https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:52:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution/page/2#post-1599183 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:27:29 +0000 rachylou 1599183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok! I am here and reading avidly! You guys have made me think... And I'm grateful. Because I didn't think at all about the how. I don't think I'll be able to recognise any item by a description I write down. This is something that has thwarted me in the past trying to list my clothes.</p> <p>I wonder if I can do pics. It will take some organsation, labeling and sorting pics into folders for me to find items, which may also thwart me. That's effort. Lol. I don't do effort. I may have to back this up with a laundry pen to the label... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution/page/2#post-1599112 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 11:45:21 +0000 viva 1599112@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I did this last year, with a new page each month in a Moleskin journal (I really like the tactile). Item, date, and (yes, Suz) cost; also, whether or not it was on sale. It was really helpful to see how many items I purchased each month and where the money went. Of course, I am now in a no-buy month, so you see where that led me! I'm going to do it again this year, to help manage my own impulses.</p> <p>This month, as part of my closet remix, I am trying to document in my WIWs the approximate age of each item I am wearing. My suspicion is that my entire wardrobe has turned over in the last couple of years, but it will help to look at each outfit and figure out how it came together. I don't exactly know what I am going to learn -- how much longevity I have? -- but it's a way to keep me engaged and busy while I am not buying in January. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution/page/2#post-1599107 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 10:57:41 +0000 RoseandJoan 1599107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This sounds great Rachy, as someone who has to think to remember her age and longs for simplicity, I may try writing the purchase date on the inside label using one of the clothing markers I use on the girls school uniform! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution/page/2#post-1599102 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 10:05:42 +0000 Style Fan 1599102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great idea Rachy.&nbsp; I am a memory person and also have a great memory but I am getting to that age when.......shudder.&nbsp; I have a Pinterest board for purchases that are online but so few of my clothes are online.&nbsp; What does that say!&nbsp; I have tried to use finds on YLF and have been unsuccessful (hangs head in shame).&nbsp; Maybe it is because my laptop is like a tablet.&nbsp; Or because I am so computer advanced.&nbsp; NOT!<br />I keep written journals and find that is what works best for me.&nbsp; I write with a pen and paper best.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1599094 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 08:45:59 +0000 anne 1599094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a memory person too - mainly because I have a good chronological memory and can usually remember, at least to within 2 years, when&nbsp;I bought something (more precisely for recent purchases). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1599090 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 08:34:22 +0000 Mellllls 1599090@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I rely on memory and it is working well enough for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1599089 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 08:26:18 +0000 Astrid 1599089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also have a Pinterest board for the items I bought that are available online. I never thought about using it to determine age, but that's a great idea. I mostly do it because I want to have pictures for wardrobe planning, collages or something similar. I think keeping a closer look would definitely be interesting. I know that some items feel much older to me than they really are, because I'm wearing them so often. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1599064 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 04:48:56 +0000 abc 1599064@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a board on Pinterest and I faithfully pin every item I buy myself and note the price. It gives me a nice visual of my closet too. I also put things in finds / wardrobe here too but am 100% on the pin board method. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1598065 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 22:17:56 +0000 lyn67 1598065@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I fell in the same trap as Harmonica, LOL:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597924 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 16:19:48 +0000 Tanya 1597924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wonderful idea, Rachy!&nbsp; For me the simplest way of tracking is to use the "Finds" here on YLF and put them in the "wardrobe" folder. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597921 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 16:15:52 +0000 Angie 1597921@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's a great idea, and something I have been doing for years. Good luck!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597890 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 15:15:08 +0000 harmonica 1597890@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>unfrumped: I like the simplicity of this! I tracked CPW in a word document etc etc, but now it's too much, so I like to go back to basics. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597886 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 15:02:41 +0000 unfrumped 1597886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Harmonica, I just write outs on the left and ins on the right, for the month. It's all I can manage! I try to include everything even socks, belt etc because It's a great visual if the column of ins starts moving down length of the page!<br /> For a good edit month the outs may have to be double- columned. I don't number them, but I can count if I want to! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597856 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 10:05:36 +0000 Anonymous 1597856@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not dated at all! Wise, yes Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597850 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 06:43:10 +0000 chirico (Chiara) 1597850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I rely both on picture, like Suz and Beth Ann, and memory (don't make fun of me - I am famous for remembering the most trivial things).<br /> When an item looks tired I recall when it was bought. If it lasted 4-5 years I let it go without guilt. If it was last year's I wow to not purchase that brand again.<br /> My oldest items are from 2010, excluding vintage stuff </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597844 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 05:36:39 +0000 Beth Ann 1597844@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I use my back photos, like Suz, to get a rough estimate of when I purchased an item. &nbsp;I'm amazed at the organization of some of the other fabbers on this thread!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597818 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 03:00:19 +0000 Windchime 1597818@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're going to be glad you made this resolution. I've done this for a couple years. I keep a closet inventory in Evernote and jot down the month and year of purchase, along with the price. I've found it helps me with culling decisions--if I've had something for at least a year and, better yet, didn't pay a lot for it--I can pass it on without guilt, which is worth a lot! It's also enlightening to see how many things I purchase in one year, and in which categories (shades of Deb's thread). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597812 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 02:35:58 +0000 JAileen 1597812@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here's a question: does a purchase belong in the year you order it, or when you receive it? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597797 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 01:25:54 +0000 deb 1597797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I use an Excel spreadsheet. It has month, item, cost, with&nbsp;a&nbsp;tab&nbsp;for each year. I also put a picture&nbsp;next to the item.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597792 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 00:52:32 +0000 DonnaF 1597792@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I buy almost all my clothing online, so as soon as I order, I make a note in my Google contact in some type of notes section.&nbsp; I record both the original price and what I paid.&nbsp; Since I return almost as much as I order, it is easy to delete items.&nbsp; I also go back and add asterisks to items that were mistakes.&nbsp; I suppose I could also add some type of symbol to items that turned out to be workhorses, but sometimes how I feel about somethings changes by the week. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597787 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 00:37:23 +0000 Caro in Oz 1597787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tracking is very helpful imo - doesn't matter how you do it. What about scanning receipts into a monthly folder?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597786 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 00:28:33 +0000 Anonymous 1597786@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Rachylou. &nbsp;You might not be testing "how dated" you are so much as "how often your wardrobe turns over." &nbsp; The vast majority of my wardrobe was purchased in 2014/2015. &nbsp; </p> <p>I use a tracking spreadsheet that was graciously given to me by a YLF forum member. &nbsp;It works amazingly well. &nbsp;It took some time to populate, but that type of thing relaxes me. &nbsp;I thoroughly endorse tracking this type of information. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597783 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 00:04:33 +0000 harmonica 1597783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>unfrumped: I love low-tech journals for tracking and brainstorming. Paper and pencil is the best Could you give a visual of how you organize your journal?</p> <p>Staysfit: you crack me up! Sounds like me when I get overwhelmed and get unable to start a new project. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597777 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 23:52:19 +0000 JAileen 1597777@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was thinking of writing on a piece of paper the date and the item. Jotting on notes on the ipad would be good too. I started doing that for rain and snow when we started getting some. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597772 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 23:08:25 +0000 Staysfit 1597772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have started keeping track at least three times and each time my efforts diminish I think I need to find a better tracking method. </p> <p>I wonder what would happen if I put all my receipts in a big envelope and then when the mood strikes and I'm feeling real motivated, I would write everything down and store the list in the envelope. Then I would gather more receipts and if the mood struck again I could record them again on the list that I had previously stored in that envelope. I just have to keep track of the envelope and remember to put the receipts there every time I shop.</p> <p>Maybe? Maybe not? Sounds cumbersome perhaps? </p> <p>Oh, another idea! I could tape the receipts to my paper calendar which has fewer uses now than in the past. I would always have them, unless the tape comes loose, so maybe staples would be better?! </p> <p>I never throw out my calendars, do you? I confess to being a calendar hoarder! </p> <p>OK Rachy, you're more creative than me, what method are you going to use to keep track? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597771 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 23:05:23 +0000 unfrumped 1597771@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is low- tech Luddite , but I have a small hardcover journal and use a page each month for both " ins" and " outs".<br /> It lasts several years so can look back, can see approx whether I'm gaining or shrinking, can help recall, now where is that sweater-- oops, gave it away. Or what items or brands seem to get tossed, or hang on. Left side of page is for " out" and goal is for column to be bigger than right hand side! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597762 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 22:08:55 +0000 Suz 1597762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good luck!!&nbsp;</p> <p>I have been keeping rough track. I don't always remember at the time but if I take photos of items then I can go back and count. :)&nbsp;</p> <p>I don't keep track of the cost however. That would be too painful. :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597755 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 21:58:20 +0000 donnat 1597755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will try this too, I keep meaning to. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597751 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 21:52:54 +0000 Anonymous 1597751@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Je vai aussi essayer&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/one-new-year-resolution#post-1597744 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 21:25:36 +0000 harmonica 1597744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I read "nothing" instead of "noting". LOL. Noting is good. If you do note, read and reread. </p>