It was time for a change. I had moved house 3 years earlier and there were a bunch of clothes in my wardrobe that had not been worn since the move. I had the frequently worn clothes in the front of my drawers, and a compost pile of unnecessary stuff at the back.
I never paid any attention to how I looked, and frankly, even if I wanted to, I had no idea what looked good on me. I grew up in a country town where you wore your good double-pluggers to special occasions. Which is simply to say that I wasn’t raised in a place where you paid attention to how you looked. I never bothered to learn about any of this.
Knowing this, I called in the cavalry. Pip and I had met some time earlier through a shared friend, and I remembered that this was what she did.
Two hours into the process, I had given to Lifeline 10 years worth of accumulated junk. That alone was worth it. After my shopping trip with Pip, I now own only clothes that fit, look good and are good value for money. Some of these are new, some from my previous collection.
Short term Benefits:
- An interesting day out, experiencing a whole new way of thinking about clothes & shopping
- Clothes that were based on what I needed (actually needed, not thought I needed) and my budget. This is not about just going out and spending mega-bucks on ‘the hot look’. I did need some fairly formal office wear (for a new-ish job), but the majority of the time was spent on good-fitting, appropriately styled basics.
- Good value shopping. Pip knows where all the specials are and gets you good deals on what you’re buying.
- A whole new understanding of what sort of clothes to wear, not wear and when.
- Frank, fearless and female advice on what worked and what didn’t.
Long term benefits
- I will no longer waste time looking for the few decent things I owned amongst the dregs, and can confidently dress in very little time for any occasion. This will save me a lot of time in a month, and I’m not burdened with the clutter and mess in my wardrobe.
- I will no longer spend good money on clothes that are the wrong size, wrong style, or which I will not be comfortable in or just don’t need. How many t-shirts do I really need to own? I know what I need in my wardrobe, and where to get it at the appropriate level of quality and price.
- I’m now confident that I can dress well and appropriately for anything.
I would recommend Modern Style to anyone who wants to think about how they look and how they present in work and social settings. If you’re perfectly happy with the status quo, this may not be an experience for you, but if you want to change, or even think you want to change, the guidance is well worth the price.
Brad McCulloch. |