Yes Eva, It kinda works for everything. I am so fussy about how my clothes fit as I am a size 0, clothes must fit perfectly because I can look lost and shapeless. I spend tons at the taylors and like everthing to look just perfect ..and lay just so (a little nutty) but I invest so much money in my clothes, and spend quite a bit to get just the right fit. So if a turtleneck is a little loose..I will sinch it up with a small safty pin in the back. Or if a collar on a jacket doesn't lie just so ...I may pit a brooch on it ...or pin it down from the inside.....Yes it is my version of duct tape!!

This thread is so funny and great, especially Angie's brief, sad-faced response.
Let's see what YLF rules I break:
1. I just bought a semi-shapeless long puffer. It's not as bad as many I have seen, but it's nowhere near the cute, shapely ones many of you link to and own. And I have a couple other shapeless jackets as well -- I live in Chicago, where bundling up is required all winter long, and I am a full-time professional to boot. I've got to be able to fit a suit jacket under my overcoat - -and try to end up not too wrinkled by the time I get to work. Tight-fitting coats aren't practical all the time in the Windy City.
2. My closet is nowhere near the "one in, one out" size. Closet space is extremely limited (I get half a regular-sized closet, that's it) so it's divided up seasonally and by size. I'm successfully dieting this year, so I've got a lot of older smaller pants waiting in the wings for their turn.
3. I own a pair of brown sueded waterproof LL Bean winter boots that you will pry out of my cold, dead hands.
4. I bought a pair of skinnies, looked in the mirror, and laughed until tears were leaking from my eyes. Not for me, not right now at least.
5. I own several pairs of different wash jeans that I wear regularly. I do love the dark wash best, but sometimes they have to go into the laundry hamper.
6. Here's the newest: I...have never been to a thrift store, and I'm not too keen on giving one a try. I know everyone's on a big thrifty kick right now, but I still plan on going to the regular stores and contributing to the economy as much as I can. I have regular savings and investments plans, I have emergency backup plans if one of us gets laid off, and my credit cards are paid off in full every month. Why wouldn't I use my disposable income if I have it? I buy on-sale and with coupons most of the time anyway. I guess I don't see the point of making the salespeople and the stores suffer and go under if I have the means to utilize them.

I know for those who have been laid off or have seen a decrease in income etc, cutting costs everywhere is unquestionably the right thing to do. But I think a large part of what has killed our economy is that even those who weren't affected froze up and stopped spending -- and that's banks and businesses and people alike. So it became a self-fulfilling prophecy that's just allowed the problem to spread even more...

Wow. I don't know how I got to this point. Sorry -- jumping off the economy soapbox now!

I am so sad that Angie is sad that I am putting my cargo pants in the Salvation Army donation bag today.

Does that help, Angie?

I do try really hard not to have things that would require confessions. But I'll admit that there are times when I have not adequately thought about what I should be wearing before hand, run out of time, and throw something that probably wouldn't meet ylf-standards. Like last night, I had commitments for almost every minute of the day. I didn't have time to think about an outfit for an evening get-together at my gym to ring in the new year and our new goals. Instead, I left myself only about 15 min. to figure out my outfit. So I left in my pumas, cords, a turtleneck, and a puffer. My one nod to style was a necklace that I threw on.

I hope to keep sorting out my wardrobe so that even in those situations, I have something to throw on. But I'm not there yet.

When thinking about my own wardrobe confessions, I immediately jumped to my own collection of cord pants! They are as comfy as lounge pants and way more flattering (good fit in the butt and PPL). They really work with my casual lifestyle and I have to force myself to defend them when the anti-cord discussions perk up

I also wear Mephisto Helen sandals in the summer...great arch support..but not so fab-looking!

Last week I would have confessed CAPRI pants but after my latest closet clean-out, 3 paris are on their way outta here!

A little less sad-faced. Thank you, Laura.

Ooh I thought of a new one:

I am a complete neanderthal when it comes to laundry. I just throw all my clothes in the washer, put whatever detergent I happen to have in, and wash them on cold. Jeans, tops, knits, wovens, whites, brights, darks...they all go in together. I only separate things that need to be handwashed. When you pay for each load of laundry, it's just more efficient. Even though I'm at home now I still do it because I hate the thought of wasting all that time on laundry, not to mention all the water and energy.

I also wash a lot of my dryclean only pieces on the hand wash cycle. It hasn't posed any problems for me so far. As far as I'm concerned, if an article of clothing exists, there has to be some way to "wet" wash it. There is no way a fabric, especially a natural fabric like silk, can exist which can only be cleaned in some alien chemical process! All of my clothes seem to come out fine.

Finally, I never iron. I hate doing it and I'm not very skilled at it. Instead of ironing out existing wrinkles, I somehow manage to create new ones. I try to avoid buying anything that requires a lot of ironing, but sometimes I forget or just don't know any better. Thankfully the washer at home has a wrinkle release cycle that works surprisingly well...but I won't be able to use it forever.

I do, however, dry almost everything on a rack, so at least that should redeem me somewhat...