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Originally Posted by ayobeauty  Steve... visit www.aici.org and look in their directory for a consultant in Vegas. AICI consultants are trained to provide you exactly what you mentioned above. If you take one thing from me...please don't let your friends "fix you up." Most people without the training are just winging it (trust me). Use the skills of someone who is passionate and knowledgeable about this area and be prepared to learn. Your closet is a great place to jar your creativity once you learn all the fundamentals. If you can creatively dress yourself using the foundational elements of art and science as it relates to you...it will be easier to apply your creativity confidently to other areas of your life. Interview a few of the consultants and look for the right fit.
Great luck to both you and Erin. I can't wait to see the finished results. I'm looking forward to a more visually self-expressed you.
p.s. be mindful of personal shoppers. As valuable as they are, their goal is to sell you merchandise. You instead want to be empowered with the tools and resources to shop on your own. You have to begin a relationship with a personal shopper already knowing what colors look best on you, what style shapes suit your body type, your style personality and your lifestyle, i.e. you tell them what you need specifically instead of the other way around.
Style is always about inner pride. People should feel good just looking at you. |
I second all the above. Since money for such a "treat" is not a big problem for you, I would say go for it. Obviously, use your gut - you will know who is passionate about teaching you how to "do for yourself" and who is only trying to sell you something.
I have developed a style that is largely "consistnent" over a number of years, at least to my eyes. To a random observer, many of the outfits will look very different from one another! But to me they share a similar sensibility, particularly in cut (something fitted but not tight, for the most part - fit is SO important!) Even my very fashion-conscious husband (he of the fashion-watching, season-styling for himself mindset) has conceded over the years that the crazy looks he likes to try on me are just not "me", and that 97% of the time, the stuff I pick up within the first 10 minutes of being in the store are the pieces that look best on me. It took some time to be able to scan and find those things so quickly though.
Oh, and on the point of hiring a professional - it will help the learning curve tremendously. I still am extremely grateful for the family optometrist that sat down with me in my late teens and analyzed my face and why certain frames look better on me than others (for instance, with a small head and features all close togetehr in the middle, a shiny metal bridge over the nose does not look as good as something matte) has set the tone for the many pairs of glasses i have bought in the years since. And they all look remarkably similar LOL! (Even the "helpful" sales associates decided that none of their choices looked as good as the first pair I selected - bonus for me that they were the cheapest too!)