https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:00:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1902926 Sat, 31 Mar 2018 09:25:16 +0000 Anonymous 1902926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You give me the smile by looking up and I swear it makes me good thank you Rachylou </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1902031 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:52:04 +0000 rachylou 1902031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh heavens, Angie! Lolol. You’re right. That’s antithetical to my entire way of being. No clothes at all?! What would I do at work if I couldn’t surf the web and look at clothes? Lol!</p> <p>I never thought about laundry and why old ladies might wear those sweatshirts. Gak. Got to start planning now. I will need good sweatshirts.</p> <p>Ok, but now listen people: my wardrobe switchout has been thwarted again. The day has dawned HOT. As in, Puffy Queen is outside without even a sweater let alone a puffy. Once again, I can’t decide what should be in or out! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901998 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:33:56 +0000 Angie 1901998@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unless you join a nudist colony, I can safely say that you will ALWAYS need to purchase some type of wardrobe item.&nbsp;</p> <p>Fancy being a nudist, <b>Rachy</b>? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901925 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:44:08 +0000 cindysmith 1901925@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Some days, I wish I could reach a point of not needing to buy clothes for a long while. Weight fluctuations, lifestyle changes, and the relentless &amp; insatiable machine that is my life make me feel as if the wardrobe churn will never end.</p> <p>However, being on the opposite side of the fence from you doesn't mean that I don't understand your perspective (or maybe I just have my own take on it). As a society, we've long programmed females to believe that<br /> A) how we dress is very very very important, must look perfect all the time<br /> and<br /> B) caring about our appearance is frivolous and silly and shallow and etcetera</p> <p>I say that you're a grown woman who has a right to feel both ways or not at all about it. If you want new things, that's just as ok as not wanting new things. I say do what makes you feel ok, and do your best to be responsible with any castoffs (which actually doesn't seem to be a problem amongst this community: the style exchange, donations, and etcetera are all wonderful ideas I've seen here to keep things out of a landfill) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901921 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:27:33 +0000 Anonymous 1901921@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is hilarious. You can tell by the responses we have all been there. There is nothing I can say except.....Thanks for giving me a wonderful smile today. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901904 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:24:52 +0000 LaPed 1901904@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy, LOL!! (We are actually going through this IRL with my dear grandmother, who moved into a nursing home last year. She always hated cats, though, so hers is a collection of bird sweatshirts. They really do last through a lot of hot water and bleach. The uglier the sweatshirt, the more indestructible.)</p> <p>Oh, and bleach and ammonia work for bears too! Learned this last spring after one broke into the chicken coop, which had built up a pretty good ammonia smell over the winter, but then I just had to g and clean it. See -- this whole "spring cleaning" notion is a terrible idea!!</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901900 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:18:01 +0000 Glory 1901900@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ladies I am howling with laughter reading this thread. Great start to my morning </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901892 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:14:50 +0000 rachylou 1901892@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m going to try that, Staysfit. Thanks for the tip! (What a way to cull!)</p> <p>I think you’re right about that, Bijou. About buying for the sake of interest.</p> <p>Jane... embrace more skunks?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901890 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:46:56 +0000 Staysfit 1901890@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy, take a few of your extra socks, or an old worn our tee shirt or two, soak them in some of Joys nursing home bleach water, and stick them out where you see the skunks! Bleach or ammonia. Skunks hate the clean smell. I have 40 acres of forest and lots of critters longing to live under my deck. Sadly, this works better for skunks than for bunnies. My future nursing home sweats will probably have bunnies hopping all over them!</p> <p>I somehow got sidetracked....If buying clothes is your hobby, then you should continue to cull and make purchases. If you don’t cull, we will all be tuning in to watch the Rachy episode of Hoarders. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901888 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:36:48 +0000 Bijou 1901888@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy, I think we want to buy things just to keep a certain level of interest in our wardrobes. For this next season, I am deliberately scaling back my purchases. Buy less and buy better is a good mantra when you don't really need to buy anything. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901886 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:04:06 +0000 Mirjana 1901886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am with Joy, but sometimes can't resist and buy, I don't know why ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901876 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 08:50:46 +0000 Style Fan 1901876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Baby skunks are so cute, Rachy.&nbsp; Keep Lilypup away.&nbsp; I speak from experience.</p> <p>I have zero luck selling things at a consignment store.&nbsp; Well, actually bad luck.&nbsp; I am going to use Noifshaf bazaar on Instagram for some things and local sites for other stuff.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901871 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 08:09:04 +0000 Jane 1901871@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lucifer is a good antidote to the situation. I would enjoy them all Rachylou and love that you want more. Embrace it, this may be the only option if the thought of having a cull is too much.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901842 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 03:35:55 +0000 rachylou 1901842@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok... am now completely distracted by the skunks. What to do! The babies are real cute. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901838 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 03:21:50 +0000 rachylou 1901838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cat sweatshirts only, Joy, with Tiaras. God forbid.</p> <p>Oh man. I have this vision now of trying to bring all my clothes with me to the nursing home. Lololol. I can’t even haul my socks over to the sock drawer. I’ve given up for the day and am watching the new episode of Lucifer...</p> <p>Hey Freckles! ... uh, I forgot what I was going to say... I’m afraid I have just realised a family of skunks has moved in under the garden shed... this is horrible! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901834 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 02:31:19 +0000 Sal 1901834@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901831 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 02:20:00 +0000 Freckles 1901831@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The wardrobe gets like that all on its own doesn't it? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901821 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 01:56:38 +0000 Gail 1901821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy , LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901807 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 01:35:52 +0000 Anonymous 1901807@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with you, rachylou, I probably have enough in my wardrobe to last me the rest of my life, given my age. Depressing thought. If I end up in a nursing home, the hot water, dryer and bleach will make quick work of everything. Maybe I need to start collecting sweatshirts embroidered with cats. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901804 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 01:26:53 +0000 rachylou 1901804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Urgh. That’s so true about just the workwear. I do go thru sneakers for work. And I guess I could replace some tees later on this year. I have a $20 Zappos gift certificate and nothing to spend it on, tho, right now!</p> <p>... that drives me nuts when the consignment store says come back next season. Like, when is a sweater not ever useful? Lol.</p> <p>...Jussie, I may have been with YLF too long now. Lol. The churn has come to a complete halt! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901790 Mon, 26 Mar 2018 23:51:31 +0000 jussie 1901790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have massive wardrobe churn, always have. It’s one of my character flaws. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901778 Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:57:06 +0000 Sal 1901778@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha - I am sure you are not the only one - especially when you have a distinct work wardrobe that wears out (which does need replacing) and a larger casual/days off/going out wardrobe that does not really wear out.</p> <p>No simple answer though...</p> <p>I do chew through some things - tee shirts, sweaters, jeans - and not others (coats, cocktail dresses, evening shoes)&nbsp; I have some RATE tolerance though...</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901770 Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:59:45 +0000 LaPed 1901770@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol, Rachy, I know that feeling! I finally took a bag of stuff to the consignment store, and they were like, "We can't take winter stuff right now..." so I guess that bag will have to wait til next fall! Maybe I should cull my summer stuff right now and go back to the shop tomorrow...</p> <p>I wish I knew the feeling of never having to buy clothes again. I'd love a little stasis. I feel like I chew through stuff pretty fast. So far this year I've retired 2 gear tops, a pair of PJ shorts, a pair of jeans, and demoted two sweaters and a pair of shoes to around-the-house only. Certain things are too RATE even for me.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/season-switchout#post-1901767 Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:38:33 +0000 rachylou 1901767@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, ok, not the way anyone would guess... I’m putting summer away! It’s been that kind of winter. And yes, no doubt in two weeks it will all come out again.</p> <p>Ok, but now here’s the real issue: what do you do when you realise you really don’t actually ever have to buy clothes again?</p> <p>I’d like some pencil skirts and a summer capsule revamp, but it’s a want, not a need. Not even a ‘style need.’ </p>