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Nothing to Wear Panic

January 2, 2014 by Nancy Goldblatt Leave a Comment

What happens when you get invited to a special event?

After you get all “dolled up,” do you look in the mirror and realize you look awful?

Does your outfit cling to your body revealing every bulge?

Do you look tired, old or washed out?

Maybe you don’t know what’s wrong.

But you feel, you look bad.

If you leave your home looking like this, everyone will think, “That poor woman, is over the hill.”

Will they:

· Feel sorry for you

· Making fun of you… or

· Avoid you

You say to yourself, “I have got to find something else to wear.”

So you go to your closet and begin desperately searching .

Before you know it, you have pulled out and put on more than half the clothes in your closet.

Clothes are piled everywhere and now you are running late.

And still you haven’t found the right outfit to wear.

Your heart starts beating faster and you are perspiring profusely as your panic builds.

If you have straight hair it’s hanging limp and wet.

If you have curly hair, it has frizzed up into a wild mass, from perspiration.

Your carefully made up face, is now red and blotchy and your makeup has melted away.

You are a wild woman, as you vainly pull more and more pieces of clothing out of your closet and drawers.

The person waiting for you outside in the car has begun to impatiently honk the horn.

Or the phone is ringing and the hostess is asking, “What’s going on, why aren’t you here yet?”

You are in fight or flight mode and can’t talk.

You feel like you are going crazy.

You must find something to wear.

Do you put on that original outfit again and force yourself to leave the house?

Will you hide in a corner, hoping others don’t notice that you are looking fat or frumpy?

Because this has happened before, you know you will be miserable, if you don’t find something to wear that makes you look and feel good.

Do you give up in disgust and call the hostess and say, ” I’m too sick to attend.”

Now you really do feel sick, as your heart beats faster, panic is racing through your body and you can’t stop perspiring.

Is there something you can do to avoid all of this?

· You can stop accepting invitations to go out

· You can exercise and eat less and lose 20 pounds and then spend lots of money on new clothes

Even with weight loss, and new clothes, you will face the same problem, if you don’t learn what colors and styles really flatter you.

You can not depend on the fashion industry for this information.

They are not in the business of teaching you how to understand your unique style.

They want to sell you the latest clothes and accessories.

Is there is a solution?

You CAN learn to be your own Personal Image Consultant.

What would it be like to only buy clothes, makeup and accessories that look great on you?

Would you also like to learn …

· How to look in the mirror and see if your colors and proportions are right.

· How to make some simple changes, so you can always look visually (pleasing) balanced.·

This won’t take thousands of dollars or years to do. You don’t even have to wait till you lose weight to start looking and feeling better.

And you don’t have to buy a whole new wardrobe of clothes.

You can learn to shop your closet and use what you already have.

Are you ready to say goodbye to the panic of “Nothing to Wear”?

Contact Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard,” for a 20 minute, no obligation, telephone conversation to see if her reasonably priced services are right for you. During this conversation besides a needs assessment, she will give you a brief guided imagery test to help you determine your ” inner fashion personality.” By learning your “fashion personality,” you will be able to avoid purchasing styles you don’t feel comfortable in.

Contact: Nancy@WardrobeWiz.com, 410-513-9496, WWW.WardrobeWizcom

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Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard,” is a “Color 1,” Personal Image Consultant who specializes in working with “women baby-boomers.” whose size and shape has changed and who have too many clothes and “nothing to wear.” After a woman works with “The Wardrobe Wizard,”she will have a wallet of her best colors and styles, and a pared down closet. She will have learned how to mix and match her best looks so she can get dressed “lickety split,” and look great everyday.

No need to live in Baltimore, Md. Nancy can now do virtual consults online. Set up an appointment for a complimentary telephone consult to find out how this works. Of course, Nancy is still available in-person for women in Baltimore and surrounding areas

Contact: Nancy@WardrobeWiz.com, 410-513-9496, WWW.WardrobeWiz.com

Why Do You Have So Many Unworn Clothes? part 2

January 6, 2012 by Nancy Goldblatt 1 Comment

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Here are 7 reasons why you have so many unworn pieces of clothing cluttering your closet and some possible solutions from “The Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore.”

1. It doesn’t fit right. It may be the wrong size or it may be an unflattering style for your body shape. Even if its the right size and fits you in some places, in others places it pulls and is too tight or it bags because its too big. (Possible Solution- take it to a dressmaker who can do alterations.)

2. The color isn’t flattering. It drains all the color out of your face, makes you look sick or makes you look like you are having a perpetual hot flash. (Possible Solution- (You need a “color break.”) Get this by showing some skin or wearing a flattering scarf color near your face.

You have nothing to wear with it. I call these pieces “orphans.” (Possible solution: take your orphans shopping to find matching pieces.)

4. It doesn’t feel right on. Maybe the fabric is itchy or it does not breathe or maybe you feel too uncovered or too covered up. (Possible Solution-layer it over something else)

5. It requires too much upkeep, ironing and expensive dry cleaning. (If you are anything like me, you are very busy and don’t have time to iron and do not like the idea of wearing clothing that is cleaned in Perc, a Cancer causing chemical.) Possible Solution: You may be able to wash it even if it says dry clean. Do not wash it if it says “dry clean only.”

6 It was a gift that you never liked or someone talked you into buying it. (Possible Solution- Re-gift it or donate or consign it.)

7. Maybe it was marked down to such a bargain price that the “thrifty part of you” couldn’t resist it. Possible Solution- Donate it or consign it to make room for pieces that really flatter you.

Your closets and drawers are being fattened by these non–working pieces of clothing. A recent client of mine had so many orphans with the tags still on, crowding her closets and drawers that she had lost track of what she owned. She no longer remembered what she owned that she could actually wear.

I was just like some of you before I got trained 20 years ago. I had closets overstuffed with clothes I could not wear. If image consultants were around when I was younger, I would not only have saved a lot of time and money, but I would not have turned down lots of fun activities, because I had nothing to wear.

What’s the solution to those overstuffed closets and drawers? Get educated about your body and face shape and get a color analysis so you will have a wallet of your best colors to shop with. Where can you get accurate information.? There are lots of books out there, some with good information and some with not so good information

Two books I recommend with lots of accurate information are “Dressing Smart for Women,” and “Dressing Smart for Men.” These books were written by Joanna Nicholson, my mentor and teacher. You can purchase them from Leslie Stott, Color 1 CEO. Contact Leslie at : http://Leslie@thecolorlady.com/

You may also be able to find them on Amazon or at your local library.

If you do not get help from someone who has training in image, style and color you will probably continue making many of those seven mistakes.

I am now able to do color and face and body shape analysis on-line no matter where you are located, using digital photos.

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Nancy Goldblatt, Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore, is a Color 1 Associate. For over twenty years, she has been helping women whose size and shape has changed, to shop their closets.

She specializes in color analysis , and face and body shape analysis. After a client works with “The Wardrobe Wizard”, she will have a pared down closet with “mix and match pieces,” and the ability to put her own best looks together.

Nancy works with clients in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area as well as long distance customers. She can now do online consults. To find out more: Contact the Wardrobe Wizard at nancy@wardrobewiz.com/ or call 410-513-9496 for a complimentary, no obligation 20 minute telephone consultation to discover your fashion personality and find out what “The Wardrobe Wizard,” can do for you.

Online Wardrobe Wizard Makeover, New Service Launch

June 21, 2011 by Nancy Goldblatt 2 Comments

Nancy2-Original 4 — Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore,” Color 1, Personal Image Consultant

Are you too far away from Baltimore, Maryland to have an in-person consultation with “The Wardrobe Wizard?”

Or are you so busy you don’t have time during the day to meet for a consultation that takes 3 hours or more. I am launching a new service.

I call it, “Online Wardrobe Makeover and Image Consultation,” by the Wardrobe Wizard.

In the past I have always done “in-person,” consults that included color analysis, face & body-shape analysis and closet shopping. I was limited by geography and was only able to work with people located in the Baltimore-Washington area.

I am now able to do this online using digital photos.

For those of you who are local, I am still available to work with you in-person.

Here is a snippet from one of my first virtual consultations.

Donna works as an Accounting Assistant and she had just returned to school to get her accounting degree. She called me after completing entrepreneurial training from WEB, Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore. Donna took this WEB training because she wants to become an Image Consultant specializing in accessories. Her business name is “Accessorized, The Image.”

Here is the first picture she sent me

Red blouse too bright for Donna's color — Donna, red blouse too bright for her, overpowers her delicate color and emphasizes her shadows

When you close your eyes and then open them again, you eyes will go to the blouse first because its too bright for her. She needs to wear a more toned down red blouse, perhaps in maroon or a brownish red.

Small Changes Make A Big Difference

In this next picture Donna is wearing a top that is a toned down brown. This a brown that is perfect for her gentle coloring. I did put a little lipstick and blush on her and I filled in the end of her eyebrows.

DSCN0089 donna w — Donna after consult with a little lipstick and blush and a top that is a flattering color.

In previous blog posts I have talked about clothes needing to look like they are an extension of you. In the picture above, Donna is wearing a flattering color that does not overpower her delicate coloring.

I also did an online body shape analysis of Donna. Donna has a defined waistline but because she has gained some weight her waistline is not as defined as it used to be. Nevertheless, her best styles will be styles that have some waist definition.

When I helped her shop her closet, I discovered Donna had a lot of unworn pieces of clothing that still had the tags on them.

Most of these were clothes she bought for weddings. Donna’s fashion personality is “timeless classic,” and these piece were too romantic for her and most of them did not have a defined waistline.

She thought, because she was going to a wedding, she should wear something romantic looking.

In the picture below is one top she never wore. Can you guess why?

DSCN0075-9 — Why is this romantic top with the big bright, print and undefined waistline so unflattering to Donna?

Donna is 5’7″ but because of her “gentle-muted,” coloring she needs to wear small to medium sized prints in colors that are “toned down,” (not bright).

Besides the print size being too large and too bright, the style of this top is unflattering because it does not have a defined waistline.

OK, she doesn’t have any makeup on, but the deal breaker in the picture above is the unflattering top.

This is from an e-mail I received from Donna a few weeks after the consult. “The consult I had with “The Wardrobe Wizard,” helped me understand why I hardly ever wore my brightly colored clothing and why I never wore the romantic clothing I bought to attend weddings.

After the consult, with my color chart and line drawings of my best styles in hand, I finished going through my closet and removed all of my “too bright clothes,” that had no waist definition. Then with the information I had about combining my colors, I took what was left and made outfits from them.

Now, instead of having a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear, I have fewer clothes and I wear everything.

I contacted several consignment stores but they were only interested in designer label clothing. So I decided to have a yard sale.

My beautiful items, although not designer labels, sold like hot cakes. I have also used my color chart to pick out nail polish and my fingers and toes are looking great.

I just purchased a new pair of glasses based on what I learned during the face shape consult. I can’t wait to pick up my new glasses next week.” Donna W

Think you might be interested in the “Wardrobe Wizard’s,” my new online “Wardrobe Makeover”?

Here’s more information. You will need a digital camera with 12 megapixels or better and have access to a computer. If you don’t have a 12 megapixel digital camera, perhaps you can borrow one. I need specific pictures for the color analysis and specific pictures for the face and body shape analysis, as well as a few body measurements. You only need a webcam if you want me to help you shop your closet.

(I will send you more details when you sign up for the makeover.) Are you ready to save lots of money and look great everyday? To far away to meet in person. Think you might be interested in an Online Wardrobe Makeover?

Call or e-mail to set up a Complimentary 25 minute telephone consult. The telephone consult I am currently offering is FREE, with no obligation, but I only have a few of these slots available each week.

The purpose of the telephone consult is to help you determine what your fashion personality is and to help me better understand what your needs are. Say goodbye to those, “Nothing to wear moments.”

Contact info : Nancy@WardrobeWiz.com, 410-513-9496, WWW.WardrobeWiz.com __________________________________________________________

Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard,” is a “Color 1,” Personal Image Consultant who specializes in working with mid-life women whose size and shape has changed and who have too many clothes and “nothing to wear.”

After a woman works with “The Wardrobe Wizard,”she will have a wallet of her best colors and styles, and a pared down closet. She will know how to mix and match her best looks so she can get dressed “lickety split,” and look great everyday.

Say goodbye, to those “nothing to wear,” moments. “The Wardrobe Wizard,” also works with younger women and is available to work with men.

She was trained by Joanna Nicholson, founder of Color 1 Associates an International Image & Style Company.

Shopping Tips for Fall: Using High & Low Tech Assistance

September 3, 2010 by Nancy Goldblatt Leave a Comment

I was recently talking to a client who had taken her ” Wardrobe Wizard Color Chart,” and her line drawings with her when she went shopping. She showed these to a sales person who knew the store stock well. The sales lady helped her pick out lots of separate pieces that really looked “cute together.” Unfortunately, by the time she got home she did not remember what went with what. The solution I suggested to her was to use her camera phone or digital camera next time she goes shopping. Here are some shopping tips that will make it easier for you to shop for clothes.

Tips when shopping for new items for your wardrobe:

Before you go shopping, shop your closet. Use your camera phone or a digital camera to take pictures of the clothing you wear most often. If you do not have another person to photograph you in your clothing, lay the pieces on your bed and take a picture of the different ways you mix and match your separates.

Load these picture on your computer, save them and print them out. Take these pictures with you when you go shopping. The process of shopping your closet and photographing what you wear should help you be more aware of the gaps in your wardrobe. Every time you buy something new photograph it and add it to your saved file. Eliminate photos of any clothing you eliminate from your wardrobe.

1. When you actually go shopping ask the sales person to take pictures of you ( with your camera phone or digital camera) wearing pieces you are considering purchasing.

This is especially helpful if you are unsure about purchasing the items. A picture will let you know if the clothing is really flattering.

2. Bring items from your closet that are “orphans.” ” A closet orphan,” is anything you are unable to wear because you have nothing to wear it with.

3. Bring some straight pins shopping so you can see how the clothing you like will look when it is hemmed or altered in strategic places.

4. Bring the shoes that look good with pants if you are shopping for pants or shoes that look good with skirts if you are looking for skirts or dresses.

Nancy Goldblatt, “The Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore,” is a Personal Image Consultant trained by Color 1 Associates. She specializes in working with midlife women whose shape or size has changed. She is available to work with individuals and groups in Baltimore, Md and surrounding areas. Her website is WWW.WardrobeWiz.com/

She hopes to soon be able to do “virtual image consulting.” This will mean she can work with individuals anywhere in the world. Watch this blog for more information to follow soon!

Dressing for Comfort, Confidence & Style

May 14, 2009 by Nancy Goldblatt 3 Comments

Nancy, Wardrobe Wizard

Dressing for Comfort, Confidence & Style

“The more you know, the less you need to buy”

Welcome to The Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore’s blog, Dressing for Comfort, Confidence & Style. Nancy Goldblatt is “The Wardrobe Wizard” of Baltimore. She is a certified Color 1 Associate with advanced training as a personal image consultant.

She specializes in working with women who have lots of clothing and nothing to wear.

Now is a great time to go shopping in your own closet. Start with good lighting, a full length mirror (Target has full length mirrors you can hook over a door)   You will also need a cleared off bed where you can lay clothing.

Weed out clothing that feels uncomfortable or is itchy for the “give away box.”   Try on clothing you have not worn recently to make sure it still fits. Most women have 2 to 3 sizes of clothing in their closets. Store items you love but are currently too tight.

Now its time for “Paperdoll Magic.” Lay outfits on your bed and pull them together visually by bringing the bottom color up to the top. For example If you have dark brown or black hair you can wear black or dark brown denim pants. Or you could also wear a black or dark brown cotton bandana around you neck, loop it thru your jeans belt holders or around the rim of a gardening hat.

Stay tuned for lots more tips.   Nancy Goldblatt, The Wardrobe Wizard of Baltimore is available to work with individuals as well as groups. She is also available for fund raisers.

WWW.WardrobeWiz.com/ 410-235-5325