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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: WIW: Sunday casual https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-sunday-casual Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 07 May 2026 12:07:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php Isabel on "WIW: Sunday casual" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-sunday-casual#post-1379646 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:21:36 +0000 Isabel 1379646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ AG, interesting that you ask that question. I read recently that it should be 80-20.  But as you know, I don't like generalizations ( which is why I didn't like Nina Garcia's 100 things every woman should own ). I think that it is different for everyone.  Suz brought up a really good point about getting bored.  Maybe that means tilting toward 50-50.  Maybe 30-70.  I don't know. I had to divide it up into 3 parts.  I realized that essentials and statements didn't work as descriptors for me and what I wanted.  And for some reason this has become very important in how I look at my wardrobe.  I can't explain why but it just makes me feel so much more secure ( if you will ) in knowing that I got everything covered.  I have no problem getting dress in a way that I like and that functions :  I find myself no longer standing in front of my clothes and wondering what to wear  ( " Well, that is ok...but I have never really liked that color."  "  That top really only looks good with those pants..but where are those pants ? "   ) I also have plenty of what I like to wear :  essentials in neurtal colors ( Elly touched upon this when she said that she loves her essentials. )  So, I really need  3 main capsules :   Essentials  70% Expanders/add ons  15% Statements              15 % For me, the essentials is the largest capsule.  my expanders and statements are like the sprinkles on a white frosted cake.  I like the frosting showing a lot.   You on the other hand my work in a somewhat reverse manner to me :   Statements - more sprinkles because you love sprinkles Expanders/add-ons - to me , like your sweatshirt.  Functional, cute Essentials - a little frosting to glue the sprinkles together because you like less frosting because that is the only thing that the frosting is good for.   Thistle on "WIW: Sunday casual" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-sunday-casual#post-1379562 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:04:17 +0000 Thistle 1379562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Fabulous weekend casual!  You look terrific all the way around. catgirl on "WIW: Sunday casual" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-sunday-casual#post-1379558 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:00:54 +0000 catgirl 1379558@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Isabel, you always make me laugh! And think. Both good! I guess I'm trying to figure it out so I can figure out if it matters and why. Today I'm wearing the blue plaid Madewell dress Anna had posted and my Gidigio boots. Both statements, I think, but I do not feel "statement-y" at all - I just feel like myself. Black tights are an essential, though. So what does my personal statement to essential ratio need to be? That's what I'm pondering. Isabel on "WIW: Sunday casual" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-sunday-casual#post-1379425 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:50:55 +0000 Isabel 1379425@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Well, first you look awesome !  I love the sweatshirt.  I think that these fancy sweatshirts are such a great idea. I would say that if your wardrobe cannot function without a sweatshirt, this is what I like to call a "novelty essential".  It is modern and fun and essential.  Not just a plain, grey sweatshirt.  How about that for confusion !  LOL   If you can function well without a sweatshirt, then I wouldn't necessarily call this a statement.  I wrote the other day that I feel there is an in-between ( at least for me ) . I like to call it a wardrobe "expander", some sites call it "add-ons" .    It expands your essentials but isn't quite a "statement".     Your flocked pants are a statement.   I don't know if those semantics make a difference for you.  It has for me, so I am sorry if I am just confusing the issue more.  I will not be hurt if you just ignore me.  hahahahahaha, is there a "more confusion" badge ? Jaime on "WIW: Sunday casual" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-sunday-casual#post-1379419 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:43:11 +0000 Jaime 1379419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Agree fab essential! Lynne on "WIW: Sunday casual" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-sunday-casual#post-1379354 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:35:30 +0000 Lynne 1379354@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Woohoo!  I actually love the second outfit; the deeper colours and lower contrast work really well, to my eye.  Love your new do, too :). catgirl on "WIW: Sunday casual" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-sunday-casual#post-1379247 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 03:06:36 +0000 catgirl 1379247@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Karie, I can't return these now. :(. I think another size down would work but that would be 2 sizes down from my usual - who could have known?! Meow on "WIW: Sunday casual" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-sunday-casual#post-1379238 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 02:55:29 +0000 Meow 1379238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Sweatshirt essential. Sunglasses -def statement, hair - statement. All fab! Karie on "WIW: Sunday casual" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-sunday-casual#post-1379233 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 02:47:56 +0000 Karie 1379233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'd say essential, and like Mary said, a fab essential. That's too bad that the KUTs stretched out. I think you mentioned on another thread that you were going to try the smaller size. Did you? MsMary on "WIW: Sunday casual" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-sunday-casual#post-1379213 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 02:23:51 +0000 MsMary 1379213@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ From here I can't see the quilting detail so the sweatshirt looks like a fab essential to me.  Both these outfits are weekendtastic! catgirl on "WIW: Sunday casual" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-sunday-casual#post-1379193 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 02:00:35 +0000 catgirl 1379193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ This F21 quilted sweatshirt is becoming quite a weekend favorite.  Is this an essential or a statement?   Worn with the the TR Camerons (E?) Also a pic of the stretched out Kuts....