https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:46:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-616231 Wed, 09 May 2012 23:53:47 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 616231@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know what we need? We need a "wear it or pitch it" challenge here on YLF - pick an orphan or something you've thought to get rid of, come up with x outfits using it, and wear one of them one day.</p> <p>Would be a good idea for a new item too - before you take the tags off, make at least n outfits with it, and if you can't, back to the store it goes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615804 Wed, 09 May 2012 11:43:48 +0000 jayne 615804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I must be cheating on SYC. I am not so much 'shopping' the closet as reusing the outfits I figured out I liked and cycling through them. See, I have so many outfits that it means I wear them max twice in this month?</p> <p>Do you think I should hide my already made outfits to see what is left? That could be the opposite of IK's solution! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615692 Wed, 09 May 2012 04:56:34 +0000 ManidipaM 615692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IK, good on you for bringing out the big guns and hectoring that closet into its place! That's channelling your frustration into productivity!</p> <p>I like Laura's of forcing the orphans especially out into the open. Last week, I cleared and tidied by drawers --- and put out all the ifs, buts and maybes to sit on the bench with my jeans-in-use and my workout gear. This pile sits in a corner of my bathroom, which is especially helpfully, because now they're the first thing I see when I'm about to get dressed. I've really been squeezing them into outfits all this week (some horrors I will NOT post), but it's also helped to *write down* clearly why the garment is problematic. Going to give them a couple of months before I shut shop on them for good.</p> <p>Loving Nicole's distinction of potholes vs holes too. As I remix more (and boy it is hard to see those poor orphans in a new light some days ::waving at Kelly::), I'm realizing I have fewer holes than I'd feared and more potholes --- can drive around them, and indeed MUST until I fill the true holes. Unless it's a really cheap fix (::cough:: bought camisoles again! ::cough::).</p> <p>Waving at Shannon too, because I've just started drawing up capsules in my head and on a spreadsheet (also, thanks for the nudge, Christieanne!) --- more out of necessity in my case, because as I split myself more equally between places, my wardrobe has to split into encapsulated halves too, at least if I'm to avoid being a snail with an oversized, overstuffed shell each time I travel! But it's kinda nice. Same number of clothes, but feels like *different* wardrobes, as you say. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615665 Wed, 09 May 2012 03:57:25 +0000 MNsara 615665@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your gut reaction is perfect! After all, isn't that what the holding bins are for? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615594 Wed, 09 May 2012 02:02:45 +0000 ironkurtin 615594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I didn't think about making outfits when I grabbed and stored. Maybe I should have? I just went by inner ear resonance or something. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615564 Wed, 09 May 2012 01:32:28 +0000 Jaime 615564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm, I should do something like this. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615491 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:46:41 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 615491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the holding zone idea. I also like the idea of 'forcing' yourself to wear the maybe items - kinda like a 30x30 or similar, in that if you have to wear it, either you'll come up with something that'll actually work that you wouldn't have thought of otherwise, or you'll once and for all that it's not for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615433 Tue, 08 May 2012 23:34:17 +0000 AJ 615433@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My tantrums are NOT productive! Kudos to you for coming up with a great strategy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615418 Tue, 08 May 2012 23:10:59 +0000 nicoleb 615418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>thanks </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615407 Tue, 08 May 2012 22:54:59 +0000 Aida 615407@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a great plan IK! I have found that much of the clothes that go into the "holding zone" don't come back out, but my holding zone is pretty small hehe.</p> <p>(Nicole, wardrobe pot holes is brilliant! I have quite a lot of those ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615360 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:53:52 +0000 MNsara 615360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Closet tantrum are good! Closet complacency is not. . .</p> <p>Don't you think sometimes we need to get all worked up so we have the energy and determination to tackle these things? I know there are WAY too many soft decisions to made in my closet. . .</p> <p>Keep it up, IK </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615352 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:45:48 +0000 Debbie 615352@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had to log in to say. Please come have a tantrum in mine.<br /> Hope your daughter is feeling better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615329 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:18:05 +0000 texstyle 615329@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really should work on my shopping discipline. Not that I'm a big spender but I do tend to want to keep replenishing "favorite" things. Like I can't imagine life without a nicer, black v-neck tee. So much so that I will buy a backup. But then sometimes the backup gets damaged and I tend to want to rush right out and replace it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615325 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:11:14 +0000 ironkurtin 615325@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Texstyle - I would wait until SYC was over to replace a beloved item, UNLESS</p> <p>- I needed it for a career reason.</p> <p>- The perfect one lunged at me at the perfect price and it was clearly fate.</p> <p>But unless those 2 things happened, I wouldn't even look if I were on SYC and a purist about it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615323 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:08:12 +0000 Mo 615323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Speaking for myself, I only consider undies (and maybe something like leggings) as SYC free. We are all different, though, and you have no one to answer to but yourself! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615321 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:06:07 +0000 texstyle 615321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When you guys SYC, do you consider things like basic tees part of your wardrobe? My favorite color tees always see to wear out and that's the one thing I seem to buy quite often. Of course the colors always change so sometimes it's finding new favorites. Then again, I wear tees a LOT because I live in the south and have a very casual life style. I guess the same question for any "basic" items that you wear a lot. Button downs wear out too if you wear them frequently, so during SYC if your favorite white button down (or whatever basic) was getting a bit yellow or worn, would you replace it without a second thought or would you wait until you are done with SYC? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615320 Tue, 08 May 2012 21:06:03 +0000 Isabel 615320@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good plan.....having a "tantrum" and then an epiphany is just fantastic !! And you did it without waking up your DD : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615309 Tue, 08 May 2012 20:56:13 +0000 nicoleb 615309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kelly i think you hit the nail on the head! I totally agree, re-mixing takes a lot more thought and playing around then just buying new items. I'm really determined to last the month but at the same time it is making me find wardrobe holes i didn't even know i had. </p> <p>Or maybe wardrobe pot holes? i can get around them but it'd make SYC easier if they were filled. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615307 Tue, 08 May 2012 20:52:51 +0000 kellygirl 615307@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Mo: I am continually getting rid of "hold backs." I find I either decide I love them or never wear them. It is kind of shocking how much I get rid of. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615306 Tue, 08 May 2012 20:52:01 +0000 goldenpig 615306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Awesome! I just did that myself--after the How Well do you Know Your Closet thread, I had already purged in the past, but I went through again and looked at each item in my drawers and closet and pulled out about a tote bag's worth of stuff that I am not really wearing. It's sitting in my laundry room. Some of it is stuff I haven't even worn yet but bought multiple colors (beige turtleneck, etc). I agree, it's good to get stuff out of your closet so you can properly see what's in there. High five! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615305 Tue, 08 May 2012 20:49:55 +0000 Mo 615305@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IK, I've been finally pulling out things that I've held on to through many of the last purges, although I don't really wear them. It's time! Period. Off they go to tomorrow's swap at a friend's.<br /> I'm with you, Kelly, it is hard for me too. But if we ever want to make our wardrobes work for us, it takes some effort on our part. Bummer, huh? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615302 Tue, 08 May 2012 20:45:16 +0000 kellygirl 615302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find SYC and re-mixing so much harder than just picking up something new. I've been trying to be more accountable though and trying to wear different combinations of things that I already have. It's hard though. Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615301 Tue, 08 May 2012 20:41:50 +0000 Transcona Shannon 615301@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fantastic plan IK! I've been thinking with SYC of making a couple of different work capsules and only have one capsule at a time in my bedroom closet and put the other one(s) in my spare closet. That way, I use the capsule for one week or two (depending how big I make it) and then rotating to the next, etc. This way maybe I won't get sick of my stuff as quickly? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-had-a-tantrum-on-my-closet#post-615293 Tue, 08 May 2012 20:29:47 +0000 ironkurtin 615293@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm home with DD, who just had some big teeth pulled. So while the poor bunny snoozes and watches movies, I decided that I Have Had It with my closet. </p> <p>I've been on Shop My Closet and, you know what, if I'm gonna do it I'm gonna DO it. So I pulled ou half of it, folded it, and put it in the empty drawers of my big plastic sewing bin in the office closet.</p> <p>Now, before I buy ANYTHING, I need to make a list, wait on it a week, then browse my own private boutique in my sewing cabinet. And if I don't wind up using anything in the boutique, then out it goes! </p>