https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ending-operation-oomph-long-self-indulgent-post Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:59:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ending-operation-oomph-long-self-indulgent-post#post-334391 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:01:56 +0000 Girl X 334391@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m definitely going to have to try stuff on and play with pairings. And try to remember what I was envisioning when I bought those things – some of the clothes are nearly four years old. The trickiest situation for me will be when I put something on and just don’t like it. I’ll have to figure out if I don’t like it because it’s just different from what I’m used to, or if I’ve actually waited too long to wear it and it’s just no longer my style. </p> <p>@ShabbyChick – I think you’ve ascribed far nobler intentions to my actions than they warrant. Normally a closet cleaning would have me getting rid of all the stuff I never use, and instead I got rid of all the stuff I use all the time. :)</p> <p>@Choette22 – No, I’d never heard of Oomph – I’ll have to look them up!</p> <p>And yes – there will be picture posts! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ending-operation-oomph-long-self-indulgent-post#post-334014 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:41:44 +0000 rosee 334014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Glad your health is better (that is first).<br /> So the operation is over, it sounds like you came up with a good resolution to the issues.<br /> SO... what's next? Shop your closet outfits with picture posts??? (that was a subtle hint). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ending-operation-oomph-long-self-indulgent-post#post-333939 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:41:12 +0000 chouette22 333939@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>First of all, I am very happy for you that you have your steady health back! This is the most important. Having put nearly all of your regular and comfortable outfits away, you'll have to become creative with all the unworn items and come up with new combinations. Often it's a mood thing. I have quite a few spring and summer tops that I have accumulated over the last year but barely worn (I could have used them as layering items with jackets or cardigans in fall and winter, but didn't), and I have just not found the right mood recently to create new outfits. Sometimes it comes together easily and other times I need to try out countless combinations until something works. At times it just feels like too much of a strain and I resort to the comfortable pairings of the past. I am waiting for an inspiring day to finally tackle those tops. I hope you'll get your inspiration soon!</p> <p>And make sure you let us see your outfits. </p> <p>ETA: Your title &gt; Do you know the German rock band Oomph? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ending-operation-oomph-long-self-indulgent-post#post-333804 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:13:46 +0000 Jenava 333804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I think it's good you are going to try to pull things from your closet, but it's not good that you don't have any idea what to wear...It seems like you're going to have to start trying stuff on! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ending-operation-oomph-long-self-indulgent-post#post-333750 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:51:29 +0000 Vix 333750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As an (over)analyzer, I have to congratulate you on thinking all this through!</p> <p>Health challenges can definitely cause one to turn to comforting, stable routines...and clothes. </p> <p>How great that you realized what was behind your wardrobe/style dissatisfaction -- and how nice that you actually have items you're excited about wearing just waiting to get out and about.</p> <p>Enjoy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ending-operation-oomph-long-self-indulgent-post#post-333740 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:34:06 +0000 catgirl 333740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice job thinking it all through. I'm glad you were able to find some sort of explanation that made sense to you, and apply it accordingly. Perhaps you should join Marley and me on "Team Eclectic"! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ending-operation-oomph-long-self-indulgent-post#post-333738 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:30:51 +0000 Anonymous 333738@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done, honey! We all need to purge, get rid of, and re-evaluate what works for our lives. People can be very over consumptive...way too much of everything. I'm sure you can breathe easier and will have much less stress when getting ready, by only keeping what you truly love! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ending-operation-oomph-long-self-indulgent-post#post-333736 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:27:31 +0000 Girl X 333736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Trying to force myself out of a style rut has felt very odd and wrong for me, and now I know why. I don’t think I’m actually in a style rut. Yesterday I made my fall/winter to spring/summer wardrobe transition and was shocked at the sheer volume of clothing that has never been worn.</p> <p>My style has always evolved on its own. I stop choosing these things to wear and start choosing these other things instead. Seeing all this new stuff in my closet showed me that my style has indeed evolved the way it normally has. I understand now that my style rut isn’t a style rut, but a symptom of something else. So what’s been keeping me stuck in the clothes I’ve been wearing for ages?</p> <p>When I stopped to think about when I started wearing these outfits in earnest, and also considered when I started to feel bored about clothing, the actual problem became very clear. It isn’t a style issue, it’s a body issue.</p> <p>I had some health stuff a few years ago and my body was all over the place for a while: sometimes far too skinny, sometimes all pouffed up, sometimes odd bulges. I think the clothes I’ve been wearing were the styles/combos that always worked. They were a sure thing; I wouldn’t put them on and have to take them off because they didn’t fit right or looked bizarre. They looked good, and I liked them. I think I’m bored now, because some other part of me already knew that my figure didn’t need that safety net anymore. I probably haven’t needed the safety net for a while, but my body had been a little crazy for so long that I never really considered that it might already be normal again, even though my health has returned and is steady. Now I have to adjust to the idea that on any given day, the clothes in my closet are actually all going to fit the way I expect.</p> <p>I feel better, though perhaps a little silly. I’m glad to let go of the idea of pushing my style in any one direction. When given free reign, my style can be pretty all over the place, irrespective of what I might describe as ‘my look.’ That might change of course, but I enjoy it more when I just let it happen. </p> <p>This morning I went back to my closet and removed almost all of my ‘go to without thinking’ spring/summer clothes and returned them to storage. Everything else in my closet has been separated into piles of ‘never worns’ and ‘worn once or twice in the last five years.’ </p> <p>I kept only 7 things that I’ve worn many times before: two striped tops and two checked halter blouses (since I don’t have any other printed tops), a textured cream coloured tube top that I would miss, and 2 other tube tops in bright colours that my wardrobe wouldn’t otherwise have. I’m not stuck on any one jacket or blazer so I exempted them from the purge. It feels a little nuts and a little awesome that so much in my closet has never been worn. </p> <p>My guy and I have dinner plans with friends tonight – and I have no idea what to wear! </p>