https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-that-prompted-the-bookending-question Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:07:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-that-prompted-the-bookending-question#post-1139010 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:12:34 +0000 Helena 1139010@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the boots, but agree with the overthinking comment - for me, it leads to feeling uncomfortable as I invariably end up wearing something that's not totally me ... rings back to the thread around "trying to hard" ... when I overthink I end up feeling like I tried to hard ... glad to hear it's not just me that runs into this difficulty at times! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-that-prompted-the-bookending-question#post-1138983 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 19:52:10 +0000 Anonymous 1138983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look gorgeous in the purple and the boots a perfect. I agree with Beth Ann about your blue jacket length, but I don't see a lot of over working in your outfit. Looks good! And yes I am guilty of over thinking sometimes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-that-prompted-the-bookending-question#post-1138901 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:48:57 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1138901@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those boots are a great color to bookend with your hair. The outfit looks fun and I agree with BethAnn--the purple is gorgeous on you. Yes, overthinking can be a pain, but your outfit came out fine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-that-prompted-the-bookending-question#post-1138461 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:53:56 +0000 Jaime 1138461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beth Ann said it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-that-prompted-the-bookending-question#post-1138451 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:48:39 +0000 Anonymous 1138451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the look. Great bookending job, IMO. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-that-prompted-the-bookending-question#post-1138446 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:45:28 +0000 MuseumGal 1138446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks all.&nbsp; Glad to hear that I did't look too fussy.&nbsp; You are right BethAnn (and E) the coat was not the best choice, but I am making an effort to wear all of my many coats and see which ones need to be purged.&nbsp; I have a ridiculous amount of fleece - easily half a dozen fleece jackets if not more, some over 15 years old.&nbsp; Despite the pretty color of that one, both the (lack of) length and the light color conspire to make my torso look even bulkier and blockier than it already is. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-that-prompted-the-bookending-question#post-1138383 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 10:57:39 +0000 E 1138383@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh those aren't super dark brown shoes! They look very intentional and add a bit of boho. (From your question, for some reason&nbsp;I was envisioning an outfit with a lot of black and then dark brown-almost-black shoes.)&nbsp;I happen love grey &amp; brown together, especially light grey. :)</p> <p>Your final outfit looks fun, not fussy, although like Beth Ann I might have chosen different outerwear (I have a poison eye against fleece though, so feel free to&nbsp;just ignore me on that one). But I know exactly what you mean re: overthinking outfits. I *hate* those days and usually end up feeling a bit off balance because of it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-that-prompted-the-bookending-question#post-1138340 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:39:17 +0000 Elizabeth P 1138340@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Beth Ann. You may feel fussy, but you don't look it! You look very well pulled together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-that-prompted-the-bookending-question#post-1138338 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:30:30 +0000 Dee 1138338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this shade of&nbsp;grey works really well in this outfit. If you hadn't mentioned your concerns, I wouldn't have thought twice about it. I love the colors in your scarf too.</p> <p>I hate overthinking my outfits. I've done the same thing as you - tried to fix something that probably wasn't wrong in the first place and then felt even more uncomfortable after the fact. One of my goals for this year is to&nbsp;simplify my outfits/style generally - one less thing to stress about. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-that-prompted-the-bookending-question#post-1138285 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 04:51:12 +0000 Beth Ann 1138285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the brown shoes.&nbsp; They literally "ground" you with an "earthy" tone that bookends your hair.&nbsp; The grey is no problem at all.&nbsp; The best part is how glorious you look in this dark purple.&nbsp; </p> <p>I do wish the blue jacket was longer than your sweater.</p> <p>Hope you ankle heals quickly!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-that-prompted-the-bookending-question#post-1138281 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 04:46:29 +0000 MuseumGal 1138281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm one of these people who doesn't like to mix black/grey with brown.&nbsp; Most of the time this isn't a problem, but lately I've been having a lot of foot/ankle pain and it turns out my 3 most comfortable winter shoes/boots are all brown - but most of my winter wardrobe is black/grey based.&nbsp; <br />So today I started with my amazingly comfortably brown Fatbaby cowboy boots, mini-flare jeans, and purple cardigan.&nbsp; But the only layering T I have with me is this light grey one.&nbsp; OK, I thought, it's now fine to mix grey and brown, plus the brown sort of bookends my hair.&nbsp; But then I wanted the brown boots to look more intentional so I put on a brown/wood dragon necklace and some dark brown/red carnelian drop earrings.&nbsp; <br />For outerwear, this very old cornflower blue fleece jacket and a purple silk scarf (recycled from a sari) with purple fingerless gloves. <br />In retrospect I put waaaay too much thought into this very simple everyday outfit, got too fussy, and ended up<i> looking</i> a bit fussy, with too many shades of blue and purple, an unnecessary necklace, and rather unkempt looking hair (it's at an awkward, below the shoulders, but not yet really <i>long</i> length).&nbsp; Ah well, it's not like the skeletons cared, and I was comfortable and appropriate for a day in the collections.<br />Do you go wrong when you overthink your outfits?&nbsp; </p>