https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:49:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1282057 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 05:51:24 +0000 Adelfa 1282057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Alana, I would never cut you!</p> <p>Denise, what I could have said was, "Thank you!" I've read this can be a good way to respond to a back handed compliment and my little DD did this instinctively and it always had the gratifying effect of unsettling the "complimenter"!!!</p> <p>Thanks for the input about the sweater. One of my current mantras is that you never know until you try. I would have predicted that the V neckline was the most flattering but I agree with you, in this case it was the least flattering.</p> <p>Also thanks for the comment about the three colors! I wasn't sure but I really wanted to try it, and I felt fine in it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1282054 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 05:41:33 +0000 CocoLion 1282054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Grrrr… your boss's comment bugs me. &nbsp;It's a back-handed compliment for sure. &nbsp;You need to let her know how comfortable they are, that might appease her. &nbsp;Tell her they're almost as comfortable as Birkenstocks, which she might be able to relate to.</p> <p>As for the outfit, the work look is one of your best ever. &nbsp;The mix of three colors is subtly fashion forward, and the silhouettes are professional while also being perfectly flattering on you. &nbsp;The way the black Okalas tie in with the black pants seals the deal. &nbsp;You nailed it!</p> <p>I like the way you've tied the sweater in 3,4 and 5 best.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1282045 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 05:29:31 +0000 Alana in Canada 1282045@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think that jacket is so interesting. Both colours look lovely on you--and Rachylou is right, you look so sharp--I'm afraid I'd cut myself standing next to you. Just Gorgeous. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1282020 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 04:39:52 +0000 Adelfa 1282020@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy, that means my outfit is having precisely the effect I intended it to have! (hehe) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1282013 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 04:32:49 +0000 rachylou 1282013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know... so snazzy, I'm scared! Hehe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1282003 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 04:16:20 +0000 Adelfa 1282003@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>K, Aida, Firecracker, Celeste, Suz--I drive myself crazy! I am naturally indecisive which is why I try to help myself out by picking the outfit the night before. But then the next morning it's "I like this outfit but I think it's better for Friday when I have that meeting" or "It's cloudy out and this is a sunny outfit" or the shoes, the cardi, or I'm known to spend 20 minutes deciding on which invisible earrings or insignificant pendant will finish off the outfit just perfectly. And then I'm behind! Glad you understand!</p> <p>Ladywone, you are amazing in so many ways. Change three times a day! Did you ever read&nbsp;<i>Anna Karenina</i> where she visits wealthy people in the country and, intimidated by her hostess' amazing gown, she puts on her very best dress, only to realize that that was the first of about five clothing changes in the day, and each of her hostess' gowns is more sumptuous than the last! &nbsp;But I digress. I think you can handle a lot more sensory input than I can. Thrift stores are fun for you while for me they're instantly overwhelming. I strive for a simple, pared down style because that's all I can handle managing and looking at. But you are maximal! And so joyful while you're at it, my hat's off to you! (And thanks for saying my outfits are complex, that makes me oddly happy!)</p> <p>Angie and Gracie--we agree that #4 was a good way to wear this slightly different cardigan! I will remember that. I've found it hard to style so I'm glad to have this little solution in my back pocket. And yes, Gracie, I was warm enough!</p> <p>Shevia, isn't it odd? I wasn't looking for a signature shoe. It found me! I'm going to go with it! Sometimes I want to give some of my summer sandals some love but they never look as good!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1281961 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 03:37:00 +0000 Suz 1281961@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jody, you look amazing in that shade of green. Just gorgeous, and I adore the pairing with navy. I love this combination so, so much. Especially with the Okalas.&nbsp;</p> <p>I definitely have to tweak my outfits. Sometimes I will take my photos and look at them before deciding what to do, or sometimes I'll go back and forth to the mirror a bunch of times. Unless I go with a FFB outfit, that is.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1281950 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 03:31:54 +0000 LACeleste 1281950@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look super fab and I love seeing your beautiful Baby! &nbsp;Totally hear you on the outfit tweaks. &nbsp;Yes I do! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1281928 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 03:15:40 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1281928@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, yes, I forgot to answer your question. Yes, it happens to me often. Or, like Aida, if I think of an outfit in the evening, I completely change my mind about it in the morning. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1281861 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 02:17:27 +0000 Aida 1281861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#1 and #4 look like fab options to me! Great blouse (that color! the drape!). Hello big pretty doggie, walking outfit looks cute as usual ^^ If I've thought of an outfit the night before (doesn't happen too often), I almost always change something (or all of it) in the morning </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1281818 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 01:58:48 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1281818@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, those pants are awesome on you! I love how the leg covers the ankle strap, and it looks like you're wearing a different d'Orsay shoe. You get so many looks from those shoes. (Funny story about people at work noticing!) The colors are fab, too--the citron top on you is gorgeous. I agree that #4 is an attractive way to wear the jacket with that blouse. It shows just enough of the color.<br />Apricot is pretty on you, too. And give your beautiful dog a pat for me, will you? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1281814 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 01:56:39 +0000 Gracie 1281814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The silk citron blouse loves you back. I really like the cardi buttoned at the top too, with the citron popping under as an interesting accent to break the all dark column. I hope you were warm enough this time! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1281807 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 01:51:42 +0000 Jaime 1281807@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! Before I read your post I was thinking you should make the okalas your signature shoe - they are so very right on you. And then I read you have. Excellent! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1281797 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 01:46:46 +0000 Angie 1281797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I especially like #1 and #4, Jody. Fabulous. And your dog walking outfit is adorable - just like Baby.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1281757 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 01:18:33 +0000 Ledonna N. 1281757@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your outfits may seem simple to you but I see them as very complex and detailed oriented. I love this fit on you first off, and your animal is beautiful and BIG. Now I for one am a more is more person I wish I could change 2 or 3 times a day. It is the details, that is what I like it is was I search for it is what I love searching for. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1281724 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:50:47 +0000 Kristin L 1281724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do! I'll spend way to much time in the mornings making sure part of my outfit is just right. Then, I'll end up leaving something else at home.&nbsp;</p> <p>Your outfits look great.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-suits-other-half#post-1280870 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 04:01:09 +0000 Adelfa 1280870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Today was another meeting at Headquarters (does that sound sinister?) so I went more conservative. The pants are the linen/polyester Halogen suit ankle pants that I got a year ago. The shirt is my favorite top ever.</p> <p>I froze last week at HQ in a linen blend jacket, so for today&nbsp;I picked this moto-inspired rib cardigan. It was navy, but I hoped (partly tongue in cheek)&nbsp;I would look sophisticated and intentional pairing navy with black and lime, if anybody cared, lol. I rehearsed different ways of wearing it, and I thought fastened at the top (#4, which is different from #3)&nbsp;was cutest. But in the end I wore it cape-style (#5)&nbsp;as I needed to put it on and off frequently.</p> <p>At the end of the day my boss said, "Are those the same shoes as you have in tan?" I said yes and she said, "These look so dressy." This was inevitable--the whole program (composed of 50 women and gay men) is going to notice that I wear the same shoe in one of&nbsp;two colors almost every day. I'm good with that.</p> <p>For dog walking I tried a tee in a new-to-me apricot color. For $7.50 I decided to experiment.&nbsp;I like it!</p> <p>Pants and shirt picked by Rae. Shoes and shorts by Angie. Sweater, belt and tee by me.</p> <p>My outfits are very simple but I try hard to get little things as right as possible. I often have an outfit picked out the night before, but then something like how to fasten my cardi or which pair of shoes to wear derails me a little and I spend extra time on an outfit I thought was ready to go! Do you do this? </p>