Since the last Dressing Young Thread post ended in 2023 and close to 500 posts, I thought I’d start a new one if that’s okay?
So, my question is, when do you put away your winter colors and clothes and start pulling out spring? What will or won’t you wear?
I have a few spring items I’m going to start wearing when we go out now, as I only have maybe 6-7 weeks before they are too warm. I find around this time, I start putting away my darker colored items, my coated and faux leather jeans.
So, I just recently purchased these white wide leg jeans at Anthropologie and plan on wearing them soon even if they are white. They seem a bit heavier than lightweight summer, so I’m doing it! I think with boots that would sort of pull the 2 seasons together.
Love those white jeans. Have a similar look except from spanx.
I’m sure my experience is different than others since I currently have snow on the ground although it’s going to be 50 today.
We have a warm up, I pull out my long sleeve t’s. Then it gets cold and I put on my sweatshirts again. Rinse and repeat until June when it finally gets consistently warm.
Spring is fickle. Thanks for making a new thread. I love dressing young!
I’d be curious to know if people actually have like a separate closet to put away seasonal clothes. At a previous house I would actually pack away some clothes. Now my closet though not a walk in is a good size and I just push to the back the seasonal clothes I’m not using.
I’m finding that I have LESS seasonal clothes than a couple decades ago. I don’t do sweaters, don’t have like wool or corduroy pants - that kind of thing. More layering of moderate fabrics so more of it is versatile. Not all, but more.
I feel like I have transition time. Like from winter to “early spring” to “spring” to “summer”. So I find myself sorting through the closet to reposition clothes several times a year.
I am much more eager to get to warmer weather clothing than I am to accept cold weather clothing.
Yes, I have another closet in a spare bedroom that I use to change out the seasonal clothing. The one thing I do like about that is I “Marie Condo” twice a year. Plus, it’s also like having new clothes because I haven’t seen them for months! “Oh! I forgot about dress”.
In the early 90’s we built a home (only lived there 3 years). The walk-in closet was 10’ x 5’ and built over the garage. We decided to spend $800 more to extend another 10’, which would make it the width of the garage. We were really excited about that.
Then, we decided to put on a 3rd car garage. When the builders were building it, they were using the 2 car blueprint by accident. We got an additional 10’ for free! That closet was unbelievable, 30’ long. I think it’s what sold the house. We sold it on our own and every time we opened the closet door for a showing, the wife went nuts.
Then we moved into our current home and I’ve been squishing my clothes for 29 years. I still miss that closet.
I just had this conversation with my husband when we went to the opera yesterday. Throughout the winter, I tend to wear black, navy, dark grey but now that it’s officially spring, I tend to choose lighter colors, even if it’s still cold out.
I try not to jinx myself but I did put my heaviest winter coats away this past weekend. We are fortunate to have a large cedar closet we inherited from the pervious owners that we use for all our outwear. I rotate a few pieces down to the entry closet seasonally.
@abasket - Other than for outerwear, my closet is large enough that I don’t have to rotate out clothing. I have it organized by season all year round.
I put my seasonal clothes in flat storage tubs under the bed in our spare bedroom. I don’t have a huge closet and that makes things easier.
I do have a fair number of seasonal clothes. I’m cold all the time so have many turtlenecks, corduroy pants, heavy jeans, etc. I put them away when it gets too hot. But that is probably later than most people because freezing lol
This “Fashion Don’t” doesn’t belong here, but as far as rotating wardrobes goes…
I have a footlocker that I took to music camp in the 1980s that serves as my off-season storage. But, I also tend to keep 5-10 off season tops (t-shirts in winter, long sleeved shirts in summer) for transitional periods. When I find I’m wearing those off season items a lot, I switch it out. I’ve got switching down to a science. It takes me about 20 minutes now.
My Dresser
Winter: it’s all sweaters. I love sweaters at work and hate that our season is so short.
Summer: sweaters are replaced by t-shirts and shorts
All year - running stuff, underwear, etc.
Closet - work shirts/pants. Some pants I wear year round, but some are too light for the winter and I do love cords in the winter for work.
I don’t rotate winter clothes to another closet. I do put away some sweaters into tubs and jackets get stored in hanging covers so they don’t get dusty.
I live in a relatively temperate climate so I find myself alternating between warm and cool outfits in the same week (sometimes even in the same day). If I put too much away, I tend to forget that I have it (then it’s like Christmas when I find it again!)
I also don’t pay attention to any color/season “rules”. I’m a neutral color (very few prints) person year-round. I don’t do much bright white (other than a t-shirt layered under something else) and I don’t like pastel shades, but my opinion is you should wear whatever you want, whenever you want.
I don’t really have a lot of different season clothes living in Southern California. I have sweaters that are cotton that I wear year round and I move long sleeved blouses and tops to the back of the closet as the weather gets warmer. I will be putting away the ski clothes at the end of April.
Same here, just some longer sleeves and jeans for “winter” in AZ. Now that we split our time between here and ME, we’re living in moderate temps year-round so one wardrobe does it for me, no rotation or need for clothes storage. We have a large walk-in closet “room” where my clothes are organized by type (bottoms, tops) and color, not weather.
This. In the desert, it’s OK to wear white and light colors year round.
I have a walk in ceder closet in my basement which I love. I haven’t starting moving any winter things down there yet as we have several inches of snow today! I plan to go through my closet in the next week or two and pull items for donation and I’ll start moving some items (wool coats, heavy sweaters) at that time.
Speaking of dressing young, I do follow one influencer that said silver metallic is having its moment this spring. Sandals, pumps, booties, vegan pants, purses!
Well, there you go! I also owned that type of sandal and wear it a lot with my white skinny jeans a lot in the summer when I wanted to be a bit dressier going out. I also wear them with jumpsuits. They really look great with everything.
I purchased some silver leather booties, almost more short boots, to wear with those white jeans I linked. I think those 2 different fabrics and neutral color will be a nice transitional spring outfit.
Another big trend right now are denim maxi skirts, blue, white, off white or black. Looks great with boots. I bought one from Nordstrom and it’s too big, darn it. It was a little pricey, so I might just return it and look for one at Kohl’s or Target.
Here in Florida folks wear white jeans year-round. Me, too, but I can’t do it anyplace else until after Easter. I just can’t. And I stop wearing them after Labor Day It was clearly brow-beaten into me as a child. Just like I only wear velvet between Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day.
99% of the time I’m in exercise clothes or athletic leisure with tennis shoes or Allbirds. I see to love AG jeans in the skinny style or the ex boyfriend slim. During the pandemic I stopped wearing jeans and now find the tighter leg uncomfortable. I am down to one pair of jeans I like a pair of Carve Designs.
Looking for jean brands and styles to try- I want a lower mid rise, some room in the legs, prefer a straighter cut.
My very favorite jeans. Expensive. Super soft, stretchy and very flattering imo. Fits all your criteria. Says they are high rise but mine are mid rise. Size up one.
My favorite jeans are from Kut. Nordstrom and the Rack carry them at a good discount. I have one pair that is so soft and comfy that I wear them for traveling. Tons of different styles and weight of denim.
I thought Memorial Day was the old standard for which, which of course I’m going to break that. But, it makes me feel better Easter is the date! That’s just in a week.