https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:19:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1220033 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 23:01:03 +0000 Caro in Oz 1220033@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is my absolute favourite - Lisa said it so well Hope you had a great time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219823 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:54:31 +0000 Aida 1219823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your post really strikes a chord (hah!), as authenticity is a big thing to me. Beautifully written and beautifully worn. I hope the concert is a blast! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219741 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:35:30 +0000 Susie 1219741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Ornella, your posts always make me smile. You have such a way with words. And I love your outfit...it's perfect for the occasion and perfect for YOU! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219734 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:27:53 +0000 catgirl 1219734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes to everything, O. Authenticity shines through. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219725 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:22:41 +0000 Janet 1219725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lisa said it!</p> <p>This is a beautiful post -- what you wrote is true and filled with beauty, and your photos even more so. This is what style is all about. You are a gem, dear Ornella. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219699 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:58:09 +0000 rabbit 1219699@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It IS special to meet a musician who's work has meant so much to you. &nbsp;You look lovely and perfectly you. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219648 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:13:49 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1219648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is what it's all about Ornella - looking stunning while still being true to yourself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219647 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:11:26 +0000 Suz 1219647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Standing ovation!!!!!!!!!&nbsp;</p> <p>Your beautiful words brought tears to my eyes, and your outfits brought a huge smile to my face.&nbsp;</p> <p>You look beautiful, elegant, chic, and real. Absolutely stunning.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219623 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:42:22 +0000 Peri 1219623@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's beautiful...the outfit and the story both! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219594 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:19:14 +0000 Anonymous 1219594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella, you are an Artiste yourself, both with words and with how you express yourself with clothing. I know you will be relaxed and at ease tonight. You look fantastic, and I hope you get to meet him! I really love the proportions with the black sweater under the jacket. Is it wrong for me to hope it gets cold? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219590 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:09:25 +0000 lyn67 1219590@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanx for sharing the meaning of the artist's&nbsp;music, each piece of clothing and accessory,&nbsp;Ornella! You look wonderful and 100% yourself! Hope this &nbsp;evening will stay with you forever! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219582 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:58:58 +0000 abc 1219582@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have a way with words. I really felt the emotion coming through your post. What a wonderful way to express yourself - through your words and of course through the outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219579 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:49:30 +0000 Helena 1219579@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous - I love these looks, all three. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219575 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:45:31 +0000 amiable 1219575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm taking proportions lessons from you here - you look completely wonderful and completely yourself! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219541 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:59:10 +0000 BethL 1219541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella, what a wonderful post. My SO is a musician - though no one of note - and he doesn't get to play out much at this point because of his full-time job, but it is part of his very being. We often go to hear live music, and there are a few "special" musicians that we try to hear whenever we can. Your post resonated with me very much. I do hope you get to meet Your Artist tonight. You look gorgeous, and totally "right" for the occasion. I so loved hearing about the background and meaning of all your pieces. Thank you so much for making me smile this morning. I'll be thinking about you and wishing you well all day. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219540 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:58:35 +0000 BethL 1219540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella, what a wonderful post. My SO is a musician - though no one of note - and he doesn't get to play out much at this point because of his full-time job, but it is part of his very being. We often go to hear live music, and there are a few "special" musicians that we try to hear whenever we can. Your post resonated with me very much. I do hope you get to meet Your Artist tonight. You look gorgeous, and totally "right" for the occasion. I so loved hearing about the background and meaning of all the pieces. Thank you so much for making me smile this morning. I'll be thinking about you and wishing you well all day. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219521 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:44:49 +0000 celia 1219521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are usually very inspired in your posts but today even more so. Getting to the essence of oneself and be able to express it , is both what makes us the most beautiful and a wonderful way to pay homage to the ones that mean so much to us. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219506 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:38:26 +0000 texstyle 1219506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a wonderful way to dress Ornella - and you look beautiful. I've heard before many women say their DH loves to see them in a simple white shirt or white tee and jeans. I have to say I love it too. Especially when the items have personalized meaning and you accessorize in a way that makes it "you" - just as you have done here. I hope you have a fantastic evening! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219504 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:36:42 +0000 E 1219504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hope you have a great experience!!! I loved your musings &amp; how you created an outfit that felt so you and looks so you as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219502 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:35:02 +0000 MsMary 1219502@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow!&nbsp; You look just radiant!&nbsp; My happiness factor is through the roof just looking at you!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219498 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:31:20 +0000 Anonymous 1219498@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have created a very special outfit for a very special concert, and you look beautiful. Have a wonderful evening. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219492 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:22:19 +0000 Angie 1219492@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Lisa said.&nbsp;</p> <p>#2 and #3 are Killer to the Power of Killer. You have never looked better, O.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219466 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:06:08 +0000 NDMom 1219466@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a beautiful post! You look stunning to meet your fav artist....hope you gave an amazing time, Ornelia! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219461 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:03:25 +0000 Lisa 1219461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nothing let's a person shine more than when they are wearing items that reflect their true self.&nbsp; You've never looked better! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-authenticity-and-meaning#post-1219456 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:57:58 +0000 Ornella 1219456@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ </p> <p>Or, how I came to conclusion that wearing pearl necklace is the right choice for the rock/world music concert.</p> </p> <p>While pondering what to wear I remembered, with a mix of envy and pride, that a close friend actually met the musician we’re going to listen tonight. He is special. He wrote numerous songs that were soundtrack of my growing up even before I could fully understand what he was actually saying. In recent years he wrote one of my favourite love songs. He is a wonderful poet and has amazing mixture of charisma and down-to-earthness (is that a word?). True Artist. The kind that with every new work proves to me why the world needs artists.</p> </p> <p>And I thought “what if”. What if my husband and I, both big admirers, get a chance to meet the guy. After all, he usually plays in small, intimate spaces in recent years and one just never knows. To be honest, I can't believe he's coming so close to begin with, so anything is possible. What if I get a chance to exchange a few words or just ask for the autograph, what would I want to say about myself with what I wear? It occupied me in the nicest possible way, because I started thinking about the whole concept of expressing ourselves, how we do it, what we use to do it and why we do it. The more I was thinking, the clearer it was to me that what I wanted to wear boils down to the very basics. I want to be just me in whatever I choose to wear and I wanted to say “I feel your music and your poetry.”</p> </p> <p>Favourite jacket, white button up shirt, skinnies, boots. And pearl necklace. This outfit is 100% me, when expressed through what I put on. It’s comfortable. It’s flattering the way I wanted to achieve flattery. I wear my husband’s shirt, the one he bought when we started living together and&nbsp;which you’ve last seen in the Challenge Chain when Joy masterfully commented that I ended up in my husband’s arms. Oh how that sealed it in the list of items to save from the burning house! The necklace is made of real pearls, the one I wore on my wedding day, something the Artist also mentions in one of his poignant songs. This song has added significance because one of my best friends loves it very much, thus making me love the song even more, which in turn makes me even more pleased to wear the necklace today.&nbsp;So, so much meaning and significance in everything. Happiness factor through the roof.</p> </p> <p>Adding my black waterfall cardigan in the bag for layering&nbsp;just in case it gets cold.</p> </p> <p>Last thread for today, I promise. I had to do something with myself, I've been&nbsp;sitting and waiting to leave for the past hour… this is Christmas Eve sort of waiting.</p> <p> <div><br />ETA: Adding photo taken at the end of 2.5 hour concert (and almost 1 hour of support band before that).&nbsp;<br />Yes, we met him. <br />Briefly.<br />More than&nbsp;enough for Memories.<br /></div> </p>