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Shopping when you're a size 18 sucks
Shopping when you’re a size 18 sucks.
I have a beautiful client who is a size 18. We know what her unique Style Statement is, we’ve decluttered what she has that doesn’t make her feel good or look great, we’ve created a shopping list, we have a spending plan, we know her activities and lifestyle and we had a mission – get her ready for a two week trip to Costa Rica as well as update her usual wardrobe.
Kerry is from New Zealand like me and is a minimalist. She travels year-round, with only two…
Is your skin warm toned or cool toned?
Do you know if your skin is yellow toned (warm) or blue toned (cool)? And does this really matter?
Everyone's skin has an undertone, not always obvious at first sight, and this means that certain shades look better on them than others.
Undertones have been divided into yellow toned and blue toned (though there are some of us who are neutral).
It doesn't matter what your actual skin color is. If you choose colors that don't match your undertone, you can look tired, older and even unhealthy. …
Your clothes tell people what you value.
- If I value creativity does any of that show in what I wear?
- If I value the environment, do my clothes hurt or help the world? Do I donate clothes? Shop secondhand?
- If I value qualit…
What my leftover cheesecake has to do with your wardrobe.
Do you know what you spent on clothing in 2018?
I'm interviewed by Erica Duran, freedom luxury lifestyle designer!
Travel Coach Lisette Austin: Thrift your wardrobe while traveling!
I met an amazing woman recently, (mind you, women in general are amazing, so no surprise there) at The Riveter, a co-working space I belong to in Seattle. Her name is Lisette Austin, and besides all the wonderful work she does with the Suquamish Research & Strategic Development Dept / Suquamish Foundation 
she is also a whiz at teaching you how to travel for next to nothing (her last flight to Portugal cost her $60) under the name Jet Set Lisette. Cool, right?
She’s also very stylish – we had a…
Three things to remember when going on a date
I was asked the other day “What should I wear on a date?”
Ah… I don’t know.
But I’ll help you work it out.
We’ve all been told the importance of first impressions and usually, we want a date to go well, otherwise, we’d stay home and watch Netflix.
I’m also going to assume you want to look good.
In my experience, if whoever is organizing the date is thoughtful and someone you want to know better, they provide helpful information. The savvy ones send you a link to the restaurant/event so th…
How can I help?
What are you struggling with in your wardrobe? How can I help?
If you let me know, I can address (or dress?) what's getting between you and wearing the clothes you love.
Would you let me know?
Book a Kia Ora call at thehappywardrobe.com
We can talk in confidence and I may have some answers for you.
No obligation, I’m just curious.
Your answer will help me help other women, too.
Thanks for reading this!
Aroha,
Erin
Wear Happy!
Tips for organized dressing
Life is too short to spend time trying to find that missing shoe, jeans that may or may not be in the wash and those earrings you wore to your last work event and possibly left at your boyfriend’s.
Half the battle of getting dressed is having an organized wardrobe.
It doesn’t really matter how you organize your closet – color, season, sections, as long as the system makes sense to you.
Personally, I’ll often group clothing by outfit – a jacket that goes with a particular shirt and trousers go…