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ALISON

Alison, Senior NHS Manager - London.

As a 43-year-old full time working mother of 3, I had stopped thinking about my wardrobe, always reaching for quick and easy purchases and more alarmingly that I had adopted a 'good enough' attitude to my appearance.
 
So the day of the wardrobe detox came and we had scheduled 4 hours.  I was very nervous about meeting Emma...she was bound to be really stylish and I was worried that I would feel old, frumpy and quite frankly, embarrassed about the state of most of the content of my wardrobe.  I needn't have worried.  Emma was fantastic!  Very easy to chat too and she quickly put me at ease.  She certainly knows her stuff and she is a fabulous teacher.  We started off with me trying on a few outfits, my 'old faithfuls' and she pointed out what fitted well, what didn't fit well, colours that suited and colours that didn't.  I was really impressed that Emma took photos of me as we went, which reinforced what she was telling me.  If I had not seen the point she had been explaining by looking at myself in the mirror, looking at the photograph together provided amazing clarity.  Can you believe it..I have been buying clothes that are the wrong fit over and over again, which is probably while I feel so dissatisfied with how I look.
 
I had a ball....it was all about me, which for all us busy Mums out there...how often does that happen?!  I absolutely loved it, and the time flew by but we achieved an incredible amount.  Emma adopted a keep, ditch, and recycle (dye, or alter) approach to the wardrobe detox.  I did end up ditching about 75% of my wardrobe but I have been left with 100% more outfits to wear.  Emma spent time helping me to identify what items worked well together and identified key outfits and photographed me for my 'Lookbook'.   

 The 'Lookbook' also includes really helpful hints about accessorising and shopping links for future purchases.  How fab is that?!  But best of all, every time I look at it I feel like I am being styled all over again, a positive reinforcement of a fantastic, worthwhile experience!!

My husband's reaction was great!  He is really pleased with the 'new me' and also wants a 'new him' too...so we are in the process of setting up for him to have a wardrobe detox too. 

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