Reply
Valued Contributor
Posts: 739
Registered: ‎07-12-2011
How long do you hang on to wardrobe items that no longer fit as well as they used to?
Honored Contributor
Posts: 9,305
Registered: ‎06-08-2016

I don't hang onto clothes that no longer fit or that I wear.    Too easy to cull & donate, to make room for new!  Woman Very Happy

Honored Contributor
Posts: 15,825
Registered: ‎05-23-2015

Probably longer than I should, but I have gotten more realistic as I get older, and I'm quicker to donate.

" You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Honored Contributor
Posts: 14,220
Registered: ‎07-15-2016

If I put something on and it doesn't fit well, it goes right into the donation bag I keep in the bottom of the closet. 

 

When it's filled - it goes to Salvation Army.

 

Honored Contributor
Posts: 33,580
Registered: ‎03-10-2010

It depends on how badly it doesn't fit.  If it's snug but wearable, althought it would be uncomfortable to wear, I will give it until the next closet changeover and if it still doesn't fit properly, I donate it.

 

If it's totally tight to the point it's not at all wearable, I donate it.  Otherwise I just get drepressed everytime I see it there.  

Honored Contributor
Posts: 41,164
Registered: ‎05-22-2016

If it's something I paid a lot of money for I try to find someone I know who may want it. There have been a few times that I have sold some of the nicer pieces to consignment or at  private sales. Otherwise it's donated. 

Valued Contributor
Posts: 736
Registered: ‎07-28-2016

@Gayle2 wrote:
How long do you hang on to wardrobe items that no longer fit as well as they used to?

 

@Gayle2

 

I cling to the delusion that some day they will fit as well as they used to; therefore, I tend to cling to wardrobe items.

 

sex and the city closet satc

 

Respected Contributor
Posts: 4,014
Registered: ‎05-24-2016

My weight tends to go up and down, so I tend to hang on to better pieces.  Too expensive to keep replacing.  

Respected Contributor
Posts: 3,171
Registered: ‎07-18-2010

hope springs eternal!  Just keep the ones you absolutely love and hope. After a couple of years though they will look dated. I just went through winter clothes and the Pendleton wool jackets and skirts I loved now look too outdtaed!  I gave them all to Goodwill. 

 

I should have done it earlier because now I can fit into them the wide shoulders and pleated skirts just look matronly!  

Honored Contributor
Posts: 23,835
Registered: ‎03-10-2010

A long time.....too long🙀