MEAGHAN SMITH PERSONAL STYLIST

I had a striped shirt very similar to the one Kate Moss is wearing here (Still do) that I used to wear to work at the bank with my suits, 17 years ago.

When I left the bank to become a Personal Stylist, it took me a while to transition my clothes from corporate professional to a more casual wardrobe – for a while, I needed to style my old office pieces in new ways until I could add and rebuild.

What Kate’s wearing here is exactly what I would have worn. (Still do). i.e., crisp cotton work shirts and pumps that I wore with my suits, I’d wear with my jeans.

You can read more about how I wore my old corporate work clothes in new ways when I became a personal stylist on my Substack, ‘Notes On Style’, here. 

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Whether it’s Target or Prada, anything you add should earn its place in your wardrobe.

For example, having four pairs of *black pants…

One that don’t fit properly.

One that the material’s awful – scratchy and pills easily.

One that you’ve had since you started working and now feel outdated,

and,

One that are a fancy designer, hand-me-down from your sister, but not at all your style.

…means essentially, you really don’t have any black pants you want to wear, or, maybe even can wear.

You’d be so much better off with one very good pair.

A reliable, versatile, hardworking, comfortable, feels-like-you pair that can take you to different occasions and possibly through different seasons.

*Black pants or white T-shirts, a navy blazer, a brown handbag, etc, etc.

BTW – Charlotte’s wearing something here that I have on the list in my Substack – ‘These Are The Things I’m Suggesting My Clients Update In Their Wardrobe For Autumn/Winter.’ You can read it here.

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Almost half of the outfits Meryl Streep wore during ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ press tour, started with a pair.

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A long time ago I used to buy simple stretchy snug fitting black tops to wear under my suits for work (at the bank), as well as a (very) similar version to wear with my jeans on the weekend. One day I was shopping with a girlfriend and I was just about to pay when she said – “Another black top?” – and I realised I was in a black top style rut.

On the other hand, I will, when I find something I really love/like a lot, buy in multiples. A favourite pair of jeans I might buy in different washes or lengths, or just right t-shirts, I buy in three colors. I have no problem with that.

It wasn’t that I didn’t like the black tops. I did, and in fact, still do. It was that I’d got lazy and wasn’t challenging myself to consider other options. For me at least, lazy = bored.

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