https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:52:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5/page/2#post-614631 Tue, 08 May 2012 03:01:44 +0000 ManidipaM 614631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aida, one of my favourite-est outfits ever! Love the necklace and how you posed your hands and the scarf collar you gave yourself! That's all I'm going to say today </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5/page/2#post-614546 Tue, 08 May 2012 01:46:45 +0000 Aida 614546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely outfits ladies! I very much enjoyed seeing this serene color palette and mood echoed in all of the outfits for today. Kari I LOVE the chambray shirt layered under the eggplant B44 dress, Ornella this is such a beautiful elegant outfit and I think one of my favorites of yours now, and GirlX I STILL want all of your shoes :} Manidipa and Bella I very much enjoyed reading and appreciated receiving your thorough comments throughout the week (and everyone else too!). Thank you! </p> <p>This was so much fun and there is a ton of inspiration to be had looking through everyone's photos. Thanks for organizing again, Bella! AWESOME job and high fives all around for this challenge!</p> <p>Here's my outfit for today! Info on inspiration is over on my separate post for this outfit, <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-0504-picture-perfect-challenge-day-5">found here</a>. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5/page/2#post-613247 Sun, 06 May 2012 03:17:21 +0000 Anonymous 613247@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just wanted to say that I truly enjoyed each and every interpretation. What a creative bunch. Thank you Bella for putting this together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5/page/2#post-613146 Sun, 06 May 2012 00:08:50 +0000 Jenava 613146@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for organizing, bella, the challenges are always so much fun! I love the bib necklace. Looks great with that blouse and those jeans are beautiful...nice dark wash and fit you very well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5/page/2#post-613131 Sat, 05 May 2012 23:30:47 +0000 bella 613131@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am sorry to be so late to this challenge. The truth is I didn't leave my apartment all day, so I only wore this outfit today (Saturday).<br /> Now, on to the outfit. As soon as I saw this picture, I knew that I wanted to wear my bib necklace (gifted by Denise, thank you Denise!). When I picked up the necklace though, I didn't really see much association between it and the picture. My memory must have played a trick on me. In any case, I went with my original instinct and completed the outfit with neutral colors. I am also wearing a jacket, but my batter died before I could snap another picture. :(<br /> I will post a keepsake thread for this challenge tomorrow. For now, thanks for playing along! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5/page/2#post-612798 Sat, 05 May 2012 06:53:49 +0000 CocoLion 612798@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Vicki I love your pedicure. Jenava and GirlX, you two are so chic, may I put you on a pedestal? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5/page/2#post-612751 Sat, 05 May 2012 04:42:12 +0000 ManidipaM 612751@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, MORE fabulous outfits! I think this particular picture brought out a lot of laidback, easy dressing and quieter, elegant colour combinations. PERFECT choice to wind down from the frenetic fun of this week-long challenge. </p> <p>Natalie, like I said on your own thread, your 'turtles' are absolutely adorably perfect!</p> <p>Denise, COOLEST interpretation EVAH! My favourite of this round! You're too, too cute.</p> <p>JJ, your post made me smile too. Also, because you kept at it even though it was getting unduly challenging by this point, surely! </p> <p>Girl X, stunned speechless by the perfection of your interpretation. Calm, quiet, very uncluttered and minimal --- a lot like the photo --- and perfect colours, *and* THE perfect necklace. I was *dreaming* of something like that as soon as I saw the inspiration image.</p> <p>Vicki, I chortled with joy at your turtleneck! And pre-YLF or not, that's a beauty of a skirt.</p> <p>Amy, so clever to focus on the most doable part of the palette for you! Beats tearing hair over what could *possibly* pick up that mauve/sage/brown/apricot... and voila! you look all cool and unruffled and as unhurried as any tortoise! (That's meant as a compliment, however clumsily put --- I thought your calm, collected get-up belied the rush of the day, and reflected the slow diurnal rhythm of the reptiles, which is very relaxing and invigorating at the same time.)</p> <p>Jenava, these are so obviously YOUR colours! No wonder it's your favourite. Absolutely makes you glow and adds extra sparkle to your eyes.</p> <p>Maora, I think you have the subtle grey patterns of the photograph beautifully interpreted in your outfit, and L'Abeille, I love how you picked up the rugged side of the image in your vest and the patterned 'texture' of the scarf.</p> <p>Finally...</p> <p>Thank you, thank you, thank you, Bella! It was SO. MUCH. FUN! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5/page/2#post-612729 Sat, 05 May 2012 03:03:22 +0000 L'Abeille 612729@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Last one. </p> <p>I found this one hard, but I really like my mum's outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5/page/2#post-612708 Sat, 05 May 2012 02:25:04 +0000 Vicki 612708@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jenava, that jacket and those colors on you are BEAUTIFUL! Stunning! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5/page/2#post-612682 Sat, 05 May 2012 01:55:59 +0000 Jenava 612682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here are a couple of outfits. The first with straight-leg pants and black shoes, black necklace. This was my planned outfit, but I decided to do wide-leg trousers and leopard shoes with a rose gold and pearl necklace instead, to actually wear (mostly because the straight-leg pants are a bit tight and this top is not forgiving). this was my favorite photo/look of the week!</p> <p>Looking at the photo of the trousers now I think I should have tucked and added a black belt... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612681 Sat, 05 May 2012 01:53:36 +0000 Amy 612681@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>With my outfit today, I tried to mimic the warm tones of the photo. I also wore a beaded bracelet, which had some beads on it roughly the same color and shape as those turtle shells. I should have photographed it, but was in a rush. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612625 Fri, 04 May 2012 23:49:53 +0000 Vicki 612625@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On the run in a few minutes, so I'm making a brief post here. These are muted, somber colors and from my pre-YLF days, which have brightened considerably. I loved this moody image and have deep love and respect for all living creatures.</p> <p>The skirt is a suede Elie Tahari with crocheted elements<br /> "Turtleneck" (^_^) is RL in a heathered brown<br /> Oroblu fishnets with metallic Franco Sarto pumps<br /> Plastic "bronze metallic" necklace (and light as a feather!).</p> <p>Thank you, Bella, for conceiving of this challenge and to everyone else "taking nature on" for this week, it was really a lot of fun participating with you and I always learn something from everyone's combined effort!</p> <p>ETA:</p> <p>It was a nice warm Southern California day here today, so the last three photos show what I really wore for the entire day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612567 Fri, 04 May 2012 22:31:48 +0000 Anonymous 612567@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are incredible everyone. Thank you so much for sharing your interpretations of this beautiful photograph! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612549 Fri, 04 May 2012 22:13:27 +0000 Suz 612549@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh, love your turtles, Girl X! Didn't there used to be an ad like that? Ooooh, love my turtles...</p> <p>JJ - I think you look very nice in both outfits, but I had to laugh at your report. I have had those days, too. You think you're improving things with the second attempt but then feel annoyed with it all day! I guess it's because the challenges do force us to stretch ourselves, a good thing—but can be inconvenient when we are rushing. </p> <p>Speaking for myself, I was annoyed with my Doc Marcies all day. And I love those shoes. It was too warm for them and the tongue kept wandering, and they left marks on my legs, and when I got home from my errands I ripped off the hose and shoes and threw on some flats that were decidedly not in keeping with the pic.</p> <p>And Denise, you get the prize for the most personal interpretation! You look like fun! The living embodiment of a style evolution... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612519 Fri, 04 May 2012 21:46:56 +0000 Girl X 612519@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As usual for me, I went pretty literal with my look </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612518 Fri, 04 May 2012 21:46:53 +0000 Jjsloane 612518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This was the hardest for me due to the colors and season ( I would have no problems doing this in winter, but today was 80's) I focused on the murky grey green as well in my Caslon jacket, added j crew yellow button down and Jag jeans, my Necklace also reminded me of the circle of turtles as some of the beads are even faceted like them.<br /> I changed at the last minute due to some annoying blouse gapping I could not control and switched to a striped top and golden yellow tie front vest (which I hated once I got to work).<br /> Wonderful to see everyone so enthusiastic and creative. Thank you again Bella, these challenges are truly highlights of my time on YLF. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612514 Fri, 04 May 2012 21:40:54 +0000 CocoLion 612514@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>GP I think you captured the colors and textures brilliantly!</p> <p>Suz and Ornella both of you look elegant and beautiful.</p> <p>Rae the buttons on your jacket remind me of the backs of the tortoises in the picture.</p> <p>Sarah you are smashing in white.</p> <p>Manidipa your outfit has a relaxed feel like the creatures themselves are.</p> <p>Which brings me to my outfit -- the vibe in this picture is so chillaxed! So that's what I went for. I kept the colors neutral out of respect to the tortoises.</p> <p>Actually it's hard for me to post this without a smile. I wanted to lie down in the picture but couldn't pose within the 10 seconds of the self-timer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612420 Fri, 04 May 2012 19:03:05 +0000 Suz 612420@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>GP - that is an INSPIRED outfit. You really are in your element, both literally and metaphorically! The colours are "your" colours and the fact that you have travelled there just makes it all the more special. This is one to keep in your cookbook forever.</p> <p>ETA: COOK book? </p> <p>Honestly, I wrote LOOK book! This machine keeps correcting my non-mistakes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612418 Fri, 04 May 2012 19:00:27 +0000 goldenpig 612418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this picture is my favorite for the week--DH and I went to the Galapagos six years ago (our last big trip before we had kids) and went on a liveaboard boat diving with hammerhead and whale sharks and taking land tours to see all the amazing animals like the tortoises. It was an amazing trip, the trip of a lifetime! We hope to go there again someday with the kids when they are older.</p> <p>I initially didn't think I would be able to come up with anything good for this photo but it turned out to be one of my favorites! I used a $1 H&amp;M bracelet as the basis for this outfit--the big teal blocks remind me of the string of tortoises lying in the water. The chunky leopard and gold necklace also reminds me of the tortoise shells. Then the Lafayette 148 leather and tweed skirt reminds me of the mud they're lying in, and the White House Black Market gold satin blouse reminds me of the shimmery golden lake. The L148 cognac leather jacket and Timberland Stratham Heights cognac boots go well with the earthy color scheme and the Fossil purse I picked because the teal accents echo the teal colored bracelet (I'm matchy matchy that way--I thought the teal bracelet would look out of place all by itself). I really like how it looks all together and especially since I was able to use this blouse in a new outfit (I bought it with my pindot suit and kept thinking of it as part of that "set", so it's great to have some new options for it). And #7 is a pic of how it looks without the jacket on top.</p> <p>Thanks to everyone that has commented (I hope to have time to go back and comment on other's photos this weekend when I have more time to savor everyone else's photos)! And thanks to Bella for a fun challenge and all the ladies that participated--love the fashion inspiration! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612342 Fri, 04 May 2012 17:36:18 +0000 ManidipaM 612342@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, those buttons makes the coolest cabal of turtles ever! Loving the antique and retro details --- so right for Galapagos. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612339 Fri, 04 May 2012 17:30:06 +0000 Suz 612339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, Diana, love the patterns and mix of colours! And Astrid, look at your clever necklace! </p> <p>MaryK - the photo evoked something similar for us, I think. </p> <p>My first impression was sepia. And I don't do beige, tan, gold, or very much brown. So this was a challenge. But I got a profoundly "old-timey" feel from the photo. Then I thought about the rounded shapes. </p> <p>And somehow I started seeing myself as a girl reporter, in my taupe glen plaid jacket with its rounded, antique gold buttons and its curved lapels and neckline. My black dress echoed the darks in the photo (and it also has a curved neckline). My Doc Marcies added to the old-fashioned air. And my looped necklace with antique gold and glass is meant to evoke the shiny water. </p> <p>Please excuse the picture that seems to be growing out of my head here and the slightly awkward pose. I still need to work on the best place in the house for photos. We have small rooms and the angles are all wrong! </p> <p>Thanks, Bella, once again, for such a wonderful challenge. It is always a pleasure and an education to participate in these!</p> <p>ETA: added a few pics with my new glasses, just back from the optician! They seemed to go with the mood and the outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612327 Fri, 04 May 2012 17:06:16 +0000 ManidipaM 612327@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella, Rae, Diana --- so amused to note that turtles *do* make leather jackets look all the rage! :-D</p> <p>Ornella, love the textures and rounded shapes of your jacket and the trim on your shoes, the silky blouse with the fluidity and sheen of water as well as the brightening of the sky.</p> <p>Rae, you're so right --- I didn't see the yellow at all until you pointed it out, you clever thing!</p> <p>MaryK, you're as bright and serene as the morning itself. Loving how both you and Astrid interpreted the texture in the photo as plaid.</p> <p>Astrid, let me first say that you were far more talented at 10 than I was at 20,when it comes to stringing beads! Love the warmth of your outfit --- it reflects a certain sense of coziness and security from the image --- and the subtle sheen and pattern of the beads, so like tortoiseshell.</p> <p>Speaking of which, Diana, your interpretation of the tessellation is fabulous, both in agate and printed fabric! And YAY for rocking a casual maxi skirt! LOVE this look on you, and wish I could wear it with half the flair. WOW! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612305 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:43:08 +0000 Diana 612305@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sarah, your "line of tortoises" necklace is such a clever idea!</p> <p>Kari, love the concept of layering up inside a "shell" like a turtle. I like how you've echoed the curving line of tortoises too.</p> <p>Manidipa, you have THE BEST JEWELRY. Seriously, you seemed to have the perfect accessories for every day of this challenge, and today is no exception.</p> <p>Ornelia, I love the layered necklaces and the whole color scheme here is perfect.</p> <p>Rae, grellow! Fab color combo, and i like it with the green turtle bag. I think I used up all my soft colors this week too!</p> <p>MaryK, I definitely see the "first blush of dawn" connotation here. </p> <p>Astrid, how fun that you got to pull out your childhood handmade necklace! I definitely see the line of turtles in the stones. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612295 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:33:02 +0000 Diana 612295@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I looked at this photo, I saw shades of grey, black, beige, and gold. Now we all know I don't do beige, so I went for cream instead. My tank has a houndstooth pattern that reminds me of the tesselating nature of the tortoise shells, and the slightly splashy pattern of differently toned neutrals suggests the watercolory nature of the layers of landscape in the background. My gold cuff bracelet is reflective like the water and golden like the sky in the photo. A slightly rugged leather jacket is suggestive of the tortoises' leather skins.</p> <p>Tulle bolero, Anthro tank, w118 skirt, Born oxfords, Ariane Arazi cuff, gifted agate bangle, Levi's moto jacket. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612285 Fri, 04 May 2012 16:14:59 +0000 Astrid 612285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This wasn't as easy as the other pictures for me, because I don't have really have brown or yellow in my wardrobe. I chose the skirt and button down because they were as similar to the reddish and greenish browns in the picture as possible. The shoes are lighter, for the yellow. I first wanted to wear a certain longer necklace of mine because it reminded me of the turtles, but I couldn't make it work in combination with the belt. The necklace I ended up wearing is one that was in my 'self-made as a child' box. I really think I was ten years old the last time I wore it... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612272 Fri, 04 May 2012 15:48:45 +0000 Jilly 612272@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love all these outfits, ladies! It's really interesting everyone's different interpretation of the photo. Thanks, Bella, for putting together such a cool challenge. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612254 Fri, 04 May 2012 15:34:24 +0000 rae 612254@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Although I was pretty darn literal, I'm loving the less literal interpretations today!</p> <p>Sarah, your crisp white is just like the sun reflecting off the water, and the browns add the warmth nicely. I would have worn these colors, too, if I'd had the items clean and at hand!</p> <p>Kari, your vest is like a fashionable turtle shell! Love it with the dress. </p> <p>Manidipa, your soft colors convey the softness of early morning very well, but I LOVE that it was more inspired by the turtle anatomy!</p> <p>O, I would not have thought of a shiny top, but it is perfect representation for the water.</p> <p>MaryK, your pretty golden hair brings some yellow into the equation and goes well with the blush tones - great "rosy dawn" outfit! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612226 Fri, 04 May 2012 14:57:52 +0000 Suz 612226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, gorgeous outfits and wonderful commentary. Sarah, I love you in the white with tan/bronze accents. Terrific! Kari, I liked reading how you arrived at your outfit, which looks serene and peaceful. Manidipa, I'm in awe of your details here. Just wonderful! And the final outfit is calm, restful, and wonderfully evokes the photo. Ornella, you and I had a similar idea - you'll see once I snap my pic! And Rae, love the silky top with the structured jacket. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612225 Fri, 04 May 2012 14:57:03 +0000 MsMary 612225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are fantastic!</p> <p>Kari, your sinuous shapes are perfect for the photo!</p> <p>Sarah, I love your clean take on the scene!</p> <p>Manidipa, you have completely outdone yourself and everyone else this week, and today is no exception! I love your little turtle pin!</p> <p>Ornella, SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK!! LOVE this jacket and pin together!</p> <p>Rae, love your unusual color combo!</p> <p>To me the photo evoked blush and brown (although, yeah, I see it's kinda yellow now that you mention it!), so I went with the colors mostly. Also the gold chains in my bracelet, earrings and bag remind me of the "chain" of turtles in the golden water.</p> <p>Bella, you've done it again! Thanks so much for another fab fun-with-fashion week!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-style-challenge-inspired-by-nature---day-5#post-612218 Fri, 04 May 2012 14:51:52 +0000 rae 612218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was running out of soft colors! At first, I thought this picture was all white and black and gray, but then I noticed that the sky was a bit warm from the dawn. So I pulled out my softer yellow top with gunmetal gray snaps &amp; my gray cropped trench. Dark wash jeans because it is jeans day, but they do have white pinstripes to keep in tone with the picture a little more. Kept yesterday's green bag because turtles are green! </p>