https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 14 May 2026 01:51:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479638 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:43:50 +0000 Mo 479638@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is great! One of the hurdles to a working wardrobe is all the 'not quite' clothes. The less of these you have to work around, the better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479622 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:33:27 +0000 Louise 479622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Me too I have had 4 packages/ 12 items arrive over the past 3 weeks and *everything* is going back. It's actually quite satisfying too, I used to just keep things because they sort of fit wheras now I'm much more picky. They have to fit or be easily and cheaply alterable and I have to love them x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479471 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:53:56 +0000 Lisa 479471@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great news! I did a lot of buying and returning when I first found YLF. It took me quite while to understand fit of clothes. I've gotten better at that now and have less returns. But sometimes you have to take it home first because the fitting room lighting is so poor. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479352 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:13:55 +0000 Anonymous 479352@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Queen Mum, I did buy and return a lot of my purchases. At least 75% like QM. At first I felt bad but I begin to get used to it. And like QM, I need to take a break from my shopping also. Not only, my bank account needs a break too. Lol ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479273 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:37:31 +0000 JennyAnne 479273@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the great words of encouragement. The next step, I think, will be defining my style and wardrobe needs to myself so I can hopefully weed out some things before I get to this stage. </p> <p>Lantana, I'm not an expert shopper or anything. So far, I just getting what I REALLY love, and if i don't love it, it goes back, even if it was $5. Baby steps. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479234 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:19:47 +0000 Sarah 479234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Excellent! Only keep it if you love it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479222 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:26:08 +0000 rachylou 479222@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Seriously you're an inspiration! I so need to take a page from your book !! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479218 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:05:24 +0000 Lantana 479218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I fInd it enviable that you have the confidence to be a ruthless shopper. As a beginner I am floundering so in the sea of style education that I wouldn't know where to begin in a real shop. Shopping my closet is challenge enough.<br /> Every day I take photos of WI would like to Wear and 90% of the outfits go into the "fixit" pile: hems up, hems down, side seams in, sleeves off, necklines adjusted. And on top of it all I measured my body proportions and am now trying to dress all my idiosyncrasies to achieve the Rule of Thirds!<br /> Who said fashion was fun?<br /> ( nah, just kidding, I'm having a ball) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479214 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:39:22 +0000 HelenInCanada 479214@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really need to get ruthless too. I have a huge pile of new tops from Fairweather (final sale, all $25 each) that I have since rejected before leaving the house. Yikes. I feel terribly guilty. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479210 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:37:10 +0000 Sylvie 479210@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's exactly how it has to be. Hold your purchases to high standards and you'll have a wardrobe full of clothes you're happy wearing. Way to go Ms. Ruthless Shopper! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479199 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:06:21 +0000 soobee 479199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(laughs at AJ) I know exactly how you feel, prior to YLF I would buy just anything if it fit. Now, I'm looking for "structure, structure, structure" lol. No more baggy crapolla for me I'm shopping more purposefully now. Great, huh? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479187 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:31:30 +0000 AJ 479187@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, the YLF force is strong in you! : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479151 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:24:08 +0000 Transcona Shannon 479151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay JennyAnne - we are worth WAY more than so-so! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479141 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:16:40 +0000 Ana 479141@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hooray! This is great progress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479138 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:14:58 +0000 Queen Mum 479138@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>good for you!<br /> I'm sure I return well over 75% of my purchases, and I don't feel the least bit bad about it. (although at times it gets tiring.. that's when I know I need to take a little break from shopping) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479135 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:10:46 +0000 Sveta 479135@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good for you! Life is too short for so-so clothing.<br /> I had the same feeling about sale items before. Now I getting more ruthless too...it is YLF effect! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479130 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:05:03 +0000 Suz 479130@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I saw this subject heading and immediately clicked on it. This is the YLF effect, ruthless shopping!! You GO!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-shopping-is-getting-ruthless#post-479120 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:57:37 +0000 JennyAnne 479120@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm making big progress in my shopping strategy. I was buying some gifts from JCrew earlier this week and ordered 4 things for myself. After trying them on tonight, three are going back to the local store (had free shipping, so nothing lost on shipping to or from, yea!). The only thing I'm keeping for me is this tee, in ORANGE!<br /> <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/womens_feature/NewArrivals/teesandknits/PRDOVR~62112/62112.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.jcrew.com/womens_fe...../62112.jsp</a></p> <p>It's funny that the three things going back were on significant sale. I probably wouldn't have purchased them in the first place if not for the sale, and the old me would have justified keeping "ok" stuff for that price, but not the new me. </p>