https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 08:52:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117834 Fri, 01 May 2020 13:36:36 +0000 Chris987 2117834@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hah <b>Cee</b>...good one. </p> <p>Thanks<b> Preppy Pear </b>and<b> Keturah! </b></p> <p><b>Rachylou</b>, thanks for the wave, right back atcha! Hmm...dying hair half blonde, half black....would be striking for sure! </p> <p>Thanks <b>karen13, </b>it felt<b> </b>good to put together a real "outfit" for a change, although it made me realize how few of those outfits I'll need for the next few months unless I start dressing a little better at home. Might do that. I think you are right, masks will be around either by edict or by personal choice for many months until we have better treatments. We'll see... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117637 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:50:47 +0000 Keturah 2117637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look really refined and polished! I love how you added some rust to the whole mix. It feels really fresh with the bright white and grey. I'm so glad you could get dressed up and run some errands! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117617 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:58:24 +0000 karen13 2117617@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So good to see you, looking so polished. Masks certainly do require tweaking, and I agree that they may be part of our lives for a while.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117597 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:21:04 +0000 rachylou 2117597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look fab!! I’ve taken to waving to be friendly, lol.</p> <p>Don’t tell anyone, but I’m like that tribe of people without separate words for blue and green: all hair to me is either blonde or black. I think I realised this about ten years ago. Lolol ;)</p> <p>And in case you’re wondering: if you dye your hair half blond and half black, you’re blonde. Hahaha! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117589 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:40:42 +0000 Preppy Pear 2117589@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Really like your color palette here - great outfit for a cool spring day with luxe fabrics. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117582 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:08:19 +0000 Cee 2117582@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay, cashmere... and what the hell, yay to Kashmir as well !! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117570 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:29:14 +0000 Chris987 2117570@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks <b>Anne!&nbsp;</b> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117565 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:58:08 +0000 anne 2117565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Chris, I love this outfit on you! Looking good. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117560 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:50:25 +0000 Chris987 2117560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks <b>Jaileen</b>! Grey and orange is one of my fave combinations. If my errands had kept me out until mid afternoon I might have shed the jacket, but it's still fairly cool here (and I run cold). I'm jealous of how warm it must be where you live.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Angie</b> - thanks! Yes, the no lipstick rule is important for facemasks too! You Seattle-ites have been at home sooo long, I will think of you and shut up when I want to complain Plus you live in a city where things are typically even more restricted right now than the small town/burbs where I live. </p> <p>Thanks <b>cocolion!</b>&nbsp;IMy face mask is made from an old light blue shirt of DHs and quite boring not to mention does not fit well., so I'm not sure it's&nbsp; worth showing....but my "version 2" ought to be better. That parka is very cool looking! </p> <p>Thanks <b>MsMaven! </b>This moto jacket is a knit, and after too many bad experiences I've sworn off knits from Loft because they do not hold up very well. Hmm...makes me realize I ought to put a grey moto jacket in leather or faux leather on my longer term shopping list </p> <p>Yeah <b>Suntiger</b>, exactly.! I was feeling like smiling was especially important because we're all under such stress...but it just didn't work. I suppose one could make a clear plastic face mask....:-) </p> <p><b>torontogirl</b> - mood lifting indeed! I tend to not wear white at home because....cat hair, cat paws, dust, spilled coffee or tea...but out and about those are less prevalent especially the cat stuff. </p> <p>yeah <b>nemosmon</b>, spring IS a great time for white denim! </p> <p><b>Shevia</b>, yeah the social distancing thing&nbsp; really does wear on you. I have a feeling&nbsp; it will not be totally over until we have a vaccine and good treatments that are both widely available. And on the subject of stages of quarantine, I i was thinking EXACTLY that recently! Denial is first but I can't remember the rest....to mimic <b>suntiger</b> ***<i>off to google stages of grief*** </i> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117494 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 03:08:41 +0000 Jaime 2117494@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, someone will have to name the stages of quarantine like the stages of grief. Although we are in a less restricted phase, we still haven't been given the green light for guests/visiting and that is what is really wearing us down. You, regardless, look fantastic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117463 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:30:07 +0000 nemosmom 2117463@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cashmere + suede = heaven! Love your layers, and springtime is a great time for white denim! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117455 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:12:31 +0000 Helena 2117455@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Becky; I feel like the light/white palette is a great way to be warm but still feel spring-like. Perhaps it lightens your mood too, and we could all use that lately! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117432 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 22:42:28 +0000 Anonymous 2117432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great color scheme! Big yes to walking in the woods :)<br /> You're totally right about the masks :/ I'll catch myself trying to smile at people when I go shopping-then realize they don't see it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117400 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:57:08 +0000 MsMaven 2117400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would love to copy your outfit if I had a gray moto. Looks great for being out and about.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117388 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:23:20 +0000 CocoLion 2117388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the white jeans on you. &nbsp;And the color combo works so well for a cool spring day. &nbsp;</p> <p>Would love to see your mask. </p> <p>I just used my stimulus check to order a parka from Nordstrom, but that's the only shopping I'm going to do.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117381 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:02:15 +0000 Angie 2117381@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>GREAT Spring look,<b> Chris</b>! Earthy Crispness! And for the most part cool colours, which you seldom wear.</p> <p>I love you in white jeans! So nice to see you again :)</p> <p>Yes to the no-smile integrity of face masks. No lipstick either.....</p> <p>Hair looks lovely!&nbsp;</p> <p>It's been 7 weeks on this side - since COVID-19 started in Seattle. Our stay at home order has not been lifted, and things will stay this way for a while. </p> <p>I did have the urge to shop yesterday, actually! First time in a LONG while. I felt the need to keep the economy going. It was fun, and I'm looking forward to my boxes.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117378 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:55:21 +0000 JAileen 2117378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like how you’ve repeated colors - the white and the grey, and then have the rust as a pop of color. &nbsp;And your hair looks very nice. &nbsp;Mostly, though, I’m struck by how warmly you’re dressed. &nbsp;I’m wearing crops and a sleeveless top. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117366 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:27:18 +0000 Chris987 2117366@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you <b>Becky!&nbsp;</b> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117362 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:14:04 +0000 Becky 2117362@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very nice. I think the white jeans give it a more "cool spring day" look, rather than a more fall/winter look. I think your hair looks lovely. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-429-cashmere-suede-for-a-chilly-spring-day#post-2117361 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:05:29 +0000 Chris987 2117361@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Today (4/29) it’s been just over 5 weeks since stay-at-home orders in my state. It feels like 5 MONTHS. The first few weeks felt like some StarTrek-like alternate universe where everything looks the same but you know something is very wrong and different. Things will not start to open up here until May 18 at the earliest. </p> <p>Today I went out to pick up some prescription reading glasses at my Optician and drop some returns at UPS, so I got “dressed” for the first time in over 5 weeks. I have to thank this lovely WLF community for giving me the nudge/inspiration to put on some nicer clothes and take photos of them - without YLF I probable would not have done so  </p> <p>My only outings for the last 5 weeks have been 2 outdoor fitness walks a day plus 2 no-contact grocery deliveries to my elderly Mom. DH has handled all grocery shopping  and meal take-out pickups. I’ve purposely stayed very isolated so I didn’t pass it on to my mom, but now that I’ve got the contact-less delivery thing worked out, I might do some more outdoor activities like walking on some of the wooded trails in my town. No gardening for me this spring, due to my back muscle issues. </p> <p>With the exception of one Zoom meeting of a civic group to which I belong, I have been only wearing at-home outfits.  As long as we're still in cold/wet spring, my at-home uniform continues to be jeans, a wool or fleece top over a warm underlayer, at-home sneakers and wool socks. </p> <p>My hair is almost shoulder length, and very ragged since I was already growing out some layers. In its current state it takes a lot of work to make it look presentable. I also have 2” of white no-color roots showing, which I sometimes cover and sometimes not. It's not particularly flattering at the current length and shape, but I can live with Just Presentable Enough I do have an appt with my stylist that I’ve moved three times…now set for the end of May, and I have until then to decide what I want to do.  </p> <p>I made a face mask last week, and after wearing it for the first time today I plan to make a second one with a different design that will fit better.  I expect we'll be wearing face masks for a long time so I plan to make a few. The first thing I noticed about wearing a mask around people is that you can’t smile at them! Well, you can, but they won’t see it, and vice versa. Not being able to see half of someone’s face really changes the feel of a conversation with another person, especially if it's someone you do not already know. </p> <p>I have scaled way back on online clothes shopping, because I'm just not that interested. I have plenty of at-home clothes for winter/early spring and have only been interested in a few things for spring/summer so far. Once I swap my winter/spring clothes I’ll see how I feel about more shopping.</p> <p><i><b>Comments, suggestions welcome as always!</b></i> <ul> <li>White jeans. It’s odd, I don’t generally feel like wearing white jeans until it’s well into May, but I wanted to wear these today. </li> <li>Rust cashmere crewneck </li> <li>white cotton turtleneck</li> <li>Grey suede booties</li> <li>Grey knit moto jacket</li> <li>Black cross body</li> <li>(no photo of face mask)</li> </ul>