If you hesitate your style and outfits, if you want to find your personal style or add something fresh and new that would fit both your personality and your figure to your wardrobe, if you want to feel more self-assured and comfortable in new and cool outfits, working with a stylist may be a good idea. What should you know and do before doing that?
What Are Advantages Of Working With A Stylist?
A stylist is a professional who knows all the current trends and can successfully integrate into your wardrobe as many of them as you want and only those that really compliment your curves and fit your lifestyle. A stylist will define your color type to find out what colors and in what proportions it’s better to use in portrait zone, which is helpful information to use in future. A stylist will easily find patterns and silhouettes that flatter you and will be the best ones for wearing. A stylist will help you find a match for whimsical and quirky items you have in your wardrobe and will spruce up basic and maybe even boring outfits if you have any.
Choose What You Like
Create a mood board on Pinterest pinning all the looks and outfits you like – you may go for all the seasons or for just the coming season. Don’t hesitate whether they suit your lifestyle or match your appearance, just pin what you like. This mood board will help your stylist to understand what you really like and what you really want and help you find your style and integrate this looks into your wardrobe altering them so that they perfectly fit your lifestyle.
Make a mood board on Pinterest or in some other place to show what style and outfits you like and what inspires you.
You may also print out what you like and show these pics to the stylist.
A mood board on the wall will also be a good idea - when the stylist comes to your home to check your wardrobe, he or she will take a look at that.
Be Ready To Spend Time
Your stylist might ask you to fill in a questionary about what you like and want, about what you want to change in your looks or what celebrities’ looks attract you. You have to be ready to look through options that your stylist sends you and to spend time for shopping, whether it’s online or usual. So getting to work with a stylist, be prepared to spend some time on that.
Declutter Your Wardrobe
Before you invite a professional to check what you already have, it’s essential to declutter your closet or wardrobe to find out what things aren’t necessary to show already as they are worn out, outdated or you just won’t want to wear them at all. Those that are left should be inspected and maybe they will need washing, cleaning or some other type of work. Don’t bring things that you didn’t wear for several seasons but suddenly decided to show to the stylist – if you hesitate them, you usually don’t need them already.
Declutter your wardrobe removing things that you don't want to wear or those that are worn out, lost color, etc.
Make your wardrobe ready to show to the personal stylist and display it in a comfortable way.
Your stylist will come to check your wardrobe to find out what you can still wear and what not.
Your stylist will look at your outfits, help you pair things and create new outfits of what you already own.
Your stylist will help you decide what to add to the wardrobe to make all the things in it look cool.
Make Up A List
Think what items you’d like to buy for sure and make a list for the stylist to discuss – you may decide what you really need of this list, substitute some items or add various stuff like accessories to style the things that you want. Now you are ready, call your stylist and make an appointment!
Make a list of things and accessories that you want to have or those that will complete your wardrobe at its best.
Think what you'd like to see on yourself and if you have any ideas, put them down to discuss and buy with your stylist.
