https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/winter-capsule-study---52-outfits-13-pieces Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:48:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/winter-capsule-study---52-outfits-13-pieces#post-1024637 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 23:40:50 +0000 lyn* 1024637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for your thoughts :)</p> <p>@ Ingunn - I went to take a look in store and the quality wasn't there for the mustard cardigan. I am slightly disappointed, because the store usually has pretty nice cardigans. I may just wear mine from last year until they get their act together :)</p> <p>@ Lantana - Actually, all this took me about an hour and a half. I thought it would take me longer, but I guess I had most of the outfits and things already planned in my head, and I only frequent a few shops :)</p> <p>@ Suz - Ah, the completer piece - makes me annoyed when I am missing one of these in my wardrobe, and I have a sneaking suspicion I am missing one, because my clothes don't really flow like they should!</p> <p>@ Mo - I used to have a wonderful black top like that too! It disappeared one day in the wash - but I can't wait until I can find another versatile one like that! I'm so glad you found one.</p> <p>@ Angie - Thanks. Tee hee.</p> <p>@ Lisa - I know, isn't the cat top absolutely adorable? I think I will order one. It also comes in blue, but I think it's less adorable. I like the way you think - just because somethings can be added together doesn't mean they should be! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/winter-capsule-study---52-outfits-13-pieces#post-1024598 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 22:29:14 +0000 Lisa 1024598@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great colors here.&nbsp; And that kitty top is too fun, you MUST get one!&nbsp; I am always amazed at how far the "right" mix of clothes can go.&nbsp; When I start trying to remix my wardrobe, I always come up with more combinations than I have time in the current season to wear them all.&nbsp; And then I'll usually pick one or two new combinations that strike my fancy, and go back to sporting the same handful of looks anyway! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/winter-capsule-study---52-outfits-13-pieces#post-1024235 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 14:18:41 +0000 Angie 1024235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have been very busy. Good job. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/winter-capsule-study---52-outfits-13-pieces#post-1024232 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 14:11:03 +0000 Mo 1024232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is great! &nbsp;I do exercises in my head and sometimes jot on paper things like I only need x number of warm weather options repeated y times, which equates to w number of bottoms with z tops lol.<br />My newest acquisition yesterday was a seamed short sleeve black tee. &nbsp;Yes, boring, but a wardrobe hole. &nbsp;I realized it would mix with every one of my 6 skirts and 5 pair of pants I brought. Also probably every of the 5 pair of shorts. &nbsp;Then I realized I have not owned a black short sleeve top in many years . . . oops. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/winter-capsule-study---52-outfits-13-pieces#post-1024200 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 12:41:31 +0000 Suz 1024200@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun!! I guess I do a similar thing in my mind when I am shopping. I don't take photos of it, but I do the same sort of calculations and sometimes write it down in a list, exactly as you do, noting potential "issues" like whether the proportions might be tricky or whether I'd be missing a completer piece or what I estimate the comfort levels to be.&nbsp;</p> <p>I love your combos here and think these items would work really well in your wardrobe.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/winter-capsule-study---52-outfits-13-pieces#post-1024153 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 10:46:14 +0000 Lantana 1024153@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find it so&nbsp; interesting the different approaches people take to capsule creation. One thing is consistent - it is time consuming!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/winter-capsule-study---52-outfits-13-pieces#post-1024130 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 07:07:26 +0000 Ingunn 1024130@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been looking everywhere or a mustard sweater like that! I'm also thinking about getting a graphic sweater. Your choices are all fab, and I think they will melt into your existing wardrobe in a nanosecond. Great exercise, Lyn! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/winter-capsule-study---52-outfits-13-pieces#post-1024127 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 06:59:55 +0000 lyn* 1024127@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It always amazes me how many hypothetical outfits I can make for myself out of not a large amount of clothing - and exercises like this help me consider combinations I wouldn't have thought of previously!&nbsp;</p> <p>I thought about investing in a few key pieces this winter to help me integrate a few new trends that I think are amazing, but probably won't overdominate my wardrobe choices. In particular, the&nbsp;<b>graphic sweater</b> is something I've noticed a lot of our YLF-ers rock out, in particular Una and Anna come to mind - and I definitely want to try it out. I like the kitty sweater and I am thinking of trying a simple lettering one. Angie rocks her dotty sweater, so I definitely need one of those!</p> <p><b>Solid tops</b> are something I find really hard. I think they are boring and don't like investing in them. I am attracted by <b>bow tops</b>, so I kind of went a little hypothetically crazy here, but my bow tops I have are put through their paces a lot throughout the weeks. Most of my tops have low bows, so I chose a white one with a higher up one to work with my sweaters in #3.</p> <p><b>Midi skirts </b>however, are probably something I will be putting more money into given that they are not only on trend, but something that I love and are work appropriate. I am thinking of a solid navy, a solid black, a solid merlot and a patterned one. I am quite drawn to this patterned one, but it is very similar to my Anthropologie one - but with a few key differences: the fabrication is heavier, and there is the additional length. Still, I will give it some thought.</p> <p>My existing&nbsp;<b>cardigans</b> are items that I replace every few years anyway, so I am thinking of picking up one or two in trendy colours. Oxblood is very pretty, and I'll probably grab a black one (not shown) because mine is a little worn. I thought Mustard for this exercise would give an additional pop of colour.</p> <p>Other items I am considering include a&nbsp;<b>chambray shirt</b> for layering with all the sweaters in #3. Of course, once I incorporate my existing clothes, the combinations would explode exponentially - and hopefully I won't have to do crazy amounts of laundry. I am looking forward to combining sweaters with&nbsp;<b>tutu tulle skirts</b> that I already have!&nbsp;</p> <p>I hope you enjoy my indulgent fantasies - do any of you do these exercises too? Or keep them in your mind? I know that Ingunn is our capsule queen, so she must have a mind like a steel trap to keep it all straight! I'm more visual!</p> <p>SOURCES: </p> <ul> <li><b></b><i>BOW BLOUSES - Pink, White, Merlot (Dorothy Perkins)</i></li> <li><i>SKIRTS - Navy, Black, White&nbsp;(Dorothy Perkins) - Merlot (Asos)</i></li> <li><i>CARDIGANS - Mustard, Cranberry (Ricki's)</i></li> <li><i>SWEATERS - Dotty (Forever21) - Kitty (Dorothy Perkins) - Text (Used)</i></li> </ul>