Style For Success Blog

This Fall -- Classics Rejuvenated

Today I did some research on what's new for fall 2009 -- checked out the In Style magazine as well Canadian Elle and Oprah mag.  Turns out what's old is new again or to be more accurate never went out of style. 

The classics are back with a vengence.  Designers understand that consumers are leary of spending money on trends and so to encourage us to contineu to spend they've reintroduced timeless fashions. If like me your core wardrobe consists of neutrals you're in luck.  To prevent your wardrobe from looking stale though, you mght want to add some spice in terms of your accessories. 
If you are fortunate to have a waist, then add a wider belt to add snap to a classic button down white shirt.  If on the other hand you suffer from the dreaded muffin top, you might want to draw the eye upward with a multiple strand beaded necklace in a colour that compliments your  eyes and frames your face. 

Let me know what you're doing to add pizzazz to your classics. 

What are you up to this fall?

Getting a career advantage in the economic slowdown

Remember all those little things you promised you would do for yourself, personal development wise, if you ever got the time. Maybe now is the time. If you're between jobs or business is a little slow, don't just sit there and complain. Take this as a golden opportunity to invest in yourself, your career or your business. That's what we are doing.

We've been talking about redoing our website for some time now but we've been putting it off, like most of us do, because we just were too darn busy. Revamping our newsletter, starting a blog maybe even video blogging. And now because business is a little slower, we're going to do it. Not that our old website was so bad click here to see what we mean, it was just getting a little clunky around the edges. Joanne being the personal image expert, thought she needed her photos updated and I was finding it a real pain to make changes and do updates to the pages.

But it's a bit like renovating your home, once you start where do you stop? (Believe me we know all about this because we're also renovating our home this summer. It just started with new paint, then new carpets, then new hardwood and who knows where it will end.) So besides the site we are going to revamp our newsletter, start this new blog maybe even video blogging and who knows where it may end.

But the good news is that we're feeling good about the process. We're finally doing something that we planned on doing and it will help us be more successful and prepared for when the economy turns around.

We have had a surge of interest in our Brand New You image seminars for career women. Joanne has had some fun workshops with some great women who have decided to take the opportunity to develop their image and personal brand. So what are you doing for your self that you've been putting off so you can hit the ground running when things look up? Is it time to upgrade some of your skills? Tune up your resume, update your personal image?

 

Let us know what you're doing for yourself this fall.