Floral dresses in summer are timeless. Just choose the right color combination and silhouette and you'll be fine

@marissashantez6051

38 минут бұрын

True, but she has point about there being too many details, and on top of that a print, you might have too much going on.

I am a boho gal so I liked the boho styles and would find different ways to style the bold prints. Each to their own. It's all about wearing what we love and feel amazing in.

@xahra4846

2 күн бұрын

Totally agree

Great video Lydia! Of course everyone’s choice of clothing is different but I’ve learnt from you that by picking something more basic or neutral means you’re able to dress it up or down, or change the look by adding a belt or different accessories and that way people don’t realize you’re wearing the same dress!

The key words of the video "It іs just not my style". We are all different, and it is great 😊 I wouldn't like to live in the world where everyone dresses in classic style, beige-blue- black stuff 😂 BTW, caftan dresses in bold colours suit Asian women so much more than white/beige classic dresses that Lydia appreciates so much 😅

@marissashantez6051

36 минут бұрын

But she has point. I dont dress like her at all, and the dresses in her no pile would still be hard to style for me. And Im pretty bold.

I like to go for Fashion inspiration to Italy. And they wear everthying, simple, prints, florals, colors. It never feels outdated or cheap, they focus on basics, always good quality materials. And me personally, I like some good floral dress for the summer, it just feel right ☀️🌸

@nelly8592

Күн бұрын

I am french and just now in Italy on holidays. I have to say how right you are, women (and men) are so much on colors and prints here. I like this much 🤩 and I don't think they are not elegant or stylish, on the contrary. The only print I hate but see a lot here is the leopard one, often in combination with wild others and very very colourful. It's Roberto Cavalli's style but I think it always looks cheap to me.😮

@lentilpaff7864

6 сағат бұрын

I'm with Lydia, big patterns usually don't complement the human form.

@marissashantez6051

25 минут бұрын

Florals are awesome, but the only way I will wear them is vintage. That way they are well made and not cheap.

Ok, this video is basically about what you like . Some of your styles are basic and sometimes elegant, but it can be too predictable. I personally like classic but also playful or graceful styles. So there you go

I’m wearing prints for first time this summer. There are some really pretty dresses out right now. I would have missed out if living by fashion “rules”. I also enjoy some boho pieces. When you hit your 60s style is all about self expression. I’ve got nobody to impress. I don’t care how long my clothes last. My style changes season to season. That’s the fun of fashion.

I love the looks of your chosen dresses - but unfortunately I'm unlikely to buy any of them, for one of two reasons. Firstly, most have either thin straps or some asymmetry on top, and the idea of having to wear a super tight strapless bra in summer is incredibly off-putting. In fact, it would be great to have your take on this - what sort of underwear do you recommend for tops like these? Secondly, because these are mainly natural fabrics (great!), and are usually not patterned, I worry that unless they are ironed to perfection, they will look like rags after the first wash. I hate ironing (also, I don't have the time for it, plus it's bad for the environment), so the idea of a plain white cotton maxi dress fills me with dread!

Good examples of what you would not wear, which seems to be most with ornaments, boho, bright colours or different colours than beige, white, grey or black. But as many others we love colour and boldness, so we would definitely buy that, maybe not the exact examples, but in general colour, patterns and to stand out... beige and neutrals wash out so many skin tones ... simple have it's place, but so does bold ? 😊 But thanks for sharing you preferences and good examples for simple and stylish clothes.

I admire your fashion sense. Watching your videos now in my mid 40s. I thoroughly enjoyed my younger years wearing prints, florals, full on colors and styles that suited me. It's been a few years since I've started to wear neutral colors and classic styles because personally i cannot tolerate too florally dresses now. I'm treading the thin line between dressing my age and trying not to look older than my age. Classic styles tend to make one look older.

Ohhhhh Lydia youjust Proof to me why i follow you. You are the best . No One can came even closer. Shirt dresses are My CUP of tea 😊 i own four. Two are light blue and horizontal stripes made in popeline with long sleeves and the third is light bege with stripes and long sleeves also 100 percent cotton and finaly a white One 100& linen with long sleeves too. Why AM i telling u this ??? Because i have them almost 5 years ago and the looks impecable and yes the are timeless. I live by the beach on Ericeira - Portugal since 5 years😊 and i bought them at Benetton in Cascais where i lived Before moving in with My husband to Ericeira. Till this day people asks me where did i buy them. And because i AM not a tennis shoes kinda person i wear them with My Tods Mocassins. So 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 well done .❤

Lydia I have to say something WHITE IS NOT EASY TO WEAR; It attracts the dirt and marks so easily almost like they are drawn to the colour!

@nancywillaert5129

3 күн бұрын

I have white dresses and pants, and I have to be aware when I can wear it, having two border collies and a granddaughter so it’s often for going out and not stressing when the dogs are possible with us on holiday.

@andricornelius

2 күн бұрын

Also, white, like black, actually does not suit a lot of people's skin tones. Similarly, with those shapeless dresses - it might be cool (and look gorgeous on someone like Lydia), but it does not look good on many body shapes.

@xahra4846

2 күн бұрын

@@andricornelius right . The thing is she only talks about what works for HER . which is not empowering to me.

@tinajoneswilliams4253

6 сағат бұрын

​@xahra4846, what else should she talk about other than what she likes and suits her?

@susannem3526

2 сағат бұрын

Yeah, this channel probably isn’t for you..

Great choices Lydia. My favorite was the Karen Milen poplin white dress. I love all of her pieces so much. Ty!

Some of the dresses you critise look beautiful to me, and some of the dresses you like look ugly to me. It's all about personal choices.

@LydiaJaneTomlinson

2 күн бұрын

I find this so interesting!! 🙈 It feels so obvious to me why I don’t think they look good. I’d be intrigued to know which ones you mean, and why!

@patmartin9727

Күн бұрын

It good that we don’t all like the same. We should all do what we feel comfortable in. I personally love classic styles plan to dress up or down.

@lentilpaff7864

6 сағат бұрын

It's all about training the eye. One can like a big floral pattern in the abstract, but not look good with it draped on the body. I agree so much with Lydia's take that fabric should complement the body and not distract.

It’s so helpful to see detailed comparisons between what to avoid and what to look for. Thanks Lydia!

Hi Lydia. I totally agree with your pieces to avoid buying. I love boho but the style doesn’t have to be full of ruffles,tie dye or bold patterns and bright colours. I love midi and maxi but with muted tones which can be accessorised with an interesting belt, jewellery or bag.Personally, I really dislike any animal prints or synthetic fabrics and far prefer linen and cotton. I think living in a Mediterranean climate as I do,simple,fresh and easy to wear, looser fitting outfits are predominant here.

I appreciate the way she is wearing, elegant and rich looking, that is something for my reference. She is not perfect in the body shape, but when she puts on the dress, she looks stunning.

All the don’t buys are things I would never buy. Guess I’m classic and like my clothes simple

Great video Lydia. Fantastic tips to build capsule wardrobe ❤

I enjoy the fact you talk about classic ,longevity, modern, neutral I wish you had did side by side thank you

I concur, like how you point out the faults in certain styles & showed us much better options!! 🇨🇦👍💕

Thoroughly enjoyed this video. The next avoid.v buy I would love to see would be summer sandals. Have a great week and thank you.

Great video! It would really be nice if you could include styling tips for those of us that are short. It seems most of your recommendations will only look good on someone tall!

Hello Lydia love your honesty and taste❤

I would love to see you do a makeup routine video, if you are comfortable with that. I always admire your eye look♡

Glad i saw this- I bought a bright orange and purple dress from Mango with cut outs in the sides where the waist is. I keep thinking about it and it is just too bright although it felt pretty good in the store - You have to go with what you feel comfortable and good in!

Can you share some more summer dresses really loving your recommendations ❤

Lovely dresses, now I need some shorts options. Can you do a video with some other types outfit options that includes shorts? Love your style and love putting lovely outifts together inspired by your content that makes me feel so good. 🥰

I have the same taste. I dont have much money , but you can also dress nice and look stylish on a low budget...i dont buy a lot but i buy nice peaces with good materials...

Much easier to focus on you Lydia standing in front of that part of the wardrobe. Always thoughtful content.

Love the color of your nail polish. Not too bold red, just a little toned down. Would you mind sharing? Thank you. As always, love your videos.

Very helpful. I’d like to see more options for different body types as those halter dresses look best on thin people with thin arms. I agree with you on classic/timeless pieces but sometimes it’s fun to have a piece or two that just makes you feel good and shows your personality a bit.

Lovely video (as always)! I love your style although sometimes it’s a bit too loose/ oversized for me as I am very skinny/ petite so such dresses kinda drown me

Really useful video, Lydia!

I am definitely an EYELET girl compared to LACE. It just looks more classy and elegant hands down. I think if you want a lace dress you would have to purchase from a very very very high end brand for it to look nice

I usually love seeing your choices but today I was as not so keen on the pieces. But I can live with the disappointment for once.

the 2nd dress is a classic design that has never gone out of style & it is beautiful thru all decades ~ halter top styling is very attractive on most shapes ~ i made this dress in a bright floral chiffon with knee length hem 20 years ago & have never stopped wearing it ~ plus i have a gorgeous silk fabric to remake it but with a mid calf to ankle length ~ if you say your style is classic then of course you are not going to like feminine styles or upbeat interesting ones ~ maybe you should have this mentioned in your channel name or in the video title because its not about dos & donts for women in general who might be likely to click on this video like i did ~ i am a clothing & costumer designer so check some of these videos out now & then because of curiosity but am usually disappointed for the reasons just mentioned ~ myself i like 3 types of styling & classic is one of them which includes this dress ~ classic / romantic / fun funky fad ~ those are my style choices & they make for an interesting wardrobe for interesting people ~

Gorgeous eyelet dress.

Love the stripped dress def my favorite along with the black dress with the spaghetti straps great video

🥰 thank you, Lydia! Wonderful video, smart and very stylish. Have to say, I'm a true fan of lace,... bet you'd be especially fine in the right one.

I don’t even like lace tablecloths. I had to Lol at your reaction to the caftan dress, my thoughts exactly though I do realise that many like to wear this style in a warm climate.

I am deciding to phase out black shoes and accessories. I'm right on the edge of petite, so I think neutrals or lighter colored shoes and accessories suit me better.

Great video ❤ I wanted to ask which earrings would you pair with the siege/green dress from mango?

Hi, Lydia! I’d love to see you style gym to Athleisure wear. I realize you’re not at the stage of running all over the place with kiddos, but I’d love to see how you’d style outfits with nothing but sneakers/trainers:). Thank you!

Great video

It depends on what you think you can pull off, I guess. Both the donts and dos were equally good and bad. In the donts, the bright turquoise can be pulled off only by certain skin complexion. That red dress in the dos can only be pulled off by someone who wants to hide their body (some people feel secure that way and its ok). Likewise the Olive green off shoulder dress was beautiful in the dos. That floral in the dos, o my God was far too bold and is not for everyone. Striped shirt dress in the dos with button all over looked dangerous. Shirt dresses have the risk of the button popping at any time. I never get them.

This video popped in my feed and I think it is disappointing. I expected a more technical view on the do and don't. Your advice feels unhelpful if you don't have your same taste, style or body It is not that I disagree with your taste, it is very classy and trendy, but that I expected to pick some ideas for my own choices I guess it is not that kind of channel?

Very good and very useful. Would you do a similar video on shoes and handbags please?!

Going to comment before watching. Is the blazer you are wearing in beige or khaki? Just love it. 😍

Simplicity is nice, but up to a point.

I agree Lydia; we can do better. Thank you for explaining why certain clothing items don’t work well and why other items do work well. So helpful.

I like this type of vedio ❤

Lydia what size is your brown flattered hedda bag? Midi or grande?

Those avoids were like the dregs of a website unfiltered 😅. When you're on page 30 and they've reduced multiple times 😂. I fast forwarded those as preaching to the converted here but loved the buys, which were 👌🏿

I totally agree floral patterns specially dainty ones look very dated and add years

Colour and printed fabrics depends on the person, their skin tone, style, personality, body shape and culture/ethnicity.

Hellooooooooo Lydia ❤

Great!

As always, 💯

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The dislikes show in your face, apparently I do the same…the nose wrinkle 😂. Love the ‘that tie dye thing’ comment 😂😂 Great video as always and some lovely choices, being 5’2” I’m hoping I can get away with a couple!

@LydiaJaneTomlinson

2 күн бұрын

😂😂😂 I think I could have pulled more faces but I was trying not to 🤣🤣 glad you like the video! Thank you so much! ❤

That baggy red dress would only look good on a tall woman with very little curves and not on petite women with curves. We would get lost in all the bulk. The dress is nice though and the shade of red is lovely! I really fo like the black halter and the white eyelet shirt dress and the last black tree is also nice!

Great comparison video 😊 I always enjoy your videos so much. But a minor comment that came to my mind - you keep repeating that this is „classic”, this is not like, eg. „This dress does not feel classic”. You do not have to be classic all the time. Play with fashion. Classic is framed. Add to your frame some interesting picture 😊 Avoid framing yourself still in one image.

@LydiaJaneTomlinson

2 күн бұрын

Hmm yes I think perhaps I need to change my phrasing as ‘classic’ to me sort of means multiple things. For example, I think you can have a modern classic piece, or something that is traditional and more of a basic, and that can be called classic too. Perhaps I need to refine that a bit more when I’m explaining!💕

The color of those summer dresses looks for fall...??????

I’m so entertained by the offended ppl in the comments 🤣

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I love when Brits say twee

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Am I allowed to comment on what you are wearing on this video? Is this a jacket? A button down dress? I find this to be utterly shapeless and boring. It does not do anything for you. I would definitely avoid this. Respectfully, though.

im only at the red lace dress & must comment further~ you keep saying that you think or dont think or personally for you . . .~ if these choices are just about your preferences then once again the title is misleading ~ the red lace dress is a classic sheath styling & looks very classy in this simple red version ~ from what you are wearing i think its very very boring with an unflattering over size fit ~ this whole video is about you so maybe this kind of video is not your forte ~

your recommendations are usually good. not this video though. 🙂

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Saw the first dress in a thrift yesterday (SHEIN) it was TERRIBLE. Cheap material poor construction just tacky!

If you don’t like the style Lydia stands for- then why watch this? This isn’t for the floral fans, find someone who makes KZread’s about what you like and go there!

From BUY section - the white wrap dress looks cheap and busy - has a wrap and puffed sleeves, the pistachio color is so washed off and is probably one of the worse tones for most skin tones including yours. The floral dress looks cheap and wrong proportions with dated belt. Black halterneck one has a belt sash/tie which is too much. Others were really nice.

Feels quite judgemental .

@elizabethvega5768

14 сағат бұрын

The content creator repeatedly said that she's offering her preferences and opinions on FASHION - nothing personal. All opinions and everyones' views are judgements. YOU on the other hand are judging a PERSON who simply has different tastes, views, or opinions to your own. Think that through 🤔

@xahra4846

4 сағат бұрын

@@elizabethvega5768 I understand that but she keeps saying tacky about specific clothing that I’m sure lots of people wear and approve of.

@xahra4846

54 минут бұрын

@@elizabethvega5768 I’m not judging her as a person to be clear , I just shared my feeling about the content . Haven’t commented anything about her personality or appearance.

@xahra4846

52 минут бұрын

@@elizabethvega5768 saying your opinion about someone’s content is not judging that person .

All the don't dresses look cheap.

@xahra4846

2 күн бұрын

She chose the cheap ones .

would be nice to hear less of I LIKE or I DONT LIKE and crisper videos with shorter time on each item - there is lots of repetition i feel and i end up fast forwarding most of the time

i have been counting how many tymes you have made this about you ~ i like / i feel / persoanally / personal / etc ~ ive counted 45 tymes already that this is about your opinion & ive only watched up to the end of the red lace dress ~ if so then your opinion is not qualified or knowledgeable or professional enough to be giving out advice on this subject matter ~ also what you are wearing is very trendy & im surprised you dont realize that ~ it will soon be dated ~

beige is boring ~

It's a pity that you mainly draw attention to clothes from brands that YOU like, shapes that look good on YOU and bland colors that suit YOU or that YOU associate with looking rich? That is not universal or inclusive?

@LydiaJaneTomlinson

2 күн бұрын

Please feel free to describe some shapes and styles you like so I understand what you mean😊. Obviously this channel is about my personal style so of course I will be showing that, and you can take it or leave it! 🙊🤍

@andricornelius

2 күн бұрын

Lydia often gives great general advice, but if you are struggling with her advice not being applicable to you, I can highly recommend @stylemejenn to figure out what works on YOU. She has an amazing understanding of what works on different people and why.

@xahra4846

2 күн бұрын

Agree

@marticooper4468

2 күн бұрын

Obviously! Why would she be wearing brands or clothes she doesn’t like… i would never waste my time watching videos of clothes or styles I don’t like.

@colecolettecole

Күн бұрын

@@marticooper4468 but how would you know this by the title ? im just checking in for the first tyme on this channel & find it very centered on her ~

Loved the Sezane white Broderie Anglaise dress. Broderie Anglaise is so much classier than the cheap polyester lace seen in the swerve dress! A different technique in the making altogether, it’s never really been out of style since the 19th century! Love your videos Lydia ❤