Barbra Horowitz is an experienced stylist who offers clients in-home and Skype styling services and fantastic tips on how to sell your clothing and work with what you already have. Since it’s a New Year I wanted to get Barbra’s expert advice on shopping tips and tricks.
Holiday shopping is over so does that mean we should be on a buying hiatus? January is all about clearing out and making way for new whether it’s in your closet or your favorite Barneys. The savings on great flat Miu Miu boots or Prada gold vintage casing handbags from the runway is now! Let the stores clearing out the old to bring in the new be your shopping schedule. Inventory also hits the stores in January and just like your closet what you don’t want they don’t either. Be there to take it off their hands at super sleuth savings. Wear for a few seasons then put on the auction block. Shop to Sell. Just like me.
How do you know when to buy or keep something in your closet? If you shop, only buy on sale or resale. You are utilizing your wardrobe as an investment. It’s not what you buy it’s how much you pay for it. Buy-Wear-Sell-Repeat. Buying at full price and holding on too long will have you looking at your closet each season wondering what happened. “If it’s not on sale it’s not on you” needs to be your mantra to make this equation work. Purging for dollars in your very own closet is one of the greenest things you can do for you and your wallet.
What are some easy tricks women can do to look their best this year? Think about getting dressed in the dark. Try it next time you face your wardrobe with a “what now” feeling. Take items from different categories of your life (e.g. evening-weekend-workout and pair all together.) Style is about one part of your outfit that is left of center, meaning wrong, at least in your own mind. Shoot for a full size combo of it’s so wrong it’s right. Strive for a “care don’t care” (but of course you care) outfit. I promise if you get out of your head and keep perfect as a goal for everything else in life you will have solved your wardrobe dilemma. Let go, get creative and don’t crutch on jeans and heels for every single solitary outfit.