https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:56:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/3#post-944103 Wed, 29 May 2013 17:24:19 +0000 Astrid 944103@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this post! It's awesome how you managed to really pare it down. I also had a look at the article Manidipa linked to and I really liked it. I've read the comments, just like you Claire, and found it funny that the critique was mostly about the colors. I mean she nowwhere said you had to copy HER wardrobe, did she? I thought the approach made sense. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/3#post-944093 Wed, 29 May 2013 17:05:50 +0000 cheryl 944093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought for sure I had already commented on this. Claire, I love reading your posts. You are so caring and charming and it just comes thru in your writing. I could never, ever have a condensed wardrobe like this but I admire yours and it works for you. I want your new sandals, lol! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/3#post-943908 Wed, 29 May 2013 12:39:32 +0000 Anonymous 943908@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Excellent article, Manidipa! Thank you so much. After reading a few of the comments, it's easy to see that what is thrilling for one person is a total yawn for someone else. Oh well, to each his own I guess, but I can certainly identify with the author! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/3#post-943830 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:09:03 +0000 ManidipaM 943830@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a href="http://www.gardenista.com/posts/closet-cleanout-the-only-10-pieces-of-clothing-you-need-organize" rel="nofollow">http://www.gardenista.com/post.....d-organize</a></p> <p>Look what I also found, Claire! Right up your alley I think? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/3#post-943820 Wed, 29 May 2013 07:32:31 +0000 goldenpig 943820@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, what a calm and orderly wardrobe--a thing of beauty! Real Simple wants your closet! And you look so fab in the leopard twinset. Retro and modern and lovely all at the same time! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/3#post-939647 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:51:02 +0000 Hil 939647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's a thing of beauty - truly! And your kitchen drawers - gawd.... I can only dream! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/3#post-939632 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:47:22 +0000 anne 939632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I a bit late to this thread but am duly impressed, and love your roadkill outfil.<br />My first personal response to your wardrobe picture was to think&nbsp; "Oh, I have about the same amount of things". Then I counted! I had 36 , not including anything in the wash or on the coat hooks,compared to your 20ish. And do you really only have 1 pair of jeans!!?</p> <p>Anyway, as Suz so carefully delineated, we all have different contraints (mine include no A/C in summer and a much colder house in winter, work and the need for more laundry rotation space)</p> <p>But as ever, you are an inspiration (off to check your kitchen drawers again) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/3#post-938963 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:37:28 +0000 Christie 938963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Would you mind creating a list of all the items (excluding the underpinnings and hosiery kind of things :D)? &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-938904 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:47:09 +0000 Carole 938904@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I only have a couple minutes to spend on the forum this morning and I could say so much more, but "impressed" and "inspired" Claire. It's so amazing how confident and directed you are in your wardrobe. Something I am aspiring for. Thanks for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-938850 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:41:59 +0000 Anonymous 938850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What an inspiring closet, elegant Claire!!! &nbsp;You are a wonder! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-938839 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:31:57 +0000 Lisa 938839@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ When I clicked on the first photo I gasped.&nbsp; Your wardrobe reminds me of the capsules on Vivienne files and I adore that blog and the concept of a capsule, small, versatile wardrobe.&nbsp; Your closet looks so cohesive and this just made the light bulb go off for me.&nbsp; <br /><br />I've been working to streamline my four season wardrobe since I joined YLF a few years ago.&nbsp; I've gotten down to about 150 items (from over 300 and that includes my footwear).&nbsp; But one thing holding me back ever since is that I have a LOT of colors/items in my closet and they don't remix with too many pieces.&nbsp; I have&nbsp;bold colors (emerald green, cobalt, black and white stripes) AND soft colors (denim blue, teal, turquoise).&nbsp;I'll need to revisit my closet this weekend and see how I can organize/streamline better.<br /><br />One thing I keep struggling with is my base colors.&nbsp; I always have blue, but I often bounce between brown and black too.&nbsp; I know if I just picked one I could cut down on my closet size, but I find I like to switch between mixing blue and black days with blue and brown days based on my mood.&nbsp; I just can't seem to pick a base color.&nbsp; How did you decide on one color?&nbsp; &nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-938737 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:33:21 +0000 jenanded 938737@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Claire I have been lurking lately but have already grabbed the 10 piece book on kindle since you started this thread... I LOVE this minimalist closet approach and you do just look gorgeous every time we see you. YOU as well as your clothes look lovely so they just compliment (!) your sleek grooming. I am a fellow minimalist wardrobe aspirer&nbsp;even though&nbsp;I do a bit too much of the buy. It is interesting that at nearly 2 months into my living out of hand luggage to make&nbsp;observations: <br />1. there are STILL pieces I don't wear (lol!) and surprise surprise they are button downs and a jersey twin set I bought at the last minute just in case before I left!<br />2. I am mainly rotating around 5/6 items and 2 jackets and&nbsp;some scarves... I know I spent SO much time before I left&nbsp;selecting those items for 'perfect' fit and versatility. I&nbsp;had budget and some of the jersey tshirts,&nbsp;while on sale, were a bit&nbsp;eyewatering in price. However these&nbsp;3 are rotating almost daily AND are obviously my core pieces like your silk tops -&nbsp;they are work horses to the extreme!&nbsp;<br />3. The pieces which are not perfect are obvious when you are working the 10 piece idea... I made a quick post recently that really I am not fond of the skinny silhouette on my frame so wider leg jeans would suit be better; my black work trouser really needs a more modern silhouette and I am still hoping I will find a replacement on tour; my coat needs replacing as its losing its oomph, a few tears...<br />4. I AM NOT BORED - I can see in your wardrobe you have enough variety in colour, print and the way they can all work together that you make soooo many looks! I have grabbed some 10$ scarves in the street on the way and so I can have a leopard day, a brights day, a formal day etc<br />5. Thank dog I had thought ahead to stay in apartments with laundry facilties to make this happen!<br />So am devouring your wonderful post/s and the Jennifer Scott ideas to be focused for my wardrobe when I get home. Thanks Claire!!! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-938665 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:18:36 +0000 MNsara 938665@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ How did I miss the kitchen drawers pic?!&nbsp; Hmmm - I'm contrasting yours with mine, and (maybe not surprisingly) there seems to be a correlation of the contrast between your closet and mine, and your kitchen drawers and mine.&nbsp;<br /><br />So, I have work to do in my kitchen as well ;-)<br /><br />Anyway, August is good!&nbsp; I should have my daughter's&nbsp;abandoned bedroom&nbsp;freshened up to a guest room by then!<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-938645 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:54:53 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 938645@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Okay, you have GOT to do a step-by-step of how you worked your way through to this gorgeous, minimalist wardrobe.&nbsp; &nbsp; This hoarder needs help!&nbsp; :D<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-938639 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:49:17 +0000 Sveta 938639@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Claire, this is definitely a wardrobe nirvana. It is so important to find what is right for you, isn't it? I know this size of the wardrobe would never work for me but&nbsp; for a moment it was nice to imagine it can :-)<br />Love the roadkill: so elegant, so Claire!<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-938083 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:28:23 +0000 Missey 938083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ While your closet capsule may be limited in size it has maximum potential and impact...nothing minimal about it!&nbsp; I bow down to you, you are an inspiration.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-938063 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:18:05 +0000 ManidipaM 938063@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Claire! I hardly get to the forum these days and ironically check off-topic first (some v interesting and deep conversations there). But the moment I saw a new Claire conversation I had to, just had to. And what a lift! I adore you in roadkill! So chic. Very elegant. Even more so than the closet I'm in awe of. That is beyond inspirational. It is the epitome of well curated...and mostly thrifted? Talk about treading lightly on the earth! But then you spoke of the laundry solution. Like Suz, I wondered about that. And am stuck speechless with admiration. That is dedication and organization indeed! As we Indians like to say, 'Wah, ustaad!' (Roughly, 'bravo, maestro' https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-937961 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:29:10 +0000 Janet 937961@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, Claire, this is so impressive! I could never do this -- my climate is too varied, my days too unpredictable, and my style too eclectic -- but I so admire it. This palette works so beautifully for you, and it looks so clean and open and calming. </p> <p>My closet is quite organized, but it looks far more chaotic because of all the colors, and how densely it is packed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-937946 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:10 +0000 harmonica 937946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ love reading your wardrobe thoughts! your closet looks so neat and fit - like in an exclusive shop, you know, and you can see every piece and they all seem to work nicely together. Impressive! :-)<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-937942 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:13:55 +0000 Anonymous 937942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thank you all so much.&nbsp;<br /><br />Ariadne, yes, I'll start another thread and post pictures of each group of items. It might take me a day or two, but I'll do it. I'm flattered that you're interested! Not everyone will be well served by a season-less wardrobe, either sweating in it in high summer or freezing in it in the winter, but after carefully considering my activities, I think it might work for me.&nbsp;<br /><br />Deborah, I totally agree that in order to go small you have to reduce down to your favorite style formula, silhouette and colors. Someone linked an article about Michelle Obama a while back and it mentioned that she sticks with just a couple of "looks" and repeats them in different colors and fabrications.&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-937840 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:17:20 +0000 lyn67 937840@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ This belongs to Best Of YLF...Ever!<br />So happy for you Claire being able to sort out a perfectly functionable and&nbsp; chic wardrobe, but anyhow&nbsp;I wanted&nbsp;&nbsp;this wouldn't do it for me:-((. I'm &nbsp;sometimes really overhelmed&nbsp;by my needings for dressing so called&nbsp;6 seazons and a dozen of functions...<br />BTW I am a neutral girl myself, too&nbsp;(started added color only after years on YLF!)- and so, can really appreciate a&nbsp;beautiful&nbsp;neutral wardrobe like yours is. <br />Well done, Claire, and I love your printed blouses, the&nbsp;&nbsp;sandals, and pretty toenails a lot!!!! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-937827 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:34:44 +0000 AJ 937827@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I am so speechless, Claire!&nbsp; You have gone from quick study newbie, to DIY experimenter, to DFS volunteer, to <b>sophisticated chic minimalist genius</b>!&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />Your closet just blows me away!&nbsp; So all the contents are either cotton or silk?&nbsp; You are an inspiration!&nbsp; &lt;Standing Ovation&gt; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-937826 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:14:35 +0000 rae 937826@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ So cool! I am envious of your perfectly functional and edited&nbsp;capsule. And I kinda do see the romance of your hanger gift story - it makes me smile to picture you two on your laptops together. :)&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-937799 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:28:39 +0000 Deborah 937799@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <span>Claire I loved reading this post. &nbsp;You have developed the kind of wardrobe I dream off and am still aiming towards. &nbsp;However I do need two distinct seasonal wardrobes due to our hot summers and cold winters.<br /><br />I particularly relate to your comment &nbsp;&nbsp;"</span>I have a lot of hang-ups with color, but I feel appropriate in neutrals almost anytime anywhere". &nbsp;I am exactly the same. &nbsp;<br /><br />Dress me in black, navy, grey, white and I am as happy as a pig in mud. &nbsp;Colour not so much.<br /><br />Would you agree the success to having a smallish wardrobe is to really know what you like, what looks good on you and to be clear on your style direction?<br /><br />You are now officially my closet management role model.<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;I&nbsp;<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-937795 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:22:05 +0000 Lantana 937795@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Claire, you continue to be one of my style icons and this post had me smiling and nodding my head in turns.<br /> I am so impressed with your compact wardrobe that I am determined to stay on SYC until next summer. (What am I saying? I'll never make it.)<br /> I am a kindred thrifter who is occasionally rewarded by the Op Shop fairy: here again, I am so impressed by your "finds".<br /> My climate is similar to yours so laundry dries quickly; it's either hot or windy or both.<br /> Your road kill tag hooked me immediately but I thought you meant clothes you had found on the highway.DH and I often travel long distances and from time to time have chanced upon such "escapees", the most famous being a Country Road sweater, perfect for DH,that we found, you guessed it, on a country road. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-937793 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:17:36 +0000 Ariadne 937793@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hmm, I'm re-re-reading and trying to get a handle on how the whole 'seasonless' thing works. &nbsp;This is asking a lot, I know, but any chance you could itemize your, well, items? https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-937792 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:12:43 +0000 CocoLion 937792@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Awesome minimalist wardrobe. &nbsp;And my sister, who is a professional organizer, would be so impressed with the beauty of your closet. &nbsp;(Sometimes I wonder if we are related, my closet looks nothing like that. &nbsp;Organized chaos is what I end up with on a good day.) https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-937791 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:02:52 +0000 Christie 937791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I just read some of the links posted and am really inspired to reduce my wardrobe to its best pieces. &nbsp;<br /><br /><br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-937789 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:59:05 +0000 Anonymous 937789@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ La Belle, now I remember! Come forward and take a bow, please. I really appreciate how much your comment helped me rationalize my addiction to&nbsp;prints. Definitely check out the link I posted earlier in the thread. If this small-wardrobe deal&nbsp;is a concept that appeals to you, there is a lot to delve into. I wasn't sure I could really upgrade my pieces on a shoe-string budget, but so far so good. I don't know where you live, but I live in near Phoenix, and even though we have wide extremes in temperatures, I don't need the kind of wardrobe that someone in a four-season climate truly needs. At least it doesn't snow here. I look forward to chatting with you about it! https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hangers-the-10-item-wardrobe-and-a-roadkill-twinset/page/2#post-937781 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:48:10 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 937781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I can't come up with enough adjectives at how thrilled I was when I saw the subject line:&nbsp; intrigued, excited, inspired, amazed!&nbsp; You have managed to do what I have been trying to do, and dreamed of doing, this past year!<br /><br />"Seasonless"!&nbsp; Why did that never occur to me??&nbsp; &nbsp; You are a genius!!!<br /><br />Tomorrow, over coffee, I plan to dig through your other forum posts and see what other nuggets of wisdom you have written, because seriously, I really want the high-end boutique-style wardrobe plan that you've got going&nbsp; on!<br /><br />(I was the one, I think, who mentioned 'muddy' on Ingunn's thread.&nbsp; I have pale, reflective skin (when it isn't irritated and red), and a history of breakouts, so I'm always very aware of how patterns and certain colors look against my skin.&nbsp; Unless the pattern is large, and/or the right saturation of color... the pattern will reflect right onto my skin and I'll look splotchy or sick.&nbsp; &nbsp; I find I'm happiest in clear, bright colors and neutrals, especially black and white and dove grey, and I use accessories for color.)<br />