https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-print-wide-pants-hope-for-non-photogenic Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:20:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-print-wide-pants-hope-for-non-photogenic#post-509910 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:55:43 +0000 Suz 509910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this post and everything about it! Those old pics are so cute (look at your doggies!) and you had great taste back then, as now! That jacket is lovely. The years are also treating you well. Thank you for sharing your tips with us! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-print-wide-pants-hope-for-non-photogenic#post-509903 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:45:40 +0000 mrseccentric 509903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you Natalie! Imogen's article is really helpful and nicely summarized - thank you for linking to it! my one quibble is camera height - if you put it at your shoulders and you're very busty it may emphasize this. Try experimenting with it lower. Somewhere between shoulders and hips works for most people.</p> <p>Thank you Rae! i can't believe it - you always looks so beautiful and natural in your pictures!!! Even more hope for people out there i don't think i ever actually cried, but i sure did feel like it sometimes. oy!</p> <p>aw, Shannon that is very sweet to hear You have a great smile that really shines through in your pictures, and you seem to feel more at ease in your recent photos. I can see results from your practicing! </p> <p>Hi Rachylou! thank you ~ #1! it is a fun picture, and i love seeing those poochies again.</p> <p>"...It's more like, someone came out for the morning paper and just accidentally kept on going. " oh, that is so true and you just crack me up the way you put it! The dangers of absentmindedness.....</p> <p>Happy Friday! steph </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-print-wide-pants-hope-for-non-photogenic#post-509726 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:29:07 +0000 rachylou 509726@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#1 is so adorable. But I have to say, it doesn't look like you at all!</p> <p>I was thinking more about palazzo pants. One of the things that I think helped during their turn in the '90s was that they were somehow more formal, dressy. Often in black. Paired with tailored jackets. As you say, structured. </p> <p>I was browsing this month's T&amp;C - or was it Lucky? - anyways, PJs as street wear has been on people's minds as a fringe trend for awhile. I think that's what we're seeing now with wide-leg pants. The thing is, I don't see that anything has been done to style them as street wear. It's more like, someone came out for the morning paper and just accidentally kept on going. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-print-wide-pants-hope-for-non-photogenic#post-509622 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:47:09 +0000 Transcona Shannon 509622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your post/comments Steph - learning to take flattering photos and posing is something I'm working on. Your insight is very helpful. And girl...you are ROCKIN' that look in #4. The top in particular in TDF! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-print-wide-pants-hope-for-non-photogenic#post-509620 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:45:46 +0000 rae 509620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love these pics, Steph! And it is great that you sorted out how to wear these pants already and can share your wisdom with the rest of us. </p> <p>I also used to think I was hopelessly un-photogenic! I used to cry when I saw pictures of myself - you are 100% right that posing and photos can be improved. I can't believe the difference these days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-print-wide-pants-hope-for-non-photogenic#post-509616 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:42:23 +0000 goldenpig 509616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are simply gorgeous! I love everything about #4! Steampunk Steph is right! And LOL about the printed pants. I had some blue floral wide pants in the 90's too, and I hemmed them up to imperfect pant length because I thought they were too long, haha!</p> <p>I agree that posing does make a lot of difference in how you look sometimes. Imogen had a great article with tips that I follow and it's helped me quite a bit:<br /> <a href="http://www.insideoutstyleblog.com/2011/07/how-to-pose-for-photographs-my-6-top-html.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.insideoutstyleblog......-html.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-print-wide-pants-hope-for-non-photogenic#post-509598 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:29:43 +0000 mrseccentric 509598@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you so much celia !! It's just research and practice, practice practice! steph </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-print-wide-pants-hope-for-non-photogenic#post-509595 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:28:11 +0000 mrseccentric 509595@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you Angie! You are a sport yourself - There's a certain day in April...... !!!!</p> <p>It would have been around 1995, the shoes little brown booties. Actually it was a pretty cute outfit and i liked it! But the camera and i have had a fraught relationship I chose the 3 &amp; 4 pic outfit because it also has a lot of volume on the lower half.</p> <p>Anyways, i'm always talking about not taking great pictures and having to learn how - i figured i better put up! Your post today was a fine excuse. Have a great day - and kiss 'you know who' for me! steph </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-print-wide-pants-hope-for-non-photogenic#post-509587 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:24:42 +0000 celia 509587@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for posting this.I am one that loves the wide leg printed pants and that for years also thought that couldn't look good in pics.<br /> But you are right, you do learn.<br /> And my oh my don't you look killer in your last pic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-print-wide-pants-hope-for-non-photogenic#post-509577 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:19:32 +0000 Angie 509577@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are such a sport, Steph. So fun!</p> <p>What year was it in pic #1? </p> <p>LOVE #4!! That's Steam Punk Steph's way </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-print-wide-pants-hope-for-non-photogenic#post-509574 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:16:15 +0000 mrseccentric 509574@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The response to Angie's post on printed wide leg pants today seems to point to this fad dying a short, painful death. I, like a few others on the forum, wore this style in the 1990's. I enjoyed the comfort and the feminine feel - a similar vibe to a skirt. I only had 2 pair, as the cut, print, and drape varied so much and it was hard to find ones i liked.</p> <p>In the first pic i'm wearing rayon floral pants with a denim shirt tied at hi-hip and a 1940's navy wool crepe jacket. Yes, that is a fuschia alligator clip in my hair - in my defense, i was not going out! Pic two gives you a look at the straw boater with navy grosgrain ribbon that i loved to wear with these pants, as well as the interior of my 1974 Dodge Dart.</p> <p>In short, what made printed wide leg pants work for me was adding structure (jacket, hat) and a little toughness (denim shirt). I believe this formula would still work today (provided i could find a pair i liked ;)</p> <p>As to topic two, pic one is about how i look in your average snapshot. I'm over 15 years younger in that pic and even looking at my youthful form i can't say that pic is all that flattering. But i have since learned how to pose, where to place the camera, a couple of makeup tricks and now i can come across as less disheveled and goofy, at least! </p> <p>To illustrate, Pic 3 is me in the same jacket in a 'going out' outfit. Pic 4 is without the jacket. I'm older but i have learned to take better pictures. Folks who know me say that generally i don't look as ridiculous in real life as i can come across in snapshots. I think my blog photos look a little *better* than i do in real life, or maybe me on a good day. </p> <p>What can i say, i come from a long line of very vain women! Anyways, i know some of you think you are also not very photogenic and i wanted to let you know that you can learn how to take pictures of yourself that you feel better about. I understand not wanting to go hog-wild with 'improving' every little thing. At the same time, you don't want to be so bothered by how you look that you avoid the camera and it's benefits.</p> <p>Hope this give a little encouragement for some of you- or at least a chuckle! steph </p>