https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:16:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1330359 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:51:29 +0000 CocoLion 1330359@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#2 and #3 are my favorites too. &nbsp;You wear dark colors extremely well. &nbsp;#Envy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1330352 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:44:12 +0000 abc 1330352@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love these shades of berries. I think we like the same kinds of colors. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1330348 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 01:39:25 +0000 Anonymous 1330348@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone for the nice words!</p> <p>Suz, it <i>is</i> kind of strange that a brand that can make heeled sandal booties comfy can't do the same for a simple wedge! I'm wondering if the straw on the wedge part somehow makes them&nbsp;less stable or shock-absorbing&nbsp;or something.</p> <p>Unfrumped, I can get confused about which&nbsp;cardigan length works best too! (Which is sort of&nbsp;ironic considering how often I wear them.) And I loved that thread, although it was kind of funny that the one&nbsp;thing <i>no one</i>&nbsp;thought looked particularly good -- longer cardigans with full skirts and dresses -- is something I do sometimes.&nbsp;It's actually interesting to hear you describe these as shorter, since I think of them as kind of mid-length. For me, I think this length goes with more than either cropped or oversized ones. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329968 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:04:27 +0000 unfrumped 1329968@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The print top looks pretty and very versatile with your other items, and the "pie colors" are great. I especially like the shorter cardigan lengths with the dresses. Cardigan lengths are something I struggle with or end up having to have too many--this or that length in this and that color (see earlier humorous YLF post on cardigan do's and don'ts--it's not even black and white, as it depends on so many other factors than the ones featured in that link. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329944 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:17:53 +0000 Laura 1329944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love all those combinations you put together! I'm taking notes right now from you as to what works </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329942 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:15:23 +0000 Angie 1329942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look terrific in skirts and dresses. I particularly like you in #1 and #5. Great silhouettes. Pass the pie.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329887 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:11:45 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1329887@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fantastic group of outfits - those berry shades are beautiful on you. I especially love the two dresses in #2 and #3. That is a fantastic silhouette.</p> <p>Mmmmmmmm....pie......... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329858 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:42:21 +0000 Suz 1329858@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I especially love #2 and #3.&nbsp;</p> <p>That is such a shame about the sandals in 2. Funny, because my VC bootie sandals are some of the most comfortable shoes I own (especially considering they are heels). But sometimes peeptoes can be a problem. Anyway, good for you for purging something that doesn't work for you.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329822 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:38:54 +0000 lyn67 1329822@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This made me hungry but&nbsp;am&nbsp;delighted by all your outfits! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329802 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:04:49 +0000 fuzzylogic 1329802@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bwahahaha! &nbsp;Pie!!!!</p> <p>I love all these on you, A! Particularly the silhouettes and dresses in&nbsp;2 and 3! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329759 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 04:30:40 +0000 Alana in Canada 1329759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look wonderful in the dress+cardigan "uniform" and those berry shades are your colours for sure. You look terrific in all of it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329750 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 04:06:47 +0000 Anonymous 1329750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gigi, I think you're onto something. Especially since it's always so hard to judge whether shoes are&nbsp;comfortable enough until you've worn them for a while. I actually just kept assuming these would be comfy because wedges usually are for me, and it took until I wore them all day for the first time last week to realize that they really weren't.</p> <p>E, they do wear them! They're not <i>super</i>-common, but there's a good chance of seeing at least one person in them at any outdoor bar during the summer. Especially if it's by the water. And a grayed darker purple does sound like it would be lovely on you. Yay on the purple yarn!</p> <p>Columbine, thanks! I definitely recommend any of the shoes I collected. Well, except for the black wedges I'm getting rid of. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329741 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 03:57:13 +0000 columbine(erin) 1329741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look lovely in the berry shades! And the shoes are so cute I need to look into them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329733 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 03:48:36 +0000 E 1329733@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hahahaha @ you in embroidered chinos! I think I've only seen those in catalogues: do people actually wear them? :o&nbsp;</p> <p>Mauve/dusty lavander is tragically rare, at least in the thrift stores around here. It's a colour I love: I wish I could find it more frequently.&nbsp;I can also do medium and darker purples as long as they're greyed, but once again difficult to find. And since it's a rarer colour, when I do come across it, chances are it's not in my size/style/fabric preferences.&nbsp;I got some delicious purple yarn though recently, so eventually I'll have a purple&nbsp;wool sweater at least! I'll have to make it a cardigan so I can wear it with everything. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329719 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 03:32:26 +0000 Gigi 1329719@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, can we now say that you are wearing pie? Ha ha.</p> <p>You always look so good in those dark jewel tones. My favorites are 3 and 5.</p> <p>I was wondering if those were your new black flats! It sounds like they're comfy. :)</p> <p>Too bad about the VC shoes. But good for you for being able to make the decision to get rid of them because you won't wear them. I swear that the shoe retailers make so much money because we're always in the store buying shoes, trying to find something comfortable. If they made comfortable shoes, we'd buy only half as many pairs, and they'd get only half as much money. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329713 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 03:22:43 +0000 Anonymous 1329713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, everyone! I love how I've made everyone hungry for dessert!</p> <p>E, I could see certain purple shades looking really gorgeous on you. Like maybe a dusty lavender or a mauve? Although I'm not sure how easy those are to find. And that's an interesting thought about the&nbsp;geography of wearing navy. I think DC may be&nbsp;second only to New England in the&nbsp;preppy kind of&nbsp;navy. So I almost have the opposite thing going on as you, where my eyes are&nbsp;just adjusted to navy being a standard color option for clothes, more than it might be elsewhere. Will <i>never</i> wear it in embroidered chinos, though.</p> <p>Thistle, you're totally right on comfortable shoes! I can be a little flexible sometimes on comfort, I admit, but I have to love the shoes much&nbsp;more than I love these.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329661 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:21:47 +0000 Jaime 1329661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look great in all shades of berries and your shoes are terrific too!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329659 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:21:38 +0000 Thistle 1329659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm, I suddenly feel hungry!</p> <p>You look lovely. I especially like #2. The dress is really smashing. And yes, uncomfortable shoes have no place in my wardrobe! Unhappy feet make me very fussy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329658 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:16:11 +0000 Anonymous 1329658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now I'm hungry for pie!&nbsp; You look so good in dresses.&nbsp; My favorites of these outfits are 1, 2 and 5, maybe for the berry colors. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329656 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:14:57 +0000 E 1329656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh I love them all! Your new floral blouse is beautiful on you &amp; all of those berry shades are just delicious (mmm...berries...cream...).</p> <p>I love navy with purple too, although my purple collection is sadly tiny&nbsp;(it's oddly tricky for me to find the right shades of purple that flatter me best...it's become a HEWI for me).</p> <p>I wonder if I'd love navy as much if I lived on the East coast. As it is, there isn't much of that style&nbsp;preppiness around here, so I never feel as if my navy reads preppy. Hmmm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-summer-berries#post-1329654 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:09:21 +0000 Anonymous 1329654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's been a while since I've posted outfits, so here's what I've been wearing to work&nbsp;in the last week. Apparently, the theme is deep berry shades. Blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, mmmm. With a little cream and the inevitable black.&nbsp;And now I'm craving&nbsp;pie.</p> <p>1: Was visiting my husband's family&nbsp;the other week, and ended up in Kohl's, which is never on my radar&nbsp;because there's none particularly convenient to me. The Vera Wang stuff looked especially nice, and kind of up my alley. For example, this&nbsp;flowered top, which&nbsp;came home with me.</p> <p>2: Standard dress and cardigan outfit. The only thing of note was that, after looking at these shoes (the VC wedges in my Finds) to potentially wear to a wedding I'm going to soon and deciding they were too casual, I started wondering why I don't just wear them on non-dress-up occasions. After I did for a day, I realized there <i>was</i> a good reason I don't.&nbsp;Namely, that they're not that comfortable and not quite cute enough to justify discomfort. So they're now in the donate pile.</p> <p>3: Another standard dress and cardigan, this time with dark purple flats.</p> <p>4: New top and black flats&nbsp;from NAS that I really like. It's especially nice to have a woven top that feels as effortless as a knit. The picture doesn't look great, but I think the outfit was cuter and more flattering in real life.</p> <p>5: Believe it or not, this was my attempt at a sheer sweater over a contrasting tank. The navy sweater does have a slightly meshy weave up close, and the tank is kind of rhubarb-colored (another good pie ingredient!), a little lighter than the skirt. I'm really starting to like wearing navy with deep purples. It's rich and interesting and manages to completely avoid preppiness, which is always hard with navy.</p>