https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:21:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great/page/2#post-697312 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:55:29 +0000 Anonymous 697312@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think yay, yes! Good job. I am torn between learning how to eBay or just donating a few things. It's just so freeing mentally to be rid of it all at once sometimes. But then there is the cash. I have a feeling your pile will generate a lot more money than mine will. Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great/page/2#post-697207 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:59:39 +0000 jayne 697207@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i agree, we are displaying grown up attitudes. IK, did your month of SYC kick start you into this? You really seem to be living the 'wear it or toss it' mantra! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great/page/2#post-697202 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:56:08 +0000 jenanded 697202@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done and HB! I wish I had a gigantic capsule - its kinda like a mega lego set for grownups - can make (yourself) whatever you like :-)<br /> Ange, noticing how many of us have adopted grown up as an important term this week! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great/page/2#post-697167 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:16:59 +0000 ironkurtin 697167@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK. Well, "want" doesn't mean "have to have." I'm trying to remember that : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great/page/2#post-697157 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:03:43 +0000 Angie 697157@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There you go, Dana! THRILLED that you love your wardrobe at the moment :). Wanting a Rick Owens jacket is a sign that you are building onto your GIGANTIC wardrobe capsule in a way that reflects your current style preferences. Well done </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great/page/2#post-697130 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 19:31:57 +0000 ironkurtin 697130@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie - yes. My whole closet is a capsule! Right now I am loving it. And I want a Rick Owens jacket with leather sleeves. Is that a sign I am bored with my capsule, or building on it...? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-697093 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:21:18 +0000 MNsara 697093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I keep coming back for more motivation and inspiration :-)</p> <p>I have carelessly spilled over into my daughter's empty room. Of course, she has lots of abandoned stuff in there herself, but I have all sorts of things waiting for me to decide their fate: donate, consign, sell, swap, reclaim(?) and I'm just shutting the door for now. . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-697092 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:20:35 +0000 Angie 697092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dana, a capsule is a group of wardrobe items that work together. Nothing more complicated than that. You totally think in capsules!!! It's just that the bottoms variety in your capsules is narrow - jeans, and that's it. Your capsules are further simplified because of (virtually) the absence of colour and pattern. So, it's not that you don't think of capsules - more accurately, your wardrobe is almost like one big capsule. I hope that make sense. </p> <p>Now. Think back to this description of your capsules if and when you are bored with your look. Here in lies the key. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-697066 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:40:03 +0000 ironkurtin 697066@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm pretty draconian in purging. if I have even a moment of, "I could live without this," or, "I don't feel right in this", it goes. Since I mostly wear jeans, I don't worry much about work capsules. I imagine it might be harder if I needed very separate wardrobes. However, I do think that if I had that kind of job, I would find my "jeans equivalent" and dress around *that* as much as possible. Because IMO the less you need to think about one part that you know flatters, the more you can have fun with the rest of it all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-697006 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:36:38 +0000 ButterflyLady 697006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done you, for doing it all in one go like that! I blogged that I have to declutter my wardrobe piece by piece, rather than trying to do it in an afternoon, but I think that's because I'm still feeling my way with fashion. I love the feeling of having purged unwanted possessions! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696562 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:24:38 +0000 catgirl 696562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I;m stripping down my closet too - it took me a while to figure out what I love, but I'm slowly paring down so that everything either IS a favorite or works well with a favorite. You've given me a sorting idea I want to think out and then post for feedback. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696488 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:01:04 +0000 ironkurtin 696488@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are all marked fro charity, friends, or ebay. They're all high-end and in very good condition, so I should be able to get *some* part of it back. Maybe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696463 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:03:09 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 696463@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know the ambivalence you're describing, though. You feel (or I have felt anyway) foolish about spending the time and money. But, we're not perfect and omniscient! You can't always tell how an item will wear over time or the fit really works, or how you feel in it, or how your lifestyle will change. </p> <p>Is there a consignment store near you that would be interested in some of the pieces? I too have given up on ebay - too much time for the money for me (if you have designer stuff it might still be worthwhile). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696407 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:10:37 +0000 Jonesy 696407@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats! I have been in major purge mode too, and it feels so good to open up my closet and see only fab stuff in there! I am definitely moving toward quality over novelty/variety now, and that makes me happy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696403 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:07:14 +0000 christieanne 696403@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hurray for the closet purging. Helping yourself to feel good is the best gift ever. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696379 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:42:37 +0000 Anonymous 696379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats on your accomplishment! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696368 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:25:02 +0000 Janet 696368@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've given up on the ebay thing -- too many winning bidder unpaid items, etc. Just seems a lot of hassle to me. We itemize tax deductions, so I end up keeping good records and donating, or giving away to friends and family. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696336 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:00:17 +0000 Angie 696336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*applause*</p> <p> You could just donate the stuff, Dana. No ebay headache that way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696334 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:59:51 +0000 Queen Mum 696334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>you wont regret it. lesson learned and now you can carry on your fabness unhindered by a cluttered closet </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696290 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:27:58 +0000 ironkurtin 696290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh - my birthday isn't until September 6! *Early* birthday present. But thank you!</p> <p>Janet, I wore everything in the pile; some of them are years old. But when I looked at them next to other things, the other things won. They fit better, felt better, appealed to me more. The patterns seemed fresher, or the shape wasn't dated. For many of these things, I don't have the life to wear them (ahem black blazers) and I don't know if I ever will. So they need to be set free for someone else to wear.</p> <p>I'm hardly going naked, I still have lots! But hopefully I have a closet full of winnahs and not just contendahs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696241 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:06:45 +0000 Transcona Shannon 696241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done IK! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696226 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:17:27 +0000 Jjsloane 696226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You go girl! Fantastic accomplishment! But I totally hear you on the ominousness (word?) of the ebay pile. I have a few things I've procrastinated listing for so long they are now the right season to post again. Better get on it right? Tackle the pile with the same focus and maybe break it down a bit at a time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696221 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:01:45 +0000 Janet 696221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, IK! That sounds so brave to me. </p> <p>Since it seems like your style is so consistent from what we see you post here: what were your parameters for an item making (or not making) the cut? How often an item has been worn, fit issues, how you feel wearing the item, etc? I'm always curious when someone can purge such a big percentage of their wardrobe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696214 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:52:09 +0000 Anonymous 696214@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It must feel good though to have a closet full of only things you love! Happy birthday! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696213 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:50:20 +0000 Suz 696213@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations! This is BIG for you. Your new light wardrobe goes with your new lighter self! Fantastic.</p> <p>And happy birthday! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696193 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:39:27 +0000 Mona 696193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations for purging! you must be feeling a 100 times lighter now. I need to do the same. I have a lot of clothes that were bought pre YLF and I am sure they have to go now. but i am just not brave enough. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696129 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:12:27 +0000 jayne 696129@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good for you! Really! I have been through the same this year and it is sooo painful to know how little I used those clothes...especially since mine where all purchased in the last 2 years after weight loss. I can even tell you the cost since I track everything in excel now. But I don't want to know. The good news, you will know better in future, you will take care to purcase thngs you will wear and you will wear what you have. Right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696122 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:48:11 +0000 Kate 696122@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good going, IK. I'm getting ready to do this, and I can't wait. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696121 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:47:23 +0000 Jem 696121@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Happy Birthday! You should be very proud of yourself! Maybe break down your pile and only think of selling so many items at a time? Then once the money starts coming in, you may feel more motivated. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-just-purged-half-my-clothes-and-it-feels-mostly-great#post-696117 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:41:41 +0000 Debbie 696117@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You should be extremely proud of yourself.<br /> Happy Birthday! </p>