https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 04 May 2026 03:48:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes/page/2#post-1343880 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:13:30 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 1343880@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isn't it funny... I thought this post WAS current! &nbsp; I guess one thing never changes for most of us - buying and item that&nbsp;we think will be a workhorse, and then realizing down the line that it just isn't working.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes/page/2#post-1343795 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:53:02 +0000 Anonymous 1343795@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL! I didn't see the thread was a year old. Regarding purchasing mistakes, I think Sterling summed it up nicely: "The real mistake would have been keeping them and forcing yourself to wear something that isn't quite right." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes/page/2#post-1343792 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:25:52 +0000 Sveta 1343792@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>He-he Shannon, it is funny how these old posts get resurrected...and sound current </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343787 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:18:07 +0000 unfrumped 1343787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good devidions! It helps to hear how other people analyze why something isn't working- often I'll have an aha! And get unstuck over something myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343786 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:12:33 +0000 Emily 1343786@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done, Shannon! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343785 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:06:56 +0000 Lantana 1343785@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon I hear myself in what you're saying. I am thrifty to the point of frugality so it pains me when I have to accept I've blundered with a purchase. Also, when you say you have no regrets about your pricier purchases - yes, exactly, that has been my experience this past winter when I spent big (for me) dollars on three key item. I have breezed through the season with conplete confidence and no misgivings at all. It wasn't easy for me to take the plunge to buy higher end items but it has so been worth it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343756 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:48:32 +0000 Style Fan 1343756@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for your post even if it was a year ago!&nbsp; I have clothes that I never wear because I have some strange idea that I might suddenly start wearing a totally different style.&nbsp; Who am I kidding?&nbsp;</p> <p>I appreciate your honesty.&nbsp; It is hard to say good bye to clothing but I have tried to learn from my mistakes.&nbsp; For example, I don't buy button front shirts.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343752 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:29:32 +0000 Anonymous 1343752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have all made very similar mistakes. &nbsp;The real mistake would have been keeping them and forcing yourself to wear something that isn't quite right. &nbsp;I commend you decisions and your resolve. &nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343731 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 06:56:21 +0000 hwzhen 1343731@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi, newbie here.&nbsp;Thanks for sharing your mistakes, even if they were from long ago. It makes it easier to look at my own clothes and accept that a certain piece is simply just "a mistake" and LET IT GO! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343715 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 05:10:03 +0000 Neel 1343715@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have purged so many clothes with tags that I am too embarrassed to even reveal it! So yep .... You are not alone at all :)</p> <p>No place for things that don't make us happy ... Onwards </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343701 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 04:21:09 +0000 Anonymous 1343701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hehe, Shannon. I did not notice that the thread was a year old. I guess issues don't change much for some of us </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343692 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 04:09:13 +0000 Debbie 1343692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I found a few mistakes when I purged. I am trying to make fewer mistakes. Not shopping this month has helped. I went through my finds tonight and added a few things, and deleted a few things. We all make mistakes we just have to learn from them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343686 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 04:02:23 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1343686@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Henley, SW, Sveta and Joy - I hate to point out that I posted this thread a year ago but thanks for the comments anyway </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343682 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:51:43 +0000 Anonymous 1343682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for sharing that you still make mistakes. I'm beginning to think that, while I hope to make fewer of them, mistakes are just part of the process of wardrobe building and to move on. Mine are most often pieces that I think will be workhorses...basics. Maybe too basic to be special ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343665 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:15:25 +0000 Sveta 1343665@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good for you, Shannon! Of course admitting purchasing mistakes is humiliating (even if only to yourself) but then it is so liberating to get rid of them! (I have a whole bag of them now waiting to go to Goodwill )<br />(and how totally embarrassing&nbsp;that the brand name on that "horrendous" #4 is my name?) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343664 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:10:21 +0000 SW 1343664@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I completely agree on your last point. I now know it's a bad sign when the main reason why I want to buy something is that it's inexpensive. It means I'll wear it once or twice and then move on. Whereas if I hem and haw over the price I know that I love the item and will get lots of wear out of it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-1343661 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:00:28 +0000 Anonymous 1343661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon, you're brave to purge so often. I get queasy when I decide to purge something that either hasn't been worn more than a couple of times or (and this is what's happening to me now) something i just bought a couple of months ago. But I am finding that these fast into the purge pile items were things that were a really good price and maybe it was the price I was most attracted to! Like you, I don't this issue with full price items because I've really thought it through before I made the purchase. I find I go through phases. Buy just a few well-selected pieces, then months later buy a lot (a lot!) of crap. I guess it's part of the journey, right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-777673 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 02:22:51 +0000 Jaime 777673@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for sharing your purging decisions Shannon. Looking at the pictures I can understand why you were attracted to each one of your mistakes and although it is absolutely right to purge them, don't be hard on yourself! You have learned you prefer geometric patterns - that is the kind of insight that really moves you forward and prevents the next mistake. Inspirational as always! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-777669 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 02:15:53 +0000 Adelfa 777669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have an apple green suede designer bag. At half off, it cost what I normally spend for an investment purse. I CANNOT figure out how to style it. I've worn it maybe twice in a year!</p> <p>I purged last night--was embarrassed to find clothes I forgot I had--and was thinking that maybe Angie and Janice of The Vivienne Files are right, that I could afford to spend more on items that were super well selected. That carried their weight in capsules. Building them is so much harder than I think it should be!</p> <p>Thanks all, so therapeutic to report our mistakes together! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-777627 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 01:07:00 +0000 Transcona Shannon 777627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Always good to know I'm not the only one who makes these kind of mistakes!</p> <p>Deborah - glad I could give you a giggle! I can't even claim I was drunk at the time - don't know what happened there...</p> <p>Janet, Kari &amp; Suz - what's kind of funny with the skirt is that it is only a tiny bit itchy when standing up because of course the fabric isn't as close to your body, but as soon as you sit down....oh man...CRAZY itchy as that wool presses into your butt...being that I can't work standing up all day - it's gotta go even though it's lovely. And you're right that you don't really know to the extent how uncomfortable it's going to be until you've worn it all day. </p> <p>CC - thanks for the reminder about the blazer. I do think it will work well under my black leather blazer.</p> <p>Thanks for chiming in all! Like you say - onward and upward! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-777462 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:42:20 +0000 Jenava 777462@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I've been there!! I have a dress I bought in Paris that I wore once. It's a party frock, and grass green, so a sping/summer party frock...AND it's too small now! )-: Wish I would have bought something in Paris that I could actually wear...sigh.</p> <p>I am planning to do a closet purge today as well, and many items I have are pretty nice. I'm going to save them in a bag in another closet for our next swap meet because I can't bear to send them off the goodwill. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-777450 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:33:02 +0000 Deborah 777450@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon good for you. I do similar on a regular basis too. Most recently I bought a skirt and the tones are just wrong. Wore it for a second time last week, got home, took it off and threw it in my donate tub! I think you illustrate a good point and that is that a garment may be well made, excellent quality, even a good price point but those things don't always make it a right or a good piece for us to add to our closet. I'm off to find your thread on #2 cos I only have a vague recollection of it. #4 did give me a giggle as I just cannot see you in this:). If it makes you feel better, My "what was I thinking" moments are getting fewer but .... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-777423 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:59:50 +0000 Suz 777423@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You. Are. Wonderful. </p> <p>I love that you are sharing your "mistakes" with us here. I have a list as long as my arm, honestly.....can you say FUCHSIA SILK SUIT?????? </p> <p>Okay, well that was a $20 mistake that wasn't completely a mistake because I got at least $20 worth of wear from the little top, so even if I never wear the pants and the jacket again (and I won't) it was still okay. But there are a number of items sitting in my closet that just don't work for me. </p> <p>I agree that the comfort factor is key. And you know what? Sometimes we just can't tell what that is going to be in advance. I adore that skirt you are purging and can easily see why it tempted you!! How were you to know it would itch like mad? I have similar issues with clothes that turn out to itch, cling, stretch and bag, sag, etc. </p> <p>I need to do a cull of my closet soon, too. There are a few items that might have to go soon, I fear. </p> <p>I understand about the VC teal top. I sent mine back because the colour isn't right for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-777414 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:52:26 +0000 Classically Casual 777414@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon, regarding your unworn teal top, but sure to remember that it looks wonderful with a blazer: <a href="http://youlookfab.com/2012/07/23/the-bold-blazer-and-boots-ensemble/" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/2012/07/.....-ensemble/</a></p> <p>I ended up returning my teal top (though it was lovely on many ladies here) because it felt too body con for me. And my lifestyle is not that blazerish, but yours is. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-777407 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:48:59 +0000 Mellllls 777407@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i think you're making the right choices. i admire your discipline to do this monthly! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-777404 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:46:19 +0000 catgirl 777404@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aw, Shannon - let 'em go and be glad you have more space in your closet! You are so fab these are not worthy of you any more. :&gt;) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-777394 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:39:58 +0000 Kari 777394@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I have made so many of those mistakes in the past! I'm realizing that what you mentioned with item #3 tends to be my most major downfall - something may be high quality and look fine on the rack, or perhaps it looks good on me if I'm standing still, but the comfort factor drives me batty. If it itches, binds, scoots around on my body when I move, I just can't handle it! But those mistakes have taught me to be much more discerning over time about bypassing cute items that are going to be fussy or uncomfortable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-777387 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:32:50 +0000 Mo 777387@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a few this year myself that didn't get worn even. But cutting your losses and letting go is a wonderful thing. Onward and upward! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-777363 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:11:40 +0000 krishnidoux 777363@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good riddance! Room for the new! You are wise to clean out your closet every month like this, and face your "mistakes". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mini-purge-and-purchasing-mistakes#post-777351 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:55:54 +0000 Janet 777351@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love that skirt -- too bad the discomfort factor is so bad! I have little patience for that too -- I am trying to be wiser about anticipating itch potential and other comfort pitfalls before I buy something, but sometimes you have to wear it for a while to know! </p> <p>Well, I have some expensive lessons behind me too, so I guess we all live and learn! </p>