https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-casual-summer-lbd-two-ways Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 30 May 2026 13:03:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-casual-summer-lbd-two-ways#post-687011 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:48:30 +0000 Angie 687011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I *love* this frock on you, Diana! I saw #1 and am launched into orbit. WOW! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-casual-summer-lbd-two-ways#post-687008 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:46:23 +0000 Diana 687008@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, ladies! I'm glad it's not reading as overwhelming volume. Although I do think I need to take "waist definition" out of my rubric these days! </p> <p>Lyn, the dress is not strapless! It actually has little spaghetti straps that my hair is covering up in the first photo. I can't do true strapless - it makes me too nervous that the top is going to fall down! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-casual-summer-lbd-two-ways#post-686930 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:12:09 +0000 lyn67 686930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Awesome! Love them both, never thought to wear a strapless dress with a topper like that! You are very skilled! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-casual-summer-lbd-two-ways#post-686861 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:50:33 +0000 Jaime 686861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love, especially with your amazing sweater! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-casual-summer-lbd-two-ways#post-686807 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 05:44:51 +0000 Ingunn 686807@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very feminine, soft, but definitely structured! I love both. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-casual-summer-lbd-two-ways#post-686805 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 05:34:59 +0000 fern 686805@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really love the way you wear the handknit, both here and and when you introduced it. I agree with Beth Ann - it's so light it doesn't read as volume. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-casual-summer-lbd-two-ways#post-686749 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:35:45 +0000 Beth Ann 686749@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So fresh and simple! I like it both ways! I think the eye reads the volume in the layered ensemble as fabric, not you! BTW -- I love the delicate open weave. This is so hard to do well! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-casual-summer-lbd-two-ways#post-686734 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:13:51 +0000 cjh 686734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So. Nice. LOVE this dress and how you have out these looks together. Good job. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-casual-summer-lbd-two-ways#post-686730 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:09:17 +0000 Makrame 686730@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love both of these. Your knitting skills are awesome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-casual-summer-lbd-two-ways#post-686721 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:56:23 +0000 Transcona Shannon 686721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely perfect Diana - x 2! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-casual-summer-lbd-two-ways#post-686718 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:51:03 +0000 Diana 686718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been looking all summer (since Angie's formula came out) for a suitable casual summer LBD, which must be woven, natural fibers, not too tight, and not too short. It seemed like everything I saw that fit those criteria turned out to be a muumuu. Well, I finally found one... hiding in the back of my closet. I wore this <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-picture-perfect-week-in-review"> last year during the picture perfect challenge </a>, but it was a little tight since I had gained a little weight last summer so it got shoved to the back of the closet and forgotten about until this past weekend. The extra pounds are gone this summer so it fits perfectly again, hooray! Plus the voluminous silhouette feels very of the moment to me even though the dress is several years old. </p> <p>I wore it as is, with platform sandals and straw bag, for dinner last night, and then repeated it today with my new handknit top on top and my fabric sling bag (no hardware to snag the top!). This is a lot of volume on volume, and I'm not sure it's the world's most flattering look, but I liked it a lot nevertheless. </p> <p>Gap dress, Naot sandals, Fossil straw bag, H&amp;M fabric bag. </p>