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A July or August Challenge?

Sal

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I suspect it is bad timing for many of you with NAS, summer vacations, school breaks and mid summer but I am thinking of a challenge to help me through July and/or August which is a very dreary time of year here.

There is lots of repeating going on here at the moment - lots of fall back options coming into play with maybe one remix a week to try and keep things fresh.

I am also now operating a one-in/one-out with my closet and there is little/nothing to get rid of so I am taking a shopping pause (I tend to do these twice a year for approx two months- I find mid season is a good time to do it after I have shopped for the season but still giving me time for an end of season refresher with a sale item) I am considering some flat shoes and new fun hosiery but just taking my time and working out whether it is a genuine need or a want. It is not that I haven't added wants - I do - but a pause helps me refocus.

I would do a 30x30 or maybe 40x60 or maybe even trying to wear my orphans and weed them out?

Is anyone else interested in taking part or do you have any ideas? I won't be offended if not.

Cheers
Sally

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Latest reply was from Jenni NZ

Anonymous

Sal! Yes. I am in.

I like this idea: 40x60 and trying to wear our orphans/weed them out.

jussie

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Yes sure.

Sal

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Cool - lets give it some thought and see what we come up with - I am not worried if we all do different things either:)

SarahD8

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I adore challenges and would love to join in some way.

For me the difficulty in these months (high summer for me) is dressing deliberately. A few days ago I put on a simple gold chain necklace and two thin gold bangles and my husband said, “what’s with all the bling?” So clearly I have been letting myself go, lol.

Brooklyn

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Hi Sally. I will sit this out as I am currently engaged with project dark romance, which is my winter challenge. And next month I am going to NYC so I need to put together a summer casual capsule. I am very light on for summer casual wear, so that is proving challenging enough for now.
I will enjoy cheering from the sidelines

Runcarla

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I'm in. My closet is set for the dog days of summer and a hot one is forecast. No need for me to shop and I have a few items that are starting to look like orphans that I need to get into rotation. A 40x60 would be doable, but tackling 1 month at a time might be better.

(I don't do NAS, though I pay attention in order to learn what might be trending.)

jussie

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I have a couple of wardrobe orphans it would be fun to play with :).

Style Fan

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I don't do NAS but I like to watch from the sidelines and cheer people on.
I will do some sort of challenge. I am on a shopping hiatus so I need something to keep me occupied. I would find a month more doable.

Sal

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Ok let's look at a month or four weeks. Sunday is the 1st of July. I will think about what I want to achieve with my closet and post back in a day or two.

Brooklyn - how exciting!!!

Jenni NZ

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Hi I may join in in some way, already trying to wear older things and deciding if they should go due to the house move coming up ( new home in back yard after subdividing). Aiming to be in house by 1 September first day of spring so July/August good for me. I want to get to where you're at. Put the purple tunic ( my most recent post) in my dress-up box this morning.

Anonymous

SarahDB made me laugh out loud.

In summary, our plan is for 31 days, starting on July 1st. PERFECT.

Here is my personal challenge. No shopping for the next 31 days ... unless I literally cannot get dressed in the morning. Literally. No excuses.

My entire work- and casual-wear wardrobe is comprised of 37 items (excluding athletic wear, sleep wear, shoes, bags, and jewelry). It is my goal to wear all 37 items, but to evaluate fit and make the hard decisions. For example,I am currently wearing a favorite, favorite top. Evidently, it is now over-sized because the neckline/shoulders keep slipping out of place. I have to keep reaching up to adjust them back into place.

Even though I only 37 wardrobe items at this time, there are still garments that don't get worn. The second part of my challenge will be to wear those garments and figure out why I always reach for something else instead.

I'm starting today!!! I will post at least weekly. Probably more often.

THANKS for thinking up the Challenge, Sal. I look forward to it.

Suz

(website)

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I get into the NAS frenzy so I will sit this one out but may pop in from time to time to cheer you all on. Great idea, Sally. It's important to do something to beat the winter doldrums.

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

Sally, a challenge is a GREAT idea. Thanks for suggesting this.

I was hoping for something other than the 30x30 or 40x60 - or at least a different way of presenting them as forum threads. Those challenges tend to take over the forum and the threads are very long - a little impractical to read and keep up with for readers, IYKWIM. The NAS has its special section and can be hidden if desired, so despite the frenzy it's unobtrusive. I'm open to suggestions, and of course, don't want to spoil anyone's fun. Thinking caps on

delurked

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Just to follow up on Angie’s comment. Maybe someone has ideas for rotating weekly challenges? It could potentially keep the threads shorter and allow people to jump in and out of participation?

Anonymous

I think what we need to do is develop some guidelines on how to present our information.

No more than one post per person per week?

Fewer people will be participating in July than in January so the threads should be shorter.

bella

(website)

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Is anyone interested in an art challenge? I organized a few of them back when. I can't do one immediately, but say after july 9th if there is interest.

Some old threads for you to look through:
https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....ake-thread

https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....ake-thread

Anonymous

It is my goal to participate, but not to post any personal pictures. An art challenge would be a little harder for me share, but I would still participate.

Anonymous

I’ve never participated in a challenge but am willing to try!

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

Sterling, it's not the number of posts that are all that problematic - it's the lengths of the posts - especially when there are few visuals. It's harder to participate at your leisure. Shorter posts are a lot more forum friendly. People can absorb the info more easily and are keener to comment. Hope that makes sense.

Bella, I LOVED the art challenges. Very visual and easy to absorb for all.

Jenni NZ

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Sal could we do the wear orphans/ weed them out thing? Not quite sure how to make it interesting for other members though?

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

Jenni and Sal, a week of wearing orphans challenge is a great idea.

SarahD8

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Angie if the trouble is the length of the posts that tend to be associated with challenges then maybe it would be useful to a shorthand to use in the title of such posts so that people who are not interested in the challenge or don't have time to engage can scroll on past. (For example: use "Jul/Aug challenge" at the start of post titles.)

Personally I find challenge posts more engaging than regular WIWs etc. but I may well be an outlier.

Sal

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Cool - I appreciate the ideas and will give it some thought. Maybe a one week challenge of wearing unloved/unworn/tricky items - one a day - pictures or finds as appropriate? Could be clothes, shoes or accessories?

It is a good time of the season to try and wear a seasonal item and make it work.

Perhaps we have one post per challenge participant per week - so there are not five posts per person over five days?

Joy

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Bella. I would LOVE an art challenge sometime into July. Our weather for summer can go from cool to very hot, so it makes it hard to pick a certain number of pieces.

The Cat

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I'm very busy this summer, so I can't promise to post pictures etc. the next weeks. But I will follow your challenge with interest.

3style

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In the winter I was hoping to stick with the challenge, but one of the deterrents was not having a clear guideline for when/what/how to post updates on my progress. The “dress like an artwork” challenge would be fun to look at, but far beyond my mental capacity regarding wardrobe creativity as far as participating right now.

Runcarla

Veteran

Art challenges are fun!

jussie

Veteran

Hmm the orphan challenge sounds good. I do love the sound of the art challenge too... it may be slightly trickier though.

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

SarahD8, I'm not sure how your suggestion prevents what I'm concerned about. People can scroll past a thread anyway after reading the title - no?

Sal, you've got the right idea. The Art work challenge can run the next week.

Here are some other challenge ideas:

A Week WITHOUT Black
A Week of Flats
A Week of Four Colours in One Outfit (Non-Neutrals and Neutrals)
A Week of Dresses & Skirts

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