Yesterday, after a personal shopping session, I went to have lunch with a friend.
I couldn’t have been happier.
This whole year for me has been about orange/terracotta tones, those warm, magnetic hues that connect with the Sacral Chakra (the centre of creativity, pleasure and flow).
And yesterday, I saw so much of that energy everywhere …. in stores, displays, even the teapot in the restaurant :)
It felt like a reflection of the year I’ve been living, creative, balanced, full of movement.
And something funny happened.
I kept getting compliments on my outfit.
“Where’s your jumper from?”
“Reiss?” someone guessed.
Yes! Reiss.
But not recent Reiss
For those of you who’ve been following me for a while, you might remember the wedding where I wore that vintage black and red dress.
Since then, October last year, I haven’t bought a single new piece for myself.
One. Whole. Year. WoW
And yet my wardrobe still feels fresh.
I never run out of options.
I never stand in front of my mirror thinking, ugh, nothing works anymore.
So what’s behind it?
It’s something I call Lifestyle Profiling, the first thing I do with every client when we start building her Wardrobe Architecture.
This step is also what helps me create my Outfit Formulas, which we covered in the first part of this series, you can read it here and here (The Formula that turned my Wardrobe into a Manifestation Tool)
And once you’ve done that, you can move into the second part, understanding your Body Shape, Frame & Proportions - How to read your wardrobe reflection like an architect not a critic.
Because what I see all the time is this,
Most women don’t have a style problem.
They have a lifestyle mismatch.
They’re still holding on to pieces from their twenties, old job eras, different versions of themselves.
And we all do it, because we forget our wardrobes are meant to evolve with us.
But refining your wardrobe doesn’t mean shopping more.
It means checking in with your life and asking:
Does this still fit the way I live now?
Does it reflect who I’ve become?
What’s missing that would make my week easier (and more stylish)?
When I do mine, I just remove what doesn’t fit my rhythm anymore and note the gaps.
Usually it’s basics, crisp shirts, good jeans, a fresh turle neck knit.
The things that hold everything else together.
Because without this clarity, shopping becomes like going to the supermarket hungry, everything looks delicious, but nothing actually works once you’re home.
So before you buy another “maybe,” take five minutes to look at your lifestyle first.
How do you actually spend your days?
Where are you going?
What season of life are you in?
Once your wardrobe reflects that, style stops feeling like effort.
It just flows.
💌 Carolina
(Still proudly wearing last year’s Reiss jumper.)
P.S. If you’d love to build your own Lifestyle Profile, the first step of my Wardrobe Architect Method, and understand how to dress your body shape and proportions, you can book your Style Strategy Session Here.