https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:25:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety/page/2#post-2218206 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 13:40:29 +0000 Anonymous 2218206@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well it's working so far with the skirts! Think I'll add a longer black skirt at some point too though. Not another wrap skirt, that RipSkirt is fussy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2218204 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 13:35:58 +0000 nemosmom 2218204@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ditto Helena! Hope you will update after you’ve put it to the test! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2218199 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 13:29:12 +0000 Anonymous 2218199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nope! I'd rather be warm in a little dress in the sun :)<br /> All the extra clothes mean less freedom of movement to me- and more to coordinate so I don't look chaotic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2217877 Fri, 20 Aug 2021 22:30:32 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2217877@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You? Never! </p> <p>But sometimes it’s fun to just bundle up in a big cozy, puffy parka and be all warm and round. At least I think it is. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2217870 Fri, 20 Aug 2021 22:07:20 +0000 Anonymous 2217870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know FI- in winter I just feel like a blob on legs! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2217609 Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:14:59 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2217609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think winter layering brings de facto variety in silhouettes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2217509 Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:31:34 +0000 Anonymous 2217509@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We'll see how successful it is in a few months :)<br /> In the summer I repeat silouette a lot, but I don't have to worry about all the cold weather layers and different levels of cold! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2217338 Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:34:08 +0000 notsaf 2217338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Helena, but so glad you found a strategy that works for you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2217281 Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:56:57 +0000 Helena 2217281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Excellent strategy, and one that I suck at doing ... I'm a total silhouette repeater. Thanks for the reminder and inspiration, and I'm glad that it's working well for you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2217070 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:57:21 +0000 Anonymous 2217070@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to do that Bijou, but it made me go too far in the trends. Then I got tired of the silouette and went way into the next thing. Lots of churn for me- but ymmv of course! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2217027 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:31:42 +0000 Bijou 2217027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suntiger, this is a great strategy when you want to keep your wardrobe colours tight. I vary in the opposite way - wearing similar silhouettes, but in different colours. I can happily wear the same (or similar) items in different colours because I like the style - this is evident in my selection of blouses below.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216943 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:34:51 +0000 Anonymous 2216943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:) Glad to be of help! I like seeing everyones capsules too!<br /> Speaking of different silouettes: did a crazy thing today...picked up another pair of jeans. They're full length straight, so probably will get more wear than the cropped ones. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216878 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:00:23 +0000 Suz 2216878@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I <b>TOTALLY</b> do this. Actually, I live by it!&nbsp;</p> <p>I have a neutral and essentials heavy wardrobe, so I get a lot of my variety via silhouette. It's one reason that winter dressing used to be more difficult for me when I lived in a very cold climate. Dresses/ skirts were less practical for me there and so my F/W silhouettes were more limited, and I would find myself bored. In summer, I had more variety in silhouette and in colour/ pattern, and that variety makes me happy.&nbsp;</p> <p>In my current more temperate climate, the situation isn't as extreme, although I've been bored simply due to pandemic restrictions.&nbsp;</p> <p>First set of things --&nbsp; navy tops in various silhouettes/ styles across seasons. Next, jeans, skirts, pants in navy, across different seasons. I also have a series of navy dresses.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216831 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:36:05 +0000 Style Fan 2216831@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do this with cream/ivory and olive tops. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216823 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:57:25 +0000 Anonymous 2216823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know this concept exists elsewhere in the forum but having once again failed at finding new colors to refresh my outfits with this post is so timely I am hearing it for the first time.</p> <p>I like to think I would've figured this out myself but what a time saver! I'm applying this immediately.</p> <p>Thank you, Suntiger!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216812 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:01:25 +0000 RobinF 2216812@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do this with black bottoms and white tops but not really much else. I think more of color for variety. Worth thinking about for sure.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216807 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:32:56 +0000 Anonymous 2216807@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks all I have a lot of black tops too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216794 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:27:03 +0000 Jaime 2216794@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, silhouette and texture are just as fun to play with as color. I have inadvertently added a lot of black bottoms and shoes over the last couple of years, but still feel I have a lot of variety. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216791 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:46:26 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2216791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’d go nutso if I had to wear the same silhouette all the time. Last winter I wore a lot of minis in anticipation of picking up my midis at the storage locker. 2-3 winters ago, those didn’t fit and I wore pants. Now the pants don’t fit and I’ve learned the midis were stolen. I haven’t decided what I’ll do this winter (probably raid my mom’s closet for midis). My miniskirts have different silhouettes, but after a while, the same knees and boots underneath them get a little tiresome. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216752 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 22:28:42 +0000 Angie 2216752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>NICE, and this is <b>Jenn's </b>approach exactly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216698 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:46:59 +0000 CarolS 2216698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's a great option to have different silhouettes in the same colour -- especially your basic neutrals. You've got a variety of very nice pieces there! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216697 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:32:29 +0000 cat2 2216697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do this with black, my core neutral. I have summer solid black skirts ranging in formality from a sporty Nike piece to a dressy pleated chiffon piece. I can always pull together an outfit if I have that base. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216696 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:16:02 +0000 Jenn 2216696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a similar strategy for black tops. Makes a column of color or jeans and a black top more interesting day-to-day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216695 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:15:06 +0000 Bonnie 2216695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have jeans in three main colors, white, blue, and black, and have been working on this, too. So far, I have wide leg, skinny leg, and straight leg jeans in each color.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216694 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:49:46 +0000 slim cat 2216694@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm slowly exploring the same direction - mainly for work and then with desire to look more put together/polished with a limited color palette.<br />Wide leg pants in black in suitable fabric/style ( or navy ) is the current wish.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216692 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:18:34 +0000 Anonymous 2216692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is precisely how I keep myself entertained with my black-bottom work outfit rules. &nbsp;I probably have every single version of a black pant in every fabric there is - and a few skirts and skirted leggings too . It's the only way to relieve the tedium.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216689 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:13:45 +0000 Anonymous 2216689@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I want to do it with burgundy too, and brown if possible. I like black more than navy for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216687 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:08:03 +0000 Toban 2216687@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’ve used this strategy with navy (my preferred “black”) and to a smaller extent with burgundy. Given different silhouettes I don’t feel it is splitting wears at all. I don’t have duplicates in same silhouette/color. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216684 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:00:59 +0000 Anonymous 2216684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it'll also be helpful with different weather conditions. May-October I can wear the same thing, but transitional- cold-and bitter cold would need more variety.<br /> Duplicating exactly has worked for me for sleep- 3 each per season, but I want more variety for my out and about clothes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/shopping-strategy--silouette-variety#post-2216682 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:54:09 +0000 rachylou 2216682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok. That’s interesting. If had a more limited palette, would that drive more variation in silhouette? And how much does a desire for a limited set of silhouettes drive variation of colour? I’ve tried to duplicate exact outfits for my bakery wear, but it hasn’t worked out. I don’t know if that’s because I’ve never been able to buy more than two sets of any look or I just can’t be that consistent. A thought! </p>