https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 28 May 2026 01:57:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-704695 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:36:10 +0000 Angie 704695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are meaningful conclusions! Well done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-704447 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:35:21 +0000 rachylou 704447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok. Now that's brass tacks insight! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-704312 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:50:46 +0000 texstyle 704312@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a great exercise - when I look at my "no wears" I'm guilty of buying more pink/coral than I wear too. I guess I wanted to put some cheery color into my wardrobe of mostly muted autum tones. I have at least 3 pink tops that I do not enjoy wearing - all bought last year. I do have a very deep hot pink tee I like and a fuschia button down that I wear. Lesson for me is that only very deep saturated "hot" pinks or raspberry in the future. </p> <p>I also have various items in the wrong greens for me. The right greens for me are med. to deep olive greens, deep forest green or sometimes teal blue-green. The wrong for me is anything light green, spring green or true "Kelly" green. I'm definitely not a "clear" color gal.</p> <p>Florals and prints are the hardest thing for me. In general I do not wear florals but have bought a few of them for various reasons. Usually because I "think I need" them. I have one patterned button down that is muted and not a "girly" print and I wear that. I also have two plaid button downs that I enjoy and didn't think I'd like as much as I do. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-704263 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:50:52 +0000 Queen Mum 704263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>such great insight. It is always a great exercise to analyze what you are purging and why to keep from making the same mistakes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-704262 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:48:35 +0000 Debby 704262@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Celia. Sometimes I'm drawn to buy things that seem so practical and will go with anything, but because I don't love them, I don't end up wearing them. Strange! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-704233 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:26:22 +0000 Mo 704233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep! I found myself purging a particular stiff cotton weave from my closet this summer, much of it patterned also.<br /> Now to learn from what we've discovered! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-704228 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:21:05 +0000 celia 704228@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is great that you reached this conclusions.Sometimes what we feel attracted to are not the things we feel happy wearing.weird but true </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-704195 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:50:06 +0000 Transcona Shannon 704195@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Don't you love learning these lessons through a purge? It never ceases to amaze me how obvious some things are as soon as you start to really look into your closet. Well done Traci! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-704178 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:34:19 +0000 Traci 704178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looking at the particular patterns I kept and tossed, I think it's about a particular sweetness that doesn't feel right on my body. I also purged quite a few ruffles.</p> <p>This all explains why I only have one Boden dress that I wear often out of many orders I've placed. Those bold bright prints really do appeal to me strongly, but they just don't suit my style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-704102 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:21:28 +0000 JR 704102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good for you for finding the problems. Here's to avoiding making the same mistakes in the future. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-704031 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 07:03:16 +0000 jenanded 704031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What great insights Traci! After starting YLF, I have started writing these insights into my little fashion notebook... I have caught myself about to buy more of the same a couple of times but it has been really helpful in trying harder. And wish I had done same before I found 5 pairs of black jersey or ponti pants in various hiding holes in my wardrobe/suitcases etc - YIKES - I may sometimes wear them travelling but 5 pairs that are never worn??? Maybe they would match your pinkies </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-703989 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 04:38:25 +0000 jayne 703989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh what a good anlysis...I will take a look into my closet with the same eye...but off the top of my head, I buy trend cuz I fall hard, it isn't me, and never gets worn </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-703985 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 04:09:48 +0000 Anonymous 703985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah baby, I feel you! I buy too many things that work on many levels, but not all of them. Time to fine-tune my buying process! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-703962 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 03:13:28 +0000 Suz 703962@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Brilliant, Traci! Thank you for this analysis. I am about to do something similar. Take a good, hard, cold look at the rarely worn items and ask myself what the heck they share or what is is about them that attracted me enough to buy them - but not enough to wear them very often!! </p> <p>Sometimes, of course, it is a fluke - you will buy items for your typical weather conditions and then experience a season of completely atypical weather patterns. But often it's something more...erm...psychological, shall we say. And shall we just also add that I am noting a little problem with items that DRAPE a certain way in my own wardrobe???</p> <p>Oy. The mistakes we make... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-703956 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 03:06:10 +0000 ClaraT 703956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isn't it funny how we do that (i.e. buy the same kind of stuff that we already bought before but didn't wear)? Identifying the pattern will save you time and $ in the future, that's for sure!<br /> ps I think with the green and blue (patterns?) maybe look to the background/accent bits (e.g. black or navy or white) for the 'wear with' problem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/lessons-from-the-purge#post-703935 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:26:41 +0000 Traci 703935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I pulled all my cast offs out to consign and noticed some similarities in the clothes I bought but did not wear.</p> <p>1. Pattern pattern pattern. I am drawn to buy patterns but I only really wear stripes and dots and very subdued textural patterns.<br /> 2. I buy pink because it's flattering, but I don't really enjoy wearing it.<br /> 3. I have nothing to wear with items that mix green and blue. </p>