https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-fair-isle-trend--now-then Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:15:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-fair-isle-trend--now-then#post-1407285 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 02:18:49 +0000 Debora 1407285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun post! I don't have a photo, but I was wearing a cream Fair Isle sweater when I met my husband for the very first time on a cold February night in 1974. Fond memories. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-fair-isle-trend--now-then#post-1407281 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 02:07:25 +0000 retailgirl 1407281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Susan Bristol! I was a buyer for a specialty store in the eighties and Susan Btistol was one of our best vendors. We had the Fair Isles, but then they transitioned into embellished sweaters with skirts that coordinated. Very pretty, sort of a tyrolean type look. Clothing is so evocative! Talking about styles or brands can bring you right back to a time and place. ( I'm a little crazy; ask me about almost any event in my life and I can tell you what I was wearing! :-)) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-fair-isle-trend--now-then#post-1407254 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 01:14:30 +0000 Deborah 1407254@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to confess that I have never like this type of sweater, BUT you do look fab.&nbsp; Great photos. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-fair-isle-trend--now-then#post-1407100 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 21:51:06 +0000 kkards 1407100@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Retail girl and nebraskim, how I wish I still had one of mine (Susan Bristol's), but I actually wore them out. I remember my mom sewing leather patches on the elbows. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-fair-isle-trend--now-then#post-1407086 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 21:04:28 +0000 Nebraskim 1407086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had one in college that was lime green with a pink and yellow yoke. Straight out of the Official Preppy Handbook. I think it was from a long closed retailer Carroll Reed. I still have a cream, black and red one, a cardigan, purchased in 1986 at Eddie Bauer in Chicago. It's sort of Nordic and not so Scots. I love it and break it out when it's cold and it also works as a casual holiday sweater without overt holiday motifs. Both made of wool. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-fair-isle-trend--now-then#post-1407026 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 19:46:47 +0000 retailgirl 1407026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wish I had pictures of mine! In high school, in the late 60's, I had an oatmeal heather fair isle, label John Meyer of Norwich, which, along with Villager, was the brand to have. It cost about $15, which was a lot when the minimum wage was $1.50 and I got $.50 an hour for babysitting. They had a renaissance in the late 70's, and I bought two on a trip to Bermuda, ( my honeymoon, actually). They were Dean's of Scotland, one was a pretty bright pink and the other was a cobalt blue. From Trimingham's. I still have those. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-fair-isle-trend--now-then#post-1406939 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 17:13:00 +0000 Angie 1406939@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun vintage pics.&nbsp;</p> <p>You look super in #1. There is a time and a place for Fair Isle, and you look great. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-fair-isle-trend--now-then#post-1406873 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 14:34:41 +0000 Suz 1406873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun indeed! I had a pale sage green fair isle in high school but don't have a photo, alas.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-fair-isle-trend--now-then#post-1406854 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 13:46:59 +0000 kkards 1406854@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>shevia - i think that i wore a sweater like this everyday for 2 years, so i know that i would have a photo or 2. the 2nd picture is actually from summer camp, but it was in the mountains, so cool mornings and evenings.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-fair-isle-trend--now-then#post-1406843 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 13:26:35 +0000 Jaime 1406843@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow! I know I had a sweater like that but I don't think I have a picture. Fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-fair-isle-trend--now-then#post-1406838 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 13:15:57 +0000 kkards 1406838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>as i mentioned in Angie's blog post, i loved the Fair Isle sweater trend in high school/college and i love it now. The first picture is how i wore it yesterday to run errands. and yes, if it had been 10 degree's colder so that it was snowing instead of raining, i would have worn it with my Bean boots, you may not be able to go home again, but you can visit…..the other 2 pictures are from high school, notice the horrible perm in the 2nd throwback photo.&nbsp;<br />anyone else have old Fair Isle photo's they want to share?<br />as always, all comments and feedback welcome.&nbsp; </p>