https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-blue-a-sleeper-workhorse-and-cropped-pants Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:24:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-blue-a-sleeper-workhorse-and-cropped-pants#post-1151374 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 17:37:21 +0000 Suz 1151374@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love your story, Emily!! This shirt is like the boy you (almost) left behind.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-blue-a-sleeper-workhorse-and-cropped-pants#post-1151270 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:07:47 +0000 Anonymous 1151270@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha, love your post. The Shirt Lives! Looks great, Emily. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-blue-a-sleeper-workhorse-and-cropped-pants#post-1151268 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:03:46 +0000 Catnip 1151268@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The shirt looks current and well-fitting.&nbsp; I like the way it looks on you.&nbsp; Wish I could find something as flattering hiding somewhere in my closet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-blue-a-sleeper-workhorse-and-cropped-pants#post-1151263 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:57:54 +0000 Emily 1151263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Please forgive me for today's terrible picture. &nbsp;I included my Stylitics collage for a better idea of the colour and patterns of the pieces I am wearing! &nbsp;Today is day 2 of my self imposed +Blue/-Blue challenge. &nbsp;This week I am wearing all neutrals and blue, since it is the most worn colour in my wardrobe. &nbsp;Next week the real challenge - neutrals and NO blue! &nbsp;</p> <p>Today I am wearing my J.Crew Minnie ankle pants, black Aldo flats, American Eagle button down shirt, and Ricki's Zebra print cardigan in dark blue and black. &nbsp;Today we are rocking a high of -16 a current temperature of -21 (celsius), so I layered thermal socks and Timberland winter boots over top for the commute.</p> <p><b>The Shirt; or, The Story of a Sleeping Workhorse</b><br />&nbsp;I don't remember exactly when I bought The Shirt, but it was no later than 2008. &nbsp;I acquired it on sale from American Eagle back when they still sold womens' shirts in numbered sizes.&nbsp; In it's heyday, following it's original purchase, The Shirt was a staple in my tiny capsule of business casual attire. &nbsp;It went with me to work at a&nbsp;call centre fresh from college, then&nbsp;to interviews, and to my first real job. &nbsp;Later, as I expanded my professional wardrobe, it was&nbsp;shuffled gradually to the back of my closet.&nbsp;<br />The Shirt&nbsp;is made of chambray-like variegated blue cotton. &nbsp;The cuffs and collar are striped on the underside and this detail, combined with&nbsp;darts and princess seams that follow my curves like lines on a map, prompted my husband to refer to The Shirt as "your Mad Men shirt". &nbsp;The Shirt fits&nbsp;perfectly regardless weight fluctuation. &nbsp;It doesn't mind an iron, but looks perfectly presentable after being smoothed by hand&nbsp;and hung to dry.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />The Shirt&nbsp;has been dormant for years,&nbsp;unworn, hiding like a well-kept secret, surviving purges that sent serviceable but lesser shirts to Goodwill. &nbsp;Then, one morning, when I was wishing for a chambray shirt,&nbsp;I saw it's pale blue sleeve peeking out from between the other garments. &nbsp;"Wear me", it whispered. &nbsp;"I'm better for you than chambray". &nbsp;The Shirt was right. &nbsp;To my eyes it&nbsp;was fresh, new, reborn. &nbsp;Now it is The Shirt's moment to shine! </p>