https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-color-volume Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 01 May 2026 09:02:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-color-volume#post-1016012 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:42:33 +0000 Vickie KY 1016012@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the top and sweater.&nbsp;You look great in the bright colors.&nbsp;In person the pants may drape softly and be just right - but in the photo they are way too big.<br />Vickie </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-color-volume#post-1015520 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 04:13:37 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1015520@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>FlorenceF, I do get what you mean. Very good point. I think you've hit on what makes this outfit not a fave for me. I like the elements, just not so much together. I think I'd even like the bright cardi with the blouse, if paired with a bottom that is less of a statement. Bingo. Thank you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-color-volume#post-1015450 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:36:09 +0000 rachylou 1015450@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The&nbsp; pants are AWESOME! </p> <p></p> <p>p.s. I like the 3/4 sleeve sweaters over long sleeves. That's a cool way to do a cardigan.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-color-volume#post-1015339 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:56:24 +0000 Sara L. 1015339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like the striped blouse with the bright sweater. &nbsp;I can understand your discomfort though and like Beth Ann's suggestions to tone it down with a more neutral colored topper. &nbsp;The jeans look better to me after your alterations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-color-volume#post-1015284 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:09:02 +0000 FlorenceFearne 1015284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love these tops, I really like the pants, but for some reason I am not getting my head around the pairings of the two together. I can't put my finger on exactly why, but I think it might be because I feel like the pants should be the statement piece in the outfit, rather than functioning like&nbsp;regular jeans as a neutral? Or maybe&nbsp;I'd like them better with a shorter top?&nbsp;It just feels to me&nbsp;like there's a disconnect between top and bottom.&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm really not trying to be the one person that rains on the parade, but I wouldn't offer criticism if I didn't feel like the pieces all had a lot going for them. Plus&nbsp;I just think you're so smashing and chic, and these looks don't quite&nbsp;do you justice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-color-volume#post-1015250 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 23:44:18 +0000 kellygirl 1015250@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes, heels might take care of just that tiny bit of slouch in the calf area. You are a most excellent sewist! I still can't get over your boho blouse. WOW! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-color-volume#post-1015235 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 23:32:57 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1015235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Kellygirl! I suppose I could taper them more, but they are actually pretty narrow at the bottom edge now. Maybe heels would highlight the taper more. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-color-volume#post-1015163 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:42:54 +0000 kellygirl 1015163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the brights on you. I think the pants are cool--they look much better with your alteration. They seem like a fun silhouette to have in the closet. It seems as long as you keep the top streamlined, the bottoms will work. Can you taper them even more if you want?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-color-volume#post-1014491 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 06:19:36 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1014491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Beth Ann! <br />I have discovered the blouse looks great with a l<a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/hinge-quilted-leather-jacket/3437277?origin=category-personalizedsort&amp;contextualcategoryid=0&amp;fashionColor=GREY-+NICKEL&amp;resultback=46&amp;cm_sp=personalizedsort-_-browseresults-_-1_2_B" rel="nofollow">ight gray leather jacket</a> I bought the last day of NAS (and haven't photo'd yet). (The light stripe in the blouse is a pale warmish gray that I love.) And I wear it under a couple of v-neck cashmere sweaters in winter. But I don't want to cover it up that much all the time--ha! I think the bottoms have been the challenge--the blouse goes well with dark navy, and I don't have much in the way of dark navy bottoms. I think I should just wear it with my charcoals!<br />The cardi has been a workhorse this summer, actually; yes, I've worn it with everything--tan, brown, black, skirts, pants, shorts, white jeans, blue jeans, bright tops, neutral tops. It's such a fun color.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-color-volume#post-1014488 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:35:34 +0000 Beth Ann 1014488@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi!&nbsp; FC!&nbsp; I think you did a great job at finding a sweet spot for the volume of the trousers.&nbsp; Drape is so hard to photograph, but if you look closely, you get a sense of softness with the volume that hints at movement, and at the body beneath.</p> <p>I like the bright option best (surprise).&nbsp; I wonder, though about making more of what looks like a neutral taupe stripe in my monitor.&nbsp; Could you try a neutral topper to "tone down" the blouse.&nbsp; I love it as is, but I'm responding to your comfort level with brights.</p> <p>Have you tried the cardi with a neutral (tan, grey) pant or skirt?&nbsp; Or with a deep navy, cobalt, or brown? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-color-volume#post-1014482 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:04:52 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1014482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Today's outfit incorporates some things that I don't wear too often. <br />1. Bright color, a lot of it. <br />2. The blouse. I thought I'd wear it more than I do. It's awfully bright, whereas I prefer more subdued colors. And yet I bought it because I think it's pretty, and it does contain colors I like to wear. It just has that stripe of orange that amps up the whole effect. So I decided to top it off--or send it over the top!--with my orange sweater (a new purchase this spring--this color of orange turned out to be my new spring/summer color!).<br />3. The pants. I made them and wore them a little bit, then decided they were just too voluminous. So I took them in by a lot of inches. I like them better and have worn them a few times since the alterations. However, seeing the photos I'm wondering if they really look that much better. At least they do feel better, and I'm wearing them.</p> <p>So, today's outfit (photos 1 &amp; 2)<br />baggy pants in a lightweight dark denim fabric (made by me)<br />striped silk blouse (Equipment)<br />3/4 sleeve cardigan (Halogen)<br />metallic flats (AGL)<br />chain brushed silver necklace (Nordstrom, NAS this year), and brushed silver hoops (Nordstrom, several years ago)</p> <p>Photos 3 &amp;4 are the pants, before I made them smaller. </p> <p>This outfit felt pretty good, for a drizzly end-of-summer day. I would have liked to wear the blouse without the cardigan (I had on a cami under the blouse, since it's sheer, and it's very pretty this way, especially semi-tucked), but with A/C at work, I had to wear the cardi all day! </p> <p>Thoughts or suggestions?<br />Thanks for looking! </p>