https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 23 May 2026 11:13:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894762 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:20:42 +0000 Mainelady 1894762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you Lynn and Shevia!<br /> Lynn, when I have a long stretch of fabric down my front I do like to layer jewels or add a scarf. It has visual appeal to me and those extra pieces are often my happiness factors. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894715 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 03:44:15 +0000 Jaime 1894715@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A terrific outfit however you define it ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894709 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 03:12:33 +0000 Lynn 1894709@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like this outfit,&nbsp;especially like the layered necklaces. <br />&nbsp;I must be finally understanding the categories as I &nbsp;put the items in the same categories as Angie. :)<br />Thanks for posting this.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894649 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:30:03 +0000 Mainelady 1894649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are all so awesome! Thank you for playing along with this and sharing your thoughts.</p> <p>Thank you Mirjana. The necklaces and pin were happiness factors.</p> <p>Katerina, thank you. I was thinking the same thing, except that this winter I have been wearing the tan boots a lot, since other Fabbers pointed out how they bookended with my hair. A new experience for me!</p> <p>Elizabeth P the tan boots are new this year and I have been wearing them a lot. I would not have thought them essential, but now that I am trying to figure out the categories, I am wondering if maybe they are. I haven’t counted wears this winter, but I suspect they are getting almost as much wear as my black booties, which I do consider essentials.</p> <p>Windchime, my students do like my jewelry, especially when I wear fun pieces.</p> <p>SarahD, I think a lot of this is individual perception or preference. I thought the vest was a completer piece, but when I look at the pics, it does make a statement to my eye. Could it be both, or take turns with different outfits? I think this is an example of how I get confused.</p> <p>Christina F I am glad I am not the only one who wonders....</p> <p>Thank for the Killer, Angie! It is actually one bag! Each side has a different leather featured. It is a lot of fun! </p> <p>LOL Cee....a fashion crime fighter!</p> <p>Suz, you are spot on about the black turtleneck. It is probably my MOST essential winter piece.</p> <p>Rachylou, Ahhhh! Good eye! Out of the necklaces, the sparkly pendant and the Island necklace are solid statements, but the one with th white stones, might just be a completer.</p> <p>Joy, I will repeat this outfit! I felt fab all day!</p> <p>I also learned that I did a terrible job washing my mirror.....big streak city! Right now, Windex is an essential! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894584 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 20:15:09 +0000 Anonymous 1894584@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My thoughts on the items are the same as Angie's. Love that outfit! It is a repeater. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894552 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:34:19 +0000 rachylou 1894552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well now isn’t that interesting... my answer would be Angie’s - and she’s the expert - but I would have called the one necklace with stones a completer... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894522 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:49:06 +0000 Suz 1894522@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Terrific outfit! You look wonderful in it.</p> <p>I would have tended to agree with SarahDB that the vest was a statement and the jewelry completer. But as she said, it is so personal.&nbsp;</p> <p>To me, the vest was the focal point and had the most drama. Bag is also a statement.&nbsp;</p> <p>I can't tell if a black T-neck is an essential because that is personal to you and your own style. I think it probably is. Pants an essential. Boots might be a completer or essential.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894515 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:29:07 +0000 Allison 1894515@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amazing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894496 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:28:28 +0000 Cee 1894496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look perfect, ML :)</p> <p>You'd make a great fashion crime fighter sidekick to Angie </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894471 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:30:05 +0000 Angie 1894471@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>KILLER looks. I like both bags with the outfit, <b>Mainelady</b>.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Katerina </b>nailed it.&nbsp;</p> <p>From what I've learned about your style on the forum, I'm going with this:</p> <p>T-neck = Essential<br />Pants = Essential<br />Gilet = Completer<br />Boots = Completer&nbsp;<br />Bag = Statement&nbsp;<br />Jewellery = Statement</p> <p>If you wear light grey boots A LOT, they might be an Essential - the same way cream and white footwear is an Essential for me.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894463 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:14:44 +0000 Christina F. 1894463@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm wearing a long vest too today, and with rather muted colors, so I kind of had the same questions. Yesterday, I had been thinking the essentials vs completers thing was easier to figure out in the context of an outfit, but then I put one together where I'm not sure. I do agree with Katerina in this case, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894451 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:00:36 +0000 Sara L. 1894451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is an interesting exercise - I was thinking the same as SarahD8 that the vest was a statement piece and the jewelry completers.&nbsp; I think how we see items is very individual though - I use jewelry as completers so that's what I bring to this exercise. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894446 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:50:15 +0000 SarahD8 1894446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’ll dissent slightly and say that to me the vest seems like a statement piece and the jewelry completers (are these categories meant to apply to jewelry as well as clothing?). Otherwise I am in agreement with the other commenters. Which really just goes to show how individual this all is (and, I suspect that your categorization of how items work in your wardrobe is more to the point than others’ categorization of how items work for n an outfit). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894435 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:13:34 +0000 Windchime 1894435@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was thinking what Katerina wrote. Your jewelry and bag are statements here. Wonderful outfit; I'm sure your students enjoyed looking at your necklaces! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894425 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:43:16 +0000 Elizabeth P 1894425@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another agreement with Katerina.&nbsp; I think the boots are either essential or completer - that would really depend on the role tan boots play in your wardrobe.&nbsp; Do you always have a pair?&nbsp; Do you wear them frequently?&nbsp; Do they go with a lot of your bottoms?</p> <p>And you look great!&nbsp; Love this outfit on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894420 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:26:06 +0000 Amy Isabella 1894420@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look fab. Again, I think Katerina is spot on with the categories. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894410 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:57:02 +0000 Helena 1894410@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep, I think Katerina nailed it. YLF! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894399 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:08:44 +0000 jussie 1894399@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the outfit. I totally agree with Katerina’s breakdown of the outfit components. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894388 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:15:52 +0000 Katerina 1894388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Mainelady!</p> <p>The outfit is beautiful, you look fantastic! I especially like the colour combination and the way your bag and jewelry makes the outfit shine.<br /> I am not so good at the categories, but here is my best shot</p> <p>- necklaces and brooch, bag = statements</p> <p>- vest and boots = completers</p> <p>- pants and turtleneck = essentials</p> <p>Not sure about the boots - maybe essential? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894378 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:29:49 +0000 Mirjana 1894378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great outfit, you look stunning. I love brooch and necklace, so cute. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwplease-dissect-my-outfit#post-1894376 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:26:00 +0000 Mainelady 1894376@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie’s post about clothing categories of basics, essentials, statements and completers is loaded with great information. I have done much better understanding what creates each category, but confess to still being uncertain about pieces. I am posting a pic of WIW yesterday and hoping you will take a look and tell me which pieces you think are the essentials, statements or completers. While you are at it, please feel free to give me feedback about the look. I value your comments. Thank you for looking.</p> <p>Items worn:<br /> Black turtleneck sweater<br /> Black skinny pants<br /> Olive long vest<br /> Tan suede booties<br /> Necklaces and brooch<br /> Cromia handbag (each side of the bag shown in the pics). </p>