https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 08:41:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-275243 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:49:31 +0000 Lisa 275243@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am more prone to duplicate basics (layering T's, workout wear) than I am more recognizable pieces such as a jacket. I will stock up on duplicates of layering T's in the same colors and different colors if I like the fit since I wear them daily in colder months. I am also prone to duplicate jeans in style, but not color since fitting bottoms is always a challenge for me. For example I own two pairs of the Gap perfect boot jeans (one light blue and one dark blue) and two pairs of the Express Stella Skinnies jeans (one dark blue and one black). I am less prone to duplicate what I call toppers (cardigans or blazers) in the same color as I like to mix up my colors often. I figure if there are 7 days in the week, how many of them do I really want to wear the same color? If you like black a lot and don't mind wearing black jackets multiple days in a week, then I would err on the side of keeping more black jackets. If you want to mix up the colors, then I would start decreasing them.</p> <p>I also like Mo's suggestion to identify each jackets purpose. If you have say half of your jackets as dress layering pieces but rarely wear dresses, then you know some of those can be weeded out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-275224 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:19:44 +0000 Mo 275224@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this is one of those wardrobe items that many people have duplicates of - right up there with jeans and layering tees. I have 3 black jackets as of this year - a velvet blazer, a lightweight belted safari style and now my crop tuxedo. But I don't think I'd wear either of mine in place of the other. For example, only my tux one would go over a party dress and only the safari with the sleeves tabbed up would go over shorts etc. I find that they each do a separate thing in my closet independant of each other . . . if that makes sense. Maybe you could think of your jackets in that way and then see where there are duplicates in the sense of what you pair them with. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-275067 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:12:44 +0000 hanna 275067@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>like others have mentioned, if you get a lot of use out of all your multiples, then hey, knock yourself out! i have 3 different black blazers myself, but i keep them all because each of them gives my outfits a totally different spin. </p> <p>i'm much more likely to duplicate basics - all my most worn jeans right now, for example, are straight legs from marks &amp; spencer, and i have a selection of long sleeved tops in a rainbow of colours that all came from dorothy perkins. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-275010 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:51:30 +0000 londonkiwi (now back in NZ) 275010@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can I have one of those black jackets? </p> <p>I think it very much depends on your style. If you are team black rather than team colour then multiple black jackets in various cuts and fabrics are probably a necessity. I guess you can still have too many though. The turning around of a hanger is a great idea, as is modelling them here for us to comment on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274989 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:42:32 +0000 Refugee 274989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>From what you say, you feel like you have multiples of black jackets. At the same time you recognize that different forms and functions don't neccesarily make them redundancies. And then the whole 'keep everything just in case'.<br /> Perhaps if you sorted them according to type it might help you see the redundancies more clearly? Sort first, then look at each type. Start with the smallest piles first. Perhaps this would help the process be less overwhelming? Do you think this would be helpful or is there something else at play? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274930 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:07:46 +0000 LeahJanes 274930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you have occasion to wear them all, then keep them.</p> <p>Get rid of the ones that don't fit your life or don't fit you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274926 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:03:35 +0000 Kristine 274926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My closet's pretty small, so duplication for me would be something similar that serves a similar function. I have a grey scoopneck wool sweater and found myself looking at a heavier version this weekend. I wanted it but thought of my full dresser drawers and decided to stick to one grey scoopneck sweater. </p> <p>I did buy two pairs of the exact same dress pants though, one in navy and one in black. It's hard for me to find pants and they fit me well, so in that case I thought duplication was fine. </p> <p>There are so many factors- Do the jackets serve different functions, do you wear them, do they flatter you, do you have a large or small closet? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274862 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:37:46 +0000 Aida 274862@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, if you only wear black jackets and have no (or little) intention of buying or wearing many colored jackets, AND the jackets you have are actually varied AND fit well, I don't think it's a problem to have several black jackets. Ten thousand might be a bit much though </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274729 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:21:40 +0000 Bianca 274729@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh and I echo AJ...dups for tees, jeans, yoga pants, stuff like that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274727 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:20:45 +0000 Bianca 274727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I believe the intention was that if it was worn 1x per season it can stay. I guess formal wear may be a different story, but if it is taking up valuable space in your closet, you may want to think about retiring some pieces and only keeping the best. Maybe you can even incorporate your formal pieces into everyday wear so they have a chance to be worn? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274720 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:11:51 +0000 Sara 274720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would suggest trying them all on and objectively deciding which fit you the best, and try to think of which of them you have worn most in the last year. I was in the same boat as you (THREE black boyfriend blazers, totally unnecessary) and decided to get rid of the ones that did my short self no favors and weren't in regular rotation to make room for things I would wear more often. As much as I thought I loved all of them, I don't miss the ones I took to the consignment store one bit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274716 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:09:41 +0000 Louise 274716@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry that came across a bit confused I meant not the exact same item unless basics for layering. And you'd have to have multiples of things like scarves but I wouldn't pick up the exact same one in multiple colours x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274715 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:09:39 +0000 catgirl 274715@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bianca, that's a good idea! And you explained it perfectly. Was the idea that if you wore something ONCE in a season, it was enough to keep? I have a couple of things like that but they are mostly formalwear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274711 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:05:55 +0000 AJ 274711@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You can always take photos of you wearing each jacket and we'll help you edit like Secondhand Shopaholic has done in the past.</p> <p>I think it's fine to duplicate in different colors if it's a basic like layering t's, scarfs, jeans, etc. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274710 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:05:28 +0000 Bianca 274710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One time on Oprah I saw something like this pertaining to closet organization. Let me pass along the tip I learned: If you feel you have too many of the same item....leave it on the hanger and put the hanger backwards in your closet. Every time you wear the item, correct it to the proper hanger position. At the end of the season, you can see which items were not worn because the hangers will still be "backwards" (Did I articulate this right?). Just a suggestion though. I tend to be a purger, so If it were me, I would take the best of the best and the items that truly compliment you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274707 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:03:03 +0000 Barbara 274707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Really, alaskagirl? Ten thousand black jackets? LOL! </p> <p>If they are all different, they are NOT redundant. Wear them and enjoy each individual jacket!</p> <p>And you are allowed to have the same item in a different color!</p> <p>I believe in duplicates for tees, turtlenecks, yoga pants, jeans - basically anything that fits me like a glove, is good quality and I know I'll probably wear it to death. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274700 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:59:49 +0000 Louise 274700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would be happy to have (and do have) multiple black jackets *only* if they were different styles. Personally I'm not keen on having the same item in different colours x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-do-you-define-duplicating#post-274697 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:57:34 +0000 catgirl 274697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In regard to Angie's post today, I am now in edit process. Despite the last purge, I still have about ten thousand black jackets of every type - cropped, velvet, dressy, swing, cotton. At what point are they redundant? </p> <p>What about repeating the same item in a different color?</p> <p>I fear I have hoarding tendencies which I am trying to overcome. Nothing bad enough for TV, just an urge to keep everything just in case. </p>