WIW yesterday and yesteryear - YouLookFab Forum

Below is the outfit I wore yesterday, and just for kicks and giggles, I looked up what I wore around this same date in 2013 and 2014 (couldn't find 2015).

Pic 1 - Another green (pants) and blue (houndstooth, blazer) outfit. The pants in my Finds are not the same color - mine are a dark teal green. I did an alteration on the pants (added an inch to the length), nothing else needed alterations.

Pic 2 - Worn in 2013. I still have the top (in fact I'm wearing it as loungewear right now) and the skirt, but not the booties. Everything in this outfit except the booties was new at the time.

Pic 3 - Worn in 2014. I'm wearing sunglasses because I had just had eyelid surgery. Nothing from this outfit remains in my wardrobe. Everything in this outfit is older than the items in the outfit I wore in 2013.

Hopefully my style has evolved for the better, but there is one thing that I noticed, especially in the 2013 and 2016 outfits - I like trendy silhouettes (at least they're trendy in my mind).

Have you noticed similarities and differences in your own style over the last few years? What are they?

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Campbell blazer in houndstooth

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Factory drapey sleeveless popover shirt

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Topshop 'Marilyn' Square Toe Bow Bootie (Women)

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Suz

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Karen, you gorgeous woman, you!!!

You DO like trendy silhouettes, especially if they involve jeans and trousers, and you wear them so very well. You were made for jeans and made for crops!! Those booties (yes, I'll say it again) were a genius purchase for you this year. LOVE the jacket. I have been so tempted by it, but how many jackets can I own? (By the way, I am keeping the pink Rhodes and already wore it twice.)

Love your other outfits, too, and it is super fun to see the changes.

peacechick

That's so cool you are able to do your own version of "on this day in history"! Is it very untrendy of me to say I think you look current and fashionable in all three pics? In fact, one of my upcoming outfits is a LOT like your 2013 outfit, haha. It's a plaid sweatshirt paired with a pleather pencil skirt. I'm planning to wear it this weekend.

Karie

Thanks ladies!

Suz, the answer to your question, "How many jackets can I own?" is....(oh wait, was that a serious question?!) ...to quote the famous Buz Lightyear (well, he's famous amongst the 3rd grade set) the answer is "To infinity and beyond!" Seriously, though, I'm so glad you kept the pink blazer, it looks wonderful on you. I kind of regret taking mine back - but I already own a pink blazer, a red blazer, an orange/red blazer, two houndstooth blazers, etc., etc....which I think brings us back around to that question of yours again...

Peacechick, the outfit you have planned for this weekend sounds fab. I hope you post pictures!

MsMaven

Love the jacket on you. Where I live a great jacket is a necessity all year around and there is no way I can own too many good ones. I just bought the regent jacket in houndstooth and am moving out a couple of mistaken denim jackets.

But to the point: you look great in all the photos but I adore the first one--this is a look I'd like for myself.

CocoLion

Wow, it's so fun to look back. I love your style, whether now or a few years ago. I know you've moved on from some of the pieces but I think they all still work beautifully.

Your thread is timely because I'm trying to slim down my number of clothes. I just have, ehem, too much stuff right now! But -- after almost 6 years on YLF a lot of it is good, looks good, good style, etc. So it's hard to let go! The only reason I eventually let go, is because I'm just not wearing the piece, not that anything is wrong with it. Exception is my damaged things, but I tend to take good care of things so that pile is small.

Sometimes I think some things might be "dated" but they really aren't actually dated. I'm just sick of them.

Jaime

You look fantastic in this year's outfit, and will admit I like it much better than the other two from previous years - although you looked quite good in them too! Style journey success!

Stevia, it's been a fun style journey too, and I'm glad I kept so many of the old pics.

CocoLion, I feel very much the same way. I've been on YLF for 4 years (where has the time gone?) and it's very hard to let go of those items that, to me, fit well and look good - and especially items that are of good quality. My "holding zone" closet is quite full but it's in the basement so t's out of sight. I have pulled out some previously "I'm tired of you" items and started wearing them again.

Ms. Maven, the Regent is my favorite J Crew blazer, in fact, it's my favorite blazer, period. I love the way it fits, and the chambray version of it has pretty much replaced my denim jackets.

RobinF

Very chic outfit, love the boots and the jacket is so classy. I can see a definite progression in your style. What a fun post.

Sara L.

All your outfits are chic! I have daily outfit pictures going back to 2011 and I find it excruciating to look at outfits from a few years ago. There are so many bad ones!

Sara and Robin, when I think about the early outfits I posted I really do have a lot of bad ones! Some of them are painful to look at. What was that old cigarette ad - "You've come a long way baby!" I certainly hope I have.

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