51 +0000 Anonymous 785946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>2 is my absolute favourite. I love that colour of grey on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785814 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 02:22:02 +0000 Caro in Oz 785814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Gaylene, thank you for the words "easy elegance". That is probably as good a descriptor of what I'm aspiring to as anything I have heard or thought of. With a side of funk, or quirk, or romanticism (something I haven't indulged much lately, but I'll get to it)."</p> <p>I love these words for you so perfect. Wish we were on the same continent we could have a clothes party &amp; just try things on to see what worked. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785722 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:47:07 +0000 Emily 785722@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello, fuschia belt twin! I quite like your belt over sweater + scarf look, and like you would prefer the gray scarf with the pink belt to gray and burgundy.</p> <p>Btw, my DH has the same reaction to floaty tops. Every time I bring one home he furrows his brow and tries to think of something to say other than "that looks like old lady clothes". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785707 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:23:58 +0000 JR 785707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am really quite touched by your words, ladies. I sometimes feel like a slow learner around here.</p> <p>Gaylene, thank you for the words "easy elegance". That is probably as good a descriptor of what I'm aspiring to as anything I have heard or thought of. With a side of funk, or quirk, or romanticism (something I haven't indulged much lately, but I'll get to it). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785666 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:30:05 +0000 Gaylene 785666@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>JR, I just had to pop back in to tell you how much I love these outfits. You look so polished and chic. I'm with KCS in marveling at how you've mastered that easy, elegant look these days--and I don't think it's just the change of season. You've got such a good eye for putting the elements together no wonder you're getting all these compliments.</p> <p>And I'm joining with you in seriously envying Caro's ability to wear those loose, floaty tops. My husband's comment the last time I tried something like that on was "are you trying to look like Bea Arthur on the Golden Girls?" Ouch! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785659 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:25:17 +0000 RunnerChick 785659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like both outfits, with a slight preference for 2...something about the proportions, I think. Your scarves do punch things up considerably. You look fab, JR! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785654 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:16:58 +0000 JR 785654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Caro, yes I've worn the fuchsia belt with the skirt before. I maybe should have thought of that yesterday, although I was really enjoying the silver vibe then.</p> <p>My wardrobe is almost entirely basic essentials. My practical streak, I guess. I rely on scarves and to a lesser extent, earrings, to spice things up. Maybe that will change over time. I would love to have a couple of loose, long, floaty tops like yours, for example. Although my very un-boho husband would probably be ill at ease with them. LOL! If he had the final say in all my clothing, I would wear only structured, lady-like things all the time... I don't mind those things, but I usually want to loosen them up somewhere. And I would go frantic wearing them day in and day out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785646 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:03:18 +0000 Caro in Oz 785646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the look of the top untucked either with or without the belt. I also like the skirt on you. Does the belt work with the skirt? I think you are right about the pants - there seems to be extra fabric in the thigh area. Your scarves are lovely, they really finish things off. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785637 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:56:40 +0000 Kiwichik 785637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love both your scarves and also both ways that you ahve styled the grey top i.e. tucked and untucked. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785626 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:50:11 +0000 JR 785626@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you so much, K, that is very sweet of you. Although I did join in the summer, which is a very challenging season for me, clothing-wise, especially the last couple of years. But I have really appreciated learning how to look at my outfits with more informed eyes, so I can make better choices with new purchases, which was really my goal in joining the forum. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785584 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:07:10 +0000 K. Period. 785584@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that your two original outfits look very nice, but the skinny belt over your sweater in the update looks even better! </p> <p>Also, I understand the burgundy with fuchsia hesitation. I'm slow to mix colors too. However, today I tried a burgundy scarf on with my fuchsia top and I was amazed how great they can look together. Definitely try it sometime! I often find that matchy matchy coordinated, which is my first impulse, is less interesting and less gorgeous than something with a bit of friction to it, like burgundy and fuchsia! </p> <p>JR, I have to comment that I feel like you are growing by leaps and bounds in your style since joining the forum. I don't know if you can see that or feel that way, but it is very obvious to the rest of us! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785557 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:45:05 +0000 Lisa 785557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great addition outfit here, I really like the think belt with the untucked sweater, just lovely! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785490 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:18:08 +0000 JR 785490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your wish is my command. Actually, I had already tried it, just hadn't taken the picture. Here it is. And at this angle, I am thinking that these jeans are getting too big. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785487 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:16:12 +0000 Victoria 785487@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite is #2-I think its the most flattering on you. I agree with Suz about the belt-try it over untucked sweater, I do that a lot </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785484 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:12:16 +0000 pil 785484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like Suz, I think both 1 and 2 work - it just depends on what you feel like that day. And I think you were just being anal about the scarf : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785468 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:52:14 +0000 Suz 785468@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like both #1 and #2. Have you tried putting a narrow belt like that OVER an untucked sweater? Sometimes it shifts around too much, but it can create a nice shape. Both scarves are gorgeous on you. </p> <p>I would love to see #3 with your jacket and boots which I am sure really finish it beautifully. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---not-so-fuchsia-friday#post-785443 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:24:46 +0000 JR 785443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Emily's post reminded me that I also have a fuchsia belt (the amount of overlap between our wardrobes is starting to weird me out, LOL) so I got to play after all. I do have a fuchsia T-shirt which I dearly love, but today is frigid around here, and I just couldn't face the prospect. I don't normally wear the same scarf two days running, but sometimes you just have to sacrifice for the cause.</p> <p>Pic #2 is how I started the day out. All in all, I felt better in my original outfit. What do you think? Does it work better? Why or why not? I swapped out the scarf because I didn't want the burgundy competing with the fuchsia, but perhaps I was just being anal. And perhaps #1 would have been better untucked.</p> <p>Pic #3 is yesterday's outfit: silver and black with denim. It made me very happy, and when I went out, I added riding boots and my black knit jacket (with silver hardware). </p>