Posts tagged style consulting
Travel Accessories that will Streamline Your Travel Packing

Travel Wardrobe Tips Part 4: Travel Accessories that Will Streamline Your Trip

The extra pieces that make a big difference.

Does it feel overwhelming to pack for your trip?

Do you arrive at your destination and feel like you always forget something?

Would you love a simple, streamlined, and confident approach to traveling?

Let’s talk Accessories – keeping your travel pieces organized as well you looking good.

My 5 Best Accessory Tips:

  1. ·       A great tote for taking on the plane

  2. ·       Backpack

  3. ·       Phone Organizer Crossbody Bag

  4. ·       Jewelry organizer to keep you polished and put-together

  5. ·       Wrap

P.S. Whenever you're ready… here are 3 ways I can help you Dress with Ease:

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

  2. Capture my BEST style strategies that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – 7 Secrets to Dressing with Ease and Style!

  3. Work with me PRIVATELY to take you from questioning your clothing choices to creating a signature look that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease 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 dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

Getting Ready for Your Branding Photoshoot with a personal Image Consultant

A brand photo shoot’s sole purpose isn’t to just capture beautiful photos, there is strategy behind the visuals. And Yes, we want you to ultimately have beautiful photos.

A brave new look.

A brand photo shoot is to help your business STAND OUT and thrive in your niche, further developing your brand presence and communicating a story.

We want to make sure your clothing choices are complimenting your brand and telling the story you are intending – creating brand harmony with you as a business woman.

7 Questions to consider when choosing your clothing pieces:

  1.       Branding colors – what are the 2-4 colors you want to emphasize?

  2.       What are 2-3 words you want others to feel about you when they see your pictures?

  3.       Do you feel ultra-confident in your clothing choices? Did you know that fitted clothing always looks better on camera vs. a non-fitted look?

  4.       How many wardrobe changes will you have?

  5.       Do you need to purchase new pieces? With virtual shopping, making sure they arrive in plenty of time to review.

  6.       Accessories – think about your favorite pieces and how they show up on camera.

  7.       Shoes – will they be seen?

Your photoshoot needs to be on purpose. It is your brand. It is representative of you; it is your business card and how others perceive you.

You want to make sure your photoshoot pictures are capturing you at your BEST all while telling your story.

Step into your Excellence. Confidence. Self-worth. Reveal Your Radiance.

If you want helpful fashion advice to feel more beautiful, more confident and 100% aligned with your personal brand, have a conversation with a professional stylist.

Thank you to my client Theresa Callahan, Executive Coach at Managing for Performance and Founder of Retreat to Tuscany for allowing me to be part of her branding photoshoot team. (these pictures are my snapshots, can’t wait to see the finished product from Pinto Portrait in Issaquah, Washington.

Brand photoshoot with Image Consultant Annette Bond

Brand photoshoot with Image Consultant Annette Bond

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Love to meet you and share more on the subject of personal branding.

You are invited to join me at my upcoming Style Strategy and Confidence Masterclass, Wednesday, May 26th @ 1pm PST.

https://www.annettebond.com/masterclass

With Your Definitive Style in Mind,

Annette

Are You Using Your Wardrobe as a Confidence Crutch?
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September is here and I have to say I absolutely LOVE the Indian summer were experiencing in Seattle or some call it second summer.

Also, the fall catalogs are coming in the mail, a little smaller than normal.

The stores have opened.

Curious, are you shopping in the mall, boutiques, or online?

Recently, I launched the sign up for the 10 Days FREE Reveal Your Radiance Style Academy. To enroll, I ask two questions to give me a better understanding on what you need help with.

One of the attendees shared...

I'm tired of using my wardrobe as a confidence crutch.

She said, "I want to use my wardrobe to "enhance" my confidence.

That is such a great thought, wouldn't you agree?

I believe whole heartedly, your wardrobe is there to "support" you. To align with your values, essence, what you stand for, brand, lifestyle, body type, and personal coloring and whatever else that might be for you.

As a brand, isn't that what a website is supposed to do?

Or your LinkedIn profile?

Wouldn't it be AMAZING every time you went to your closet and pulled a piece, knowing it had a purpose; to support you in whatever way that is?

Guess what, it is 100% possible. I do it every day.

How?

You must take time out to define what does "support" look like to you in your wardrobe?

Begin the habit of asking yourself, "Does this clothing piece support the wardrobe I'm trying to create to support the various endeavors in my life?"


MORE Inside the Brand. Day 21

"Moving Away From, Moving Towards"

In order to have a wardrobe that is just right for you, you need to know from where you’re starting and to where you’re headed. Think about your style, your closet, getting dressed, and the variety of things you have to choose from. What are the things you are having a difficult time with? These are what you want to move away from. And if those obstacles were gone and your wardrobe worked for you 100%, what would it look like? This is what you want to move toward.

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Have You Abandoned Your Appearance?

I’m hoping you had a great summer, were able to relax and have some family fun. My husband and I took a little 4-day trip to Bend, Oregon to celebrate our 39-year wedding anniversary. We had a great time exploring the city and enjoying all the various outdoor activities like bike riding (I love by the way), golf and kayaking.

During the last 6 months with COVID-19, I realize there has been a lot of mixed emotions regarding dress and style.

You may have been thinking over these last 6 months, does it really matter?

I’ve definitely seen a lot of turbulence in my industry along with small retailers.

To continue my love of helping women look and feel their best, I began the Q+A Style Chat in May 2020.

Many women are feeling perplexed when it comes to style and success.

The discussions have ranged anywhere from what to wear on a zoom meeting, to what do you think about color, to how do you dress when life has become so casual now that you’re working from home and still feel successful.

You may have been wondering the same thing.

Recently, I was chatting with several women who referred to their current image status, as abandonment.

They felt like they had lost a piece of themselves in the COVID-19 months.

When they looked in the mirror, there was unsettling feelings of desertion.

When COVID began, style, first impressions and one’s image fell by the wayside for many.

If your inner image isn’t feeling so great, it begins to affect your self-image. Which can lead to a not so great attitude, how you interact with others, and eventually leads to the quality of your performance.

Two years ago, I began putting together a virtual style program. At the time, that is how I looked at it, virtual and online. Not super personalized.

I put it out to the marketplace, no one bought it. I was told by many women that they only wanted to work 1:1 in person.

Late in 2019, I decided I was going to relaunch the “Reveal Your Radiance Style Academy.” Having no idea what 2020 would bring us.

On March 15th, I immediately realized this was my golden opportunity to dig deeper into refining the Reveal Your Radiance program being I had some extra time in my office and I was not working with 1:1 clients in person.

June 2020 came, I did a soft launch of the Reveal Your Radiance Style Academy.

And it was a huge success!

I poured my heart and soul into this program. This was not going to be just an “online virtual program”, but a program that I gave the absolute BEST of me so that you could achieve exceptional results.

I always knew I loved teaching – my superpowers we’re exposed. I loved every minute of the academy and so did my students.

The Reveal Your Radiance Style Academy is designed and mirrored after my #1 selling 1:1 program: Reveal Your Radiance Signature Program that sells for $3495.

The #1 feedback I received: they loved being part of a community with women who were on the journey with them. The collaborative approach brought new perspectives. The program is simple to follow, providing amazing results, and each woman had a newfound personal awareness that gave them the confidence to show up 100% authentic.

I also learned from my clients. For example, that achieving a personal style can feel “high level fashion” or dressing your best is to “fix” your flaws.

The Reveal Your Radiance Academy has now become the foundation of my business. And I will be offering it again beginning September 22, 2020.

Until then, If you feel like you would like to reclaim your outer fabulous and step into your excellence that got abandoned back in March 2020, you’re going to love what I have to offer. Or maybe you just need to elevate and refine what you're already doi


MORE Inside the Brand. Day 19

"Are You Ready to Raise Your Standards and Stand in Your Excellence?"

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