My First Stitch Fix – What I Got & What I Thought

I paid the normal $20 fee for this. Post contains affiliate links where I will earn a small commission if you click & buy. Stitch Fix has been on my radar for a long time, but I hadn’t tried it until now. If you’re not familiar with the service, it allows you to have your very own stylist choose clothing for you.

You sign up (free), complete your style profile to tell your stylist what you do and don’t like, your sizing and more. You can even link to a Pinterest board to help them get to know you. At this point there is no obligation or cost. When/if you are ready, schedule your “fix.” Schedule it once, or choose a recurring interval. When you schedule, you have to opportunity to tell the stylist what you’re looking for. Example: I asked for casual, everyday summer dresses. The stylist chooses 5 items for you, and sends them off for you to try on in the privacy of your own home, pairing the pieces with things you already have in your closet. The styling fee is $20, which is applied to your purchase if you decide to buy any items you receive. If you buy all 5 items, you receive a 25% discount.

To make it really easy, the package includes a pre-paid return mailer.

It also includes a styling guide for the items included in your package.

I consider myself a bit of a minimalist, and I’d rather pay more for a few pieces I really love, than pay less for many items that are just okay. That said, the style profile allows you to choose how much you’d like to spend on different types of items, though the categories (the cheaper the better, $50-100, $100-150, $150-200 and $200+) are designed for someone who spends more $ on herself than I do apparently! I’d had $50-$100 selected for dresses under mine, so the prices on this fix were my fault. I was thinking more special occasion dress prices than casual dresses when I selected it. As I was looking for things to Pin to my Stitch Fix Pinterest board, I realized how out of touch I really am on clothing prices. Casual dresses at Target were $30-$50 for the most part, which seems like a lot to me for Target! A lot of the dresses I was looking at on ModCloth weren’t much more than that, and I bought dresses for under $20 on sale at Francesca’s for weddings this past year!

I edited my profile and made everything “the cheaper the better” after this! You can also choose what kind of items you’d like and how you want them to fit. I’d love if they included photos of what “tight, fitted, straight and loose” look like to them as I wasn’t entirely sure what to choose.

When you return or purchase items, you can also complete a survey to give feedback to your stylist.

I really liked these Toms Zoe sandals. They were very comfortable and I thought they were casual but dressier than flip flops etc. I have no problem spending more on shoes I will wear every day and would have considered these if they were a more neutral color. I really hesitated putting them back in the return bag but I could only think of maybe 1 or 2 things I could wear them with.

The Kaeli eyelet dress was OK. The lace front was so low, it showed my bra and would require a camisole underneath. I recently bought a dress that’s almost the same color and it was priced pretty high for me, for something I don’t love.

The Rayna crochet dress was pretty and looked promising, but the top was far too large and gapping at the sides. If the top fit better and it were a lot less expensive, I would have liked it more!

The Sheli v-neck maxi jersey dress was very comfortable but wasn’t the greatest fit for me again.

^^ That is the real reason I don’t wear maxi dresses!!

The Ashton crochet lace kimono is different than anything I would choose myself and is a nice alternative to a sweater for covering arms in warm weather. Again, it wasn’t love and it was on the pricey side.

Even though this Stitch Fix was a bust, I would still consider doing it again. Have you ever used Stitch Fix? Do they have any less expensive items? Do the fixes get better over time as you give feedback?