My "Chic on a Shoestring" Philosophy
"It's very fulfilling to help REAL women to identify
the styles that are most flattering to their body-type!"
the styles that are most flattering to their body-type!"
Few of us have a perfectly proportioned body and endless income to shop whenever and wherever we want. The media portrays this as the "norm" in America, but truth be known, these people are the minority.
I founded Chic on a Shoestring in 2002 to focus on the rest of us, the forgotten majority, all of us with REAL bodies and REAL budgets.
The purpose of Chic on a Shoestring is to teach people how to dress for their body-type as to highlight their figure assets and minimize their challenges, and then how to do this on a budget. More than once I've had a TV viewer stop me at a discount store, and say, "You really do shop here!"
When I work with clients my goal is to not just shop for them, but to teach them how to recognize which styles are best for their body-type so they can shop on their own. When you learn my fit and proportion principles, you'll have far fewer regrets hanging in your closet. This knowledge helps to prevent those "impulse" purchases, which often become a waste of money.
Of course I'm up-to-date on the latest trends, but I teach you how to make them an aspect of a core wardrobe rather than the focus of your closet.
>> What can a Wardrobe Stylist do for you?
>> Why I started a blog.
I founded Chic on a Shoestring in 2002 to focus on the rest of us, the forgotten majority, all of us with REAL bodies and REAL budgets.
The purpose of Chic on a Shoestring is to teach people how to dress for their body-type as to highlight their figure assets and minimize their challenges, and then how to do this on a budget. More than once I've had a TV viewer stop me at a discount store, and say, "You really do shop here!"
When I work with clients my goal is to not just shop for them, but to teach them how to recognize which styles are best for their body-type so they can shop on their own. When you learn my fit and proportion principles, you'll have far fewer regrets hanging in your closet. This knowledge helps to prevent those "impulse" purchases, which often become a waste of money.
Of course I'm up-to-date on the latest trends, but I teach you how to make them an aspect of a core wardrobe rather than the focus of your closet.
>> What can a Wardrobe Stylist do for you?
>> Why I started a blog.
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I've loved working with Clinton Kelly and Robert
Verdi, but they will never understand
the transitions that a woman's body
will go through during her lifetime.
Verdi, but they will never understand
the transitions that a woman's body
will go through during her lifetime.
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My Experience is the Difference!
After college I was determined to head to New York and immerse myself in the fashion mecca, but life had other plans. This change in direction helped me to realize a practical application of the principles I had learned and share them with the everyday woman and I have been doing that for the last 15 years.
Some of the highlights:
My Experience is the Difference!
After college I was determined to head to New York and immerse myself in the fashion mecca, but life had other plans. This change in direction helped me to realize a practical application of the principles I had learned and share them with the everyday woman and I have been doing that for the last 15 years.
Some of the highlights:
- 15 years working with 1,000's of REAL women.
- 10 years on TV with a weekly fashion segment on Good Things Utah (ABC) and currently on air with Fresh Living (CBS).
- 6 years as the manager of Personal Styling and Community Relations at Nordstrom.
- 3 years in Women's ready-to-wear at Marshall Field's in Chicago.
- A bachelor's degree in Clothing and Textiles from Brigham Young University.
- Awarded an internship with Alexander Julian in New York.
- Stylist for Clinton Kelly's Makeover America Tour for Macy's at City Creek grand opening.
- An instructor at the University of Utah for Lifelong Learning.
- Invited to present on "Dressing for the Media" at the National Governors Association Annual Meeting in 2011.
- Frequent guest speaker at Brigham Young University.
- Member of Macy's Regional Advisory Council.
- And... I am a REAL mom, with a REAL body and a REAL budget.
