09.03.08
Posted in Uncategorized
at 10:05 pm
Are you looking to get started in a career as a stylist, image consultant, or personal shopper? Well here’s your chance. Erin Stafford, former celebrity stylist and Orange County’s top image consultant and personal shopper is offering a comprehensive two day training program for aspiring fashionistas.
You will learn:The key components of styling:
How to build your portfolio, where to shop, how to shop strategically, building your contact base, how to work a photo shoot (how to set up, what to do, where to begin, and how to do it quickly), pulling clothes, returns, fittings, basic tailoring, and building your kit.
The key components of image consulting:
Basic color and style analysis, body type analysis, wardrobe planning, personal shopping, working with a variety of clients, creating product for increased sales, and developing strategic alliances.
General business components:
How to start your business from the ground up, learn how to market yourself and find a niche, learn about the different revenue streams available to stylists and image consultants.
Walk away with the tools and confidence to start your own successful personal styling business.
Upcoming Class Schedule:
September 13th and 14th – Costa Mesa
October 18th and 19th - Costa Mesa
More classes will be added soon!
Fee:
$1000 per two day training
Includes instruction and materials
Sign up by September 5th and save $100!
Spots are filling up. Call today to sign up for this invaluable, small group training and get your career jumpstarted today. Email for full course description and more information. I look forward to helping you discover this fabulous, rewarding, and profitable career.
Erin Stafford
erin@erinstafford.com
www.erinstafford.com
714 351 3849
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Posted in Body Type Tips
at 2:31 pm
Jessica Biel has very broad shoulders and does a perfect job of always looking fashionable, feminine, and stylish. Here are a few tips to follow to help you look your best as well.
Broad Shoulders
- Choose fuller bottoms over narrower ones
- Choose diagonal lines that angle inward at the neck
- Soften the shoulders with softer armholes
- Choose vertical lines over horizontal lines
- Choose v necks over square necklines
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08.31.08
Posted in Body Type Tips, Style and Image Information
at 9:13 am
Most of the time women with narrow shoulders are bigger down below. Therefore it’s all about balance! You will want to broaden your shoulders through wider necklines, square necklines, lighter colors, etc. Here are a few key tips to remember.
Narrow Shoulders
- Choose narrower bottoms over fuller bottoms
- Choose diagonal lines that angle outward at the shoulder
- Choose wider, square, or horizontally shaped necklines
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08.28.08
Posted in Style Training
at 9:22 am
Due to the popularity of The Style Solution Teleclass Part 1, I have expanded the class to give you even more style solutions. The Style Solution Part 2 covers all of these exciting topics in the same format as the Part 1 class (detailed handout with pictures and a 50 minute group training session each week):
Body Type Basics – Working With What You’ve Got
Closet Disaster 101 – De-clutter to Discover Your Personal Style
Look Like a Million While Dressing on a Dime
Accessory Access
Building Your Style Survival Kit
Negotiating a Department Store With Confidence and Ease
From Work to Play – How to Make Your Wardrobe Work for You
The Top Half – Tackling Top Half Drama with Tops, Tanks, Tunics and More
The Bottom Half – From Booty to Barely There, Making Your Bottom Work for You
10 Classic Pieces Every Woman Needs in Her Wardrobe
Formal Affair – From Cocktails to Black Tie - Advice, Tips, and Tricks
Forever Young – Staying Young, Current, and Stylish Forever
Walk away with even more style and image confidence! You do not have to have previously taken Part 1 to take Part 2. You can also enroll in both classes at the same time. Fee: Two payments of $250 or one payment of $450. Sign up by August 31st and save an additional $50 off the one payment option!
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Posted in Body Type Tips, Style and Image Information
at 9:19 am
Short Neck
- Choose shorter earrings over longer ones
- Avoid turtlenecks
- Choose longer necklaces over chokers
- Choose deeper necklines
Long Neck
- Tie scarves in a choker fashion
- Wear higher necklines instead of deeper ones
- Choose shorter necklaces instead of longer ones
- Choose longer earrings over shorter ones
We all have figure variations, and over the next few weeks I am going to be providing tips for some of the most common and a few uncommon figure variations. Enjoy!
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08.11.08
Posted in Shopping Tips
at 7:52 am
Most people tend to shop at the same stores month after month. Whether it’s that the clothes in that store fit you well, the store is convenient, affordable, or you’re just plain lazy, the reality is that we are all drawn to certain stores more than others.
If you frequent a store, it makes sense to introduce yourself to one of the sales people and get to know them. Try to use the same person every time you’re in that store. After a few trips, you will start to develop an invaluable relationship. Your sales person will get to know your size and style, and will be able to save you time and money by pulling clothes in advance for you and letting you preshop sales. They will call you when new merchandise is in and you can call them before venturing into the store to make sure that they actually have what you’re seeking. For even more attention, make sure to shop mid week when the stores are empty.
As a professional personal shopper, this is one of the keys to my success. Knowing the sales people makes my job so much easier and helps my shopping trips with my clients be successful. For more information on my services, please visit www.erinstafford.com.
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08.06.08
Posted in Shopping Tips, Style and Image Information, Baby Boomer Fashion
at 2:30 pm
The key to a successful shopping trip is having direction. Know what you’re looking for in order to shop with precision. When working as a stylist, I always know what look I am trying to achieve for a photo shoot, movie premiere, or commercial. I get a brief from the art director or from a client’s publicist and that sets me in the right direction. The brief will help me figure out if the look should be sweet, edgy, funny, etc. Obviously different designers would be used for each look. For example, you’d never use out Dolce & Gabbana for a sweet look…only the most sexy.
The same can work for you when you’re out shopping on your own. What look are you trying to achieve? How do you want people to think of you? Remember you? Seek out those stores and designers that will help convey that image. If you ever need any guidance or specific stores/designers for a look, you can always call me, your personal stylist, and I will give you a list to work with. Happy shopping!
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07.18.08
Posted in Style Training
at 4:11 pm
Are you looking to get started in a career as a stylist, image consultant, or personal shopper? Well here’s your chance.
Erin Stafford, former celebrity stylist and Orange County’s top image consultant and personal shopper is offering a comprehensive two day training program for aspiring fashionistas.
You will learn:
The key components of styling:
How to build your portfolio, where to shop, how to shop strategically, building your contact base, how to work a photo shoot (how to set up, what to do, where to begin, and how to do it quickly), pulling clothes, returns, fittings, basic tailoring, and building your kit.
The key components of image consulting:
Basic color and style analysis, body type analysis, wardrobe planning, personal shopping, working with a variety of clients, creating product for increased sales, and developing strategic alliances.
General business components:
How to start your business from the ground up, learn how to market yourself and find a niche, learn about the different revenue streams available to stylists and image consultants.
Walk away with the tools and confidence to start your own successful personal styling business.
Upcoming Class Schedule:
August 15th and 16th – Costa Mesa
September 13th and 14th – Costa Mesa
More classes will be added soon!
Fee:
$1000 per two day training
Includes instruction and materials
Spots are filling up. Call today to sign up for this invaluable, small group training and get your career jumpstarted today. Email for full course description and more information.
I look forward to helping you discover this fabulous, rewarding, and profitable career.
Erin Stafford
erin@erinstafford.com
www.erinstafford.com
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07.15.08
Posted in Quick Fixes, Style and Image Information, Fashion Tips
at 10:40 pm
Do you ever have one of those moments where you’re already running late for an event, you’re standing in your underwear in your closet, you’ve already tried on five outfits, your heart is racing, and you’re starting to sweat. You feel like you’re never going to find something to wear, your makeup is running, and all you want to do is lay on your bed and cry? Don’t worry, we’ve all been there.
I recently had an anxiety attack of a different sort, but wow, they are intense. I now know what my clients feel like when they tell me shopping or putting outfits together gives them anxiety. Isn’t it great that there are people out there, like myself and other AICI image consultants, that can relieve you from all the anxiety you face with your style, wardrobe, and clothing choices.
Getting dressed shouldn’t be an anxiety ridden event every day. If it is for you, do yourself a favor and hire an image consultant to help you put 5 foolproof outfits together. It will be worth every penny. That way, the next time you’re in a bind, you can just look at your cheat sheet of pictures and throw on one of your perfectly put together outfits!
Here’s to no more style anxiety! There are so many other things to worry about.
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07.14.08
Posted in Quick Fixes, Style and Image Information, Fashion Tips
at 4:10 pm
Remember those plastic soled shoes from the 80s that you laced up with any variety of fluorescent shoe laces? Well you could say that these sandals are the modern, eco-friendly, comfortable, and fashionable alternative. Another image consultant clued me into them as a perfect pair of shoes for someone that is having trouble matching shoes to an outfit. With the sheer variety of ribbon on the market, and the endless ways that you could lace up these sandals, the possibilities are endless.
Visit www.mohop.comfor more information. Here’s what they have to say: “Mohop sandals are environmentally friendly, comfortable, and best of all, allow nearly infinite design options with just one pair of wooden soles. Simply lace any ribbon through our patent-pending elastic loops to create your own one-of-a-kind, custom-fit pair! Mohop shoes are individually hand made by Annie Mohaupt and JoAnna Fleming in our studio in Chicago.”
Who would have thought that your image consultant and personal shopper would actually be encouraging you to revisit that crazy 80s trend.
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