Would anyone pay for a personal stylist?

[ciderwithrosie]

What I would love is for someone to come to my house with an armful of clothes for me to try on and sort me out for the season, shoes, accesories and everything.Someone stylish and in the know obviously! I shop in M and S, Next sometimes Monsoon, so that sort of price band. At the moment I tend to shop in dribs and drabs and end up never having a pulled together look. I have a friend who always looks great and is now building up her spring/summer wardrobe! Yikes! I think I'd happily pay for something like this. What do you think?

why not ask your stylish friend to do it?

then cook her dinner

(NB shopping for 'the season' is a false economy imo - better to buy basics that suit you then a very few directional bits that nod to current trends)

Agree with MrsBadger. Ask if she would mind and then plan a nice girls night in. be prepared for a little criticism about your taste though!

No I'd go to Bluewater or a department store and get it free.

Also, clearly lots of people do pay for this if you google a bit you'll find a number of styling companies that will do this for you.

But personal shoppers don't come to your house, sort out the wheat from the chuff and go shopping with you into every store just theirs. saying that, I would still use them when I lose this weight.

Definitely agree with going to a shop and getting it done free. I guess it depends if you strike lucky but before I got married I found someone brilliant at Debenhams who got me clothes I would NEVER have considered but which looked good and found me boots with a bit of elastic which went over my rugby-like calves for the first time ever. Also agree with getting your friend to go to yours and sort through your stuff.

I have used the free stylists in Gap and Debenhams, and once, when buying dress to get married in, Harvey Nicks. And had great advice.

I would, absolutely. I'm a ravaged old frump with not even the vaguest clue what suits me, what matches what or what's stylish and what isn't. I'm only 30. I'm sure I used to have 'it'. I lost it though. (It's probably in an old handbag along with some dried up baby wipes and the spare car keys.)

I've used the free Debenhams service for specific occasion dresses in the past. Very good.

Am always too skint to afford a pulled together look all in one go, or I would absolutely get some professional help. God knows I need it.

As it is I enlist the help of my good friend who is frighteningly stylish and she helps me out (amid much snorting at my input in the changing rooms).

A girl I know does this for a living. She takes 30% of what the client is prepared to spend on clothes, so, you give her £3k up front and she spends 2,700 putting together outfits for you. She goes to your house and looks at your wardrobe and so on, and I've NO DOUBT that she does a fabulous job, but I'm still convinced that if I took 3 days off work, one for pure research, and two for spaced out shopping with coffee breaks, I could buy great stuff that suited me.

My time isn't worth 1,000 a day!!!!!

ciderwithrosie - some top tips for having a more "pulled together" look:

• sort out your wardrobe ruthlessly and recycle/donate anything that doesn't fit, looks shabby or doesn't go with anything else. Make sure everything else is washed, ironed and preferably hanging on a nice wooden hanger (underwear is only exception to this).

• when you go shopping, buy whole coordinated outfits including shoes. When you start doing this, it is easier to buy whole outfits in the same shop (as the dyes/look coordinate better). Coordinating looks from lots of differents shops/brands/designers is an art acquired skill that takes talent and practise

• have a few really good looks per season, wear them to death and then buy new clothes for the next season. "Classic", "timeless" and "last me forever" are phrases that should be banned from your clothes vocabulary

• change hairstyle regularly to look up to date

I agree Debenhams in Oxford street lovely person there kitted me out for £300.00 including a fab coat and black suedue jacket. Few years ago now.
TheFirstLiffey totally agree but if she can make a living out of it WOW! If I had the money I would hire someone like that, just for fun. (only if I liked her)
BonsoirAnna going to copy your tips!