@lyn67
Oh of course - we don't know what the item looks & feels like in reality, so ultimately we can't judge it as well as the poster.
@Irina
I know what you mean about Pinterest - it can be like those websites that masquerade as fashion blogs but are really just one giant advertisement (you know the ones - with the endless sponsored posts, gifted items & lots of glossy photos with little to no context like text or background story). Some people love reading those for escapism but, much like @Dee says, others get overwhelmed & need more 'direction' to know how to respond/ proceed.
I doubt that @staysfit meant that comparison in a way that causes offense - I interpreted it as Pinterest photos & WiWs without a textual explanation/ background story/ thematic questions don't teach her as much about people's thought processes *behind* their fashion decisions (which can then inform her own). But some people like/ actually prefer that!
It's just like @JenniNZ says about her outfit creation process - it comes almost intuitively to her now, but took some practice to get there. Some people can practise that from a single stylised image by itself (whether it be from a magazine, blog, Instagram or Pinterest), intuitively knowing how to put together their own look in comparison to it - but others may need more images together (like collected on a Pinterest board) to be able to draw enough thematic links to work out how to apply it to their own style.
