https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:32:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613853 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 02:10:15 +0000 Anonymous 1613853@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's a real blessing to have enough hanging space. My cropped jeans are in a separate section, also organized by color. I don't have too many of them, though - only 4 pairs. I culled that section recently and bought some new NYDJ pairs on clearance. I'm ready for summer now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613851 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 02:03:27 +0000 Janet 1613851@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would love to have enough hanging space to hang jeans, but I don't -- I have to fold them on shelves. One shelf section has straights and skinnies; one has colored, coated and patterned jeans, and one has boyfriends and bootcuts/flares. See what I did with alliterative categories? </p> <p>I wish there was enough shelf space that bootcuts, boyfriends, skinnies and straights all had their own piles, but I don't. I sometimes have issues with the piles getting unruly when I pull something out from the lower reaches of the stack, which may be a sign I need to edit a bit. Now that I have two pairs of cropped jeans, there is a whole other category! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613842 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 01:49:45 +0000 Anonymous 1613842@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hang all of my pants, including jeans. On one side are my dress pants, sorted by color, and on the other side are my jeans, sorted by color. I separate the navy section from the black section with brown so I don't have to remember which are black and which are navy. My tops are organized by sleeve length and within that by color. It's so much easier that way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613829 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 01:27:47 +0000 April 1613829@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rolled up in cubbies -- there is some seriously creative jeans organization going on here!</p> <p>If you have lots of space to hang things, and if you're a little bit nutty about organization, I recommend something like this</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006NB43US?keywords=plastic%20clothes%20rod%20tags&amp;qid=1455067443&amp;ref_=sr_1_3&amp;sr=8-3"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006NB43US?keywords=plastic%20clothes%20rod%20tags&#038;qid=14550674" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ.....d=14550674</a>...</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;or this&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006NAWRSE?keywords=plastic%20clothes%20rod%20tags&amp;qid=1455067443&amp;ref_=sr_1_1&amp;sr=8-1"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006NAWRSE?keywords=plastic%20clothes%20rod%20tags&#038;qid=14550674" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ.....d=14550674</a>...</a></p> <p>to show you exactly what's hanging where. &nbsp;If you hang your jeans and have a lot of them, you could label the dividers with categories such as "Skinnies", "Flares (hemmed for heels)" "White Denim" etc. &nbsp;</p> <p>When I first did this, my husband questioned my sanity, but it really does make it incredibly easy to put things away and to know what you have. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613821 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 01:13:19 +0000 Diana 1613821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jeanne, I'm curious about storage options too! Right now, I keep mine folded on a shelf in a tall cabinet. Unfortunately they're on the lowest shelf, because that's the only one big enough for all the jeans. That means it's hard to see what I've got. Plus it's a big stack, and half the time if I want something from the lower portion of the stack, I end up messing up the whole pile, and having to refold everything. I don't have enough closet bar space to hang them all up. </p> <p>I've been thinking that a cubby system might be nice, although I don't think I have the space to implement it right now. I'm thinking a bunch of little cubbies (like in a mailroom!) with one pair of rolled up jeans each. Then you could see each one and take it out separately without disrupting everything else, although I'm not sure rolling would make things readily identifiable if there were multiples of the same color. On the other hand, my current pile system doesn't lend itself to easy identification either.</p> <p>ETA: found this link with storage ideas. The shoe cubby one is similar to what I was thinking, but I'd want something non hanging,</p> <p><a href="https://closetstalker.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/closet-organisation-storing-jeans/" rel="nofollow">https://closetstalker.wordpres.....ing-jeans/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613811 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:38:16 +0000 Brooklyn 1613811@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well it's summer where I am and the heat is driving me crazy. I hacked the sleeves off a dress yesterday. I think my white jeans are for it today. They had it coming to them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613804 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:23:40 +0000 BrieN 1613804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for the challenge - good to get out the white jeans and see what still suits (or not). It made me so happy to take my spring and summer clothes out of their boxes on such a snowy and dreary day.&nbsp;</p> <p>2pr. Paige boot cuts - essentially the same pants in 2 sizes<br />1pr. Gap dark high waisted skinnies (new :)</p> <p>1pr. white bootcut (Kors)<br />1pr. white straight cropped (Lucky)&nbsp;</p> <p>The waists feel low on the white pants, so I may try to find some replacements with higher rises.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613799 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:04:48 +0000 Jjsloane 1613799@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jeans are the hardest thing for me to part with and what I probably have the most of. I have so many of the same style (J Crew Matchstick) in different washes, lengths and sizes that I put on a black pair the other day thinking they were blue and had to change when I realized and I was &nbsp;almost out the door. I also have multiple white pairs in different lengths (crop, short, regular, long) but you just never know what you'll need.&nbsp;<br />I just organized my drawer items because I now have a luxurious amount of dresser drawers (18) and was able to sort socks into short and tall; different lingerie items into bras, panties, camis; s/s tees, l/s tees, sweatshirts, workout tops and bottoms and I put some jeans in a drawer, but I'm thinking I can't see them well enough and the bottom ones will get missed.&nbsp;<br />Interested in how others organize their collections.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613791 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:23:02 +0000 April 1613791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wait, do you think I actually&nbsp;<i>purged&nbsp;</i>the rest of my white denim before I moved, or do you think my movers truly did use it to, say, wipe the oil dipstick on their truck and then tossed it off the GW Bridge? &nbsp;</p> <p>Can you tell that my movers were a tad, shall we say, fly-by-night, and that I'm still surprised that anything at all actually made it to the new house? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613787 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:14:41 +0000 Anonymous 1613787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I own three pairs of jeans. &nbsp;All three pair hang in my closet. &nbsp;Evaluated. &nbsp;Keeping. &nbsp;Done.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613786 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:13:56 +0000 Anonymous 1613786@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Doing this the Kondo way, I am pulling out any jeans I have and putting them on the guest room bed. I have very few blue denim left, which was a surprise. I have more white than anything but a dog with mostly white hair, so black and other dark colors are the problem. It is a shock to see it all together. The ones I reach for are the slimmest cuts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613769 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 22:10:22 +0000 April 1613769@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Done!</p> <p>I found one pair of (perfectly-fitting, which is to say a "relaxed fit") white skinnies in the closet-within-a-closet, after spotting two false alarms that turned out to be white denim shorts.</p> <p>I have put the skinnies in the jeans drawer to remind myself that they are not for summer only.</p> <p>I must have purged a fair amount of white denim before my move, since I seem to accumulate it the way Rachylou accumulates black denim. &nbsp;I'm sure the next time I check, there will be two or three pairs of white jeans in my newly organized drawer. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613766 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 22:02:45 +0000 April 1613766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>R and J, I set myself the challenge this morning to find those darned white jeans and I haven't done it yet either, so don't fret -- no time limit! &nbsp;</p> <p>I promise I am walking up to my closet this minute.</p> <p>As the white jeans problem, my cat is gray and white, so black pants are a bigger issue for me. &nbsp;(Sit anywhere in our house in black pants, and chances are you'll stand up and ask, "Do I need to [lint]roll myself?") </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613691 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 19:29:33 +0000 RoseandJoan 1613691@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh dear, life happened to interfere with the wardrobe therapy yesterday, promise to put this right tomorrow. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613679 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:40:37 +0000 LaPed 1613679@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jeans (or really just pants in general) are a huge problem area for me. Not because I have too many, but because I never have enough -- and I mean that literally. I'm hard to fit and I don't like spandex. Last week, I added a great pair of jeans (The Levis Sticks below -- if you're a little bit curvy and want an all cotton slim/straight jean, these are awesome-sauce) so I thought I'd be okay for a while; but now my toddler has "decommissioned" two pairs of corduroys, which have been real workhorses for me this winter. *Sigh...* I can probably fix the hole in one pair, but I don't think they'll ever really look smart again. The other pair is going straight to the "chore clothes" pile. I was soooo ready to be done pants shopping, but I never seem to get to that point. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613674 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:22:57 +0000 Style Fan 1613674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>VK I don't wear white jeans for the reasons that you stated.&nbsp; I don't wear white anything.&nbsp; I am prone to spilling food on myself, dogs jumping on me and sitting in the wrong place.&nbsp; I am in awe of all the white jeans I see on the forum.<br /><b></b> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer/page/2#post-1613665 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:04:33 +0000 catgirl 1613665@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a problem area of my closet.&nbsp; I don't get to wear jeans enough, and I love a lot of different styles. Plus I recently had the experience of looking at some old WIW photos that DH found on a camera and was seriously regretting getting rid of some items I thought at the time didn't look so great.&nbsp; So I've let the denim situation be a bit too hoarder-ific. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer#post-1613664 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:00:58 +0000 VK 1613664@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also couldn't help mentioning/asking (rhetorically) - how do you guys wear white pants/jeans? &nbsp;I have a pair and every single time by the end of the day I manage to get them too dirty. &nbsp;I'm sure I do that to all my jeans, but white ones show it immediately! &nbsp;I am forever accidentally wiping a car with my butt or dropping some food on myself, so maybe I should just get rid of these white jeans as well, I am a menace to them </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer#post-1613662 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 17:54:57 +0000 VK 1613662@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am hesitant to ditch jeans, it's my one constant clothing item. &nbsp;Also just recently I dug out a pair of jeggings - I thought they were a mistake and hid them in the back - however, this winter they somehow made it back out and I am wearing them every week. &nbsp;Go figure... Ah, but I do have a pair of jeans that are definitely a dud, very unflattering, don't know what I was thinking. &nbsp;Yes, I can get rid of those easily! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer#post-1613568 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:40:18 +0000 Anonymous 1613568@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'll take the challenge as I really need to do this. I changed jeans 3 times yesterday and still was not happy with the result. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer#post-1613563 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:36:16 +0000 Helena 1613563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love a good organizational challenge ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer#post-1613552 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:05:27 +0000 Style Fan 1613552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Timely.&nbsp; I have 3 pairs of jeans with me.&nbsp; I wore out one pair.&nbsp; I really need a new pair.&nbsp; Armed with the list of jeans that fit curvy women I hit the stores yesterday.&nbsp; Tried on lots.&nbsp; Came home with zero new jeans.<br />I may start a post pleading for help.<br />I have 3 pairs of jeans.&nbsp; All blue denim.&nbsp; 2 dark and 1 faded distressed.<br />I hang my jeans.</p> <p>1/&nbsp; Citizens of Humanity.&nbsp; Straight legged.&nbsp; Dark Denim. &nbsp;Wore out in areas now.&nbsp; :(</p> <p>2/&nbsp; Paige.&nbsp; Skinnies.&nbsp; Not too tight.&nbsp; High waisted.&nbsp; Okay but bagged out too much.&nbsp; Dark denim.</p> <p>3/&nbsp; Fidelity.&nbsp; Relaxed Skinnies.&nbsp; Sort of like a BF.&nbsp; Distressed.&nbsp; Love.&nbsp; </p> <p>C of H fit me perfectly.&nbsp; Perhaps I should order another pair on line.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer#post-1613530 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 13:03:43 +0000 April 1613530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Reading this thread has made me wonder where the heck my white jeans are? &nbsp;</p> <p>Did I put them away in the little closet (don't hate me, but my walk-in has a closet <b>inside it</b>&nbsp;-- crazy, right?) with my swimsuits and other summer items? &nbsp;</p> <p>Did my movers use them to wipe motor oil from their hands, then pitch the evidence off the George Washington Bridge?</p> <p>My mission for today: find the white jeans. &nbsp;Assess whether they still fit and still look current. &nbsp;Put them in the jeans drawer where they belong. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer#post-1613454 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 04:22:30 +0000 Sal 1613454@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mmm - my jeans collection is pretty lean.</p> <p>Two pairs cropped skinnies - identical, blue<br />One pair black skinnies<br />One pair mid blue straights - rolled, nice cut, but a little stretched out. &nbsp;Not worth altering, but I still like them.<br />One pair blue slim boyfriends - worn/ripped due to use - not my favourite but every now and again I like to wear them.</p> <p>I have not worn any for a couple of months as I mostly avoid denim in summer as it is too hot and I wear it so much from March - November. &nbsp;December/January/February I try and thrash the summer pieces!!</p> <p>I have some dark blue flares that arrived on Saturday - think I am truly between sizes and returning both :(</p> <p>So my shopping list is:<br />- darker blue flares<br />- ecru/cream straight crops if such a thing exists here</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer#post-1613445 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 03:34:08 +0000 anne 1613445@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well done April. I don't need to do mine because I know what I have<br />2 skinnies - one dark blue, one maroon<br />2 bootcuts - one for heels one non<br />1 straightleg pair - now often wore cuffed. A little tight in the waist, but only a kilo or so off fitting so worth keeping!</p> <p>I am not an everyday jeans wearer, as you can tell!&nbsp; For that reason I suspect I won't be doing the cropped jeans thing.</p> <p>I have more drawer space than hanging, but prefer hanging if possible </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer#post-1613442 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 03:24:55 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1613442@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not too long ago I shifted my jeans around: I had been folding them in a drawer, and I switched to hanging them in the closet in those multi-pant hangers that BB&amp;B sells. I got several, so I could organize by category. I've got one for skinnies, one for flares/bootcuts, I think two for straights, and right now one for non-denim (cords and ponte). When it gets warmer I'll swap that last one out for crops.</p> <p>milehighstyle/Linda, I'm having the same problem: I'd had some jeans in the 'a little too snug right now' pile that now fit, which is great, except for the fact that 90% of them are 5+ year old bootcuts. Still in great shape, but do I really need that many of them? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer#post-1613409 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 02:28:19 +0000 Brooklyn 1613409@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a pair of "baby" boot cuts that I haven't worn for years. I have just had them cropped so they are "baby" kick flares. I think it has worked! Don't tell Angie but I also have a pair of straight leg white jeans that I don't get enough wear out of because they don't suit my lifestyle. (I have a big boofy dog, nuff said.) I have thought about cropping them but I think I will hack them to shorts length instead. At least if they are above my knees the said boofy dog won't be able to brush against them all the time.<br /> And LOL about Rachy's comment on black jeans. I have the same problem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer#post-1613395 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 01:52:31 +0000 April 1613395@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sure it's a serious character flaw, but I love hearing about other people's closet-clearing experiences. &nbsp;I love helping with closet clearing, I love reading about how to do it, and I love firsthand stories about it.</p> <p>C'mon, everyone has one closet, or one area of their clothes closet, that's driving them crazy. &nbsp;Well, everyone but Angie... &nbsp;</p> <p>Fine, Mrs. Cox, be that way, but the rest of us have a closet that needs a little help. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer#post-1613369 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:40:26 +0000 Diana 1613369@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok. Just did this. I only got rid of one pair, which is actually a duplicate and is sprouting holes. Everything else is in good condition and still fits (sigh of relief...) </p> <p>I also took an inventory while I was at it. </p> <p>--1 jegging-charcoal<br /> --4 super skinny -black, charcoal, dk blue, dk blue brocade (not technically jeans but I'm counting them since they fiction as jeans, effectively)<br /> --2 skinny-med blue, crazy Liberty teal print<br /> --2 slouchy skinny-light blue, grey<br /> --3 straight - dk blue, faded black, + one hacked off pair of dk blue pseudo-kick crops, which I'd like to replace w/real ones. The black ones are getting too faded in awkward places and I am thinking about replacing them.<br /> --3 BF-dk, med, lt blue<br /> --2 bootcut/flare - med and dk blues (the latter is hemmed for really tall shoes - should prob shorten them)</p> <p>I think I want some real kick crop jeans this spring, and maybe another bootcut, provided I can find some that aren't too high rise. I'd also like an inky black pair, maybe a cropped slim straight or slouchy skinny. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/todays-mini-organizational-challenge-get-right-with-your-jeans-drawer#post-1613342 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 23:38:47 +0000 Anonymous 1613342@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm procrastinating and living vicariously through the rest of you instead. </p>