If I told you that you could have a closet full of clothes that made you look fabulous, would you believe me? Two and a half years ago, I worked with a stylist who helped me to figure out what styles of clothing looked good on me and what didn’t. After reviewing my existing wardrobe and purging half of what I owned, we went shopping and purchased additional items that were stylish and flattering. (I wrote about this experience in Getting…
Read more →A couple of my clients got a rude awakening recently when they discovered that their backup stash of hosiery — which they had stored in unopened packages for years — had gone beyond its useful life. In one case, it was a full drawer of unworn pantyhose. In the other, it was dozens of unworn knee highs. I have previously written about the lamentable fact that clothing does not come with an expiration date the way drugstore items do. (See my earlier…
Read more →What’s important to us changes over time. When I was in my 20’s and 30’s, I was willing to put much more time into my appearance – my hair, my nails, my clothes. Now I like to keep my routines as simple as possible. When I’m working with clients, I find that they have piles of clothes, footwear, and accessories that need some sort of action – actions that they feel they “should” take care of but keep putting off. (I’ve written about…
Read more →Have you ever seen the movie “The Sound of Music”? Julie Andrews, playing a would-be nun, has been sent from the abbey to the von Trapp family as the new governess. Captain Von Trapp requests that before she meets his seven children, she change into a different dress. She tells him that she doesn’t have another dress, since they are required to give all their worldly goods to the poor when entering the abbey. “What about this dress?” he asks. “The…
Read more →When you bring home newly-cleaned clothes from the dry cleaner, should you remove them from the plastic, or hang them as is? Many people think that they should keep on the plastic to protect the items until they are worn again. However, a Google Search on the phrase “remove dry cleaning plastic” will convince you that removing the plastic is the correct thing to do.
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