I don't talk much about my book, Style Rx: Dressing The Body You Have to Create the Body You Want, which was published over ten years ago. It was so long ago, it did moderately well in sales, and a year or so after it was published it went out of print. Perhaps I...
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Stop Blaming Your Body When Clothes Don’t Fit
You know you have done this at least once. You've tried something on and when it didn't fit, you blamed your body. It's too big, too oddly proportioned, too out of shape, too...wrong. This type of thinking is so common yet so out of whack, it's hard to believe how...
Professional Blah to Professional Stylish in One Step
Fashion nightmares never call me for help. While I have seen varying degrees of need, a woman who enlists my help is only a few tweaks away from looking amazing. And often it is the smallest of details that need fixing, like wearing clothing that fits them better,...
A Personal Stylist Reviews Netflix’s Limited Series, Worn Stories
When I tell people I am a personal stylist, I always feel like I need to add a qualifier. There are those who seem to categorize me as shallow, vapid, and with misplaced priorities, and/or who make the assumption that fashion is all I obsessively think about. None of...
Comfortable Back to Work: Outfits that Look Professional But Are Comfortable for the Workplace
Often after a long time of not doing something, it's hard to get back in the groove again. After this substantial time of most of the world working from home, going back to the workplace and actually put on work clothes may feel a bit foreign. Sure, we're excited...
How I helped a Client Create a Capsule for a Year of Living Out of a Suitcase
There have been times over the past 18 years of being a personal stylist where I have wondered if it's time to move on. Being self-employed is not for the faint of heart and after doing it for this long, I do fantasize about what might be next. But then I think about...
Facebook Group Member of the Month: Jeannean Jenkins
When I think of Jeannean Jenkins, the first thing that comes to mind is colorful hair...and the beach. Any person who embraces their own path is someone to be admired and Jeannean has spoken in the past about living on an island off the coast of South Carolina, and...
Figure Flattering Ways to Wear Pleated Skirts
Let me tell you about the last time I wore a pleated skirt. I was in my mid-twenties, I was a fashion designer and we had sampled a pleated maxi to possibly put in the line. One of the perks of my job was I often got the samples we made for free. This was a real perk...
Five Trends You Can Add to Your Work Wardrobe to Get it Up to Date
We don't live in a time where we buy a whole new wardrobe every season. We're not in an episode of I Love Lucy. Remember those episodes where Lucy and Ethel would come home with boxes and boxes of new clothes for the new season? Today, we buy a little here, subtract a...
Belted Dresses: How to Style Them for the Workplace
A few months ago, I had this funny text exchange with a client of mine that I recalled while writing this post about belted dresses. I had a good laugh because women see removing belt loops like they see removing tags from new mattresses, and it's funny because not...