https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wardrobe-editing-and-storage Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:00:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wardrobe-editing-and-storage#post-2168639 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:12:57 +0000 nemosmom 2168639@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like your wardrobe and lifestyle are more aligned than before, so kudos for that!&nbsp; I also have a weakness for blazers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wardrobe-editing-and-storage#post-2168584 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 03:17:47 +0000 slim cat 2168584@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good edit and sound analysis! I like blazers but forbid myself to get new ones - unless it's something unique, fun, non-black and light weight. Same goes for sweaters . "Do not settle for less" is the mantra.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wardrobe-editing-and-storage#post-2168580 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 03:01:32 +0000 Jaime 2168580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nothing worse than finding a hole in a sweater! Great insights and plan. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wardrobe-editing-and-storage#post-2168546 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:10:16 +0000 rachylou 2168546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Blazers are difficult that way. I have one perfect one that is warm enough, a Guess from decades ago, but it needs a button. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wardrobe-editing-and-storage#post-2168538 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:29:52 +0000 Style Fan 2168538@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get the blazer thing.&nbsp; I retired almost 10 years ago, and I still want to buy blazers.&nbsp; I love the way they look.<br />It sounds like you did some good work with your editing.&nbsp; I do find it helpful to read about how others are tackling this.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wardrobe-editing-and-storage#post-2168531 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:57:13 +0000 unfrumped 2168531@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RobinF, thanks! It does feel good and also, that more "good" is coming.<br />Cat2, yes!&nbsp; I have a Do Not Buy list on my phone, and many of the same items. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wardrobe-editing-and-storage#post-2168527 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:43:45 +0000 cat2 2168527@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am in year 3 of going from business casual to casual, and then added the pandemic WFH on top of that! At first I panicked because what I had and what I need were not very aligned. However, I found over time how to remix pieces I bought for business attire with new pieces to get to a wardrobe that works without starting over from scratch. My advice would be to do No Buy lists to break your old shopping habits: my currently says No blazers, tailored pants, sheath dresses, silk blouses, cashmere sweaters or pumps. After three years of buying things I actually need and wearing out existing pieces, I think everything is pretty well aligned. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wardrobe-editing-and-storage#post-2168525 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:39:09 +0000 RobinF 2168525@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like it was a big project. I bet you feel good with that accomplished. I am not a jacket wearer but your analysis makes sense, the lighter weight ones being more useful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wardrobe-editing-and-storage#post-2168520 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:18:46 +0000 unfrumped 2168520@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&nbsp;In January ( and it's not quite over!) I've removed about 50 wardrobe items, </p> <p>approximately: 10 pants; 9 jackets/cardi's;6 skirts;3 shoes;9 bags, many were clutches;2 dresses; + miscellaneous.</p> <p>As well as some each month last year.&nbsp;</p> <p>Unfortunately, that&nbsp; has had only partial impact on total wardrobe size , since I added quite a few items last year. A good thing is that more of the culled items were in professional or dressy/imaginary categories, and most added were in categories of casual wear, hiking/gardening, and&nbsp; &nbsp;very warm indoor cozy items for deep winter. I have worn these a lot. Hence the process has been successful in shifting % items from roles/goals that are no longer needed to those more representative of how I spend my days, and many of these "capsules" are in good shape for this year.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>I still have a plethora of jackets--hello, I am Unfrumped and I buy jackets. Even though many actually qualify as "casual", this category is too big,&nbsp; &nbsp;since now I don't need to "dress" in a topper every day ( as noted before, I never wore them all day anyway, since wore a lab coat all day, but did leave the house in a topper most days, and to attend various&nbsp; &nbsp;professional events. They&nbsp; &nbsp;take up a lot of space. Somehow, I hope to whittle down further, within the types and seasons of&nbsp; use.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's a funny thing about jackets, now. I have always liked wool types not only tropicals, but flannels, tweeds--maybe echoes of the "September issues" each fall, and Ralph! But blazers aren't really "outerwear" for me when it's really cold, and then (lined, fitted ones) are too hot for months--so I've come to see that really, jackets in the lightest weights are most useful for 3rd piece completers--I always need one on errands in summer, and in really cold weather I will be wearing warmer and thicker tops, will have trouble layering a fitted blazer over,&nbsp; and will mostly wear a coat, outerwear jacket/nanodown or something. I still would like at least 1 or 2 blazer-type jackets to be able to look "professional" for after pandemic, when I can go to some conferences in person, but would layer a&nbsp; coat over these in colder weather. I am down to 2 wool blazers and not sure will keep in future. So, trying to think about versatility in this category.</p> <p>My wool sweaters are scaring me. Found moth hole in a Vince cashmere despite careful storage. I had a carload of cashmere and merino because I thought that's what I "needed" for work in winter, and I did wear a warm sweater almost daily for about 5 mos of year--still had too many for the hassle of storage, though. I have 4 in rotation this winter and am storing several that are shorter, and styles that work with skirts or higher-waisted pants. Including, a few dressier midi skirts that I would wear to church or semi-dressy event with one of these. But again, some more will&nbsp; need to be cut, as is too much trouble for limited wear.</p> <p>Parted with 2 dressy dresses that had fit/style issues now AND to me require dressy pumps, which I doubt I will ever wear again. Hence keeping skirts that I think work with dressy flats/ankle strap flats-low heels. And a tuxedo-style trouser, for same reason.&nbsp;</p> <p>Holding zone: I have kept about 6 trousers and 4-5 skirts in holding zone. Pants are more for fit but&nbsp; &nbsp;are good fabrics, colors, styles I would wear agai--even buy again,&nbsp; and skirts because of just not wearing in pandemic. Skirts I would wear to church when it resumes--mostly&nbsp; winter, actually, with warm tights and dressed down a bit, and to some evening events.<br />But, I always kept all my don't fit/not sure holding zone items hanging in the spare closet, along with out of season items. So saw them anytime I went in. For the first time, I have put all these in plastic bins. I still have a lot of off-season items hanging, but at&nbsp; least all visible items fit and are intended for the coming warm weather. So then can see better if/why not wearing, and edit further. The holding bins are mostly F/W items, so will review next fall, and if don't fit/don't like, then poof, begone.</p> <p>I've been more successful with my editing past couple of months. First, getting through some stages of adaptation to perfect storm of retirement and pandemic last year. Second, enjoyed reading Jill Chivers' Year Without Clothes Shopping and Cait Flanders' Year Without Shopping. Not doing that, but have done a mini-ban and really started to&nbsp; get good ideas about what I need to keep and what I don't. Enjoyed those books not just for shopping accomplishments, but how they related to achieving other difficult goals as well, which is timely. Third, started trying to be more aware of items I "love" vs don't love but just talk myself into all the reasons why I should keep. Not really able to do a lot of 30-sec "joy" tests, but doing better.</p> <p>Have had many more good insights that have helped me let go of items and hold off adding others, but it's time to wake up now! Hope this is helpful to some. Please share comments and other good editing ideas. </p>