HER Style Podcast | Buy Less, Shop Smarter, Build a Wardrobe You Love Heather Riggs - Style Coach, Image Consultant & Color Specialist for Women

Are you scratching your head right now? In the previous episode of HER Style Podcast, I challenged you to be bold and gave you 8 ways to make your outfits more creative, and now, I’m telling you to tone it down. So what gives, right?
 
Well, I’ve been hearing from a number of listeners lately, including our friend Rachel who submitted today’s Q&A Thursday question, that while they love elevated looks and they want to show up looking polished and put together, they have a big fear bubbling up under the surface. They’re afraid of being judged for flaunting their taste in fashion and/or making their friends feel less than.
 
We’ve entered a new era of casual basics, laid-back looks, and work-from-home wardrobes, and we don’t always have a need to dress up like we used to. In a world where so many are showing up with such little effort, do we need to consider whether our closets are legitimately too showy?
 
It’s time to address this elephant and talk about what to do when you’re the most style-conscious person in the room.
 
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Whether you love having a small, minimalist wardrobe or your closet is bursting at the seams, I think something we all want is the ability to create lots of versatile looks with the pieces we already own. Last week, I talked about putting together preset outfits as a solution to get ready faster and ensure you have the perfect looks for every occasion. But what if you’re feeling totally bored with and uninspired by what’s in your closet?
 
Don’t worry, friend. Today, we’re going to talk through 8 ways to be more bold with your outfit styling! I want you to have fun getting dressed and to feel confident putting together interesting outfits that still feel right for you. If you’re tired of defaulting to basic looks, trying to figure out how to incorporate trends, wearing the same things in the same way over and over, and letting your clothing sit and collect dust on the shelves, then this episode has your name written all over it.
 
Let’s explore how to elevate what you already own and style your outfits with more creativity and confidence!
 
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Let me start out by saying, I know my strengths and I know my weaknesses. Aside from a brief stint in personal shopping at J.Crew many years ago, where I helped style the occasional man who wandered in looking for assistance, menswear is not my area of expertise.
 
So when I received a question from our friend, Ann, recently about how to style her husband, I knew I needed to enlist some outside support. Enter: David Elliott, a content creator with a passion for helping men elevate their life through fashion, fitness, and lifestyle. Although he's a self-proclaimed “normal guy”, he’s built up a very impressive social media following in the last year and a half —if you check out his content, you’ll see why!— and I’m thrilled that he agreed to join me on HER Style Podcast to share all of his style expertise!
 
Whether you’re currently dating or happily married, you’re going to want to hear David’s advice around getting your partner to care more about his style, best tips to start leveling up his wardrobe, his helpful take on coordinating outfits as a couple, and enjoying your style journeys together. Grab your guy for this one and turn up the volume as we welcome David onto the show!
 
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I put out a request to my VIP email community a couple of weeks ago for their help with some market research. I always want to know what you’re struggling with the most and how I can best support you on your style journey. And the results of that project were pretty eye-opening.
 
I heard complaint after complaint that they were wasting way too much time trying to get dressed in the morning and, more often than not, they just end up defaulting to their go-to-outfit uniform. Can you relate?
 
So what if I told you there is a very simple solution to both of these challenges and it would take you an hour (or less) to start implementing it?
 
Allow me to introduce the concept of preset outfits! No, I’m not talking about done-for-you, outfit of the day guides you can buy from other stylists. And I’m not talking about the productivity hack of picking out your clothes the night before. I’m talking about building your own custom outfit library of looks that will make it easy and exciting to get dressed for every occasion on your calendar!
 
I’ve mentioned this concept on the podcast before, but today, we’re taking a deep-dive into why preset outfits are the BEST way to ensure you can get ready efficiently and feel good as you go about your day! Let’s make your life a whole lot easier, shall we?
 
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I can’t wait for you to hear today’s episode! I received a question from our friend, Alyson, recently about whether going gray will impact the clothing colors that suit her. I hear variations of this question all the time, so I knew we had to address this on the podcast sooner rather than later!
 
Whether you’re contemplating going blonde, brunette, or red, letting your natural color or grays grow out, or even experimenting with playful pops of pink, purple, or other rainbow-inspired hair color hues, you’re going to want to listen to this episode. Because significant changes to your hair color will most likely impact your best colors!
 
So if you’ve invested in a Personal Color Palette or if you don’t want to have to constantly swap clothing in and out of your wardrobe to work for you, then stick around for my best advice about what to consider before making any big changes to your hair color!
 
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Are you feeling confused by your personal color palette? This is a problem I hear about far too often. There are quite a few reasons this can happen, which I’ve already spoken about at length in episode #3 of HER Style Podcast, Why Your Color Season Doesn’t Matter and What You Want To Know Instead. But it’s not an issue I see going away anytime soon.
 
Personal color palettes are trending big time and franchises like House of Colour are dominating the industry. I love that women are wanting to learn about their best colors, but what do we do when the services meant to empower us end up leaving us more confused than we were before? I hear from women all the time who have had 2 and 3 color analyses done and been assigned a different seasonal type each time. Others feel pushed into wearing bold colors that don’t resonate with their neutral preferences.
 
So what should you do? In today’s episode, I’m sharing exactly how to navigate your personal color palette, or more specifically, differences between your color palettes, so you can wear your best colors with clarity and confidence. If you’ve invested in a seasonal color analysis and ended up more confused than before, this episode is for you, my friend. Let’s do this!
 
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