The Right Wardrobe Will Change Your Life

Hey everyone! Welcome back to my ultimate wardrobe series where I’m giving you absolutely everything you need to create your perfect wardrobe!

Today, let’s talk about why personal style is so important and how building your perfect wardrobe will change your life. Then, let’s set some goals together so that you can form a clear picture of where your new wardrobe will take you. When you’re ready, you can download this free Goal Setting Worksheet so that you can follow along!

Before we get started, if you’re overwhelmed with the idea of revamping your wardrobe, booking a capsule wardrobe consultation with me is a great place to start. It includes a one-on-one style talk with me, color and styling recommendations to enhance your unique beauty, and curated outfit recommendations that will get you going in the right direction for your life and style goals. Check out my services here if you’re interested (or grab a gift card for the perfect last-minute holiday gift)!

Now, let’s talk about why your personal style is so important.

Why Personal Style is Important

Personal style is a powerful tool for achieving greater life changes. What you wear and how you present yourself can have a big impact in your career, your relationships, and within yourself. But these changes don’t have to be massive to make a significant impact in your life. Maybe you just want to start speaking up more, form a good habit, or feel more in-tune with yourself.

How we dress is also connected to our purpose in life and the meaning that we create for ourselves and others. Style is not only about looking good or feeling good, it’s also about representing what we believe in and how we contribute to the world around us. You have been gifted with a unique beauty and unique talents to share with the world. And, at its best, your wardrobe should enhance and facilitate that.

Small changes in the way you dress can have a big impact on the way others see you, the way you feel about yourself, and even the way you behave. And while this is such a great superpower of personal style, the possibility of change is also the reason why many people are afraid to embrace their true style.

Style is also just fun! Maybe you’re not that into fashion and you want your wardrobe to be utilitarian and practical. That’s a valid goal. However, if you’ve clicked on this video you probably want more than that. Most of us want to have fun with our personal style. This aspect of fun is also a really important way to improve your daily life.

Don’t wait for your life to change around you. Don’t wait to lose weight, make more money, or move to a different city. Take action to change your life now. Invest the time and effort to create a wardrobe that will help you achieve your goals and create meaning in your life.

Setting Your Goals

Now that we’ve established how important personal style can be and how it can change your life for the better, it’s time to get to know your goals. Finding your personal style and building your perfect wardrobe starts with learning about yourself. In fact, the majority of this series will focus on helping you understand yourself first and foremost. So let’s start the process of self discovery by setting your goals.

Internal Goals & Self Expression

How do you want to feel? What emotional roadblocks are you facing? Are you trying to build a new habit, reclaim your life after going through a difficult time, or improve your mental or physical health?

Many women who are interested in building a capsule wardrobe want to adopt minimalism, save money, or curb bad shopping habits. But maybe your goal is to be more extra, more expressive, or just work on developing your style. Or you might have a more pragmatic goal like improving your health or social skills.

All of these are examples of internal goals that you might want to integrate into your personal style expression and wardrobe planning.

External Goals & Making An Impression

How do you want to be seen by people around you? What leadership roles do you have in your life or want to develop?

You might want to start spending more quality time with your husband or maybe you’re still looking for the right partner and you want to make sure you’re communicating your personality fully through your outfits. Maybe you are moving up the ranks in your career and you need to create some visual separation between yourself and your direct reports. Or perhaps you want to be a source of inspiration for your friends. Maybe you’re a mother who just wants to elevate her everyday activities and make them more special for herself and those around her.

These are examples of external goals that might impact your wardrobe selections based on the impression you want to create on others.

Impression vs Expression

Some of your goals might dictate what kind of impression you want to make on others, while other goals will inspire your unique self expression. Depending on the circumstances, each outfit you create should be a balance of impression and expression.

For example, when attending an important interview, your outfit will likely be centered primarily around the impression that you want to make, and maybe only 5% of the outfit will be focused on self expression - maybe you bring in some personality with your earrings and makeup.

On the other hand, you might want to create a vacation capsule that fully expresses your personality, and puts less emphasis on the impression that you might be making on those around you.

Your Challenge

So, I challenge you to take the next 20 minutes of your day to reflect and write down at least one internal and one external goal. Then take each of these goals and think about two specific ways in which they might impact your personal style or your wardrobe. For example, if your internal goal is to feel more powerful, this might impact your style by adding more color and being slightly more dressed-up than those around you. And maybe your external goal is to inspire your family to be more active. This might impact your style by adding some cute workout outfits and casual clothes that you can easily run around in while still looking stylish.

If you’re not sure where to start, you can download this free Goal Setting Worksheet. You deserve to create the wardrobe that will help you achieve your goals and change your life for the better!