https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2096017 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 14:54:19 +0000 Anonymous 2096017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It definitely doesn't look like your style, especially with the wide stripes, but the colors are good on you! Agreeing you should try it again in early spring as the light is changing. There seem to be a couple weeks in late March-April, that light colors feel right to me, before going back to normal! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095970 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:00:19 +0000 Jenni NZ 2095970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My first honest thought was... you are lucky to have a mother. I lost mine at my age 38.<br /> Second thought, I have already accepted that I don’t “get” my 20-something daughters’ styles, even though I enjoy what they wear. And I probably won’t try to choose for them much, only if I have major hints from them.<br /> Third, I like it on you!<br /> But fourth, I can see it’s not really your style.<br /> I agree with Bijou. Either shop alone or really stick to your guns on what you feel when with others. I tend to walk away if friends try to persuade. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095929 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 01:57:31 +0000 Bijou 2095929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love how you have styled this sweater - the jeans and boots really lift it. However, if if does not feel like you, I say give the sweater to a friend who will appreciate receiving a new sweater. This is exactly the sort of 'mistake' I make when shopping with others and the reason I prefer to shop alone. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095845 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 19:05:20 +0000 LAR101 2095845@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Outfit love.<br /> Love the outfit AND how you styled it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095688 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 06:19:21 +0000 Anonymous 2095688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I understand the motive behind the purchase and it does look good, but not really your style. This is why I prefer shopping by myself. You did a beautiful styling job but it does not look like your style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095682 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 03:57:54 +0000 Jaime 2095682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes it looks great and yes it does not look entirely you, or at least the you have presented so far. Interesting! If you want to try again, maybe pair it with jeans and tough shoes to play against the lightness of the colors. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095630 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:51:28 +0000 notsaf 2095630@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get it! This doesn't really look like *you* at all (and you know I love your style.) Almost all of my recent retirements were from a shopping outing with a friend, whom I love, but whose style doesn't really mesh with mine. KKards, I'll say it: you should wear as many dark colors as you like!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095625 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:59:49 +0000 Helena 2095625@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I echo that is does LOOK great, but if it doesn't feel that way, then what's the point?</p> <p>I did have the same thought as Kelly though - I wonder if it's the dissonance between the palette and the current season ... I know that's an issue for me with some of my lighter and brighter clothing ... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095622 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:24:36 +0000 nemosmom 2095622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, it certainly LOOKS good on you, but I totally understand. The way you've styled it is great. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095620 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:01:42 +0000 Cardiff girl 2095620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It’s very pretty.Thats mums for you,they always want their little girls to look pretty but I know what you mean! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095619 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:53:36 +0000 rachylou 2095619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That IS a pretty sweater on you, but I get it. I always seem to have an aqua sweater someone has given me that I absolutely loathe... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095617 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:40:05 +0000 MsMaven 2095617@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's a very pretty sweater--I like it. I wouldn't buy it for myself for the same reasons--those aren't colors I like to wear. Like Kelly said, maybe in spring you will like it more. The change in the brighter light and weather may help.&nbsp;</p> <p>Long ago I bought a brown dress my Mom liked when we were shopping together. She always tried to get me to wear brown or burnt orange. I avoid them like the plague now. I didn't like the summer colors she wore either, but I never told her. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095616 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:34:03 +0000 slim cat 2095616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For something that out of your comfort zone - it looks pretty good on you - good styling! <br />I wonder if you can wear it with your camouflage green pants and darker boots to toughen the look.&nbsp;<br />It maybe not only the light colors that give you uneasy feel but a wide vertical stripes too - it's a bit more challenging to wear and style. I'd probably try "to break" it with a pendant on a leather string. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095609 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:08:33 +0000 Jenn 2095609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't like those colors, and I can still see that it's a really lovely sweater. It's so true, though, that how something looks objectively and how we feel in it aren't necessarily in sync.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095608 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:08:29 +0000 kkards 2095608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for all the outfit love, you’ve proven what my mother is always telling me...your mother is always right! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095607 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:05:13 +0000 Angie 2095607@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>KILLER&nbsp;</p> <p>My fave for Jan :)</p> <p>Maybe you can reserve wearing the sweater for when you're with your Mama?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095606 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:04:27 +0000 JAileen 2095606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To be honest, it looks great on you. &nbsp;But I get that we want to wear certain colors and if something isn’t in that palette, then we just don’t want it. &nbsp;It was nice of you to make your mother happy, but she might get the idea that these colors are now acceptable, and will get you more things in these colors. &nbsp;You know, what&nbsp;a tangled web we weave&nbsp;when first we&nbsp;practise to deceive. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095604 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:58:44 +0000 Isabel 2095604@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WOW !!!!!&nbsp; I just adore this on you !</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095603 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:57:56 +0000 kellygirl 2095603@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gosh, I love this on you. It complements your hair and look so fresh. Maybe it will feel more you in spring like weather? I hope its one of those things that you adjust to because it would be a shame not to wear something your mom and I like so much. Haha! Killer outfit! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095602 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:53:32 +0000 Sisi 2095602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hehe, I know, sometimes we&nbsp;shop to please somebody and then regret.&nbsp; The "sherbet" sweater is funny but&nbsp;I&nbsp;actually&nbsp; prefer you in your usual palette. You could wear this sweater when you meet&nbsp;your Mom and sisters ... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-syc-day-24-shopping-under-the-influence#post-2095599 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:35:41 +0000 kkards 2095599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Funny that Angie’s blog post was about feeling psychologically uncomfortable...I was actually dressed and out the door when I saw her blog post. </p> <p>Anyway, the back story. 1st I didn’t break my SYC, I bought this sweater back at thanksgiving in November. I was shopping with my mom &amp; 2 sisters and was talked into this sweater. “It looks so good”, “ you should wear light colors”....but it’s really not me, and so far these jeans and boots are they only thing I have found work, at least for me. So why isn’t this “me”...The colors are not in what’s become my palette, they’re light and sort of pastel and I feel like a sherbet. So why did I buy it, I think because my mom liked it so much and I wanted to make her feel like she still understood my style. Hence the title shopping under the influence </p> <p>Thanks for looking. As always all comments and suggestions are welcome and appreciated </p>