https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-everything-twice-2-month-check-in Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:51:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-everything-twice-2-month-check-in#post-273501 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:56:11 +0000 Lisa 273501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I might copy this category list and try incorporating this idea into the SYC challenge. Thanks so much for sharing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-everything-twice-2-month-check-in#post-224411 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:47:43 +0000 anne 224411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very interesting Kate! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-everything-twice-2-month-check-in#post-224407 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 06:47:17 +0000 MsMary 224407@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun project! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-everything-twice-2-month-check-in#post-224397 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 06:13:27 +0000 Marley 224397@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh wow - what a great experiment Kate! I'm about half-way through cleaning out my closet and I'm thinking I'd like to try this myself once I get to a point where I feel like I've done the first round of editing and am ready to start keeping track of what I actually wear. Please keep me posted on how this goes for you, OK? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-everything-twice-2-month-check-in#post-224333 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:35:38 +0000 Kate 224333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m two months in to my personal Wear Everything Twice challenge, and I’m feeling pretty good. Basically, everything that doesn't get worn twice between August 1 and December 31 (except for gear and really fancy clothes) is going bye bye. I've also decided that anything new I buy before December 1 has to follow the same rules.</p> <p>I’ve been able to wear more pants and jackets/blazers than I expected to by now because if I go back on campus to work in my office at night I throw on some warmer clothes to combat the frigid AC. The vast majority of unworn items are just too warm for me to wear until it cools off in AZ, or are colors I just don’t wear much anymore (specifically black and gray). </p> <p>I realized several weeks ago that I was wearing several of my items more than twice while similar ones were going unworn. This was especially true with short sleeved shirts. So I bought some more underwear and have now gone 4 weeks without doing laundry! This has forced me to wear more of my shirts, since I wash my shirts after every wear. And don’t worry, I’ll be doing all of my laundry this weekend.</p> <p>This process has also forced me to come to terms with which items just aren’t worth keeping, so the total number of clothes below is smaller than the number I started with. I figured rather than waiting until the end to purge all the clothes that don’t get worn twice, it made sense to edit as I go so that I can focus on the clothes I want to keep!</p> <p>Anyway, here’s my tally:</p> <p>Camisoles: 4 worn once, 3 unworn<br /> Tank tops: 3 good, 10 worn once<br /> Short sleeved shirts: 6 good, 8 worn once, 2 unworn<br /> Long sleeved shirts: 1 worn once, 10 unworn<br /> Woven shirts: 1 good, 1 worn once<br /> Jackets /blazers: 4 good, 2 worn once, 2 unworn<br /> Cardigans: 8 good, 1 worn once, 2 unworn<br /> Sweaters: 5 unworn<br /> Hoodies: 1 good, 2 worn once<br /> Dresses: 4 good, 8 worn once, 4 unworn<br /> Skirts: 5 good, 7 worn once<br /> Pants: 4 unworn<br /> Jeans: 4 good, 3 unworn<br /> Bermudas/walk shorts: 3 good<br /> Shorts: 1 good<br /> Leggings: 1 good, 3 unworn<br /> Tights: 5 unworn<br /> Scarves: 9 unworn<br /> Belts: 3 good, 2 worn once, 6 unworn<br /> Shoes (excluding gear): 5 good, 2 worn once, 3 unworn</p> <p>Total good (worn twice): 49<br /> Total worn once: 51<br /> Total unworn: 61</p> <p>I’ll be doing this until 2011, so I’m definitely on track to wear everything enough so that I could potentially keep all of the clothes I currently have. Especially as it gets colder and I can layer, I should be able to plow through my currently unworn long sleeved shirts, scarves, jackets, and pants. </p> <p>These are the lessons I have learned so far: 1) if I really don’t want to wear something it’s not going to get worn and I need to get rid of it, 2) I play favorites, 3) I haven’t worn everything I thought I should keep because they fill gaps, so a lot of them probably aren’t crucial after all, 4) I have enough clothes that if the weather allowed for it I could go two months without doing laundry, and 5) I shouldn’t buy colorful skirts; I wear the neutral ones much more often. </p> <p>P.S. Here's the one month post, if you're curious: <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-everything-twice-1-month-check-in" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....h-check-in</a> </p>