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Think lots of denim, stripe on stripes, earthy colors, classic pieces like straight leg jeans, tees, and midi skirts, organic textures and subtle feminine details. My personal style vision is 'Topanga Canyon artist studio meets Americana meets Sienna Miller at the Studio City Farmers Market'. What words come to mind when you think about your personal style? Structured? Flowy? Preppy? Bohemian? 70's? 90's? Colorful? Muted? Monochromatic? Neutral? Zara wants to bring out your edgier European girl attitude, but what say you? What do you feel best in? What's your personal style? Know the answer to this question. J.Crew is going to persuade you towards your preppier side.

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Free People is going to want you to channel your inner bohemian. Here's why this is enormously important: Every time you walk into a store or hop onto a brand's e-commerce site, they're going to try to sell you on their vision for the season's style which can result in a closet with a major identity crisis if you don't have a strong sense of your personal style.

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Step 2 - How to Look Stylish Everyday: Creating a Vision for Your Personal Style Don't start shopping just yet! Make your way through the entire challenge before adding new things if you can help it!)

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Do you rarely dress up for work but own a closet full of pencil skirts and blazers? Stop buying them! Invest in pieces that are casual and that you'll likely wear every day. Next, start paying attention to the areas of your closet that are over or under represented in your closet. Then afterwards, sit down and evaluate what you actually wore. To begin your wardrobe overhaul, keep a log of what you actually wear all day, every day for one to two weeks. The point is to have a closet full of clothes that you want to wear for what you actually do in your real life, this is key for your wardrobe overhaul! We collect things like this and then wonder why when we walk into our closet full of clothes to get dressed and feel like we have nothing to wear. My point is that a lot of times when we shop, we buy beautiful things that we love but that don't fit our lifestyle. For example, 'this raw silk tiered Dries van Noten dress is what I wear to the secret after party for Harry and Meghan's wedding party at an underground dive bar in London.' In real life it's just the raw silk tiered Dries van Noten dress that would sit in the back of my closet because my kids would likely ruin it if I actually wore it. When I was first starting off as a styling assistant, my boss and I would play this game called fantasy life which meant that as we walked through expensive department stores and designer boutiques in Beverly Hills we would describe the fantasy life scenario where we would wear a specific piece. Step 1 of your wardrobe overhaul: Real Life vs. We did this together on Instagram over the course of a month and I think that timing is kind of perfect! (Also, disclaimer, this is not a short post!) It's broken into five steps and my only piece of advice would be to take your time and not rush it.

The entire thing is still saved in the highlights over on Instagram as well, but I thought I would put it all together here in one blog post as well for easy reference.

It was so encouraging and so much fun to see a process that's developed organically after years of wardrobe styling and then having babies and going through major life changes. Your response was overwhelming! Dare I say it might be the most fun and communal thing we have done yet on Instagram! I loved your feedback, hearing what your personal challenges were and what you loved most about the process.

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We kicked off the year back in January with a simple wardrobe overhaul series over on Instagram- mostly because I was desperate for one myself and figured I might as well share what I was doing personally in the process.

Find your style, identify the clothes you need, begin your style transformation and redo your wardrobe! Updating your wardrobe can seem like a daunting task, but I'm going to take you through the steps for a full and complete wardrobe overhaul without the stress! Create a stylish capsule wardrobe that will take you through everyday life, evenings out and business meetings alike.

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