u/PerplexedKale

Probably 80% of my wardrobe is from reformation, and I would guess I have spent over $8k here in 2026 alone. But I ordered the cashmere Lian sweater in a new colorway (compost Parmesan multi stripe) and I am beyond disappointed by the quality. It feels like polyester mixed with wool? I would never guess that it had any cashmere in it at all. I know it’s 5% wool, but I even have other slightly older ref sweaters that are 95% cashmere, 5% wool that still primarily feel like cashmere. This one does not. They have to be using the lowest grade cashmere that possibly could exist on the market. And the wool shouldn’t even really cause itchiness, high quality wool is not itchy, only cheap wool is. I know they use recycled cashmere now, which has shorter fibers (lower quality, if you don’t know anything about cashmere/wool) to begin with, but they have to be using the reject pile of recycled cashmere or something because it’s SO BAD. I went in store to return it and the employee asked why I was returning, and when I stated it was because of the quality she said that she agreed and all of their new cashmere sweaters have had the same issue lately. Surely this is related to reformation going public? I know there is posts in the sub all the time about quality, but I never really related until now.

I bought a cashmere sweater from Aritzia after I returned the reformation one and it’s twice as thick and the cashmere is incredibly soft. I’d recommend everyone go to Aritzia or quince for cashmere now to get actual soft cashmere at a price even cheaper than ref.

Hi everyone. My struggles with eating started after what was intended to be a healthy weight loss journey. Even after reaching my original, healthy goal weight, I still felt dissatisfied with my body and wanted to keep losing weight. I set a new goal and continued losing weight, but this time it was driven by anxiety, rigid food rules, and restriction rather than the original goal to be healthy and no longer overweight.

Now that I’ve reached (and even gone below) that second goal, I still don’t feel ready to stop. I seem to get stuck in a cycle where for a few days I’ll commit to losing more weight and feel some sense of comfort or control from eating less. Then I become mentally exhausted by the constant focus on food and weight, decide I should maintain instead, and end up eating much more than I intended. Afterward I panic, feel guilty, and go right back to restricting. I’ve been repeating this cycle for months.

What makes this especially difficult is that I often feel like I don’t belong in ED spaces. Even during periods of restriction, I’m still eating multiple times a day, and overall my weight has stayed relatively stable because I lose some weight and then gain it back. I sometimes question whether my struggles are “serious enough” to count.

I know eating disorders can look very different from person to person, but I still find myself feeling out of place and having trouble relating to some recovery discussions. I try to read through this subreddit to find comfort in my situation but I seem to read a lot about people with extreme hunger while their body is malnourished and underweight and I just feel guilty for my extreme hunger because I am still at a healthy weight. I don’t know where I belong, and I don’t know if it’s here.