Lifestyle and Personal Style Evolution

Last October, my husband and I traveled to Italy to join my friend Theresa for a special couples’ retreat at her stunning villa experience, Retreat to Tuscany. We spent a magical week with four other couples, enjoying wine tastings, delicious meals prepared by our personal chef, Nora, and breathtaking excursions led by our private guide, Antonella.

It’s an interesting thought when you begin thinking about, “How do I want to spend my time and with who, in the last chapter of my life?” 

• I’ve been told by several people that you need to travel when you’re young.  I’ve asked, so what is considered young? The eighty-year-old woman I was golfing with told me, “Of course, it’s in your sixties.” 

• It’s all perspective, isn’t it.

• Loving life and having fun is something I embrace daily.

One of things I’m constantly thinking about when I shop is, “Where does that piece fit into my current lifestyle?"

• Is it for work?

• For play?

• For travel?

I would rather have that great outfit for my current lifestyle and be style-ready than buying something on a whim because it’s fantastic or the salesperson insisted you have to have this -  but you have no idea where you’re going to wear it.

I realize sometimes when I’m shopping, I have a very practical side to me when it comes to adding new pieces to my closet and expanding my style..

Think about your lifestyle and the things you love to do.

• When you go to your closet, do you have that great outfit?

• Do you have the right shoes?

• Do you feel you’re missing accessories and don’t know how to complete your outfit?

Life isn’t a dress rehearsal—every day is a gift to be embraced and fully lived.

Are you ready to get your personal style figured out?

Let’s have a casual conversation so I can get to know you and learn what’s keeping you stuck.

Schedule your one-to-one time here https://www.annettebond.com/contact

💗Annette

Why you feel uninspired with your current wardrobe, and it doesn’t feel like you have anything to wear.

There are times when you go to your closet, and everything seems “old” and it’s missing the pizazz you think you want at the moment.

I get it – it happens to all of us. Some days it just feels hard to get dressed.

Recently, I had a gal reach out and ask about what she should wear to an upcoming business event.  

She wanted it to be put together, with a great first impression, and most importantly stylish.

And she didn’t want to dress like the 30-year-olds she was seeing in the fashion images.

She wanted to look on-point with her style but didn’t want to wear the off-the-shoulder look, or show her tummy, or the super dramatic flair leg pants.

If you are a woman in your 40’s, 50’s, or 60’s and all you see is the young models in their 20’s wearing the styles that are on-point, it’s confusing.

1. You’re wondering, can you pull that off?

2. Should you be wearing the latest on-trend styles?

3. Does it look appropriate for your age?

I get it.

Sometimes you’re looking for rules or right or wrong.

When you’re struggling to dress yourself, it’s easy to get caught in the trap of looking to others to see “how” you should dress.

My specialty is helping you look at personal style from a lens of AUTHENTICITY. 

Honoring who you are, the real you.

If you are a woman who loves classic and timeless styling, you’re probably someone who isn’t drawn to the off-the-shoulder or tummy showing tops.

Honor that. Don’t get drawn into styles that don’t represent the AUTHENTIC you.

It’s so easy to look at all the shiny new styles for the season and wonder what to purchase, and then decide if it’s AUTHENTICALLY you.

You may be a classy lady who loves a little sexy in your wardrobe. The off-the-shoulder style is perfect for you.

You may a creative woman who loves the dramatic flair leg pant. Embrace it. Wear it.

Instead of looking at age appropriate or what everyone else is wearing, begin looking from the lens of what is AUTHENTIC to you.

1. Add one on-trend piece. Style it with your existing pieces in your closet.

2. Understanding your personal style is part of being a confident woman.

3. Give yourself permission to dress and feel AUTHENTICALLY you - whether that is creatively, sporty, wild and sassy, traditional, or a simple polished style.

Own Your Style. Love Your Wardrobe. Be Your Best Self.

With Your Definitive Style in Mind,

❤️Annette

P.S. If you’d like to dive deeper into what AUTHENTIC style looks like, sign up for my FREE 4-day Style Experience coming August 26th. You will LOVE it.

Sign up: https://www.womenofdefinitivestyle.com/style-experience

Me: I’m really excited, I just bought a Peloton.

Response: “Nice! Wow, those are really expensive.”

We’ve all said it, or at least thought it when a good friend shares their excitement about something they’ve just bought or invested in.

Secretly you’re thinking, “I wish I could buy a Peloton.”

Is it affordability or is it worthiness?

I had a client bring this to my attention recently.

She shared; “Annette women need your help.”

• They’re busy.

• They can’t do it all.

• They need help from a professional like yourself, on how to dress and represent their best self.

And you’re thinking, “Oh that’s ridiculous, I can dress myself.”

“Who am I kidding, I don’t need to pay someone to help me shop and style my outfits, I can do that myself.”

Truth, you don’t feel worthy of investing in a professional image consultant.

• The guilt and shame of thinking you can’t dress yourself appropriately.

• That’s not a good use of your money.

• The truth is, you waste so much time trying to figure out where to shop.

• Wasted mental energy trying to figure out what looks good on you since you’ve gained a few pounds and are getting older.

• You’re winging it, you don’t have the time or talent to do it the way a professional would do it.

I get it, investing in yourself can be scary. “You’re asking yourself, are you worth it?”

Come on’ we women were born to shop. Wrong!

The hardest part, taking the first step to say YES to you.  Raising your deserve level.

After you make the commitment to invest in your image, the dominos begin to fall.

• You realize the time you save by no longer needing to spend endless hours shopping.  

• Money saved on shopping mistakes.

• You feel this amazing peace and effortlessness when getting dressed every morning, you have the right pieces, the perfect colors, and styles for your body type.

• The daily compliments that come your way.

• And the ease you feel when packing for your next trip.

• Everything mixes-and-matches. It’s now fun and easy vs. dread and painful.

Oh, and that expensive Peloton that I bought.

It has saved me hours upon hours of driving to the gym.

It gives me instant access to support my health and wellness.  

I have so much fun riding with the world class Peloton instructors.

Oh, and I’ve not paid that $150 gym membership every month for the last 4 years.

If you are tired of doing it alone and know that style and fashion are not your gifting and strength, and want some help. I’m here for you girlfriend.

With Your Definitive Style in Mind,

💗Annette

We can have a relaxed chat to see if working together is a good fit for you, and if so, you can get started right away!

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Amplify Your Unique Style with Fashion Feng Shui

Do you find yourself being wishy washy when trying to decide if something looks good on you?

Have you noticed you need validation from the salesperson, your husband, your girlfriend if you outfit looks great?

What If…you could have a more planned and authentic approach to your wardrobe and image, helping you identify your unique style?

• A wardrobe you LOVED.

• And know you are rocking your look with 100% authenticity.

Years ago I was trained through a style system called Fashion Feng Shui.

Dressing the whole YOU from the inside out.

I’ve always believed that Style begins with the woman, not the clothes.

When you begin understanding the power of YOU, your strengths, your values, you will begin owning your unique style.

Through Fashion Feng Shui, you will begin to understand the whys…why you love drama, why you love simple, why you, love unique, why you love traditional.

It is a blueprint to teach you how to align with the authentic YOU - from the inside out.

What does dressing from the inside-out mean?

• It means honoring your inner beauty

• Honoring your strengths

• Your values

• Your essence

When I learned about this, I fell in love with Fashion Feng Shui.

Wouldn’t you love to combine your personality strengths with your Style?

• I learned WHY I’m so picky with how my clothing fits

• I learned WHY I love pink so much

• I learned WHY I love feeling put-together

If you are a woman who is smart and successful but style hasn’t always been on the front burner.

I get you, I work with lots of women just like you to combine your magnificents with your personal style.

It’s fascinating and sooo much FUN!

Join me for my upcoming workshop on Thursday, April 6th in Kirkland WA: Amplify Your Unique Style

If you’re not local and would to be kept in the loop for my upcoming virtual Fashion Feng Shui workshop leave a comment below. OR sign up to receive my Get Style Confidence Guide

In the meantime, we’ll be style chatting more about Fashion Feng Shui in my private Facebook group Confidently Style Woman on Wednesdays at 12noon PST.

With Your Definitive Style in Mind, ANNETTE

The Power of a Jacket

Are you someone who has some great jackets in your wardrobe?

Do you wear them ONE way, with ONE specific blouse?

I have a current client doing that. 

Or maybe you’re someone who has a black jacket and don’t tend to wear it much?

That is another client of mine.

Let’s talk about the Power of a JACKET and how it can elevate your wardrobe and personal style.

WHY Jackets?

1. Jackets have a subliminal message 

I’m sure you know what I mean when you see a woman with a great jacket. 

You notice her. 

She looks professional. 

She’s pulled together and polished. 

She has personal style.

Maybe your mind goes to expert, she’s really good at what she does. 

1. Jackets keep you warm

It could be that simple, you are looking for warmth. I get it, as I can be a cold body myself. 

Owning a neutral color jacket such as black or camel is a great investment piece that can serve as professional and warmth as well as show off your personal style.

1. Style of Jacket 

This is where you need to begin thinking about your personal style, professional brand and lifestyle. 

How do you want your jacket to serve you? Meetings? Online? In-person?

Do you want it to be more traditional or dressy casual style?

A jacket that carries more authority or one that is more approachable?

Do you want creativity or edginess to be part of your personal style?

In Fashion Feng Shui, I talk about the Harmony of your Inner and Outer Presence. 

• Finding a jacket that is Uniquely YOU

• A jacket that is aligned with your personal professional brand

• Making sure your jacket aligns with your personal style as well as your lifestyle

Join me as we style chat about the Power of a Jacket. 

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU TAKE THE FIRST STEP IN DEVELOPING YOUR PERSONAL STYLE:

1. Capture my BEST personal style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and personal style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you.

   Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself.

   We’ll talk about what that looks like for you so that you are showing up as the powerful woman that you are while you dress with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is the place where I share my expertise each week, you can get to know me, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel.

What does it take to feel good?

Something you may not know about me; my #1 value is my wellbeing. 

When I don’t feel good, life is mediocre, and just O.K.  

That is NOT how I want to feel. 

Are you an in-charge kind of woman in your professional and personal life?

“You are caring for your family, juggling a demanding career, caring for elderly relatives, and running households…and the price you pay is astronomical”, says Heather Dumas. 

And then you are trying to stay healthy?

It’s hard, I get it. 

Most of the time you’re feeling guilty when you squeeze in self-care or feel like you must sacrifice other parts of your life.

All you want… is to feel good.

You want that feeling of vitality. 

Energy to go do what you do best. 

You want to feel good in your clothes. 

You want to be excited when you go into your closet every morning. 

When you feel good, you look good, you feel better.  

You may be asking, “Annette how do I do that?”

Join me as I chat with my colleague Heather Dumas, Healthy Lifestyle Strategist. 

What I love about Heather is her approach to health. 

It’s holistic, the same approach I take to cultivating your personal style.

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel

What If…Your Personal Style Expressed Uniquely YOU ?

If you knew you would not be judged, what would you wear?

What colors would you dare to wear?

Do you daydream about style you see in catalogs or IG and wonder if you could wear that?

You stop yourself.

And your mind goes into What If…

What if that style is too much?

What if style too bright?

What if you look like you’re trying too hard?

Isn’t it interesting how you get caught up in the What If.

“The What If”…is they. 

What are they going to think about my personal style if you wear that?

What if they don’t like the color you’re wearing?

What if you style the outfit as boring or dowdy?

What if you look fat?

How would it feel if you were true to YOU, a personal style that expressed uniquely you?

It’s not until you respect the authentic, unique you, that you will try something new. 

What would authentically you, look like?

New style. 

New color. 

New silhouette. 

New shoes. 

Life is too short to continue to question and doubt your sense of personal style.  

What If…you created a signature wardrobe that makes it feel so good to be YOU?

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU TAKE THE FIRST STEP IN DEVELOPING YOUR PERSONAL STYLE:

1. Capture my BEST personal style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and personal style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you.

   Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself.

   We’ll talk about what that looks like for you so that you are showing up as the authentic confident woman that you are, dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place where I share my personal styling expertise each week, you get to know me through my training videos, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel.

How-To Add ONE New Style Piece for Fall

Fall is here. It’s time to get ready for the weather change as well as upcoming events. 

Have you given any forethought to what you might want to add to your fall wardrobe to support what’s next? 

Will you have in-person meetings over the next few months?

Are you traveling?

Do you have speaking engagements booked? 

Do you desire a dressy casual feel? 

More traditional business?

A lot of questions, I know. 

But when you can answer these questions, you can begin building an Intentional Wardrobe that serves you. 

Be deliberate with your purchases so that you will have the perfect outfit in a moment’s notice.   

One of the major Fall Trends is Oversized Jackets 

It’s a trend, so if an oversized jacket feels too much, opt for a style that fits your body type. 

The White Shirt

To accompany your beautiful new jacket, consider the wardrobe staple, The White Blouse or Shirt.  

• Consider the fabric and how it fits underneath your jackets

• How does it fall on your body

• Do you want something more elegant, unique, or sportier?

• Think of at least 3-ways you can incorporate your White Shirt or Blouse with other pieces in your wardrobe

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU TAKE THE FIRST STEP IN DEVELOPING YOUR PERSONAL STYLE

1. Capture my BEST personal style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and personal style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you.

   Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself.

   We’ll talk about what that looks like for you so that you are showing up as the authentic confident woman that you are, dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place where I share my personal styling expertise each week, you get to know me through my training videos, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel.

Dressing with Intention

Are you tired of feeling stressed every time you get dressed?

Do you find yourself digging through your stuffed closet every time you get ready for an important event?

Whether it’s a speaking engagement, leading an important meeting, or a fun barbecue with friends, do you end up with a pile of clothes on the floor?

Contemplating what to wear, again?

If only you had “that perfect outfit” at a moment’s notice.

Why does it matter, because you are amazing at what you, and you need to look the part. 

You want others to connect with you and see the “real you.”

Feeling confident when you walk out the door is important to you. 

You hate fussing with your clothes.

One of the processes I teach is called Dressing with Intention. 

Dressing with Intention

1. It’s first having the awareness of how you want to be perceived

2. A simple step, begin with ONE word 

3. Powerful, edgy, graceful, confident…

4. Look in your closet and identify one piece or style that aligns with how you want to be perceived 

5. Try that piece on 

6. Take a picture of yourself

7. Does your outfit reflect that ONE word?

8. NO? YES?

Now it’s time to begin accessing the clothing in your closet…what’s working, what is not. 

With your current lifestyle, what is always a struggle when getting dressed?

Are you upleveling how you show up and how you want to be perceived? 

You are evolving. That’s a good thing. 

I believe that when you dress with intention, you can walk out the door, forget about what you are wearing and go do what you do best with CONFIDENCE. 

Let’s talk.

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel

Wearing colors that bring out your eyes

Choosing “flattering colors” can be overwhelming and confusing.

Also, making sure the colors you choose feel authentic to you, right?

Color has a personality. I believe in being intentional when choosing your colors.

How would it feel to have “signature colors” that you know are 100% flattering, they are aligned with your personality type, and you can count on them to always feel amazing?

Quick style tip!

Begin by identifying the true color of your eyes.

To be the most objective possible, I recommend you to take a close-up picture of your eyes.

Are they just one color? Do they have several shades, like specs of yellow or amber? Maybe some green and blue?

While working with 100’s of women over the years, I find most women have multi-faceted colored eyes.

Once you identify your eye color, begin experimenting with one of those colors in a clothing piece.

Have fun!

If you’d like more information about learning what your most flattering colors are and identifying your signature colors, let’s talk.

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel

What is Authentic Style?

The dictionary describes authentic as real, genuine, credible, trustworthy. 

Describing your authentic style can be difficult. 

I’m sure you’ve had those times when you’re in the dressing room, you look in the mirror, and love what you see, the outfit feels like you. 

The best feeling ever.  

You feel authentic. 

It’s time to identify what authenticity looks like for you. 

If you knew you would not be judged, what would you love to wear?

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel

Are You Feeling Invisible?

Have you ever been in a dressing room trying on clothes, ready to buy, but walked away empty-handed?

You leave the store super disappointed because nothing fits? 

If only you were 10 lbs. lighter or didn’t have that darn tummy pooch, everything would have fit great?

Consider this statistic: On any average day, 97% of women say that they dislike their bodies.

And acclaimed Shame Researcher, Brene` Brown, Ph.D. found that the number one source of shame for women was body and weight. 

We’re continuing the conversation on Being Seen with Confidence.

Meet my guest Kip Clarke, Life Coach, who works with women in their “middle years” who struggle with finding quality men to date, symptoms of menopause, and feeling invisible. 

She helps them re-ignite their passions and find beautiful new ways to thrive. 

Kip will be sharing her 3-step system for transforming how to “see yourself” in a brand-new way.

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel

How Words Can Affect Your Personal Style

Today, I want to talk about “words” and how they can influence being seen with confidence.

Whether you're stepping into your closet, giving a big presentation, or shopping for a great pair of jeans, the words you use to describe yourself, your personal style, or how your closet feels will affect how you see yourself.

If I took you shopping to Neiman Marcus, styled you in the most AMAZING outfit, and you looked in the mirror and verbalized your annoyance of your “poochy tummy,” you will always be disappointed with the outfit.

Are you aware of the “words” you use to talk about yourself?

Are you guilty of referring to yourself as dowdy or your closet is chaotic?

Does your day miraculously unfold just as you described it?

Or maybe you go out of your way, not to be seen?

When I was a young girl, my mother used to tell me, “Annette if you can’t say anything nice about anyone, don’t say it at all.”

That teaching has never left me. 

What if…you stopped talking to yourself that way?

What if…you began using empowering words to describe your personal style, your closet, how you want to experience your day?

Would you then feel more confident to be seen?

Style Tip #1

• Become aware of your self-talk 

• How is it affecting you emotionally when you refer to yourself as dowdy?

• One-by-one eliminate words that don’t empower you to feel beautiful and seen

Style Tip #2

• Become aware of how you want to be seen, choose a word for the day as you choose your outfit 

• Notice how you feel as you embody your word of the day

• Your word + your outfit = Ready to Be Seen

I can guarantee your confidence will elevate instantly as you become more intentional with the “words” you use to describe yourself. 

Your inner radiance will shine brighter as you embody your words.

Others will notice as you are stepping forward to BE SEEN. 

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel

Being Seen with Confidence

Have you recently noticed that prior to an upcoming event, whether it's in-person or online, speaking, or you're presenting at an important meeting, that you have this not-so-good feeling deep down about showing up fully?

And then you begin to blame it on the last couple of years, weight gain: Covid-20.

Your age is creeping up, and it’s affecting your psyche about being seen? 

Or maybe it’s your outfit – it doesn’t feel professional and put-together?

You're noticing yourself doing a lot of comparison with women in your circle? 

And it's really starting to mess with your mind about being seen.

If this is you, you are not alone. 

If we haven’t met, I’m Annette Bond, certified image consultant. And I work with successful, amazing women, just like you who are not feeling 100% confident in being seen and it’s starting to erode your self-confidence.   

It's holding you back from showing up fully.

I have worked with women for 30 years; it's truly been a lifetime passion. The one common denominator that I find with the clients I work with, “Annette please help me to show up more confidently.”

Welcome to Being Seen with Confidence Series where we are going to discuss what it looks like to show up confidently. 

We’re going to begin by focusing on what you can do today. 

Several small steps. 

They may feel small and trivial, but I guarantee these small steps are going to elevate your confidence when it’s your time to be seen.  

One thing I know for sure as women, you compare yourself to other women.  

She’s prettier. She’s skinnier. She speaks better. 

You’re worried about being judged. 

STOP RIGHT NOW!

You are in a losing battle and not alone.

I remember so clearly, four or five years ago, when I was told, “Annette, you need to go LIVE on Facebook.” 

I was so terrified. I can remember the pit in my stomach thinking EVERYONE was going to be watching me. 

What were they going to think? 

My message was not good enough. 

Who cares about what I have to say. 

Funny thing is….no one was watching me. 

I’ve discovered that life is too short to continue down that path. 

What another person thinks is none of my business. 

Life is too short to continue hiding.

God gave me a gift and I am going to share it and you should too.  

BEING SEEN Style Tips!

#1 What do you LOVE about YOU?

• It might be that you love your eyes. 

• When was the last time you wore make up?

#2 What makes you feel beautiful?

• Is it a beautiful new blouse that brings out your eye color? 

• Or maybe you have a stylish chic blouse anxiously waiting for you in your closet, that you haven’t worn in 2 years?

#3 What makes you feel like having fun?

• Creativity. Curiosity. Femininity. 

• How might you express that in your clothing choices. 

What you have begun to do is; focus on your inner beauty and what makes you feel beautiful on the outside. 

Next step, how might you express that in your clothing choices?

In business we all know, what you FOCUS ON…EXPANDS. 

I want you to begin focusing on what makes YOU feel amazing and watch it expand. 

Feel Beautiful, Dress Up, Be Seen.

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel

10 Perfect Pieces to Creating a Dressy-Casual Wardrobe

Are you really good at what you do whether you're a corporate professional or an entrepreneur, but when it comes to your dressy- casual wardrobe, you question, how do you create a perfect dressy-casual wardrobe?

What are the pieces you need?

Where do you go shopping?

Welcome to the dressy casual wardrobe series, part 4 as we bring it all together with pants, shoes, and jacket options for creating your perfect dressy-casual wardrobe.  

Life has changed over the last 24 months; it’s gone more casual. 

Adding the 10 Perfect Pieces to your wardrobe will allow you to dress with ease, be on-brand, and confidently ready to be noticed. 

Step ONE / 2-3 Pants

• 2-3 pants that fit your lifestyle

• Make sure your pants fit your body type

• Can you wear each pant style with 2-3 other pieces in your wardrobe

Step TWO / 2-3 Jackets

• Think of your jackets as a layering piece

• Choose 1-2 neutral colors

• Find a signature jacket that presents a polished put-together look

Step THREE / Shoes

• Think 3 levels of shoes – casual, dressy casual, sophisticated/fashion forward casual

• Focus on your lifestyle and how you want to feel when you show up

• What shoes are missing in your current wardrobe?

As you are shopping and creating your dressy casual wardrobe, think about your lifestyle. By incorporating the ‘right 10 pieces’, it allows you to show up confidently put-together, feeling polished, and ready to be seen and noticed. 

Stop fussing with your clothes. Edit them out or alter them. 

If you are ready to take the next step and know you can’t do this on your own, let’s chat. 

Book your ‘Get Dressed with Ease’ call

Click here to learn more about my head-to-toe transformation, 90-day Reveal Your Radiance program.

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel

How to Style Your Dressy Casual Jackets for Weekend Play or Casual Work Environment

Jackets are my thing. Whether it’s for work or play. 

You may be more of a sweater girl. Either way, they are both great layering pieces and add an extra layer of style to any outfit. 

As a Seattleite, I feel there is always a need for a tad of warmth in both the summer and fall. (ok, yes I’m always cold)

Today, I’m sharing 3 dressy casual jacket options that you can wear in a casual work environment or weekend play, elevating your simple casual look to a put-together and polished one. 

I talk about lifestyle and having a wardrobe that supports you. 

So, what does that mean really?

Being able to go to your closet, and instantly know you have the perfect jacket for the event or occasion you’re attending. 

And of course, with some style. 

#1 The Most Versatile Jacket

• Why? Because I can wear this black and white gingham jacket with three levels of dress. 

• It is a jean denim fabric that is relaxed yet elevated, never feeling underdressed or overdressed

• Whether I wear it with my pearl earrings or white sneakers, it just works beautifully for my elegant casual lifestyle

#2 The White Track Jacket

One of the trends for spring and summer 2022 is the “great white out”. Lots of white, whether that is shoes, dresses, and eyelet blouses. 

• The beauty of white, it’s crisp, clean, and organized. (aka; the personality of white) 

• It is a neutral that goes with just about EVERYTHING. 

• Not just for working out, in fact, this jacket never makes it to the gym. Have fun with the versatility and choose your right color. 

#3 The Running Jacket That is NOT Just for Running

There are times when you need a casual jacket to throw on with your cute joggers, jeans, or skort. This is that jacket. (ok, yes you can definitely wear this jacket for running and you will look sooo good!)

• Fall in love with the color and feel of the fabric 

• A hood, brings more casual to the jacket

• Quality, brings more elegance to your style

As you are shopping and creating your dressy casual wardrobe, think about your lifestyle. 

• What are the various events in your life that you never have the right jacket?

• What do you love on other women or see online, and wonder if you could pull it off? 

• Begin making a list of your needs and missing links. 

• Shop with more intention and make new decisions. 

If designing a dressy-casual wardrobe feels like too much work and you need help, let’s connect so that I can learn more about your lifestyle needs and personal style challenges. 

I would LOVE to help you. 

Click here and let’s chat.

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel

3 Shoe Options to Wear with Your Favorite Pants

Have you just bought a new pair of pants that you can’t wait to wear when you suddenly realize you don’t have the right shoes?

Or maybe you are questioning what style of shoes are appropriate? 

Having a variety of shoe options, definitely makes getting dressed more fun. 

The good news, is you have options.

I’m going to share 3 Shoe Options to Wear with One Pair of Pants.

Shoe Option #1 – The White Sneaker

The White sneaker was made popular back in 2014 by fashion bloggers and street stylists, the simple white trainers.  

It’s now 2022, and they are not going anywhere. They are here to stay, and I personally love my white sneakers.

If you’re a girl with a little sportiness or enjoy a little comfort, a white sneaker is a must. 

• They provide a clean classic vibe. The color white denotes refined and elegant. 

• You are elevating your sneaker game with a minimalist white sneaker. 

• Wear your white sneaker with a jean, a casual summer dress, or a skort.

Shoe Option #2 – The Patent Leather Sneaker Shoe

Personally, I love patent leather. It’s that instant splash of shine and dressy combined. 

Patent leather might not be your thing but think about a sneaker sole with an added dressier shoe combination. Or for you, maybe it’s casual flats. The perfect Dressy Casual Shoe. 

• Elevate the everyday with comfortable and chic.

• Experience versatility of dress sneakers for work.

•  Wear with jeans, Ponte pants, or cotton twill.

Shoe Option #3 – The Mule Shoe

I remember my first pair of mules, 20 years ago. I loved them. 

They are back with a vengeance with style and ease. 

• The easiest pair of shoes to slip into and feel instantly dressed up in a casual chic way.

• The block heel gives the dressy casual pant an elevated look and feel. 

• Short legs? Pair your pants with a pointy toe mule, it’s going to give you an elongated leg.

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Stepping down from your stilettos doesn’t mean taking a step down in style with these flashy kicks.

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel

3 Pant Silhouettes to Create 3 Three Levels of Dressy-Casual Style

Have you found your professional attire moving toward a “dressy casual” look and feel?

And notice that you tend not to wear professional trouser pants like you used to?

You know you need another option in pants, but are not sure what to purchase?

Today I’m going to share three pant options to add to your professional wardrobe that will give you the dressy casual look and feel yet sharp and polished.

#1 Dressy Casual Level One – the Joseph Ribkoff Trouser Pant

• What I love about these pants is you can dress them up or down, which gives you versatility and ease when getting dressed.  

• The pant has elastic at the waist. There is something so comfortable about elastic, as it allows you to move and breathe in your pants with ease. Gaining a few pounds around the middle gives you some wiggle room to still feel comfortable and confident. 

• It’s an ankle-pant. You can wear an ankle-pant with various shoe styles. A traditional pump. A sandal. A fancy sneaker.

#2 Dressy Level Two – Dark Wash Black Jeans 

• The straight-leg silhouette is classic and timeless. It is always in style and does well with most body types. 

• The dark wash black jean gives you the visual appearance of a pair of trouser pants but the look and feel of approachable and understated. That is dressy casual. 

• The black jean has a professional yet stylish appearance that can be styled with jackets for a crisp sharp presence.

#3 Dressy Level Three – 5 Pocket 4-Way Stretch Fabric Pant

• Here I am introducing a lululemon pant but there are so many options available in this level of dressy casual.  Looks like a jean silhouette but with more polish and elegance.

• Personally, I love the polished fabric with a 4-way stretch fabric that is ultra-comfortable and allows you to move with ease.

•  This pant also gives options to wear with multiple shoe styles.  From a dressy sandal or pump to a dressy casual sneaker.

BONUS: The Skort – Skirt with Benefits

• Dressier than a pant but not a professional skirt style. 

• Benefit of the spandex short underneath so you can move with ease. 

• Personally, I wear my skorts to work in front of zoom to riding my bike to the winery and then to dinner.

As you may have noticed, all my pant options are black. 

Yes, black is versatile and easy to mix-and-match. 

To expand and optimize your wardrobe, I encourage you to ‘try on’ and consider other neutrals like navy, khaki, or white. 

Join me next week for part 2 of the dressy casual wardrobe series as we chat about shoe options. 

If you haven’t already, please come join us in the Style with Significance Private Facebook group as we continue the conversation. 

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel

12 Style Tips to Show Up as Your Best Self as You Go Back to The Office

You’re a different woman than you were 24 months ago, you've evolved.

 As you're looking in your closet you may be thinking, I don't even wear half of these pieces. 

You may be getting ready to go back to work, or already in the trenches of back at the office, and you're looking at your wardrobe thinking, “Oh my gosh, I don't wear 50% of the pieces I already have.”

Realizing over the last couple years how differently you were dressing, right? 

You may have lowered your standards of how you showed up, especially on zoom.

Remember, the world told you it was o.k. to wear pajamas to work.  

Sometimes you get sucked into the world views thinking it’s normal, and then one day you wake up and realize your self-confidence isn’t what it used to be when it comes to style and looking the part.

This is why I’ve come up with 12 style tips for you to show up as your best self as you go back to the office.

Style Tip #1 One by one, begin removing pieces from your closet that don't make you feel like a million bucks. 

Style Tip #2 Take note; you probably purchased clothing pieces over the last 24 months that were designed to be in front of a zoom camera. 

Style Tip #3 Give yourself permission to be done with them and say goodbye.  

Style Tip #4 When you have unwanted pieces, they clutter your mind.

Style Tip #5 You do not want the illusion that you “should” have all kinds of amazing potential outfits, when you do not.  Let them go. 

Style Tip #6 Maybe they remind you of COVID and it is a negative in your subconscious.  Let them go. 

Style Tip #7 Because you didn’t care as much, the quality isn’t aligned with you and your normal standard of purchases. Let them go. 

Style Tip #8 They're tattered, they're ready to go. 

Style Tip #9 One of the things I learned from Marie Kondo and recently did myself was, to completely clear your closet and then begin adding the pieces back in one-by-one. 

Style Tip #10 My philosophy is that everything must be invited back into your closet, and you should love each piece. Marie Kondo would say, “Does it brings you joy?”

Style Tip #11 Do you want to continue to wear them as you move forward into 2022 and beyond? 

Style Tip #12 Do the pieces you are keeping align with how you want to be perceived as a businesswoman? 

Does this process overwhelm you? 

Does it stress you out? 

Would you love help? 

I am here to help you. 

You are invited to my new program that was designed especially for you, called The Seven Day Signature Style Edit.

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel

Going Back to Work: Style Tips to Simplify the Great Return

Are you a corporate professional who is going back to the office and you need to transition from your zoom tops to professional in-person outfits?  

And you've looked in your closet, wondering, is what you have hanging in your closet even in style? 

And the next question you're probably asking yourself is, oh my gosh, what fits?

Of course, you are, you haven’t worn a large portion of your pants in 24 months. 

Maybe you've gained a little weight, maybe you've lost a little weight?

And you're feeling a little bit hesitant, a little bit nervous about what are you going to wear? 

Let’s chat about getting your wardrobe prepared so that you will look put-together, confident, and feel ready to rock your world as you reenter.

My #1 Style Tip for Going Back to Work: Begin Going Through Your Closet and Editing What Makes You Feel 100% Confident NOW!

Step One: Pants

• Begin with your pants because if you've gained weight, if you've lost weight, the first place that we really notice it is in a pair of pants. And so go through your pants and figure out what fits. 

• What do you feel confident in? 

• What do you want to keep moving forward? So preparing yourself before the you know, the weekend before and realizing oh my gosh, my pants don't fit. 

• So do you need another pair of trouser pants for all your beautiful jackets or your blouses that fit really well? 

• Look at a pair of jeans, maybe you're in a more casual setting. Maybe going back to the office, I have heard that many employers are saying that you can dress down, but maybe you want a nice pair of fitting jeans that fit well. 

• Why? Because they're polished, you can put them on with a beautiful blouse or wear a pair of white jeans, and possibly add a jacket. So get your pants in order that's really important.

Step Two: Jackets

• The next is maybe you do want to make sure that the jackets that you have, what are you going to keep?

• Are some of the jackets too traditional that maybe you need to go down a notch in a little bit more of a kind of dressy casual kind of feel?

• So I believe in having a handful of put-together polished outfits that you feel confident in, and having them ready to go at a moment's notice.

• This could be a couple of pairs of pants, one of your favorite blouses, a great jacket, and all those pieces can mix and match so that you aren't, you know, stressing out feeling overwhelmed thinking, oh my gosh, you know, I've been in front of zoom for 24 months, and now I need to go back to the office, and you need to get ready.

So I want to invite you if you are somebody who's listening and saying Annette, I am overwhelmed.

I am stressed.

I need help.

Because you're a different woman now than you were 24 months ago, right?

We evolve.

So I have a brand new offer that I'm so excited about.

It's called The Seven Day Signature Style Edit.

And what did you just design for exactly what I just talked about?

You are going back to the office, maybe you already have some great pieces. Maybe you have a lot of holes and you don't know how to put those pieces together so it's put together, polished confident, and I can help you with that.

So I invite you to go check out the Seven Day Signature Style Edit, and I would love to be your Personal Image Consultant and stylist so that you can show up oozing with confidence.

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel