Ill Fitting Clothes Can Ruin Your Style…and Confidence This year, I promised to regularly post questions and insights from my client experiences...so here we go!! Last week I worked with an amazing client who admitted to me that she was a “bad” shopper and, as a result, had avoided shopping for years (she showed up in a 10-year-old button down shirt just to prove it!)! Bad Shopper grew up the third of five children and new clothes were a rarity. As a result, she described a childhood closet dominated by ill-fitting, baggy hand-me-downs in a range of sizes and styles. Because Bad Shopper never learned how to size properly, she lacked the skills as adult. I used a strategy that I call the “Jean Strategy,” however, this strategy also applies to bathing suits, blazers, dresses, etc! It requires effort, but I encourage my clients to try on multiple sizes and styles of the same item in a single fitting. For example, I encouraged Bad Shopper to try on 8-12 pairs of jeans before determining the perfect fit/style. I quickly realized that Bad Shopper wasn’t a bad shopper at all! She just needed the skills to identify those items that fit her body well, and that felt good, and those that did not! Through this repetitive process, she learned that quality time with her personal stylist J combined with attention to detail are all that’s required for a perfect fit. #threadsofhershey #clientquestionsandinsights #JeanStrategy #perfectfit
