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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:02:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php Jenn on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes/page/2#post-1718221 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 02:29:06 +0000 Jenn 1718221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ #2 is fantastic on you! I also like the sack dress for a summer day, and it sounds like it makes you think of your mother fondly, whilst sticking to your own aesthetic. Win-win! RobinF on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes/page/2#post-1718210 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 02:00:13 +0000 RobinF 1718210@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Love all of these! My favorites are #1 and #4. Love that dress and the floaty top is great. I want one! Karie on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes/page/2#post-1718209 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 01:58:29 +0000 Karie 1718209@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Barbara Diane, I'm sure you've done more than OK with your DS's!  Tulle, when I came out of the dressing room at Nordstrom's, and my friend Wendy (who knew and loved my mother too) came out of hers, I couldn't help but smile and say, "I know I look like a sack of potatoes, but I love this dress, and I'm buying it!" Of course the sales associate chimed in with "But you don't look anything like a sack of potatoes!" tulle on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes/page/2#post-1718197 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 01:39:51 +0000 tulle 1718197@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Karie, I can't think of anything that looks less like a sack of potatoes than you in that dress!  All of these pics look terrific. Barbara Diane on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes/page/2#post-1717984 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:28:54 +0000 Barbara Diane 1717984@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I, too, worry about a few things I've said to my DSs' over the years. I always hope on balance I've done okay. Barbara Diane on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717983 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:27:20 +0000 Barbara Diane 1717983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ #1 is perfect for being cool and stylish. Great deal on the Talbots dress. I love 3 and 4 especially. Karie on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717961 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:46:47 +0000 Karie 1717961@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Angie, I love your dress too - it's slightly different than mine. I bought mine at the Nordstrom in Cherry Hill, NJ. My best friend Wendy lives near there and we shop there when I visit her. The customer service at that store is excellent! The sales associates are extremely helpful and courteous. Such a pleasant shopping experience. I wish we had a Nordies here in NY!  Karie on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717959 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:35:32 +0000 Karie 1717959@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks everyone! It's so interesting to read your mother/daughter stories.  Viva, when my best friend Wendy and I first started wearing eye makeup, my mother used to say we looked like "painted hussies!" We still laugh about that one. April, that's terrible that your mother said that. My mother and her sisters were all the curvy ones, while I was the "string bean." Staysfit, I always wondered how my mother even knew what a sack of potatoes looked like since she grew up in Philadelphia. Not exactly farm country! But she would have been a little girl during the depression, so maybe that's it. Firecracker, my mom and I actually laughed about it at the time, too. Not being critical, because that style of dress back in the day tended to look like it was wearing me. Nebraskim, ouch! I used to work with a woman who would ask the "do you like your hair that way" question. I always tried to think of a good comeback - a "right back atcha"  - like, "Oh, I LOVE it! And how do you feel about yours?" Elizabeth, maybe that's it. I tried this top with white jeans, but the ones I have are too big so that didn't work. I do have slim fitting black ankle pants like the model is wearing, I should try those. Sisi, the top would be too sheer without the unerlayer, but I could shorten it. Maybe a bit of alteration is in order? I'll pin it up and see. Everyone else, thank you for the compliments! I'm blushing! rachylou on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717948 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:19:24 +0000 rachylou 1717948@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Nothing better than a good sack dress Angie on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717932 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 16:59:01 +0000 Angie 1717932@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ A Killer week. You're hitting it out of the ball park , Karie.  (And I'm wearing the same dress in blue and white right now).  lyn67 on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717783 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:36:37 +0000 lyn67 1717783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Wow, nr 1 is K2K, but love the other dress, too! Gorgeous both! Maneera on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717779 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:23:27 +0000 Maneera 1717779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ #1 is my absolute favorite!!! I have a very similar striped linen "sack" dress, but I don't look half as cute as you do in yours!!! I love that your dress has 'dynamic' stripes....and you've got a real trim figure, so u look great here. Love the red dress and the floaty blouse in #4. Super Pretty! texstyle on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717778 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:23:24 +0000 texstyle 1717778@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Great outfits all around but I do particularly love that red dress only you - fantastic! viva on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717765 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:50:52 +0000 viva 1717765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ When I started trying to wear eye makeup, my mother said: "Your eyes look like two burnt holes in a blanket!"  When I think of that, I cringe at what my DDs are keeping locked in their memories to drag out later. Ugh. While I love all these outfits, Karie, I ADORE you in that red dress. Everything about that looks perfect. You look beautiful in it. April on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717752 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:25:45 +0000 April 1717752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Ah, mothers and their comments.  My own mother was (is) quite flat-chested and when it became clear that I was destined to look curvier than she in a swimsuit, as anyone would, she would say things like "Well, who wants to look like a cow?" Nice. You look nothing like a sack of potatoes, Karie.  You look chic and relaxed in all of these outfits!   Elizabeth P on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717751 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:24:30 +0000 Elizabeth P 1717751@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh, I love your sack of potatoes dress, it looks so perfect for summer.  Really liking the other outfits as well.  I think #4 looks lovely and breezy.  If anything looks "off" (and I'm reaching here) maybe it's the lightness and breeziness of the top contrasting with the heaviness of denim? El Cee on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717747 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:19:32 +0000 El Cee 1717747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Lovely outfits --- all of them! I especially adore your "sack of potatoes" dress. It is very flattering on you... and a great way to stay stylish in the August heat. The Talbots dress is gorgeous on you as well -- stunning color. The two casual jeans outfits are fabulous. You look so nice in blush. I really like your necklace is #4. anchie on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717723 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:52:34 +0000 anchie 1717723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Great outfits, but I actually like "sack of potatoes" the best.   Staysfit on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717718 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:23:22 +0000 Staysfit 1717718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ It may come from the 1950's. Marilyn Monroe posed in a potato sack. But references date back much earlier and typically refer to an item being cheap and vulgar. (Could have guessed that). Staysfit on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717717 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:17:13 +0000 Staysfit 1717717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Karie, I love your sack of potatoes dress! It looks comfy and perfect for summer. It's a flattering length as well. The red/pink dress is one of the most conventionally pretty dresses I've seen you wear. That color looks great on you. In fact, I think all these outfits are wonderful and some of the best I've seen you post for summer. I have heard the exact same comment from my mother numerous times. Knowing that you have also heard the exact same phrase makes it seem generational rather than critical. Potato sacks may even be a depression era reference? The comment may have been one from my grandmother passed on to my mother......... Sisi on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717707 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 08:31:19 +0000 Sisi 1717707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh Karie, those two dresses are beautiful and you look fab in them! Which sack of potatoes? In the striped dress you look even better than the model! I also like the other 2 outfits. Maybe the tunic of nr. 4 is too long? Have you considered removing the underlayer? Firecracker (Sharan) on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717685 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 05:30:20 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1717685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What? #4 looks fantastic. I like the cool, airy feel of the floaty looking light pink top over light jeans and shimmery shoes. All of these are great. You are one cute, stylish little "sack of potatoes" in #1--laughing at your mom's saying. (Hardly a sack look, though.) The perpendicular stripes are fun. The red dress is retro fabulousness on you. Great way to make it work, with your alterations. #3 is another pretty look; you have a soft feminine streak in your style this summer, and it suits you well. chewyspaghetti on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717673 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 04:55:10 +0000 chewyspaghetti 1717673@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ They all look great but #4 is my favorite....of course I have a "thing" for blush! Brooklyn on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717669 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 04:26:18 +0000 Brooklyn 1717669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I like all your outfits too, especially the sack dress. Lots of men don't like them either, but who cares? The red dress is a great colour on you. TraceyLiz65 on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717665 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 04:03:19 +0000 TraceyLiz65 1717665@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Great Outfits, I love the red dress! Nebraskim on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717661 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 03:40:37 +0000 Nebraskim 1717661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I particularly like that striped shirtdress. Very fun. Don't you just "love" the comments made by mom? Not all of them are intended to be mean but they can really sting. Among my mother's classics: "Oh. You're wearing that."  "Do you like your hair that way?" "Why don't you ever <insert action, such as "wear makeup?>" and my personal favorite: "Oh, I see you are cutting your hair with the lawnmower again."  The latter comment was made to me when I met her and my grandmother at a concert at our performing arts center. I was wearing my extremely short hair in a spiky kind of style and had met them at the center after coming from a workout and shower at the gym. People actually turned around and looked at me. Ouch.  Sal on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717658 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 03:31:46 +0000 Sal 1717658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I like them all too - you can definitely wear a "sack" dress, I think it looks great.  And 2 is classic elegance all the way.  This is my favourite - I love the colour. I think the proportions on 4 work well!! elevbess on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717652 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 03:14:37 +0000 elevbess 1717652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ They all look great, but I especially love the red dress and the lace handkerchief top in #4. I think it looks great proportionally. SarahTheWhite on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717642 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 02:28:58 +0000 SarahTheWhite 1717642@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Wow, both dresses look fantastic on you!! I especially love the "potatoe sack" but I have a love for that style, and it looks perfect on you! I also happen to think that the proportions on #4 are great! That is exactly how I would wear it... But maybe that's just me? These are wonderful outfits! Jaime on "WIW "You look like a sack of potatoes"" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-you-look-like-a-sack-of-potatoes#post-1717640 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 02:26:19 +0000 Jaime 1717640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh dear, your mother would have a breakdown if she saw the dresses I wear. You look fab in your dresses and your pink!