The Fit, The Fab and The Face: Outfit and Inspo Thread

[danielledanielle]

I realized we don't have an OOTD, outfit of the day thread, which isn't needed but can still be a lot of fun.  It's dress up for me, but make it adult.

This was part spurred by my natural hair journey, Tress Trek - A Transition Journal from Relaxer to Natural and NYFW and Zendaya.  99% Zendaya.

The Fit- this can be your attire, or what has arisen from the Capsule Challenge, your makeup bag.  Hair and fragrance "fits" count, too


The Fab - What you loved enough to be inspired by or loved the most about your look


The Face - the proooodduccctsss, so I can add to my loves list, y'all. Or a pic of your face

Note: posting your actual self is optional.  Feel free to post pics or lists of what you included.  This really is about seeing what others are doing and getting inspired to try or retry things.

Also feel free to cross post to existing threads (and browse)

Capsule Makeup Collection Challenge 2025 

What are you wearing in 2025?? 

How Are You Styling Your Hair Today? 

What are you wearing, Fragrance edition! 

[itsfi]

You look like you’re having so much fun posing with your fab outfits @danielledanielle! Love how you paired that Fenty scarf with the Boss dress! Those BR satiny joggers sound so comfy. 

[danielledanielle]

TY @byme4u 😎 @itsfi & @caitbird 

[PDXXXX]

@danielledanielle that two-tone blazer and bracelet from look one - dayum! Look 3 is so, so fun too!

[danielledanielle]

Thank you @PDXXXX .  Day 3 was a big mood day...I was on 3.5 hours of sleep.  I was like, I'm gonna diva hard today and make it through.  Outside vs inside discordance.  Extra tired, but extra vibes 😎

[PDXXXX]

@danielledanielle so much with the "outside vs inside discordence" - nailed it. I know those days when you just need a power outfit, like armor, to be in the world. You rocked it.

[PDXXXX]

Today I'm wearing a barrel jeans "now" version while looking at inspo for "later" as it warms up. I ended up going nautical on both, as one of my rules of thumb is to ground trendy pieces with classic touches. So stripes, boat shoes, anything beachy, and barrel need apply. What about you - are barrel jeans and pants on your try it or pass list and what's your favorite way to style them?

"NOW" FIT:

Inspired by a lot of volume layered on volume looks I've seen for colder days. Also, um, no matter how much J.Crew I wear I look 90s or homeless, lmao - thanks Mr. Cobain! Beanie: J. Crew; Cardigan: J. Crew; Tee: Marine Layer; Jeans: Pistola; Shoes: Seevees. I've also rolled up the jeans here to counterbalance the volume and show off the shoes.

Two secret weapons: 

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Miller et Bertaux "Oh, ooOoh...oh" is one of my top five favorite fragrances. It truly does smell like some undetectable wood I might only find smelling the inside of my guitars. A bit driftwoody. Like Mahogony with sea salt.

And, of course, my deceptively dainty Nora Kogan ring. It's great for days when I need a little fierceness. I usually turn it around so people can't see what it says. And then, if I'm having a moment open my palm, read it and exhale, lol. I got it around the time she came back out with her enamel rings. They don't make one that says this anymore and I'm hoping it stays that way.

THE FAB: LOOKING FORWARD TO BARRELS ON THE BEACH INSPO BOARD:

(1) My favorite look today - classic Jackie O. touches like the silk scarf, big glasses, and gold bracelets.The black t-shirt keeps it from going crazy, and she still worked in mesh flats. Ten out of ten, (2) The silk turban is reminiscent of my favorite look in number one and ties in a very classic and nautical striped shirt, (3)  A light house from my hometown that always makes me miss the beach, (4) A chunky gold bracelet now on sale at J.Crew for under $19 - I always associate a bracelet like this with nautical looks and don't know why, (5) & (6) Two looks I like for the interrum here before it gets really warm, (7) Barrels on the beach!!! (8) Classic Superga slip-ons, they stopped making them and I only have them in black, but I love Supergas - they're like the Italian Keds - and hope I'll have a pair to replace my Seevees someday, finally (9) My own nautical shirt by MOTHER I plan on wearing with these jeans once it warms up.

AND THE FACE:

A no-makeup, natural, nudes look that was impossibly hard!

BASE: equal parts Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi™ Bronzing Drops with Peptides + Supergoop! Protec(tint) Daily SPF Tint SPF 50 Sunscreen Skin Tint with Ectoin 14N - fair neutral pea... + ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr B12 Base Thinner Luminous Vitamin Pearl Boosting Serum Pearlescent Pink (the base thinner has been amaaaazing),

CONTOUR/BRONZE/HIGHLIGHT: Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Soft Pinch Liquid Contour  + MAKEUP BY MARIO Softsculpt® Multi-Use Bronzing & Shaping Serum with Hyaluronic Acid Fair + Westman Atelier Vital Skincare Brightening Concealer With Hyaluronic Acid Atelier L1 to brighten + Saie Mini Glowy Super Gel Lightweight Dewy Multipurpose Illuminator Warmglow,

EYES: PATRICK TA Major Dimension Eyeshadow Palette + Jones Road Just a Sec in Bronze + Wander Beauty Mile High Mascara

LIPS: MAKEUP BY MARIO Ultra Suede® Sculpting Lip Pencil Dmitry + Kosas Wet Lip Oil Plumping Peptide Lip Treatment Gloss Jellyfish .

[Samtian]

@PDXXXX I'm obsessed with this whole look!

[PDXXXX]

@Samtian thank you so much! I think I'll be wearing these a lot this summer!

[itsfi]

Kudos to you @PDXXXX! When I first saw the barrel jeans trend I thought I would just be wearing dresses all spring and summer. But you’ve nailed an elevated 90’s grunge vibe and made me a little more interested in barrel leg jeans (though I don’t think I’m ready to fit myself into the horseshoe style🧲). I love mixing in classics with trendier pieces and like the striped tee and boat shoes - you’ve got that casually cool and comfy vibe going on here. Great idea to roll up the jeans!! 

I like the look of 1 & 2 on your fab mood board. All the styles on your board make barrels look more approachable to me. 👍🏼 I'd proabably pair barrel jeans with kitten heels and/or sneakers and then style the top based on what shoe I was wearing with the jeans.

[PDXXXX]

@itsfi I love the idea of styling them from the shoes up. I love look 1 as well - it has me needing to go through my tee shirts to see if I have a good staple black tee. Yeah, rolling them up seems so opposed to what you should do with a baggy jean on a shorter person but somehow it works with these. I was unsure but like it too.

[itsfi]

@PDXXXX, I came thiiiiis close to purchasing some balloon barrel pants (I keep getting the name mixed up)  because of you. I feel like this is a trend that I’m going to have to purchase as a whole outfit 😆 or wear the top I would wear with it when trying on this style of pants. 

[PDXXXX]

@itsfi what?? Oh no, I've enabled you! I feel like as a trend they'll be much easier to pull off as it gets warmer with just matching tanks, tees, and sandals. I so want to see if you give in what they look like (or post a pic if you have one if you're on the fence)!

[itsfi]

lol, yes, you have @PDXXXX! 😆 Barrel jeans are probably the one clothing item I'll allow myself on my no-spend / low buy, as I don't have anything like it in my closet. I'm eyeing an ankle length barrel pair - depending on whether it's a true ankle length on me, I can do a few shoe pairings. I have a few clothing pieces I can pair with it.

As I'm looking at the board, I'm sorta thinking the darker pair may go better with the various other pieces. 

• First column - light yellow cardigan + white ribbed tank + denim sandals
• Second column - green military style jacket + striped tee + Rothy's sneakers
• Third column - fitted brown (mine's darker than the one pictured) blazer + white sleeveless V-neck blouse + strappy heels
• Fourth column - black cashmere polo + loafers - it'd be fun with a cream-colored cropped trench but the ones I have are more oversized and that would make me look more boxy than I'd like

[PDXXXX]

How did you pull that all so quickly @itsfi ?! I love how many outfits you thought of for a barrel look. I'm finding I really do like where mine fit right at the ankle in terms of low or high shoe options. I tried a pair that were more cropped as many are but didn't feel like I could pull them off. The color is suuuch a hard call. I feel like you could go either way with these outfit options. One thing I will say is going with rigid vs. non-rigid denim makes a difference as well if that helps inform your choice. I love how well you mapped this out!

[itsfi]

@PDXXXX, I'm constantly saying to myself that I don't have anything to wear, or, that I don't have anything to wear with X. I could be standing in front of my closet or just out and about. I decided for spring/summer to pick out a few staples of mine and create a bunch of different looks on a white board with them. This way it's very hard for me to justify buying other pieces of clothing to go with any new <pair of jeans, dress, shoes, etc.> that I might pick up. When I thought about whether a pair of barrel jeans should be in my future, I told myself I needed to see which pieces (already in my closet) I would pair with them, both to justify making a purchase and also to keep me from picking up anything else. Ha! So I've sorta had the outfits put together, just waiting for a pair of barrel jeans that would be a good fit. I wear these mainly with other bottoms, including jeans and just decided to use them as a starting point. I'm trying to be better with not getting carried away with shopping. 

[danielledanielle]

You are the chicest homeless person, ever @PDXXXX 

Random musings

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Okay, yeah what is it with barrel jeans being something?  I have a pair that I got with a Cult Gaia X Gap collab, and that's it.  It's a matching set, and if I add anything, it's usually my Ami Colé bucket hat.  Very 90s, I suppose.

I think you're spot on twinning with 5 on your mood board.  But yeah, barrel jeans...🤷🏽‍♀️ I'm not sure if I'm pro or con, just wondering why they are everywhere now 🤔😶

Also, yes sailor details.  I think sailor kind lends itself to subtle androgyny, like wide leg or flared jeans, the stripes... And even a nice pair of boat shoes.   I remember getting a really decent pair of boat shoes from Old Navy, and yes, they were worn into the ground...to the ground.  They were a punchy orange red. 

[PDXXXX]

@danielledanielle I am with you. After all of the wide-leg mania last year, I saw barrel jeans and was like - this is not going to last; we're going back to a straight or skinny vibe. The first ones I tried on were horseshoe shaped and I was thinking, "what idiot is going to wear these?" Yet here we are. I like look 5 too. Most likely this summer I'll be in a black tank and Nikes with these. Dunno though, we'll see what lands in my collection plate 😂

[danielledanielle]

My phone died before I could add and edit, and perhaps that was for the best because I was a-ramblin' @PDXXXX 😶😂

I like the idea of black tank and Nikes, can I suggest a little skater girl action mixed with something classic?

[PDXXXX]

YAASSS! @danielledanielle 

[itsfi]

Okay, 3 looks this week inspired by The Devil Wears Prada, inspired by who I would consider Anne Hathaway's peers in the film. I tried for a fourth, with another Miranda Priestly look (not a peer of Andy's), but it didn't happen this week. Another day.

Serena: A colleague of Andy's and colleague and friend of Emily. 

The Fit:

• grey pinstripe blazer, old-school Banana Republic, from a while ago
• white button up blouse, Banana Republic
• black pencil skirt, Ann Taylor, from a while ago as well
• black, pointy toes, slingback heels, Nine West
• Princess cut solitaire stud earrings, Lightbox
• black wallet with silver hardware, Ferragamo, circa 2015, maybe even before then? A friend this wallet in red 😍 I asked her if she'd mind if I picked it up (in black) and she didn't. I kept my eye on it, saw it on sale at Saks and the rest, they say, is history. 
• anti-blue light eye glasses

The Fab:

• the shoes, because I love a slingback heel 
• the wallet
• the eye glasses - I don't know if there are scientific studies showing a benefit to glasses like these reducing eye strain, but I have them and they fit the look. 🤣

The Face:

More details on these beauties posted to Sephora Six - Fast & Furious Edition and Capsule Makeup Collection Challenge 2025  Cliff Note's version: Tower 28 skin tint, Haus Labs concealer and Glossier Boy Brow have been staples in my collection since last year. Tower 28 gives a lovely flush of color while also blurring and setting. The Shu Uemura lash curler haaaad to be included in Serena's look because ... 

Photo Credit: Bad Outfit, Great Lipstick blog 

Emily: Ahhh, Emily. Emily Blunt's Emily has a very unique look to her in the film. It's usually far more edgier (a different edgy than Jacqueline Follet) than I can confidently or comfortably pull off. The black and brown gingham dress she wears in the scene with Gisele Bundchen's Serena is one that would be most likely be something in my own closet, and her makeup here is one of her more understated looks which suits me better.  

The Fit:

• light brown and cream gingham high neck, A-line dress, picked this up at a boutique a few years back
• wheat cardigan, & Other Stories - purchased on my trip to New York for SEPHORiA 2023.
• red belt, probably from Target or H&M
• mixed bangles, acrylic, either Express or The Limited, from a long time ago - Emily wears what appears to be black bangles with her outfit. These are the closest things I have to that. I would probably just wear one; Emily would likely go with all three so I went the Emily route. 
• red mini clutch, Mansur Gavriel. This was part of the Jacqueline Follet outfit, but for this look, I wear it as shoulder bag or cross body)
• red suede flats, Tieks - one of my favorite brands for flats. The brand is known for their Tiek blue soles - or maybe it's cerulean blue? 😉🤣  fyi, there will be future outfits inspired by that scene.

The Fab:

• the bag
• the shoes

The Face:

Emily is the workaholic and she takes her job seriously! So, I figured she should have a mix of brands and some current "it" items, like the Fenty lip and Rare Beauty blush, which will make a future appearance on Spring Cheek Challenge 2025: Style Awakening - I'm still working on getting a better handle on working with it - it's cushiony, bouncy and velvety smooth. Fun, and fun to play with. More details on this group of makeup beauties at Capsule Makeup Collection Challenge 2025 

Lily: Tracie Thoms' Lily is one of Andy's friends outside of Runway Magazine. Andy is seen passing on to her products that Miranda receives from brands but doesn't want, including a Marc Jacobs bag.

The Fit 

This is the look I have on now, about to head out the door to brunch. I have a feeling the shoes and the jacket are not quite the best for the weather. I'll brave it with the shoes and am grabbing a heavier coat to go over this jacket.

• floral print blouse, Saide & Sage
• knee length denim skirt, White House Black Market
• black belt, not sure where this is from, it was probably part of a dress
• light green military jacket, mine doesn't have all the patches and a pocket on the upper left side. I picked this up from a small boutique store maybe 4-5 years ago
• gold filigree drop earrings, from the same boutique as the jacket but from a trip a couple of years later. I picked these up because they reminded me of the first pair of non-stud earrings I purchased with my own money - I was maybe 13 years old and it was a find at the local Rite-Aid
• black espadrille wedge sandal, Vince Camuto
• Marc Jacobs cross-body, this is from maybe 15 years ago. I know, I hoard my handbags - not the same style of color as the Marc Jacobs bag in the scene, and, this one is faaaar from new, but a MJ nonetheless

Photo credit: productplacementblog(dot)com

The Fab: 

• the shoes
• the jacket
• sentimentally, the earrings

The Face:

A mix of oldies but goodies with some newness (MILK Hydro Grip Skin Tint) and more recent discoveries (Danessa Myricks Bronzite liner). More details in capsule challege.