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I had my wardrobe consultation recently, and it actually went better than I’d even hoped. (If a little differently than I’d originally envisioned.) It went like this:

She instructed me ahead of time to lay out ALL of my clothes, so I piled them all on the bed in several stacks. All the shirts together, skirts and dresses, jeans, pants, sweaters, workout clothes. I put my shoes out on the floor.

She’d asked me whether I had things like jackets, a tailored white shirt, and accessories, and when I said no (or rather “uh…I might have a white shirt?”) she said she would bring some of hers along so I could see how they could be used. She arrived (along with the promised items) and got right to work.

She took at look at my clothes and began laying them out in ways I’d never imagined before. She was working magic! All of a sudden most of my clothes (that I’d only known to wear with jeans) were looking great instead of ho-hum in all kinds of different combination. I shot quick pictures of each combination so I could remember later what she’d done. It was really amazing.

She also advised that some of my clothes were dated (big surprise, since I’ve had a few of them for oh…10 or 15 years?) and that some just wouldn’t work. None of those were items I’d been wearing anyway (with one exception that had shrunk) so I just put them all in the Goodwill bag. I got rid of about 11 items.

She ended up making 28 different outfits for me out of 3 pairs of pants, 2 skirts, 2 dresses, 11 shirts, and 4 sweaters. There, now you know the entire contents of my closet! She advised me to buy a few tees and camis for layering, plus some accessories and a couple of pairs of shoes. If I follow what she did, I should be able to make about 40 different outfits after buying those additional items.

I’m happy with the results, especially because she really opened my eyes to a different way of seeing clothes. I’d never really known what to do with them before, except to wear shirts with jeans. My husband and I went to the mall later that night, and we kept noticing that people wear jewelry and accessories. I mean, I knew that before, but I never realized how it completely changed an outfit.

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