https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:44:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1259072 Fri, 23 May 2014 11:35:14 +0000 Deborah 1259072@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not that I can think off. Items might get a new lease on life if I purchase something new that I realise will work with the forgotten garment. The newer piece will refresh it and it goes back I to regular rotation. But once I'm done with something out it goes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1259068 Fri, 23 May 2014 11:31:43 +0000 abhicreative12 1259068@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Certail hope so with all the info...!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1258862 Fri, 23 May 2014 03:01:49 +0000 patriciach 1258862@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I finally found a great seamstress/alterations place. Many of my clothes are getting a second life. Sometimes I feel guilty about altering used-not so fancy- clothes, but I figured that for 10$-20$ I'm getting a "new" item that fits perfectly and that I love. Now I'm planning on converting a couple of dresses into skirts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257565 Wed, 21 May 2014 18:09:20 +0000 texstyle 1257565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to say I haven't had as much luck with this. My few alterations never went as planned - I don't have a good tailor to rely on and they never seemed to come out properly. I don't overly invest $$$ in any one item so I guess I also feel that it's not often worthwhile to put more money into something&nbsp;that's not working&nbsp;if I can find a newer item to replace it. I won't say never of course because I'm probably going to cut off some straight faded jeans this weekend so I have a pair of faded denim shorts the length I want. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257499 Wed, 21 May 2014 16:44:45 +0000 Aziraphale 1257499@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol Gaylene -- I haven't gone in for anything too creative, alteration-wise. After reading your post, I think I'll keep it that way. :-)</p> <p>Viva -- I only seem to do this with bottoms, but I've been successful many, many times. It's definitely worth a try. When I say successful, I mean that I wear the altered pants/skirt as much or, often, even more than I wore it before. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257298 Wed, 21 May 2014 12:57:53 +0000 Alassë 1257298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I alter substantially too long skirts&nbsp;all the time. Other major alterations (a-line to pencil, several sizes too big tailored down, etc.) don't usually turn out well enough to satisfy my picky eye. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257283 Wed, 21 May 2014 12:18:22 +0000 Jaime 1257283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I certainly hope so - I just went to the tailor this morning so I will know for sure in a week! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257264 Wed, 21 May 2014 11:43:15 +0000 viva 1257264@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These posts really make me think. When something stops working for me, I consign it almost immediately, so I never give anything the chance for a second life. I may need to rethink that approach. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257262 Wed, 21 May 2014 11:40:54 +0000 chadya 1257262@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just did that with some JCrew Matchstick white denim jeans that were really long and I was done with rolling them up,&nbsp; flash forward to 2014 I couldn't find the right kind of white jeans for this summer so I had them hemmed.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257217 Wed, 21 May 2014 08:55:35 +0000 Mander 1257217@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Since I've started learning to sew I have made alterations to quite a few things, which has helped make them wearable.&nbsp; Most of the time it's taking in the waist or letting out hems, but I have become a bit more daring and fiddled around with the crotch seam on a couple of things, and I have a couple of shirts that I have more or less completely ripped apart and have been trying to revamp into something wearable.</p> <p>Actually, I have a whole laundry basket full of items that I am going to try altering.&nbsp; I figure it's one way to overcome fashion frustration. If I can't buy what I want, hack something to make it instead! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257120 Wed, 21 May 2014 04:16:45 +0000 lyn* 1257120@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sure do, I just posted about some dresses I swapped into skirts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257116 Wed, 21 May 2014 04:14:12 +0000 cciele 1257116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely the jeans -&gt; shorts alteration for me. Not able to think&nbsp;of other alterations, really! I've fiddled with some t-shirts to adjust the neckline and sleeves, but that's just playing around with destroying things </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257104 Wed, 21 May 2014 03:59:06 +0000 Gaylene 1257104@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, sometimes. Flared jeans into straights or shorts--yes. But some of my other more creative efforts have been more amusing than wearable. I once tried to turn a trench into a sleeveless, trench-coat-style dress inspired by a picture that I saw in Vogue. It actually sort of turned out, but I felt like an idiot wearing something like that in real life. Maybe if I lived in a penthouse in Manhattan... and need to economize? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257094 Wed, 21 May 2014 03:47:27 +0000 Aziraphale 1257094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Neel -- it's funny how that is, right? Somehow really casual fading looks better on shorts than on jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257089 Wed, 21 May 2014 03:45:15 +0000 Neel 1257089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My recent denim skinnies turned into rolled up shorts. I wore them 3 days in a row. Lol. Finally threw them into the wash yesterday .. Talk about a new life to the skinnies that I never reached for because I didn't like how the fading looked from the back! But on shorts ... I suddenly don't mind </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257087 Wed, 21 May 2014 03:43:59 +0000 Aziraphale 1257087@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo --&nbsp;Oh that's right! I did that too.&nbsp;Last year I took a pair of flared jeans (circa 2003) to the tailor's and had them made into straight legs. I wore them back then, and they were (are) in a really appealing wash, and the extra-low rise waist fit me really well. But&nbsp;flares have fallen out of my repertoire, and so I decided what the hey, I'll see if I can get more use out of them as straight legs. It was a good decision. They are my favourite casual art-school jeans now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257079 Wed, 21 May 2014 03:37:48 +0000 Mo 1257079@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! &nbsp;Two items come to mind. &nbsp;Army green capris cut to bermudas. &nbsp;Then wide legged black matte satin trousers turned into cigarette legs. &nbsp;Each got double the wear after alterations, even though they were worn before as well. &nbsp;It was more a moving on of trends, than a fit issue for mine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-any-of-your-clothes-get-a-second-lease-on-life#post-1257066 Wed, 21 May 2014 03:27:43 +0000 Aziraphale 1257066@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>...after a major alteration?</p> <p>I just got back a pair of shorts today. They started life as crisp dark denim skinnies, but I found I rarely wore them because they were a tad tight in the calves (anyone else have this trouble? Loose in the thighs, tight in the calves?), so off they went to the tailor to become a pair of classy knee-length&nbsp;walk shorts. Now they are fab.</p> <p>This has happened with quite a few pairs of pants -- sometimes it's just the scissors at home for a pair of cutoff shorts, and sometimes it's a more professional job. I've given a few skirts a makeover, too. Some of my favourite garments are ones which started out substantially longer than they are now. </p>