If you have a wardrobe full of clothes but think you have nothing to wear, then read on......Last weekend I did another very successful wardrobe intervention, this is a great recession busting way of updating and expanding your wardrobe without the need for a major shopping trip.
A wardrobe full of clothes, a few hysterical females and a bottle of bubbly, what more can a girlie girl ask for.
So armed with a glass of bubbly each we got started..... The problem was a long weekend away and like everyone these days, no money to buy new outfits!!! Thankfully the wardrobe was not a disaster in any way, but yet I was constantly hearing "I have nothing to wear".
After a few minutes of taking things out of the wardrobe to assess them and discuss them, I realised what the root of the problem was.
Whilst the wardrobe was full of fab dresses, accessories and boxes full of new unworn shoes, our lovely hostess felt that she had nothing to wear. There was a tendancy to wear all of the dresses to work so when it came to going out at the weekend, be it shopping or dinner all she could see in the wardobe was workwear!!
The first thing was to change the mindset that if you wear something to work you can't wear it outside of work. With just a quick shoe and accessories change I was able to show how different a dress or outfit can look.
One dress can achieve so much, work wear, day time shopping, lunch with the girls and dinner with the other half or party central you just need to step it up a bit.
I also introduced the idea of being able to wear a maxi dresses all year round with just some seasonal additions and adjustments.
The one thing that did need changing though were the jeans, the shape and style were all wrong, it can be so difficult to know what type of jeans to buy for your body shape!!
So at the end of the day we only set aside all of 3 items and for the one reason... they were unflattering!!
We had a brilliant time, it was great fun and we managed to double the size of the wardrobe with what was there already and with only the shortest of shopping lists, that is, a new pair of jeans and a new white shirt!!!!
So, what did the client think....?
"This was a great evening. Definitely worth doing. Proof that it's not
only what you wear but how you wear it. We picked out core items like my
black dress or white shirt and managed to mix and match with cardies,
jackets, scarves, shoes, bags and so on to create lots of different
looks. It was certainly an eye opener. Thanks GirlieGuide. Definitely
recommended doing this!!!"
