Styled by Susie - anyone done it?

[Alanis41]

Hi all, I've been following the tribe group on Facebook for a while but just wondering if anyone here has tried it. I can't seem to get to the bottom of what they advise, seasons etc. Is there something similar closer to London. And she keeps advising chunky trainers, is this a thing now?

[quote Oopsadaisydoddle]@WowStarsWow

I'll have a look at the email they sent and post. I'll not do it word for word as I think it's 'against the agreement', but if I remember correctly, it wasn't in depth. [/quote]
Thanks - obviously don't want you to get into trouble so a summary would be fine. Just really interested to know, as so many people in the group don't seem to have had it explained to them that well. Hopefully you can get a HoC analysis soon, it's a fun experience seeing it all work :)

@Oopsadaisydoddle I was told by my house of colour stylist that it is mainly skin tone that determines your season. I have very light blue eyes but am still an autumn because of my skin tones.

@WowStarsWow I would agree with you that some people are very obviously a season and some aren’t. My house of colour lady - who has been doing it for years - found me difficult to assess. I have considered getting Susie to assess me for style guidance - as I don’t believe she could do my colours from a photo - but a lot of her advice (wear a belt, tuck your top in) seems fairly generic and too mixed with fashions (wear white trainers, dungarees, hair bows / scarfs, band t shirts) and I want to be stylish not necessarily fashionable.

@Oopsadaisydoddle I cross posted with loads of you. That’s a shocking explanation, it doesn’t explain it at all. If you can afford it I would recommend a house of colour session because she spent hours with me holding every autumn colour against my face and giving them ratings for how well they suited me. I have saved myself hundreds by not buying the wrong colours.

How much £ was your analysis Oopsadaisydoddle? Thank you for posting that. As I suspected, it is super generic and almost meaningless. (Also probably a complete guess.)

My analysis was about £160 for a one to one session with a house of colour lady. It was about 5 years ago. I’d be interested to know how much Susie charges.

I suppose the shape stuff might be useful? I once read that our shape type doesn’t change if we put on weight. I used to be a size 18 and dieted to a size 8 and have always found similar styles suited me at all weights eg I have always preferred high waisted trousers and v neck tops or wrap dresses.

By straight sized so you mean conventional model types (ie sizes 6/8, tall: thin)? If so it doesn’t seem very inclusive - you’d expect a wide range of body sizes in the same way you’d expect a range of ethnicities and ages.

Susie must be raking it in if all the stylist has to do is look at you and choose a colour and shape, then send out a load of generic infomation.

Susie is the last person I would go to for style advice! Besides the fact that she can't work out her own shape, misjudges the season and shape of most of her clients, I would not trust the opinion of someone who thinks it's okay to promote clothing made by slaves in appalling conditions and who takes money from the Daily Mail.

Totally agree about the lady in the blue dress, there are so many examples of the wrong colour and shape analysis in that group it's ridiculous. As @WowStarsWow says, given the right conditions I would give it a go too, I reckon most of us on this thread could do better than SBS.

You sound a lot like me @Oopsadaisydoddle. Hourglassy from the front but I definitely have a big covid tummy after lockdown. Given Susie appeals to mums you think she’d acknowledge it

So I’m about 9m on from my analysis. I’ve always struggled with a sense of style & body confidence (not really a weight issue, more a self esteem thing). SBS said I was an autumn hourglass. I already knew I was an autumn but I’d assumed I was a pear (uk10 top, uk12 bottoms).

Anyway, I followed the advice (midi dresses with nipped in waist, high waisted jeans etc) & joined the Facebook group.

After about 6m I got the confidence to start being more adventurous & now I dress how I want - 90s style, baggy bottoms/jeans & dungarees. I don’t stick to my colours religiously but I do high waisted or at least highlight my waist somehow.

I don’t follow the group anymore. I find the outfits a bit boring, especially compared to the fun & brightness of the dungaree groups I follow. My style isn’t for everyone but I’m happy & confident. I wouldn’t have had the confidence initially had it not been for SBS but I don’t think it’s something I’d follow indefinitely.

If you suit gold then you have warm tones, if you look better with silver jewellery then you are cool. Another basic indicator is white vs ivory. White = Cool / Ivory = Warm.

@StealthNinjaMum The trouble is, SBS can't even get the shapes right! Have a look at Justine Leconte who explains in her videos that shapes can change over time. She is a properly trained professional.

This colour theory stuff is really interesting, I always wanted to be a proper goth but head to toe black looks terrible on me. I've not done a house of colours or a SBS analysis but looked at lots of free resources online now and it seems that even between the 4 seasons you have differences. I look good in white and in both gold and silver jewlery and I think (from my few days research) its because I'm sort of mid autumn/winter my skin is quite neutral toned. I might treat myself to a HoC session when the Pando is over :)

I’ve had an analysis done this year and if I’m honest I’d agree with most of what’s been written here. It’s good, if a tad generic, place to start if you’ve lost your way and need some help

If you’ve already got a good idea of what suits you/shape etc then I wouldn’t bother as what you’re sent is very generic. Almost a cut and paste template and not personalised at all. I’ve gotten more from flicking through Pinterest for advice

I was analysed as an autumn pear. I’d agree with the pear but not necessarily the autumn. The muted tones, mustards and browns etc do not suit me at all. But the deeper jewel end, edging into winter I think does

Additionally black, grey and white suit me better which leans more into winter. And as for gold vs silver jewellery - I can wear both.

So maybe I’m borderline both and they just had to put me into a bucket - who knows!

I’d agree with the feedback around the Facebook group. If I’m posting on one of these groups for honest feedback, I want honest feedback. Not multiple posts all saying you look great, when you clearly don’t. I feel like there’s been a culture built within that group now that you have to say that otherwise don’t say anything at all, which is leading to a lot of people not dressing for their shape and some truly awful outfit choices being made

There’s a massive difference between being classically stylish vs fashionable and if you want the former I’d steer clear

@Oopsadaisydoddle sorry a child sat on my phone before I finished that. I was just going to say that given Susie’s customers are mostly mums with mumtums it’s a fairly common thing we’d want to hide. Surely the whole point of a body analysis is to flatter us and without saying which bits you want to hide that’s hard. It’s like the elephant in the room.

@ohmygiddiest thank you, I will google Justine.

I once read that our shape type doesn’t change if we put on weight

My shape has definitely changed.

Just had a look through the pictures on the website.

It was a no from me.

It looked wrong on so many levels.

I have short fat legs and I wouldn’t ever wear clumpy trainers and short dresses whatever my shape

@Oopsadaisydoddle

I once tried to post about looking for jeans to fit my massive calves. I do have massive calves - I have lipodema and my calves are way out of proportion to my dress size (when I was a size 8 I still used to buy long boots in Evans). The post got declined for being negative and I was told that if I wanted particular help with this I should buy an analysis. Um no, I just want one particular pair of jeans in a particular style, and "my calves are a bit bigger than average" or "I am curvy" wouldn't be helpful as they are actually significantly bigger than average and most trousers are just not cut for people of my shape, especially at smaller sizes (if that makes sense). That's not negative, it's stating a biological fact. I wasn't looking to draw attention away from anything, just for a pair of jeans that I could physically get my legs into!