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Is it too early to think about style resolutions for 2019?

April

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After breaking a kneecap, I have been in a bulky leg brace for weeks now and my only criterion for clothing has been, "Can I put it on without bending one leg?"

As soon as this sad little era ends, I want to update my look. I need to de-accession a bunch of gray sweaters, find current-looking jeans, buy at least one pair of non-jean pants, maybe add a couple of dresses.

How about you all -- any wardrobe goals you know you want to achieve in 2019?

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Murph11

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Never too early! With all the social activities and hosting this season, it has become even more clear to me that I look and feel my best when I take the time to apply makeup— tinted moisturizer, blush, eye shadow, liner, mascara, defined brows and lip color. I work from home and usually just swipe on mascara and call it good. My goal is to up my game regularly— even if I’m not planning to go out of the house.

Sisi

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Oh, no! Sorry for your kneecap. I hope the sad era will end soon. My 2019 goal is to continue to keep my wardrobe small but possibly with more "cherries" and less placeholders.

nemosmom

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No! Not too early! I took a bunch of WIW photos after the November SYC challenge, and realized that how I looked didn't match how I felt, so I'm having a bit of an identity crisis...

I was ALL over the place in 2018 and seriously lacked focus. So, my resolutions (so far) are to define and stick to: 1) style adjectives; 2) a tighter color palette; and 3) outfit/silhouette formula, so I make smarter shopping decisions. I also plan to address my closet orphans and find a way to make them work or pass them on.

Bijou

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My goal is to acquire a couple of good suits. I bought a new one recently and felt that a couple of smart suits in my wardrobe would be a good way to freshen up my work waldrobe.

Minah Lynn

Style does not know time! You are never too early nor late! Just right in time!

Janet

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I think it’s a great time.

I need a lighthearted distraction (reasons will be in Off Topic), and I’m also feeling a strong desire to edit (not only wardrobe but household goods, decorations, etc), so I feel a good reassessment coming on.

bj1111

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I’m cleansing room by room.

I’m also feeling a drastic color change, shifting from dark neutrals to light. I bought a lot in the sales to try colors out at a lower price point to see how comfortable/successful I’ll be integrating them into essentially an all black wardrobe.

Roberta

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April, we're in similar ferries, I had knee surgery last week after weeks of PT and braces etc. I haven't worn anything but sneakers since September, embracing high tops since the temperature dropped. That had the effect of making me review my closet and style and got me thinking about resolutions for 2019.

Which by the way, are meant to be broken. Reserve the right to be flexible, folks!

How has the Forum done this in previous years? I am excited to see!

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April

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So glad to hear you're all with me on this!

I have a worry about going forward, which is that the sneaker trend will end and I will be left with nothing that feels ok on my extremely difficult feet.

Janet

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BJ, I’d also be curious to try adding more lights/whites into my predominantly dark wardrobe. I always get compliments on my outfits that incorporate white items, but I have a hard time 1) finding the right items (so much more is available in black!) in the right style, and 2) keeping them clean and pristine!

Bonnie

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It's perfect timing for me. We just moved 700 west to an entirely different climate. I've lived here before so it won't be a complete shock, but I'll need to add more warm, casual clothing to my wardrobe. And learn to dress in layers again.

bj1111

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Janet, I’ve bought so many light colored items in the past few days as I’m really feeling the need to shift. The challenge is if reality matches imagination.

Angie

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Oh NO. Lisa has a broken shoulder. Carla has a broken foot. And you have a broken knee-cap. UUURRRGGGHHHHH! Feel better soon and much love to you.

I will hold you to your goals......

You have to wait to hear mine though.

Christina F.

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It's not too soon! I don't think I have many goals though, because I've my case I feel like I've hit my stride and am a bit tired of shopping. I do need to work on my lounge wear and underthings capsules, though.

My sympathies to all the injured folks! My husband thinks he's cracked a rib after a fall in the middle of the night, so I guess it's going around.

April

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Angie, I had made some progress on my dress hunt, ordering a couple of sweater dresses from Nordstrom after your sweater-dress post, but the leg brace has a lot of Velcro, which I believe will destroy the knits. So, onward.

My son -- NYC street fashion aficionado -- has suggested for me a sort of jogger/harem pant/cargo hybrid: loose-fitting and drapey but not too drop-crotched.

Skeptical but willing to try. Seems like those would be good with all my sneakers and flat booties.

Anonymous

Oh April - knee surgery is so hard on the body. Sorry to hear you are going through this. I hope you have good physiotherapists nearby and are getting lots of strengthening help. I've not really been thinking ahead to a new season as much as I have been figuring out what to make of this past year in terms of lessons learned, changes in lifestyle etc and what those will mean for the future. I felt a little left out this year in terms of what was trending, and am curious to see what spring looks like.

taylor

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Funny you bring this up. I will be adding more white and cream to my selection of tops and sweaters . I did a giant purge last year when I moved so no need to do that .

Your son seems to have gotten your fashion gene !
Rest easy with your knee. It’s so hard not to push ourselves when we should just heal.!

Gretchen

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It’s always a good time!

After committing to a closet audit/documentation project last summer, my goals for 2019 are to be more diligent in buying/donating. I’ve got too many instances of repeated clothes or cases where I picked up 2-3 tops and 1 ended up orphaned.

My other commitment is to more wardrobe play. If I’m going to maintain the (large) wardrobe I have, I need to start enjoying those clothes more, not just grabbing tried-and-true items. I suspect I’ll need to focus a shopping plan to allow for more use out of my wardrobe,

Jenni NZ

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Definitely thinking this way. This time of year is always like that for me. So sorry about your knee. Injury always a hard time

rachylou

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I have been pondering Ralph Lauren’s philosophy of fashion... that it’s about the vision of a life and the clothes follow... maybe I’m just an 80s baby, but that seems right to me...

Your poor knee!

Suz

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April -- so so sorry about your kneecap! Yikes. I hope you heal up very soon. While you are on imposed rest seems like the perfect time to formulate some new goals...I mean, why not?

I haven't quite got to that point yet but will start thinking seriously in the next few weeks.

Sal

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Heal up forum friends!!

Lots of lighter colours coming:)

Not quite there yet for myself - except I want to improve my small work capsule. I only need three - four outfits per season but an extra blazer, pants and sweater should do it.

cindysmith

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I think it's always the right time to make style goals or resolutions!

I've given up on my no-buy until the first of the new year. Too many good sales are allowing me to stock up on things I kinda needed. I intend to restart the no-buy on the 1st, and stick to it because I really want new tattoos LOL

Jessikams

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I bet a lot of us will be thinking in this direction soon. Personally, I’ve been working on a rough list of “what works, what doesn’t” based on the past year of closet-related experiences.

Jaime

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Wow, sorry about all the injuries! Regarding the year ahead, I need to focus but I am looking for full length jeans - straight or flared, black and blue, a plaid vintage suit (that I will possibly barely wear, so it had better be thrifted), and a light blue structured bag, inspired by Angie's and weirdly hard to find second hand. Among other ideas!

Janet

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Jessi, I like the idea of listing out what worked and what didn’t for the past year in order to make thoughtful goals for next year. I definitely still made some purchasing mistakes — mostly based on buying for seasons that barely exist for my climate (spring and fall). I’ll be looking at my closet and taking notes!

Runcarla

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Yup! It's that time of year! I ended up doing way more editing this year, and little adding. My closet is at it's most minimal, but I'm also very, very happy with what I have and my daily outfits. I've been on board with white for a year now and can attest to high happiness with year round white used in outfits.

Joy

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So sorry about your kneecap. Healing well has to be the first priority. If one wants to shop sales, it is a great time to gets goals firmly in mind.

Barbara Diane

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So sorry about your knee.
My goal is to outfit plan for events earlier than is my natural habit.

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