https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:55:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157902 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:48:12 +0000 Lisa 1157902@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this naturally happens, because our tastes are always changing, so our favorites are bound to change often too.&nbsp; But if you wore the item and enjoyed it, then you got your money's worth, regardless of how long you own the item. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157897 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:44:20 +0000 Anonymous 1157897@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, it's time to let them go and allow room for new relationships, those that understand you now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157885 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:31:57 +0000 Thistle 1157885@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Totally. Normal.</p> <p>Hopefully the break up wasn't too hard on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157879 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:25:11 +0000 rachylou 1157879@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol. Yes, normal. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157825 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:32:40 +0000 TraceyLiz65 1157825@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am experiencing the same thing after completely rebuying this past year and half due to weight loss. &nbsp;There are things I have to go face and just donate,and it's been this little nagging in my head that I am dreading and putting off. &nbsp;I think this is inevitable and happens to most of us.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157800 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:00:32 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1157800@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Our styles are always evolving MaryK - let these go and create closet room for new loves! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157790 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:47:28 +0000 ironkurtin 1157790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes.&nbsp; It's one reason I'm gravitating more and more to hardcore high value basics, because I find the special pieces just don't play well for a long time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157787 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:43:41 +0000 kellygirl 1157787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>SO normal. I can sympathize. I find that I end up parting ways with many old favorites every season.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157784 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:40:01 +0000 MsMaven 1157784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This has happened to me many times, and most often with prints and patterns. &nbsp;I will wear a certain print a lot for a few months and love it, and then for some reason turn on it. &nbsp;Maybe the light is different later, maybe I've changed.</p> <p>I agree #1 must go--it just is not today's Mary. &nbsp;You've upped your look several notches. &nbsp;I'll bet that there is someone out there who would look and feel great in it. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157766 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:04:40 +0000 Ornella 1157766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL at Susie :-)</p> <p>Interesting thoughts which will help me on my own quest for mature, sensible -- and ongoing --&nbsp;purging. Coz I can so identify with "I thought I'll love you forever, my (insert garment)".</p> <p>This has partly to do with style evolution, but I think it has&nbsp;more to do&nbsp;with the emotional attachment to the whole experience of our style journey and its beginnings. I know that when I found YLF it was like "Whoa!" Suddenly, nothing was a puzzle any longer. I could think of a million interesting (to me) ideas to wear those things that before I couldn't think of what to do with if my life depended on it. The feeling that suddenly everything is possible was (sometimes still is) overwhelming.&nbsp;</p> <p>But, some of&nbsp;those pieces are suddenly not <i>me</i> any more. Strange and new feeling, but good.</p> <p>Onward and upward. I think you really are going through major style shift and I would not be surprised if&nbsp;your wardrobe looked very different this time next year.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157765 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:03:06 +0000 deb 1157765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These two pieces are from way before I joined YLF and I would never pick them out for you. Maybe your style has changed since you purchased these thus the falling out of love. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157756 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:49:28 +0000 Mo 1157756@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's normal, but also unnerving feeling if you haven't gone through this closet phase before. &nbsp;That's understandable. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />I never used to purge. &nbsp;Now I'm ditching things that are perfectly fine, but they're not great [for me]. &nbsp;It's a step. &nbsp;If we buy and don't purge, the closet bloats. &nbsp;If we are going to continue a steady stream of influx, then we have to deal with the outgoing end of the equation, too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157753 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:48:04 +0000 Suz 1157753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>TOTALLY</b> normal. These items are both really pretty on you, but styles have changed and <b>YOUR</b> style has changed. So it's okay.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157750 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:46:34 +0000 Anonymous 1157750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it is totally normal! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157748 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:45:17 +0000 Susie 1157748@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep, I think it's normal. Your style has evolved and you've moved on. </p> <p>I hope they took the break up well and didn't get too clingy. (bad pun, huh?) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157747 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:44:27 +0000 Janet 1157747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Totally normal -- and reassuring! I am experiencing the same thing, Mary. I can see why you are falling out of love with those pieces. They're perfectly lovely, but I see you gravitating towards "stronger" looks lately. Perhaps a byproduct of the new independent phase in your life? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/falling-out-of-love-with-special-pieces#post-1157742 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:41:57 +0000 MsMary 1157742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just finished a pretty big closet purge, and I was dismayed to find that some of the pieces I had really loved when I got them, and for a good amount of time afterwards, were languishing unworn.&nbsp;&nbsp;Several of the items in the "donate" pile were pieces I really thought I'd love forever!</p> <p>This is new for me...&nbsp; Until fairly recenlty (immediately pre-YLF) my size fluctuated all over the place and I'd either grown out of favorite pieces or wear them to rags before I had a chance to get tired of them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Then, when I lost weight, joined YLF, and had to rebuild my entire wardrobe from the shoes up, there were the inevitable "misses" that got purged in relatively short order.</p> <p>But this is new...&nbsp; the whole "I loved you but I'm moving on" thing.&nbsp; Gah.&nbsp; Yellow Anthropologie silk blouse!&nbsp; Ours was a torrid affair, but now it's over!&nbsp; Watercolor print pussy bow blouse, I thought we'd always be together!&nbsp; You, took, watercolor-print tank!&nbsp; And straight-leg dress pants!&nbsp; How did we drift so far apart?&nbsp; </p> <p>This is normal, right?&nbsp; Because it feels pretty weird... </p> <p>(Photos ca. two years ago.&nbsp; How things change!)</p>