https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:29:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe/page/2#post-363866 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:27:59 +0000 Louise 363866@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My mum occassionally borrows things but this is rare as we are totally different body shapes, I'm a pear she's an apple she's 12 all over I'm 10/12 on the top 14 on the bottom and we're quite different styles. Though she very often borrows my warm comfy Weird Fish jacket when she goes on holiday.<br /> None of my friends are the same size as me and to be quite honest I'm glad as I'm not sure I'd be too happy lending things out. Even with the best will in the world things can get accidentally damaged or forgotten and not given back x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe/page/2#post-363802 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:03:55 +0000 Jonesy 363802@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No. No one my size to share with! My daughter does like to try on my jewelry...that's adorable, but probably doesn't count :). I am looking forward to her wanting to borrow stuff from me when she's older. That seems really sweet, at least in theory! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe/page/2#post-363785 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:51:07 +0000 biscuitsmom 363785@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just remembered when I was around 20 I had just bought a gorgeous suede trenchcoat and a friend asked if she could borrow it for one night...I was hesitant, I hadnt worn it even once yet...I said yes, and for 3 weeks tried to get it back from her, finally did and it had a HUGE (8 inch) grease stain on the thigh area ! She claimed it was like that when I lent it to her! UH, NO! Never lent her anything again </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe/page/2#post-363753 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:50:55 +0000 Kristen 363753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I give away clothes to my friends, or loan them things that don't fit me right now but I want to get back into eventually. A couple of years ago, I shipped a few boxes of clothes out to my sister while we were losing weight -- and this year, she sent most of them back to me. It felt like we were sharing clothes again like when we were kids -- and I really liked it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363751 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:43:55 +0000 April 363751@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My sister lives thousands of miles away, so I give her things rather than lend. But only tops and accessories, since she has mile-long legs and a very different shoe size.</p> <p>Does this count: once when my son was a lot smaller he borrowed a pair of black Doc Martens (shoes, not boots) from me to wear to a soccer banquet, since he didn't own any non-athletic footwear. Now that he's a head taller than I, those days are long gone... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363737 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:27:25 +0000 Beth 363737@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I did this all the time back in the 80s when I was in high school. My best friend and I swapped and had such fun...double the closet!</p> <p>These days, my friends and I are all different sizes and builds. If my sister lived closer we'd probably do some sharing, though:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363712 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:11:51 +0000 Sally 363712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>`Like MaryK I have a good friend who I often borrow clothes off if I'm staying at her place and we are going out and I dont have anything to wear etc or she would do the same. In our early twenties, we both went back packing together and I carried a huge backpack of clothes with dresses and all. She ended up borrowing my clothes because she was much more practical and was carrying the bare minimum in clothes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363692 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:41:44 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 363692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nope. I'm not opposed to the idea but I do not have any friends or family that are the same size as I am. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363674 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:07:53 +0000 Marley 363674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I share all the time. One of my closest friends is the same size as me and even though she is more conservative in her dress than I, we always find things in each others closet that work for us. I also have 2 sisters - who although both of them are shorter than me, we wear the same size so we only have to deal with the length issues. And then there are my 5 nieces - age range from 15 to 24. They seem to find things in my closet all the time that they want to wear (it doesn't work for me though - I very seldom find things in their closet that I want to wear! - except maybe for accessories or sometimes a shirt!) I LOVE sharing my clothes - it just brings so much joy to me to see other people being able to get use out of what I have in my closet - and it also makes me feel closer to that person. So, its a win-win in a LOT of ways! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363654 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:11:51 +0000 Aziraphale 363654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would happily lend my clothes to friends, but I'm such a pip-squeak that they don't fit anyone else. :-)</p> <p>There is one exception: my husband's close childhood friend's fiancee borrowed my wedding gown. She's even tinier than me, and she loved it, and asked to borrow it. I didn't know her all that well, but gosh, I was flattered! So I said yes. She looked really nice in it too, although she had to wear very high heels and stuff her bra a little to make it fit perfectly. Also, it was VERY weird seeing another woman walk down the aisle in my dress! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363651 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:07:25 +0000 Melissa 363651@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I would so love to! I've never had similarly sized friends living in the same place. I will have to see if I can start swapping accessories with some friends here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363640 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 03:50:41 +0000 MsMary 363640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My BFF and I like to have sleepovers when my hubby is out of town, and it's not unusual for us to wear one another's clothing during the course of a sleepover day or weekend. And we'll lend accessories from time to time. But other than that kind of spur-of-the-moment kind of thing, I don't like to lend out my clothes. I'm on Team Rae, I guess. LOL</p> <p>ETA I do give away my clothes and accessories with wild abandon! If something is not quite right on me and looks fab on you, it's yours!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363632 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 03:30:04 +0000 Fruitful 363632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I must be the only selfish one here I don't like to lend clothes, and don't like it when I'm asked to. I feel that my clothes and shoes mould to my body (and more so with each wearing) and if someone else wears them they will mould to their body. I would rather give someone something than lend it to them. Also I am quite precious about following the washing instructions on the tag, and I find most people aren't. I also use colour catchers in the wash, most people don't... you get the picture. :)</p> <p>I once lent a girl - a stranger - a pair of shoes. We were in a fashion show (not at all modelly, it was a community Indian dress fashion parade) and she didn't have suitable shoes. It was all very rushed backstage. I was more than happy to share, like the previous posters. Later in the night I found my shoes dumped with an ankle strap missing. She never explained or apologised. I felt upset, but I realised what is a life rule for me: I should only lend an item if I would be willing to give it away.</p> <p>Edit: Rae, you're so right: the kind of people I would feel confident lending to are exactly the kind who wouldn't ask </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363604 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:58:03 +0000 modgrl 363604@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I did in college, now all of my shortie friends are far away<br /> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363601 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:54:29 +0000 Kate 363601@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Only with my sister, and I only see her a couple times a year, so very rarely. We're generally the same size in everything, but she's taller and I'm curvier. Some items fit both of us well, but more often that not our same sizes with different body shapes comes in handy when we're shopping because if an item doesn't fit one of us right it tends to look amazing on the other one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363582 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:29:28 +0000 annette 363582@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My daughter borrows anything she likes. Being so much younger she styles things very differently. She is welcome to take anything as long as she does NOT wash it. She launders in the most destructive way! I actually enjoy her raiding my closet! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363569 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:12:24 +0000 Sveta 363569@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I share with my mom - I used to borrow things from her closet when I was a teenager and now it is such a joy to lend her things to wear! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363565 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:10:11 +0000 Isabel 363565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No. What is your address, again ? : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363562 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:07:46 +0000 Kari 363562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really don't have any friends who are the same size/shape as I am; however, my mom and I sometimes share/borrow each other's clothing. We did this more frequently when I lived with her. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363521 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:18:39 +0000 Angie 363521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it would really fun to share my wardrobe with my Mum or daughter! Neither of which I have though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363511 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:08:17 +0000 KristineK 363511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>None of my friends are the same size as me, but there is a lot of clothes swapping between me and my sisters. We're all almost exactly the same height (within 1/2 inch), close to the same weight (5-10 lb variance) and one of my sisters is practically my body double in terms of shape. The only downside is that I'm the oldest, so while they can almost always pull off wearing the items in my wardrobe, the same cannot be said for me (especially since my youngest sister is 10 yrs younger than me). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363506 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:02:58 +0000 catgirl 363506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Team Fantasy Closet!</p> <p>Debora, your daughter is stunning - I hope Angie gives her a KILLER for that dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363501 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:54:13 +0000 Di 363501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When my mom and I visit, the first thing we do is go through each other's closets and jewelry boxes. It's a long family tradition, and it's really fun.</p> <p>My college roommate and I shared clothes sometimes, and that was a lot of fun, too.</p> <p>(And I'm laughing, because I, too, collect cocktail dresses... that I have NO use for... sigh.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363498 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:48:33 +0000 rae 363498@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't share any clothes that I would try to save in a fire, but for easily replaceable stuff, I wouldn't mind lending if asked. I haven't been burned by lending directly, but I still get sad remembering an army green utility jacket I brought my sister back from Japan... she lent it to a friend and never saw it again. I keep thinking I should have kept it for myself, lol. That said, there are one or two people that could borrow anything but my absolute favorites in a second... but then those people never ask. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363488 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:33:25 +0000 Mo 363488@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I share mostly dresses with my friends who do not have the fancy attire part of the wardrobe figured out. Fancy is all relative up in the mountains, of course. Only one roommate/friend wore a dress without asking and snagged it and stretched out one strap. Basically ruined it - and I had yet to wear it myself! But besides that incident, I've had only good experiences with everything returned. Even some dresses that went long distance and come back a couple years later upon request!<br /> I do give away my clothes more often than loan these days. I get a kick out of seeing someone else looking good in my stuff! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363481 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:14:32 +0000 Debora 363481@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My daughter and I swap shoes and accessories all the time. Not so much clothes, as she is a little pipsqueak and we have different styles. Here are two photos from this past weekend when she was home visiting.</p> <p>Photo #1: Kindrex wearing her favorite maxi dress with MY necklace and My shoes. :)</p> <p>Photo #2: Fair is fair - I'm wearing bermuda shorts with HER leather bracelet and HER shoes. </p> <p>Now, if only I could fit into her jeans! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363475 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:10:13 +0000 rosee 363475@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>AG: it's good to know that you like to share... I'm going to be paying closer attention to your WIW posts from now on! ;p </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363473 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:08:48 +0000 rosee 363473@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not so much, but mostly for practical reasons. I'm not opposed to the idea with a friend or relative that I trust and who will value what I LENT them. I had a bad experience with one family member who would borrow things from me (longer term) and then give them away to her friends. She didn't respect me (or anybody really) and their property. I learned the hard way with her to be careful to whom I give to.<br /> That said, I was very happy when my sister borrowed some clothes from me (and she is really petite) and wore them to an event where a picture of her was published. She looked pretty and she was wearing my top (it is too small for me at the moment).<br /> I do however give a lot of clothes away to friends, but I like to keep what I consider to be my current wardrobe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363443 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:37:40 +0000 Lori 363443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Since I have built my wardobe up fairly nicely in the last year or so, I have been lending dresses here and there to a couple of younger girls in my office. It's been really nice, because I do have younger sisters that I would love to share with, but sadly they all live across the country. Although I've told my sisters to let me know in advance when they have an occasion to wear a nice dress b/c I'd be willing to ship a couple to them overnight. </p> <p>I was a bit of a mean big sister growing up and sharing wasn't my strong suit, however, as an adult it feels great to do so! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-share-your-wardrobe#post-363431 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:25:47 +0000 chewyspaghetti 363431@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My daughter is starting to borrow little things here and there. It's kind of fun, actually. </p>