2022/2023 - YouLookFab Forum

2022 – I was happy with my work clothes. Dressing for work felt
effortless and I think I found a nice balance between professional and
comfortable. I can wear dark jeans and I dress them up with smart shoes and blazers in winter and I wear plain dresses and skirts in summer.

Recently I have made the effort to dress up my casual so I am not running around the supermarket in my running
shorts or the library/café in my yoga pants unless its just to grab a takeaway (who knows who I might run into). I think I have got better at this. This is how I ran to the supermarket for bread and milk this morning (t-shirt, black boyfriend jeans and utility jacket with loafers). I might add a belt and scarf if I go out again later. I picked up the ziera loafers second hand. They are nearly new and comfortable, and easy
to slip on. They are actually navy not black.

For 2023 I want to shop my closet as much as possible but am going to continue to up my game so to speak and so my specific goals are:

1. Accessorise more. I have so many scarves, I
could wear a different one for each day of the month. I have got a lot from India, as well as recently, my mum went into a rest-home and asked me to take all her scarves. She also gave me some jewelry and so I am going to attempt to add at least a scarf or necklace to each outfit I wear each day.

2. Keep dressing up my casual….add a blazer to the jeans, nice shoes and accessories.

3. Keep the maintenance up with regular haircuts, do my nails, make up where appropriate.

Shopping.
While I am happy with my basic wardrobe, I would like to add to the
dressy side without adding too much extra stuff. I am going to look out for another pair of dressy sandals ( I already have some silver boot style sandals), and I would like to find some more dressy tops e.g., silk camisoles that I can wear with black pants for dressier events. I am
also on the look out for an oversized blazer like the one in the last pic. My goal is to buy less but better quality and keep my clothes for longer now my weight seems to have stabilised.

This week I have a casual dinner tomorrow, a dinner in the city with friends this weekend, parent drinks at my son’s school next week followed by a formal dinner at his school next weekend. It will be an interesting exercise dressing for different occasions, and exhausting because I am a real introvert despite my bubbly exterior. Any thoughts or
suggestions always welcome.

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Suz

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Love the utility jacket, Sally! It looks so great on you. The outfit definitely works and looks intentional.

It sounds as if you are in a pretty good place with your wardrobe and have a good idea of where the gaps are and how to address them, both in terms of new purchases and simply wearing the things you have.

That is a lot of occasions coming up in the next week! I would be tired out from it all, too, particularly if you are also at work yourself and therefore dealing with people all day. If you want to test run your outfits for the various events, I'm sure we can offer ideas!

Jaime

Great outfit and the loafers are a terrific find! I so felt you with your list of events and how exhausting multiple social events can be. I am very susceptible to guest fatigue no matter how much I like the guest.

morethanbeige

Sally, this is a great outfit! Sounds like a good plan going forward. I’m exhausted just listening to all your social engagements lol.

Dee

Thats a great go-to outfit for running errands or getting groceries etc.
I like your plan of dressing up your casuals more, it should be kind of fun playing around with all those scarves and necklaces.
Have fun dressing for your busy social schedule.

Irina

Nice outfit, Sally. I love your t-shirt! How do you, people, find such cool t-shirts is beyond me!
Lots of events ahead and with that I suggest you take time and try some outfits to have a game plan. Do you ever wear your hair up? Might be a lovely option for a dressy occasion.

jussie

Well this upcoming week will really be a good test run for all aspects of your wardrobe. Can’t wait to hear how it all goes. Best of luck with your style goals this year

Sally

Thank you everyone for your kind words. I did go out again, this time to drop my son in the city and do a few errands so I thought I would add a scarf. As it was blue, I swapped the black-shirt to a grey mickey mouse one. I was also running around a lot so decided to swap the loafers for sneakers. As you can see a few changes, makes quite a different outfit. The second one is probably more casual. I added the pics
@Suz, thank you. The utility jacket was a real find....a few dollars at a thrift shop. It was just what I was looking for and couldn't see in retail but it was a bit tight. I lost some weight and it fits me perfectly now. I might do a fun through of my outfit options and will add the accessories. I"m still on school holidays but I have been sick and I am doing a lot of other stuff. My mum went into a rest-home last year and my brother who lived with her has a disability so I'm helping him sort out stuff and give him support.
@Jaime & morethanbeige -yes i"m exhausted just thinking about it. Someone remarked that the ones where you have to mix and mingle are more exhausting. I find ones with no time limits quite exhausting as people can be offended if you say you're going home at 9pm.
@Dee - Yes I am going to have to play with the accessories to see what goes where. I'm used to wearing scarves in winter but I want to incorporate some scarves in summer too as I have silk ones.
@Irina- There are a couple of shops near me that do nice t-shirts with patterns or I look out at the more curated thrift shops. I don't like writing on them. I never wear my hair up unless I am exercising. I have cut it recently so harder to put in a bun. Could do a small clip at the back.

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Thank you Jussie. Its probably the first year I've had such quantifiable goals I can tick off.

slim cat

Nice casual/polished outfits - great shoes and scarf ( big fan of graphic tees - those are my "neutrals" ).

Thank you slim cat. I think I’m going to add polished to my moniker this year.

Zaeobi

That olive parka/ utility jacket is great on you! Does it have a hood?

Fellow introvert cringing at that list of social engagements so close together - I just had my birthday gathering last weekend & was SO glad to have this weekend free to recuperate. Only some folk at my place were discussing how 'we should do this more often!' so now I have to meet some of them again this weekend... I agreed because, like you said, I didn't want to offend them. But I'm exhausted just thinking about it, lol!

Star

Your goals are very realistic and doable. I can see you are already getting there with them. I had similar goals last year, and will carry them forward to 2023. I think your 2nd outfit looks even more intentional with the scarf and belt. Both are great. I had the opposite situation to you. I found a fabulous cord blazer thrifting but it was a tad too big. That was one upside of gaining the weight

Angie

Fashion Stylist

Fab goals, and well on your way to achieving them, Sally!

It will be fun to play around with your Mama's accessories. #2 is looking fantastic with the scarf, and the way you tied it

Lots of socials this week, and I hope we see your outfits.

Thank you Zaeobi. Yes it does have a hood. I can totally understand how you feel about the continual get together. Extroverts just don't get it.
Thank you Star - the cord blazer sounds good. Have you done any outfits on YLF with it?

Thank you Angie. My mum's jewellery is a bit of costume stuff and a few pearl sets. I haven't tried wearing two pearl sets together but I might try it for one of my night events.

Anonymous

I like the rabbit top! I can relate about the socializing. I do go out a lot, especially in warm weather, but then I need a lot of time alone to recharge!

I have not. Here is a pic of the one and only opportunity I have had to wear it, out at a live music club with a friend. I am the silver haired one on the right Not a very clear pic, sorry. The blazer is a Benetton one, a rich brown, I paired it with a light grey graphic T, darkwash BF jeans and dark blue biker boots. Sounds like a mish-mash but I felt fab. The graphic in the T is black beading so a little more dressy.

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Thank you Suntiger

@star - That is a great jacket, and the outfit sounds great. Hard to see a lot from the photo but it appears to fit well in the shoulders etc. What a fab find!

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