https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-editcull-without-regrets Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 23:10:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-editcull-without-regrets#post-1360489 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:41:52 +0000 Alassë 1360489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Excellent idea! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-editcull-without-regrets#post-1360479 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:31:09 +0000 Jaime 1360479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Sarah! I do something similar (without the listing), but it is called things to consign next season. Once in a while I pull something back when I get it ready to sell, but usually I had forgotten all about it by then and out it goes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-editcull-without-regrets#post-1360450 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:30:53 +0000 Anonymous 1360450@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like your thinking on this, Sarah. Especially the detailed labelling, which means no searching and sifting through. It gives you a good cooling off period to see how or if your style changes as well, and you can see whether you miss certain items. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-editcull-without-regrets#post-1360449 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:30:33 +0000 krishnidoux 1360449@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a great method. I am curious about your categories. What would they be exactly, can you give an example?</p> <p>I have been doing this more or less, with blue "Roughneck" bins. I store what I think I will purge but have discovered many items found a new life a good 9 mo - 1yr after I have stored them. Because of seasons here, I must give myself more than a year to decide. Many times, I was glad I had not thrown out something, having found another, totally unexpected use for them.&nbsp;</p> <p>If I were you, I would also select items that take their appeal from being very, very current, like the ones that are on trend/fringe trend. I find those, once I put them in the blue bin, it's their death sentence.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-editcull-without-regrets#post-1360442 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 10:50:16 +0000 Joyce B 1360442@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have a good plan. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-to-editcull-without-regrets#post-1360391 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 07:07:44 +0000 MovingFashionForward 1360391@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Having been doing the mother of all culls (or 'editing my wardrobe' as I prefer to call it) for some time now, and having had one or two&nbsp;regrets like Laura mentioned, I have now come up with a no-regrets editing method that might work for some.&nbsp;</p> <p>In my case, the problem is that I have loads of clothes that are high quality and that I love, and that fit me, and that are now, etc. I simply have TOO MUCH STUFF. This = a lot of scope for regret.</p> <p>So here is what I am doing now that I have thrown out everything that obviously should be thrown out (polyester, stuff containing elastane or spandex, anything in poor repair etc): when choosing what to keep and what not to keep, I categorise the 'what not to keep' into various categories, pack each category tightly into boxes,&nbsp;and list every item in each box and each category. The categories are my speculative theories about which sorts of things I will definitely want to get rid of when I no longer have the storage unit I currently have (which is not cheap, so I really should get rid of it!). My plan is to keep the boxes for a year before finally donating them. This gives me a bit of leeway to allow for medium-term changes of mind, but is a definite step forward towards getting rid of stuff.</p> <p>Ultimately, I do want to do a severe edit, both of my clothes and my books. I just have to do it, and move on. This method helps. Incidentally, in doing this, I have ended up actually getting rid of more stuff without waiting the year, when I see how many boxes of clothes and books I have waiting to be donated.</p> <p>Sarah<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/"></a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/"></a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/"></a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/"></a> </p>