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Do you work YLF magic on others?

teeandcee

My mom and I went shopping yesterday, and I was able to help her buy some gorgeous stuff with what I've learned here. We put her in some slimming and well-fitting dark wash straight leg jeans, a gray/black striped t-shirt, button-up white tunic, silver flats, and some bright pink chunky jewelry.

She also got herself some gorgeous metallic gold flats with pointy toes and open work details and a tunic-style belted gray sweater and some skinnies.

She won't let me post pics though.

Not only is she looking modern and fashionable but both outfits knock a good 10 pounds off her figure. Once we got home we tried a lot of different combinations and took pics to help us decide which looked the best.

It was fun and nothing I could have done without having spent time here learning!

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MsMary

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Yes! Both my BFF and my dear hubby are looking noticeably more stylish since I started drinking the YLF Kool-Aid! Super fun, isn't it?

Angie

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*very happy dance*

MNsara

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Kudos to you!! It's a fact that we look better when we've been YLF-washed

I found YLF when my daughter was away for a semester in Europe. When she returned, she said my YLF changes made me look 10 years younger !! That wasn't even my goal - I simply didn't want to be an invisible 50+-year-old. . .

I hope your mom loves her new looks and might dip her toe into YLF too. . .

Erin

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Congrats on the shopping day, I too have had such a change since "drinking the Kool-Aid".

lyn*

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I'm a closet Kool-Aid drinker... :p

I have had to be more careful with saying, "OH! I love that!" to people about articles of clothing I may not actually like, and am just saying it to be polite. One girl wore her article of clothing very often, telling people, "Lyn LOVES it, so it must be fab!"

>__< Now ... "OH, that looks really nice on you ..." or "You look very nice today." are more likely to sprout from me. :p

Sveta

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My mom. I got her into skinnies - she has 4 pairs now including white!She also bought herself a new leather jacket last weekend and did not want to cut the tags until I see it. Well, I saw it on Friday - and it got my approval!:-) Actually I was eying it myself in the store and now I can live vicariously through her! It is longer on her than on the model - just perfect with pants!

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chewyspaghetti

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I try, but my friends are *so* resistant!

sarah

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My sister used to be the one that was always more fashionable than me. But just last week she emailed asking, "Do you and that Angie person have any pants to recommend?" Of course, I had a whole list of recommendations straight from Angie...

Kari

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Sometimes, but in baby steps. I don't shop with other people very often, but my mom, sister, and I are all good shopping buddies together and often encourage each other to try new things or experiment with trends that we aren't quite comfortable yet. I've made some (not unwelcome) suggestions for items friends might want to try or picked out items if we were shopping together for them to try on.
I'd still like to work my YLF magic on my jeans/tee shirts/sneakers-wearing boyfriend, but I'm happy as long as he is dressing appropriately for more formal situations and don't want to pick on him for what he wears when he isn't at work. I do, however, encourage him to wear things I find flattering - blues and greens, woven shirts, etc. - and he does listen.
Most of my in-real-life friends are far less interested in style than I am.

goldenpig

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There's an active thread on "post your favorite outfits" with over 10,000 views on my mommy board and I'm spreading the YLF love on there! I have to try hard to resist the temptation to hog the thread...I've posted a lot of my WIW pics and given lots of advice (when asked) to the other posters. I'm just so excited and inspired by you all that I can't help sharing everything I've learned with the others...feels nice to be finally able to return the favor and inspire others to explore their own style! Hopefully I can convince some of them to join YLF too!

Suz

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Oooh, I just praised the Kool-Aid to half the women at the WritersFest!! Seriously...almost all we were talking about was clothes and shopping and it got to be quite a joke and then I admitted that until I few months ago I NEVER went shopping and owned almost nothing. "So what did you DO?" they said. "Oh," quoth I. "I started reading a blog called You Look Fab and then joined the forum."

"What did they tell you to DO?"

"They told me to cut my hair."

Awed silence.

Then: "Wow. How can I sign up for this thing??"

Angie

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That's fantastic, Suz!

Thank you, Nathalie

Heather

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These are the best stories! Love this thread!

teeandcee

That's great! I loved reading these.

One thing I forgot to mention in my post was my mom's resistance to the very idea of skinnies. She thought she was too old. And then she tried some on and loved them.

MsMary

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Suz, that's one of the best stories ever!

nancylee

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Yes! I've recently helped my husband, my sister, and my mom update their looks. I've always been viewed as the "fashionable" one in the family, but since YLF my confidence and willingness to advise others has really grown.