Personal Styling at midlife
The way we dress as women can reflect a renewed sense of self, as we emerge through the chrysalis of menopause
Feel more aligned with how you dress as the woman you are now
You can call it a style upgrade, a renew, a total overhaul, a transformation or simply a freshen up. But trust me, the whole process of a personal styling session and wardrobe edit - especially at midlife - is such a joyous, celebratory time.
Personal Styling teases out the essence of who you are, so that the way you get dressed each day supports the versatility of your character, mood, bodily needs and serves you well for your day and life ahead.
Wardrobe Editing cleanses out what doesn’t work for you now, and makes the pieces in your existing wardrobe feel more aligned with who you are through this transitional time in your life.
Personal Styling and Wardrobe Editing work in beautiful synergy together, resulting in your wardrobe becoming a daily source of joy and inspiration.
It serves as the steady foundation for your reignited and newly aligned personal style to beam out, supporting you to live your life with more confidence, ease and radiance.
Why addressing our Personal Style is important as a midlife woman
I know first hand how many discombobulating changes we experience through our mid life transitioning. And the discomfort of not knowing how to show up in the world as our true self. Literally, in most cases, not feeling able to dress ourselves with our former confidence can be hugely debilitating and can cause another pattern of self disconnect at this time in our lives.
Midlife changes that can often cause this disconnect:
Our shifting mid-life body shape
Dealing with daily menopause symptoms - hot flushes, weight fluctuation, skin elasticity reduction
The changing sense of who we are
The start of a new career, the running of a new business venture, the separation of our life partner.
All the above contribute to us feeling lost and our confidence debilitated. And so often our current clothes, style and wardrobe feel incongruent to these changing states.
Each point above will be carefully addressed in our Personal Style session so to create more self awareness and confidence in how you show up in your life
What your Personal Style session involves
I will ask you to fill in a pre-consult questionnaire, which will give me an introduction to you and your current personal style. The questionnaire will invite you to pause for a few moments, to be reflective, asking you a few questions that encourage deeper self awareness. It will also enquire of a few personal details, such as your hair colouring, skin tone, body shape etc and how you currently feel about your wardrobe and your clothes.
We then organise a Zoom chat to discuss your questionnaire responses and you show me your wardrobe space that we will edit. This gives me a clear idea to assess the timing for our session.
During our time together we will…
Be guided by your questionnaire responses, so working towards your own unique lifestyle requirements
Extract the pieces in your wardrobe that no longer suit you, fit and are outdated for who you are now
Identify the fabric choices that serve you best
Explore which colours compliment your skin tones and how to wear the ones that don’t
Look at the existing patterns, textured fabrics and colour combinations that bring you joy, and identify where there is a lack
Explore ways to inject more colour ways into your outfit choices if you desire
Explore the best ways to dress for your body shape
We will also…
Create new outfits within your wardrobe
Breath new life into garments with alteration suggestions
Foster a deeper connection and genuine love and respect for the pieces in your existing wardrobe
Advise you on storage solutions for your clothes
Guide you on where to sell good quality clothing
Create a list of gaps in your wardrobe
Offer possible pre-loved sources that may fulfill your needs.
You will be left with a rejuvenated wardrobe, where your clothes, shoes and accessories feel in alignment for the woman you are now.
Feeling good in what you wear involves:
- knowing your personal style
- prioritising pieces that work with your lifestyle
- dressing in alignment with your values
Lead the way with our ethical choices in our clothing
A key to my passion is encouraging midlife women to embrace their individuality and creativity through breathing new life into the clothes they have already PLUS to step out of the fast fashion trap and to weave in more preloved, second hand clothing into our wardrobes where we find gaps.
So, following our Personal Styling session, if there are obvious pieces that are missing from your outfit combinations, I will support you to find these pieces from pre-loved and sustainable fashion sources.
As a post menopausal women, I have realised how we express ourselves on the outside is as powerful to raising our energetic vibrancy, as doing the inner work.
So I wish to bring this outer, more external alignment to you through my Personal Styling and Wardrobe Editing guidance
Invite me into your wardrobe & let’s see what magic we can create
Your investment for a Personal Styling & Wardrobe Edit for a half day session is £395 which includes:
An in-depth Personal Style Questionnaire and a Zoom consult before our session to discuss details, so to maximise our time spent together in your wardrobe
An in person Half day Personal Styling & Wardrobe Edit (10-1.30pm or 2-5.30pm)
If required - I will bring a clothes rail of pre-selected pieces, based on your responses to the questionnaire and subsequent Zoom consult
A 2 week follow up window to check in with your confidence in your new wardrobe and style
From my experience 3.5 hours is the amount of time most women’s wardrobes take to edit and perform a comprehensive style review. Larger or multiple wardrobes and extra cupboards may need additional hours, which are charged at £165 per hour. We will clarify this in the initial zoom chat before the session.
