https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 24 May 2026 17:04:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-737599 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:07:38 +0000 Debby 737599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations! It must be so much fun to get dressed each morning, knowing you like whatever you choose that day. And 35 dresses...you are my heroine. I love dresses, and maybe have more than most, but 35...I envy you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-737543 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 02:37:55 +0000 goldenpig 737543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats! It's great to be in a state of wardrobe zen! You look cool in everything you put on! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-736382 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:26:43 +0000 krishnidoux 736382@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations! Yay! I envy you.<br /> It is just the best when you can be ready for anything.<br /> It's very interesting to know how many pieces of each garment one needs to achieve this. Turns out, more than I thought. And that is probably the key.<br /> And having what you need for your climate plays a big role too.<br /> Thanks for sharing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-736368 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:21:14 +0000 lyn* 736368@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the wisdom, ladies...</p> <p>I suppose I can further divide up my dresses, but I'd estimate they are probably about 75% print; 25% solids; and 75% with an a-line on a flare and 25% more straight cut.</p> <p>I find it's interesting to think of SYC as a challenge to wear more of my things more regularly. Very interesting! *nod nod* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-736337 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:58:07 +0000 unfrumped 736337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That sounds ideal!</p> <p>Here is where I think of SYC as a creative exercise to be done at intervals and not as a deprivation. It means, you don't have to spend as much time shopping to fill "holes" and in fact, as suggested, may aim to spend more time doing other things that are enriching and also allow you to use your wardrobe for lots of different activities. (More wearing, less buying!) And of course, if you try new adventures, you may get the fun of going pooh! to the saying (Mark Twain ?), "Beware of any venture that requires new clothes!"</p> <p>By thinking of SYC more as "wear my clothes," you stay in tune with your style, changes in fashion &amp; trends, your own taste, shape, whatever, so you're more poised to try new item, or an item that takes you somewhere fashion-wise, and you're more likely to know what item or items need to go "out". Or decide whether to shift the percentage of accessories vs. clothing, or any such changes.</p> <p>As I try to move in this direction, I'm looking to do less duplication --but still enough for Angie's advice re: bottlenecks, maintenance, multiple outfits in a week or 2, and a few colors and styles I think I might wear for several years--and be more open to items that give me really different looks. Not so much outside of my style goals, but more nuanced capsules, so I can have some more fun with fashion for a range of events, rather than capsules with lots of the same silhouettes and fabrics. </p> <p>35 dresses would be a lot of duplication if they're all variations on the wrap, for example, but since a "dress" can be almost limitless in how it is made (well, it doesn't have legs!) , then a great collection of dresses would span all kinds of styles, fits, fabrics, and so on and one really would look "different" in each of them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-736062 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:00:29 +0000 Anonymous 736062@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations on your wardrobe joy! This post made me smile and is so inspiring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-736057 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:56:00 +0000 rachylou 736057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a concise wardrobe! It's elegant just in the numbers </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-736052 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:51:42 +0000 ManidipaM 736052@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Whew! That's quite the achievement, Lyn! Very impressive. </p> <p>And I second Suz: thanks for the numbers, as anxious not-quite-theres like me take heart from knowing that a 'done' but manageable wardrobe doesn't have to look like a whole shop, nor like I could pack it all in a weekend bag with everything going with everything else (the most important trick I've never mastered!)</p> <p>I think you should perhaps not make any 'rules' just now --- just live with it for a while and see how you feel when you hit a new trend you want to try or find you want to replace a piece. Then go with what feels most comfortable. There's no hurry to decide right now; it is enough to enjoy the moment! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735683 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:55:10 +0000 lyn* 735683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz - Yup; all 4 seasons are accounted for, except for one pair of jean capris and a pair of cork wedge sandals! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735678 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:47:04 +0000 Mama Susie 735678@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow congratulations! What an inspiring post. Hope to make it here too one day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735622 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 02:36:15 +0000 Suz 735622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations!! And thank you for posting your numbers. It is really helpful. Even if my items might be different (i.e. because I work at home I wouldn't need as many dresses, even though I like dresses a lot) it gives me a ball park to shoot for. </p> <p>This is your four season wardrobe, right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735574 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:20:01 +0000 lyn* 735574@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks ladies, so much!</p> <p>I have to take a few things in to get fixed, if they can be (a busted zipper and a torn lining in another) and if they can't be fixed, they will definitely need to be one-in-one out!</p> <p>I think it was easier to consolidate things when I learned to use my work pieces for fun too - just a more polished casual look :)</p> <p>Love ya! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735235 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:46:31 +0000 Mo 735235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If it ain't broke . . .<br /> I'd say just continue as you are, unless you have either space or budget constraints that make a SYC or one in one out necessary.<br /> I am sort of where you are. All that's left are desires, not needs, really. I am putting myself on a limited number of items purchase plan, but not a strict one in one out. I figure naturally things will get purged as other items come in.<br /> Enjoy that closet of yours! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735232 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:42:01 +0000 cheryl 735232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay Lyn* Sounds like you have mastered the perfect wardrobe for your needs. Enjoy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735221 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:28:27 +0000 Thistle 735221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a wonderful place to be! I envy you, and I look forward to working to achieve what you have.</p> <p>I think SYC is not the correct path for you. You have your closet mastered. I do like the 1-in-1-out rule to help you maintain that mastery. That way, anything you purchase has to be nicer than what you have.</p> <p>By saving your clothing budget, that something nicer might be a higher end designer piece. Also, it lets you save for any of next season's trends you may want to add a piece or two of, or it lets you have a nice budget for a piece here or there that you may feel has become dated.</p> <p>Congratulations on closet nirvana! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735219 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:21:30 +0000 Anonymous 735219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's awesome Lyn. Just the other day I was wondering if 8 skirts was too many but you have put my mind at ease. I'd say you should try the one in one out and see how it goes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735213 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:47:36 +0000 Krista 735213@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>35 dresses!! Holy crap!! That is pretty awesome.<br /> I would be enjoying where you are - are you sure you couldn't SYC until you see something? Then you could implement the one-in-one-out rule.</p> <p>Sounds like you have "done the work" to achieve closet nirvana and now you can just enjoy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735204 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:40:47 +0000 Transcona Shannon 735204@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like you've reached closet nirvana lyn - WAY TO GO!!!</p> <p>Why don't you try a one in-one out rule and see how it works for you. Like Rae says, it makes you seriously consider each purchase. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735203 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:39:23 +0000 rae 735203@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High five! I hope to feel like you one day, when I combine my two opposing wardrobes for good. Your wardrobe sounds perfect - not teeny tiny, but only big enough to function and without the fluff that gets in the way. </p> <p>I'm doing one-in-at-least-one-out right now... it is really tough. But it's great in that it turns every new purchase into a Very Serious Decision, requiring the sacrifice of more than just money. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735151 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:26:24 +0000 Nova 735151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How great! This is where I am hoping to get as well. I started out with little in my wardrobe and am slowly building into something like this (I hope). This is very inspiring for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735101 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:28:24 +0000 fashionista 735101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh so happy for you. I would love to be in this bandwagon and at least once feel like a French. But alas I still have to go a long way. How can I sort all these clothes-</p> <p>20 pairs of skinny jeans-mostly dark blue<br /> 3 tights and 3 warm leggings-all black<br /> 25 winter coats and blazers-different colors but mostly black.<br /> 5 down jackets- all main-stay colors<br /> 8 boots-mostly black again<br /> 23 flats(ballet, thong sandals)-mostly neutrals<br /> 6 pumps- mostly black again<br /> 6 sweater dresses-colorful here<br /> more than 50 tees-colorful<br /> some professional work wear and office uniforms.</p> <p>Do I need all these. I need to feel like French chica too.........Help!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735100 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:27:03 +0000 Deborah 735100@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I second Caro's suggestions, she is a wise woman:)</p> <p>Congrats Lyn, that is so wonderful. One day I hope to be there too;) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735078 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 06:21:10 +0000 Caro in Oz 735078@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great place to be - well done.<br /> If I were you I would:<br /> 1. Enjoy where you are.<br /> 2. Save part of the clothes budget for replacements &amp;<br /> 3. Spend the rest on a big ticket item - something you would want to wear all the time.<br /> I mentally ask myself the question is it better than (whatever item I have at home that this is going to replace)? If it isn't I leave it too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735071 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 06:00:17 +0000 Laurenlaurielala 735071@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds amazing!</p> <p>I suppose just enjoy where you are! Maybe you can start saving your shopping budget for something else exciting - like beautiful designer pieces or an overseas trip or...you know, bills. hehe.</p> <p>Too much choice is overwhelming, so if you've got everything covered in your wardrobe, the one in, one out policy could keep you in that happy place for longer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735069 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:32:30 +0000 MNsara 735069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay! So happy for what you've accomplished here </p> <p>I'm definitely NOT speaking from experience here but I think you have, indeed, reached the place of 1-in-1-out . . .</p> <p>I can't see what SYC would accomplish here, unless you're wanting to curtail shopping as an activity or hobby. </p> <p>Therefore, 1-in1-out makes perfect sense here. If something is excellent enough to gain space in your closet, it also should be worth displacing something else? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finally-feels-like-a-french-girl-or-what-id-imagine-they-feel#post-735064 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:23:45 +0000 lyn* 735064@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dear YLF,</p> <p>I can throw open my closet and within 2 seconds, pick out more than two outfits that I think will look fabulous for all of the occasions I have needed to in the last month! I added a blazer and a dotty dress today, but aside from that, my closet has really been in steady state (in a good way) because nothing out there I can find is better than anything on the inside! I feel so happy and liberated! </p> <p>For those interested - I still have 35 dresses, 10 blouses, 10 skirts, 15 cardigans and 15 blazers, 1 pair of jeans; 5 pairs of boots; 3 pairs of flats; 2 pairs of booties; 4 pairs of pumps. 1 pair of ULTIMATE COLD winter boots, and 1 pair of runners.</p> <p>Is this the point in my life I need to jump on the One-In-One-Out bandwagon to keep on this steady state of Awesome? I think SYC may be a bad idea, in case there is something that comes up in the upcoming month that will make my closet suddenly less fab.</p> <p>When you ladies were at this stage, how did you maintain the Awesome? :)</p> <p>PS: Thanks YLF; never could have made it to this point of Awesome without you! &lt;3&lt;3&lt;3 </p>