https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:51:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-854742 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:00:16 +0000 Patty 854742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Finally artwork from you!!<br /> =+D </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853682 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:09:29 +0000 Aziraphale 853682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the article, Rachy. Fascinating. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853628 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:23:27 +0000 rachylou 853628@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Steampunk Cowboy For Real Life?</p> <p>Can't wait to see more!</p> <p>In the meantime: <a href="http://www.lynnmcmasters.com/dollfashion.html">History of Fashion Dolls</a></p> <p>:D </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853592 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:58:48 +0000 Tina.b 853592@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fantastic outfit, I see a very clear style direction here. I look forward to more of your style and your awesome drawings! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853511 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:51:12 +0000 Aziraphale 853511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all for your sweet comments! I'm loving the suggestions for style descriptors. I'll have to draw a few more of these to narrow it down, but "tomboy", "gamine", "elegant" and "scholar-by-day-knight-by-night" are all tags I wouldn't mind having, lol. And a killer from Angie! Wow! That just made my day. :-)</p> <p>Denise -- OMG, "My Closet in Sketches"! That is so awesome! No, I hadn't heard of it. I don't often read style blogs besides this one. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I will peruse it with interest.</p> <p>Ceit, Suz -- yes, that's it, the Italian wool vest. I checked the label. Mind you, it was a regular size, and of course I need petite, but since it was exactly what I had been searching for in every other respect I bought it anyway and I took it in for a (very costly) alteration. They lifted it from the shoulder, but had to re-cut the back neckline. But totally worth it!</p> <p>The jeans are the Mavi ones I was telling Angie about a couple weeks ago, when she was still searching. They are dark low-rise skinny, but not too skinny, and with very little stretch so they don't cling.</p> <p>Scarlet -- about those boots -- I know, right? When I saw them online, I thought they were way too weird, but they don't look all that weird on my feet. They're actually quite flattering. That's why I like trying things on in real life. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853444 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:52:09 +0000 Scarlet 853444@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Romantic Tomboy is good. I am surprised by how much you are making me dig those boots. They add a wonderful flair. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853407 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:14:36 +0000 Angie 853407@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>KILLER</p> <p>And for the moment I am going with Fluevog Elegant Tomboy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853389 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:55:51 +0000 Beth Ann 853389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd need to see 4-5 of your favorite outfits, I think, to be at all accurate in a descriptor, but I wanted to say that I love this one (and the sketch)! I'm a big vest wearer myself. So fun and flattering. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853291 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:55:43 +0000 Anonymous 853291@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it is this one, Suz: <a href="http://www.lechateau.com/style/jump/Italian-Wool-Blend-Check-Vest/productDetail/Additional-30%25-OFF-Suiting/276456/?navAction=jump&#038;navCount=0&#038;categoryNav=true&#038;selectedColor=Brown" rel="nofollow">http://www.lechateau.com/style.....olor=Brown</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853290 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:54:57 +0000 Sarah A 853290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amazing WIW sketch! The vest is just perfect with the classic white shirt and jeans and i love the booties. I have been trying to sketch some dress ideas I want to sew and am just in awe of your drawing skills! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853289 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:51:55 +0000 Suz 853289@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh! Love this. And you are dressed EXACTLY as I had imagined you, from your descriptions. The only difference is the hair -- I have always had trouble picturing your hair. </p> <p>I would say...Arty Classic Gamine. I LOVE this look. </p> <p>If that is a Le Chateau vest and it is still available somewhere, I need one. And what are your jeans? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853260 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:24:59 +0000 Anonymous 853260@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh is that the Le Chateau Italian Wool vest? I think there are still some on the outlet page. It looks great on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853258 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:21:45 +0000 Astrid 853258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That looks fantastic! I'm in awe of your drawing skills. Love the vest over the button down and those shoes are very cool. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853254 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:17:55 +0000 Anonymous 853254@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great fall back formula. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853252 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:12:38 +0000 Anonymous 853252@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Romantic Tomboy? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853221 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:05:54 +0000 Anonymous 853221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous drawing and outfit. I see funky scholar . Your style reminds me a lot of Tarzy's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853189 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:45:05 +0000 rae 853189@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this - your drawings communicate the outfits perfectly. I am diggin' the scholar-by-day-knight-by-night vibe going on here with the vest and boots. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853188 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:44:42 +0000 CocoLion 853188@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A hand-drawn WIW! This is so fantastic. I love vests too, and we're seeing more of them this Spring.</p> <p>I see Gamine style somewhere in here, to add to the other's descriptors. You know, like Edith Piaf or Audrey Hepburn or ... trying to think of French actresses from the 50s/60s but my head is too fuzzy, it's almost midnight.</p> <p>I'm sure you've heard of Lauren Friedman <a href="http://myclosetinsketches.com/" rel="nofollow">http://myclosetinsketches.com/</a><br /> ... But maybe there are others who haven't.</p> <p>Your sketches made me think of her immediately. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853182 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:13:49 +0000 jenanded 853182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>totally cute!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853165 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:00:19 +0000 Aziraphale 853165@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's funny, Adelfa, I've always thought of my shape as kind of androgynous, since I don't have much in the way of waist definition. Angie suggested I might be "arty classic" -- your comment supports that.</p> <p>Ginkgo, I got the waistcoat (vest) a year or two ago from Le Château, a Canadian retailer. They don't have any this year. I actually asked about it, and the sales associate said they carry them some years and not others. (I call it a waistcoat because it's tailored, like the third piece of a three-piece suit. Here, a vest is like a sweater, but with no sleeves). I wear that vest enough that I wouldn't mind another one, and you're right, they're hard to find. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853163 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:22:43 +0000 Ginkgo 853163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the classic shirt and jeans paired with the awesome swordfish boots! And where did you find the vest? I looked around last year and couldn't find any. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853155 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:05:47 +0000 Adelfa 853155@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>First, that's an adorable outfit. Second, I don't really know the style descriptors yet. From this outfit alone, you seem classic, casual, and androgynous (except for your shape). I'd have to see more outfits to determine a trend. This will be fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-today-a-favourite-formula#post-853153 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:59:09 +0000 Aziraphale 853153@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here's my idea. My daughter has these booklets called "Fashion Angels", which contain cartoony dress-me doll outlines of young girls, on which you can draw or stencil clothes. We used to do this together, and I would usually draw outfits I actually have. I used to wonder what it would look like if I made proper dress-me dolls, since I don't remotely resemble the cartoon girls! </p> <p>So here is the first of a set of illustrations showing my favourite, most often-repeated outfits or formulas. My daughter's verdict was, "Hey, that actually looks like you, except it's creepy, because it's got no face". My doll has my own proportions, based on the body type sketch I did last week. The pigeon-toed pose it a little awkward, but I did it to show both the front and side of the footwear. </p> <p>I've included a Fashion Angel drawing from last year, and my outfit from today, which is the same except for the boots. Today I wore my new <a href="http://www.fluevog.com/code/?w[0]=gender%3Awomen&amp;w[1]=attribute%3ABoot&amp;pp=1&amp;view=detail&amp;p=4&amp;colourID=3655">swordfish boots</a>, which are my current faves. I wear a version of that outfit a lot, sometimes with a black shirt, sometimes white, sometimes blue pinstripe. I vary the boots too, but I always wear short boots with it.</p> <p>The illustrations are all going to be a little scribbly, because this sort of thing can easily get really time-consuming. </p> <p>Hopefully after a few of these, you guys can help me find my style descriptor!</p> <p>ETA: Thanks again to Christy for showing me how to do hyperlinks. You may soon have to book me in for hyperlink abuse. </p>