Kat Williams Styling

  One thing I’ve found with all my time spent scrolling Instagram over the last 9 months+ is that I’ve felt or feel the ‘need’ to buy stuff, or maybe it’s just me? It’s constantly on your feed, the clothes people are wearing, what they are using to decorate their houses, you look at what they have, and you want it for yourself. I’m constantly seeing a lot of the influencers with similar items and think to myself, I must have that in my wardrobe! Maybe to feel like you are living part of their life that seems so perfect, maybe it’s that instant buzz that buying something gives you or maybe you feel the need to keep up with the instant trends/fashion. Doing my daily outfit posts, I’ve certainly felt the pressure to have new things to show people, to stay current and fashionable. Over lockdown and beyond I’ve been ordering new things, not necessarily keeping all of it, but I’ve certainly kept a few. However, the pressure to be up to date and fashionable is simply not viable for me...

 So, I had a blog already prepared for today at the beginning of the week, but after my styling challenge this week I thought it best to talk about that instead. My gorgeous friend Danielle came up with the idea of having my husband choosing my outfits for the week. While I was a little nervous of what he would choose, usually he has a good sense of style. Monday started off quite smart, I certainly liked the choice of boots as I haven’t worn them yet. Tuesday was a much more casual affair and definitely within my comfort zone for working from home.   Wednesday was one of my favourites, pairing a lacy top with high waisted straight leg jeans and the boots from Monday. Had lots of lovely comments about this one.   Thursday my husband decided to pass the responsibility to our daughter (think he’d already gotten bored with picking my outfits! To be fair it's most people struggles, including mine!). As he announced this, I knew she would pick my sparkly skirt, altho...

  It felt good to get my feelings out last week and it was much easier expressing those feelings in written words than speaking them. However, once I'd posted it, it got me second guessing myself and sharing those feelings. Should I not have laid everything out there? Especially as I use this platform for building my business.  I know I'd already spoken about how I was finding things tough in another post, and I would have loved for those things I suggested to help myself to have worked. Some had helped, but at the time of writing my last post I was in the deepest of my stress levels, and doing those things didn't even enter my mind. Did I share too much? Did I come across as narcissistic, seeking attention and wantying people to ask if I was ok? I hope not, that certainly wasn't my intention. I'm hoping it came across as I intended, an honest reflection of my feelings at the time. After all this blog is about my journey as a Personal Stylist and that journey is goi...

  So, I’ve been really neglecting my blog recently and the one thing they say about doing a blog is being consistent. Something that I haven’t been for about a month or so and for that I apologise. My mind has been focused on other things this last month. I’m still having to deal with some very stressful things regarding my old work (most of the stress comes from me not being as organised with stuff as I wish I had been), other personal stresses and I also started my new job in the middle of September. I’m so pleased with my new job doing admin, it feels good to earn my own money again (which all helps during this crazy time), all of my colleagues are so lovely and I get to work from home for the moment until we are able to go back to the office. Although I have had to get used to working 5 days a week again (albeit part-time), so need to get better at organising my day around it. Sadly, the urge to write the blog was lacking as I haven’t had any clients recently and thought th...

  So this week (actaully early Sept as I completely forgot to post this blog) I did the wardrobe edit for a lovely new client, who wasn’t happy with her wardrobe at all and wanted to feel more confident in herself and what to wear. We went through all of the items in her wardrobe, getting her to try them on and discussed how the fit was or wasn’t working for her body shape. She had fallen into the trap of wearing baggy clothes to hide the parts she didn’t like, however this just gives the illusion of making you bigger than you are. Once I had pointed out what this was doing to her shape and how she looked, we went through the clothes so quickly as she now knew what to look for and we got rid of a LOT of clothes!! Knowing how to dress for your shape can make all the difference, you might think you are hiding your problem areas, but you could be making the area more obvious. By accentuating your best features you are already drawing attention away from the areas you feel less happy...