My First Stitchfix Experience

Okay so this is exciting!

Have y’all heard of Stitchfix yet?!?! I’m obsessed. I first heard of it from Kacia and Raechal, but didn’t really get what it all was about until we roomed together at Influence a few weekends ago.

Details: Every month {or whenever you want — it doesn’t have to be monthly}, Stitchfix sends you a fun box of clothes and accessories geared towards your style and body type. You try on the clothes at home then model them for your husband, your girlfriends via skype or your cat. It’s great because you can see how the pieces fit with what you already have in your closet along with your own shoes and accessories. Then, you keep what you love and you send back what you don’t. Stitchfix conveniently includes a pre-paid postage bag that you just toss in what you want to send back and you just drop it at any UPS, post office or mail box. You’ll only get charged for the clothes that you decide to keep!

When you sign up, you fill out a very extensive style questionnaire. This helps your new personal stylist decide what goodies to send you! The questions range from your height, weight and jean size to outfit ratings. You also fill out your price range. By filling out the questionnaire, I learned that I definitely error on the “classic” side. I’m all about the jeans and cute comfy tops!

Cost: Every time you schedule a “fix” it’s $20. BUT, this $20 will go towards any item in the box! So say you fell in love with a cute tunic-style top that’s labeled as $65 in your box. If you decide to keep it, you’ll only pay $45! And, if you decide to keep the entire box, you’ll get 25% off your entire order.

Stitchfix is brand new and still in beta, but here is a personal invite to get started!

So without further ado, here’s what was in my box!

When you schedule your fix, they’ll ask you if you want to see anything in particular in your box. However, since it was my first time I decided to just go with it and see what I get! I ended up being VERY impressed!

The first item that I immediately tried on was this purple and black printed tunic. I don’t own anything like this and tried it on with a black tank top underneath, along with the black skinny pants that were also included in my box.

The verdict?

LOVE. It fit perfectly and {in my opinion} was super cute….especially with the pants that I didn’t think I would end up liking but I did. I’m usually not a big black tight pant kind of girl, but these were super comfy and fit like a glove. They’d be cute with tall boots, don’t you think?!

The next thing in my box was this extra soft grey knitted sweater thingy:

I threw it on with a chunky Target necklace. Hmm…..I thought it was just okay but needed something, so I scurried back into my closet and grabbed a skinny belt and my chambray FashionABLE scarf to complete the look…

This is the great thing about Stitchfix —- the ability to try on the clothes with other items from your closet! I sent this photo to Adam at work and he LOVED it on me. I was still a little “meh” though. The sweater was comfy, but seemed like it might stretch a bit, which is my biggest sweater pet peeve.

Next up was this bright red blouse.

To which I said a firm NO to. I don’t do poofy sleeves…at all. I felt like Robin Hood or something in this and knew I wouldn’t wear it. Maybe I could style it cuter if I worked in an office setting, but for me, I just couldn’t justify the purchase of something I didn’t absolutely love.

*for the record, Kacia, Raechel and Ashley all picked this top as their number one! Maybe I’m just weird.

The accessory in my box was this pretty silver cuff bracelet:

I liked it, but have something already that’s very similar so I said no.

So, out of all that stuff included in my first “fix”, I ended up keeping the black skinny pants and the purple and black tunic. Everything else, I just stuffed into the included postage bag and dropped it in the mail. The black skinny pants are pretty outside of my normal jean wearing-comfort zone, but I had been wanting some black pants for awhile now and really loved the way these fit.

I love that each item includes a laminated tag with style advice on how to wear — it gave me some ideas!

So that was my first fix! Like I said, I’m now a little obsessed. It was so fun to get a package in the mail full of surprise clothes and get to try on everything at home. In my opinion, it beats the crowds at the mall any day!

This is not a paid review. I signed up for and purchased from Stitchfix with my own money. I just wanted to share because, well, I think it’s awesome and you’ll love it, too! Stitchfix has a great affiliate referral program where, if you sign up friends using your referral code, you’ll get an automatic $25 applied to your clothes credit. Pretty cool, huh?