First Personal Stylist Report
First Personal Stylist Report
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<strong>First</strong>ly I took a photo of my client wearing all tight fitted black, up against a clear wall to<br />
see which body type I’d be working with; to be certain I cut around her figure frame.<br />
After doing so I came to the decision my client is a petite hourglass.<br />
I discussed with Claire about her silhouette, she agreed strongly that she is an hourglass<br />
but it was news to her that she was classed as a petite, as she is 5.4-5.5 in height she is<br />
just about broader line.<br />
1. A photo of client<br />
2. Measure your client<br />
Across the bust – 100cm<br />
Across the under bust -91cm<br />
Across the waist- 83 cm<br />
Across the hips – 102cm<br />
Across the both tights – 86cm<br />
Across one thigh -55cm<br />
“Hourglass: The bust and hip measurement of this client will be their largest, and their waist<br />
measurement will be quite small. An “hourglass” will normally have a large bust, small waist,<br />
short waist, big hips and generous thighs.”<br />
“Petite: This client could be any of the other measurement combinations; however they will be<br />
shorter and tend to have broader shoulders.”
3. Before Photo<br />
4. Colour Analysis<br />
.My client was wearing what she would usually wear<br />
for casual and at weekends, home or out.<br />
.She is dressed in all different colours from head to toe,<br />
as she falls into the petite category to elongate Claires<br />
figure the best thing to do would be to dress in one<br />
colour.<br />
.Even though the colours suit her skin tone and<br />
complexion.<br />
.The neck line ascendants her bust area showing off<br />
her curves but not having the top heavy affect.<br />
.For the hourglass it is best to keep the top of the<br />
trousers hidden, Claire has done this but I would<br />
change the top to a crouch-length.<br />
.I also thinks her legs will benefit greatly in a skinnier<br />
fitted bottoms<br />
To allow Claire to get a little more of an understanding on what suits her personally,<br />
colours and fabric. I conducted a Colour Analysis on her, like Assignment five and I<br />
also had a further understanding about my client’s needs and details, filled out on<br />
the next page.<br />
<strong>First</strong> I asked her to pick out<br />
the selection of colours did<br />
she thought suited her best.<br />
She chose winter; winter is a<br />
cool colour palette, along<br />
with summer as where<br />
autumn and spring are warm<br />
colour palettes.<br />
I wasn’t sure if winter was<br />
my clients’ prefect one so I<br />
looked at her skin tone, eyes<br />
and hair as well as her veins.<br />
I went on to complete the<br />
“house base questionnaire”<br />
to help justify my thoughts.
5. Finding more about my client<br />
• Will it be casual, relaxed, corporate, a special occasion etc.?<br />
Casual, relaxed, work<br />
• What will they be doing in the clothing and where will they be going?<br />
It will be for work, not too smart, it will be for relaxed nights out and shopping trips,<br />
• Will they be wearing it on TV?<br />
no<br />
• Will they be picking kids up from school?<br />
no<br />
• Attending meetings for fundraising?<br />
Meetings , yes<br />
• Interviewing for a new job?<br />
Potentially yes<br />
• Re-entering the work world?<br />
yes<br />
• Looking for clothing after they’ve gained or lost weight?<br />
no<br />
• How do they want to feel and look after they’ve had a few sessions with you?<br />
More organised and with outfits that can mix and match<br />
• How do they feel they look now?<br />
Definitely more confident with what I choose to wear<br />
• Do they admire the style of a specific public figure or celebrity?<br />
Yes I really like, Emma Willis<br />
• How much money do they want to spend, or a better way of phrasing the question, “Do you have a specific<br />
budget in mind for fees, clothing and alterations?<br />
I would be looking to spend £300 to add to and alter my wardrobe<br />
• Do they have a specific time to reach their goals?<br />
I would like to be sorted within the next 2 weeks<br />
After the colour analysis I needed to know more about my client’s<br />
lifestyle and have a better knowledge of her style and personality.<br />
As well as suiting her figure and complexion, her wardrobe has to<br />
find her needs so I had her fill out this small question.
6. Hourglass Images<br />
After we fully established her body size and shape I asked Claire to look up and find<br />
images of outfits she likes and would were now she knows what suit her best and tell<br />
me what she likes about them.<br />
A.I like the denim and dark tops,<br />
they all cover the middle. I prefer<br />
flat shoes too.<br />
B. I love the navy blue of this dress<br />
with middle sequins hold the waist<br />
in.<br />
C. Great shapes to hide my wide<br />
hips, but pretty/eyecatching<br />
enough for my taste.<br />
D. I think this covers a lovely set of<br />
weekend clothes.<br />
E.This is my favourite<br />
shape dress for a<br />
special event.<br />
I then showed my client the pictures I had found that I think would suit her hourglass figure
Wardrobe cleanout<br />
We moved on to conducting the “wardrobe assessment” clear-out to see the existing clothes my client<br />
already has, allowing me to plan what she need to add. By doing this I learnt a lot about Claires sense of<br />
style and also I will be able to identify places where there issues with any items or outfits.<br />
Her most worn too her hardly worn clothes and accessories were put into different named piles of<br />
doesn’t fit, don’t like, no occasion, like but forgot about and currently wear.<br />
Claire has quite a small wardrobe of clothes due to the fact that she recently got rid of very old clothes<br />
but that was without my help.<br />
My clients ‘currently wear’ pile is the largest out of them all, I notice that everything was dark or plain<br />
coloured. Even though this could be good to help with making her seem taller and slimmer but the<br />
colours may not be perfect for her complexion palate. Despite this I now understand these are the<br />
colours that she feels most confinable in.<br />
. The horrsontal stripes make<br />
her seem wider, they draw<br />
and led the eye across the<br />
body which also makes the<br />
body look shorter. Vertital<br />
stripes would be better,<br />
drawing the eyes down<br />
creating the impression that<br />
the person is leaner.<br />
.The large bright pattern<br />
doesn’t show off an hourglass<br />
figure well.<br />
.My client wears this work<br />
dress regurly but the way the<br />
sleeves are pulled tightly<br />
under the arm it makes are<br />
shoulders and arm look<br />
uncomifiable.<br />
.Even though the dress shows<br />
off her curves the is to high so<br />
the way the fabric falls over<br />
her bust and hips makes her<br />
look too top heavy.<br />
.This is taken from the ‘dislike’<br />
pile, this was the only item<br />
that she really hated.<br />
.The ill fitted shape does<br />
nothing for her curvy figure,<br />
drowning her bust and hips.<br />
.The very large printed pattern<br />
washes out my client; makes<br />
her top half look out of<br />
proportion with each other.
Claire has a lot of dark circle neck line work dresses that fall just below her knees. Now she<br />
know that she is classed as a petite, she feels that the length of the dress only looks right if<br />
wore with heels, not flat shoes; she is correct. To wear flats the best opinion would be a<br />
mini length dress.<br />
The images below show of my client in one of this dresses, wore with a cropped jacket (to<br />
make her bottom half look longer), black leggings to slim the legs and heels.<br />
The photos show the way the dress looks when it’s at its original length and the photo on<br />
the right shows when the dress is taken up and shorted; that little bit of change makes a<br />
whole difference to her look.<br />
Before<br />
Hem line taken up a couple of cm<br />
We then moved on to look at all the piles other than<br />
‘wearing currently’ and Claire said she would like to keep the<br />
‘like but nowhere to wear’ pile, just in case and I agreed.<br />
There were originally only three items of clothing Claire<br />
didn’t like, a pair of ill fitted jeans, a thin tight jumper and a<br />
too small very old top. I gave her advice on the horizontal<br />
strips, that they lead the eye across body making them seem<br />
much wider than they actually are. This useful tip to prevent<br />
adding unnecessary weight made my client dislike it.<br />
They all are still in good useable condition so we decided to<br />
bag them up and give to charity.<br />
After
I filled out a wardrobe table to get a better look at exactly what clothes and accessories my client<br />
has and allowed me to see where there were gaps in her wardrobe that need purchasing. I notice<br />
where Claire spends most of her time, plus the colours are all similar, mostly dark and plain colours.<br />
Item Summer Winter<br />
Coat/Jacket Cropped Denim Jacket 1 Short Leather Jacket 1<br />
Long red coat 1<br />
Shirt/Top Pink long tops x3<br />
White blouse x2<br />
V neck T-shirts white x1<br />
V neck T-shirt beige x1<br />
V neck T-shirt black x1<br />
Plain White tops x3<br />
Pattered grey long tops x3<br />
Dresses none Black work dress x5<br />
Grey Pencil dress x 1<br />
Leggings<br />
None Black leggings x4<br />
Black Snake print leggings x1<br />
Grey Snake print leggings x1<br />
Accessories Brown small shoulder bag<br />
Small necklace scarfs x3<br />
Thin silk scarfs x2<br />
Thin studded belt x2<br />
Skirt none none<br />
Shoes Pattered flat ballet shoesx3<br />
Toe less x4<br />
work heelsx1<br />
Cardigan/Kitwear Pink/Coral Short cardigan<br />
Grey short cardigan<br />
Beige midlength cardigan<br />
Trourers/Jeans Cream skinny jeansx1<br />
Light denim jeans skinnyx1<br />
Big black handbagx3<br />
Large Purple shoulder bag<br />
Prattened scarfs x2<br />
Big brown beltx2<br />
Knee high boots x2<br />
Black heels x2<br />
Fur bootsx3<br />
Black thin cardigan<br />
Long pale pink cardigan<br />
Long heavy knitted cardigan<br />
Denim straight jeans x2<br />
After listing everything in my clients current wardrobe it became clear that is that the most often<br />
colour palette is winter and most of her clothes are suitable for the colder weather more than the<br />
warm, for example she does not own any skirts or any other dresses then her work ones. As the<br />
summer season is now very close she will need much more brighter/fresh colours that suitable for<br />
the sun. The list below is a guide line list of what she should buy.<br />
1 short v neck dress that is pulled in at the waist – fresh light colour<br />
Pencil skirt- Dark but not dull<br />
Beige fine extra skinny trousers<br />
Slightly patterned leggings- Fresh light colour<br />
Cropped Colourful Cardigan<br />
Heels- Brighter colour
I showed my client how to mix and match items that she already owns to make up different kind<br />
of outfits for separate events, by changing the accessories and one or two pieces of clothing.<br />
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Combination 1- Casual and Work/Evening Combination 2- Work and Evening<br />
I think the cropped jacket and cardigan looks the<br />
best out of them all. It suits the petite shape and<br />
makes the body seem longer<br />
I picked this dress because of the ruffled shoulders,<br />
that make the shoulders like broader to even out<br />
the frame and also black is a slimming colour<br />
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Combination 3- Casual and Work Combination 4- Casual and Work/Evening<br />
The colours here are from the spring colour palette.<br />
The causal combination has a summer feel to it. Also<br />
the red coat is perfect of an hourglass because of the<br />
belt at the waist.<br />
The bold colour of the top half brings out the warmth<br />
in the skin tone (not very well shown in the photo)<br />
Also the cropped jacket with the heels creates a lot of<br />
height
Post-makeover<br />
.My client’s time was limited so going out shopping was not achievable; we went online<br />
shopping instead.<br />
.Claire now understands her body shape and now knows buying perfectly fitted clothes will<br />
benefit her a lot.<br />
£25.00 Pussycat Black V<br />
Neck Wrap/Newlook/£25.00<br />
.Her favourite item is a dress<br />
dress, the colour black makes<br />
everything seem slimmer.<br />
.The v neck means that Claire<br />
can show off her bust whilst<br />
staying in proportion.<br />
.The waist line sits under the<br />
chest, pulled in, letting the skirt<br />
flow out. Accentuating the waist<br />
and hips.<br />
.The mini length will long out the<br />
legs .<br />
Womens Schuh Bree Bow Court<br />
Patent High Heels/Schuh/£19.99<br />
.The large heel will make her<br />
appears taller whilst<br />
elongating the legs.<br />
.Claire used to own a pair of<br />
red heels until they were wore<br />
out. The striking red with<br />
black would show off her<br />
personality more.<br />
.She has small size 4 feet due<br />
to the shiny leather and the<br />
bow it will make them seem<br />
bigger but not overly.<br />
Kaliko Crepe Pencil Dark<br />
Pink Skirt/Kaliko/£40.00<br />
.Colour is from Claire’s<br />
seasonal colour palette,<br />
bringing new life to her<br />
wardrobe.<br />
.The pencil skirt is best for<br />
an hourglass because it<br />
hugs where it touches,<br />
showing the curves.<br />
.As it can be highwaisted it<br />
would also lengthen her petit<br />
legs.<br />
Petite Aztec Print<br />
Jegging/dorothyperkins/£25<br />
.Claire feels most<br />
comfortable in bottoms that<br />
have stretch, it is also best<br />
for an hourglass shape too<br />
so the jegging trousers are<br />
prefect.<br />
.The slight patten will keep<br />
the outfit from looking boring<br />
without being overpowering.<br />
.They do not have any<br />
fastenings so no extra bulk<br />
Crop Cardigan/H&M/£29.99<br />
.A Cropped cardigan really<br />
suited her petite but shaped<br />
figure.<br />
.The colour is also from the<br />
spring palette, I think the<br />
green will bring out her eyes<br />
and suit the colour of her<br />
current hair.<br />
.It sits above the hips, to keep<br />
balanced frame.<br />
.When done up there are only<br />
a few fastenings creating the<br />
hourglass perfect v neckline.<br />
Asos Blouse With Ruffle Cape<br />
and Pussybow/ASOS/£30.00<br />
.Colour is from the<br />
Spring/Summer palette, the<br />
best one for her skin tones.<br />
.The sleeves add more shape<br />
across the shoulders; this<br />
length sleeve will instantly slim<br />
the arm.<br />
.This flows from under the top<br />
layer of fabric, pinching in the<br />
waist.
For Claire,<br />
After shot- the best one taken for the four<br />
combinations.<br />
This outfit could be fit causal, evening or work.<br />
The colours go well together, keeping the dark<br />
colours to help slim but also bring in colours<br />
from the spring.<br />
The top is pulled in and gathered under the bust,<br />
suiting and flattering the hourglass curves.<br />
Having black heels with black bottoms noticeably<br />
lengthens the legs.<br />
The leather keeps to Claires edgy style.<br />
A summary about you<br />
You are now part of the Hourglass Petite family, with the primary colour palette of Spring. This is due to the<br />
warmer tones in your skin as well as your bright clear blue eyes and your dark mousey/brown hair; you are also<br />
close to being a summer as well because of your blonde hair as a child.<br />
Spring is a warmer palette clear and sharp colours make you come alive. Whereas the summer palette is<br />
mostly based around pastels so you are lucky because you will suit some of both.<br />
Peach, apricot, salmon, coral and peachy pinks look beautiful against your tones.<br />
You love the edgy but glamorous styles.<br />
You figure is a classic hourglass, meaning that your bust and your hips are even with a smaller waist. The<br />
best way to dress is for you to show off your best assets, drawing the eye to your curves.<br />
Being a borderline petite means that you come under 5.5, wearing clothes that lengthen your little legs, like<br />
black, skinny, and heels will keep you in balance with your curves too.<br />
Tips<br />
Black can be worn, but accessorise with spring colours, especially near the face. Eg. A bright scarf<br />
No spring should ever wear a pure white<br />
When shopping for grey, remember that only a warm yellow shade grey will suit you<br />
Maintaining a good body posture is the key for looking and walking tall.