Don’t Be A Genuine Fake

A small shop selling leather accessories that mimic the real thing. My advice: refuse the temptation to buy items that are genuine fake.

A small shop selling leather accessories that mimic the real thing. My advice: refuse the temptation to buy items that are genuine fake.

As if I needed a “reminder-to-self”, while enjoying a perfectly lovely trip abroad, I got a clear message that I must refuse to be a genuine fake.  You should, too.

Now, I didn’t need to come to Turkey to figure this out.  But the concept of buying goods that are each brazenly marketed as being a genuine fake, struck me as a genuine affront to all that is good in the world.  For about twenty bucks apiece, I could have filled my wrists and arms with genuine fake brand name watches with nearly identical designs and appearances to the real McCoy’s.  I am sure we have all seen this before on Canal Street in New York, or by some street vendor off Union Square in San Francisco, or just about anywhere else.

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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.

A Window Into Spring Fashion – 2012

I wanted to provide you a window into spring fashion. Having just been in Paris, I took many pictures of store windows so that you could appreciate the spring fashion season not just in words, but also through images.  Parisians take great pride in beauty in all forms, and that includes the window displays of the countless chic boutiques lining many of Paris’ storied shopping districts.

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Fashion’s Night Is Out!

Now that all of the world’s Fashion’s Night Out [FNO] ‘celebrations’ have concluded, and I experienced being at the epicenter of one of the biggest ones, I have decided to declare that any and all forthcoming Fashion’s Night Out events are out of fashion to attend.

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It’s All In The Jeans

A recent Wall Street Journal article questioning how jeans can cost $300 and up caused some Facebook fodder between two colleagues that caught my eye.  I didn’t delve into their conversation, but I had previously read the article and thought it was interesting how people lament over the notion of premium denim jeans.

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The Silicon Valley Style Book Is On And You Are A Part of It

Not a week goes by that either clients or readers of my blog suggest that I write a book about style.  Having previously written the Style column for the Metro Silicon Valley for two years prior to launching my blog, the notion of writing a book on personal style is one that I’ve been toying around with for some time now.  And, I think the time has come.

As I warm up my writing chops, I’m determined to take a completely fresh approach by writing about style that would make a difference to the community in which I live and work.
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Buying Clothes Like Fast Food Can Hurt Your Brand and Image

Life today is lived in the fast lane, even when it comes to buying clothing.  Many people are buying clothes like they consume fast food.  And we all know what happens with fast food:  instant satisfaction and later regret.

Speeding through life like this has negative implications on your brand and image.

What I want to draw your attention to today is that you consider your brand and image at the same time.
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Don’t You Get Excited When Entering Your Closet? We have to talk!

Honoring spring and the tradition of sprucing things up, I treated my closet to a bit of an organizational update.  Mind you, if you’ve seen my closet, you know it’s immaculate to begin with.  But I had a dirty little secret in there.  It was my sock drawer.  Long story short, I tossed out thirty-two pairs of socks that had lost their elasticity, or that the colors were no longer in alignment with my personal style.  While curating my socks, I wondered why the sock drawer fell into such a state of chaos.  The answer was simple:  my clothes and accessories [the socks, too, now] are so well chosen and organized that I don’t spend much time in the closet.
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Socks: Dressing from the Bottom Up

I love socks.  In fact, I confess that I’m so inspired by the socks in my collection that choosing an outfit for the day is sometimes built around which socks I have selected.  Anyone who always wears plain socks will not see any inspiration from this idea.  But anyone daring enough to wear colorful socks will see the brilliance of it.

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In Pursuit of Perfection

Last week my partner and I enjoyed a wonderful holiday jaunt to Waikiki.  The weather was perfectly tropical:  a couple of sunny days, a couple of rainy days, and all days totally humid and steamy.  No matter the time of day or what the weather was like, it was the perfect place to be in search of the perfect Mai Tai.  Even though the Mai Tai was created in Northern California, this drink is best known to be enjoyed beachside in Waikiki.

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