Easter Edition - YouLookFab Forum

It started with the alarm at 5am! Yep. For the first time since the 80's it was a Sunrise service. My kids wanted to experience going to church in the dark, and so off we went! The service was wonderful and the breakfast afterward was yummy.
I wore:
Peplum Jacket, worn unbuttoned (still some shaping that's hard to see here)
VC skirt (not the tube, this one is a sturdier ponte)
Patent belt
sleeveless blouse from Carson's (newish)
microfishnets from No Nonsense
Aerosole Peep Toes

That afternoon, I cooked for 12 at my house, and, despite 40 degree temps, wanted to wear something cool and Springy in the kitchen.
I wore:
ON georgette top
Denizen bootcuts
Metallic flats

OK -- The camera angle is the same and while, yes, I realize I lost the heels, I need to know why I look like I gained 30 pounds BEFORE I ate Easter dinner. I suspect that bootcuts with blousy was a mistake, and the flats didn't help matters. I also plan on moving the buttons on the cuffs, so I can push the sleeves up to my elbows. Is this top hopeless on it's first outing, or can I learn how to style it in more flattering fashion?

P.S. Said photo didn't keep me out of the bunny cake.

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13 years ago

Anonymous

I think the top is nice, I think your sleeve alteration will be good. I think with a skinnier bottom it would look good.

Your church outfit is really pretty!

catgirl

Veteran

I like the top! The color is lovely. I don't find bootcuts slimming on me, and do think heels would help. But it's really not bad. The first outfit is perfect for the occasion - you are doing away with any ideas that the pastor's wife is a dowdy character (I don't know why that's something I think of as a stereotype?).

Suz

(website)

Your Easter outfit is stunning, Beth Ann! You look fresh and comfortable, too.

I love the green blouse on you! I think it's a question of not enough waist definition with those boot cuts. So try with some skinnies or with a pencil skirt?

Sara L.

I love #1 and also really like the blouse in #2. I think the styling suggestions of Una and Suz could save the blouse. The bootcuts don't seem to be the most flattering bottom for it (although it might not have seemed so dramatic if I hadn't seen #1, where you look so tall).

Beth Ann

Thanks for chiming in! I've had such luck with bootcuts recently, I was lulled into complacency! Oh well, that's why we take photos, eh?

Una --- my DH just left the pastorate, after 23 years, for a full time professorial job, so we've just started attending a new church. The first time in decades we've actually sat together! Only in one church did I struggle against lots of expectations --- and every week I found myself with the strong urge to wear leather. Of course, it might have been because we were in New Jersey!

Carla

Oooooh! ideas on how to style my cobalt skirt. Love # 1. Don't give up on the green top, or the jeans. I find boot cuts shortening, unless styled with very high shoes, boots, or sandals. The pointier the toe, the better. This may not be foot friendly, but does seriously address the frump factor of the style.

Day Vies

I love the blue of the skirt and the flowers -- very spring. I adore how you didn't stop with just the floral pattern but you threw in a bold color too. YAY colors!
I love the green top on you. I considered buying that green top too! ON's woven tops are either too big or too small on me somebody won out!

Jaime

Love the blue skirt and the rest of the outfit and do not see what you see with the green top outfit - I see that you look great in green!

hedgiehog

Love the church outfit and congrats on getting your kids to church so early! I also like the green top, very pretty colour. Maybe style with skinnies?

Angie

Fashion Stylist

You are an Easter vision of elegant beauty in #1. KILLER

And emerald green is your colour. Cute casual outfit too!

You always know how to wear color. Beautiful.

amiable

Love love love the Easter outfit! LOL at your desire to wear leather to church I know the feeling

Vicki

You look so beautiful and to think you were up for a Sunrise service! Your eyes are sparkling! Beth Ann, I'm laughing at your "leather urge." Very funny.

I love the green print top and I agree with your thoughts and Ceit's that an easy sleeve alteration will have you wearing it comfortably at any temperature, hot kitchen or cool patio. So happy to hear you enjoyed the bunny cake, because I'm a sweet-tooth lover and would have been nibbling away on a nice slice, too.

Firecracker (Sharan)

Both outfits are lovely on you. I agree the first one is super fab. The second one only suffers by comparison, in my view. If I saw photo 2 alone in a post, I would say it's a gorgeous top on you. It's a surrendered-waist look, that's all, and they're just not as slimming on anyone, I don't think, as a waist-defining look. To use the blouse in a waist-defining look, you'd just need to layer something (jacket, cardi, vest?) over it, and it would take some experimenting to find the right one. You look great, and glad you were able to enjoy the bunny cake!

CocoLion

Agree with the others, #1 is gorgeous!

As for the ON top. As an hourglass with a bust, I have given up on these georgette or silk tunic tops. I sold them all on eBay. They cling too much to my bust, hide my waist and make me look bigger. The one way I could make them work was tucked, but then again only one of them worked like this.

I do have silk tops with button down style, bust darts and a thicker fabrication and kept them. They work on me, as the fitted design is more flattering on me. The key seems to be darts to accommodate my bust and to better fit my waist and not look like a tent.

Sveta

Beth Ann, I think the key is the structure of the outfit. The first outfit has blazer and pencil skirt which add a lot of structure. The second outfit lacks structure in both jeans and the shirt.
Now, it does not mean it is a bad outfit, just what is your level of tolerance for oversized look. Pop a fitted blazer on top of that green blouse and see the difference!

Adelfa

You look great in your Easter outfit. I so want that blue skirt! I ordered one similar that didn't work out.

To my eye there's something about the length of the green top that isn't optimal. Could you half-tuck it? I like the idea of adding a jacket.

So many encouraging and helpful comments!

FC, Sveta and Denise: I think, aside from the bootcuts with flats, the second outfit lacks the optimal structure and definition for my frame and style. This is why my style rubric includes "form with flow."

I also wonder if part of the problem isn't that I'm cut in half with the proportions of the second outfit. Perhaps I should be happy I'm not covered in food after cooking for a dozen people!

LUV your Easter outfit! The floral top reminds me of my jewel tone sheath dress which I wore to attend Easter service, so I'm calling us Easter twins. : )
The cobalt skirt fits you so well and is a great pop of color with the blouse. Such an inspiring outfit!

The second outfit looks great to me. It is waist surrendering but still FAB. How would it look with your grey vest left unbuttoned?

Lantana

#1 is an out and out stunner and #2 is almost there. Please do perservere with the top. I note you wear a cami under, what if you undid one more button to reveal a little more of that? And scrunch the sleeves, as you suggest.

Jjsloane

I like both outfits. #1 touch nothing it's great. The blouse in #2 is pretty, but the wrong length (just not long enough to be a tunic) for untucked. Try it semitucked or blousoned with a pencil.

Deborah

#1 is spectacular! I'm speechless:). You look so gorgeous.

#2 also looks good. It's a different silhouette. I like the idea of altering the sleeves. The colour is lovely. I wonder if this top worn over a slimmer leg jeans and a bit of a heel might be more pleasing to your eye?

Elizabeth P

Beth Ann, I think you look beautiful in both. Funny, I was just discussing that very shirt yesterday, with a co-worker. She was wearing the red version yesterday, and I love it. She was kicking herself for not getting the green, and I was kicking myself for not getting both of them!! (so if you decide to give it up... )

Agree with the above... some heels, slimmer jeans, or a jacket would give you a more structured look. Or a semi-tuck maybe?

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