Until a few years ago, I could not say the word out loud. Expert. I have forty years of hands on fabric and fit. I have taught internationally. I have written two books. And still, if someone complimented my work, my first instinct was to wave it off. It was nothing. Anyone could do that. […]
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A woman sat with me not long ago talking about she would love to get some of her clothes altered. Good clothes, clothes she already owned. But she said she didn’t feel right taking money out of the family account for something that was just for her. I have heard a version of that more
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There is a very good chance there is a room somewhere right now that needed you in it, and you talked yourself out of walking in. This post is about how to be more magnetic, and why leaving the house matters more than anything you’ll ever put on a business card. Twelve years ago I
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There is a very good chance you own something that has been quietly telling you you’re not good enough, and I don’t think you’ve ever realized that’s what it was doing. This is a post about why you should wear the good clothes, today, not someday. I had a pair of jeans like that for
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My daughter was a feminist before I was. She would talk to me about patriarchy, about the way systems are built, about men and power and space. And I would listen and nod and quietly think: it’s not that bad. I thought I was a feminist. I just didn’t see what she was seeing. Then
I was in the Orlando airport on my way home from Disney World when I saw them. Three little girls, maybe three, four, five years old. There was a giant screen playing The Lion King and a small stage in front of it, cordoned off with red ropes. They were not supposed to be on
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Some of the women who come to see me don’t own a full-length mirror. I noticed it a while back and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. And when I think about why clothes don’t fit women the way they should, why so many women have quietly given up on looking in the mirror
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You open your closet every morning, and there’s no shortage of clothes staring back at you. Tops, dresses, blazers, that pair of jeans you bought because they were supposed to be “the one.” And yet, somehow, you still end up standing there, half-dressed, feeling like you have a closet full of clothes but nothing to
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Clothing tailoring is not a luxury reserved for red carpets and custom suits. It is, quietly, the single most effective tool most women never use — and the reason a closet full of beautiful things can still leave you standing in front of the mirror feeling like nothing fits. I’ve watched it happen hundreds of
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Have you ever put something on and thought,“This should work… but it just doesn’t”? Not terrible. Not completely wrong.Just… off. And then you wear it anyway. Because it’s close enough. That’s something I see all the time. So many women are settling for close enough because they don’t know what to change or how to
Tailoring vs Alterations vs Custom Clothing: What Do You Really Need? Read More »
