Personal Styling
Services
* Prices listed do not include the cost of clothes or travel outside the Palmerston North area. These can be negotiated at the time of your booking.
Just like your car needs servicing, your wardrobe needs a little TLC to perform at its peak.
Includes:
- Sorting through your wardrobe and removing items you no longer wear or are no longer suitable
- Showing you ways to revamp the clothes you have
- Identifying gaps in your wardrobe and creating a list of items to invest in to round out your wardrobe
- Suggestions on where to buy the items required
I know guys don’t usually like to ask for directions, but if walking into a shop makes you feel lost, I really can help you find your way to a fantastic wardrobe.
Includes:
- Meeting you with a smile and a coffee at your favourite shopping area, or let me suggest shops that will be great for you
- Suggestions on fits, shapes, colours, fabrics and making the most of your budget
Have a special event coming up? I’ll personally sort your look from head to toe. Perfect for weddings, reunions, balls, work functions, social occasions and more.
Includes:
- A pre-event consultation to discuss all the details of the event
- A personal shopping experience to find you the perfect outfit for the occasion
Whether you’ve landed a new job, are starting back into the workforce or looking to dress for the job you want, I can put together a capsule collection that will give you the flexibility and confidence to dress for success.
Includes:
- 1 hour wardrobe consultation
- 3-4 hour shopping consultation
- 1 hour in-home consultation to finalise your look
Is this you?
- You carry more weight in the lower half and have a chest that is narrower than your hips
- You have sloping or narrow shoulders
Best features
Narrow waistline
Aim
To emphasis the upper chest area to balance your waist area
Dressing your triangle figure
- Wear well fitted clothing that hugs the shoulder area
- Single breasted jackets look great
- Button down shirts that stop at the hip area
- Polo shirts
- Straight leg trouser works best
- Go for darker clothes on top or a monochromatic look
- Avoid horizontal strips
- Avoid anything too tight around the torso
Is this you?
- You have a broad/developed chest, wide shoulders, strong arm and shoulder muscles
- The waist and hips on this type are generally narrow
Best Features
Strong chest and shoulders
Aim
To show off your upper body and balance your waistline using correct necklines
Dressing for your figure
- Straight or relaxed slim cut pant
- A tailored, monochromatic outfit can balance your appearance
- Use V neck tops and polos shirts
- Avoid padded jackets
- Choose items that skim the body not hug
- Micro print shirts are a great way to add flair
- Slim or medium tie width
- Lightweight jacket fabrics are a great choice
Is this you?
- Your chest, waist and hips are about the same width
- Paired with a straight torso
Best Features
Perfectly proportioned between waist and hip area.
Aim
Play to your strength with colour and prints
Dressing for your triangle figure
- Wear stand out printed shirts and colours
- Straight or slim cut pants look great on you
- Avoid pinstripe that have too much contrast
- Make sure your ties are not too long
- Avoid double breasted jackets and choose single breasted with structure instead
- Use V neck sweaters with collared shirts
Is this you?
- You have slimmer shoulders and chest with a wider waist and slim hips
- Your appearance tends to be round
Best Features
Chest and arm area
Aim
Focus is to reduce the look at your waistline using colour and tailored items
Dressing for your triangle figure
- Longer sleeves elongate the body
- Wear soft vertical and pinstripes
- Tapered trouser
- Keep belt simple
- Checkered patterns are fine
- Avoid cropped or turn up cuffs when wearing pants
- Choose clothes that skim the body not hug
- Shoes with a slightly narrow toe can lengthen your legs
- Tuck in your shirts/tees if they are too long, this will accentuate your waistline
- Avoid wearing sharp contrasting colour combinations
- Wearing a t-shirt under a open shirt is a great look for this body type
- Avoid polo neck and narrow crew neck as they can decrease the shoulder width
Is this you?
- You are proportioned with medium to narrow waist and hips
- A broad shoulder and chest
- Your upper torso is usually larger than the lower torso
- Slightly different to the rectangle body type with normally a slightly larger waistline.
Best Features
Broad shoulders and narrow waistline
Aim
To emphasis your torso and balance out your vertical proportions
Dressing for your rhomboid figure
- Nothing too tight or baggy just skimming the body
- Slim cut jeans or khakis
- Form fitted clothes are best
- Single breasted jackets look great, its important to check the length and make sure the shoulder area is padded to enhance your shoulder line
- Take note of printed shirts as they can add weight
- Adding clothing layers can create a larger more balance upper body, the use of scarves and knitwear can really help achieve this
- Avoid horizontal stripes as they can make you appear more rounder than you actually are
- Pinstripes can elongate your torso
- Be sure your sleeves and trouser length fit well, they should add definition to your body without making you appear shorter
- Wearing oversized items are not flattering choose more tailored items instead
- Trousers should break just over the top of your shoe
- Your skin will look brighter, giving you a healthier, more youthful appearance
- Your eyes will look brighter
- You will instantly feel better about your appearance
- Your skin will look dull
- Skin imperfections will be enhanced
- Your eyes will darken, making you look tired
- You will look older… and we don’t want that, do we fellas!
I have a natural eye for colour, and can take a simple, practical approach to teach you which colours highlight your natural features, and which leave you dull and flat.