https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:11:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1375945 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 01:02:59 +0000 Elly 1375945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like your version but agree a patterned bag would look fab, as would mixing up the shoes.&nbsp; Your marine is a lucky guy, walls or no walls </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1375926 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:45:54 +0000 Carole 1375926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great copy cat, Mary! I think I like yours even better, good job! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1375919 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:37:59 +0000 viva 1375919@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love it, Mary! And with the white shades and pumps, you look incredibly glamorous. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1375912 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:31:31 +0000 Angie 1375912@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh. I missed your report on the show. Glad you had a lovely time. You are quite the theatre goer, Mary. Fun. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1375786 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:14:51 +0000 Sharon 1375786@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I prefer your version. So fresh and smart! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1375763 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:29:48 +0000 Lyn D. 1375763@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Terrific outfit- you don't need to 'copy' at all </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1375745 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:05:06 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1375745@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My goodness Mary - you look stunning </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1375731 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:42:18 +0000 Angie 1375731@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Walls are a good thing aren't they.</p> <p>Like your interpretation SO much better, Mary. I vote 11 out of 10.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1375706 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:14:39 +0000 Suzanne (ambergreen) 1375706@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like your dress better than the mannequin's. (The bag though...that ubiquitous Norwegian sweater fabric is such a blast from the preppy past! <a href="http://www.thenauticalcompany.com/images/uploads/CLOTHING/westend/nordic-sweater-navy-white.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.thenauticalcompany......-white.jpg</a>)</p> <p>Interesting how you connected so closely with the play's costume designer's efforts--such discernment skills we get from hanging out on YLF.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1375703 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:12:08 +0000 Isabel 1375703@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That mannequin has nothing on you.</p> <p>Poor Marine, I am sure he has been trained for much , much worse ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1375632 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:43:30 +0000 Neel 1375632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great copy MsMary! Considering the weather, the white jacket was the best pick ... Glad you had a great time at the play. And hurrah for walls! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1375623 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:32:38 +0000 crutcher 1375623@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love, covet and adore the Bailey 44 dress...With the white blazer and heels, you look smashing...The copy dress is also interesting...Hope the evening with your Marine was as fun as it sounded...The play is also very interesting... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1375610 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:42:01 +0000 MsMary 1375610@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Coming back to report on the play.&nbsp; It was a new play called "<a href="https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/Marjorie-Prime/?gclid=CjwKEAjwk_OhBRD06abu3qSoxlwSJACt7sZ7W2A6hGIljL9MFyM_IKm3jPIBm3HTzXpOrRcbOqYY9xoCCz7w_wcB" rel="nofollow">Marjorie Prime</a>," set in the near-future, about an 85-year-old woman who was born in the 1970s, so ca. 2060.&nbsp; I really enjoyed the costumes -- they looked like casual wear you might see on the street, but the details were just a bit different.&nbsp; The thing I loved the most was the shoes!&nbsp; Most of the characters wore TURQUOISE shoes!&nbsp; In one scene, a middle-aged couple was wearing shoes that were both made out of some fabulous bright turquoise reptile material -- his were oxfords and hers were ballet flats with a really interesting cutout on the side that I'd never seen before.&nbsp; SO FUN.&nbsp; (Unfortunately I can't find any photos online. Darn! But at :18 in the video in the link above you can catch a glimpse of the husband and wife, her in turquoise shoes and him in bright yellow oxfords.)</p> <p>The set was quite bare -- just a sofa and a chair -- so it was almost entirely up to the costume designer to give us the feeling of "we are not in 2014," and she did a great job!&nbsp; Fun with fashion in a different way!</p> <p>If any of you are in LA, I highly recommend running out and seeing this show! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1374490 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:29:16 +0000 Aquamarine 1374490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the original and I hope you can try it soon. Meanwhile, your interpretation is fab! Enjoy the time with your Marine https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1374464 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 19:53:23 +0000 CocoLion 1374464@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Walls are a big deal.</p> <p>And I like your version better. &nbsp;:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1374457 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 19:42:32 +0000 Sal 1374457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It looks great Mary, and very appropriate.</p> <p>I have a Bailey 44 dress which I have not worn with a jacket over, I might give it a go.</p> <p>Thanks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1374441 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 19:09:48 +0000 MsMaven 1374441@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You've done very well with using the look as inspiration. Can't imagine wearing all dark colors on such a hot day. I also think your bag looks great with the outfit. It adds, rather than detracts, which a busier pattern might do. I mean I think it would be much harder to find the right pattern to go with the stripes and the colors.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-1012-trying-to-copy-a-ssif-mannequin#post-1374397 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:16:29 +0000 MsMary 1374397@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I saw this striped-dress-and-peacoat on a mannequin at an insanely chic and wildly expensive boutique in Seattle, to which Anna took us on our Sunday shopping jaunt.&nbsp; I thought I'd try to reproduce it with my Bailey 44 striped dress.</p> <p>Tried it this morning, and the following problems arose:</p> <p>1.&nbsp; It's supposed to be 90* here today, so too hot for an "outerwear" peacoat<br />2.&nbsp; Tried to substitute a navy blazer and a black ponte moto jacket and it looked awful<br />3.&nbsp; I don't have a cool patterned bag like the one in the original</p> <p>Ended up going Full White-After-Labor-Day, and am not terribly unhappy with the result for lunch and a play with my Marine.&nbsp; What do you all think?</p> <p>Dress:&nbsp; Bailey 44<br />White blazer:&nbsp; Olivia Moon<br />White pumps:&nbsp; Bandolino<br />Colorblock tote:&nbsp; Steve Madden</p> <p>House report:&nbsp; Last time the Marine came to visit, he had to sleep in a room with no walls!&nbsp; This time:&nbsp; Walls!&nbsp; Progress!! </p>