https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:16:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612455 Fri, 04 May 2012 19:41:55 +0000 Kiwichik 612455@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love all your interpretations I was going to choose a favorite but I just can't. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612393 Fri, 04 May 2012 18:42:59 +0000 Lisa 612393@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great recap of some fab challenge outfits. How versatile are those Magic dresses, wow they really do work well for the inspiration photos. The first day challenge outfit is my favorite, you look lovely in trousers and I adore the pink and greys here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612388 Fri, 04 May 2012 18:36:58 +0000 goldenpig 612388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, MaryK, you are a fashion genius! I love all your interpretations--all the outfits are so true to the photos and to your style! Love #6, #8 (aw, too bad you didn't use that one--it's perfect for the photo!) and #11 the best but they're all super fab! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612382 Fri, 04 May 2012 18:29:00 +0000 Meredith1953 612382@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MaryK,<br /> I love each and every one of of these oufits. The two dresses that combine the photo colors are a little easier look to capture because dresses are just the one piece but these are gorgeous! I have to say that #11 is my favorite. Just beautiful! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612329 Fri, 04 May 2012 17:11:09 +0000 Sylvia 612329@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One of the best interpretations I have seen sofar. You really looked at the colours in the pictures and translated the images to a look that is exactly your style! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612326 Fri, 04 May 2012 17:02:39 +0000 MsMary 612326@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon, please don't give it a second thought! I know you would never mean any harm!! I surprised myself and learned something about myself with my thin skin, so it's all good! {group hug} </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612323 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:59:19 +0000 Transcona Shannon 612323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YOWZA!!! Perfection x gazzillion!!! You have perfectly executed each and every picture in your outfits MaryK. I love them all but 2 and 11 are my faves. They are just divine.</p> <p>And for the record, I think I was one of the folks that tossed out the "cheating" word...I am truly sorry. I never meant any harm and was only joking. I do apologize. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612317 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:53:11 +0000 Angie 612317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*chuckle*</p> <p>And passes the smelling salts with cuppa in hand. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612315 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:51:11 +0000 MsMary 612315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*faints from happiness* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612310 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:48:32 +0000 Angie 612310@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well then my dear, Mary - you will live forever because you will impress me forever :)</p> <p>The stories behind #11 and #6 make me love those outfits even more! Mary, you in #11 is the height of modern and fun elegance in my book. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612304 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:43:01 +0000 MsMary 612304@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*jumping up and down and clapping my hands*</p> <p>Angie, you know I live to impress you! LOL Srsly. I do!!</p> <p>Something that makes #11 (which is my fave, too!) even more fun is that the skirt and jacket are thrifted, the belt is from the first YLF So Cal swap, and the top is a hand me down from my BFF. And you may recall that I saw the dress in #6 on "What Not to Wear" last year and stalked it for MONTHS before I finally found it on eBay. Gotta love it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612302 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:39:46 +0000 Angie 612302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Masterfully executed and beautifully sported, Mary! You score a big fat 10 for this challenge. I am very impressed!</p> <p>Not that it's important, but #6 and #11 are my faves. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612297 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:35:27 +0000 Claudia 612297@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very beautifully done. Seeing them one after the other like this really shows your visual talent and ability, MK. I thoroughly enjoyed this YLF challenge and all the impressive interpretations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612292 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:26:39 +0000 Jilly 612292@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, your outfits are spot on - I'm amazed how much they look like the pictures. I think my fave is #4. It's an incredible outfit on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-430-54-my-inspired-by-nature-challenge-outfits#post-612284 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:14:13 +0000 MsMary 612284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Please bear with me, ladies! This is my Inspired by Nature Challenge keepsake post, so I can have all my outfits in one place for my YLF blog! This challenge was SUCH FUN!!</p> <p>1/2. Day 1: African Elephants at Twilight by Frans Lanting. I chose my big pearl earrings to represent the moons. The wide leg pants and the texture of the croc bag remind me of the elephants, the watercolor print blouse is the water, and I went with a slightly-brighter-than-the-photo rosy coral for the sky. </p> <p>3/4. Day 2: Water lilies (Nymphaea nouchali), Okavango Delta, Botswana by Frans Lanting. This was a fun one! I tried to go with both the colors and the shapes of the lily pads by teaming my chalet green Halogen seamed skirt with a dark teal Halogen cotton blazer for the water, and my beloved Hinge silk pussy bow blouse for the lily pads. Even though the colors aren't really the same as the photo, I felt like the overall vibe was similar. I added the yellow belt and shoes for the yellow in the photo, and nude fishnet hose to pick up the texture in the lily pads! Finally, I added dangly earrings as my nod to the floating vegetation!</p> <p>5/6. Day 3: Stone Canyon Petrified Sand Dunes and Reflection, Paria Canyon - Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona by Jack Dykinga. In the original thread for this day of the challenge, I posted my picture with the one-line comment, "Some days it's just too easy. ;)" I was surprised to find myself a little stung by a few lighthearted comments by other posters to the effect that my almost-identical-to-the-photo dress was "cheating!" LOL Still, I had fun with fashion and that was my best effort at interpreting the photo (note purple bag for the expanse of water, and light shoes for the driftwood at the bottom), so I'm happy and have no regrets and no hard feelings!</p> <p>7/8/9. Day 4: Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin River, Southwest Tasmania, Australia by Peter Dombrovskis. Photo 8 is what I'd planned to wear. It seemed to capture, more than anything in my closet, the feeling, colors, and shapes of the photo. Plus I thought it would be hilarious to wear the same Nine West "magic dress," in different prints, two days in a row.</p> <p>But in light of the "cheating" comments and my unexpectedly thin skin I called an audible that morning and went with green on top, blue on the bottom to evoke the trees and water. I liked how the ruffles on the neckline of the top echo the leaves on the trees. The pearl brooch and light bag and shoes represented the white water and sky! I didn't realize until I uploaded the photo that Kitty had gotten in on the aciton, and decided she would be the representative of the wildlife in the forest!</p> <p>10/11. Day 5: Tortoises at Dawn, Galapagos Islands by Frans Lanting. This one may have been my favorite. I loved the shape of the "chain" of tortoises and the pretty morning colors. To me the photo evoked blush and brown and I was surprised to see that others saw it as a "gold" photo, although that was totally obvious once it was pointed out. It's funny how we can loook at the same photo and see it so differently, even something as basic as the colors! Anyway, I went with the blush/brown color scheme as the basis for my interpretation. I added gold chains in my bracelet, earrings and bag to remind me of the "chain" of turtles in the golden water.</p> <p>This was a wonderful challenge! Thank you so much, Bella for organizing it! And thanks so much to all the fab ladies who participated!! </p>