https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:17:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1265387 Sat, 31 May 2014 03:24:51 +0000 Karie 1265387@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, I have been thinking about this very topic lately, and wondering how much is enough in my own wardrobe. While I could never handle having only a ten item wardrobe, I have noticed, thanks to my project of taking an outfit photo every day this school year, that I am reaching for several items over and over and other items are getting very little wear. And you know what? Most of the little-worn items are of the not-as-well-made-cheaper-fabrication variety. Both my BCBG blazers? Try and pry them off me. My bazillion button "middle of the road" button down shirts? Haul 'em outta here. I'd trade the whole lot for one well made button down like Angie was wearing in Boston.</p> <p>I love about half my closet, and you know what's coming next - the half that I love is largely made up of post-YLF items.&nbsp;</p> <p>But now on to the important stuff - I'm glad you're back from your trip (hope if was fab)&nbsp;and back to posting regularly. Your outfits are all gorgeous, but my fav is that fantabulous dress in #20 and #21! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1265059 Fri, 30 May 2014 19:26:24 +0000 Neel 1265059@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Suz! I was wondering where you were :). Noticed a few sporadic responses and thought life must have gotten busy. Welcome back!</p> <p>Of everything that you have written I only wondered why you would want a 10 item wardrobe when clearly you love everything you own. I am not even there yet where I could hug every piece in my closet and say *I love you*! Like Angie, I have the *no spilling over other closets* rule. I have too many clothes and I am actually kind of ashamed to admit *how much*! When it goes over the limit, I purge. I am in the process of curating my wardrobe.</p> <p>You look killer gorgeous in your dress. All the other outfits are perfection too! A 10/10 for the entire trip is brilliant in itself. You should pat your back Suz </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1264983 Fri, 30 May 2014 16:48:12 +0000 Angie 1264983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that the 10 Item Wardrobe Philosophy from Jennifer. L. Scott is a stretch at best. It's nowhere near 10 items - to JAileen's point.&nbsp;</p> <p>Suz, I don't want to further hijack your thread so we can talk white sneaks on another thread if you like. I LOVE Cons. My best.&nbsp;My feet just became too fussy for them though. So..... for me...... it was "Next". I'm glad you found your Cons last night. Brilliant. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1264981 Fri, 30 May 2014 16:45:53 +0000 Angela K 1264981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Simple is a nice concept, but for me variety is the spice of life.&nbsp; I would die of boredom with only 10 items to wear and I don't think that I could make them work for all the different areas of my life.&nbsp; I do think it would be great to be able to master this! So organized, neat, efficient, none of which would be descriptions of me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1264876 Fri, 30 May 2014 14:31:35 +0000 April 1264876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have the temperament for a micro-wardrobe. &nbsp;Modestly sized, but not micro. &nbsp;It doesn't mesh with my anxious nature. &nbsp;Even choosing pieces for travel is an ordeal, which is why I really admire your systematic approach, Suz. &nbsp;Very reassuring to someone like me to know that&nbsp;it CAN be done well.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1264864 Fri, 30 May 2014 14:14:59 +0000 Suz 1264864@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>LOVE</b> that idea, Beth Ann!! But you know what? That would pretty much be my entire closet! &nbsp;:)&nbsp;</p> <p>And thank you for your generous thoughts, Eliza. I am glad you've treated yourself to some great new items!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1264846 Fri, 30 May 2014 13:47:43 +0000 Beth Ann 1264846@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome back (although it's hard to wish someone to leave Banff)!</p> <p>You followed the second rule of YLF by wearing the heck out of your clothes!&nbsp; All of these look polished, modern and chic.&nbsp; Fits and proportions make all the difference!&nbsp; I'm particularly struck by the fabness of that KK dress on you!&nbsp; Wowza!&nbsp; Also, I can see at a glance that you put your scarves and the semi-tuck to excellent use!</p> <p>Perhaps you can make a "Hug my Closet" capsule? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1264806 Fri, 30 May 2014 12:43:40 +0000 Eliza 1264806@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome home, Suz. You look amazing in all of your trip photos. </p> <p>I understand the tension between efficiency and conscious dressing, while simultaneously seeking variety and the opportunity to express our creativity through experimenting with new options. I like to shop for most wardrobe items, enjoy having some current looks and get bored when things are extra repetitive due to travel or circumstances. I also need some total peace of mind, flattering "go to" ensembles that are no brainers. What I don't want is a collection of clothing items that I am not able to deploy in service of my fashion goals. They take up space and interfere with, rather than enhance, the fashion experience. </p> <p>It seems you may be farther along with your style evolution than you can imagine! You wear all of your clothes, look great whether working from home, doing public speaking or attending formal events, and are having fun. Plus, your closet functions. At this point, maybe it's about embracing all that works for you and continuing to understand what makes each item work. I have found your "needs assessments" season by season very insightful and incisive. Cheers to you! </p> <p>Thanks for the thread- I grapple with similar issues. This season I have been purchasing up a storm, because so much is to my liking and I was due for some refreshing. It has felt both wonderful and a bit indulgent. Now I must sort through my closet to eliminate the items that are less appealing. I would have done that bit by bit, but for an injury. Now it's a bit overwhelming, but will be liberating when done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1264787 Fri, 30 May 2014 12:22:46 +0000 Janet 1264787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome back, Suz! We missed you. It sounds like you had a great time and your capsule served you well, but boy do I know the feeling of hugging my closet when I get home! </p> <p>Interesting musings, too. I am with you in many respects. I love that we have some true minimalists here who look so amazing in their very small wardrobes. Part of me would love to do that. But it's not a very large part. I also crave variety and "the new" and have way too much fun with that part of fashion to give it up. Like Angie, I would find a very small wardrobe a punishment. </p> <p>Peri, this resonated with me: "You know what? I don't want to think that hard about it! I don't care to put a number assignment to the amount of things I'm allowed to own. It just seems so arbitrary. The same way the one in, one out seems to me. Why should I have to get rid of something I like to be allowed to buy something new?" </p> <p>I'm right there with you in the first part of that paragraph. I sometimes think about counting the items in my closet when these number topics come up, and then I'm like, "why?" It doesn't matter if I have space for them, I wear them, and I love them. If one of those criteria does not apply, then the numbers start to matter. </p> <p>I DO try to do one-in, one-out though. That's because I do tend to shop too much, and it helps keep me in check. Knowing that I'll need to make space for a new item makes me evaluate new purchases with a tougher eye. I have two items in a bag for returns as we speak because I don't like them more than the items in my closet they would be displacing. </p> <p>But back to the main topic at hand -- I love that there are so many approaches to wardrobe management and mixing here on the forum, and that all are celebrated and respected. Rock on, ladies! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1264777 Fri, 30 May 2014 12:06:44 +0000 Suz 1264777@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Mona. I wore my Cons quite a lot last summer (and walked a lot in them)&nbsp;&nbsp;but &nbsp;they were still in pretty good shape until &nbsp;the trip. Then,&nbsp;I wore them literally <b>every day</b> on this trip, walked in them for upwards of 5 miles a day,&nbsp;and also washed them in an probably-not-terribly gentle washing machine. I didn't dry them in the dryer, but they are starting to fray at the edges of the tongues anyway and they look less than pristine from all the walking on dusty and/or muddy paths. They weren't my hiking shoes (I had proper gear shoes for that) but I did wear them when walking across town. So they took a genuine beating. CPW at this point is definitely less than 50 cents.&nbsp;</p> <p>The new ones are white, too!&nbsp;</p> <p>As for dressing like a 13 year old -- well, my daughter borrowed my shoes to wear to her eighth grade grad last year, so maybe there's truth in it. Oh well! We're just young at heart.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1264766 Fri, 30 May 2014 11:37:31 +0000 Mona 1264766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great analysis, Suz. You look smoking hot in that dress. It is nice to know that you had a great time and the clothes worked out for you. <br />I am surprised to know that your cons need replacement. You must have worn them a lot more than I did last summer. What colour are your new ones? <br />I wore my cons with white jeans to go out for drinks with friends and one of them commented that I was dressed up like her 13 years old daughter o_O. Not sure what she meant by that. <br />Anyways, back to the point here. Claire's post was very thought provoking for me and although I love the concept of minimal wardrobe, I find it so hard to implement. I love adding variety to my outfits and get bored easily by wearing the same things again and again. In her post, Claire said that sometimes she gets bored or gets excited about a new item and goes shopping (although most of the time she comes back empty handed). I think this is important. You have to give yourself permission to go shopping and buy something new every once in a while. <br />Also, I think taking baby steps towards something like this would be helpful. I have purged almost more than half of my closet since last year and have added only very few new items so I think I am slowly building a small wardrobe. Will I ever get to only 10 items? No, but I have learnt a lot from Claire's posts and analysis. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1264664 Fri, 30 May 2014 03:59:47 +0000 JAileen 1264664@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always love seeing your outfits. I love these, especially the ones with stripes.</p> <p>Regarding wearing the same things over and over, I think at home people expect a person would have a reasonable wardrobe and laundering facilities. And if they're wearing the same thing two days in a row it must mean either they don't have enough clothes, or they're not very clean - they're wearing the same thing as yesterday without washing it. But when someone is traveling or away from home and there's the same scenario, wearing the same thing two days in a row - well, a person can't be expected to bring one's entire wardrobe, and in fact the lighter one travels, the more admired one is. For me, I think I don't want people to think I would wear dirty clothes. I do, though! When we're doing a project around the house or in the garden, I might wear the same filthy jeans multiple days!</p> <p>BTW, I looked up the Daily Connoisseur (Jennifer L. Scott) who promotes the ten item wardrobe. I watched a few videos, and one of her ten item capsules had fourteen items. Her fourteen items were really nice, though, but didn't include any tee shirts. She said she wouldn't wear any of the fourteen items to take her kids to the park. So I don't understand what her ten/fourteen item wardrobe means, if it doesn't include everything she wears. My wardrobe count would be a lot smaller if I didn't include everything, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1264645 Fri, 30 May 2014 03:39:15 +0000 E 1264645@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now I've looked at all of the photos, and you're looking so perfect. Your closet is definitely working for you! And are those elk?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long/page/2#post-1264644 Fri, 30 May 2014 03:39:14 +0000 Adelfa 1264644@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, this is so funny--for the last couple of days I've been dreaming up a post on how I think I want minimalism but I don't really! I have been buying (for me) a lot of clothes. Nothing I can't afford.&nbsp;I have been enjoying my purchases tremendously! So I am definitely having fun with fashion :-)</p> <p>Welcome back! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264643 Fri, 30 May 2014 03:37:08 +0000 E 1264643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, a tiny simple closet isn't for me either. I love variety! Even when no one sees me, which is frequently, I dress differently just to please myself.&nbsp;Perhaps the question is, how much variety satisfies the creative urge without causing guilt? I don't actually feel guilty about my current closet size, as it's full of clothes I love. I do feel guilty that I'm not quite satisfied with it though, and that I seem to easily&nbsp;find new categories to expand on/explore via thrifting.</p> <p>I *love* RachyLou's point too: I want enough clothes that I'm not putting a huge amount of wear and tear on any individual item so that it suddenly dies. Logically, I know 10 wears in one month is the same time in the garment&nbsp;as 10 wear over 2-3 years, but emotionally I'd rather do the latter. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264640 Fri, 30 May 2014 03:36:21 +0000 Suz 1264640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all! <b>Angie,</b> that is so much fun about the sneakers! I was actually looking at something similar and wondering if I dared. I still might add a similar pair.&nbsp;I think <b>Carla</b> is right. Normcore!&nbsp;</p> <p>But tonight I actually&nbsp;<b>FOUND </b>a pair of Hi-Ness in Canada in my approximate size and ordered. I know the wedge is not quite the thing this year but this wedge is tiny and it is <b>SO MUCH KINDER</b> to my feet than a flat shoe. Plus, I love the iconic style of the Cons.&nbsp;</p> <p>This pair is a half size bigger than the ones I presently own, but that will allow thicker socks and also shrinkage (I think mine shrunk in the wash, despite the care I took with them.) I'll probably wear them to death for the rest of the summer and then look for a new version next year.&nbsp;</p> <p>Alasse, I love what you said about a disciplined wardrobe. I think that's the real goal for me. And i am pretty much there.&nbsp;</p> <p>Joy, isn't that blue scarf beautiful? It is a silk and cashmere pashima sent by a friend. It turned out to be so incredibly useful in the frigid temperatures there.&nbsp;</p> <p>Shevia, thank you. I definitely prefer to wear my favourites rather than second bests.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264623 Fri, 30 May 2014 03:09:55 +0000 Jaime 1264623@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome home Suz! I am sure your family is glad to have you back and so are we! Your post was very thought provoking (as usual). But first, I must say, you look wonderful in all of your outfits. I really love the one with other people to see you in context, but as I clicked through I was so impressed with the consistently stylish looks with just enough variety to keep things interesting. I am far from a 10 piece wardrobe, but I do admire and aspire to keeping things at a high level of style and not wearing second bests. You are clearly not doing that!&nbsp;</p> <p>Between this post, Ingunn's and Claire's I think I have my food for fashion thought this weekend! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264588 Fri, 30 May 2014 02:36:49 +0000 Alassë 1264588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Splendid, a summary Suz post to read! Thanks for writing it all down for us, and showing us your pictures. I hear you on wanting a minimal wardrobe, but seeming to use the majority of one's medium-size closet. No ideas unless maybe we need to let go of the desire to be super-minimalists and accept the reality that we (like Angie) are lovers of a disciplined closet, which is&nbsp;not quite the same thing. Somehow 10 items seems better, but why the pull? Especially when we know we couldn't take the lack of variety.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264579 Fri, 30 May 2014 02:28:23 +0000 Carla 1264579@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>First Birks, and now white athletic shoes...I think normcore is trending! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264578 Fri, 30 May 2014 02:28:11 +0000 Anonymous 1264578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Having just finished a trip with a carry-on and also in the process of putting away those items plus my spring things and changing over to summer, I'm following this thread, Claire's and all thoughts on wardrobe size with interest.<br /> As much as I would like a 10 piece wardrobe, I can't do it yet. Here are some of my thoughts:<br /> * Like E, I live with extreme temperature changes and would also like a basic grey dress in wool, linen and silk. I need clothing, footwear, and accessories for a variety of situations for each season.<br /> * While I love wearing neutrals, color is important and I like too many colors. Much of the excitement of a new season is changing colors. Besides, playing with a new-to-me color gives me lots of fun with fashion.<br /> * Yet I can see that wearing a few things so often that they need to be replaced can mean a chance to introduce new color and silhouettes without guilt and that is very appealing.<br /> * I need to concentrate on a casual lifestyle.<br /> * DH is wanting to downsize which means we need a small place with no yard to maintain and getting rid of lots of stuff including clothes. I need to learn to do with less of everything. With help and inspiration from the YLF community I feel that I will be able to do this.<br /> Suz, your outfits all look fabulous. I especially like those with the blue scarf.<br /> ETA: Angie, I am so excited about your new walking shoes and can't wait to see how you work them into outfits! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264569 Fri, 30 May 2014 02:17:51 +0000 Angie 1264569@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's music to my ears that you wear your clothes, Suz. And when you don't reach for something for a while - it doesn't mean you don't like it anymore. It means that you are in the mood for something else for a little bit. And YES. The weather plays a huge role in what we wear,&nbsp;doesn't it?&nbsp;</p> <p>No more Hi-Ness&nbsp;Cons - not even Amazon? I hope a pair turns up for you.&nbsp;</p> <p>I've moved on from my Cons and am&nbsp;doing the true 2014 thing -&nbsp;and just bought these white Shock Absorbing Walking Sneakers for Diabetics. (I'm not Diabetic). I can't rave enough about them. Very happy feet, and they look better irl.&nbsp;And I could buy them in a narrow width for my low volume feet.&nbsp;I'm wearing them as my fashion sneaks with hidden laces, ankle skin, sportier tops,&nbsp;chinos, cut-offs,&nbsp;dresses, and sporty white bag. First outing today. I bought them for a hot weather walking holiday we have coming up in the Summer. Sandals won't work, and I LOVE to walk. So there you go. I must be kind to my feet and not ruin our holiday. Plus, I can wear my pretty shoes out at night.&nbsp;Cheers to embracing 2014 fashion. <b>I love it.&nbsp;</b> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264539 Fri, 30 May 2014 01:53:37 +0000 Suz 1264539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aida, thank you. And by the way -- happy belated birthday!! I peeked at the forum one night and saw Angie's message and meant to reply but by the time I could get back the thread had disappeared. It is wonderful to have you back here; you're carefully thought out style adds so much to the forum as do your intelligent comments.&nbsp;</p> <p>Sara, I am with you -- the "idea" of things can sometimes be more fun than the things themselves.&nbsp;</p> <p>AG -- love what you said. "Want to want it" indeed.&nbsp;</p> <p>Carla, really good point about travel wardrobes needing to be FFB type. No room for outfits that don't quite make it.&nbsp;</p> <p>Rachy, it sounds as if you truly love your clothes! Surely that is a good thing, even if it makes purges more difficult.&nbsp;</p> <p>Claire, I do think Marley and I have some similar style denominators. Vicki, too, if it comes to that! Very good point. I would actually love that 10 new items per season and then toss, also -- except then I wouldn't love it, if I had to get rid of my super favourites. So...I guess I just need to be "in betwixt and between."</p> <p>Caro, great reminder that a lot of clothing isn't really even counted in these systems. Stuff that really makes the outfits, too. But like you, I would like to get down to a "core" of a few high quality pieces supplemented by others as need arises.&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks, all!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264528 Fri, 30 May 2014 01:44:42 +0000 Aida 1264528@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok first off #s 2, 14 and 20 just jump off the screen at me, LOVE those two looks. But of course they are all pretty dang fabulous Suz! Whew, had to get that out of the way.</p> <p>As I commented in Ingunn's repetition thread, like you&nbsp;I also don't mind having the same people see me in the same things, yet&nbsp;need more variety than a true minimal wardrobe offers. I wonder if perhaps it's an issue of creative stimulus. That while seeing those same pieces is calming for some, for others it can be borderline anxiety inducing. Hm, things to think on...</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264511 Fri, 30 May 2014 01:25:58 +0000 Sara L. 1264511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you had a great travel wardrobe. &nbsp;I like the <i>idea</i> of a very small wardrobe, but know that I wouldn't like it in actuality. &nbsp;Same way that I like the <i>idea</i> of traveling the world and living out of a backpack, but know that in reality I need a home base. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264489 Fri, 30 May 2014 01:11:25 +0000 catgirl 1264489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, I'm just dipping my toe back in here so I have nothing brilliant to say, but I did want to commiserate with the push and pull of wanting to want less but actually wanting more.&nbsp; Not in the sense of wanting endlessly more, but more than I WANT to want.&nbsp; Sigh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264461 Fri, 30 May 2014 00:38:51 +0000 Carla 1264461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The common denominators in travel capsules are likely versatility and high comfort as well as happiness factor. You really can't risk experimenting when you've got to live out of a suitcase. The simplest version of your style persona features large.</p> <p>Playing in your home closet is different. If an experiment doesn't work, there's a whole closet (even a small one) to riffle through, and less tried and true items to audition. Also, more opportunities to take style risks and stretch the boundaries of your style persona, or experiment with other personas.</p> <p>Looks like a fab travel capsule, and enough variety to my eye! BTW, you really do look great in a dress! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264437 Fri, 30 May 2014 00:09:30 +0000 rachylou 1264437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really love #20, btw.</p> <p>I think one of the reasons I can only go so low, is that I tend to <i>really love my clothes</i>. I want to be with them for years. 'TIL DEATH FREEKING DO US PART.</p> <p>Hehe. Ahem. Sorry. Where was I?</p> <p>Oh yes. Anyways, when I did my capsule experiment with my move, I was really wearing stuff often and thus out. It kinda upset me to see my clothes die like that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264432 Fri, 30 May 2014 00:06:27 +0000 Anonymous 1264432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, I'm so glad you're back and that your trip went well. Wasn't it super hot there last year, or am I thinking of a different trip? Anyway, you were well prepared. I think you needed 4 ten item capsules just for that trip. I can't believe how unpredictable the weather was and the variety of your activities. BTW, I remember you taking a trip to see your Mom several years ago that ended up being 3 weeks instead of a long weekend or some such. You had only taken neutrals and missed your colors so much. We should have known then that a minimal wardrobe was not for you. A moderate one is much more in line and still perfectly disciplined considering all of the hats you wear. You are not "muddling along" by any stretch of the imagination, you are leading the way by your shining example. </p> <p>I love all of these outfits and you look so authentically Suz. I got to see Vicki and Marley last week, and there is something about Marley's urban sporty style that converges a bit with yours. Perhaps because she was wearing her white highnesses.</p> <p>IP.S. I&nbsp;think buying 10 new items at the beginning of each season (either 2 or 4 seasons) and wearing them to rags and getting to start over the next year sounds like fun. Some of my winter things (like jeans and my blazer) will last much longer, partly because our winter is so short.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264417 Thu, 29 May 2014 23:57:05 +0000 Suz 1264417@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Peri, I think I'm in your camp when it comes to actual hard numbers -- as I said in Claire's thread, the idea of confining myself to this or that number (10 or 20) feels arbitrary and that irritates the rebellious teenager in me. But if I don't care about the absolute number, I do care about the principles of stewardship of the earth and moderation. So it's a bit tricky.&nbsp;</p> <p>However, as Angie and Steph have suggested, it's not really wasteful if I am actually wearing the items I have. And I <b>AM </b>wearing them.&nbsp;</p> <p>I think you are wise to buy up when you can find things you love. In your case, your health requirements are such that it's even <b>MORE</b> important. You absolutely need and deserve lovely things that won't make you feel uncomfortable.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/travel-update-and-thoughts-on-wardrobe-size-long#post-1264416 Thu, 29 May 2014 23:56:28 +0000 Caro in Oz 1264416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are all fab outfits Suz. I just love #8 very tomboy &amp; feminine at the same time&nbsp;:) :)</p> <p>I'm with Mo in that&nbsp;the, "how much is enough?" question is the one I am most interested in.&nbsp;I've been properly tracking CPW for the first time this year &amp; the thing I notice is I do wear my clothes a lot. I don't have a problem repeating outfits (usually done with minor variations). I think this is because a lot of my core wardrobe is made up of neutrals.&nbsp;I get my variety is with my footwear &amp; toppers &amp; to a lesser extent accessories.</p> <p>So far this autumn I've mostly been wearing&nbsp;of one of five pairs of pants, &amp; one of eight tops. So my "core" wardrobe&nbsp;consists of thirteen&nbsp;pieces, <br />not so far from&nbsp;the 10 item wardrobe. Remember there is &nbsp;A LOT of clothing that doesn't get counted in this system, like toppers, evening wear, tees &amp; exercise clothes&nbsp;etc. etc. I haven't consciously been aiming for any number but what I have been looking at is making sure I get the best value out of ALL my clothes. This includes CPW &amp; joy per wear too.&nbsp;</p> <p>This tracking has really given me a different perspective on how many clothes I actually need, wear &amp; want. My aim is to bring these three things together to form <b>my </b>best possible wardrobe.</p>