https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:37:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge#post-1876013 Sat, 06 Jan 2018 17:55:08 +0000 Style Fan 1876013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great post.&nbsp; I look forward to your future posts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge#post-1875975 Sat, 06 Jan 2018 15:53:51 +0000 Lynn 1875975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks to everyone for your replies. I am already learning a lot with this challenge. Will post an update weekly with my updated capsule and my learnings. This is fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge#post-1875852 Sat, 06 Jan 2018 08:00:57 +0000 rachylou 1875852@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like your word ‘serviceable’ - merely serviceable is not serviceable! That’s been a problem of mine in the past... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge#post-1875840 Sat, 06 Jan 2018 05:44:44 +0000 Anonymous 1875840@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have expressed your goals so well. From earlier challenges I have learned that I need more than minimal basics to spark joy. Also consider your climate.<br /> If you have several seasons, enough may mean more items than someone living in one climate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge#post-1875746 Sat, 06 Jan 2018 00:35:48 +0000 Angie 1875746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YES. Your wardrobe items should spark joy - as <b>La Ped</b> stated - I am a big proponent of listening to for feelings. Don't take the emotion out of your style. </p> <p>Going forward, you might to look for items that make more of a statement to complement the basics.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge#post-1875697 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 23:07:34 +0000 LaPed 1875697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for your thoughts! All of this feels so relevant to me -- sounds like you and I live similarly casual lives in similar climates. I've reached a wardrobe size I'm very satisfied with, so now I'm trying to be brutally honest about needs, and not add things just for the sake of adding things. One of the greatest things about Angie's style advice is the emphasis on intuition and emotion. No matter how suitable something may seem, it has no place in your closet if it makes you unhappy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge#post-1875693 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 23:01:57 +0000 Bonnie 1875693@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great post and I really liked reading about what you have learned so far. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge#post-1875521 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:40:21 +0000 Toban 1875521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing your cohesive set of goals for this challenge. The streamlined, purposeful, joyful goal resonates with me, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge#post-1875505 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:08:35 +0000 Lynn 1875505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone for your replies.&nbsp;<br />Liz- Good point. I do wear the red jeans occasionally and like them. &nbsp;I will keep them in the 30 for now to challenge me to wear them more.<br />&nbsp;<br />Sterling- thanks so much for your reply and for starting this challenge. &nbsp;I will post something in Angie's thread.&nbsp;</p> <p>Katerina- thanks. I am enjoying your threads also.&nbsp;</p> <p>I will update this thread every 4-5 days with my additions and thoughts about them.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge#post-1874981 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:44:07 +0000 Katerina 1874981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love your rules and goals Lynn. You clearly know what you want to achieve&nbsp;and&nbsp;how you want to go about it. My own goals for the challenge are quite&nbsp;different from yours, but that is what makes participation so interesting. &nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge#post-1874956 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:08:05 +0000 Anonymous 1874956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great and inspirational post. I doubt very much I could have written those thoughtful words, but they are the reason I challenge myself as well. &nbsp;</p> <p>If you have time, perhaps you could link this post to Angie's question: &nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-the-30x30-challenge">https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....-challenge</a></p> <p>I am sure Angie would find your post exceptionally interesting. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge#post-1874944 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:39:08 +0000 Liz A. 1874944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Lynn.&nbsp; I have a question about your capsule.&nbsp; You stated that you included red jeans, because you wore them at Christmas, but are you wearing red jeans on a regular basis?&nbsp; If not, would you really need the red jeans in order to have "enough"? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/determining-%e2%80%9cenough%e2%80%9d-wardrobe-joy--my-30-x-30-challenge#post-1874937 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:15:44 +0000 Lynn 1874937@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I signed up&nbsp;for the 30 x 30 challenge without a clear goal at the time. &nbsp;Then La Belle Demimondaine wrote&nbsp;her wardrobe goals of “streamlined, joyful, and with a purpose” and these<br /> really resonated with me.</p> <p>&nbsp;Streamlined&nbsp;because I have become increasingly interested in minimalism and sustainability.&nbsp;&nbsp;I want to use this challenge to help define what is “enough” for <u>me</u> -for how I want to dress, how many options I am satisfied with, and my lifestyle&nbsp;needs.</p> <p>&nbsp;With purpose– I want to be more thoughtful about my wardrobe instead of just buying what&nbsp;fits and is serviceable. I would like to develop a structure for my&nbsp;wardrobe. But first I need to figure out&nbsp;what I really want to wear which brings me to .....</p> <p>&nbsp;Joyful- that&nbsp;was the kicker. I have been so focused on thinking about wardrobe structure&nbsp;that I haven’t really focused on how I feel both emotionally and physically in my&nbsp;clothes. So I am going to track my outfits each day focusing specifically on those&nbsp;issues.</p> <p>&nbsp;As far as&nbsp;process goes- I am going to build as I go up to 30 items then live with that&nbsp;number for several weeks. &nbsp;</p> <p>Included&nbsp;will be – all clothing including at home wear (a large component of my wardrobe&nbsp;now) &amp; shoes. I included what I wore for Christmas events, as those items&nbsp;will need to be part of my winter wardrobe. </p> <p>Excluded&nbsp;will be- accessories, work out wear, and outerwear (including snow boots). </p> <p>I plan to&nbsp;repeat this process in spring, summer, and fall to really define my year-round&nbsp;needs. </p> <p>So far I&nbsp;have: (14 items)</p> <p>- Pants: Medium dark jeans &amp; red jeans&nbsp;(worn @ Christmas), black ponte pant (worn @ Christmas) + 2 yoga pants (1 in&nbsp;tech fabric, the other cotton lycra), 1 pair of heavy weight leggings (it was<br /> COLD and snowy)</p> <p>- Tops for home/errands: Black/Grey/Red flannel<br /> shirt, tie-dyed cotton tunic, tunic length black/white speckled sweatshirt</p> <p>- Tops worn @ Christmas: red sweater,&nbsp;black/white dot sweater</p> <p>- Shoes: Born booties, Blondo suede booties,&nbsp;(dressier), Clark’s high top sneakers, </p> <p>&nbsp;Outerwear&nbsp;(not counted in 30): Black down coat (both light and heavy weight), Sorel snow&nbsp;boots</p> <p>&nbsp;What I have&nbsp;learned so far:</p> <p>- For at&nbsp;home wear- &nbsp;I will always reach for yoga&nbsp;pants over jeans &amp; I much prefer cotton/lycra over tech fabrics for the&nbsp;yoga pants. </p> <p>- I prefer&nbsp;slimmer cut pants with longer length tops. (The ponte pants and 1 pair of yoga&nbsp;pants are too wide)</p> <p>- I would&nbsp;like a basic bracelet to wear with my watch everyday to elevate my outfits. </p> <p>- I felt OK&nbsp;but not great in my Christmas outfits. These were casual events but I would&nbsp;like to have some more polished options.</p> </p>