https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:24:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073580 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:34:07 +0000 Nicole D 1073580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha! &nbsp;I was going to say keep #5. &nbsp;It's cozy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073557 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:06:44 +0000 Echo 1073557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think #4 could work with the black and white trend this season if styled correctly, and 5 isn't as not-good as the others, IMO. But there aren't any that stand out as fabulous to me because the fit on many of them seems off. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073541 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 23:55:50 +0000 amiable 1073541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay for decluttering! &nbsp;I'm enjoying the process myself! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073536 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 23:53:01 +0000 minimalist 1073536@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun thread, Peri! Love that you have such a thick skin about it, and I trust you'll enjoy #5 for its sentiment and comfort. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073529 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 23:48:14 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1073529@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Glad to hear you're letting them go Peri - and totally understanding about keeping #5.</p> <p>More room in your closet for fab things </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073525 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 23:45:48 +0000 Peri 1073525@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone, for reinforcing what I was feeling...helps me pass them on. I'm really tired of them, they look really tired...even more so in person...and I want better. Putting them on just to take pictures pretty much made up my mind...drab, not fab!</p> <p>It's funny, the varied opinions on which is the least bad. It is 5 that I'm leaning towards keeping, but demoting to lounge and evening wear. It is soft and cozy and a little bit sentimental. The others are gone gone gone! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073515 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 23:33:45 +0000 annagybe 1073515@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another vote tossing them all. They just don't look current. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073505 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 23:24:05 +0000 Mia 1073505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the colour of #6 on you and I like that it shows your nice figure but I have a feeling it might feel a little "wash worn" now and you are ready for an update. &nbsp;</p> <p>Some of these look like demotion candidates &nbsp;for sure if you need sweaters for times when you have a reason not to wear your items in main rotation. &nbsp; I always wear something old when we go cut down our Christmas tree for fear of sap! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073495 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 23:13:38 +0000 Lantana 1073495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am on the toss the lot bandwagon. I'm disregarding colours because clearly they all suit you from that viewpoint. Cable knits, with the exception of handknits, show their age emphatically. The cables lose their loft, so the whole point of them is lost. The loft = warmth so they won't feel as cosy. This is one good reason to toss or demote sweaters. Their whole point is warmth, right? My forensic knitter's eye also notes the ribbing on yours has lost some of its elasticity so the fit at the waistband is no longer trim.</p> <p>Can these sweaters function elsewhere in your wardrobe or household? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073476 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 22:59:20 +0000 Anonymous 1073476@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love that soft greenish color, #2, but I agree with tossing them all -- they're looking a little sad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073466 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 22:51:59 +0000 Gigi 1073466@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorites are 2, 3, and 6. Nothing jumped out at me as great, however. Everything seemed kind of mediocre. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073457 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 22:43:53 +0000 sarah 1073457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would send them off, except perhaps 6. Some of them look too short (2) and others look dated. But I agree with the others that those colors are lovely on you. You look so great in purple/lilac! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073443 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 22:31:38 +0000 Suz 1073443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another vote for sending them away. The colours are pretty on you but they are tired looking and not fab enough for you! On to better items!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073439 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 22:23:19 +0000 Beth Ann 1073439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another vote for letting them all go, unless one has a sentimental attachment.&nbsp; I could see #3 being nice to have for cozying up at home. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073375 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:30:03 +0000 Anonymous 1073375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd say keep #3 if you keep one. It's a really pretty color and I could see it looking cozy and rustic in chic way, maybe with jeans and cool boots. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073368 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:24:36 +0000 Janet 1073368@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Tracina and Tanya. I hate to say toss to everything, and some of these colors are nice on you, but it sounds like you're ready for an update! There are some fab sweaters out now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073366 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:22:43 +0000 Kristin L 1073366@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would keep #6 and donate the rest. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073362 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:19:54 +0000 Peri 1073362@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love these comments! Not kidding...I thought some of them look geriatric too, and JAileen's mother liking #4, well you can't get a girl to toss a sweater any faster than that!</p> <p>Lenni, no 2 is not a hoodie. In my climate a sweater is plenty...jacket over a sweater would be a sauna. </p> <p>I love the color of 6 but don't like the fit...I think it has shrunk through much washing, and the close up shows how smooshed and pilled the yarn is.</p> <p>I will tell later which one I'm leaning towards keeping, but even just taking the pictures was a good exercise. I almost thought, why post pictures of these dreary things...and realized that was a pretty strong answer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073361 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:19:53 +0000 Pat_P 1073361@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like #5 a lot. And the black and white pattern on 4 is interesting. I too would like to see another photo of that to see it more clearly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073360 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:18:46 +0000 Tanya 1073360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also vote to get rid of all of them.&nbsp; The soft colors are beautiful on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073356 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:16:18 +0000 Anonymous 1073356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would purge them all.&nbsp; You look gorgeous in the purple and lavender color wise. #2 and #6 could go with skirts but look short for pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073353 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:14:25 +0000 minimalist 1073353@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you have sweaters you love, then I'd say all/most of these would be dearly appreciated by clients of Dress for Success or a similar program.</p> <p>If one's a keep, I like the way #2's collar frames your face. #3 looks fun and cosy; purple fisherman cardigan, what's not to love?! it would be a major upgrade to my lounge capsule, but please tell me that's not what you're working toward. #5, I agree with JAileen that the color is nice on you, but the texture reminds me of macramé. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073350 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:11:38 +0000 Lenni A 1073350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>2 is pretty basic. &nbsp;Is it a hoodie? &nbsp;Maybe you could try the blazer-over-hoodie look with this item. &nbsp;It looks soft and not bulky.&nbsp;I can't see the wear on 4 but I think the graphic white and black design looks fun. I don't think 5 is bad either. &nbsp;Maybe with a collared shirt, a more colorful top, or a striped top?</p> <p>3 looks cozy but a&nbsp;little geriatric and I don't care for 6 either. &nbsp;Those two are my least favorites.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073345 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:06:50 +0000 Glory 1073345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe 4 and 6 are keepers. Would it be possible to see a clearer one of 4?I think the pattern is quite interesting.&nbsp;<br />I know what you mean - I purged hugely last year and then when I swapped things out a few weeks ago, ended up purging every single top I had. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073343 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:04:11 +0000 JAileen 1073343@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like #5 - it's a pretty color on you. Not a fan of #4 - my 89 year old mother would like it though. The others are ok. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073340 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:02:18 +0000 Liz A. 1073340@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#2 is the keep right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/keep-or-toss-chapter-one-sweaters#post-1073325 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 20:54:39 +0000 Peri 1073325@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Last year's major purge eliminated the huge offenders in my wardrobe, so I have harder choices this time around. But I am determined to quit hanging on to things too long after their expiration dates...I really want a wardrobe where I feel reasonably happy with everything, and FAB in most things. </p> <p>The thing is, just taking these pictures helped the decisions along quite a bit. I'm inclined to toss all but one. I don't want to say which one because I want genuine feedback. You can even say toss them all. I am tired of them, they look tired (included a close up to see the knit looking worn), some of them make me look busty and I hate that, and taking the pictures did not feel even a little fab.</p> <p>What is your vote..toss all? Any worth keeping? </p>