Stitch Fix February 2015

I received Box #11 from Stitch Fix this week.  It's such a pick me up mid week to know that I have a box waiting for me to open when I get home from work and the kids are in bed.  With luck I have something new to wear the next day to get me through to the weekend!  I also love getting a box on Thursday because, although typically you have 3 days to check out and send back what you don't keep, the weekend gives you extra days to decide and you don't have to mail stuff back until Monday!

Here's the details, if you have no idea what I'm talking about:

Stitch Fix is basically a monthly (or however often you decide to schedule it- bi-monthly, every 2-3 weeks, or whenever you want one to show up on your doorstep) online personal styling service for women. It costs $20 – that’s your styling fee, which can be used as a credit towards your final order. While there’s no obligation to keep anything in your box, you’re basically out 20 bucks if you don’t. If you do decide to keep something, you get to subtract $20 from your total at checkout. If you decide to keep ALL FIVE items in your fix, you get a 25% off discount!

When you sign up, you fill out a “style profile” with your likes, dislikes, sizes, what you’re willing to try, what you’re willing to spend, etc. Once you’ve scheduled your first fix, one of Stitch Fix’s personal stylists will hand-select five items (clothing and accessories) based on your preferences, and send them your way in a neatly wrapped package.

Once it arrives on your doorstep, you have three days (or more, sometimes) to try everything on, style it up with stuff you already own (they even send you style cards with ideas), and decide what you want to keep. Anything you don’t want can simply be put in the provided prepaid envelope and dropped off at any USPS mailbox. (I usually put it in my own mailbox at the curb- super easy!)

Checkout is done online and SO easy (I couldn’t believe how easy it was)!! You simply login and let them know which items you kept, which ones you didn’t, and why (size, style, fit, price point, fabric, color, etc.) Click to pay, and then done!! See? Easy!! :)

For me, getting stitch fix boxes has multiple benefits:  1.) I'm a full time  kindergarten teacher working mom to twin 4 year olds.  I spend about 65 hours a week on my job and I sleep less than 6 hours a night.  There is no extra time in my schedule for perusing racks of clothes looking for just the right addition to my wardrobe.  2.) Getting stuff chosen by a stylist leads me to get items that I wouldn't usually pick out in a store to try on.  The boxes push me outside of my typical style, and that's good.  3.)  Having the box delivered to my door means I can try on the pieces with stuff I already own, when I feel like it, and I have 3 days to finally decide what is staying and what is going back.  I love the idea of Stitch Fix, even if I don't always love everything that comes in the box.  (Although that's not such a bad thing either- keeping all 5 things every time would be a lot of $ for me to spend on clothes!)

For most fixes, I ask for no jewelry or purses because of personal taste.  Although I didn't get any in this fix, you can get scarves, dresses, skirts, and shorts too.  (I am excited to get dresses again when the weather starts to warm up!)  I typically keep 1-2 items in a box.  I have never liked all 5 items enough to keep everything, but I'm okay with that because it would get spendy pretty fast!

Onto what was in my box this month:

I got 4 tops and one pair of pants this month.  I was VERY specific about pants in my note to the stylist and asked for colored skinnies with a 29" to 30" inseam.  This was because all the pants I've gotten lately from Stitch Fix fit great but have been too long.  The style profile has a section to select ankle length (up to 29") and regular length (starting at 30") and based off of that, I'm right in the middle.  My strategy worked out perfectly because I LOVED the gray Just Black Adorra Skinny Jeans that I was sent- they were PERFECT.  I literally did a dance when I got them on.  They are sooo soft and fit just right.  I'm hoping I can get the same pant in another color in a future fix!

 Just Black Adorra Dark Gray Ankle Length Skinny Jean

Pixley Martina Slub Knit Open Cardigan

(Henry Birds on a Branch Scarf from an earlier Stitch Fix box)

I also asked for a black cardigan to replace an old cardigan of mine that I recently discovered had a hole.  The Martina Slub Knit Cardigan I was sent was almost what I was looking for to fill that new spot in my wardrobe.  It fit great, was super comfy, had POCKETS, looked cute... but may be a bit more causal that I was hoping for.  I still kept it and wore it with the skinny pants the very next day.  Double score!

The next two tops were shirts I had mentioned I would be interested in trying.  Both shirts are ones that seem to pop up in other people's fixes but I had never been able to try either one.  The Moni Geo Print Stud Blouse was a pretty color and I liked the way it looked overall, but it was too tight in the back between my shoulders.  Being a kindergarten teacher, I need full range of my arms every day and I couldn't move very much in this top.  I felt like I was going to rip a seam trying to get the darn thing off.  I'm dissapointed that it was too small, because otherwise I would have kept this in a heartbeat.

41Hawthorn Moni Geo Print & Camisole Blouse

The Alan Asymmetrical Zip Cardigan had three negatives against it.  One: I wasn't too thrilled with the color.  I think it was an okay color for me, but I was hoping for something brighter.  Two:  The fabric seemed a bit itchy.  Three:  I don't think it looked stellar zipped with my build- in other words, it probably would look better on someone with a smaller chest and less twin skin. :)

 Market and Spruce Alan Cowl Neck Asymmetrical Cardigan

I saved the worst for last.  This Skies Are Blue Gabrielle Embroidered Bib Knit Top was an icky mustard orange color.  The embroidered thread clashed with the mustard orange, and the ribbon accent on the V clashed with both of those.  The fit was okay, but maybe a bit too short, the sleeves too blouse-y and it seemed a little 70's-ish the way it clung to my chest but flared out a little after that with the way it is gathered under the bib.  I couldn't take this off fast enough.

Skies are Blue Gabrielle Embroidered Bib Knit Top

This box was a 2/5 for me... which I consider a good box.  I really don't want a box where I love everything, because $ wise, getting 1 or 2 things is more what I'm looking to spend.  I've never kept more than 2 things from a box, but I have sent two boxes back without getting a thing.  I am a little disappointed that the fit wasn't spot on in the Moni Stud Blouse because I did really like it besides that.  But I am THRILLED with the two things I did keep so that makes getting the boxes every month completely worth it!

I LOVE getting Stitch Fix boxes!  Interested in checking out Stitch Fix? You can sign up here, and see all the magic of Stitch Fix for yourself!!! If you’ve already tried it, I’d love to hear all about your experience and what great things you got! :)

{ This is NOT a sponsored post. I signed up for Stitch Fix purely out of my own interest and paid for everything with my own money. This post does contain a referral link, so if you decide to sign up and try Stitch Fix, I get a $25 credit towards my next fix, but that is it! }