https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 06 May 2026 05:56:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410601 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:00:52 +0000 kkards 2410601@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>poshmark for the win!<br />YLF! love this length on you. and the easy peasy button down is both tailored and relaxed and casual at the same time. this is my idea of&nbsp; perfect summer dressing&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410593 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:29:16 +0000 Suz 2410593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG, you look great -- I love those shorts on you! Very flattering. You were right to snap them up. Workhorses!&nbsp;</p> <p>And I can't believe it is so hot there. Yesterday I got HAILED on when I was out for my walk. We had the mildest every winter -- and one of the coldest springs!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410591 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:47:44 +0000 Lisa 2410591@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This length of this short is perfection on you! And the pairing with the long sleeve button up is lovely, casual and chic all at once. The metallic accessories amp up the fun factor with great shine and textures. Bravo! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410577 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:59:11 +0000 sarah 2410577@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great outfit. I'm in shorts most of the summer, so I'm always looking for inspiration for a "woman wearing shorts in her 60s" (well, I'm in my 60s, not sure if you are - but you can still inspire me!). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410576 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:55:20 +0000 RobinF 2410576@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those are great shorts for you. That length doesn't work for me unfortunately. Love the chunky sandals and gauzy shirt too.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410575 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:48:58 +0000 Sisi 2410575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely! White, blue and silver - one of my favorite combinations. The long shorts (I call them bermudas) fit you wonderfully! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410560 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:18:41 +0000 Angie 2410560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>KILLER cute look! Navy shorts are awesome!&nbsp;</p> <p>Love you in long shorts,<b> Janet.</b>&nbsp;The sandal and belt compliment make the look :)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410555 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:00:27 +0000 slim cat 2410555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perfect shorts! Love the look - edgier than preppy . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410551 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:57:48 +0000 Kate 2410551@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great shorts! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410549 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:02:41 +0000 Bijou 2410549@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous outfit and how those shorts fit you are exactly what I have been looking for and never found, a great profile and length. Lug sole sandals are so comfortable, I am hoping that they are here to stay. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410548 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:50:19 +0000 Debbie 2410548@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love all elements of this outfit. The shorts look great. Great that you found them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410545 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:51:29 +0000 LJP 2410545@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I think the fashion police have declared that chunky soles are over and that it's all about the slimmer profile shoe now, but I still think that a chunky sandal like this takes the classic/prep/conservative feel of the shorts out of the outfit and makes it more edgy/modern. &nbsp;I still like my lug sole shoes too and intend to wear them until they really look wrong - who knows when that will be. &nbsp;And to be fair to our weather, it did get up to 17C today, bizarrely, but it's also going to snow in a big way tomorrow night. I give up trying to figure out what to wear these days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410541 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:47:21 +0000 Dee 2410541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looking super in these longer shorts, really nice with the relaxed gauze top and silver accents.<br /> And boy, we sure could use some of that heat up here Canada, its still pretty chilly here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410540 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:42:43 +0000 JAileen 2410540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t know about preppy, but honestly, you look great! &nbsp;I especially love your sandals. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410539 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:00:15 +0000 Jaime 2410539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look great, shorts suit you perfectly and the overall outfit reads much more artful than preppy to me.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410535 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:49:28 +0000 Roberta 2410535@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The proportions here are perfect - your legs look a mile long. The gauze shirt is just right with dark shorts too. I know what you mean about paper white legs; I ease into warm weather with linen crops before I break out the shorts.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410530 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:41:01 +0000 Sal 2410530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think that this type of edgy footwear is very much part of your style Janet so it will always look right.&nbsp; Doesn't mean you can't wear lots of other styles as well though - you also suit sporty and more minimal styles of sandal.</p> <p>It's like pearls and light footwear are signature for Angie, and maybe Aviators are for me.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410522 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:27:28 +0000 Janet 2410522@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lisa, thank you! These are G1 Paper Twill shorts and I believe they were offered in a variety of lengths. I’m not sure if they are still made — my searches always turned up results on resale sites. </p> <p>I can’t believe it’s still so cold there! I was in NY state last week and even there it was warming up quite a bit. But they had late snow and some of the areas I wanted to hike were still closed, doh!</p> <p>Thanks for the compliments! I wasn’t sure whether the chunky sandal was still a thing, but I do like them and they work for me. I let go of my two old pairs of lug-soled fisherman sandals and wish I still had the white ones, but they were getting really beat up. My sandals could use a little refresh! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410521 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:24:45 +0000 Sal 2410521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like this polished casual outfit. I really like it. I think the accessories and the breeziness of the shirt make it lean away from preppy. </p> <p>Great accessorising. And the legs look great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410520 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:19:39 +0000 Vicki 2410520@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, yes, and yes, from head to toe! I love preppy and, likely, always will. Your metallic Dolce Vita sandals are wonderful and for the first time in a long time I’m wearing a metallic belt, as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410518 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:15:48 +0000 LJP 2410518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That’s a great outfit Janet. I feel like I’m living on another planet temperature-wise though . Still barely above 0C here . I love shorts but find it almost impossible to find the right length and fit . What brand are these ? I’m also off to find those sandals - I could justify a new silver pair with some presence / chunkiness . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw---slightly-preppy-early-summer-style#post-2410517 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:08:43 +0000 Janet 2410517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It’s 90 degrees today and I don’t love wearing shorts, especially this early in the year, when my legs are pasty white (as opposed to slightly less pasty white in a couple of months, LOL), but I just received this pair and decided to rip off the bandaid and expose the old legs to the outside world. </p> <p>The shorts are a near dupe of my favorites, which I bought in Santa Fe back in 2019. The original pair is grey and they’ve been summer workhorses. The length, straight-cut leg, and fit of them just work for me. I looked in vain for the same shorts for years, and finally a pair popped up, new with tags, on Poshmark, in navy! I snapped them up. </p> <p>Worn here with a new Caslon white gauze shirt. Breezy for the hot temps outside but long sleeves for inside the grocery store. I like the shorter length of shirts these days so I’ve been investing in them when I find a good one. I semi-tucked here but can wear this untucked too. </p> <p>Accents of silver in my Jenny Bird bracelets, ring from the Gaudi museum a decade ago, Dolce Vita sandals, and Rag &amp; Bone belt. Bag is from an artisan at the Smithsonian annual craft fair. </p> <p>The overall effect with these shorts is a bit on the preppy side, but I don’t mind that as long as there’s a little twist on it. </p> <p>In a couple of days we will be back to more seasonal temps, and I will need to get wear out of my spring stuff while I can! </p>