Freaked Out In The Closet

Shop Your ClosetWhen is the last time you freaked out in the closet?  Was it just today?  Or is it an everyday occurrence?

I’ve been working with several clients who have been doing just that.  One recently realized that she wanted to look fashionable, but that her clothes were not.  Another client had a closet full of clothes but couldn’t figure out how to create outfits.   One more client has been preparing for a trip and is feeling lots of pressure because she realizes that her existing stylish clothes won’t all work for the type of vacation she’s taking, and she’s got just two weeks to get it all pulled together.  They have each freaked out in the closet.

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Turbocharge Your Personal Style At A Joseph Rosenfeld Image Bootcamp

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to turbocharge your personal style with me, but haven’t done it because of time or budget? Now you can. It is with great pleasure that I announce the launch of the Turbocharge Your Personal Style Bootcamp! After months of developing this Bootcamp concept, I am now ready to introduce you to this great opportunity to work together.

What You Get Out of A Turbocharge Your Personal Image Bootcamp
Actually, Bootcamp participants want the same thing as my private clients: to significantly improve their presence by updating the way you look. The way the Bootcamp has been developed, you get to honor and celebrate exactly who you are. And with the added benefit of working with a small group of participants who share the same interests and desire the same kinds of outcomes, you will finally see yourself as your truly are, and be supported by others. Not only will you get a fresh vision of yourself, others will be able to reflect that back to you. One thing you can count on is that you’ll come away from this powerful weekend turbocharged to embody your essential qualities.

The weekend is very comprehensive.
• It all begins with a 1:1 personal assessment before the Bootcamp actually begins. You and I first clarify what you want to get out of the Bootcamp.
• Next, you will develop your personal style profile, which becomes the basis of all the work we will do.
• Then a team of top hairstylists will work with each of the participants to update your hairstyle.
• Once you start to see your updated self, we’ll delve into your mindsets about your image and shopping, and develop healthier thoughts and practices.
• From here on in, you are immersed into the shopping environment for some real “hands-on retail therapy.”
• You’ll learn best shopping practices that are meaningful to your image and style, put looks together, and present the outcome of your selections to me and to the group.

I want you to have the skills, knowledge, and mindset that allow you to manage your personal image with total confidence so that you’re not worried or afraid of what visual messages you’re conveying in social or business situations.

Why I Created The Turbocharge Your Personal Style Bootcamp
This Bootcamp is specifically for rising stars and others who might be restarting their careers, and whose time and resources are limited. Still, they have a strong desire to discover and reinvent their personal style, via a fast and affordable immersion into personal style transformation. This Bootcamp gives more people the opportunity to experience transformation in a way that is different from how clients work with me privately.

What Are The Differences Between the Bootcamp and Working Privately?
There are several differences between attending a Bootcamp weekend and working with me privately. Each has their distinct benefits.

A Turbocharge Your Personal Style Bootcamp requires the commitment of just one weekend of your life plus a full month of follow-up that includes homework assignments and a mid-month conference call. In contrast, private clients work on their image development over the course of a full year. So during a Bootcamp, we accomplish in just a weekend what happens over the course of a number of months.

• Private clients don’t get to enjoy the opportunity of shopping in stores with me. In an effort to help manage their image development while minimizing their time commitment, I do all the shopping and present all of the possibilities to them. But at a Turbocharge Your Personal Image Bootcamp, you get to have the experience of being in a retail environment with me. You get to learn how to shop successfully so that you can retain this important skill and are able to have the experience on your own after the Bootcamp.

Turbocharge Your Personal Image Bootcamp participants learn and experience their transformation in small groups of up to 6 participants. By experiencing image development in a small group, you witness and support the transformations of others, and you equally receive the same connection from your fellow Bootcamp participants.

Interested in learning more? Check out the complete details here. I’m so excited about this Turbocharge Your Personal Image Bootcamp, and look forward your participation.

Joseph Rosenfeld helps successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs transform their self-confidence by improving their personal style. Get Joseph’s free report that helps you know which “7 Ways to Transform Your Personal Image” at josephrosenfeld.com.

One of a Kind – Stand Out and Be Outstanding

Cohorts visiting Selima Optique at the “One of a Kind” New York Fashion Conference. Pictured l to r: Susan Sommers, Annie Brumbaugh, Joseph Rosenfeld, Maureen Costello, Margo Hasan.

This past weekend in New York City I attended, for the third consecutive year, the New York Fashion Conference, and the theme was “One of a Kind.”  This most auspicious theme had me very excited about the prospect of learning more deeply about a topic that is near and dear to my heart.  After all, I see every one of my clients as being “One of a Kind,” no matter how much I may find that they share common interests or styles.

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How to Wear a Mens Suit in Silicon Valley

This post, about how to wear a men’s suit in Silicon Valley, ties in to the last post about how to buy a men’s suit in Silicon Valley.  Once you’ve bought the appropriate suit or suits for business and social occasions, it’s time to put one on and wear it. But there are some cultural rules about how to wear a mens suit in Silicon Valley.

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How to Buy a Men’s Suit in Silicon Valley

The question about how to buy a men’s suit in Silicon Valley always comes up with my male clients.  Admittedly, not every man in Silicon Valley even thinks he should own a suit.  I’m not trying to encourage people who live a more laid back work and lifestyle to change how they work and live.  But one thing is for sure.  Every man should invest in at least one good suit.  The more often a man has the need for a suit, the more of them he should own.

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Make a Big Change – Sit Up and Take Notice

Selfridges Oxford Street, London

Famed London retailer Harry Gordon Selfridge had a way with words.  He also had a way with business, and with people.  My favorite saying of his is, “People will sit up and take notice of you if you will sit up and take notice of what makes them sit up and take notice.”  In a nutshell, Selfridge’s comment explains exactly what clients experience as we’re developing their brand.

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Don’t Spend Big Money on Clothes Only to Look Sub Par

Having spent hundreds of hours in the closets of my clients, I can honestly tell you that the top experience is when they realize that they spend big money on clothes that are not wearable.  With eyes wide open, they realize how they have squandered their hard earned money into clothes that sit idle in the closet.  The average dollar value of clothes sitting idle in my clients’ closets could be worth the value of a car!  If you think of your closet as a garage filled with a car’s worth of parts and equipment that you can’t put together and drive, you wouldn’t stand for it.

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Head To Toe Tips From The Best of The Oscar Red Carpet

Gwyneth Paltrow | Tom Ford

This week, I present you with head to toe tips from the best of the Oscar red carpet.  I’m not going to sugarcoat this: much of what was worn on the red carpet bored me to tears.  Outside of the Fashion Week runway shows in New York, Paris, and Milan, the Oscars are like the Super Bowl of fashion. This is the moment when the stars show up in their [borrowed!] finest, and turn it out.  This year, it seemed like the stars and their stylists, who not so discreetly help direct the stars’ looks, weren’t too into the spirit of the season.  Has it all become too blasé for them?

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How To Improve Your Likeability Factor At Any Age

Paula Deen’s public admission that she withheld a diabetic diagnosis for three years has left her likeability factor comatose. Can her brand be revived, survive, and thrive?

How do you know if you need to improve your likeability factor?  The answer is directly proportional to your desire to finding greater professional or social success.

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Absolutely What Not To Wear!

I regularly catch Ms. London “falling down.” Not even an airbrushed image can protect her air of perfect advice.

We’ve all been subjected to these TV shows or segments that are “what not to wear” oriented.  The concept was perhaps made most famous by fashion stylist Stacy London, who hosts the a show, “What Not To Wear” on TLC and also pops up on programs like “Today” doing segments like the one that caught my eye – or was it my ire – just before the holidays.

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