https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:04:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605633 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:42:02 +0000 Carole 605633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fab-tastic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605627 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:38:13 +0000 bj1111 605627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>but i didn't inhale...promise!</p> <p>:D </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605424 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:30:21 +0000 Anonymous 605424@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perfection head to toe, love, love, love! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605415 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:13:51 +0000 ManidipaM 605415@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mmm. This is just lovely, Shannon! I'm glad you wore it, and gladder still that you continue to feel great in it and *confident*, despite any (ahem!) comments! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605364 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:01:25 +0000 Deborah 605364@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon awesome outfit and most definitely a 10! This outfit to me is very fashion forward, sleek and professional. it would be interesting to define what we view as conservative, it may be different things to different people?</p> <p>Peoples responses to our style choices say more about them than us and I think sometimes people can feel confronted and challenged by something "different". I am glad you are embracing your right to defy your environmental norm and having fun doing it. If I walked into your office and saw you today I would have to assume you're the boss! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605288 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:54:15 +0000 Scarlet 605288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this looks completely awesome. I am kind of surprised you feel blow back, but I don't know what your co-workers dress like. Keep on fighting the good fight, Shannon! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605187 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:04:46 +0000 Transcona Shannon 605187@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well - there ya go then - apparently I did have a retro/vintage element after all! Thanks MaryK/Aida! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605186 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:02:56 +0000 Aida 605186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's what I was thinking Mary, thanks. I mooshed 60s and 70s in my head and just wrote 70s (happens a lot). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605178 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:58:51 +0000 MsMary 605178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the graphic tee appeared in the 60s. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605139 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:21:33 +0000 Beth Ann 605139@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon: I think the neutral "column" with a bold topper is a great way to wear the slouchy trend -- it lengthens the whole body, particularly with the taupe shoes and has a lovely balance of flow and structure. Love it. And I know what it is to deal with more conservative environments. Being yourself with grace and confidence in itself gives others permission to do the same. Maybe you'll encourage others to find their own style instead of speaking their mind about yours! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605138 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:18:47 +0000 Aida 605138@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To me a graphic tee+flared jeans feels very 70s, and with skinny jeans/slouchy pants very 80s. That could just be me though.</p> <p>EDIT2: And of course the trousers themselves are a nod to the 80s.</p> <p>EDIT1: When did graphic tees first start popping up, fashion history buffs? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605135 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:17:00 +0000 Transcona Shannon 605135@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Really? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605133 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:15:02 +0000 Aida 605133@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The graphic tee! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605128 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:09:08 +0000 Transcona Shannon 605128@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know Claire? I didn't even think about a vintage/retro element today! What up with that? I did have the other elements of my rubric though: colour, structure, urban, classic...so I guess it's ok?!</p> <p>Shevia - now there's something I haven't been called in years..."cool". I'll have to tell my teenage son that (lol)! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605122 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:04:59 +0000 Anonymous 605122@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this outfit on you Shannon! I must have drunk the Kool-Aid because slouchy trousers look so normal to me now! (Just like boots with holes in the toes, who'd a thunk it?) I love the bright blazer on you and the way the printed top matches the pants. Is there a vintage element today? Maybe the slouchy trousers are a vintage-inspired nod to the 80's? Perhaps none of your cow-irkers have seen slouchy trousers in the stores, and those side-long glances are because they're scratching their heads trying to figure out if your pants are vintage or modern! Either way, you must have had fun snickering to yourself and knowing how fab you looked! FWIW, I think it's very flattering, too, just in a different way than we're used too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605121 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:02:43 +0000 Jaime 605121@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well whatever you call this outfit, I love it. I especially love your self confident pose. I think you look cool! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605067 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:48:51 +0000 Angie 605067@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agreed, Dianthus. This ensemble is a 10 on Shannon - as she already knows :)</p> <p>I think that conservative was the right word to use in your office context. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different/page/2#post-605064 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:44:42 +0000 Transcona Shannon 605064@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is an interesting conversation. I think the word "conservative" may have been the wrong word for me to choose when I posted the thread saying my office dresses conservatively...to be blunt, the more appropriate word would have been "boring"....unimaginative, colourless, shapeless...that sort of thing. In comparison, I felt rather cutting edge today.</p> <p>Angie - you can talk about me in the third person any time! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different#post-605059 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:41:44 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 605059@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Regardless of whether it is conservative or daring, it is a gorgeous outfit. I am really glad you took the chance and tried the pants and that you decided to go back for them at the end of the evening. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different#post-605052 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:33:38 +0000 Angie 605052@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>FWIW: </p> <p>Wow! Some of you and I are not on the same wavelength about what constitutes "conservative". Apart from the handbag - this is not a conservative outfit to my eye. Fashion forward shiny trousers and peep toe booties, graphic tee, classic blazer in a bright with fun lining. Throw in the statement hair and specs as the cherry on top. Ladies!!! - what are you smoking???</p> <p>:)</p> <p>Bootcut trousers or plain pencil skirt, classic pumps, knitted mock wrap top (or the like) is what I would call the more conservative side of Shannon's amazing sense of style. By NO means unstylish outfits, but more conservative than this ensemble. </p> <p>Don't mean to talk about you in third person Shannon (*blowing you a kiss*!)</p> <p>(Promise you I'm not jet lagged anymore!)</p> <p>Aida, I thought of you when I saw this outfit too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different#post-604958 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:40:36 +0000 Diana 604958@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This looks great, Shannon, and I agree that it does seem more conservative than some of your other outfits.</p> <p>I bet they'll stop noticing after a while, by the way... at this point, nobody in my lab bats an eyelash at the weird things I wear (weird compared to them, anyway). The only time people noticed was when I wore something very conservative, buttoned-up, and classic, and then I got lots of "what's the occasion?" comments. Go figure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different#post-604953 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:35:53 +0000 Aida 604953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this so much I can barely stand it! The bright pink blazer totally makes this for me. I am SO filing this away as slouchy-pant copycat inspiration for when I get mine hemmed up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different#post-604924 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:59:20 +0000 Mona 604924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I work in an office where people dress very very normal and my red jeans have attracted some raised eyebrows. I know what you mean. March on!!! Love your style and courage. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different#post-604892 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:15:48 +0000 bj1111 604892@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>yup, angie, it seems conservative in the context of other outfits shannon and others have posted. to my eye this is a grey pant, colored blazer, blouse combo that i see all the time. i agree that the shape of the trouser is fashion forward, but to me, the package tones down the super edgy aspect of the pant shape. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different#post-604880 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:52:09 +0000 Meredith1953 604880@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon!<br /> It looks gorgeous! I love that color combo. It is absolutely lovely and even you look great in the slouchies! Those Boutique 9 are just perfect with the pants and make your legs look really long! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different#post-604875 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:35:57 +0000 Anonymous 604875@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love it Shannon! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different#post-604860 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:24:27 +0000 Transcona Shannon 604860@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks ladies! </p> <p>Dianthus - the hemming just makes the pants hang/drape perfectly, doesn't it?I'm soooooo glad you talked me into trying these on - thank you!</p> <p>Jayne - I love these shoes and they are indeed toe comfy but I'm still having some issues with the elastic at the heel so am taking them to my cobbler to see what he can do. Other than that, they are very comfortable.</p> <p>Christieanne - thanks for the magenta jacket love! And if Wonder Woman ever retires, I'm doomed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different#post-604752 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:24:27 +0000 christieanne 604752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That jacket is an amazingly good color for you! I know we all want to focus on the trousers but really, the magenta jacket is a star.<br /> Trousers are perfect at that length (Wonder Woman strikes again!) and the combo is dead on. I love it and more than that, love that you are confident and happy with it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different#post-604751 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:23:15 +0000 jayne 604751@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a perfect outfit, I love the taupe of the trousers with the red of the jacket. Those are great colors to combine. And the more I see those shoes...the more tempted i get! Are you suuuure they are toe friendly comfy? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-slouchy-trousers-aka-its-not-easy-being-different#post-604747 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:17:12 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 604747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon, the hemming made the pants even better than they were and the were already fabyulous. Way to go!!! </p>