https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-do-your-favorites-become-favorites Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:27:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-do-your-favorites-become-favorites#post-1348396 Sat, 06 Sep 2014 03:13:27 +0000 deb 1348396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Staysfit, you pose a good question. I purchased the boots because they had the right heel height and narrowness and would work for me but they never felt dressy enough for me, or something. The shorts I bought because I &nbsp;had only been wearing cutoffs and wanted something that was more dressy.&nbsp;Maybe my f/w wardrobe was more dressy and my s/s wardrobe was more casual and now my f/w/s/s closet is finally more balanced. Thank you for the question.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-do-your-favorites-become-favorites#post-1348366 Sat, 06 Sep 2014 02:03:50 +0000 Staysfit 1348366@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I love my favorites right from the start. &nbsp;For me it isn't only style that determines a favorite. &nbsp;It has a lot to do with how the item literally feels when I wear it. &nbsp;It has to do with fit and fabric/texture. &nbsp;&nbsp;If it isn't comfortable, out it will go. &nbsp;I may not even give it a second chance. &nbsp;</p> <p>I may still consider something a favorite if I don't wear it often, or even if I have nothing to wear with it. &nbsp;I will wait patiently for the right accompaniment to come along. &nbsp;</p> <p>It seems like something has compelled other people to keep the items that they also maybe&nbsp;loved but didn't wear often. Were those items not favorites? &nbsp;&nbsp;Maybe like me, it was a favorite, but not defined that way because they were not being used or styled in the right way? &nbsp;Why weren't those items purged, or why were they&nbsp;almost purged but &nbsp;kept in the end?</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-do-your-favorites-become-favorites#post-1348321 Sat, 06 Sep 2014 01:15:35 +0000 Gaylene 1348321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Two things come to mind </p> <p>First,some purchases immediately "get" me--they work into my life and my wardrobe seamlessly. Others need to be tweaked until they feel right. Some just exasperate me because they are too needy; they demand the right shoe, the right occasion, the right attitude--or whatever--to make me feel like I'm in charge; those items have a harder time becoming favorites. </p> <p>Second, I change--or my life changes. Former favorites become boring, while something that seemed unlike me now seems just right. Closets aren't static. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-do-your-favorites-become-favorites#post-1348290 Sat, 06 Sep 2014 00:45:58 +0000 Suz 1348290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Lyn D. and Aziriphale said.&nbsp;</p> <p>Usually I can tell right away. I put it on, I feel great, and I can basically don't want to take it off.&nbsp;</p> <p>But sometimes it comes down to styling. I had a shirt like that this summer. Bought it last summer. I wore it a &nbsp;fair bit then, but never felt truly fab in it. I&nbsp;was almost ready to purge it this summer, and then I figured out that it needed to be semi-tucked, not untucked. It instantly became a wardrobe workhorse. Worn at least once a week all summer.&nbsp;</p> <p>And sometimes I need something else to make the item sing. I can't always tell that when I buy it. That "do you have 3 outfits you could wear this in" test is pretty helpful, though.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-do-your-favorites-become-favorites#post-1348258 Sat, 06 Sep 2014 00:09:28 +0000 Aziraphale 1348258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here's another possibility. For me, sometimes a little-worn item suddenly gets a whole lot of wear because something else in my wardrobe was missing! For example, I had this grey and white plaid full skirt that I loved in theory, but I never wore it. I couldn't figure out why. The I happened to buy a&nbsp;pair of wedge sandals, and then wore that skirt&nbsp;all summer long. That's when I realized that the very light&nbsp;cotton fabrication of the skirt makes it an exclusively <i>summer</i> garment for me, and I cannot wear closed-toe shoes AT ALL in the summer (unless it's sneakers with&nbsp;socks). And prior to the wedge sandals,&nbsp;the only&nbsp;&nbsp;sandals I owned were flat. This skirt needed a heel, because it was full and slightly below-knee -- with flat sandals, the proportions were off.</p> <p>Anyway, sometimes I'm too brain dead&nbsp;to realize that all I need for something to become a "favourite" (in the sense of it being worn a lot) is the appropriate item to wear it with.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-do-your-favorites-become-favorites#post-1348226 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 23:46:15 +0000 catgirl 1348226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>After spending the day sorting in my closet, I've realized there are two kinds of favorites.&nbsp; </p> <p>First are items that I love irrationally, like my Gidigio boots or cashmere tunics.&nbsp; These items are worn often because I find a way to work them into my daily life.&nbsp; </p> <p>Second are the items I rely on steadily - these are not necessarily loved, but are "favored" in the sense of high use.&nbsp; These would be my ponte skinnies or pewter slipper flats.&nbsp; They don't make my heart pound, but they allow me to wear the items that do.&nbsp; </p> <p>Then there's everything else, and I've been forced to ponder why it's there.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-do-your-favorites-become-favorites#post-1348154 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 22:21:45 +0000 Laurinda 1348154@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It varies: sometimes right away, as with the Gray Sauconys and silver Birki-like sandals this spring&nbsp;(both comfy and wardrobe 'glue'&nbsp;right out of the box); sometimes it takes a season as a workhorse&nbsp;(a cozy parka or multicolored silk scarf), or the right occasion where it is perfect (a black sparkly top for dancing). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-do-your-favorites-become-favorites#post-1348141 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 22:04:26 +0000 Lyn D. 1348141@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think mine become favourites when I wear often and feel great in them when I do.<br />This can happen well down the track if I see an alternative styling that might work for me, but more often it is right from the first outing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-do-your-favorites-become-favorites#post-1348135 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 21:54:28 +0000 milehighstyle (Linda) 1348135@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmmm....for me, I think it happens pretty much right away, assuming I bought the item for the current season.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-do-your-favorites-become-favorites#post-1348123 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 21:41:15 +0000 deb 1348123@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una's <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-closet-of-favorites" rel="nofollow">post about favorites </a>got me thing about item that are favorites and when they became favorites. For example, the booties in #1 were purchased two years ago. I hardly wore them f/w 2012/2013. I almost purged them then for some reason f/w 2013/2014 they became my <i>main</i> booties. I wore them l of the time. The same is true for the shorts in #2 and #3. I bought them spring 2013, took them to the tailor to have the pockets sewn shut&nbsp;but never wore them. Again, I almost purged them this past winter. Spring/summer 2014, they are the only shorts I have been wearing. Why the change? I have no clue.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>