Personal shopping

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I’m thinking of getting me and my mum a day with a personal shopper/stylist/colours person (does someone who does it all exist?)

My mum likes clothes and shopping. I hate shopping and like nice dresses and need some help/inspiration.

I am very overweight but short and almost exclusively wear dresses that I feel work better than two pieces because of my gut, but I would really like to start reintroducing trousers/tops and other separates.

Anyway, slight digression. I’m willing to spend a fair bit on the service and then obviously need to buy the clothes - but I have no idea how much something like that costs and where we should go.

Flannels definitely offer personal shopping and to what I’ve seen on here John Lewis seem to offer it.

Yes, I guess I’m sort of limited to them that way. I wonder if there is some sort of freelance stylists out there so it can be more varied. I don’t even know what Flannels is and rarely shop in JL - doesn’t mean I shouldn’t start and as a dept store bound to have stuff that works for everyone.

I haven't used it- but met Susie at an event when her business was in its infancy, and it seems to be a roaring success. It does look pricey though!!

www.styledbysusie.co.uk

I had my colours done by Sian and a shopping trip - she is great and really picked clothes that suited me styledbysian.co.uk

I second Sian. I actually saw her when she was a stylist for John Lewis so it was free. But she was really great, very friendly and chatty, and found me a perfect outfit, plus some extras.

Those last two look perfect.