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301 | 5 Style Shifts That Changed Everything for Me and My Clients This Year
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As I was reflecting on this year, the coaching calls, the email exchanges, the closets I've seen, the breakthroughs I've watched happen. I realized something powerful. I don't just have the opportunity to work with people on their style. I get a front row seat to pick up on the patterns. And when you work with hundreds of women across different seasons of life, various budgets, body types, personalities, you start to see what actually moves the needle across the board and what really doesn't. Today, I wanna walk you through five style shifts that have changed everything for my clients and me this year. These are perspective upgrades. The kinds of shifts that quietly change how you get dressed, how confident you feel, and how much energy your wardrobe takes up in your day. They're powerful and empowering and I want you to benefit from all that we've learned this year as well. So let's discuss a handful of mindset swaps that will not only transform your confidence, but how you think about your style from here on out. Welcome to her Style podcast where we're all about empowering you to show up and get dressed every day with confidence. I'm your host, Heather Riggs, a 15 year and counting certified image consultant and color specialist, ready to build a wardrobe and a personal style you love. Let's get started. Before we dive in, I want to give credit and a major shout out to my support coaches inside Her Style collective. Annamarie and Ginny helped me put this list together. They are in the trenches with me offering custom style coaching to each and every member in the program and they really helped me brainstorm this list. So these are the top five style shifts or aha, moments that we've personally experienced and seen impact our clients in a tremendous way over this past year. So let's dig right in. The first shift is from buying better to using what you own strategically. And for a long time, the belief was if I just buy higher quality pieces or fewer things or the right basics, then my style and wardrobe will finally click. And you know, I think buying intentionally does matter. I will stand on my soapbox for that one until the end of time. But what we've seen again and again this year is that the biggest breakthroughs didn't happen when someone bought something new. They happen when they learned how to actually use what they already own on purpose. And this year, more than ever before, I've seen my clients working within the same closet with the same pieces they had coming into this process of working together and start to get totally different results. And once women stop waiting for the perfect item, the quote unquote perfect item. And started activating what was already there in new ways. And everything shifts. Outfits come together faster, confidence goes up, the urge to impulse shop goes way down. And so a simple way that you can start to apply this shift right now in your own life is to head into your closet, pick one piece out this week and ask yourself, how many different ways could I wear this in my real life? And then I invite you to go into your closet and play dress up and see how many amazing outfits you can actually put together with that particular item and all of the other items that you already own. I think that question alone is going to change how you see your wardrobe and start to challenge you to style what you already have in better ways. So again, it's not necessarily buying better, it's using what you already own in a better way. The second shift that we've really noticed is going from trends to focusing on personal style blends. And this one came up constantly throughout this year. It's been going on a lot lately. You probably heard on our recent live group coaching call that I just shared how many questions there were about personal style. Really wanting to dig into that as an art form. And I think that the old mindset sounded like, I like this, but is it in style? And the new mindset is I like this, but is it my style? And inside her style collective, like I said, we've seen a major transition in members digging deep to uncover their completely unique personal style blend. Often this comes from their top top three style types. And if you don't already know yours, you can find out by taking my free 5 minute personal style quiz@herstylellc.com quiz but they weren't just taking the quiz and then creating a mood board and calling it a day. I've seen women wanting to come up with their own style words, putting their own unique spin on things and designing outfits like they haven't seen anywhere else, taking it beyond Pinterest or Instagram inspiration and really cultivating their own signature style. And it's become such an art form for so many of us. And I think it feels really exciting as I have the privilege of guiding these women through the process and getting to watch them make their wardrobes uniquely their own. And what we've all discovered is that there's no one right way to interpret your style. Two women can have the same style types. You can take the quiz and get the exact same results and do completely different things with your top style words. And that's Not a problem. I think it's the magic of developing and unlocking your signature style. And when clients embrace their own style blend. And I want to say style blend because it's not even just having those top three types. It's combining them into a way that is uniquely you, that's authentic to how you want to show up and be seen. It reflects your personality, your season of life. And I think once you really embrace that and you figure it out, getting dressed stops feeling like a chore or like a checklist, and it starts feeling like a fun form of self expression. So to give you a quick tip how you can apply this shift today, I want you to look at the outfits that you felt your best in this year. You could note the ones that got the most compliments, but also more importantly, the ones that just felt like you, that you put on and you felt empowered, you felt ready to take on your day. You felt so natural and effortless and like, exactly the way you want to show up. And then I want you to ask yourself, what do these outfits have in common? Those similarities are your style blend speaking. So I want you to pay attention and start taking some notes. Okay? The third shift is from copying outfits to truly understanding why something works. And this one is massive. A lot of women come in saying, okay, I see cute outfits all the time and but they never look the same on me. They don't look quite right. Something's not working. And so this shift isn't about finding better inspiration. It's about understanding why an outfit works or doesn't work for you. And that is where proportion, personalization, and the art and science of style come into play. When clients learn how to balance their body and strategically draw the eye where they want it to go, and you understand how proportions affect the way that your outfit looks and feels. And you understand how to echo your personal colors and your inherent shapes into your clothing. That's when you can really stop copying others and start translating that inspiration into outfits that you feel amazing in. Suddenly you can look at an outfit and say, okay, I get it. I see what you did there. And I also know how to make this my own. Or I know without even trying this why it's not my best and I'm going to appreciate it and let it go. That's not for me. Because when you don't know why something works, you can't repeat it. You might get lucky sometimes with your outfits and you might put something together and feel great and hear a lot of compliments on it, and then the next day, you strike out, and it just feels like a big guessing game. And sometimes you have a win, and sometimes you have a loss. So in order to start applying this shift right away, the next time you see an outfit that you love, don't ask, okay, where can I buy all of those pieces? Instead, ask, what's actually working here? What do I like about this? And try to break it down. I want you to look at what's happening in the outfit. Is it the length, the contrast, the structure, the color repetition? Then see if you can brainstorm how to take that design element and make it work for you. You're not going to copy the clothing. You're going to copy the strategy, and this will change the game on how you gather and use your outfit inspiration. It's going to help you become empowered and instead of influenced. All right, shift number four is from playing it safe with color to using color freely with confidence. So many women think that their color palette is a set of rules, and they will come to me and say, I can't wear that, or, that color's not in my season, or, if I put that on, I'm going to look washed out. And I have a feeling that it's because seasonal color analysis has exploded over the past year or so, and I have never seen so many women come into our work together with so many preconceived notions about their colors. And one of the biggest aha moments this year for a lot of the women that we've supported, particularly inside Her Style collective, because they all. Everyone gets their personal color palette through that process was realizing that your color palette isn't a cage. It's a catalyst. I love using alliteration, so I just have to say I was really proud of myself for coming up with that one. Again, it's not a cage. It's a catalyst. And when our clients give themselves permission to branch out from their best colors intentionally, it opens up a whole world of possibilities without losing that cohesive feel in their closets, because they're working from their best colors instead of feeling limited to their best colors. So we're not going to discard that. We definitely want to think about the things that flatter you the most. But we don't want to stay stuck in those rigid rules either. And I will tell you, this has been the biggest shift for me recently as well. I'm going to point my finger at the rebrand that we're doing over here for her style. I cannot wait for you to see it. I really have nothing to do with it. I'm working with an amazing brand designer on this, so I'm not tooting my own horn here whatsoever, but it's been really inspiring to me to have even more fun with the colors in our brand and then, therefore, the colors in my closet. And so I guess as a result, one of my main personal style goals for 2026 is to take my color combinations to the next level. I think this is going to be an inspiring challenge for me, and I'm very excited to lead the way in this regard. And I've been feeling even more motivated to support you with breaking the rules that you've either been given from someone or that you've been putting on yourself, especially as it relates to the colors you wear. So here's an easy way that you can try making this shift on your own. I want you to choose one color that you absolutely love but rarely wear and then anchor it with a familiar neutral or with one of your very best colors. Something that you are so solid looks amazing on you, and just notice just how you feel to branch out a little bit. I promise it's okay to play. Nothing bad is going to happen. Maybe you won't feel your best, and you just won't wear that combination again. But taking a risk every once in a while sometimes really does pay off. So feel liberated to have a little bit more fun with your colors and try something different. This brings me to our last shift. Number five is from wanting to look good to wanting to feel good. And I think that this might be the most important shift of all. The old belief that I think we all had was I just want to look put together. I want to look amazing. I want to look stylish. But the deeper mindset that I've been both having and noticing within our community and the one that I think has changed or impacted us maybe the most is that style isn't only about how you look. It's about how you feel in your body, in your clothing, in your life, in the season that you're in. And when women start dressing for themselves, not for who they used to be, not who they think they should be or who everyone else is looking like, but who they're becoming, their confidence just flows naturally from that. It's not forced or performative. It's just effortless. And so let this be a reminder that you do not need to sacrifice how you feel for how you look. You get to win at both. And to apply this one today, I want you to ask yourself, before you get dressed what do I need for my outfit today? I want you to choose one priority, whether it's comfort, polish, ease, confidence, and let that feeling guide your choices. These shifts don't require a shopping spree, they don't require a brand new wardrobe, but they really will change everything. So as a quick recap, here are the five shifts again that have changed everything for my clients, myself, and hopefully for you. As you're listening to this today. The first one is going from buying better to using what you own strategically. Second is moving from a trend focus to focusing on your personal style blends. Number three is from copying outfits to understanding why something works or doesn't work. Number four is from playing it safe with color to using color freely with confidence. And number five is from wanting to look good to wanting to feel good. I truly believe you can have both and you do not need to settle or sacrifice one for the other. Now friend, if this episode resonated with you, I want to remind you this is your last chance to enter our big 300th episode holiday giveaway. Entries close tonight at 11:59pm Eastern Time, so make sure you submit them before then for your Chance to win one of three prizes including a $100e gift card to the store of your choice, a private one hour wardrobe strategy session with me, or your last chance to win a free full scholarship to Her Style Collective. This is my 90 day group coaching program where you will get to practice making all of these shifts with my support, a complete step by step training and an amazing community of women alongside you. To enter this giveaway, you're going to head over to Apple Podcasts and leave a five star pretty please written review of Her Style Podcast. Take a screenshot of your review before you hit the submit button and then post that screenshot on your Instagram story stories and tag me at heatherriggsstyle. Or you can email that screenshot of your review to supportherstyle llc.com to enter for your chance to win. If you've already done that, you can also share the show with a friend and send a screenshot of your share the exact same way via Instagram or email and we will get you entered again to win. And finally, if this conversation sparks something for you today, please know it's only the beginning. I have so much more in store for you this January and Moving forward into 2026 to help you personalize all of these shifts and turn them into something that actually sticks. All right my friend, thank you so much for being here with me today. I'll talk to you next time. Thank you for listening to today's episode. If you want to stop copying everyone else's style and start dialing in your own swoon worthy signature look, head over to take my free 5 minute personal style quiz which you can find find at the link in the show notes. If you've enjoyed our time together, please be sure to rate, review and subscribe to her style podcast so you never miss an episode. Finally, I invite you to make this a two way conversation and send me a DM over on Instagram eatherigstyle to let me know how I can best support you on your style journey. I'm always here for you in style and service. Until next time. Sam.