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Friday, September 3rd, 2010
I was recently talking to a client who had taken her ” Wardrobe Wizard Color Chart,” and her line drawings with her when she went shopping. She showed these to a sales person who knew the store stock well. The sales lady helped her pick out lots of separate pieces that really looked “cute together.” Unfortunately, by the time she got home she did not remember what went with what. The solution I suggested to her was to use her camera phone or digital camera next time she goes shopping. Here are some shopping tips that will make it easier for you to shop for clothes.
Tips when shopping for new items for your wardrobe:
Before you go shopping, shop your closet. Use your camera phone or a digital camera to take pictures of the clothing you wear most often. If you do not have another person to photograph you in your clothing, lay the pieces on your bed and take a picture of the different ways you mix and match your separates.
Load these picture on your computer, save them and print them out. Take these pictures with you when you go shopping. The process of shopping your closet and photographing what you wear should help you be more aware of the gaps in your wardrobe. Every time you buy something new photograph it and add it to your saved file. Eliminate photos of any clothing you eliminate from your wardrobe.
1. When you actually go shopping ask the sales person to take pictures of you ( with your camera phone or digital camera) wearing pieces you are considering purchasing.
This is especially helpful if you are unsure about purchasing the items. A picture will let you know if the clothing is really flattering.
2. Bring items from your closet that are “orphans.” ” A closet orphan,” is anything you are unable to wear because you have nothing to wear it with.
3. Bring some straight pins shopping so you can see how the clothing you like will look when it is hemmed or altered in strategic places.
4. Bring the shoes that look good with pants if you are shopping for pants or shoes that look good with skirts if you are looking for skirts or dresses.
Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore,” is a Personal Image Consultant trained by Color 1 Associates. She specializes in working with midlife women whose shape or size has changed. She is available to work with individuals and groups in Baltimore, Md and surrounding areas. Her website is WWW.WardrobeWiz.com/
She hopes to soon be able to do “virtual image consulting.” This will mean she can work with individuals anywhere in the world. Watch this blog for more information to follow soon!
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Friday, August 6th, 2010
How do you make a decision about what clothing items to buy? Besides the clothing fitting you and flattering your shape and body colors, what else should you consider?
Here are 9 secrets of smart clothes shopping from personal image consultant, Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore.”
1. Look at care tags, if it says “DRY CLEAN ONLY,” the item will be more costly to maintain. If item says dry clean without the word ONLY you can probably hand wash it or even machine wash on gentle cycle.
2. Squeeze fabric in your hand for 10 seconds to see how likely it is to wrinkle. If it bounces back with few or no wrinkles you probably will not have to spend time ironing it.
3. Can you wear it with 2 or 3 items you already own or can you wear it 2 or 3 different ways?
4. Try it on and sit down in it, raise your arms above you head, raise your arms to your chest with your fists together and elbows out. Then bend over and touch your toes. Does the clothing item move with you or restrict your movement?
5. Don’t expect items to fit perfectly. They will probably need to be altered. So bring some straight pins with you. The pins will enable you to see how the item will look after alterations.
6. If you have had “your colors done,” keep your color chart in your purse so you won’t be wasting your time trying on unflattering colors.
7. If you have had a face and body shape analysis and have line drawings of your best styles bring your line drawings with you.
8. If there is a two or three piece matching outfit get all of the pieces, if they are flattering.
9. If you are on a tight budget, get items that are solids and do not have decorative designs or embellishments. These will be easier to mix and match with your existing wardrobe.
Before I became an image consultant in 1990, I did not know what colors or styles looked good on me and I would spend many hours shopping and trying on things that looked awful on me. The more things I tried on that looked bad, the worse I felt about myself.
Now that I know my best colors and styles, when I go shopping, I can quickly skim over the aisles. I usually only have to try on items to see if they fit. This saves me lots of time and my self esteem remains intact.
Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard,” of Baltimore is a professionally trained, personal image consultant. She specializes in working with women who have lots of clothes and “nothing to wear.” (After you get a wallet of your best colors, and line drawings of your best styles, “The Wardrobe Wizard,” will teach you how to shop your own closet.) Nancy is available to work with groups as well as individuals. Contact her at www.WardrobeWiz.com
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Do you have trouble finding comfortable, flattering shoes? Here are a few tips that may make your hunt for the right shoes easier.
Shape: Make an outline of the shape of your foot on a piece of paper. Cut out the shape and take it with you when you shop for shoes. Hold the shape up to shoes you like. If the shoe widens where your foot shape widens and narrows and curves where your foot shape narrows and curves its worth trying on. Be sure to try both shoes on and walk around to see how the shoes feel. If they feel tight, or pinch do not purchase them. They will never feel comfortable. Also, its a good idea to try shoes on at the end of the day, because our feet tend to swell at the end of the day.
Style: If you have a short or broad foot and are wearing a skirt or dress a low vamp will be more flattering than a high vamp. If you have a long narrow foot a higher vamp can shorten the look of your foot.
Heel height: The shorter you are the lower your heel should be. You didn’t read that last sentence wrong. Its about proportion. In my twenties I tried to wear very high heels. Unfortunately, I am short and I looked like “Minnie Mouse,” in those heels. Also, the higher your heel height the more it throws you off balance. A two inch heel should look good and not throw your balance off too much.
Color: Choose shoes that are a shade of your hair color. You will be able to wear these shoes everyday and with everything you own. By choosing shoes that are a shade of your hair color you will automatically be pulling yourself together visually because our eye automatically searches for repeated colors. Many shoes now come in metallic colors. These are especially nice looking in sandals.
Do you have a favorite tip about choosing shoes? Feel free to comment and share your tips about shoes.
Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore,” is a professionally trained Color 1, personal image consultant. She specializes in helping women whose size or shape has changed and who have lots of clothes and nothing to wear go from “Sad to Fab.” She teaches how to go shopping in your own closet first. After a client works with the Wardrobe Wizard she will have line drawings of her best styles, a wallet of her best colors, and the ability to mix and match and shop with ease. Say goodbye to the panic of “nothing to wear.”
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Sunday, December 13th, 2009
When Paula Begoun aka ‘The Cosmetics Cop,” came to Baltimore Thursday, Dec 4th and spoke at Barnes & Noble in Pikesville, Md., she stated, “For centuries women have wanted to look pretty, and wasting money is not pretty.”
Paula came to promote version eight of her book “Don’t Go To The Cosmetics Counter Without Me.” I have been a fan of hers since she wrote “Blue Eyeshadow Should Be Made Illegal.” in 1986. I currently subscribe to her on-line “Beautypedia.” It costs $24.95 a year to subscribe and new products are reviewed every two weeks.
I find it saves me money because it prevents me from impulsively buying new products. Paula said her goal has always been to help women save money. She has saved me a lot of money over the years.
Before I buy a new product I go online to “Beautypedia,” to check “the Cosmetic Cops” review. Cosmetic & skin care reviews include both drugsstore, department store and other retail brands. I am still unsure about the product and it’s a drugstore cosmetic, I buy it at CVS or Rite Aid because even if it has been opened or used it can be returned or exchanged. Paula emphasizes in her reviews that expensive products are not necessarily better than less expensive products.
Paula now wears two hats. She is still “The Cosmetics Cop.” She and her staff evaluate thousands of brands of makeup, and skin care products. She gives a smiley face with a check mark for outstanding products and a frowning face for products that aren’t well formulated and do not do what they promise. She also has her own line of makeup and skin care products called “Paula’s Choice.”
I especially like her exfoliating AHA and her BHA products. I have very dry skin but in the summer time I get oily around the T zone. I break out with pimples under the skin and even have had a few blackheads. Nothing helped me until I used her 2% BHA product. It cleared up my pimples without overly drying my skin out. “Yeah, Paula’s Choice.”
If you like Internet research and want to get reviews of new products coming out, its worthwhile subscribing to Beautypedia’s online reviews or if you prefer buying a book, get her latest version of “Don’t Go To The Cosmetics Counter Without Me,” available in paperback from Amazon for $19.77.
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Have you whitened your teeth or are you thinking about whitening your teeth? Do you wonder how white your teeth should be? As we get older our teeth darken or yellow from the foods we eat and the things we drink and smoke. Whiter teeth can help us to look more youthful. However, if you overdo the teeth bleaching, your teeth may end up looking like they are false.
An easy way to determine how white your teeth should be is to look at the whites of your eyes. Do this when you aren’t tired or sick. If you bleach your teeth a whiter color than the whites of your eyes, this color will cause your teeth to become your focal point (the place people eyes go to first and keep being drawn back to). If the color of your teeth is a brighter white than the whites of your eye this will not only cause your teeth to look fake, but it may make your skin look dull or washed out next to the very bright white of your teeth. By repeating the same or simialr shade of the whites of your eyes in your teeth you can create visual harmony.
Our eyes find visual harmony relaxing and pleasing. When you look visually harmonious you will look your most attractive and you will communicate instant confidence and intelligence.
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
I recently helped Theresa pare down her wardrobe. She had many things in her closet that still had the tags on, but no longer fit . Theresa realized that she had too many clothes but couldn’t resist buying more clothes because they were on sale. How many of you have bought something just because it was on sale?
What other criteria do you need to consider besides the fact an item is on sale for it to be a bargain? Here are some questions to ask yourself.
- Can you wear it with three things you already own or can you wear it three different ways?
- Is it comfortable, does the fabric breathe?
- Does it fit properly?
- What kind of care does it need? Grab the fabric and squeeze and hold for 10 seconds. Does it wrinkle easily? Can it be washed? ( If it needs dry cleaning it will cost you more long term.) Also, most dry cleaning uses carcinogenic chemicals and some of these chemicals may remain in the fabric.
- Don’t forget color. Does the color make your eyes sparkle, do your shadows and lines disappear?
- Do you really need it?
When I go shopping, I have my helper, my “Wardrobe Wizard Pocket Pal.” This includes my wallet of 50 of my best colors and line drawings of my best styles. I still have trouble making decisions, at times , because sometimes “my wants and my needs,” are in conflict. So I carry a pendulum and I ask my pendulum for help in making my final buying decisions. I believe my unconscious mind knows the right answer and projects this on the pendulum. (yes, even “The Wardrobe Wizard ” needs a second opinion at times.)
How do you make your buying decisions? How many so called “bargains,” do you have hanging in your closet that you rarely or never wear? Wondering what to do with those unworn bargains? If you live in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, “The Wardrobe Wizard,” can work with you in person. Currently I am exploring ways I can work with clients long distance but I have not worked out the details yet.
Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore,” is a professionally trained personal image consultant. She specializes in working with women whose shape or size has changed. Contact her at 410-235-5325. or nrgoldblat@gmail.com.
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
When you look in your closet how much black clothing do you see? Before I got trained as a ” Color 1 Personal Image Consultant,” I did not know my best colors. My mother wore a lot of black and she told me it was slenderizing, so for many years I wore mostly black clothes.
In my sophomore year of college my roommate , who was a good friend, announced that if I bought one more piece of black clothing, she was going to strangle me. She was sick of looking at me in black. Because l did not know what colors looked good on me and black was so easy to find, I bought a few items with color, but I continued to wear lots of black.
In 1990, when I had my “color chart done,” by a ” Color 1 Associate” and got a wallet of my best shades, I was able to add lots more color to my wardrobe. I have said in previous blogs that by repeating body colors we can create visual harmony because our eyes automatically search for colors that are repeated. My hair is very dark brown but gives the illusion of looking almost black. Because the color black repeats my hair color it creates visual balance. Now I combine black with my best shades of other colors.
Is black one of your body colors ? If not, then black is not a dark neutral for you. You may still be able to wear black in small amounts but in large amounts it may drain the color from your face, and it can emphasize your lines and shadows. For my clients that don’t look their best in black, but aren’t ready to part with their black clothing , I tell them to shows some skin when they wear black. This means v neck lines or scoop neck lines. Or wear a scarf near your face that is a flattering color.
Wondering what your best dark or light neutrals are? I recommend getting JoAnna Nicholson’s books, “Dressing Smart for Women,” and “Dressing Smart for Men.” These paperback books explain the Color 1 approach to color which I believe is the most accurate system of color analysis around.
There are Color 1 Associates located all over the USA. Unfortunately, the Color1 website, listing the Associates and their contact information has been down since May and I do not know when it will be back up. If you are interested in having your colors done and you are located in Baltimore or surrounding areas including Washington, D.C., I am available to work with you. I offer a free 30 minute telephone consultation to help you determine if my services are right for you. If you are located elsewhere feel free to e-mail me and I will give you the name and number of the closest Color 1 Associate in your area.
Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore,” is a professionally trained personal image consultant. She can be reached at nrgoldblatt at gmail dot com. Her website is WWW.WardrobeWiz.com/
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Earlier this year I went to a women’s networking event. I joined a conversation of two other women and ended up talking to a ” 20 something woman,” who was a graphic artist. The only thing I can remember about this young graphic artist besides her profession was the blouse she was wearing. She apparently had gained some weight and her blouse was too tight. Horizontal creases had formed where her blouse was especially tight and the buttons down the front of her blouse were so strained they looked like they were about to pop open.
My eyes kept being drawn back to those “about to pop buttons.” She had unknowingly created a focus point with the strained buttons and the horizontal creases of her shirt. I was looking for a graphics artist at the time but this young woman’s appearnce kept me from trusting her and I never told her I was looking for a graphics person. My automatic thought was ” If she isn’t willing to take the time to put on clothing that fits her, she is not going to take the time to do good graphic arts work.” She had managed to “instantly discredit herself,” by weariung clothing that was was too tight.
Wondering what will give you instant credibility?
- Create visual harmony by repeating hair, eye and shades of your skin color in your clothing
- Wear three layers. This means a jacket or vest over a shirt or blouse. (This will make you look more authoritative and if the jacket or vest follows your body line it can hide figure challenges.) If you have a defined waistline choose a jacket or vest with vertical darts. If you do not have a defined waistline choose a jacket without darts that is not fitted. For a more ”relaxed,” jacket look, use a cardigan or an unbuttoned blouse over a shell top.
- Before you leave the house look in a full length mirror and make sure your face and eyes are the focus point.
- Wear clothing that fits you, not too tight and not too loose.
Do you have any tips to share on how you create ” visual credibility?”
Nancy Goldblatt, the “Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore,”was professionally trained by Color 1 Associates as a “Personal Image Consultant.” She specializes in teaching people how to shop in their own closets first before they purchase new clothing. She uses color analysis, as well as face and body shape analysis to teach her clients how to create “their own best looks.” She can be reached at nrgoldblatt at gmail dot com/ Her website is www.WardrobeWiz.com/ She works with both individuals and groups.
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