https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:25:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress#post-1207011 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:17:37 +0000 Lyn D. 1207011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not a pink person but love your bag!<br />Pale enough to be a great neutral to me.<br />So hard when our loved-ones are ill- look after yourself especially at this time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress#post-1206987 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:57:56 +0000 Angie 1206987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad the trouser jeans are working out, Jennifer. (The 26 looked better before the wash to my eye,&nbsp;so rest assured they are the better fit). YES. It's super elegant swooshing around in wide hems, which you wear well. And at 5ft to boot. Love that. I am loving my new flared jeans too. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress#post-1206663 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 15:12:13 +0000 LACeleste 1206663@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i totally get what you are saying Shiny! &nbsp;Gorgeous bag and gorgeous you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress#post-1206656 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:57:15 +0000 shiny 1206656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YES, I am so glad I gave CM another try, Angie. Really enjoying all my recent sweater purchases there.&nbsp;</p> <p>And did you notice I went from uncertain to certain about the BR trouser jeans? I should've trusted your advice to return the 25's but the lesson has been learned. I didn't calculate so much shrinkage -- even if I could zip them, they'd be resigned to flats only, because they shrunk so much. Yet the 26s which I thought were too loose shrunk to perfection and now my mind has changed about them.&nbsp;</p> <p>Bonus points that they wound up to be PPL too. I can never quite get the PPL thing right -- I think it is because I'm flatter in the back, so an even hem will be too long in the back if it's just-right length in the front. These are now just perfectly *so,* I will wind up probably with frayed hem in the back as they just graze the floor there, but without catching on my heel. I felt very elegant swishing around the office&nbsp;in them yesterday.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress#post-1206611 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:56:46 +0000 Angie 1206611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That CM sweater is on my top picks list next week. The drape is sensational isn't it? You wear it to perfection. Gorgeous cut on you.&nbsp;Nice blush bag too.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress#post-1206578 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:28:11 +0000 Helena 1206578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great sweater - you look awesome </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress#post-1206568 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:21:41 +0000 Jaime 1206568@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also find clothes give me a soothing sense of control when things are otherwise pretty out of control. The bag and you look great and great together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress#post-1206564 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:19:53 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1206564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely outfits Shiny - and that pink Coach bag is drool-worthy. YLF is a great refuge when things get tough. Glad you can come here for some "happy time" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress#post-1206504 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:07:34 +0000 Suz 1206504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your sweater, jeans, and bag look fantastic and so does your hair. So glad you can get a minute of respite from the bad stress and have fun dressing for the good stress.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress#post-1206451 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 08:56:21 +0000 lyn67 1206451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel the same about the forum, Shiny-so you probable are in good companion here! Wish you easier days to come! </p> <p>Then, I like&nbsp;your new bag! I think it's working well with the blouse, too-don't feel too matchy-matchy-just matchy in a soft and proffesional&nbsp;way(to my eyes the two shades are different but close enough,&nbsp;to think&nbsp;rather coordinated!:-).</p> <p>I love your sweater in nr 1 sooo much,&nbsp;too! And am so happy you got the right PPL at least of one of your pants after washing and drying, but&nbsp;it all sucks to know exactly how much will they shrink...Shoes are great choices!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress#post-1206439 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:50:59 +0000 Lantana 1206439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I empathise with your feelings about the forum and I don't think a bit of frivolity goes astray in our hard-bitten world.<br /> That's a gorgeous sweater and the animal print adds a quirky touch to the second outfit. If you wore plain shoes with this you could wear an animal print scarf to add interest.<br /> Take care. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress#post-1206436 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:23:46 +0000 Golden 1206436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All of your pics look great and I love the pink bag! Perfect for spring and summer </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-for-good-stress#post-1206426 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 05:33:01 +0000 shiny 1206426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As I've intimated elsewhere life right now is a balance of good stress (new job) and bad stress (ailing in-laws). Have been ping-ponging between the two. YLF is my pleasant break where I can disconnect between those two realities and talk about clothes and ogle clothes I might want to buy and admire all you wonderful fashionable ladies. Which takes my mind off of everything else for a little while.&nbsp;Seems frivolous but it's keeping me sane. Thank you. :-)</p> <p>Here's two WiW's for work... unfortunately all I've got are bathroom selfies...&nbsp;</p> <p>pic 1-2-3&nbsp;<br />Club Monaco sweater<br />AG skinnies&nbsp;<br />Coach blush handbag&nbsp;</p> <p>pic 4-5<br />AT Legacy blush pink blouse<br />BR black cardigan with gold buttons<br />Coach bag<br />BR trouser jeans<br />Impo leopard booties</p> <p>The Coach bag I'd been eyeing for awhile, I finally bit. This&nbsp;is going to be my alternative to my usual&nbsp;white go-to&nbsp;bag for spring/summer. I usually don't do pink. But I fell in love with this. And so far it's validated itself, it's perfect size to fit everything I want to lug around, with lots of pockets to keep it all organized. My theory is that it'll work with any outfit I might normally want a white bag. In practice that's what I'm aiming for, but it's still a bit of a challenge for me since I look at it and think... hmmm... it's PINK ...especially right now, since it's still rather cold out.&nbsp;For example, I wonder if it is too matchy matchy with that blouse, and also with my current go-to Bernardo metallic puffer, and finding a scarf that'll tie it all together is huge challenge. I could use suggestions here!!!</p> <p>The BR trouser jeans..... I'd posted about these elsewhere. I kept both the 25S and the 26P's. I washed and dried both, twice, to get all the shrinkage out. And wound up with a 25S I cannot even zip. I don't think I can return them, so I've tucked them away for now, since I know my weight is on high side due to stress/winter so maybe I'll fit in them eventually, maybe not. </p> <p>Meanwhile the 26P's which I thought were too loose and needed hemming shrunk to a nearly perfect size. I know you can't see in this picture -- sorry best I can do right now--- but I wore them all day and did not futz with them. They did not stretch much at all throughout the day either, so washing/drying got nearly all the shrinkage out. There's no need at all to hem them -- though when I rec'd them they were 1-2 inches too long. Not anymore. That is a LOT of shrinkage, which is frustrating, when trying to determine K/R!!!! But I am happy now. They are PPL, you may be able to tell in pic 5... they are gracefully long, practically touching the floor.&nbsp;</p> <p>That said, they aren't uber-cool trouser jeans like Tanya's, but for work, they will totally suffice. This was the look I was going for. Conservative enough, with a bit of trendiness in the shoes peaking out...&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm going on and on now... pardon me for that. I will say the last week or so, I have realized just how important it is for me to feel comfortable in my clothes. Not just appropriate to the occasion, and feeling nice against my skin/not futzy, but also there is the control side of things. As I told my husband tonight, when there's so much stress going on (good OR bad), clothes are the one thing I can control, and that makes me feel I can handle anything thrown my way.&nbsp;</p> <p>I have to laugh at these crappy pics but it was totally therapeutic for me to take them, and now share them with such lovely women who I suspect will understand what I am saying here!</p>