the perfect occasion
(or the perfect body) to have great style.
I'm a Style Coach who believes
you don't have
to wait for...
hi, I'm jen
Like most women, I assumed the issue was me. If I just weighed less, style would be easy. But no matter how little I ate, or how much I exercised, I struggled to feel good in my clothes.
I thought I was the problem.
Lots of little girls dream of having a career in fashion one day, but I wasn't one of them. In fact, I had a love/hate relationship with clothes. I loved them, but the feeling wasn't mutual.
I've struggled with my weight all my life, and growing up, I had a really difficult body to dress. Pants were the literal worst. If they fit in the hips, they were so tight in the waist I couldn't breathe. If they fit in in the waist, I felt like I'd raided MC Hammer's wardrobe. (That reference is for my fellow GenX girls). I wanted so badly to dress like my friends, but no matter how much I struggled, I could never pull my look together.
The truth is, I wasn't made for this.
A twist of fate brought me to work at Chico's, and my life was changed forever. The first day on the job, I learned to dress the 4 Basic Body Types. I discovered my body wasn't weird, or malformed...it was just an Apple. It wasn't my body that was wrong, it was the pants I was buying. Once I discovered HOW to dress my body shape, my love affair with clothes was on! In my time at Chico's, I personally dressed thousands of women of all shapes and sizes. I discovered that lots of women, just like me, were blaming themselves, instead of blaming the pants.
Then I learned to dress my body shape, and everything changed.
That's what I bring to Everyday Style.
I've spent the last 25 years helping women all over the world understand their bodies, and build stylish wardrobes for the way they really live. It turns out, style isn't as hard as we make it out to be, but most women were never how. That's where I come in.
Can I brag for a minute?
Years ago, my mentor told me my superpower is teaching difficult things in in a way that makes them easy to understand.
There isn't a body or style struggle I haven't seen.
Rules,
bandaid fixes,
wasting money,
waiting for "someday".
I'M Over...
Great jeans,
supportive bras,
learning "why",
only wearing
what you love.
I'M INTO...
that life is better when you like the way you look.
that you have better things to think about than what to wear each day.
that your wardrobe is a better catalayst for reaching your goals than a reward.
that buying more clothes isn't the answer. buying the right clothes is.
that every woman can be stylish, no matter her age, shape, size, or life stage.
that dressing well doesn't mean dressing up.
I believe...
DIANA VREELAND
"It's not about the dress you wear, it's about the life you lead in the dress."
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