https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 14 May 2026 09:53:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692945 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:30:06 +0000 amyreh 692945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those shoes are just perfect with this, love it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692816 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:32:58 +0000 Ornella 692816@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone.</p> <p>B&amp;W bracelet for anyone else? No promises a, but I'm going back to England in October and will check the shop where I bought it, you never know... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692674 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:10:37 +0000 Angie 692674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeously elegant and statuesque as usual! </p> <p>Cute bunny and Mars-mobile too </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692654 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:47:29 +0000 Anonymous 692654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the white skirt with the black top (a look I wore just last week). I only wish I had your fab bracelet to complete it! Hats off to your creative DS, too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692578 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:12:51 +0000 Anonymous 692578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look so chic with the black-and-white scheme and the ponytail! I love this! And what a clever son, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692534 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:23:15 +0000 ramya 692534@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>U look awesome ornella </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692533 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:21:05 +0000 Mona 692533@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those are cute shoes and the outift is really fab. Your son is so creative. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692530 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:12:47 +0000 Astrid 692530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love your look! Such a nice summer outfit and so 'you'. I also love your hair pulled back, that's definitely a great fall-back hairstyle. I'm also looking forward to see some cycling wardrobe in the near future. I'd love to use my bike more, but I have to admit I'm a bit scared of the traffic.</p> <p>And I love the mars explorer! When I went to say goodbye to my little brother (9) yesterday morning he was already up and building Lego. He's reading The Hobbit at the moment and so decided two weeks ago to recreate all the places and things he was reading about. He's as exact as your son when it comes to Lego, it has to be just so. I have now idea how he finds anything in all the Lego boxes he has (his own and all the ones handed down from my dad and us three older siblings). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692527 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:57:23 +0000 Ornella 692527@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone for your kind comments. I'm sorry that our different time zones don't allow me to be more interactive at the time when you actually post your comments, but I'm usually asleep when most of you just start your day.</p> <p>Thank you also for your kind words about my son and his creation, as much as the sea of Legos drive me nuts sometimes, I myself admire his clear ideas and focus on which exact parts he needs when he's building something. He takes no second bests, just what he wants. Only when I convince him even I can't find the exact brick in the exact color he wants, he agrees to use the one in different color - but only until we come across the one he originally had in mind. Something to be learnt there (?) Big wave to all the other big and little enthusiast out there.</p> <p>To say I'm pleased with your comments about the hair is quite an understatement, so I'll just take your comments as an encouragement to use this as fast fall-back hairstyle FFHS ;-)</p> <p>@Sveta, Suz, I have paid attention the fashion and style around me, of course, it's natural curiosity if anything, but I probably still have too small sample to draw any conclusions form. I hang around parks and playgrounds the most, walk a lot and am not in the office environment.<br /> Apart from the jeans + tees, I see a lot of tunic + cropped bottoms. Since this place must be a cycling capital of Europe (sorry Amsterdam) and there's a huge student population due to a well known university, I have a whole new niche to pay attention to and watch how women in particular dress for cycling. Practicality while expressing individuality, it really is fun to notice little details. I am about to get a bike for myself after we return from the holiday, so stylish cycling wardrobe is particularly interesting.<br /> Scarves are a major accessory.<br /> One thing I am very pleased to see are a lot of elderly ladies and the care they put in their appearance is particularly inspiring. </p> <p>@Alecia, thank you chiming in and I completely understand what you're saying. I am happy you felt you could be this open as you've actually touched on the point I want to work on a lot more and I'm glad it is noticeable. As someone who's spent most of my life shopping for and dressing in what was available in my length, to start with, there is still so much re-wiring to be done in the way I approach the process and feedback like yours is extra-precious. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692477 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:42:00 +0000 jayne 692477@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah for nights out! Such fun to finally get to use something huh! Loved the B&amp;W, the bracelet, the adorable shoes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692412 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:46:18 +0000 Aida 692412@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The outfit is lovely of course, but your HAIR! Looks soooo good pulled back with the big fringe, WOW I just love it!! *ahem* Those cute sandals really make this outfit for me. And your son's rover is Very Awesome (I've started noticing an influx of bunnies where I live, too... wonder where they came from??) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692404 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:37:45 +0000 KathyL 692404@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great, classic outfit! We get so excited when we see a bunny in our yard. We actually saw one on Easter, so my girls got a kick out of that especially! Love your son's mars explorer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692403 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:37:19 +0000 MsMary 692403@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>O-mazing! Love the black and white, especially the shoes and that gorgeous bracelet! </p> <p>LOOKIT THE BUNNY!!! </p> <p>And I love your young man's spacecraft! So fab! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692369 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:34:35 +0000 Jaime 692369@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look very pretty with your hair back and in black and white. My son is double your son's age but would still love your son's Curiosity Mars explorer - his room is covered with lego as we speak. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692350 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:12:24 +0000 annagybe 692350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692349 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:11:28 +0000 Deborah 692349@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella, firstly my Master 9 is with me and thinks the Curiosity Mars Explorer is "awesome". He loves lego:)</p> <p>Secondly, great outfit. I love the simplicity of it. I have similar shoe with the peep toe and I wil be cleaning them up ready for our Spring thanks to your inspiration:)</p> <p>Cute bunny:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692340 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:01:44 +0000 Anonymous 692340@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this outfit. The ankle wrap shoes are really lovely. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692339 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:58:39 +0000 Suz 692339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your SHOES!! </p> <p>Love the outfit, too. Not to mention your cute bunny friend. And your son's creative project!</p> <p>Like Sveta, I am curious to know if you find the fashion different in Germany. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692337 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:55:03 +0000 Lisa 692337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Black and white is one of my favorite pairings in the summer months. And you hair is lovely pulled back. I rarely wear my hair down in warmer months, just too hot with long hair. Neat Mars vehicle too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692277 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:49:36 +0000 Vicki 692277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Black and white is elegance and simplicity at the same time! Then, to see the cute bunny, was such a nice bit of nature. Love it! Your son could get an internship at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. They would welcome this future young scientist! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692274 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:45:59 +0000 Sona 692274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>so simple but so chic. That's the European way to do it and you demonstrate it magnificiently If I may say so my dear! ( said in my best British/German hubrid accent!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692268 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:40:00 +0000 Transcona Shannon 692268@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this look on you Ornella! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692266 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:36:51 +0000 Alecia 692266@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella - I haven't been active on the forum much lately but had to pop in to tell you how incredible you look. Please don't take this the wrong way. I think your style has taken 5-years off your look since you started posting. I mean, you never looked old but your current classic look with current touches (i think when you first started your style was more traditionally classic) is so fresh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692265 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:35:56 +0000 Anonymous 692265@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Watch it, pil! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692263 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:33:43 +0000 pil 692263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looove the bracelet. I have a similar outfit that would work with. If the bracelet isn't at Shabby's it may be at my house : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692257 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:29:01 +0000 Anonymous 692257@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A-MAZING. Oh, and just in case your bracelet happens to go missing - it may or may not be in Southern Mississippi at Shabby's house. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692253 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:24:30 +0000 Sveta 692253@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like you with the hair pulled back: it allows to focus on your beautiful face. Very nice outfit, still casual but polished. How do people dress in Germany? Is it different from the UK?<br /> Your son is quite an engineer The bunny is adorable but I am so used to see a lot of wildlife on city streets in Canada that I did not get your excitement first </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-bw-for-casual-dinner-out#post-692248 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:17:08 +0000 Ornella 692248@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A simple outfit for the end of the day when we went to a dinner. The place is casual, but I didn't want to miss the opportunity to dress up a bit, so out came my white linen full skirt, to which I then added the black drapey top. Accessorized with b&amp;w bracelet. My hair is in a ponytail as a) it is that long after quite some time; b) I haven't even started looking for a new hairstylist after the move; and c) we've spent a day at the swimming pool nearby, so this was the easiest option.<br /> Bonus photo 1: this is what I saw from my balcony as I was taking a photo of the outfit - a bunny! (Sorry it's blurry.)<br /> Bonus photo 2: I've downloaded and organized the latest batch of photos form my camera while watching the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, and thought I'd show off with the latest creation of my 5year old son - his very own Curiosity Mars explorer (as he calls it).</p> <p>Thanks for stopping by and have a nice Sunday </p>