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My First Wardrobe Edit - Eek!



This is the face of someone who has done their very first wardrobe edit!

The person in question was a mum friend from school who had seen my offer of free styling for my first few guinea pigs a couple of weeks ago.

A week or so before the edit, I asked her to look at people on Instagram/Pintrest/famous people, who’s style she aspired to, so I could get an idea of what she liked and didn’t like. I also did some of my own homework and wrote some notes on different body types and skin tones, so I felt a little more prepared.

On the day I was the perfect combination of excited and scared and, I have to admit, when I was driving there I had no idea how I was going to do the actual wardrobe edit! In my usual style I went with winging it 😉

It made it a lot easier that my first client was a friend, as we were able to have a chat and a catch up beforehand. After that we discussed the style that she liked by going through what she had prepared so I had a better understanding of what she wanted to achieve and her style goal.

Lots of items were put in the ‘get rid of’ pile and the things she wanted to keep, she tried on and we discussed whether it suited her body shape and colouring. Needless to say a few more things went in the ‘get rid of’ pile, but with what we had we put together some outfits that made her feel a lot happier, less like a ‘frumpy mum’ and more herself again. Also as she was going out that night, we also put together a smart casual outfit with her favourite skirt.

I left her house with such an amazing feeling for two reasons, one that I was able to actually do the wardrobe edit and formulate a plan of action as we went along and second, that the client was so happy with the outfit options we had made and I could visible see she was more confident in her clothes and style.

Next job is putting together options of what I thought was missing from her wardrobe to give her more options of what to wear. It’s all a new learning experience for me and I’m loving every minute of it!!

Kat x

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