https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:48:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off#post-1115619 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:58:06 +0000 Alassë 1115619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good for you relaxing, and good read! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off#post-1115044 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:39:25 +0000 Anonymous 1115044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There is a natural ebb and flow to everything - even closets! And that is ok. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off#post-1115003 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 21:48:47 +0000 Suz 1115003@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Glad to know the forum has helped you! I have enjoyed your posts and it's been fun to see your developing style .Glad to know you have reached a happy wardrobe place.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off#post-1114992 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 21:28:49 +0000 CocoLion 1114992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I enjoyed reading this thread. &nbsp;Thanks for sharing your feelings about the process and I'm glad YLF helped you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off#post-1114982 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 21:14:49 +0000 Gracie 1114982@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is so understandable and you phrased your feelings so well. I'm glad you're at a good place with your wardrobe and are getting to enjoy everything pressure-free (we do this to ourselves, right?).&nbsp; Have the best of times playing in your closet!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off#post-1114971 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 21:06:04 +0000 Caro in Oz 1114971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad you are content with your clothing. I've really enjoyed your WIWs &amp; love the fact that you've gained inspiration from other fabbers :)</p> <p>&nbsp;My summer wardrobe is in the best shape ever &amp;&nbsp;I feel much more relaxed about my clothing choices&nbsp;too.&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off#post-1114948 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:23:40 +0000 pastrygirl 1114948@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, just reading that line about not thinking about $$$ immediately made me think of two sweaters in my closet that I just don't like. I haven't been able to purge them because they are new(ish) and I keep forcing myself to wear them. They need to go! Maybe after a glass of wine...</p> <p>Thanks, all! Maybe I'll shake things up again in the spring (I'll need some warm-weather items for sure). But for now, I want to look at the things in my closet and not think "ugh" or "if only". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off#post-1114942 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:15:48 +0000 Sveta 1114942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations on being in love with your closet! Isn't it where we all want to be?<br />I can completely understand the&nbsp;stress of&nbsp;posting WIW pictures, I think it is a wise decision stop posting them if they make you stress out. We are here to have fun with fashion and stress is not fun. <br />Enjoy your intimate relationship with your closet! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off#post-1114898 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:12:31 +0000 catgirl 1114898@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good for you! I always love your WIWs and am thrilled to hear you and your closet are in harmony. I need to know it can happen. </p> <p>I just did another massive purge of things that just don't work for me now, and I had to drink a bottle of wine to avoid thinking about the $$$ aspect. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off#post-1114867 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:23:34 +0000 Sarah A 1114867@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your post completely resonates with me. Well said and a perfect place to be with your closet </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off#post-1114863 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:09:48 +0000 Peri 1114863@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't post many WIWs and still feel like I participate fully. I like seeing other peoples pictures and going through all the mullings about style. So, no need to post WIW if you don't want to! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off#post-1114832 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:21:44 +0000 kellygirl 1114832@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like you are in a great place! Like you, I'm pretty happy with my current style so I've just been coasting along :)&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/easing-off#post-1114813 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 16:41:33 +0000 pastrygirl 1114813@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>I wanted to post this because I'd been posting a lot of WIWs over the past couple of months. I didn't want it to seem like I stormed in, got the help I needed, and went on my merry way! I'm not that fickle. ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>I've been too consumed with my outfits and closet (and shopping, ugh)&nbsp;for the past couple of years and it's time for me to ease off.&nbsp;YLF has been a GREAT place for me to learn how to dress the way I really wanted to dress. It was instrumental this summer/fall when I had to purchase a new wardrobe and got to start from scratch. I am so glad I didn't fall back on the usual suspects of years past (tees, turtlenecks, skirts). I'd be bored to tears and still shopping every day!</div><div><br /></div><div>I feel like I'm in a really good place with my wardrobe and want to try wearing what I feel like wearing instead of thinking about how I can improve an outfit. It was getting stressful to think of dressing with the intent to post a WIW. My shopping wishlist was getting bigger and bigger! "If only I had this one different thing, it would be perfect!" etc. I don't need my outfits to be perfect anymore. I want to be comfortable and happy, and I think I have all the elements to make that possible.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also wanted to post that lately I've been particularly inspired by:</div><div>-- Aida, who recently posted about her hiatus. I want to just not worry about what I'm wearing for a while.&nbsp;</div><div>-- Lisa, with her amazing closet "boutique" experiment. I wasn't actually able to do it because my other closets have mysteriously filled up with kid stuff. But it made me tally up my wardrobe and remember exactly what I have in the closet. I think of the pieces I want to wear and am making note of the ones I don't want to wear (they will be gone soon). I've realized I love having a variety even if I don't wear every thing every week or two, and I also surprisingly love having sets of items that I always wear together. My rhinestone sweater looks and feels great with my dark slim straight jeans, so I'm not going to stress myself out trying to wear it with any other bottoms. And that's OK!</div><div>-- Suz, with her wisdom about style and weight loss. Her words have prevented me from several purchase mistakes.</div><div>-- clearlyclaire, with her minimal wardrobe! Mine is almost 10x the size of hers, but is the smallest it's ever been. I'm happy about that and want to keep it in focus; know every piece, keep additions deliberate,&nbsp;etc.</div><div>-- Those of you going through a fashion shift, like alaskagirl and Transcona Shannon. I keep thinking I MUST keep trying to wear the billion scarves and tights that I have, because it's what I loved a couple of years ago. Time to let go! I no longer enjoy wearing skirts in the winter, period. I never go the hang of wearing scarves indoors, so time to let that go, too. I like pants! I'm going to stop forcing some other style that's not "me" anymore.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll still be here, but no more WIWs for a bit. I'm just relaxing and taking in the wisdom that you all are posting, and hopefully sometimes I'll have something to contribute. Thanks for reading!</div> </p>