Living Clothing Confidently

The word of this episode is flattering. 

Dressing your figure flatteringly is going to make you feel more confident, and make you look more attractive.

Confidence and attractiveness are among the most powerful forms of nonverbal communication because they tell the world we are 1) at ease with ourselves, which ultimately is attractive, and 2) that we care about the way we show up, that we have a certain standard of self respect.

So how do I dress my figure flatteringly?

It turns out that question is worth about 1 trillion five hundred ninety-three billion dollars if you combine what the make up, personal care, and clothing industries project for revenue for 2021. 

Did you know that women in the US spend about $3.8k on their appearance annually?

So, perhaps this question of how to appear as best you can is worth 3.8k or more to you. 

The advice I’m going to give you today is free and I’m hoping it actually reduces the amount of money you spend on clothing annually, and accomplished your goal of looking the best you can.

Because what that insanely high number, the 1 trillion five hundred and 93 billion dollars doesn’t project is the happiness women feel about the way they’re showing up after putting their money into these industries. 

Based on my research, 1 in 2 women are walking around not feeling Clothing Confident. They don’t feel like they’re dressing their figures in flattering ways, they don’t feel like they’re attractive in their clothing… 

So while the marketing is getting us into the stores, and convincing us to buy, it’s not leading us to the pieces that will highlight our figures best.

50% (or more) of what makes Clothing Confident women, Clothing Confident, is highlighting their figures in a positive way. 

Abi, a recent Seeking Inspirato interviewee in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma said 

“I seriously believe looking good is half the battle.”

I completely agree with Abi. The other half of Clothing Confidence is developing a Dynamic Personal Style, and I cover all of that in the first episode of this podcast series.

What's your style? What do you like? What do you gravitate towards? These are probably questions you've asked yourself, or someone's asked you when you're talking about clothing. We know style when we see it. We know when someone else has a great, authentic, personal clothing style. I mean, think of somebody that you know, who you've seen recently, where you were like, “Oh my God, I love that.”.

We know because it shines through and we can feel something in us. It's what made you say, “Oh, I love (insert, whatever you saw)”, “I love the way she's showing up”. And that's the goal of today's episode. I want to inspire you to start developing your own personal style and your own “Oh, I like the way that looks on me” moments!

I think developing your own personal style matters because when you're the one in the driver's seat, just like anything else in life, you're also the one who gets to fine-tune it. You get to improve it for the future. You're the one who gets to decide how it evolves, how it works for different situations, occasions.

I like to contrast this against something like StitchFix or a personal stylist who will develop a personal style for you. I have no beef with these kinds of services. I think they're great. I think they give people some quick moments of Clothing Confidence, and that's awesome because I'd way rather you feel Clothing Confident than not.

And if those are the kinds of services that you feel you need in order to feel Clothing Confidence, please, by all means, continue to do that. 

I do think there’s a subset of people (and if you’re probably in this audience considering the title of the episode is “How to Create Your Own Personal Style”) who want to develop their own personal style because there's a certain satisfaction that comes out of developing it on your own. 

It's you showing your visual fingerprint to the world, and who else gets to do that? It's only you. You're the only one who gets to define it and show it. These other services like StitchFix, they're doing the best they can with the information you give them.

But at the end of the day, you're the one who really knows what your personal style is.

How Will A Capsule Wardrobe Help Me?

Today we are going to talk about Capsule Wardrobes. This is a topic that has blown up on DailyInspirato.com recently, and it’s something I’ve been talking about for a few months now, even years, on the site.

It’s not a new concept, and it’s certainly not my own concept, in fact, many people who have been resource-strapped in their lives will know a Capsule Wardrobe is a fancy way of saying that you have a limited number of clothes that all work together to create as many combinations of new looks as possible… It's a highly economic way to be stylish.

I think Capsule Wardrobes are really appealing right now for a few potential reasons.

For one, maybe you’ve gained weight since COVID… I know I have, and maybe you want a transitory wardrobe to bring you through as you shed some pounds, but you also want to appear stylish. Sizing up and buying a few pieces to create a Capsule Wardrobe can certainly do that for you.

Maybe you feel your wardrobe is tired and you want to start fresh, but don’t know exactly where to begin. A Capsule Wardrobe provides you with a list of basics that you can start from. We just got through a pandemic. It’s hot girl summer. We all want to look good, and I think a Capsule Wardrobe is just the ticket to get us there.

The concept of a Capsule Wardrobes does wonders for our Personal Style because they save us time, allow us to be more creative, give us a polished look, and make us feel more Clothing Confident, consistently.