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Welcome back to Clarity and Order at the Carrie Kaufman Way.
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I'm your host, Carrie.
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Do you hate getting dressed staring at a closet people and still thinking, I have nothing to wear?
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Do you buy clothes because they look great in the store, only to get home and you're like, I don't want to wear them?
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Or do you wear them once and then hate how they feel or how they look and then they sit in the back of your closet?
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Maybe your closet is full of black because you've been told it hides your flaws.
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If any of this sounds familiar, this next episode is for you.
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Let's help you find your true colors and your style.
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Today we're talking about something I see in almost every client home.
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A closet full of clothes that doesn't reflect who they are anymore.
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Me, Kristen, the expert who helps us understand why.
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Kristen, thank you so much for coming on the podcast today.
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Of course.
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I'm happy to be here.
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Thank you for having me.
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Oh, I'm so excited because you and I had worked together and I was in the rut like most women are, and I didn't know what I should be wearing.
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And I was just like, you know what?
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I'm 50 now.
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I think this is probably something I should know.
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Um, because I have a very minimal closet.
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And I was like, you know what?
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This is okay, but I need to step it up a notch.
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And of course, having my colors done, it was a little intimidating because I was like, oh no, this is what I think I should be wearing and I do wear.
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And you're like, nope.
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This is this is something that you didn't need in your life.
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So, okay, so we got some questions.
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Yes.
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Okay.
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So what drew you to become a personal stylist color analysis expert?
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So I actually think it's a lot of what you just said to me.
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So I think that a lot of women are unsure, uncertain, frustrated, uninspired in their wardrobes and their style.
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And I think they go on for a long time feeling that way and then just get to the point that you got to.
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Um, and so I like to come in and really show people how to dress to feel their best.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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And it works because I don't stress anymore going to the store and walking around aimlessly and being like, um, okay, well, I think this is gonna look good on me.
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And then I buy it and I get home and I'm like, why did I buy that?
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Or, you know, the stylist is like, yeah, no, that looks really good on you.
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And then I'm like, what was she thinking?
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And I'm like, that's just not who I am.
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But now, now I know who I am.
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Good.
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And now I know my colors.
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Oh, yeah.
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And yes, so much easier.
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Okay, so let's start with a question for you.
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Is do you think people struggle in their closets and they buy without clarity?
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Um, or do you think it's just because actually they don't know their personal style?
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I think it's a little bit of both, actually.
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And I think they're kind of interconnected there.
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So I think, like going back to what got me into this in the first place, I think it's that women, they're so overwhelmed by information, right?
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And they don't really think about things that suit them.
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They're just kind of bombarded by, you know, all of this fashion content and what their friends think look good on them or their moms think look good on them.
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And I think so over time it becomes like a combination of both.
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You're getting pulled in different directions.
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You're seeing things, you're hearing things, and it's just kind of like, yeah, that's how you have disorganized closets.
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Yeah, drawers.
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I think that people buy things randomly, like they see something on a hanger, they see it on an influencer, and they're like, okay, I love that.
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It looks great on them, or they're thinking about some fantasy life, and so they buy it and bring it back home.
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And then over time, I think you just kind of collect these random pieces, and then it becomes difficult to really hone a personal style or like feel really good about it or you know, confident in it.
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So when people do that, you know, I see a lot in my clients is that they'll start getting these subscriptions and they are getting clothes monthly, and you know, some of them are buying it and just like you know, I'll just put in the closet, I'll wear it later.
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And then all of a sudden, the closets are starting to get fuller.
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When I'm working with my clients, I'm like, okay, when was the last time you wore this?
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It still has the tags on it.
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Yeah, and it's just kind of like we're starting.
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That's how clutter happens.
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Yep.
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And you know, this is why frustration first thing when you wake up, you know, trying to get dressed, and you know, you have a closet full of frustration.
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Right.
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How much of our closets do you think reflect on who we used to be?
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Oh, that's a good question.
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I think a lot more than people realize.
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I know personally that in my like late 20s, early 30s, as I was like transitioning from corporate world to stay-at-home mom, I just felt like my style was lagging behind.
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Um, just because I wasn't giving it the time and attention that it needed.
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And that's really what you do need to do realistically, if you want it to be a reflection of who you are now, right?
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You have to bring some awareness and thoughtfulness to it.
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And so I do think that a lot of people find their style lagging behind where their life actually is.
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When I'm working with my clients, the one of the biggest factors is what I see as well, is that they're holding on to the clothes that they used to be, the the size they used to be.
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And what I'm seeing is that when they're holding on to those things, they're silently causing more clutter.
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I want to hold on to that just in case I'm gonna get back into them one day.
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And I always have to encourage my clients, okay, we need to make sure that we have a plan for that.
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But what we don't want is to have that reminder in front of you every day.
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Yep.
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That adds to the mental clutter, right?
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The daily decision making.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Because if you're in a hurry and you're trying to, you know, grab something on your closet, you still have 10 pairs of jeans that are two, three sizes too small for you.
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Yet it's still looking at you every day.
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You're still touching, you know, your past.
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You're not embracing your present right now.
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Yeah, exactly.
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I think people hang on to things for a couple different reasons.
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Like sometimes, yes, it's the practical aspect, right?
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I might need that someday for some place that I'm going.
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But I think more often it's like these expectations that we put on ourselves as women, especially, you know, like holding on to like a prior version of ourselves, right?
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Or like a lot of times it's size related.
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Not always, a lot of times it can be lifestyle related.
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But I think hanging on because you feel like you should get back to that version of yourself or that size or that way of living.
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But again, it just adds this daily clutter to our minds and to our like physical spaces to physically clutter, physical clutter, and that emotional clutter.
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Yeah.
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When you're walking into that every day, and I'm just kind of like, you know, we're here to help.
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Yeah.
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You know, we're here to have you have peace as soon as you wake up and you know, and get dressed.
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Is there a confidence component tied to wearing the wrong colors?
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Yes, absolutely.
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Yeah, I think most people don't realize, myself included, until I started delving into this color analysis world, um, how much color does affect how we feel about ourselves.
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So, yes, obviously it affects how we look, right?
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But in turn, it does affect there's like a psychology component to it.
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So, yes, I think especially like the colors that we're wearing close to our faces, there's a real um interaction there with our features.
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And so, yes, it's closely tied to confidence for sure, um, and how we feel and go about our day.
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Yeah.
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You when I when we were doing my colors and you were just like, you should not wear black anymore.
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And I'm like, wait, no, black looks really good on me.
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And you're like, no, we need to do a charcoal, we need to do a gray, we need to do, you know, the blues, we need to do the green.
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You know, those are the ones that I knew, but black was really.
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My husband and I went out the other night and he was like, wait, where's the black dress?
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And I'm like, that's that's not who I am anymore.
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He's like, well, why not?
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And he's like, I like that dress.
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Yeah.
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Um, but he was just like, I'm so used to.
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And I said, Well, you know, that's why I did this was to kind of help me kind of open my shell a little bit.
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And I also, I'm like, I'm now a mature 50-year-old.
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Yeah.
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I need to be able to make sure that I'm looking at and just not having another black dress in my closet.
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Yep.
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Black's definitely the default for most people.
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And it has its place, it has its purpose.
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You know, all about seasonal color analysis.
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So, like, black is part of the winter season.
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The thing is, like, if you love it, I say wear it.
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But I'm here to show people that there are other options, right?
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There's other possibilities, and there's other colors that can make you feel better and like show up better, right?
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Like improve your complexion, just not swallow you whole.
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And I think the thing with black is it does, it can like swallow you whole or make you not the focus and like make more the color the focus.
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That's not what we want, right?
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We want you to be the focus and you to be, you know, noticed and out there in the world.
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So when I'm again, I come back and I'm, you know, I walk into gorgeous closets and then I see all of this black.
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I'm like, why are you have why do you have this much black?
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Yeah.
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You there's so many more colors that will brighten you up and just like, this is what I feel comfortable in.
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Yeah.
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And I said, well, you know what?
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There is a change.
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There, you know, there are things that we can go ahead and do.
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Yep.
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And yeah, it really definitely makes a difference.
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Yeah, it does.
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Yeah.
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Um, all right.
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So do you think color analysis is just about trends?
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No, actually, I think it's the opposite.
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Um, because color analysis is based on your natural features, right?
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So your skin undertone, your eye color, your hair color, unless you're drastically changing your hair season to season, your palette is what it is for the rest of your life.
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You know, I've even analyzed kids.
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I've analyzed my own kids actually.
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Um fun.
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Yeah, yeah, they loved it.
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Um, but no, it's not about trends, it's about the opposite.
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It's really about finding harmony in the colors that you wear and your natural features.
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And so once you have that palette, you can really take it and run with it, um, regardless of what the trends are.
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So when I did my colors, this is a nice blue blazer.
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Yeah.
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If I would have walked into a store and saw this, I would have been like, nope, that's too light for me.
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I can't wear it.
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Um, I can't pull that off.
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But it was the confidence that you gave me.
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And I had, you know, I probably should have, you know, brought that out for the podcast.
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My little, my little square that I keep in my purse.
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And I'm just kind of like, I would have shied away from this color because I am very pale and I would feel like I need something more, you know, to cover me, you know, to make, you know, my eyes pop or my hair.
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But now I'm I feel confident.
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Yeah.
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And that's awesome.
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And doing, you know, and going out shopping.
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Yeah.
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Well, and even just sitting here with you right now, like I see you.
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Like I'm not distracted by the color that you're wearing.
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It's like enhancing your features.
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You know what I mean?
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Whereas if you were sitting there in a black blazer, I keep going back to black.
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I love black.
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A lot of women do, but like if you were sitting there in a black blazer, I think I would be, you'd be overwhelmed and kind of swallowed up by it.
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Whereas here, I really see you and I'm focused on you.
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Color analysis, again, you kind of talked about the feature, you know, all of your features, your hair.
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So it really doesn't matter what size you are.
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No, absolutely not.
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Has nothing to do with body shape, body size.
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It's purely based on your skin undertone.
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That's the big one, hair color and eye color.
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So how all three of those features work together for you.
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There's, you know, cool and warm, which we talked about.
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There's the level of contrast that you have in your features.
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And then there's like the lightness and darkness of your features.
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That's really all that it's about.
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It has nothing to do with body shape or size.
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So this applies to everyone.
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Like I said before, it's for men, it's for women, it's for teens.
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I've done analyze my kids.
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So it's really all ages.
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So walk me.
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So for our listeners and our viewers, kind of walk us through how this all works.
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The color analysis process.
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Yeah.
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Well, I always like to start um by educating my clients.
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So um a lot of times I'll go in and do a one-on-one private color analysis in their home.
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Um, other times I do group events.
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Um, so we'll do like small groups of probably like seven to 15 people.
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Um, and in that case, it's a much more condensed version of it.
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But I like to start by educating like warm versus cool colors, the contrast levels we talk talked about, the lightness versus the darkness.
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And then we go into draping.
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So I do a 12 season of color analysis, and the goal is to match each person with their seasonal color type.
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And then for each color type, there's a palette of colors that harmonize best with your features based on where, you know, where you fall season-wise.
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And so um it's a draping process to identify your season.
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We take our time.
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I have, you know, the mirror set up so you can see everything.
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Throughout the process, I'm telling you exactly what I see, you know, with the expertise.
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And then you are welcome to comment, tell me what you see, you know, comment about whether you like a color because I'm doing color theory through the analysis, right?
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But there's also the color psychology of everything.
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So when you get your palette, you're not gonna love every single color because some of them are gonna not feel like you, right?
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I don't like yellow, but it's on my palette.
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And I'm just kind of like, um, yeah, no, it's it's there, but I don't have to really worry about it.
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Exactly.
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And so um every client gets a palette of 35 of their best colors.
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You do not need 35 colors to build a wardrobe around.
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I usually say, like, choose two neutral colors, um, and then for each season, too, choose two um, you know, pops of color or true colors, if you will.
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Right.
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And that is plenty to work with.
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So um, and then at the end, as you know, you get the physical color card that you can carry around with you.
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I also send it digitally so you can have it on your phone if you, you know, leave it behind.
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And from there, you can really run with it.
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It it's relatable to wardrobe or it applies to wardrobe.
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Um, you can use it for women, you can use it for makeup.
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It's really great for choosing sunglasses because those are sitting right on your face.
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So again, a lot of people just kind of default to like a black sunglass.
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There's other options available.
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There's browns, there's beigas, there's grays, there's clears, so much, right?
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Um, I even take mine to the nail salon and use it to help choose colors for my nails.
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I didn't know that.
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So yeah.
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I I struggle.
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I mean, people always think, oh, you so organized in your home.
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And I'm just like, yes, I'm organized in my home.
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Here are the things that I'm not organized in.
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I'm not organized in my clothing.
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Was, you know, now I'm, you know, I'm starting to get there.
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I hate picking out nail collars.
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I feel like I'm always going to, you know, pick the wrong one.
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So I always stay with, you know, my two little go-to's.
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Okay.
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And I kind of shy away from that.
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And then of course, I've got readers.
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Of course, I'm not wearing them today.
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Everybody knows that I've always got three or four on me.
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Oh my god.
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But it's just kind of like, well, I'm so glad I didn't know that before.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Like, now take it to the next slide.
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I mean, maybe you want to play around with some pale yellow.
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I don't know.
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Yeah.
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No.
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Um, okay.
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So we're doing the color analysis, but you're also then helping people style.
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Yes.
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Now, you and I had not embarked on that yet.
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I know it's coming because trust me, it's still a struggle.
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I'm being like, should I wear it?
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No, I'll I'll play it safe.
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Yep.
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Um, okay, so what does styling look like?
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So I always like to start with color analysis as the first step because I feel like that's a good foundation.
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From there, most of my clients I'm working with on like a comprehensive package.
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So we do start with color and then we go into their closets.
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You have to get into the space to really understand the whole person, right?
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Like their buying habits, their style aesthetic.
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What are they gravitating towards?
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Are they um, you know, yeah, but getting back to the buying habits, are they buying a ton of one type of piece?
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I do find that often with clients.
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Do I?
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I'm guilty of that.
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I love denim, you know, but you only need so many, right?
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So, so the closet, um, I call it a closet edit.
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It's really getting in there in the client's house with them, spending a few hours in there to like really understand they'll be trying things on so I can see this is where um, you know, the body shape and proportions really come into play.
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So when I see a garment on, you know, a body shape, like it's much easier to see what's flattering.
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And also I get to talk to them about how they feel in different pieces.
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So this part is really like exploratory and um like information gathering, but it's also educational for the client too, because having that other person there with them in their closet, it keeps them honest and it really it's very inquisitive.
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So it gets them thinking outside of the box.
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Yes.
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Um, so that's the closet edit.
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And then um, you know, once you thoughtfully edit through a wardrobe and figure out what to release and what to um save uh hang on to, you can see um how to mix and match the pieces that you have left.
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And you can also see like new additions that would make the most sense given a person's lifestyle and style preferences and just their daily routine.
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Like what's missing here?
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What do we need more of?
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Right.
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From there, we move into shopping.
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Um, I have an online styling platform that I use because my process is very much directed towards a busy modern woman.
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So we do not spend hours at the King of Prussia Mall like going store to store.
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I curate pieces specifically for my clients in this online styling platform that I use.
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So it's super easy for them.
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They pull up the app, they can see, okay, these are the three blazers I pulled, the three pairs of denim, and we can communicate back and forth in that platform really quickly.
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They could be at their kids' soccer game commenting on, like, okay, I'm buying this pair of denim.
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Uh, this one I would just never try, that kind of thing.
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So it's very, it's a very efficient process for them.
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Um, and then from there, it's all online ordering.
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Um, in some cases, I'll handle the returns for them depending on the package.
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And then I go back to their home and we work with the new pieces that they've gotten and then their existing favorites that we kept from the closet edit.
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And then it's really like styling.
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It's a styling session.
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So really experimenting with different looks and seeing how the client feels and like questioning, would you wear this on a day-to-day basis or where would you wear this?
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When would you wear this?
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And like I really press them to kind of dig in deeper and think realistically about what they would wear.
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And so it's a very collaborative process.
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And then from there, I just capture everything digitally in a lookbook so that they can see, you know, every day.
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If they want to open their app, they can see what their outfit options are and go from there.
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So that's really the comprehensive package that I work on with them.
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So it's helping with the uh decluttering of the uh garments that we're no longer needing, wanting, using.
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And you're going from head to toe.
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You're taking out the shoes, the, you know, things that are too small, things that are just not right for that person, and kind of bringing a clarity to their closet, helping them not only save money, but you're also saving them time by giving them this tool that they can go ahead and yes, then you can go ahead and build on from the fundamentals that you've already given them.
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Yes, exactly.
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It's all about like honing their um their style lens so that they can block out all of this noise and overwhelm that we're, especially as women, you know, bombarded by every day, just like the style influencers and these stitch fix boxes.
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I don't know if that's even still a thing, but like it is.
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Yeah.
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Trust me, I see it every day with my clients.
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And I'm like, they're getting new boxes, and I'm just kind of like, where is all this coming from?
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Oh, well, I haven't stopped that subscription yet.
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And I'm just kind of like, okay, we need to, if you want this closet decluttered and organized, we really need to stop, wear what you're going to wear, let go of what you're not.
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Going to, and you know, we got to get this organized.
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And these these boxes coming, these little gifts are not helping us.
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Right.
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No, not at all.
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So if women could understand one thing about style and confidence, what would it be?
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Well, I think that most women realize that style and confidence are connected and related.
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I think it just goes back to the whole like overwhelm aspect of it.
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It's like you need to feel comfortable in your clothes to feel confident, right?
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And so the only way to really feel comfortable is to understand yourself and have clarity, you know?
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Otherwise, you're just you're not comfortable.
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You're disorganized or overwhelmed or um, emotionally and physically.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So I think it's um it's getting to a place where you're comfortable and therefore you can feel better and you know, go out into the world and really show up the way that you want to.
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And I think that that is confidence, you know, it's like that comfort that you get from being true to yourself, but also just understanding yourself better and knowing what suits you.
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Yeah.
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I mean, I can tell you that just by having, I think it was 90 minutes and it was really life-changing.
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And people say that to me when I'm working in their homes.
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Oh my gosh, this was life-changing.
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And I was just kind of like, yeah, it's uh shopping is very stressful for me.
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Yeah.
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But now I've got a small piece that I can be like, okay, I know my colors.
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I know, you know, this is this is gonna work for me.
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Um okay, so what do you see as the biggest problem with fashion today?
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Is it in stores?
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Is it TikTok?
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Is it Instagram?
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What's the biggest thing that you're seeing?
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So I think for women about our age, I think it is, gosh, it's probably a combination again with the social media and the in-store.
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Because I just think about like the daily routine, right?
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Like running into a target.
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I think we're um impulse buying when we're running errands out in store.
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So that's like the store piece, right?
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But I I do think that social media is a big part of it because we rely so heavily on influencers nowadays.
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And so they're showing us inventory like constantly online.
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And it's so easy to just, you know, comment the word that they're saying to comment and they send you the link to the piece, and there it is.
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You know, you're done.
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And then all of a sudden you've got boxes lined up from UPS being like, oh, what came today?
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I have no idea.
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Okay, I'm just gonna throw it in the back of my closet, I'll figure it out later.
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Yeah.
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And then later becomes a week, later becomes, you know, a year.
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Yep, absolutely.
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And yeah, that's we're we're adding chaos to our home when we're doing those things.
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Yes, 100%.
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100%.
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So the women whose homes I go into, um, you know, they've got the boxes, they've got the stacks of clothes, the stacks of returns.
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Um, yes, I see it day in, day out.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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So if you could leave our listeners three quick tips on what they need to do today, this week, in their closets, what would it be?
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Okay.
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So as far as colors go, um, I would encourage you to play around in your own closet.
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Um, you know, hold up different tops, um, have a mirror there and see which colors are feeling the best for you.
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Um, you can start to train your eye.
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So it's the colors that we wear close to our face that have the most impact on our complexion and how we feel.
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So I would encourage women to just go and play around in there and see if you can start training your eye color-wise.
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And then wear those colors that you feel best in, wear those colors closest to your face.
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So tops, blazers, jackets, sunglasses, makeup, everything that's like sitting right here.
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Um, number two, I would encourage you to um really think before you buy new pieces, right?
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Think about how you're actually wearing this piece.
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Like, is it a piece that you're gonna be wearing every week with multiple different pieces that you already own?
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Then that's a good purchase, most likely.
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If it's a piece that's like more geared to some fantasy life or like, you know, a vacation that you're gonna take once a year, like you have to think more critically about that.
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Um number three would just be wear what makes you feel good.
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Um, listen to your instincts, embrace what you feel good in and what works for you.
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Um, because getting dressed is something we do every day and it should feel good.
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All right.
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So my three tips that I always tell my clients is what I want you to do is if you are buying something, you know, a pair of socks, you know, a 10-pack.
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If you're buying a sock, if you're buying these socks, but you're still keeping on, you're still keeping hold of the other 10, we this is how you're causing your clutter in the drawer, a sock drawer.
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It could be 25 pairs of socks, and you're like, how did this happen?
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I don't know.
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Well, I do.
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You didn't let go of the first 10 before you started adding in the new 10.
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Yeah.
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You know.
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Oh my gosh, I am so guilty of that with my kids.
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I'm thinking about, I have four boys.
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I'm thinking about my my son's sock drawers right now.
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Yeah, yeah.
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The other thing is when I walking into closets and the first thing that is catching my eye is the hangers that are all kind of mismatched.
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People love shopping for a reason because they know that it's calm, it's serene, and everything is in uniform.
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And when if you just do something as simple as changing out your hangers for it to all look serene, that's empowering.
00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.119
Wow.
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You're more likely to keep your closet organized if you're you know, have that serene, un you know, otherwise then you just have plastic and wire hangers and you know everything else in front of you.
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That's that's the closet.
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Yes, yes.
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I you're so right about that.
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And I'm just kind of like, see, when we change all of those hangers, how do you feel?
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Oh my gosh, I didn't realize what it was until it was gone.
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And we're able to this I can shop in my own closet.
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Yeah.
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Last thing I want to share with everyone is let go of the plastic outing from your dry cleaning.
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We don't need it.
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It's just more plastic in your closet and it's causing it look to look dirty, messy.
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Take it away.
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That's one, you know, it's three things that you could do.
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It's simple.
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Kristen, if somebody would like to go ahead and get more information or maybe even work with you, how are they able to do that?
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Yep.
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So you can visit my website, styled by Kristenwood.com.
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I have a contact form there.
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Um, or you can email me directly.
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Uh get styled by kw at gmail.com.
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All right.
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Perfect.
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Thank you again so much.
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And I'm so glad that you were here today.
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Thank you so much for having me.
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It was great.
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Welcome back to Clarity and Order at the Carrie Kaufman Way.
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I'm your host, Carrie.
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Do you hate getting dressed staring at a closet people and still thinking, I have nothing to wear?
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Do you buy clothes because they look great in the store, only to get home and you're like, I don't want to wear them?
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Or do you wear them once and then hate how they feel or how they look and then they sit in the back of your closet?
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Maybe your closet is full of black because you've been told it hides your flaws.
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If any of this sounds familiar, this next episode is for you.
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Let's help you find your true colors and your style.
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Today we're talking about something I see in almost every client home.
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A closet full of clothes that doesn't reflect who they are anymore.
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Me, Kristen, the expert who helps us understand why.
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Kristen, thank you so much for coming on the podcast today.
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Of course.
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I'm happy to be here.
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Thank you for having me.
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Oh, I'm so excited because you and I had worked together and I was in the rut like most women are, and I didn't know what I should be wearing.
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And I was just like, you know what?
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I'm 50 now.
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I think this is probably something I should know.
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Um, because I have a very minimal closet.
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And I was like, you know what?
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This is okay, but I need to step it up a notch.
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And of course, having my colors done, it was a little intimidating because I was like, oh no, this is what I think I should be wearing and I do wear.
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And you're like, nope.
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This is this is something that you didn't need in your life.
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So, okay, so we got some questions.
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Yes.
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Okay.
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So what drew you to become a personal stylist color analysis expert?
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So I actually think it's a lot of what you just said to me.
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So I think that a lot of women are unsure, uncertain, frustrated, uninspired in their wardrobes and their style.
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And I think they go on for a long time feeling that way and then just get to the point that you got to.
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Um, and so I like to come in and really show people how to dress to feel their best.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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And it works because I don't stress anymore going to the store and walking around aimlessly and being like, um, okay, well, I think this is gonna look good on me.
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And then I buy it and I get home and I'm like, why did I buy that?
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Or, you know, the stylist is like, yeah, no, that looks really good on you.
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And then I'm like, what was she thinking?
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And I'm like, that's just not who I am.
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But now, now I know who I am.
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Good.
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And now I know my colors.
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Oh, yeah.
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And yes, so much easier.
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Okay, so let's start with a question for you.
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Is do you think people struggle in their closets and they buy without clarity?
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Um, or do you think it's just because actually they don't know their personal style?
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I think it's a little bit of both, actually.
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And I think they're kind of interconnected there.
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So I think, like going back to what got me into this in the first place, I think it's that women, they're so overwhelmed by information, right?
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And they don't really think about things that suit them.
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They're just kind of bombarded by, you know, all of this fashion content and what their friends think look good on them or their moms think look good on them.
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And I think so over time it becomes like a combination of both.
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You're getting pulled in different directions.
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You're seeing things, you're hearing things, and it's just kind of like, yeah, that's how you have disorganized closets.
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Yeah, drawers.
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I think that people buy things randomly, like they see something on a hanger, they see it on an influencer, and they're like, okay, I love that.
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It looks great on them, or they're thinking about some fantasy life, and so they buy it and bring it back home.
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And then over time, I think you just kind of collect these random pieces, and then it becomes difficult to really hone a personal style or like feel really good about it or you know, confident in it.
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So when people do that, you know, I see a lot in my clients is that they'll start getting these subscriptions and they are getting clothes monthly, and you know, some of them are buying it and just like you know, I'll just put in the closet, I'll wear it later.
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And then all of a sudden, the closets are starting to get fuller.
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When I'm working with my clients, I'm like, okay, when was the last time you wore this?
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It still has the tags on it.
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Yeah, and it's just kind of like we're starting.
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That's how clutter happens.
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Yep.
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And you know, this is why frustration first thing when you wake up, you know, trying to get dressed, and you know, you have a closet full of frustration.
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Right.
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How much of our closets do you think reflect on who we used to be?
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Oh, that's a good question.
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I think a lot more than people realize.
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I know personally that in my like late 20s, early 30s, as I was like transitioning from corporate world to stay-at-home mom, I just felt like my style was lagging behind.
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Um, just because I wasn't giving it the time and attention that it needed.
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And that's really what you do need to do realistically, if you want it to be a reflection of who you are now, right?
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You have to bring some awareness and thoughtfulness to it.
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And so I do think that a lot of people find their style lagging behind where their life actually is.
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When I'm working with my clients, the one of the biggest factors is what I see as well, is that they're holding on to the clothes that they used to be, the the size they used to be.
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And what I'm seeing is that when they're holding on to those things, they're silently causing more clutter.
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I want to hold on to that just in case I'm gonna get back into them one day.
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And I always have to encourage my clients, okay, we need to make sure that we have a plan for that.
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But what we don't want is to have that reminder in front of you every day.
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Yep.
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That adds to the mental clutter, right?
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The daily decision making.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Because if you're in a hurry and you're trying to, you know, grab something on your closet, you still have 10 pairs of jeans that are two, three sizes too small for you.
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Yet it's still looking at you every day.
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You're still touching, you know, your past.
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You're not embracing your present right now.
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Yeah, exactly.
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I think people hang on to things for a couple different reasons.
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Like sometimes, yes, it's the practical aspect, right?
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I might need that someday for some place that I'm going.
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But I think more often it's like these expectations that we put on ourselves as women, especially, you know, like holding on to like a prior version of ourselves, right?
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Or like a lot of times it's size related.
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Not always, a lot of times it can be lifestyle related.
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But I think hanging on because you feel like you should get back to that version of yourself or that size or that way of living.
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But again, it just adds this daily clutter to our minds and to our like physical spaces to physically clutter, physical clutter, and that emotional clutter.
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Yeah.
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When you're walking into that every day, and I'm just kind of like, you know, we're here to help.
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Yeah.
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You know, we're here to have you have peace as soon as you wake up and you know, and get dressed.
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Is there a confidence component tied to wearing the wrong colors?
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Yes, absolutely.
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Yeah, I think most people don't realize, myself included, until I started delving into this color analysis world, um, how much color does affect how we feel about ourselves.
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So, yes, obviously it affects how we look, right?
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But in turn, it does affect there's like a psychology component to it.
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So, yes, I think especially like the colors that we're wearing close to our faces, there's a real um interaction there with our features.
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And so, yes, it's closely tied to confidence for sure, um, and how we feel and go about our day.
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Yeah.
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You when I when we were doing my colors and you were just like, you should not wear black anymore.
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And I'm like, wait, no, black looks really good on me.
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And you're like, no, we need to do a charcoal, we need to do a gray, we need to do, you know, the blues, we need to do the green.
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You know, those are the ones that I knew, but black was really.
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My husband and I went out the other night and he was like, wait, where's the black dress?
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And I'm like, that's that's not who I am anymore.
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He's like, well, why not?
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And he's like, I like that dress.
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Yeah.
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Um, but he was just like, I'm so used to.
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And I said, Well, you know, that's why I did this was to kind of help me kind of open my shell a little bit.
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And I also, I'm like, I'm now a mature 50-year-old.
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Yeah.
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I need to be able to make sure that I'm looking at and just not having another black dress in my closet.
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Yep.
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Black's definitely the default for most people.
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And it has its place, it has its purpose.
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You know, all about seasonal color analysis.
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So, like, black is part of the winter season.
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The thing is, like, if you love it, I say wear it.
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But I'm here to show people that there are other options, right?
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There's other possibilities, and there's other colors that can make you feel better and like show up better, right?
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Like improve your complexion, just not swallow you whole.
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And I think the thing with black is it does, it can like swallow you whole or make you not the focus and like make more the color the focus.
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That's not what we want, right?
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We want you to be the focus and you to be, you know, noticed and out there in the world.
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So when I'm again, I come back and I'm, you know, I walk into gorgeous closets and then I see all of this black.
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I'm like, why are you have why do you have this much black?
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Yeah.
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You there's so many more colors that will brighten you up and just like, this is what I feel comfortable in.
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Yeah.
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And I said, well, you know what?
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There is a change.
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There, you know, there are things that we can go ahead and do.
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Yep.
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And yeah, it really definitely makes a difference.
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Yeah, it does.
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Yeah.
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Um, all right.
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So do you think color analysis is just about trends?
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No, actually, I think it's the opposite.
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Um, because color analysis is based on your natural features, right?
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So your skin undertone, your eye color, your hair color, unless you're drastically changing your hair season to season, your palette is what it is for the rest of your life.
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You know, I've even analyzed kids.
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I've analyzed my own kids actually.
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Um fun.
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Yeah, yeah, they loved it.
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Um, but no, it's not about trends, it's about the opposite.
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It's really about finding harmony in the colors that you wear and your natural features.
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And so once you have that palette, you can really take it and run with it, um, regardless of what the trends are.
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So when I did my colors, this is a nice blue blazer.
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Yeah.
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If I would have walked into a store and saw this, I would have been like, nope, that's too light for me.
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I can't wear it.
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Um, I can't pull that off.
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But it was the confidence that you gave me.
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And I had, you know, I probably should have, you know, brought that out for the podcast.
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My little, my little square that I keep in my purse.
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And I'm just kind of like, I would have shied away from this color because I am very pale and I would feel like I need something more, you know, to cover me, you know, to make, you know, my eyes pop or my hair.
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But now I'm I feel confident.
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Yeah.
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And that's awesome.
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And doing, you know, and going out shopping.
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Yeah.
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Well, and even just sitting here with you right now, like I see you.
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Like I'm not distracted by the color that you're wearing.
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It's like enhancing your features.
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You know what I mean?
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Whereas if you were sitting there in a black blazer, I keep going back to black.
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I love black.
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A lot of women do, but like if you were sitting there in a black blazer, I think I would be, you'd be overwhelmed and kind of swallowed up by it.
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Whereas here, I really see you and I'm focused on you.
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Color analysis, again, you kind of talked about the feature, you know, all of your features, your hair.
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So it really doesn't matter what size you are.
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No, absolutely not.
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Has nothing to do with body shape, body size.
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It's purely based on your skin undertone.
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That's the big one, hair color and eye color.
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So how all three of those features work together for you.
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There's, you know, cool and warm, which we talked about.
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There's the level of contrast that you have in your features.
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And then there's like the lightness and darkness of your features.
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That's really all that it's about.
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It has nothing to do with body shape or size.
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So this applies to everyone.
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Like I said before, it's for men, it's for women, it's for teens.
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I've done analyze my kids.
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So it's really all ages.
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So walk me.
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So for our listeners and our viewers, kind of walk us through how this all works.
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The color analysis process.
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Yeah.
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Well, I always like to start um by educating my clients.
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So um a lot of times I'll go in and do a one-on-one private color analysis in their home.
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Um, other times I do group events.
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Um, so we'll do like small groups of probably like seven to 15 people.
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Um, and in that case, it's a much more condensed version of it.
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But I like to start by educating like warm versus cool colors, the contrast levels we talk talked about, the lightness versus the darkness.
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And then we go into draping.
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So I do a 12 season of color analysis, and the goal is to match each person with their seasonal color type.
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And then for each color type, there's a palette of colors that harmonize best with your features based on where, you know, where you fall season-wise.
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And so um it's a draping process to identify your season.
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We take our time.
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I have, you know, the mirror set up so you can see everything.
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Throughout the process, I'm telling you exactly what I see, you know, with the expertise.
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And then you are welcome to comment, tell me what you see, you know, comment about whether you like a color because I'm doing color theory through the analysis, right?
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But there's also the color psychology of everything.
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So when you get your palette, you're not gonna love every single color because some of them are gonna not feel like you, right?
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I don't like yellow, but it's on my palette.
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And I'm just kind of like, um, yeah, no, it's it's there, but I don't have to really worry about it.
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Exactly.
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And so um every client gets a palette of 35 of their best colors.
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You do not need 35 colors to build a wardrobe around.
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I usually say, like, choose two neutral colors, um, and then for each season, too, choose two um, you know, pops of color or true colors, if you will.
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Right.
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And that is plenty to work with.
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So um, and then at the end, as you know, you get the physical color card that you can carry around with you.
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I also send it digitally so you can have it on your phone if you, you know, leave it behind.
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And from there, you can really run with it.
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It it's relatable to wardrobe or it applies to wardrobe.
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Um, you can use it for women, you can use it for makeup.
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It's really great for choosing sunglasses because those are sitting right on your face.
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So again, a lot of people just kind of default to like a black sunglass.
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There's other options available.
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There's browns, there's beigas, there's grays, there's clears, so much, right?
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Um, I even take mine to the nail salon and use it to help choose colors for my nails.
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I didn't know that.
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So yeah.
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I I struggle.
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I mean, people always think, oh, you so organized in your home.
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And I'm just like, yes, I'm organized in my home.
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Here are the things that I'm not organized in.
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I'm not organized in my clothing.
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Was, you know, now I'm, you know, I'm starting to get there.
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I hate picking out nail collars.
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I feel like I'm always going to, you know, pick the wrong one.
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So I always stay with, you know, my two little go-to's.
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Okay.
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And I kind of shy away from that.
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And then of course, I've got readers.
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Of course, I'm not wearing them today.
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Everybody knows that I've always got three or four on me.
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Oh my god.
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But it's just kind of like, well, I'm so glad I didn't know that before.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Like, now take it to the next slide.
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I mean, maybe you want to play around with some pale yellow.
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I don't know.
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Yeah.
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No.
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Um, okay.
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So we're doing the color analysis, but you're also then helping people style.
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Yes.
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Now, you and I had not embarked on that yet.
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I know it's coming because trust me, it's still a struggle.
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I'm being like, should I wear it?
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No, I'll I'll play it safe.
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Yep.
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Um, okay, so what does styling look like?
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So I always like to start with color analysis as the first step because I feel like that's a good foundation.
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From there, most of my clients I'm working with on like a comprehensive package.
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So we do start with color and then we go into their closets.
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You have to get into the space to really understand the whole person, right?
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Like their buying habits, their style aesthetic.
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What are they gravitating towards?
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Are they um, you know, yeah, but getting back to the buying habits, are they buying a ton of one type of piece?
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I do find that often with clients.
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Do I?
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I'm guilty of that.
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I love denim, you know, but you only need so many, right?
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So, so the closet, um, I call it a closet edit.
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It's really getting in there in the client's house with them, spending a few hours in there to like really understand they'll be trying things on so I can see this is where um, you know, the body shape and proportions really come into play.
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So when I see a garment on, you know, a body shape, like it's much easier to see what's flattering.
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And also I get to talk to them about how they feel in different pieces.
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So this part is really like exploratory and um like information gathering, but it's also educational for the client too, because having that other person there with them in their closet, it keeps them honest and it really it's very inquisitive.
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So it gets them thinking outside of the box.
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Yes.
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Um, so that's the closet edit.
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And then um, you know, once you thoughtfully edit through a wardrobe and figure out what to release and what to um save uh hang on to, you can see um how to mix and match the pieces that you have left.
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And you can also see like new additions that would make the most sense given a person's lifestyle and style preferences and just their daily routine.
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Like what's missing here?
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What do we need more of?
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Right.
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From there, we move into shopping.
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Um, I have an online styling platform that I use because my process is very much directed towards a busy modern woman.
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So we do not spend hours at the King of Prussia Mall like going store to store.
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I curate pieces specifically for my clients in this online styling platform that I use.
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So it's super easy for them.
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They pull up the app, they can see, okay, these are the three blazers I pulled, the three pairs of denim, and we can communicate back and forth in that platform really quickly.
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They could be at their kids' soccer game commenting on, like, okay, I'm buying this pair of denim.
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Uh, this one I would just never try, that kind of thing.
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So it's very, it's a very efficient process for them.
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Um, and then from there, it's all online ordering.
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Um, in some cases, I'll handle the returns for them depending on the package.
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And then I go back to their home and we work with the new pieces that they've gotten and then their existing favorites that we kept from the closet edit.
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And then it's really like styling.
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It's a styling session.
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So really experimenting with different looks and seeing how the client feels and like questioning, would you wear this on a day-to-day basis or where would you wear this?
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When would you wear this?
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And like I really press them to kind of dig in deeper and think realistically about what they would wear.
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And so it's a very collaborative process.
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And then from there, I just capture everything digitally in a lookbook so that they can see, you know, every day.
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If they want to open their app, they can see what their outfit options are and go from there.
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So that's really the comprehensive package that I work on with them.
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So it's helping with the uh decluttering of the uh garments that we're no longer needing, wanting, using.
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And you're going from head to toe.
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You're taking out the shoes, the, you know, things that are too small, things that are just not right for that person, and kind of bringing a clarity to their closet, helping them not only save money, but you're also saving them time by giving them this tool that they can go ahead and yes, then you can go ahead and build on from the fundamentals that you've already given them.
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Yes, exactly.
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It's all about like honing their um their style lens so that they can block out all of this noise and overwhelm that we're, especially as women, you know, bombarded by every day, just like the style influencers and these stitch fix boxes.
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I don't know if that's even still a thing, but like it is.
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Yeah.
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Trust me, I see it every day with my clients.
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And I'm like, they're getting new boxes, and I'm just kind of like, where is all this coming from?
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Oh, well, I haven't stopped that subscription yet.
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And I'm just kind of like, okay, we need to, if you want this closet decluttered and organized, we really need to stop, wear what you're going to wear, let go of what you're not.
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Going to, and you know, we got to get this organized.
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And these these boxes coming, these little gifts are not helping us.
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Right.
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No, not at all.
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So if women could understand one thing about style and confidence, what would it be?
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Well, I think that most women realize that style and confidence are connected and related.
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I think it just goes back to the whole like overwhelm aspect of it.
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It's like you need to feel comfortable in your clothes to feel confident, right?
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And so the only way to really feel comfortable is to understand yourself and have clarity, you know?
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Otherwise, you're just you're not comfortable.
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You're disorganized or overwhelmed or um, emotionally and physically.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So I think it's um it's getting to a place where you're comfortable and therefore you can feel better and you know, go out into the world and really show up the way that you want to.
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And I think that that is confidence, you know, it's like that comfort that you get from being true to yourself, but also just understanding yourself better and knowing what suits you.
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Yeah.
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I mean, I can tell you that just by having, I think it was 90 minutes and it was really life-changing.
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And people say that to me when I'm working in their homes.
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Oh my gosh, this was life-changing.
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And I was just kind of like, yeah, it's uh shopping is very stressful for me.
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Yeah.
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But now I've got a small piece that I can be like, okay, I know my colors.
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I know, you know, this is this is gonna work for me.
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Um okay, so what do you see as the biggest problem with fashion today?
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Is it in stores?
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Is it TikTok?
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Is it Instagram?
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What's the biggest thing that you're seeing?
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So I think for women about our age, I think it is, gosh, it's probably a combination again with the social media and the in-store.
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Because I just think about like the daily routine, right?
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Like running into a target.
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I think we're um impulse buying when we're running errands out in store.
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So that's like the store piece, right?
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But I I do think that social media is a big part of it because we rely so heavily on influencers nowadays.
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And so they're showing us inventory like constantly online.
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And it's so easy to just, you know, comment the word that they're saying to comment and they send you the link to the piece, and there it is.
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You know, you're done.
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And then all of a sudden you've got boxes lined up from UPS being like, oh, what came today?
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I have no idea.
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Okay, I'm just gonna throw it in the back of my closet, I'll figure it out later.
00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:52.960
Yeah.
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And then later becomes a week, later becomes, you know, a year.
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Yep, absolutely.
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And yeah, that's we're we're adding chaos to our home when we're doing those things.
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Yes, 100%.
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100%.
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So the women whose homes I go into, um, you know, they've got the boxes, they've got the stacks of clothes, the stacks of returns.
00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:20.319
Um, yes, I see it day in, day out.
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Yeah.
00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:21.839
Okay.
00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:34.000
So if you could leave our listeners three quick tips on what they need to do today, this week, in their closets, what would it be?
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Okay.
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So as far as colors go, um, I would encourage you to play around in your own closet.
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Um, you know, hold up different tops, um, have a mirror there and see which colors are feeling the best for you.
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Um, you can start to train your eye.
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So it's the colors that we wear close to our face that have the most impact on our complexion and how we feel.
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So I would encourage women to just go and play around in there and see if you can start training your eye color-wise.
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And then wear those colors that you feel best in, wear those colors closest to your face.
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So tops, blazers, jackets, sunglasses, makeup, everything that's like sitting right here.
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Um, number two, I would encourage you to um really think before you buy new pieces, right?
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Think about how you're actually wearing this piece.
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Like, is it a piece that you're gonna be wearing every week with multiple different pieces that you already own?
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Then that's a good purchase, most likely.
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If it's a piece that's like more geared to some fantasy life or like, you know, a vacation that you're gonna take once a year, like you have to think more critically about that.
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Um number three would just be wear what makes you feel good.
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Um, listen to your instincts, embrace what you feel good in and what works for you.
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Um, because getting dressed is something we do every day and it should feel good.
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All right.
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So my three tips that I always tell my clients is what I want you to do is if you are buying something, you know, a pair of socks, you know, a 10-pack.
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If you're buying a sock, if you're buying these socks, but you're still keeping on, you're still keeping hold of the other 10, we this is how you're causing your clutter in the drawer, a sock drawer.
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It could be 25 pairs of socks, and you're like, how did this happen?
00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.039
I don't know.
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Well, I do.
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You didn't let go of the first 10 before you started adding in the new 10.
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Yeah.
00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.480
You know.
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Oh my gosh, I am so guilty of that with my kids.
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I'm thinking about, I have four boys.
00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:42.000
I'm thinking about my my son's sock drawers right now.
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Yeah, yeah.
00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:54.960
The other thing is when I walking into closets and the first thing that is catching my eye is the hangers that are all kind of mismatched.
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People love shopping for a reason because they know that it's calm, it's serene, and everything is in uniform.
00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:14.400
And when if you just do something as simple as changing out your hangers for it to all look serene, that's empowering.
00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.119
Wow.
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You're more likely to keep your closet organized if you're you know, have that serene, un you know, otherwise then you just have plastic and wire hangers and you know everything else in front of you.
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That's that's the closet.
00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:31.039
Yes, yes.
00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:33.200
I you're so right about that.
00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:38.079
And I'm just kind of like, see, when we change all of those hangers, how do you feel?
00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:42.079
Oh my gosh, I didn't realize what it was until it was gone.
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And we're able to this I can shop in my own closet.
00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.160
Yeah.
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Last thing I want to share with everyone is let go of the plastic outing from your dry cleaning.
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We don't need it.
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It's just more plastic in your closet and it's causing it look to look dirty, messy.
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Take it away.
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That's one, you know, it's three things that you could do.
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It's simple.
00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:19.839
Kristen, if somebody would like to go ahead and get more information or maybe even work with you, how are they able to do that?
00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.480
Yep.
00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:24.960
So you can visit my website, styled by Kristenwood.com.
00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:26.640
I have a contact form there.
00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:29.039
Um, or you can email me directly.
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Uh get styled by kw at gmail.com.
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All right.
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Perfect.
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Thank you again so much.
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And I'm so glad that you were here today.
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Thank you so much for having me.
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