https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:02:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1163109 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 02:39:17 +0000 nancylee 1163109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice work, fellow closet purger! &nbsp;;)</p> <p>You are much more on top of your inventory than I am, and knowing what is actually there in terms of numbers can be very helpful. &nbsp;If you have a whole lot of one item you know very well not to add more.</p> <p>I'm very inspired by how carefully you've tracked your purchases and successes and mistakes. &nbsp;I think I'll give that a try. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1163025 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:56:02 +0000 MRL 1163025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great job, Susie. I need to do this before I start buying for spring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162860 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:43:03 +0000 fuzzylogic 1162860@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done, Susie! You are so organised! (Applause, applause) I find editing my wardrobe a big job. The mere thought of it is enough to send me into massive conniptions and extreme palpitations! Excuse me while I finish hyperventilating....</p> <p>I have only just become comfortable allowing myself to experiment a little and to make occasional 'mistakes'. It's just fashion- it's fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162578 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:57:45 +0000 Thistle 1162578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great job!&nbsp; It can be so hard to purge items, especially if you feel like you didn't wear them enough. Still, it is liberating to let go of items you aren't going to wear.</p> <p>Better yet, it is ideal to learn form the process! I am still trying to figure out how to do this. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162572 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:42:34 +0000 Susie 1162572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lisa, you have done a very thorough job in determining your needs. I've been very interested in reading about your closet experiment. </p> <p>Carter, your needs are&nbsp;certainly more variable than mine. I work in an office, Mon-Fri, year round. </p> <p>When I played around with some numbers, I based it on 2 6-month seasons to keep it simple. I was trying to take a fairly minimal approach but still have variety. I estimated that I would repeat pieces once every 3-4 weeks and wear each a total of approx 6 times during the 6 months. I came up with these numbers as my needs:</p> <p>Pants 12-14<br />Jeans 4-6<br />Skirts 2-3<br />Dresses 2-4<br />Tops (worn solo) 12-18<br />Toppers 6-8<br />Layering tops 6-8</p> <p>When I reviewed what I actually wore Oct - Jan, my numbers looked like this:<br /><span>Pants 21 <br />Jeans 6<br />Skirts 2<br />Dresses 3<br />Tops 32<br />Toppers 11<br />Layering tops 11</p> <p>So my estimate of the number&nbsp;for jeans, skirts and dresses&nbsp;was spot on. But&nbsp;a lot of other pieces (tops/pants)&nbsp;had only 1-3 wearings, not the 6 I estimated for each. So now I have to determine if that is just because I have more than I need, or do I actually want/need more variety? </span> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162514 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:11:11 +0000 Lisa 1162514@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like a great closet clean out.&nbsp; I find almost end of season a great time for purging, because by now you do have a good idea of what you are and are not wearing.&nbsp; I recently purged quite a number of items from my "holding zone/boutique" because it felt like the 'right time' to do so.&nbsp; And now you have extra room for your keeper items to breathe a little easier because of the extra space!&nbsp; That's my favorite part of clearing out items, the leftover room! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162500 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:56:34 +0000 carter 1162500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Susie, I've been trying to figure out general target numbers as well. I also think I have twice as much as I need to be happily dressed each day with plenty of variety. I still don't know what the ideal number is, but I am hoping that culling based on my tracking will help me get there. The cyclical nature of my job is also complicating matters for me. Mid Feb thru mid June, I'm primarily in work clothes 5-7 days/week and casual clothes 0-2. Mid June-early August is the reverse (5-7 days of casual and 0-2 days of work clothes). August-Thanksgiving is typically 4-6 days of work wear and 2-3 of casual. Thanksgiving thru mid Feb is the reverse of that...4-6 days of casual and 2-3 days of work wear. To make matters worse, many, many days I'm in both casual and work wear. Yeesh! 2014 is the year I figure this out...I hope. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162369 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 07:02:04 +0000 lyn* 1162369@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're much braver than I, Susie - I think it would take a lot more coaching for me to prune my collection this much! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162365 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:20:40 +0000 deb 1162365@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah! Good job! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162281 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:57:47 +0000 Susie 1162281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carter, I was playing around with some numbers a while ago, trying to determine how many pieces I need to get the variety I want (repeating maybe once every 3 weeks). And I think I probably have at least twice that number. So there is still room to cull. I don't want to wear a favorite piece every week or two but I do want to wear it more than twice a season. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162190 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 02:40:59 +0000 carter 1162190@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Excellent job! I finally started tracking on Jan 1, so I'm looking forward to the results helping me make some decisions easier. I'm really trying to focus on wearing my favorite things right now, and I'm really liking it. So many items that I like get rejected every morning in favor of something I love. I purged a ton last Fall, but they were all items that didn't work for me or that I just didn't like anymore. Unfortunately, I still have all the things I like but don't wear very often. Hoping to have indisputable proof from tracking that it's time for them to go! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162148 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:50:02 +0000 Caro in Oz 1162148@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done.&nbsp;I think this is the only way to deal with mistakes - give them to someone who will make them into workhorses I also find it helpful to jot down why they were mistakes - colour or fit or fabric or whatever;&nbsp;that way I can at least&nbsp;learn from them.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162139 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:38:22 +0000 Helena 1162139@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Awesome! They will be a great blessing to someone who needs them </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162135 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:35:56 +0000 Suz 1162135@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good job, Susie!!&nbsp;</p> <p>I get rid of things that aren't working really quickly. I usually know quite early on whether they will work or not.&nbsp;</p> <p>As a result, I wear absolutely everything in my closet quite a lot -- except for special occasion stuff. But this year, some of my biggest "mistakes" were items I thought would be my biggest workhorses!! That would be my two pair of La Canadienne boots and most of my booties, which got worn from October through mid-November and haven't been usable since!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162128 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 01:28:08 +0000 MsMary 1162128@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good for you, Susie!&nbsp; I did this last weekend while sort-of watching the Super Bowl.&nbsp; Today I dropped off five big bags at Goodwill!&nbsp; My closet seems so much more manageable without all those mistakes and moved-on-from items in there! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/closet-purge-weekend#post-1162099 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:46:48 +0000 Susie 1162099@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I didn't have any plans this weekend so I spent some time in my closet. Since there is about 6 more weeks of winter, it seemed a good time to use some of the data I gathered recently. I keep track of what I wear and I took a look at what I wore- and didn't wear- from October through early February. If I haven't worn it by now, chances are it's time to let it go.</p> <p>I also keep track of purchases. I made a point last year of making note- when something turned out to be less that an ideal purchase- of why it didn't work. I cut myself some slack with things bought earlier in the year, but I was disappointed to see that even later in the year I made a few mistakes. </p> <p>But...moving on! It doesn't help to keep those mistakes in there. I would rather wear the things that I really like more frequently than to force myself to wear something I don't love. </p> <p>So here are the number of things moving on to a new home:</p> <p>5 Jeans<br /> 1 Pants<br /> 1 Skirt<br /> 3 Sweaters<br /> 5 Woven tops<br /> 1 cardigan<br /> 3 Jackets</p> <p>1 bag (evening clutch)</p> <p>3 Boots/booties<br /> 6 Shoes<br /> 2 Slippers</p> <p>Oh and only a few of those were purchased in the last year! I didn't make THAT many mistakes! </p>