what do you do with all your 'fat' clothes?
 

I'm curious!

I love all my clothes and I know its not long before I'll be swimming in them. I have always had an eye for fashion so it makes me sad that I won't be able to wear anything in my wardrobe once I reach my goal especially since I don't have a lot of cash to buy more. them. I'm also going to cling for dear life onto my 'fat' clothes for the bulk of the losing process. I've already said I'm going to hold on to whatever I can, especially my favorite pieces.

But what will I do with the rest of the wardrobe? I hate to just give all my cute clothes away to goodwill or salvation army, not that I don't want to be generous or altruistic but I paid good money for lots of those items!

So what do you do with yours? Give them away? Sell them? have them tailored?

Gave them away. Once I fit into a size 12 long and lean gap jean, that's all the clothing I needed!

I gave the icky ones away, and sold the "good" ones on eBay. I also kept my biggest pair of fat pants so I'd always remember how far I came.

It's annoying (in a nice way) when you know you won't be able to wear things you really liked in the past!

For me, if it's an item of clothing that was more expensive, or something that is new or very nearly new, I sell it on eBay. If it's something that has been worn more than a few times, I donate it to a charity shop. I try to be quite selective with what I put on eBay, just because of the hassle associated with selling online (e.g., taking measurements, photographing it, posting it out, etc), and also because sometimes that hassle really isn't worth it if the item isn't going to sell for very much!

Having said that, I like the idea that someone will get a bargain (either online or in a charity shop) on an item of clothing that I've really enjoyed myself at one time :)

Trashed the icky ones (side comment to myself, if they were too bad to give away, why had I been wearing them). Favorite items went to friends. The rest to Goodwill, which is where I also shop for most of my transition clothes.

ur so lucky, im still in my fat clothes but i think once i can call them my "FAT CLOTHES" because ive lost weight..........i will getting a new wardrobe.

Go on u deserve it xxx

Currently, I wear my fat clothes, haha. I'll probably give the cute ones to friends and take the rest to good will. I'm definitely into clothes and fashion so it'll be hard to get rid of some things, but just thinking about the cute new options will probably make it do-able!

Last time I lost weight I sent them to a friend who was trying to lose weight, but not doing very well, and who is a single mom with little to no money to buy new clothes. Now, I am not sure what I will do, because I do not know anyone who wears a size as big as me..but I have a girl here at work who is also losing weight, and she is keeping her fat clothes for me. She is a size 18 on her way down to 14 and I am on my way down to a 18 but currently at a 22.

Maybe you can find some friends and start something like that, like a circle clothes exchange. I have told myself that I am not going to buy a full new wardrobe until I can look at myself nakid and like it HAHA. So I will be only replacing a few things here and there.

Who knows, maybe once you have lost weight and no longer fit in your fat clothes, you will not like them anymore. I am also a bit of a fashionista and hey, any excuse for shopping and I am ALL over t.

I'm still in my fat clothes too! It just saddens me that soon I won't be able to wear some of my favorite items.

eBay!!! Get money toward buying new ones. eBayt is
also great for finding nice clothes cheap if you know your
exact size/measurement. Sometimes I will buy brands that
I get a lot, but they don't fit so now I only buy things (pants)
with the measurements.
I started in a 28 and am now a 22. Some clothes were perfectly fine but
just did not sell on eBay so I donated them to a place that provides
clothes for low income women who are job hunting. Also you
can't eBay used bras and underwear (mine were in brand new condition
still I swear!) and the Salvation Army won't take them either so I donated
them to a womens shelter, they were very thankful to get them. I don't know
if you have ever shopped thrift stores or the Salvation Army for large clothes
but the selection is almost nonexistent. We either wreck our clothes or wear
them to death....so its hard for the womens shelter to get large sizes - they
were very happy to get my stuff. It was the more casual weekend clothes and the bras & undies but still, it was clean, useable clothing for someone who probably had next to nothing.
If you have someone in your family who can sew a lot of things can
be altered. I am still wearing skirts that I had my mom take in. Full
skirts she took in the waist and straight skirts she just zipped up the
side with the sewing machine and now they fit great. Also if you run
an elastic along the back of your pants it pulls them in like the whole
pant was taken in - you can only get about another size out of them
but still, thats a size you didn't have to buy. I spent too much
money for a lot of this stuff - I want to get as much mileage as I can.
And even though its mostly all Lane Bryant, and sizes in the 20's, I
like how I dress darn it and I want to hang on to as much as I can.

I am still in my "fat" clothes. I will probably just donate them to Goodwill. I have refused to buy anything new for a long time. I really am unhappy at the size I am so I am not to attached to anything!:(

I'm going to have a clothes swap party with a bunch of girls of all different sizes and hope that I can give some away there. It's tough being in Japan because there are very few thrift shops/charitable organizations to donate to!

I go through my closet once a month and get rid of everything that is too big. I have made it a point to say to myself that I know I will never be at that size again, so why keep these items? I give everything to Goodwill, and when I take a bag up there once a month, I purchase a few items that fit. I try to go on 50% off days. I have dropped from a size 18 to a 12 so far, so wearing the same clothes is not an option. I will get a nice new wardrobe as soon as I reach goal. :)

I've donated a few bags of clothes to the local women's shelter. They are always in need, especially of plus sized clothing. As a side note, if a man in your life is losing weight as well, men's shelters, or organizations like Teen Challenge (drug/alcohol rehab for teens and young men) will gladly take men's clothing.

I am giving away 13 bags of clothes today; half to a domestic violence shelter and half to a homeless shelter. I am currently wearing a 6, so I am keeping sizes 6-12 just in case. I have lost a lot of weight before, only to regain.

Lazylioness, I like your answer about buying new clothes. I think I am going to adopt that idea myself! I long for the day when I will look at myself naked and like it again!!! I think for me, I might modify that statement to add when I feel sexy naked in front of my boyfriend again! He never says anything mean or judgmental about the weight I gained while I was pregnant and he still finds me attractive, but I sure want to be skinny and sexy for him again!! (For me too!)

My mom is quite a bit heavier than me, and I am probably right now at what would be close to her goal weight, so I am offering her my clothes as some additional motivation. She has been on the fence about losing some weight for a while. She turned 50 this year, and she got really concerned about her health and weight, so I think she is on the verge of getting serious. Mom and I both are not exactly swimming in the cash, so I know she will be happy to have some clothes to wear when she loses some pounds. I'm hoping to be able to dig out my "skinny" clothes again, I can't wait! (I wish I could do it now, it's starting to get cooler and I need some pants!)

If you sell them in a lot on Craigslist, or individually, you can make more money. If they're nice, you should definitely take that route. That's what I'm planning on doing. I too have a LOT of nice, cute clothes. Like, an entire wardrobe of cute brand name stuff.

You should try borrowing a manikin from someone and putting the clothes together in cute outflits, and cliping the back a little so it has a nice shape before photographing. Take pics of EVERYTHING like that, and keep them in outfits, and you can make a buttload of money for your clothes. People are way more likely to buy your stuff if they see it in an outfit form like that. You're not going to make a lot of money though, be reasonable aout the price. No matter how nice the stuff is or how much you paid for it, it's still used. Keep that in mind. :)

Anyway, as of late I gave most of my stuff away to Goodwill. But I didn't dress cute when I was bigger. At my biggest, I wore pretty much black t-shirts and jeans, so yeah. But now I'm starting to sell stuff.

I went through several sizes of clothing....a waste unfortunately! I should not have bought so much in the transition, but isn't it so nice to buy smaller sizes? I donated several pieces and sold others on ebay. I started in a size 12-14 and currently wear a size 0 and 2. I just sold a big lot of size 4 stuff on ebay....but did not recoup even a fraction of the original cost! I did not keep any of my larger clothing--I do not want to have a larger size to pull out if I start gaining, but rather take a clue to get on it before I have 50+ pounds to get off AGAIN.

I am right with you on the boyfriend thing. My fiancee is a gem, seriously a girl could not ask for better. He never has a mean word to say ever about anyone. Now that being said, he also has a hard time seeing the truth in situations. We have gone round and round a few times, because of what I look like. Now granted it is what I look like to MYSELF and not to him, but he gets really upset (visibly so) if I am frustrated that nothing "looks right". So the last time I actually yelled at him. Not something I EVER do if I can avoid it at all. And he just looked like I kicked his favorite puppy and said "I just see you, I am not looking for the flaws." Awe, makes your heart melt right? Yeah it should have mine too, and probably at any other time it would have, and it actually has made me smile and laugh. BUT at that time, wrong thing to say. So while it is fantastic to have a supportive partner, it can also be a bit of a double edged downer sword, because just recently did he start actually actively supporting me in my goal and not just saying "you look beautiful no matter what"

Sorry for the hijack :o

I think since you really love your clothes you might want to get them altered.

I gave my clothes away on Craigs List.

I've been donating mine to goodwill.

Consignment. If they're only a year or two old and in good condition, you should be able to do quite well.

Or try ebay. I sold a number of things on ebay that I couldn't consign.

Then I gave the rest to goodwill and such. Most of my clothes were 10 years old since I'd been doing the pregnancy-nursing-weaning roller coaster with my weight.

Sell them on ebay. It is so easy and you can sell all of them in a lot sale to make it even more easy. You can turn around and buy more clothes on ebay from the monies you made. :D

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Expensive clothes that you love are worth having professionally tailored in, but they need to be pretty expensive to make sure that is worthwhile. Not sure if it's the same in the US but in the UK a lot of dry cleaners will do them, and it's cheaper to get them done in bulk. Simple clothes are easy to home tailor, just run in a second seam, but complex pieces like jackets need to be taken to pieces, individual pattern pieces taken in and then run back together again. It's as much work, if not more, than making it first time around, but if you really love something and you paid a lot for it that's worth doing.

There is always a use for old clothes, whether it's eBay, second hand shops, thrift stores, Sally Army and prison release cupboards, sending abroad or recycling the textile itself. I tend to wear my clothes till they fall to bits, sew them together again, repeat cycle until there is an irreparable problem, make them into smaller clothes for my daughter, she wears them till they fall to bits, we cut them into dishrags then throw them into textile recycling!

I donated the majority of mine to a local thrift shop, but i did have a few pieces altered. a friend of mine's mother is an amazing tailor and she took in a few of my more expensive blazers.

I gave away all of my bigger clothes because i don't want to ever see those sizes again. having to buy all new clothes to accommodate me gaining should be enough motivation to not.

I'm in transition still (wearing a 10/12 pant, M shirt), so I just buy a few pieces here and there (though I did buy a velvet blazer from Ann Taylor that I just *love*).

I'm eager to do a ritual bonfire. A final farewell to fat.

Sold mine on ebay. I also buy clothes on ebay. Comes out pretty darn net 0

I've got a range of clothing in my closet that goes from 6 to 18. In the past 7 years, I've gone up and down between those sizes roller-coaster-style. I keep telling myself that once I reach my gal weight, I'll donate all my clothes except the ones that fit currently. However, I'm afraid to get rid of the ones that are too big, just in case I get back to that size again. In some ways, I think that letting go of your oversized clothing is a way of committing to your goal. I'd suggest giving away the things that are in good condition and discarding what isn't. Letting someone less fortunate that yourself feel good about fashion that you donated might also make you feel good, too. :) In general, I tend to donate whatever I no longer have need for in my life; however, my relationship to clutter seems to be connected to my weight problems, sometimes.

Gave 'em away !