https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 07 May 2026 00:21:52 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on/page/2#post-154118 Sun, 09 May 2010 16:21:14 +0000 florida 154118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bought a lightweight, white cotton cascading ruffle sweater--it's quite long, it hits the back of my knee. It seemed like a good idea at the time as this style is quite popular, but I haven't worn it out of the house yet--every time I put it on, it feels like a robe to me LOL! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on/page/2#post-154115 Sun, 09 May 2010 16:16:45 +0000 lynne 154115@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I found a couple of summer tops yesterday when I was swapping out my fall/winter stuff for spring/summer. They had been purchased a couple of years before on sale and I never wore them. They went right into the Salvation Army pile. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on/page/2#post-153275 Fri, 07 May 2010 17:16:23 +0000 Mamapicklejuice 153275@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, yes, I am very guilty of this. In fact, I just returned a few things I bought a few months ago because they were still hanging in my closet with tags on, and they were fall/winter items. I also have a pair of red Frye cowboy boots that I bought in December (Merry Christmas to me!) that I just can't decide if I they will be comfortable or not.</p> <p>As for return policies, I do tend to shop at places with generous return policies. </p> <p>Zappos - 365 days to return an item (which is why the boots haven't gone back yet)<br /> Nordstroms - don't actually know their return policy - but I've never had to show a receipt...unlike Zappos, I believe you can wear an item and then decide to return it (like shoes that turn out to hurt your feet)<br /> TJ Maxx - I think it's 3 months - with a receipt gets you a full return however your paid for it, and after that you get store credit for the full amount. If you don't have a receipt and it's after the 3 month mark, you have to accept whatever the item has been marked down to in store credit</p> <p>Don't know other policies off hand. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153271 Fri, 07 May 2010 17:09:51 +0000 Srujana 153271@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a few skirts with tags...that are at least a year old. I have a bad habit of falling for skirts and dreaming of all these possible outfits...but never making those outfits a reality. I also have a couple dresses and a top or two with tags...but those are more recent. </p> <p>Tansie, Theresa...places like Target have a 3 month return policy, and I've recently started buying things from Anthropologie which seems to have no time limit (though they only give you store credit). For me, its not so much a debate on whether to keep or return, that usually gets decided pretty quickly...its that tags get cut off when I wear them for the first time and that could be weeks or months after purchase. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153263 Fri, 07 May 2010 16:49:11 +0000 chewyspaghetti 153263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a couple of dresses that I haven't had a chance to wear yet with tags still on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153236 Fri, 07 May 2010 16:06:29 +0000 Louise 153236@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm pround to say nothing. Once I have made a decision I snip the tags off wash it (then if it washes terribly I can return it) and get it in the wardrobe ready to wear x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153213 Fri, 07 May 2010 15:44:27 +0000 Tansie 153213@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have the same question as Theresa. What is the standard returns policy in the States? Here it is either 7 or 30 days.</p> <p>And there is nothing in my wardrobe with tags on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153148 Fri, 07 May 2010 14:05:54 +0000 LoP 153148@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Only one dress at the moment. It goes up and down for me. Tags are generally on until I wear my clothes for the first time. After shopping, there are a few items for a few weeks, and then it is no tags period for a while. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153145 Fri, 07 May 2010 14:02:41 +0000 Sarah 153145@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so guilty of this. :(<br /> I have one dress, one top, and two pair of jeans with tags still attached.<br /> Believe it or not, this is low for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153127 Fri, 07 May 2010 13:14:25 +0000 marianna 153127@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Currently nothing, but I do have some items that I've never worn. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153083 Fri, 07 May 2010 09:41:20 +0000 Theresa 153083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nothing here!</p> <p>I have to ask though - do you guys have really long returns policies? I've found most stores here seem to have either 7, 14 or 28 days maximum for returns... so if I don't decided immediately to return, I generally can't because I don't go up to the nearest shopping town every single week... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153078 Fri, 07 May 2010 09:16:22 +0000 rute 153078@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oh... nothing with the tags!</p> <p>My problem is other.. I buy, remove the tags and use right away, use a few times and then I start thinking it was not the best option.. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153051 Fri, 07 May 2010 04:44:35 +0000 Frances 153051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do this frequently, but more out of a neurotic fear that I'll lose my job and be destitute and will need to return what I can to bring down my credit card balance or reclaim some cash. Last fall, I bought a satchel at the Clarks store that I didn't remove the tags from for 3 months! My family was pretty poor when I was growing up, and I worked my way through college on a shoestring, waitressing and cleaning bathrooms, so I guess all the fear and baggage that comes with all that has never left me. Right now, I have a gray Banana Republic skirt, 2 pairs of Ann Taylor LOFT trousers and a white sweater from Bluefly hanging in my closet with the tags on. The Bluefly sweater is going back--it's just too sheer. (Let me know if you have any tips on where I can find a white sweater that is not completely see-through!) I just took the tags off a black JCrew cardigan and another pair of ATL trousers this morning and wore them to work today, mostly compelled by desperation because most of my other trousers are falling apart. And wow, it really felt good! The trousers look great, I almost think I appreciate them more because I made myself wait when I yearned to wear them for so long. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153045 Fri, 07 May 2010 04:27:44 +0000 taylor 153045@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just one... charcoal boyfriend sweater. I just purchased a couple days ago, the tags will be off in a few days I suspect:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153043 Fri, 07 May 2010 04:22:40 +0000 greenglove 153043@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Vani,<br /> I have the same dress that you have in blue with the tags still on. I have not had an occasion to wear it. I kept meaning to wear it to church. Is it too heavy for spring? I would love to get more wear out of it. It is the only older thing with tags on.</p> <p>Most things do not get hung in closet unless they are keepers with tags off. That being said I have piles that are being decided upon, mainly jeans at the moment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153015 Fri, 07 May 2010 03:22:51 +0000 Kate 153015@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely nothing. Once I decide I like something I take every tag and sticker off before putting it in my closet or a drawer, and then make a point of wearing it ASAP. One time before my obsessively removing tags days I accidentally forgot to size S sticker before wearing a shirt and was thoroughly embarrassed when a friend pointed it out! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-153006 Fri, 07 May 2010 03:14:57 +0000 Carole 153006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just cut the tags off and wore a silk Tahari shell that I have had for at least 3 years! I bought it on a super clearance sale because I love the brand. I still have tags on the two dresses I've been styling for upcoming weddings you all have helped me with, but I think I will keep both! Snip, Snip! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-152977 Fri, 07 May 2010 02:37:30 +0000 Vani 152977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Does anybody remember the grey Adrianna Pappell(sp?) dress from last year's NAS? I still feel like a million bucks everytime I put it on so I'm never returning it. But I never seem to find occasion to wear it. Too dressy for my workplace, little too professional for outside the workplace :-S. Maybe one day when I'm given a significant promotion! But I still love it to pieces </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-152975 Fri, 07 May 2010 02:24:30 +0000 annagybe 152975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mostly summer stuff. Like sleeveless and short sleeves. I'm in Seattle and it just warmed up to the 60's.</p> <p>Anna </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-152972 Fri, 07 May 2010 02:19:56 +0000 NK 152972@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a skirt in my closet with the tags on it for about 5 years before I actually got around to wearing it. It's an olive green corduroy skirt with cascading autumn leaves appliqued on the side. I loved it, but it was definintely only for autumn, and my weight has yo-yo'd so much over the years, I was too big to wear it most of the years, and one year it was much too big for me. I was so happy to FINALLY cut those tags off and wear it last fall! </p> <p>My weight is all over the place, so I often have clothes hanging there with tags on that are too large or too small that I just can't bear to part with, because I know eventually they'll end up fitting! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-152971 Fri, 07 May 2010 02:17:59 +0000 Anonymous 152971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tend to have things in my closet still with tags if I've bought them on sale at the end of the season (right now two summer Sweet Pea tops and INC cargo knee length capris that I'll wear when it warms up). I also absolutely hate having to buy something on the spur of the moment for a dressy event so try to keep some basics for such times. So right now I've got, with tags, a little sheer black dressy silk jacket that can dress up a LBD and a long black Banana Republic evening skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-152964 Fri, 07 May 2010 01:57:02 +0000 Dusty 152964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nothing long-term. I have a couple of things I'm planning to return (but now that I think of it - they're actually out in the car so I have them when I get near the store), but nothing that's been waiting with the tags on. Generally, I'm so excited when I get new stuff that I wear it as soon as I can. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-152962 Fri, 07 May 2010 01:51:19 +0000 Angie 152962@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There is nothing in our closet with tags on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-152956 Fri, 07 May 2010 01:40:15 +0000 Kristen 152956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I perpetually have things on the front knob of my closet awaiting final commitment to tag-cutting (I usually return within a few weeks), but I do have a couple of older items too: a Nordstrom ponte dress I bought at the last NAS, and a couple of layering tees from J Crew Outlet (just removed those tags last week; bought them last...fall?)</p> <p>I also have 3 pairs of shoes still in their boxes with the receipts tucked beside them. They are all dressy sandals and it hasn't been warm enough for them yet, plus...I am still on the fence about keeping them. I'll decide once it's appropriate to wear them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-152950 Fri, 07 May 2010 01:32:05 +0000 Queen Mum 152950@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>just the 2 skirts and top I bought today and my new ATL dress... I take things back if I haven't worn them within a month. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-152947 Fri, 07 May 2010 01:17:28 +0000 Maya 152947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ohh, there is ONE thing...</p> <p>I haven't taken the tags off of the killer black dress I got from Beacon's Closet. Which is stupid of me, since they don't allow returns anyway. I just don't feel comfortable wearing it casually. I guess it's good to have around for certain occasions, but it really isn't going to get much wear unfortunately. I look forward to wearing it when the occasion calls for it, though.</p> <p>Isabel, if you can't give it new life, maybe try to consign it. I bet you'd recover a lot of money for it since it is unworn with tags and a designer label. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-152945 Fri, 07 May 2010 01:06:38 +0000 Mellllls 152945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a couple camis that are unworn. I have a black dress that hasn't made it to the closet...it is sitting in the bag because I need to post pictures because I'm skeptical of the fit. I have this gorgeous black short sleeved sweater with a crocheted front that I LOVE and I have no idea why I haven't worn it!</p> <p>I have a purple dress/tunic that I bought to wear with leggings that I put on to go to a holiday party last December but ended up not going to due to inclement weather. It doesn't have the tags on it but I never really wore it :(</p> <p>And I own an unworn wedding dress that will be worn in 5 1/2 months </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-152943 Fri, 07 May 2010 01:04:04 +0000 Isabel 152943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes that is a great offer regarding posting a picture . I have had this thing for 8 years! It is time to make peace with Mr. Jacobs.</p> <p>Maya I like the idea of doing something with it to create new associations. It so bizarre how this one piece of clothing paralyzes . How weird. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-152942 Fri, 07 May 2010 00:59:22 +0000 Maya 152942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, in that case no. Whenever I get something new, I am so excited about it I want to wear it right away. And sometimes I do. When I first bought the AT pearls (or rather, my mom bought them for me), I wore them around the house with my lounge pants and a tank top </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-in-your-closet-with-the-tags-still-on#post-152940 Fri, 07 May 2010 00:58:02 +0000 April 152940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, but Maya, you just bought the infamous blue sack dress. I didn't specify, but I was wondering about things with tags on that have been in your closet for, oh, a while.</p> <p>Isabel, so sorry to hear about the PPD. I have been there too -- not fun. Would you be willing to post a photo of the MJ topper? If it doesn't make you feel good, I'm thinking you should part with it. But if it's fabulous, maybe you'll decide to wear it and create new associations to replace the negative ones. Can we help you decide? </p>