https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:25:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388666 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:27:28 +0000 Angie 2388666@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>JAilleen,</b> you make me smile! Thank you ;)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388651 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:14:51 +0000 JAileen 2388651@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carla, interesting goal, to find out how long things last. &nbsp;I have had those Columbia hiking pants which seemingly lasted forever, until they didn’t. &nbsp;Most of my grey ones wore out. &nbsp;The fabric was weaker, and the thread broke down, the waist starting to separate from the body. &nbsp;I always say my cost per wear was approaching zero, but I don’t really know. &nbsp;Which is one reason why this is so interesting to me.</p> <p>Lisa, I had my laptop on my lap last night, fixing up the first month of my records. &nbsp;It took quite awhile to do one month. &nbsp;I was watching a murder mystery on TV, and realized how heavy it is compared to my ipad. &nbsp;It seems like AI ought to be able to do this…</p> <p>Joy, I’m impressed with those of you who keep track for ages and ages. &nbsp;Well done!</p> <p>Angie, I get why someone wouldn’t want to do this. This editing after the fact isn’t that fun. &nbsp;Keeping track of your purchases is smart, though. &nbsp;One year I went through my purchases and calculated how much I had spent. &nbsp;It wasn’t as bad as I thought, actually. &nbsp;:) &nbsp; &nbsp;It makes sense your wardrobe is well documented, it’s your business! &nbsp;It’s like a company having their list of Fixed Assets (former accountant here). &nbsp;</p> <p>Janet, I just did this out of curiosity. &nbsp;I’ve gotten even more casual in my day to day life (if that’s even possible). &nbsp;I still like to dress nicely for events (church, concerts, plays), but my day to day life is mostly gear. &nbsp;When I did a search on Canyonlands, I discovered I wore these North Face hoodies 15 times in May/June. &nbsp;I was glad to see how much I’d worn them since I have several, and they’re not cheap. &nbsp;I found them perfect for layering on our trips, and I like wearing them casually at home, too.</p> <p> <div> </p> <p> </div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388643 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:29:55 +0000 Janet 2388643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have always found this kinda interesting but have never attempted it. Even though I am a compulsive liar-maker, somehow adding one more tracking thing to my life feels like one too many, LOL. Like Suz, though, sometimes I feel like I should do this when I’m feeling a shift. Right now would be good, except this year will include a lot of traveling, pushing me into limited capsule wear, so it would not truly be helpful in a big picture way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388642 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:25:06 +0000 Angie 2388642@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>JAileen</b>, I don't track wears. Happy it's a meaningful process for you and others, of course! Please carry on!</p> <p>We can't do Finds on iPads and phones, I'm afraid.&nbsp;</p> <p><u></u><i></i>What I <i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i>do</i> do: </p> <ul> <li>I track what I buy, keep, and return in a spreadsheet. Have for almost two decades.&nbsp;Keeps the budget sane!</li> </ul> <ul> <li>My wardrobe is meticulously documented in Finds and accurately kept up to date (excluding underwear, sleepwear and yoga wear). I can't imagine&nbsp;not having&nbsp;a visual digital&nbsp;representation&nbsp;of my wardrobe. It's invaluable to me. I encourage everyone to do that!&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p> <div>Have fun tracking your wears :)&nbsp;</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388641 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:07:25 +0000 Anonymous 2388641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have written down everything daily all<br /> That I wear for months on a piece of paper. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388638 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:50:27 +0000 Lisa 2388638@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>JAileen&nbsp;</b>- I can sympathize with the time it takes to set up a tracking document. When I first started it took me months to fill out the excel file and upload my wardrobe into finds. It was definitely a downside to owning a larger wardrobe. Good luck with setting up your system! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388634 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 05:19:22 +0000 Carla 2388634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pencil and paper gal. &nbsp;Each month I write down what I wear for a top and what I wear for a bottom. &nbsp;If/when I repeat wear an item, I just make a hash mark. &nbsp;At the end of the month I tally the wears and add them to a 12 months chart that lists all tops and bottoms. &nbsp;This gives me a seasonal perspective as well as wear numbers. &nbsp;</p> <div><br /></div><div>I’m trying to understand what a normal number of wears might be for a garment before it breaks down, or becomes too shabby (for whatever reason) to wear. &nbsp;To learn what hold up well. &nbsp;To learn about cost-per-wear. &nbsp;To hold myself accountable and do some analysis, when I edit something out, that hasn’t been worn a lot. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>I don’t count everything, but I do document when they were purchased (month/year.)&nbsp;</div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388633 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 05:17:09 +0000 JAileen 2388633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, that’s a great idea! &nbsp;But…I never did finds. &nbsp;And the reason was I couldn’t do them on my ipad. &nbsp;I wonder if that has changed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388631 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 04:56:58 +0000 Suz 2388631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used Finds last time I tracked! I just put a little tic in the "notes" section of each Find every time I wore the item and then totalled them up after 4 or 5 months (or whatever counted as a season). I only did it for about 7 months last time I did it. It did provide some useful information or at least affirmed some things for me about what it makes sense to spend on and what i should try to spend less on or what I need less of.&nbsp;</p> <p>I like doing it whenever I have a significant style shift. I don't need to do it in between times.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388628 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 03:16:39 +0000 JAileen 2388628@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lisa, I should have asked people how best to record my wears, before I started. &nbsp;I’ve converted two weeks to Excel and it took a little while.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388627 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 01:43:28 +0000 Lisa 2388627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I use an excel spreadsheet. I find tracking CPW very helpful to see where my current style preferences lie and how good (or not good) a purchase has been.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388606 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 22:10:04 +0000 JAileen 2388606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jenni, yes, I’ve enjoyed it, too, even if I don’t have a summary. &nbsp;I did count up North Face Canyonlands sweatshirts in May and June and got 15. &nbsp;I’m going to try to export my Notes documents to a spreadsheet where I can sort and summarize the info. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388605 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 21:15:14 +0000 Jenni NZ 2388605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know Angie said tracking her wears would not be fun, and she didn’t want to do it. I do find an element of fun in it, or I wouldn’t have kept going so long. My wardrobe still brings me a huge amount of pleasure and I do get a lot of compliments, not only from work either, sometimes when just out and about.<br /> I also think though that I like the control, and I have some OCD traits which making lists and keeping track play into.<br /> Even my original inspiration for the tracking, Debbie Roes of Recovering Shopaholic, stopped tracking after 6 years!<br /> I think it’s entirely personal as to whether people wish to do it or how long for. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388590 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 14:35:20 +0000 JAileen 2388590@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jenni, nine years! &nbsp;I thought this was an interesting exercise, with no plans of doing it forever, but who knows? &nbsp;I&nbsp;did this on my ipad. &nbsp;My phone is just so small. &nbsp;Your tracking must have been helpful in figuring out what you really wore.<div><div><br /></div><div>Lise, your method and Jenni’s sound similar, but it sounds like you record your wears on your computer. &nbsp;Thank you for sharing your method.</p> <p>AStyleofOne’sOwn, thank you for mentioning the app. &nbsp;I have never heard of it before and will definitely look into it.&nbsp;</p> <p>kkards, yes, I used Apple Notes. &nbsp;I guess Apple Numbers is like Excel. &nbsp;I was thinking I might be able to import this into Excel and manipulate the info. &nbsp;Right now, if I want to look up something like a North Face Canyonlands hoodie, I have to do a search on it and it highlights the word in each document where it shows up. &nbsp;It brought up my lists of the National Parks! &nbsp;Okay, I just looked at all of the icons on my ipad and found Numbers. &nbsp;As an accountant, I used to be on Excel all day, everyday, so I could probably figure it out. &nbsp;Thank you for mentioning this. &nbsp;<br /></div><div><br /></div></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388576 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:56:06 +0000 kkards 2388576@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Assuming when you said “notes’ you meant Apple notes, you maybe able to save your note into Apple numbers which you could then use to create/add formulas to track&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388573 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 07:15:42 +0000 AStyleofOne'sOwn 2388573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I use the Indyx app (free version). It has a calendar feature that automatically tallies wears. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388572 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 06:05:24 +0000 Star (Lise) 2388572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I seperate my items per type on a list, so skirts together, long sleeve tees together, heavy jackets medium jackets etc. Then I bracket the number of wears after each item. Not sure this is a clear explanation but I can always see at a glance the numbers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388569 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 05:27:03 +0000 Jenni NZ 2388569@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine has always been on paper, for 9 years now. The reason was mainly that I am on computer all day at work and didn’t want to do that even more. YLF reading and writing is on my phone. The biggest job was listing everything in sensible groupings, initially one list for summer and one for autumn/winter/spring, as I had far too much summer stuff. Drawn to bright colours and pretty sparkles, what can I say?<br /> Over time with hard work I have balanced the numbers out so now I have one list for spring/summer and one for autumn/winter- and one for shoes of course! I just make tally marks and rewrite every month or two. It sounds a real faff but I find it fairly relaxing and it also means I have such a handle on what is in my wardrobe.<br /> I think your way sounds fine for now? You can get a feel for what you are wearing or put more time in later. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388565 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 01:53:36 +0000 JAileen 2388565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sloper, I used notes. &nbsp;Okay, I guess I need to do another six months </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388564 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 01:45:21 +0000 Sloper 2388564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used Excel to track wears. &nbsp;Easy to filter, sort, count wears. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i%e2%80%99ve-been-recording-my-wears-for-nearly-six-months#post-2388563 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:53:54 +0000 JAileen 2388563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Summarizing the info might be a big pain. &nbsp;For those of you who have kept track, what did you do? &nbsp;Maybe I’ll just get a “feel” for what I wore. Hahaha!</p>