https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 01 May 2026 22:52:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009514 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:28:31 +0000 soobee 1009514@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with everyone, it's absolutely fabulous on you!&nbsp; The colour looks so good with your skin tone, it's almost juicy:)&nbsp; Love the pairing with the belt and shoes too.&nbsp; I'm not totally loving the bag but you seem to have made peace with it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009505 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:42:04 +0000 Asingh 1009505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like the colour of the dress, Diana! Good job with the belt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009446 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 05:12:25 +0000 Kari 1009446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Totally agreed - the dress is much more alluring on your frame than in the model photo. &nbsp;You wear chartreuse beautifully, and how perfect with your specs! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009401 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 04:06:57 +0000 Anonymous 1009401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! It's a wonderful dress on you and deserves to be duplicated, especially if you can later wear it for loungewear. I think the subway map bag is fun, especially with these dresses. I'm glad you are keeping it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009399 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 03:59:40 +0000 Beth Ann 1009399@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yummy!&nbsp; Everyone needs a dress like this in August. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009260 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 01:16:53 +0000 merwoman 1009260@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a gorgeous colour on you - your skin is just glowing. You look beautiful in this Diane.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009255 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 01:14:43 +0000 Angie 1009255@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're so cute, Diana. Thanks for making me smile. I'll chime in a bit a later on your tube skirt post. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009240 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:45:55 +0000 Diana 1009240@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, everyone. </p> <p>Angie, yes the dress works sans belt too.&nbsp; That was one of my requirements actually.&nbsp; It's amazing how many sack dresses are either muumuus when unbelted or super short when belted.&nbsp; The pleating detail here provides just a teeny bit of waist structure, plus it's not an extreme trapeze shape.&nbsp; </p> <p>Thanks for answering my question about today's teams too.&nbsp; I agree - now that I have thought about it some more, I realized I can do head to toe pretty just fine but I don't think I can do head to toe tough.&nbsp; So Team Pretty it is!&nbsp; Happy to be on your team, Angie. =) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009194 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 23:09:29 +0000 Angie 1009194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fabulous frock, Diana. You wear chartreuse well. Do you wear it sans the belt? Yup. I vote duplicate. </p> <p>If the style of bag is not working for you - I vote pass on. </p> <p>(p.s. I replied to your question about whether you bat for Team Pretty or Team Tough).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009173 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:38:52 +0000 rae 1009173@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the dress! If it was super difficult to find a fit you liked, then I am all for duplication. The colors are so different. I still like the bag, but if you are not wearing it I'd make room for something you love madly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009163 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:08:17 +0000 Day Vies 1009163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the chartreuse on you! It's a hard color to wear. I love it with the cognac. I even like this dress with the sweater. I suggest as others probably have already scrunching the sleeves b/c they're a little long otherwise I love the comfort and ease of the dress with or without the sweater. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009115 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:59:18 +0000 Inge 1009115@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm happy to hear the bag might be staying a while longer, Diana, I was secretly rooting for this "map bag":-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009112 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:57:06 +0000 Diana 1009112@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I've figured out what was bugging me about the bag.&nbsp; I was carrying a lot of stuff today (big lunch, and a package I needed to take to UPS) so the bag was very full and thick and that combined with the short strap made it feel like I was carrying a pillow under my arm.&nbsp; But now that it's less full (dropped off the package, and ate my lunch) the sides pull up more like a traditional hobo, and the strap drop becomes correspondingly longer, so it's much more comfortable and the proportions are better.&nbsp; I think I just need to stop using it on days when I have too much to carry ... (which is ironic, because I actually switched <i>to</i> this bag this morning because my olive MZ Wallace wouldn't fit all the stuff and still close).&nbsp; </p> <p>Anyway, I'm going to hang on to it.&nbsp; </p> <p>Thanks for the nice words about the dress too.&nbsp; Mani, that is a very good point about seeing how it washes before I duplicate; I will definitely do that.&nbsp; </p> <p>Suz, that was exactly my thought about duplicating.&nbsp; Once it gets too ratty, it will make perfect loungewear.&nbsp; (In fact most of my loungewear is old comfy dresses, some in better shape than others.) </p> <p>Vickie, I could definitely see this going into fall with boots and jacket!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009109 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:54:48 +0000 Inge 1009109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know how hard it is to find a good dress, so I vote Yes! on the duplication question, especially because you look great in orange too.<br />Love the new frock on you, Diana, and I actually really like the bag (love anything maps-related)&nbsp;for you too. But if you feel that the proportions are off and you are not wearing it much, then maybe a fun replacement bag is in order. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009090 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:36:27 +0000 Anonymous 1009090@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the cognac with the chartreuse, fab pairing. I can also see you in the orange version. I'm not much help on the bag either, I quite like it. If the proportions feel off to you with it now&nbsp;though, perhaps it's&nbsp;time for a replacement. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1009088 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:35:14 +0000 Vickie KY 1009088@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The dress is great. You could add a jacket and boots and wear this fall as well. &nbsp;I would go for the second color.<br />Vickie </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1008991 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:48:04 +0000 Suz 1008991@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The green is fabulous on you and looks interesting and a bit unexpected&nbsp;with the cognac. Since you get a lot of hot days in a typical summer and you have a need for dresses like this, why not duplicate if you also love the orange? It's &nbsp;the kind of dress that would be easily retired afterwards for at home wear, I'd say.&nbsp;</p> <p>I love the pattern on the bag. If the shape doesn't feel good, I wonder if you could preserve a part of it as a cosmetics bag or something -- just for the fun of it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1008963 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:14:32 +0000 Jjsloane 1008963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the dress and would duplicate at a great price. I love the green with the cognac and specs. The print bag is fun, but the too short straps would be a deal breaker for me.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1008956 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:06:42 +0000 ManidipaM 1008956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very nice! You could not topped #2 if you planned it! If it's comfy and a good price, worth duplicating---but I would first wash this one to see how it goes.</p> <p>I am no help on the bag as I rather like it as is. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1008944 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:57:59 +0000 Peri 1008944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love that on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1008936 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:48:05 +0000 chewyspaghetti 1008936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love it- I would totally wear that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1008930 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:40:34 +0000 Anonymous 1008930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the dress! It looks great on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1008923 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:35:08 +0000 cobaltblue 1008923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Diana! Dress looks better on you than on the model. I share your reservations about the bag. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-chartreuse-sack#post-1008915 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:24:57 +0000 Diana 1008915@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Some of you might remember that I was looking for sleeveless comfy sack dresses earlier this summer.&nbsp; Well, I finally found one on Amazon, and after some silly shipping snafus, it is finally mine.&nbsp; This one fits almost all of my requirements (although it is jersey, and I'd wanted woven.&nbsp; It's natural fibers and not clingy though, so I'm OK with the jersey although I think it won't last as long).&nbsp; Plus it matches my specs!&nbsp; =)</p> <p>I can wear it with or without a belt.&nbsp; Today I've chosen to belt it quite loosely and paired it with cognac accents.&nbsp; The striped cardigan is actually the one I've been keeping in my bag for arctic AC, but it matched so perfectly I had to show you.&nbsp; </p> <p>Questions:<br />--This dress also comes in orange (photo 4).&nbsp; Do you think I should duplicate?&nbsp; <br />--I'm carrying my subway map bag today.&nbsp; I bought this bag (very inexpensively) on impulse last year because I really wanted to try a printed bag.&nbsp; Although I still like the pattern, I feel like the shape is kind of bulky and disproportionate (I feel like it needs to be slouchier and longer and less wide), and I think the strap is a little short.&nbsp; Do you think it's time to let it go?&nbsp; I haven't been using it much lately.&nbsp;ETA:Added an old photo of the bag.</p> <p>Jones New York dress, Gap belt, Dansko sandals, Sydney Love bag, Gap cardi.</p>