Into Fashion's Graces
I'm doing much better at my job as a Style Advisor. I have gained more confidence and am building relationships with my customers who are becoming clients. I am becoming much more comfortable with fashion and have been basking in my accomplishments of meeting my monthly targets and gaining more trust from management. So it's been a bit more difficult to come up with a new article this month since I haven't felt as much need to look ahead. I have been simply staying in the moment. So much so I have had no ideas of what to write!
Therefore this piece is going to be a bit more personal: an update of my relationship with fashion over the past couple of months, and I hope it's relatable! My journey through fashion more recently has been up and down. The other week I finally started trying on clothes at work. It was a slow night and I decided it was time to get more intimate with what it is I'm selling. I tried on blouses, denim and dresses of my favourite designers, and they did not fit the way I thought they would. This of course was discouraging, because all of the dresses were too long in the torso. A fashion tip however, dresses are often too long in the body and need to be altered.
Where I work 80% of the dresses need to be altered and on a professional level, working with alterations is one of the highlights of my job. The clients appreciate it, the seamstresses are fantastic, and it gives an amazing element of romanticism to the job. When I work with alterations, I imagine the beginning of departments stores, where visiting was an event and everyone was proper and on their best behaviour. The heydays of department store shopping, where there was a reverence and delicacy.
Now onto the "up" update. I discovered Aritzia. Most notably Babaton. When their Tna parkas were trending about ten years ago, I went in to the store and was surprised at the price point, never to return. However after working with high-end fashion, higher price points don't daunt me as much, so when I went into Aritzia the other day for a square silk scarf which I am looking to buy for my mandatory third piece at work, there wasn't a piece of clothing the store sold that I didn't like. I tried on two pieces right away and they fit me wonderfully. One of the reasons I have always felt disconnected from fashion is because I simply didn't like a lot of what was offered, or when I tried on the more trendy pieces they seemed to fall haphazardly on me. But wow, I have seen the light and have devised a plan to steadily build up my wardrobe via Aritzia.
Diane von Furstenberg said, "Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it." Finding our style is a commitment. It takes confidence, strategizing, money, and time. Being discouraged for so long because I didn't have what I believed to be the body for fashion, and being overwhelmed by this multi-trillion dollar industry that is so competitive, I didn't want to make the sacrifices necessary to build up my closet. Today I am ready, able, and willing to put in the effort because from the work I have so far done I know for certain now how it builds up my confidence, and the confidence of others in me. And that is a great feeling which actually helps me move ahead professionally.
Stay tuned for my next article, "Styling From the Heart" which will look at Laurel Kinney's business as a personal stylist and how I have been inspired by her technique of removing the emotional blocks of her clients to help them find their own unique style!
Therefore this piece is going to be a bit more personal: an update of my relationship with fashion over the past couple of months, and I hope it's relatable! My journey through fashion more recently has been up and down. The other week I finally started trying on clothes at work. It was a slow night and I decided it was time to get more intimate with what it is I'm selling. I tried on blouses, denim and dresses of my favourite designers, and they did not fit the way I thought they would. This of course was discouraging, because all of the dresses were too long in the torso. A fashion tip however, dresses are often too long in the body and need to be altered.
Where I work 80% of the dresses need to be altered and on a professional level, working with alterations is one of the highlights of my job. The clients appreciate it, the seamstresses are fantastic, and it gives an amazing element of romanticism to the job. When I work with alterations, I imagine the beginning of departments stores, where visiting was an event and everyone was proper and on their best behaviour. The heydays of department store shopping, where there was a reverence and delicacy.
Now onto the "up" update. I discovered Aritzia. Most notably Babaton. When their Tna parkas were trending about ten years ago, I went in to the store and was surprised at the price point, never to return. However after working with high-end fashion, higher price points don't daunt me as much, so when I went into Aritzia the other day for a square silk scarf which I am looking to buy for my mandatory third piece at work, there wasn't a piece of clothing the store sold that I didn't like. I tried on two pieces right away and they fit me wonderfully. One of the reasons I have always felt disconnected from fashion is because I simply didn't like a lot of what was offered, or when I tried on the more trendy pieces they seemed to fall haphazardly on me. But wow, I have seen the light and have devised a plan to steadily build up my wardrobe via Aritzia.
Diane von Furstenberg said, "Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it." Finding our style is a commitment. It takes confidence, strategizing, money, and time. Being discouraged for so long because I didn't have what I believed to be the body for fashion, and being overwhelmed by this multi-trillion dollar industry that is so competitive, I didn't want to make the sacrifices necessary to build up my closet. Today I am ready, able, and willing to put in the effort because from the work I have so far done I know for certain now how it builds up my confidence, and the confidence of others in me. And that is a great feeling which actually helps me move ahead professionally.
Stay tuned for my next article, "Styling From the Heart" which will look at Laurel Kinney's business as a personal stylist and how I have been inspired by her technique of removing the emotional blocks of her clients to help them find their own unique style!
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