https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:33:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence/page/2#post-587469 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:22:53 +0000 Meredith1953 587469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ditto what CocoLion and ManidipaM said! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence/page/2#post-586048 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:22:18 +0000 ManidipaM 586048@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In the minority again, and Denise has already said what I was thinking. So ditto CocoLion!</p> <p>Also, &lt;3 the Glass quote from Sharon! So inspiring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585963 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:48:54 +0000 Jaime 585963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love that blouse on you and it works with the skirt. It is the tights and shoes that bother me - maybe they are the wrong tone for the skirt? Would love a look at those oxfords though!</p> <p>I share your feeling of lack of inspiration lately, but I think it is just the normal ebb and flow of things. I love the Ira Glass quote and it says it all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585929 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:26:45 +0000 ironkurtin 585929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My sister is a lawyer and I always wanted to dress her. If I'd made that sort of corporate salary, I would have SO splashed out! Man, the beautiful suits I would have worn...</p> <p>But back to you. You do friendlier-type personal law, right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585924 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:24:30 +0000 catgirl 585924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aida, I haven't! That was my hope for the stupid quilted jacket purchase. Thanks for echoing my concerns. Maybe this blouse will work with the slouchy orange pants? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585922 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:23:03 +0000 Aida 585922@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm I think this blouse needs either something less classic or more tough on the bottom for you. I love Heather's suggestions! Did you ever find a work-appropriate leather jacket? That could also work with this outfit as styled here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585784 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:02:27 +0000 Anonymous 585784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You might have a point Suz, in fact I had just taken a second look and decided I liked the tights more this time. The shoes still aren't working for me thought. (Maybe I should take a third look : ) ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585782 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:00:23 +0000 Suz 585782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also wanted to say that I am wondering if the lighting is affecting our view of the colour values of tights/shoes. Sometimes I notice that happens, particularly with tights. So the discrepancy some of us have noticed may not be visible IRL. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585781 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:59:41 +0000 Anonymous 585781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The tucking may be out of your comfort zone but it looks really good. I like the blouse and skirt together. I think the problem is the tights and shoes are muted and don't stand up well to the brightness of the upper half. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585776 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:53:32 +0000 celia 585776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, I am sorry that you feel like that.I think we all go through periods like this, but they happen before a great leap forward.<br /> Personally I don't see anything wrong with this outfit .Transitional dressing is hard, don't be too hard on yourself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585762 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:23:17 +0000 Sona 585762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una I'm loving the skirt and blouse but the lower half isthrowing me for a loop. not sure if the palette in total is not making it for 'my eye'. I'm hoping Angie chimes in soon! But no matter what you are always and ( look) fab !!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585726 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:26:31 +0000 Suz 585726@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Urgh! I feel your pain. I am having similar seasonal problems. I think we should be excused for an extra long recess until "breakup" is over. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585723 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:23:51 +0000 Transcona Shannon 585723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok...I've looked at your outfit about 6 times in the last hour figuring out what I think and what I see...so take it FWIW.</p> <p>I really like the blouse and skirt and think they work well together - both in colour and in proportion and I really like them on you. But there's something about the tights and shoes that aren't working with the outfit. I don't know if it's the colour or if it's the heavier texture with the spring-y outfit. I think if you change out the tights and shoes, this could really work very well. </p> <p>Don't beat yourself up Una - we're all allowed a day here or there where we're not sure. You have WAY more hits than misses girl!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585721 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:22:17 +0000 CocoLion 585721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una -- you should feel very confident in this outfit. It is polished, professional and very stylish! The silhouettes are all classic -- the pencil skirt, the silk button down, and the lace up oxfords. But there it stops. Everything else is very on trend but in a subtle way -- stripes, cobalt blue bottom, patterned stockings and shoes that tonally match the stockings. I really think this is one of your best!</p> <p>ETA -- First of all, LOVE that Ira Glass quote! Thanks Sharon.<br /> Second, I see that I am an exception in my opinion of this outfit. I feel that black boots, sheer black stockings -- all of that would bring the outfit into a more predictable sphere. The only comment I paused on for a second was to shorten the skirt a bit. But it also works at this longer length, which is the style right now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585716 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:08:50 +0000 Heather 585716@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Millions of Warm Hugs!</p> <p>Okay, Lady! You got this!</p> <p>Black skirt, black tights, quilted booties, Equipment blouse and JCrew tomato red jacket. BOOM. When you are sick of that blouse, you are welcome to mail it South.</p> <p>I do indeed enjoy this blouse with the Blue. So....rocking it with the blue skirt, I suggest changing your hosiery and shoes....also for casual wear.....wait for it.....THE BLUE SKINNIES. Also, a pair of dark jeans with this blouse and the JCrew Tomato Red jacket and boots (of course) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585703 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:35:54 +0000 morethanbeige 585703@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, it seems I am often cycling through feeling confident and then lacking confidence with my style. Whenever I try something new, it always upsets the apple cart! Could this just be growth?!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585702 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:35:36 +0000 Sarah A 585702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I dont perhaps have much outfit advice but love sharon's description of trying to make "our artwork" reflect ourselves. also, it is so nice to hear we all have frustrating days since when we are in that conundrum it is frustrating and can be overwhelming... hope your non-stop meetings go well and that tomorrow is a happy fashion day! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585696 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:21:51 +0000 rachylou 585696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It occurs to me that your skirt and top are 'spring' and your shoes and stockings are 'winter' (albeit not an Alaska winter). And that is the problem of spring. I find spring to be not its own season so much as part winter, part half-hearted attempts at summer. I don't feel this way about fall. You get hot and cold days too, but they're more vigorous. Spring is tentative. I think this makes it a very, very tough season.</p> <p>Btw, your skirt and top are great colors for this spring. You should run with that. Or, if not, I should! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585690 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:13:18 +0000 Sylvie 585690@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you have to wear shoes? It occurs to me that your fantastic heeled grey boots would look really nice with this outfit. Somehow the oxford color isn't working for me with the grey tights + bright colors. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585630 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:54:46 +0000 Isabel 585630@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sharon, what a GREAT quote. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585618 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:48:19 +0000 Anonymous 585618@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Don't feel bad! </p> <p>This outfit may not feel 'Una' and it probably feels wrong, but it doesn't mean you won't ever be able to put together an outfit again. </p> <p>It's the same with any other creative endeavor. Some days one is prolific with churning out amazing results, some days one has too much occupying their head space and can't come up with anything. </p> <p>You are definitely not a beginner, and you definitely have taste. Here's an Ira Glass quote for you!</p> <p>“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.” </p> <p>Everybody goes through cycles of feeling like they aren't producing fantastic results, and everybody should learn from their mistakes. </p> <p>Just have hope your creative spark will come back </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585613 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:44:36 +0000 harmonica 585613@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like this a lot! I love the colours of the skirt and the blouse together, and the tights and shoes are great too. The blouse looks super when tucked. Effortlessly stylish, as others have mentioned. </p> <p>UWP?? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585611 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:42:28 +0000 Isabel 585611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to agree with IK, this doesn't strike me as "Una". The pieces individually are great, but I can see that you don't feel good in this. I think that the skirt may be too long for you. IMO. It comes across as being more conservative than the rest of your outfit..I think that if it was shorter it would be "sassier".</p> <p>I think that weather transitions are always tough. Footwear is especially hard, as is outerwear, for me. I also think that no one can be 100% ( ok, maybe Angie but do not compare yourself !!!! ) so don't beat yourself up for the jacket misstep. Trust your instincts a bit more..you have great ones...and tailor your clothes to make them more YOU !!!!!!!!! I really think that if you take the skirt up, it will help a ton !!</p> <p>Hang in there !!!!!!! You are inspirational to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585600 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:35:55 +0000 cinnamon fern 585600@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It occurs to me I should probably not make suggestions to you, AG - I look at this top and this skirt and your hair and think: knee-high, pointy black boots. But I cannot imagine that on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585598 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:33:06 +0000 ironkurtin 585598@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Don't get me wrong, Una, you transform everything you wear! I just wonder if you'd be more comfortable in your own skin with maybe a different top - that's the part that's striking me as hard to style, but it may just be me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585591 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:27:39 +0000 kellygirl 585591@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this. It's is very striking and polished and the hosiery/shoes add an element of fun. It's not UWP but it is gorgeous! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585588 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:26:36 +0000 cinnamon fern 585588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The top and skirt look great to me. But I agree with IK that the shoes and tights seem like they go with another outfit ... I think something less muted would be better. Black sheers and black shoes/boots? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585578 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:13:36 +0000 ironkurtin 585578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hm, something about this strikes me as not very you. It is certainly professional! The shirt matches the skirt. And the tights match the shoes. But I'm not sure they match each other. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585573 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:08:52 +0000 Anonymous 585573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love that blouse tucked into the skirt! The two of them are a match made in heaven, so relax it's very good on you. I like how you added a little UWP flair with the tights and shoes, which will likely be tucked under your desk or conference table. Very cheeky, that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-crisis-of-confidence#post-585567 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:05:59 +0000 bj1111 585567@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>good looking outfit. anyway, why should looking effortlessly stylish be effotrless. all good things are worth the effort. </p>