Don't really know what to add to this as a relative noob to the forum, except maybe to reiterate what I said on my profile: this really is about the best community website I know about, and so much of that is down to the safe and nurturing space that Angie's expert moderation has created.

I've contributed on other fashion fora, and I'm always amazed at how nasty things can get very, very quickly when someone doesn't appreciate someone else's style choices. I guess I'm equally amazed that it just doesn't happen here. Such a positive, inspiring little community.

Being English, I tend not to gush too much around strangers, so I'll just leave my gratitude here. Thank you, Angie. Thank you.

I just had to login to chime in on this. I apologize for being scarce, the lead up the holidays has been crazy then we jumped a plane on vacation

Thank you, Deborah, for starting this thread. It is wonderful. I agree with all of the comments thus far. Yes - this does seem like Angie's house!!!

Thank you, Angie, for sharing your incredible gift of good taste, style, and fashion. I have learned so much and continue to learn. Even more so, I appreciate your amazing way with people. Gentle, yet firm, and always kind. I am amazed that you always remember everyone's name, right down to my little Lincoln.

Even right here on vacation, I can hear your voice in the background. I pulled on a summer dress that I've been dragging around to vacation after vacation.While it's been fab for years, this time it just didn't feel right. I had no problem putting it aside and saying "NEXT!" I want my vacation clothes to reflect my current style, and this just wasn't working.

Wishing you and Greg a happy holidays and all the best in the new year!

Oh, aproprio. I am very touched by what you wrote on your profile page. WOW. Thank YOU for coming out of lurk-dom and providing your lateral thought processes and arty style so graciously. You have lovely manners.

Jackie, THERE YOU ARE. Missing you. You're a mega fab honey, and what a treat it was to meet you this year. Your amazing sense of casual MOTG style is inspirational. Have a fab holiday, and hope that precious little Lincoln has completely recovered. xo

I echo what everyone else has said!

I know I don't post much these days but I'm so thankful for YLF for SO many reasons:

• Thanks to YLF, I have a wardrobe that allows me to dress for any occasion I need to attend. No last minute clothing panics anymore. I remember reading the MOTG outfits over and over, making lists, feeling like I might never be able to put decent outfits together. I'm not worried about that anymore.
• My dh is very happy with how I dress now after all my YLF research and learning.
• YLF is such a supportive helpful place! I love being able to get input on outifts and honest help without any snark.
• I loved the YLF encouragement to go ahead and let my gray hair grow in. DH is thrilled, I'm happy with it, and it sure helped to have YLF cheerleaders along the way.
• I love Angie's encouragement to dress well and yet remember the practicalities of life.
• I'm so glad I have had the privilege to meet Angie a couple of times. It helps me hear her wonderful accent as I read her writing.
• I could go on and on....

I am also thankful to Angie, Greg and Inge for the work they do here, and for making such a congenial space to discuss topics dear to all of our hearts. Best wishes to all for the holiday season and new year!

What an eloquent post, Deborah. I'm adding my thanks to Angie for the amazing job she does helming this positive site and guiding each member according to her unique style.

Thanks Deborah for starting this thread and reminding us of how lucky we are to be a part of YLF!
I also want to join-in and thank Angie, Greg, Inge and all the participants on this forum for creating this wonderful place- where talking about how we can make ourselves beautiful on the outside makes us more beautiful on the inside too!
And I would like to thank you Deborah for being my fashion-buddy, my Metalicus Mate and my friend

Thanks for starting this thread!

Just logging in from Chile to say that I also want to thank Angie, Greg and Inge for the supportive fun fashion community they have built. It has been a great time for me getting to know some of you and learning more about clothes and style, hopefully sharing a little too, and also understanding more about women's lives around the world. While we live in different climates and varied cultures, many of our concerns and situations can be so similar.

So Feliz Navidad from Chile to you all.

Oooooooh logging back in to say many thanks to Inge!! You contribute so much and I really appreciate all of your content, links, thoughtful, and kind words. So sorry I couldn't come to SSIF to meet you in person. All the best to you too of course !

Deborah, first of all, thanks to you for this thread!

I am so grateful too. I joined this site earlier this year. I was preparing for a job interview and did a search for whether to pop one's shirt collar in or out of the jacket. The search led me here and I ended up posting a request on the forum for advice on what to wear for the interview. I didn't have time to come back here and say that I got the job, and that feeling better about my style certainly helped my confidence during the interview.

I used to have a strong sense of my own style and to know exactly what to buy, what to wear, what to match, what to let go. Then I became a mom and quit my job for the first year of my child's life, and while this was a wonderful experience, it shook my sense of style (and of self) to the core. My body had changed, I stayed at home, I had to dress for comfort and practicality. As my daughter grew and I regained some of my life back, I had--and still have--trouble finding that old sense of style I had. I often feel frumpy and in a style rut. Recently the forum rescued me from some winter-clothing blues, and the jolt of life and joy I got from the suggestions was precious.

I still have a long way to go in achieving the amazing things Deborah described (my wardrobe is not efficient and I often end up with an Everest of clothes on the bed and still nothing to wear). But being here has been a sweet experience. I have to steal away some ten minutes here, ten minutes there to keep up with the site and the forum, because life is, of course, crazy, but it gets to be "my" time.

So thank you to all of you who've helped me and to Angie for being such an inspiring and welcoming force. This is a place that feels genuinely inclusive and positive.

Deborah, a beautiful sentiment!
Thank you to Angie, Greg, and Inge for this wonderful community you've all built.

I want to add my thanks to Angie, Greg and Inge. It's amazing that a forum filled with women (for the most part) is so inspiring and uplifting and I think it's completely because Angie sets the tone for it. It's not very often that you can find a group of women who get along so well! Angie has got to be one of the kindest women I've "known". She seems to attract other women who follow her lead and also show kindness and encouragement to the other women who post. Thanks Angie for taking the time to share your knowledge and influence on us!

Thank you, Angie. YLF has brought so much pleasure to my life.

I will never get tired for thanking Angie, Greg and Inge for creating and working very hard on supporting this wonderful community every single day!
Fashion and style advice and wealth of information was what attracted me to YLF in the first place but it is the quality of this amazing and unique online community which keeps me coming back for more over all these years!
I got a lot of benefits over these years in building a functional wardrobe, defining my style and getting more confident but the most important part - I am having fun with fashion and loving every moment of it!
Thank you for enhancing my life!

Thank you, Deborah, for starting this thread and for your fearless style sense and love of black.

Angie, Greg, and Inge have created something rather special in this corner of the Internet--a place where trust, courtesy, and respect make us all feel welcomed and cherished regardless of age, income, social status, or nationality. Fashion is the topic, but it's the warmth and intelligence that draws us in and makes us stay. The Internet abounds with fashion blogs that promise to help us look good, but YLF is the rarity in that it teaches us to FEEL good about ourselves.

Thank you Angie, Greg, Inge--and all of the fabulous women, past and present, who have contributed to this forum. Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2015.

Deborah,
Thank you for starting this thread. You are a class act.

Echoing the sentiments of others. I am truly grateful for the extra special community Angie, Greg, Inge, and YLF members have built and nurtured. Thank you. Wishing everyone joy and health in 2015!

Thanks all so much for joining in on this thread. I am nodding my head at all you have shared. I often think about how to express my gratitude for all Angie shares with us. It is her profession but she shares so freely and generously with us I honestly feel like I have my own personal stylist, which I have to be honest is pretty awesome. And i feel the same about all you wonderful fabbers as I know I can receive honest and constructive feedback and value and appreciate your opinions so much.

I didn't mean to omit Inge and Greg in my original post, I was just focus on Angie's input, so Greg and Inge, Merry Christmas and thank you both.

Greg, I am lazy! If a website is straight forward and easy to navigate I just don't have the capacity to deal with it. YLF is the best site I have every been on. It's so logical and clear and it looks beautiful.

Inge, your powers of style research are amazing, and you have a great eye and your comments are always incredibly insightful.

Thank you all.

And LynD, it is a privilege to be your friend, shopping buddy and fellow Metalicus addict x

Big thank you to Deborah for this thread, and I so agree with everything written here. Angie, Greg and Inge have truly created a extremely rare, unique place and I will be forever thankful for it.....

Jackie, that's so very sweet of you, thank you!! It was such a shame that you had to miss SSIF, we definitely need to find a way to meet up next time!-)

Deborah - Thank you so much for the kind words. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that you are enjoying the holidays with your family!

Thank you so much again everyone, for all the heartfelt compliments, and for helping to make YLF a truly special and welcoming community.

I'm sorry that I cannot reply to you individually today - taking my Papa back to the airport and it's busy at the Cox Castle - but please know that your awfully kind and touching words are very much appreciated. THANK YOU. Hugs all round, and much love. xo