https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:20:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1115635 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:16:53 +0000 Alassë 1115635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful ring, and yes, those sleeves are to die for! I agree with MuseumGal&nbsp;that the coat might be a bit too classic for your wonderful quirkiness.&nbsp;</p> <p>Signed, <br />Fellow lace enthusiast </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1115627 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:10:44 +0000 E 1115627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you Angie &amp; Carambola!</p> <p>Beth Ann, you don't need to tell me twice to re-ribbon myself. lol I think 2 of my silk scarves are big enough for waist decoration as well...will have to experiment further! And there's always my sashes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1115592 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:24:13 +0000 Beth Ann 1115592@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, thanks for reminding me that grey and black can work together!&nbsp; I love the addition of ribbon at the waist.&nbsp; I'd suggest be-ribboning your waist, or tying a vintage scarf at the waist, more often!</p> <p>Love the lace detail.&nbsp; You look lovely. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1115510 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:10:22 +0000 carambola 1115510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So pretty! I love&nbsp;the velvet ribbon as a belt - very creative and adds the perfect&nbsp;touch. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1115493 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:52:13 +0000 Angie 1115493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The lace top paired with the wool skirt is extremely charming. You are cuter than cute.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1115436 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:33:00 +0000 E 1115436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Sheila, thank you!</div><div><br /></div><div>MG, ohhh: Anne Shirley was an Edwardian schoolmarm. Maybe you're on to something re: the coat being quite classic, too classic for the rest of my style. I'll have to ponder that some more!</div><div><br /></div><div>Aubergine, my mom's family is Polish &amp; French/German (the Alsace-Lorraine region that kept switching hands) Catholic, so lots of gigantic families on farms in upstate NY. lol</div><div><br /></div><div>Sveta, very true about amber! And it's so Eastern European too. Although I think it's more beautiful in small quantities; I didn't care for the reconstructed Amber Room in St. Petersburg.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ceit, thanks!</div><div><br /></div><div>LBD, I'm so glad you enjoy the narratives! I can definitely see you rocking Edwardian gear, as well as the other time periods you mentioned (those 30s bias cut gowns would show off your curves so well).</div><div><br /></div><div>Rachy Lou, lol! I'm glad not to have disappointed!</div><div><br /></div><div>Sharon, thank you!</div><div><br /></div><div>CocoLion, I'm glad the belt isn't too twee.</div><div><br /></div><div>AG, you're so nice!</div><div><br /></div><div>Jeanie, how funny about the skirt! I sometimes walk that primness line, so thanks for the reassurances on the socks and the coat.</div><div><br /></div><div>Caro, thank you!</div><div><br /></div><div>Gracie, thanks!</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114979 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 21:11:19 +0000 Gracie 1114979@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a beautiful and delicate blouse – it suits you so well. Your amber ring is so gorgeous too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114977 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 21:08:44 +0000 Caro in Oz 1114977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is one of my favourites so far I love the proportions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114953 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:32:53 +0000 Jeanie 1114953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree on gray going with everything and I think I had that skirt back in the 80s! &nbsp;The lace is beautiful. &nbsp;I like the knee socks as they add a bit of quirk and keep the outfit from being too prim. &nbsp;The coat is a good color on you. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114937 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:09:28 +0000 catgirl 1114937@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You and Vix take the best close up detail pix! This is great - referential without being literal if that makes sense. Clever you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114930 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:04:55 +0000 CocoLion 1114930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite part is how you used a ribbon to create a belt. &nbsp;I love the way you doubled it here, and it fits with the Edwardian theme. &nbsp;Beautiful outfit and you got all of the proportions and details right. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114919 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:57:36 +0000 Sharon 1114919@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachylou, you always make me laugh!<br />E, I am also a huge fan of the Edwardian vibe of this outfit. It just looks perfect on you and you have made such clever choices with accessories. Love it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114883 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:51:34 +0000 rachylou 1114883@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I came for the Edwardian and was not disappointed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114869 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:26:20 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 1114869@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love your narrative style, and seeing your process for taking an idea, and making a useful, modern outfit out of that idea &nbsp; Edwardian is one of my very favorite clothing&nbsp;eras, along with the 1930's, and the early 1960's glam stuff. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114866 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:20:07 +0000 Anonymous 1114866@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very pretty blouse! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114835 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:23:33 +0000 Sveta 1114835@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a very pretty lace blouse, very romantic looking indeed. Somehow it suits you personality vey well.<br />I also like amber! Every stone is so different from the others and I feel that they are telling stories of the ancient times (I guess I am in a romantic mood today too :-0 ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114828 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:18:00 +0000 Anonymous 1114828@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the lace top and the subdued color palette! You really look like you could be in an old-fashioned hand-tinted photograph here. And it's funny that your ladylike Edwardian skirt is actually '80s career wear.</p> <p>I have some Polish ancestry too, BTW. My family background is pretty much a checklist of the most obvious places for Ashkenazi Jews to come from, so there's a whole bunch of Eastern Europe in there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114789 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 16:13:20 +0000 MuseumGal 1114789@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This has a bit of a schoolmarm feel to it in a totally charming way.&nbsp; Such a gorgeous blouse.</p> <p>I think the color of the coat is fine, if not fabulous, but the style doesn't seem to match your usual amazing, quirky, darling ensembles.&nbsp; </p> <p>PS, I just got a grey skirt and was pondering if it would look weird with my brown Victorian granny boots ... you have reassured me that it should work (at least color wise). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114762 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:22:26 +0000 Sheila 1114762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A beautiful ensemble, expert combination of colors. Very nice, thanks for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114759 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:17:48 +0000 E 1114759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, thanks for the reassurance about the jacket! I think you're definitely right, looking at the pic again. :)</p> <p>TraceyLiz, so my hips were hurting a lot last week (I have RA), which means I've been spending quite a bit of time with a heating pad wrapped around them, which leaves that section hot but my poor feet still chilled. So that's why I went for socks instead of tights.&nbsp;But I could have changed when I went out; I have brown tights too! They're just not wool (I love wool.)&nbsp;I'll keep that in mind for next time. Also, I've found I can wear wool skirts even in&nbsp;the upper 60s/low 70s&nbsp;if I don't pair them with tights, because the fullness provides a bit of a breeze, counteracting the insulation of the wool, and preventing me from overheating on walks. I love cold weather clothes &amp; live in a warm climate so I'm likely to wear my wool 'when I can get away with it' as well as when I actually need it for warmth! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114736 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:22:41 +0000 TraceyLiz65 1114736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, the right lace is tricky... I love the sleeve detail! &nbsp;Any skirt with pockets is a winner in my book. &nbsp;not so sure about the knee socks... If it's cool enough for wool skirt, would tights really make you hot? &nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114735 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:22:14 +0000 Astrid 1114735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this, it's such a rich look - full of subtle detail. The close up of the skirt, lace shirt, ribbon and ring shows this very well. </p> <p>And I think the coat looks great on you and with the outfit! I think if you're very conscious of "your" colors you can get overly critical when you're not wearing one of your most flattering ones, even when others wouldn't notice. It happens to me too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-a-touch-of-the-edwardian#post-1114715 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:08:38 +0000 E 1114715@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was in a lace mood on Wednesday (I'm getting farther behind with these wiw's!), and this brown blouse fit the bill nicely. I don't actually have that much lace in my closet, because my more romantic leanings are fairly recent. Plus, it's so tricky to find the right kind of lace, isn't it?&nbsp;Anyway, the weather had warmed up enough to wear it without a cardigan, which was perfect because I hate to cover up that sleeve detail. Even if no one sees my outfit but me (and now the forum)! As it was I actually ended up going to the library&nbsp;and popping into a cafe on the way home, so other people saw me too. lol It hadn't warmed up that much though, so I knew I wanted to wear this with a wool skirt. My favourite colour to wear with brown is grey (what a surprise! I sometimes think my username should be 'grey goes with everything'), so out came this grey wool skirt. </p> <p>I found it on a thrifting expedition with friends when I went to visit them earlier this year, and I was so happy. I'd been looking for a grey wool skirt with pockets that fit my natural waist and ended somewhere around my knee for ages with no luck. This isn't as full as my usual skirt silhouette, but a little bit of variety in the closet is probably a good thing. The subdued lines make it feel a bit more grown up, and sometimes of course I'm in situations where I need a more mature presence.&nbsp;I think it's from the 80s, era of power dressing,&nbsp;as it's labelled Christian Dior separates and is a size 4 (in older vintage I wear a size 8). The way that the top behaved once tucked in, blousing a bit, reminded me of the Edwardian era, so I chose slightly more ornate jewelry. This amber ring was a present from my mom; she bought it at a street fair from a very friendly Polish couple who emigrated to the States a couple decades ago and now drive around the country selling amber and having a good old time. They're originally&nbsp;from Gdansk and showed us lots of beautiful photos as well as giving us good travel tips (Poland's on both our top 10 lists of countries to visit; my mom's got a lot of Polish ancestry and I just love Eastern Europe), so whenever I wear the ring I think of them. And of course I love amber because I love trees. The setting seemed to pair well with a silver bangle I've had for years that I got in Mexico. </p> <p>I was all set until I remembered that YLFers don't like to see belt loops empty. These are subtle belt loops but still! I tried a couple of belts, but they disrupted the Edwardian feel, so instead I just used some velvet ribbon that I ordered recently (for a different reason). It worked quite well! Brown wool knee socks completed things, keeping my feet &amp; lower leg warm without overheating me as tights might have done. I like that the skirt hem is low enough to pretty much cover the socks, making them look more like tights and avoiding any school girl vibes. I felt very good in this, a little bit sophisticated, but still casual and still me.</p> <p>To go out I wanted a light-ish coat, so I added my trench, as it felt the most 'frock coat' like and kept the neutrals theme going. I've had this for years, it's vintage and I love its quality, but looking at the picture I'm not sure the colour loves me back. What do you think?</p> <p>Clearly I was in a very talkative mood this morning, apologies for the extra long narrative! Feedback is always welcome, on colours or proportions or anything else you feel needs tweaking. </p>