If you work from home it can be disheartening and unproductive to stay in your PJ’s all day. It doesn’t put you in the right frame of mind and it certainly doesn’t make you feel good.
The Times (online) have published a great guide to work wear today and I contributed my top tips.
Photograph by Alice Whitby.
Kate Finnigan called on me to help her organise and cleanse her wardrobe in readiness for the summer months. In a wonderfully witty piece (in Stella magazine last weekend) Kate explains the process we went through and how she felt about it. Client’s are often nervous before a wardrobe session as they worry about what I am going to think of what lies within. Believe me when I say that I like nothing more than rolling up my sleeves and sifting through other people’s clothes. I’ve seen it all and I don’t bat an eyelid. Rails full of clothes with their tags on? Yep. Clothes that your childhood friends would remember you playing in? Check. Pieces you’ve kept because you wore them once, to a special event, twenty years ago, and you never know – you might need them again? You bet. We all do this and we could all, with the possible exception of Marie Kondo, do with a clear out. It’s cathartic and fun and gives your wardrobe a new lease of life.
I have said it before, and I will say it again. If you have too many clothes you will struggle to make outfits. You will never, ever, be able to wear them all unless you’re a royal princess or starring in a west end play with multiple outfit changes. I encourage all my clients to wave goodbye to clothes that don’t suit them thereby allowing space for ones that make them look and feel amazing. You may have spent an obscene amount on a garment and can’t bear to let it go for that very reason. This is a false economy. The money is spent. It’s gone. You have used the item (hopefully) and enjoyed it. Now it’s time to move on. In certain cases you can recoup some of your money by using eBay, designer seconds shops or one of the many online sources such as buymywardrobe. Either way, it’s worse to have clothes you never wear languishing in your wardrobe and making you feel guilty about not wearing them, than it is to give them to a worthy cause or sell them on. Go on. Clear them out and make room for hard-working clothes that actually suit you.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/style/too-many-clothes-nothing-to-wear-how-to-edit-your-wardrobe/
Fed up with always looking the same? Want to look effortless but don’t know how to? Come and join me at boutique hotel, the Bingham, Richmond, for a fun and informal fashion workshop.
We will cover the summer trends, successful outfit building and why certain styles suit certain shapes, plus there will be loads of tips and visuals to help you on your stylish journey.
The workshop includes a delicious lunch in the garden rooms overlooking The River Thames with time for questions afterwards.
Book now, very limited availability.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spring-fashion-styling-workshop-with-top-london-stylist-anna-berkeley-at-the-bingham-tickets-20724240762
Tickets are now available for my next event. Look forward to seeing you there!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/preloved-styled-selling-with-top-fashion-stylist-anna-berkeley-tickets-20698893949
Come and join me for a special evening of shopping and styling at the stunning Bingham Hotel, Richmond. All items for sale provided by the marvellous buymywardrobe team. The evening will start at 7pm for VIP ticket holders and 8pm for general entry. More details to follow……
Not quite finished the Christmas shopping? Don’t panic. There’s still time to send a special someone an indulgent treat this Christmas. Simply select the styling service you wish to gift and I will do the rest. Available for specific styling sessions or as part payment towards an appointment. Ideal for colleagues, partners, friends and family.
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Take a look at this fun interactive piece on dressing through the decades. It’s in The Times online for the next couple of weeks. Click the tabs for information on the correct age group and on each clothing image for more tips. I wrote about the fabulous forty something’s and the swinging sixties!
http://nuk-tnl-deck-prod-static.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/projects/f9b902fc3289af4dd08de5d1de54f68f.html
I contributed suggestions to this piece and have an ‘expert comment’ on the section on column figures. I am a column and an inverted triangle so I know a thing or two about these shapes. Happy dressing!
Come along to my Fashion Styling workshop at the beautiful Bingham Hotel in Richmond. The workshop will be held in their stunning garden rooms on 16th October,2015. We’ll be doing lots of fun, interactive work looking at body mapping and body shape, face shapes, hair styles, jewellery; plus trying out loads of tips and outfits on the day.
Read all about it here; https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fashion-styling-workshop-with-top-london-stylist-anna-berkeley-at-the-bingham-tickets-17709061279