https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 08:51:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102901 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:36:28 +0000 qfbrenda 1102901@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm loving this series!&nbsp; It echos so much of what I've been pinning lately... a narrow color scheme, simplicity... thanks for doing this and sharing it with us. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102844 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:23:14 +0000 Ornella 1102844@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, <b>Claire</b>, I think you have just <b>very&nbsp;clearly </b>rounded it all up with this:</p> <ul> <li><i>I think that careful curating paves the way to effortless dressing because the work has all been done on the front end.</i></li> </ul> There is <i><b><u>so, so&nbsp;much</u></b></i> in your response that I need to digest.<i><br /></i> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102839 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:10:43 +0000 Anonymous 1102839@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It was a busy week with company and I want to really sit down and digest your Flavia posts soon.&nbsp; I'm looking forward to your musings and discoveries as this is something that I also aspire to.<br />Your birthday party outfit may be my favorite of the week.&nbsp; Ah, the power of simplicity, great fit, and an interesting scarf. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102827 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:58:44 +0000 Lisa 1102827@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This has been a great experiment and I find the insights really helpful for myself to further refine my own personal style and shopping strategies.&nbsp; Thanks for sharing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102813 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:42:31 +0000 Anonymous 1102813@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think Flavia has secretly been inspired by&nbsp;<i>your&nbsp;</i>style Ornella! I can just imagine her conversing with her husband over coffee about the stylish young woman (YOU) in her class! Even if we don't copy another woman's style exactly, we can each learn so much from the other, as you are doing here. I love how you made this outfit more masculine for the little boy's party. :)</p> <p>This series has provided so much good fashion fodder to chew on and I thank you! I am really going to think on your formula:&nbsp;<i><b>intention+own=effortless</b></i> today. It has the ring of truth to it. I think that careful curating paves the way to effortless dressing because the work has all been done on the front end. Simple but not boring has been an aim of mine for a while now. And I even tried to articulate this once by asking the question, "would you rather have your outfits look good close-up, or from a distance?" or something like that. What I was getting at was, do you prefer showstopping outfits with lots going on? or subtle and refined and something you could gaze at up close and not be visually overwhelmed? By now, I'm thinking you can have both, but I'm attracted in the direction of uncomplicated these days. Great series; I can't wait for your recap!<i></i> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102786 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:02:24 +0000 Beth Ann 1102786@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a wonderful experiment!&nbsp; You look beautiful, Ornella, and these posts are helping me look at my wardrobe items in a new way! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102760 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 15:28:11 +0000 lyn67 1102760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loved the series of Flavia inspired outfits, and agree, Gaylene&nbsp; put the finger&nbsp;on the thing. </p> <p>And, yess, Ornella said it&nbsp;quintessential:</p> <p>Intention+own= efortless</p> <p>See&nbsp;about it&nbsp;all over in your cummulative post, Ornela!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102722 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 14:42:09 +0000 Suz 1102722@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This has been fascinating for me, as well. I am trailing along considerably behind the two of you (Ornella and Gaylene, I mean) but thinking similar thoughts and asking myself similar questions. My "no repeat" November brought them up in a different form.&nbsp;</p> <p>I also think of Alexandra's outfits -- her style shares much with yours, Ornella, right down to a reliance on black with punches of vivid colour very carefully chosen, and simple accessorizing. It has a definite Euro twist.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102670 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 10:28:05 +0000 Ornella 1102670@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To be honest <b>Gaylene</b>, your post captures most of what I wanted to mention in my learnings from this experiment - <b>intention</b> being the crucial one. Being aware of why we choose something because, as I see it, it essentially helps to&nbsp;<b>own</b> the look. This is the key to wearing it confidently, which&nbsp;in turn projects the that&nbsp;<b>effortless</b> vibe we keep getting back to.</p> <p>Could this be the definition of the possible formula:&nbsp;<b>intention +&nbsp;</b><b>own =&nbsp;</b><b>effortless </b>?</p> <p>I hope you won't mind that I'll quote part of your post, because you've expressed some things so eloquently and I see no point in rephrasing them.&nbsp;</p> <p>It's been a pleasure&nbsp;:-)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102337 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:10:28 +0000 Gaylene 1102337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's I who have to thank<b> you</b>, Ornella!</p> <p>Your musings about Flavia, and your stunning outfits, really clicked something that has been nagging at me for a long time. How do you keep simple and elegant--<b>well</b>--simple and elegant as opposed to boring and bland? I look in my closet and see the elements but, as I'm slowly figuring out, that's just the starting point. Your original Flavia thread completely captured what I wanted <p><i><b>Nothing about Flavia's appearance is loud. But everything is so, so<br /> good...Her clothes are very uncomplicated...There is an ease about her appearance, both in her attitude to life and in her outfits.</b></i></p> <p>But figuring out how to achieve this was a totally different story.</p> <p>Things start clicking when I saw how powerful and expressive your scarf outfit looked--nothing boring and bland there! But it was your decision to introduce color that really made me start to think about the elements we use to put interest into our outfits. Color is an obvious choice because it brings us so much pleasure and it is easy to adopt as a "signature". And, like you, I'd never want to eliminate it from my wardrobe--I'm not that much of a minimalist. </p> <p>But Carter's comment:&nbsp; <i>Whatever it is, it's intentional, not just something that "goes"</i>, and your thoughts on distilling down, and the realization that something as small as a red cord on a pair of glasses could be important made me realize it's these interesting, <b>intentional</b>, thoughtful bits that really personalize our style.&nbsp;Our outfits become interesting because they are reflections of these small, but ever so deliberate, choices about what we want to say about ourselves, right down to the cord that wraps around our glasses, or the way we choose to tie a scarf around our necks, or the careful way we echo the buttons of a sweater with the bracelets on our wrist--<i>and it's the distilling, or simplicity, that makes the precision and<br /> thoughtfulness of our choices apparent because these subtle details<br /> don't get elbowed aside by a host of other attention-grabbing counterparts. <br /></i></p> <p>Thank you, Ornella--this series has been a total eye-opener for me!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102285 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 20:21:49 +0000 Astrid 1102285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fantastic look! And great for a birthday party. Your series was fun to look at, I'm looking forward to a roundup and your conclusions! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102272 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:48:14 +0000 Adelfa 1102272@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This post has given me a lot to think about. Can't wait for your roundup! And, you look fab! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102269 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:46:34 +0000 celia 1102269@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Although I didn't comment on the other ones I followed the Flavia Experiment with great interest.<br />You managed to create different outfits with different vibes and I wouldn't had focused on the 'simplicity ' of the different elements if you hadn't focused our attention on it.<br />In your first post of the series you referred that whenever we talk about Euro chic we think about french women but I personally think Italian(both men and women) have a degree of polish(ness) about them that makes them shine even in track suits.</p> <p>Loved this week of outfits and you gave me food for thought. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102267 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:44:50 +0000 Ornella 1102267@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Gaylene</b> :: you've left me stunned several times these past two days and it's not different today either.&nbsp;Although I was experimenting with the outfits your own analysis was making things clearer to me along the way. I am very grateful to you&nbsp;for that.</p> <p><b>E</b> :: thank you very much </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102208 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 18:23:31 +0000 E 1102208@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look stunning! But perfectly appropriate for a child's&nbsp;birthday party. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102196 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:57:40 +0000 Gaylene 1102196@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sure your muse would be applauding your outfits this week and I'm going to be eagerly awaiting your thoughts about working with this style. I've learned so much through this week that I'm really putting into play with my own outfits. And it seems to be paying off. Last night, I was meeting a few friends for a drink and a movie in my standard jeans, sweater, boots, and peacoat outfit. This time, though, I tried to approach everything with a Flavia eye; my husband's reaction when I came downstairs was an unequivocal "Wow!"--not too bad after 40+ years of marriage! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102189 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:46:32 +0000 Anonymous 1102189@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This looks adorable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-5---weekends-second-birthday-party-for-flavia#post-1102188 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:44:54 +0000 Ornella 1102188@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For the second birthday party of the weekend, the little boy's one, I think Flavia would have chosen to go for slightly more masculine vibe of the outfit. Compared to <b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-day-4---flavia-the-home-party-guest">yesterday</a></b> instead of skirt there is jeans, instead of girly shoes there are boots, instead of daintier beaded bracelet there is chunky one and of there is course that scarf again.</p> </p> <p>This is the last outfit of the series as I'm playing Picture Perfect Challenge from tomorrow. One of these days I will post separate thread though with the outfits roundup and my observations. Thanks again for being with me on my latest style related journey, your constructive comments have made this experiment so very enjoyable and valuable.</p> </p>