https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-happiness-factor-experiments-burnt-toast Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 17 May 2026 00:29:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-happiness-factor-experiments-burnt-toast#post-829428 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:37:43 +0000 Deborah 829428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think this is bad at all. But as you are asking, I don't think you need the belt. I would wear a chunky scarf and leave everything else as is. Love your boots:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-happiness-factor-experiments-burnt-toast#post-829399 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:42:50 +0000 jayne 829399@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm, I would also feel less than fab in this. I guess the slacks are too loose when you have a loose top/card like that. Suggestion, a pair of slimmer waxed jeans? for shine and stiffness against the soft cardi ( I found a brown pair at jcpenny for 26 dollars and love em). Or just jeans actually, since a blue color against taupe is lovely! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-happiness-factor-experiments-burnt-toast#post-829260 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:23:24 +0000 Suz 829260@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those are fab boots! And I love your thought process here...you are working it all out bit by bit. </p> <p>Do you wear button downs and turtlenecks and cowls? I think you might find they work with your proportions quite well. It is true that one might not work in this situation (though I do think a button down would, with the open neckline). Another option here would be a scarf at the neckline. </p> <p>This is a proportion I also find very tricky to wear. (Long sweater over pants). I actually think that keeping it tonal in this way helps a lot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-happiness-factor-experiments-burnt-toast#post-829201 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:16:05 +0000 Anonymous 829201@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do agree with you on the belting. I don't think this particular cardi is playing nicely with the belt, and yes, happiness is most important.</p> <p>love the boots! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-happiness-factor-experiments-burnt-toast#post-829110 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:15:08 +0000 JulieJohn 829110@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's not bad atall, but you know best. I like your slim shape, and I don't notice any bulge below the belt. I also like the neutrals on you. The belted look is deliberate without being affected. Nice!</p> <p>I look forward to seeing it with teal, and with the lower cut tank. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-happiness-factor-experiments-burnt-toast#post-829088 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:06:52 +0000 sarah 829088@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually, I don't think the neckline proportions are so bad, but if it's not meeting your happiness standards, then by all means, try your new idea. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-happiness-factor-experiments-burnt-toast#post-829003 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:14:57 +0000 unfrumped 829003@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here is WIW one day this week. This may be a good example for me of how the photo picks up things you tend to overlook just in the check-the-mirror evaluation.</p> <p>I'm trying belted longer sweater over pants (well, obviously). I loved this taupey-beige linen sweater from Talbot's even though long is usually not my style. Tonal look--very neutral. Boots I picked up last year because of the cool-toned brown color which has been hard to find. They have crochet-lace side panels which is a little weird but in the early fall I thought it gave a lighter look, but usually they don't "show". So trying to create outfits with brown pants and boots.</p> <p>I liked it at the time because I felt empowered to experiment and try belting. Long-over-pants for me is tricky because I don't wear tall shoes so cuts me in half. Belting over "modern" pants is tricky because the pant waist falls below my natural waist but adds bulk in tummy and a waist-cinched belt tends to sit right above all of that. Hence I gravitated toward a kind of slung-belt that is angled from back to front. It is much easier for me to belt over a pencil skirt where the fabric is continuous and smooth in front or maybe pants that have a high, flat hollywood (?) waist</p> <p>This was a cold day so I used a wool-blend shell. Have worn this sweater before with a tank top that has a lower neckline, and that is more flattering (no pic). . Now in the photo I can see that quite clearly--the high shell neckline exacerbates the proportion problem. I could easily add color (teal is pretty) that way too and then consider tying in with a colored belt.</p> <p>Happiness? Not so up there now. I still think belting over this sweater is still a possibility but I need different bottom part of outfit. The tonal look went too far into boring, too.</p> <p>Using the happiness factor, I'm thinking this is a do-not-repeat outfit. Not because that would be a crime, but because if I create another one that looks better, I would want to wear it more. </p> <p>Back to the kitchen!</p> <p>That might be a shift in thinking for me, to be more ruthless!<br /> Another shift would be to think of individual items as part of more experiments. As in, yeah, that's right, I wore this sweater once a week for the last 3 weeks but now I finally got it right! I mean, who cares, and in the end you've nailed a look. I have not done that enough, I think. SYC sessions are great for that of course but sometimes you think it's okay until you launch it. </p>