https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:09:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1547149 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 02:16:09 +0000 Jules 1547149@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The other truism about our short summers, for myself anyway, is that I don't tend to love the same things for a second year. The last few years it's been partially due to weight gain (a lot can change in 9-10 months), but I also recognize that every year has its certain indispensable items that never work the same way again. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1547132 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 01:52:14 +0000 Suz 1547132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I more or less did what Elizabeth did -- I overbought for summer. So I never get sick of my summer wardrobe. I don't have anything that's completely unworn, but a few items only got worn once or twice. And I am not sick of my summer stuff yet, no way no how.&nbsp;</p> <p>My fall/ winter capsule has about 20 more items than the summer capsule. (I'd have to count to be absolutely sure, but that's about right). But 20 does not seem to be anywhere near enough.&nbsp;</p> <p>Sadly, I've learned that it's not just a matter of "how many." It's a matter of a feeling. Winter stuff feels too dark and heavy for me after a while and drags down my mood. Yet I have little choice -- I <b>have</b> to wear those $(*$@&amp;# snowboots. I <b>have </b>to wear that puffer.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1547101 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:59:23 +0000 Dee 1547101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've taken a very similar approach to summer this year and just worn the same things over and over. As you can see in all my recent WIWs... Except it's been effectively summer (weather-wise) for four months and we probably have another month to go. Sigh. I will VERY happy for fall this year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1547097 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:54:38 +0000 Jaime 1547097@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, summer is still in full gear around here and will likely stick around 2 more months. But I get the pregnancy capsule fatigue concept - although hardly what I remember as the most exhausting part of pregnancy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1547062 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:09:31 +0000 E 1547062@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get sick of summer, not so much the clothes (of which I have plenty) as the season! I'm such a winter baby, that I was actually terribly sad that spring began arriving in March in my new climate and relieved by a little snowfall on Easter. I think I missed my calling, being born a US citizen instead of Canadian or Scandinavian, and dream of retiring to northern Maine in consolation. Anyway, I'm very like Gaylene; I pack lightly for travelling and when I get home I don't even want to look at the capsule items for awhile. So I hope fall arrives quickly for you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1547054 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 23:57:15 +0000 JAileen 1547054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not so much sick of summer clothes, as I'm just sick of summer. It's just been so hot and unrelentingly sunny. But I distinctly remember being unprepared for bad weather on a trip to Boston in late November years ago. I wore the same wool sweater every single day. After we got home I never wore it again! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1547053 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 23:56:09 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1547053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So true. I've never been pregnant, but I sure am sick of my summer clothes at this point in the season. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1546914 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:57:28 +0000 Aziraphale 1546914@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thistle -- you and Suz have the same problem. I'm sure I'd be very, very tired of my winter clothes if I had to dress for a winter like yours. Let's hope this year isn't quite so bad for you!</p> <p>Gaylene -- agreed. It has been a long time since I've had a vacation of more than five days, but I remember what it's like to wear the same things over and over for several weeks! That's why it's so fun to go SHOPPING while on holiday! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1546910 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:52:15 +0000 Gaylene 1546910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*laughing*<br /> I feel the same way about my travel capsules. Can't stand wearing the items again for months, and sometimes years. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1546897 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:34:49 +0000 Thistle 1546897@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hear you! But even with my much larger winter capsule, I am still sick of it by February and still have 3 months until spring. </p> <p>I would love 4 real seasons! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1546894 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:33:19 +0000 celia 1546894@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a high resistance to wear shorts so I try very hard not to wear them in our summers. When I finally cave it's almost the end of the season and I panic to wear summer stuff.<br /> I feel that I might have a bigger summer wardrobe than winter one because by the end of winter looking at my clothes makes me sick, literally, I get depressed just looking at them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1546886 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:26:09 +0000 Elizabeth P 1546886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So true!&nbsp; <br />I solved that problem by over buying big time for summer in the last couple of years.&nbsp; Now I'm panicking to get things worn before those "breezy sleeveless tops" get put away.&nbsp; I have several items I've only worn once, and a couple of tops that still have tags on... bought in May!!!</p> <p>Yeesh.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1546882 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:22:30 +0000 Aziraphale 1546882@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aha, that's true, Suz, but at my capsule for fall/winter is WAY bigger than it is for summer. That's because our fall and winter tends to blend together (especially last year -- and it's shaping up to be the same dry mild winter again this year). You, on the other hand, got months and months of snow last year. Ridiculous amounts of snow. I'd have been sick of my winter boots too!</p> <p>Rachy, I lived in Marin for four years, and whenever I popped into San Francisco during July and August, it was always fogged in and cold (while we were dying of heat in Marin). Then in September and October, it would be blazing hot in SF. Are you sure it's your imagination? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1546853 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:27:51 +0000 Jenn 1546853@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hah! This is so, so true. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1546847 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:23:11 +0000 Alassë 1546847@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1546842 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:17:56 +0000 rachylou 1546842@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol. It's my imagination, but I feel like it's getting hotter here... Not at all ready to think about fall. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1546838 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:13:00 +0000 Suz 1546838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! You had the kind of summer we usually get here. And yes, that is typically how I feel at the end of summer.&nbsp;</p> <p>Mind you, I feel that way at the end of winter, too. And winter goes on a lot longer... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/summer-capsule-is-like-pregnancy-capsule#post-1546815 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:47:26 +0000 Aziraphale 1546815@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Where I live, it's shorts weather for two months every year. This year has been particularly warm, so I've literally worn nothing BUT shorts (or light cotton skirts) for the entire summer. Putting on anything that didn't expose my legs (and arms) was a non-option. But because it's a relatively short season, my summer capsule is small; I wear the same things over and over. Now the smell of fall is in the air, and I am SO DONE with shorts and breezy sleeveless tanks. I feel like I never want to see summer clothes again! It occurs to me that this is exactly how I felt toward the end of each pregnancy. At the start, I built a small pregnancy capsule and had fun wearing everything. It was novel. But toward the end, I was so sick of it that I was ready to burn every piece. I wanted to get back to my "regular" wardrobe.</p> <p>Bring on the fall! I'm all set to get back to my regularly scheduled program. Bye bye summer.</p>