Before-After Nordstrom Photo Shoot: Sabrina

Personal stylist Margo Passadore and I took 8 women of various ages, shapes and color harmonies to Nordstrom in Portland for a “Before and After” photo shoot (overview here). Here’s our third client’s story. Sabrina is currently a stay-at-home mom with two kids, so her preferred clothing style is casual. She’s 5’10” with a body shape somewhere between rectangular […]

Before-After Nordstrom Photo Shoot: Sally

Personal stylist Margo Passadore and I took 8 women of various ages, shapes and color harmonies to Nordstrom in downtown Portland for a “Before and After” photo shoot (overview here). Here’s our second client’s story. Sally is a fun-loving gal who favors classic and romantic stylings in her clothes. She is triangle-shaped, with a small bust and […]

Color consultant consults an image consultant

Yesterday, fellow Portland image consultant, Margo Passadore, came over to help me attack my closet.  I am already very good at clearing other people’s closets – helping my clients understand why certain garments are flattering, which are not, and why and how to put them together. Just last week I helped a client create this mountain of […]

An optician who does personal color analysis? Shopping for glasses in France

You never know what you’ll find when you look for glasses in France. The first time I bought a pair of French frames (in 2012) was accidental, found while waiting for a friend to get her glasses adjusted. Even though they’re tortoise shell (good pattern and color for Autumn types – but I’m a Summer), I […]

Natural skin tones

Are you “in the pink?”

To be “in the pink” is to be in top form, to glow with health and vigor. Wearing the right shade of pink can do that for you. But until very recently the color pink was reserved for suggestive undergarments and little girls in princess garb. Today pink is everywhere, but in more subtle blush, […]