WIW: Yay or Nay? - YouLookFab Forum

I've included two pics of the same WIW because the skirt detail is where I really have a question.

Angie helped me pick out this lovely sweater and I love it. Soft, comfy, interesting shape. Unfortunately sitting at my desk all day plus overhead lighting make it look oddly wrinkled at the bottom. Let's just pretend I have monster strong abs.

I think pairing the bulky sweater with the trim skirt works, but I'm just not sure. The panels throw me off. I added my ankle boots, which have just a bit of gap at the ankle, because they seemed to mirror the hemline of the sweater. Same with the squat doctor's bag. Also, pics from the Nordstrom website so that you can see the detail of the skirt a little better than in my photos.

What do you think? Does this work?

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12 years ago

catgirl

Veteran

I like this combination a LOT, K! The tweedy factor with the skirt has a Chanel-ish effect.

Suz

(website)

It works to my eye. I'd be frustrated about those wrinkles on the sweater, too...do they fall out over time? The skirt is beautiful, too! Always love your smile.

K. Period.

@Una, thanks! I reflexively go toward classic, so pushing into more daring frontiers always makes me a little nervous. I'm not ready to trust (or distrust) myself entirely.

@Suz, thank you too! You are such a sweetie! You always have some nice thing to say. I've noticed and I love it about you. The wrinkles on the sweater aren't that noticeable in person and they do fall out quickly. I need to get in the habit of pulling the sweater front flat when I sit down, I think.

LoveSarahDub

Active Member

YAY! to every part of this! You look SO chic, even with a wrinkle or two! Truly, you look very timeless and elegant.

Fabulous!

Emily

Yay! It looks lovely to me.

Caro in Oz

Ah, this is a big difference between RATE & polished - you are so gorgeously polished you notice the wrinkles. YLF imo.

unfrumped

I think it totally works--very fab to pair the chunky with the slim skirt. And the sweater is gorgeous.
I am working oon outfits in this or similar silhouette plus trying for an even shorter top, but not cropped! It is so hard for me to find my mythical perfect length as I want it to fall at a certain spot and that might even vary a bit with the skirt!

pil

Yay from me too. That sweater is gorgeous on you with your hair and coloring and I really like it with the skirt - complete with panels!

rachylou

I think Caro is dead on about the difference between RATE & polished. This is a really pretty sweater and skirt combo and you might, sweetie, be just about the only person who cares or really notices the wrinkles.

That said, they are there - now that you point them out. I guess the thing is, do you want to cut butter like a hot knife?

sarah

I think that this works for sure, and I really love that skirt on you. I do see what you mean about the wrinkles. I get so frustrated when I leave the house feeling great and then my clothes end up wrinkling or doing some such unexpected thing.

Rachy and Caro, you two crack me up. I'm okay with the wrinkles. The sweater hangs away from my body, so I don't think anyone would ever think they were anything but (gasp!) wrinkles. But who knew chunky sweaters could wrinkle? So long as the sweater plus skirt combo looks great, I'm a happy girl!

Angie

Fashion Stylist

Fabulous. I think you're used to seeing a shorter and less chunky pullover with a pencil, K. That's why you were unsure of this outfit. It's super on trend. Fresh look. Rock on.

Nicole D

Looks great! Here;s what you need to do, and this is actually what I did today. Put your computer monitor on an eye level shelf and stand while reading. No wrinkles on your sweater and burns more calories too!

Thanks, Angie! It is interesting to try to train myself out of my reflexive "classic to the power of classic" impulses! My arbitrary non-rules are falling left and right.

@Nicole: love it!

Peri

Hey wow, I bought that sweater! Unfortunately it didn't look nearly as good on IT me. You look great though!

Peri, I bet it looked better on you than you are giving yourself credit for. I'm a super IT (I'm two sizes or more bigger on top than on my bottom half). This is a size up from my regular non CM size for this fit--it is a medium.