Style Harmony

 No one regulates sizing when it comes to fashion.  Unlike the drug industry, which for obvious reasons, has a system to regulate medicines you ingest, that is not available in the fashion industry.  You may be saying, "Yes, Michelle, but drugs and clothes are different."  While this is VERY true, one of the things that clothing impacts more than anything for women is their self-confidence.  I see it in my job every time I work with a Client.  It's no WONDER shopping for clothes is an experience many women dread and try to avoid! Did you know that the average clothing size for an American woman is between a size 16 and a size 18.  Per a Time article, 67% of women wear a size 14 or higher. Yet, once you have reached a 16, you are considered "Plus size" and it's more difficult to find clothes that fit well.  In a study done by a company called Quartz, they found that a woman with a size 31 inch waist can go home with a pair of pants ranging anywhere...

 Does your style ever feel like Groundhog's Day?   You wake up over and over again and wear the same clothes, feel "blah" about what you are wearing, and maybe have even stopped even trying?  Maybe you just feel that your clothes are "easy" and you don't want to have to think about getting dressed?  Potentially, you felt great in a style when you were younger or maybe had less weight on your body and you keep holding onto those clothes because they made you feel good?   Maybe you are unsure about how to wear the current styles for your body that just feels like an awkward stranger to you? If you are like many of us (me included), you may have been nodding as you were reading some of those questions.  That means, you may be in a "style rut". First of all, let me tell you, style ruts are quite common throughout life.  When you understand why someone might find themselves in a style rut, you will realize why they are so completely common.  ...

Life isn't always easy.  And there is one thing that is constant in life and that is change.  Think about your life.  Did you used to think you were "so fat" when you were younger and now look back on those days and WISH to be at the weight you were at?  Do you look at your face when you wake up in the morning and see sleep lines and then....they are still there 2 hours later?  When you look in the mirror, do you notice lines that you don't remember being there before?  Or see a gray hair and wonder when THAT started happening (and subsequently dig through your roots trying to find how many you have!)?  You may be thinking "Gee, Michelle, thanks for the uplifting talk", but the truth is it's easy to see our changing appearance as we age and wonder what happened to our youth and wonder where the years have gone. The same goes for style, fashion, and even makeup.  Remember blue eyeshadow?  Have you ever seen someone walking around with makeup t...