https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 22 May 2026 04:01:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925358 Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:09:16 +0000 Beth Ann 1925358@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha!&nbsp; I feel better knowing I'm not alone in my mishaps!&nbsp; I do like having sleek and cotton-cozy undergarments.&nbsp; Sometimes I need that slip to let a silky shift lay right.&nbsp; I will remember your sad tale, however!</p> <p>(I do adore the dress -- sophisticated florals are a favorite) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925245 Mon, 04 Jun 2018 02:55:27 +0000 Jaime 1925245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are too Grace to play around being Kim! Stick with what works - you look gorgeous anyway. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925160 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 23:31:58 +0000 Vix 1925160@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Cardiff Girl --</b> If you invent them, I'll buy 'em! In the meantime, doublestick tape probably should be in my wardrobe for all sorts of reasons.</p> <p><b>Becky, Suz, and Lisa P --</b> The beauty of the colors and style lured me in, the delicacy of the chiffon gave me pause, but I never thought the design would give me the vapors, ha! Glad others see that first part (and thank you).</p> <p><b>Style Fan and Janet -- </b>So nice to have company, thanks for confessing as well as the compliments! Janet this was as documented as I wanted to go [clutches pearls]. My go-to malfunction is the pencil skirt with back slit that migrates around despite proper tailoring, but then there was the time I wandered around with (clean) tights balled up in a legging for hours before I noticed...etc etc etc!</p> <p><b>Angie, Stayfit, and Gigi --</b> I totally cop to having a few form over function items but once I've got them figured out I don't mind a little extra work. This one, though...I'll be stapling the Winning Underpinning to the dress hanger on the slim chance I forget what works! </p> <p>Thought I was losing it when things started to go off the rails having done my test run, ha, but yes -- all better now. Back to aiming for Grace K vs Kim K?!</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925146 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 22:58:14 +0000 Gigi 1925146@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh dear! The right undergarments are so important. It can be frustrating trying to get the undergarments right sometimes. I have given up on a few lovely outfits due to undergarment difficulty. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925132 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 22:24:55 +0000 Janet 1925132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, whatever was going on, I see nothing scandalous in your photos, just a beautiful dress and smile! But I’ve had the problem of skirts that creep up my hips and thighs as I walk (it’s a midi when I start, but a mini by the time I ge to my destination), I hear you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925118 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 22:01:15 +0000 Staysfit 1925118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oof! The dress is so pretty, but the slippy twisty slit would have me avoiding it even with sticky slip shorts. I would be too self conscious. You are brave! I’m glad you have a solution and feel secure that it will work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925115 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 21:48:47 +0000 Style Fan 1925115@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous dress and it looks great on you.&nbsp; I have had many wardrobe malfunctions in my day.&nbsp; I am just one of those people. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925106 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 21:34:24 +0000 Angie 1925106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>But you look GORGEOUS in the dress nonetheless. Onward to high-grip slip shorts.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925101 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 21:31:48 +0000 Anonymous 1925101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure I understand what you've written, but it sure is a pretty dress and a great colour for you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925075 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 20:34:03 +0000 Suz 1925075@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's a gorgeous dress, though, so there is that!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925071 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 20:31:09 +0000 Becky 1925071@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous dress, though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925067 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 20:28:24 +0000 Cardiff girl 1925067@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh you poor thing!It s weird how some clothes just want to rotate around one s lower half isn’t it but very alarming when there is a slit.velcro knickers? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925043 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 17:49:24 +0000 Vix 1925043@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy I was dying laughing but also so embarrassed. </p> <p>Please solve this for us all, ha -- I feel like friction is the culprit...I know more worked (fabric stayed put) but would LESS friction than that pair work too? Further experimentation behind closed doors will happen.</p> <p>I think it's better to be oblivious, like the woman I saw 30 YEARS ago wearing a short flippy skirt and a [whisper] thong who didn't seem to realize her skirt was blowing up in the back. Or maybe she just didn't care. Either way I tried to channel her but failed! And when I do wear lightweight flowy skirts I prepare for wind. ;)</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925037 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 17:35:49 +0000 rachylou 1925037@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That’s pretty funny! I’m trying to work out the physics of that. Physicists know everything / study everything... I read an explanation once of why shoelaces come untied... and why bread always falls butter side down... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiwwhoops-when-ya-gotta-grin-and-bare-it-a-bit-more-than-planned#post-1925025 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 17:05:44 +0000 Vix 1925025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi YLFers --</p> <p>In the interest of serving as a possible PSA, I'll share my recent wardrobe fail. AKA where's Angelina Jolie's leg for advice when needed?</p> <p><b>Here's the takeaway: when you try on an outfit with undergarments etc that work, DON'T IMPROVISE!</b></p> <p>You can't really tell from the photos, but this dress has 2 layers: a mini-skirt underlay and a maxi-with-thigh-high-slit overlay. In the sun the single layer's quite sheer so things need to stay in place.&nbsp;</p> <p>Because of this I tested it out thoroughly before cutting the tags...but with more utilitarian, high-grip slip shorts/spanxy things. Everything worked well...the slit stayed a bit off-center etc. </p> <p>Fast-forward to me picking a very slippery pair to wear out to dinner ("more sleek!"*) -- and that slit sliding around to the back with every step aiiiiiiiieeee! Made my puzzlement that we were in matching colors a sidenote. ;)</p> <p>In the first photo you can see it'd already run free to the side and it went even farther on the walk home.&nbsp;Really hoping there's no video footage of me trying to wrangle the damn thing, sigh. [Mr Vix: well from here it just looks like you're wearing bike shorts under it. Me: Madonna in the 90s, not the look I was going for!]</p> <p>Got home, put on original pair, continued evening walk with no malfunctions.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>So: play safe out there this summer and if something ain't broke don't try to fix it haha!&nbsp;</b></p> <p><i>* I think I'm remembering why this pair was in the back of the drawer.&nbsp;</i><br /><b></b></p> <p><b><br /> </b></p> <p><b></b> </p>