https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:23:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-512226 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:25:47 +0000 Kari 512226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also have a lot of skirts and dresses now, but I don't consider those "hoarding" because they are worn quite regularly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-512116 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:48:27 +0000 bj1111 512116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>black and charcoal sweaters and cardies. will never be able to wear any out because i have too many in rotation and keep aadding...ugh. must. control. self. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511938 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:37:17 +0000 Marley 511938@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511924 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:23:16 +0000 Anonymous 511924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tops. I can't seem to have enough! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511913 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:14:03 +0000 Debby 511913@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Books! But since those are not clothing items, I will say warm winter sweaters. It's literally freezing where I live this time of year, and I noticed that stores aren't selling heavy wool pullovers or cardigans as they have in the past. It's thin cotton, cotton/acrylic blends, or cashmere, which is also thin and out of my budget right now. I'm afraid to weed some of my big cable sweaters, for fear I can't replace them. Styling is another issue -- maybe long necklaces are the way to go? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511865 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:22:46 +0000 goldenpig 511865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Um, everything? Especially coats, jeans, dresses, skirts and shoes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511840 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:55:22 +0000 rachylou 511840@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, hands down: high heeled shoes, followed closely by short sleeves </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511782 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:36:59 +0000 AJ 511782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>PJ's!! I have so many but only wear 2 or 3 routinely.</p> <p>I also acquired a lot of bags and shoes since becoming a member here. : )</p> <p>I think I'll spend the rest of January dressing my outfits around my bag or shoes. Thanks for the inspiration! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511766 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:22:39 +0000 ironkurtin 511766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, and I have a set of interview, event, formal-ish clothes I almost never wear. But if I need them, I have them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511765 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:21:38 +0000 ironkurtin 511765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am hoarding winter coats, boots, and sweaters from when I lived in NYC. It is very hard to let go of investment items I still like A LOT. Only now after 4 years am I starting to let go.</p> <p>I also buy multiples of white shirts I like. I have a small file box full of them. Because white shirts have a half-life, you know! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511750 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:06:43 +0000 jayne 511750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great question, and I am also purging trying to find my core style. I think I have alot of tanks, cotton shirts, turtlenecks - all layering stuff and way way to many jackets. But they all are different color or style and I love them all. So hands off my jackets, but take the high heeled shoes, please! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511738 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:58:37 +0000 rute 511738@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shoes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511734 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:53:42 +0000 Kari 511734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a lot of short-sleeved knit tops that simply do not get worn that often, and that I have a harder time culling (because they still fit well and are in good condition) than other items that I'm happier to get rid of. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511111 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:20:19 +0000 Vildy 511111@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, when you change direction drastically in your wardrobe, as you did recently,<br /> do you re-evaluate your bags or does your style start with the bags and evolve from there? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511068 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:33:00 +0000 Angie 511068@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bags. </p> <p>I LOVE BAGS.</p> <p>But I shower my little wardrobe pets with loving attention. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511044 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:47:21 +0000 Anonymous 511044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really don't hoard anything. I get nervous when I feel like I have too much stuff that I'm not wearing and then I donate a bunch of it. Then I can point to all the blank space on my hanging rod and justify going shopping! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-511031 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:30:22 +0000 Janet 511031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jewelry, for sure. I rarely ever get rid of a piece, and I have a LOT! </p> <p>Shoes are hard for me to let go of, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-510972 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:36:50 +0000 nicoleb 510972@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>hmm accessories in general? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-510939 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:05:44 +0000 Amy 510939@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know what it is about heels. I keep buying them and don't really wear them all that often.I should dust off the mantle and set up a display there. I like the aesthetics of some shoe designs. They can be works of art. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-510926 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:49:34 +0000 lyn* 510926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Earrings - there are only about 12 pairs I rotate, but I must own like 120 pairs! :p</p> <p>Not clothing item for hoarding - I have frozen 2L containers of lactose free milk in my freezer piled about 4 high x 5 deep. They're expensive and I buy them on sale! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-510918 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:43:18 +0000 Heather 510918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Since it is always shoe breeding season, it is their fault. Certainly NOT mine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-510903 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:35:57 +0000 CocoLion 510903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Queen Mum, I hoard jewelry. Also, tee shirts. I always think, I can demote this one and wear it to sleep in, or this one's good for dirty work. Oh, coming to think of it, I also hoard denim. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-510899 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:28:47 +0000 Queen Mum 510899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a hard time getting rid of jewelry. I think because it takes up so little space and there are occasions when I will pull out a necklace that I haven't worn in over a year and lo and behold it's perfect for my outfit for that day.<br /> I'm pretty good about keeping most everything else purged. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-510893 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:25:00 +0000 annagybe 510893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Socks! Seriously, wool, cashmere, cotton, sport, ski. Footies, ankle, knee high, OTK. I must be good at picking quality, because they just don't wear out for me.<br /> I refuse to call my shoe collection hoarding. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-510889 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:20:04 +0000 Mo 510889@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fancier dresses and high heels. I don't have a disproportionately large amount (less than a dozen of each for sure) but I can count on one hand the number of times each year I wear any of them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-510881 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:06:43 +0000 MNsara 510881@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I shocked at how many jeans I have! I don't even prefer to wear jeans - I must just like to buy them </p> <p>I DO know think part of it is because there are so many varieties of legs, washes, and my own fit issues. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-510880 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:06:37 +0000 Vildy 510880@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I counted recently and I had less then 150 pieces of clothing. Or maybe that was 250, who can remember. That's not counting<br /> socks, tights, underwear, jewelry.... I have a continual influx and outgo. So I can't<br /> say that anything is absolutely off-limits for purging. I'm also not sentimental. But I<br /> do have to work up to purging shoes, bags, coats, jackets. Gee, maybe everything! </p> <p>What I have the most of in comparison to what I need is coats/outerwear. I am definitely not wearing them all. But who wouldn't need a full length black wool gabardine coat?<br /> Even if they never went anywhere at night! It could happen. </p> <p>I would say I do have the very worst time in purging coats - that cover me up - vs. other garments that are meant to show, like handbags and shoes. And I have the worst time resisting acquiring coats. I get so excited when I manage to purge any! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-510877 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:57:34 +0000 HelenInCanada 510877@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd say I have waaaay too many black pants and leggings. I really only wear about 3 of them on average, so the rest are for laundry days and gathering dust. I want to invest in a great pair of cargo stretch pants NOT in black - maybe in olive, navy, or grey - and a pair of loose printed pants (harem or something similar) for a change-up! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/which-items-do-you-hoard#post-510861 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:24:23 +0000 gradfashionista 510861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been inspired by this forum and the New Year to start cleaning out my wardrobe and have stumbled upon so many skirts and dresses that I never wear, but would like to (cf. previous post about sneakers and skirts). The question: keep with renewed vows to wear, sell (difficult on eBay) or donate to a good cause? The reality is that as much I like many of these garments, I shouldn't have bought them for one reason or another and wasn't able to return them. (Life lesson: always shop with a discerning close friend!)</p> <p>What items do you own disproportionately to what you actually wear? And are you going to keep this status quo or donate/sell? </p>