https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sorting-sort Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:16:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sorting-sort#post-1850532 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 02:20:04 +0000 rachylou 1850532@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol, Jenn!</p> <p>I did something like that, fashionintern, when I downsized apartments. I took a set of clothes to the new place, and the rest went to my mother's basement. Driving across town to get something was a surefire tell... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sorting-sort#post-1850529 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 02:12:33 +0000 Jenn 1850529@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My husband has been doing this by putting worn/laundered items away all on one side of a cluster of empty hangers...except he didn’t tell me this plan, and I’d been moving the hangers to the front of the closet every week for months. Oops. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sorting-sort#post-1850521 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 01:24:41 +0000 cindysmith 1850521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's hard to look at issues like this, and I'm proud of you for the introspection and effort you're putting into it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sorting-sort#post-1850504 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 00:42:16 +0000 Sal 1850504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think your plan is a good one Fashiontern.&nbsp; We all have different home lives, storage, personalities and attachments to clothes.&nbsp; It sounds like a slow assessment is a good idea and if it feels right, then you have made the right decision.&nbsp; I found my 30x30 capsule was useful for this, sometimes it clarified that it was time for a piece to move on!!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sorting-sort#post-1850493 Tue, 03 Oct 2017 23:53:09 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1850493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Closet posts are so great. I love reading them, and imagine the high of knowing I have exactly what I need. It makes me get all excited and want to go do mine Right Now. </p> <p>Trying it in reality, however...yeah, that didn't work so well. As much as I want to have it all ready to propel me forward into my next step, the people who commented that I don't know enough about that step were right. So I'm giving up. For now. If things work out and we move, I will sort through my closet as one of my first steps in packing. </p> <p>I have, however, thinned out some of my drawers. Thanks to a problem that shall not be named (housekeeping really is not my gift) that makes it difficult to get to my dresser, I've sort of come up with a alternate place for my tops and shorts. It's been that way for long enough that I'm getting a real understanding of what I actually wear vs what I think of as "useful". If I haven't surmounted the obstacles to get to it, then I really can't claim it as a linchpin to my wardrobe. I can see doing this in reverse intentionally--clear out one section and only return things to it after I've worn and laundered them. Sort of a variation on turning all the hangers around. </p> <p>Anyway, I feel settled in a decision, happily. Right now, I'm focusing on the career steps that will bring a move and am also learning a bit about dressing. It's sort of like learning a sport; you can read about how to do a stroke, but you don't really know it til you've tried it out and made it your own. </p>