https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/looking-back-looking-forward Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:13:59 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/looking-back-looking-forward#post-2347311 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:58:03 +0000 Anonymous 2347311@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like your choices for the year and congratulations on the closet clean out. &nbsp;I also did not buy much this year. &nbsp;I added a few metallic medium brown items and a bit of green. &nbsp;Most of my purchases were second hand. I have assigned clothes to various months with a light and dark neutral and a few accent colors or color, so I have been wearing more of my wardrobe. &nbsp;I am happy with more winter colors and outfits. &nbsp;I have added more for really cold days. &nbsp;Replacing boots and booties has gone slower than expected. &nbsp;I have not found much in the way of olive accessories. &nbsp;Sweater dresses are getting a workout. &nbsp;I could use more. &nbsp;In the coming year I need to refresh pants. &nbsp;They need to be pull on and not press on my waist. &nbsp;No back zippers for dresses. &nbsp;This makes it harder to get a good fit in anything. &nbsp;I have lost about ten pounds and pants I have had are falling off of me. &nbsp;Even my feet have changed. &nbsp;I am too small now for many brands, but am unsure of sizes. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/looking-back-looking-forward#post-2347308 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:47:13 +0000 Angie 2347308@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great new style monika, <b>Roberta</b>! Go PPR! It's exciting and satisfying to see you have fun with fashion. Please carry on :)&nbsp;</p> <p>You had a wonderful fashion and style year, and I wish you an even better 2024! You're honing your look with ease and a great attitude. You are fabulous!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/looking-back-looking-forward#post-2347285 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:26:44 +0000 kkards 2347285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>playful/practical/ROCK STAR! <br />what a great moniker. I’m looking forward to seeing how this plays out. &nbsp;</p> <p>and I love how self aware you are. &nbsp;<div><br /></div><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/looking-back-looking-forward#post-2347282 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 08:48:15 +0000 Jenni NZ 2347282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds good Roberta! I’m with you on not wearing my dresses enough. Last summer I started wearing some of the nice ones to work to get the wears up and when it warms up (early summer here but so cold I wore a winter outfit today) I hope to do that some more.<br /> Well done on reducing purchase numbers. I’m not quite ready to write any plans/goals yet but it will be more of the same aims- increasing wears of all current items and very judicious purchasing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/looking-back-looking-forward#post-2347258 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 01:44:41 +0000 bj1111 2347258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are a ROCKSTAR.</p> <p>Good on you to dive deep into your closet. shopping for real life if so hard to get right and still be excited to get dressed. </p> <p>I hear you about summer wear. I like my jcrew chino shorts and am focusing on more well fitting linen tops that don’t look like I shop at the lands end boys section. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/looking-back-looking-forward#post-2347254 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 01:23:19 +0000 Suz 2347254@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, I love your new moniker for the year! That is fab and I can see it will nudge you in just the direction you want. Plus, it sounds like you made some progress on fashion goals this year.&nbsp;</p> <p>I wlll eventually start a thread of my own with some ideas for the coming year, but the short version is, I did a BIG refresh this year -- the biggest in a decade. I retired far more items than usual and also purchased far more than usual. It was time. I've been enjoying my new things enormously.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/looking-back-looking-forward#post-2347234 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 22:08:29 +0000 Dee 2347234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your playful practical ROCKSTAR moniker. Your outfit combinations always seem to have a fun and playful edginess to them. Good job editing out what wasn’t working anymore.&nbsp;</p> <p>I’m quite satisfied with the way my 2023 fall/winter wardrobe is functioning so far. I’ve stuck to a strict colour palette of mostly solids but with a few striped tops and this has allowed for easy mix and matching.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Things I want to do for 2024:</b> </p> <ul> <li>Be more realistic about the type of items that I actually wear. No more dresses, have plenty not getting much wear already.</li> <li>Take stock of my spring/summer wardrobe because it feels a little all over the place, particularly with some of my pattered items. Want to pare my patterns down to mostly stripes, polka dots and a few ditsy florals. &nbsp;</li> <li>Get rid of my uncomfortable footwear and find comfortable yet somewhat stylish footwear that will make my feet happy again.</li> </ul> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/looking-back-looking-forward#post-2347233 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 22:06:05 +0000 Bonnie 2347233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have had a really great year and I love your 2024 Persona. Good job going through your wardrobe and editing out what you don't wear. &nbsp;I did a successful low buy year in 2023 and it feels good. I'm getting to use the items in my wardrobe that I love and gaining more space.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/looking-back-looking-forward#post-2347229 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 21:30:43 +0000 Roberta 2347229@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i am grateful to have had a happy and healthy year (knock wood). I wish all of you the same, if not in 2023, then in 2024!<br />This year: <ul> <li>I eliminated a whopping 107 items from my wardrobe. A lot of them were duplicates that I just wasn't wearing, and in some cases a whole category, like leggings! I NEVER wear them. My coat collection dropped by half.&nbsp;Anything ill-fitting went out the door as well.</li> <li>I bought a lot more than I hoped (40 items) but that was still only about 60% of what I have purchased annually in the past. I also spent more on individual items instead of hitting the sales really hard. A step in the right direction.</li> <li>A few of the things I bought were minor mistakes. The striped turtleneck that was Pinterest-inspired didn't really work out, and I found that the linen tops I bought felt scratchy. I'll keep washing them and maybe they will soften up.&nbsp;</li> </ul> Next year I hope to buy: <ul> <li><b>Fewer</b> items. For example, I know FOR SURE that I only wear tees and shorts in the summer, so no more dresses or gauzy tops.&nbsp;</li> <li><b>Textured and detailed</b>&nbsp;items. Most of my purchases this year fell into simple/playful/practical categories, and in the end it all felt a little boring. <i>Color</i> does not necessarily equal <i>striking</i>.</li> </ul> I guess I would like my 2024 persona to be playful/practical/ROCK STAR! Wish me luck.</p> <p>I hope you will post your thoughts on this year and hopes for the next. I get so much inspiration and practical advice from this group.</p> <p> </p>