Over the years I feel I have lost my sense of style. I read the reviews about Styled.Seattle and thought it might be a good approach for me. At first it was hard for me to justify paying someone to style me, especially me being a man, but I figured it was worth it. I called the number on the website and left a message. It took Sherri 1 week to return my call. Free consultation was good. Sherri is helpful. She is the men's stylist apparently. I chose the Ultimate Timesaver Package ($400). I wanted an entirely new wardrobe. My budget was $2000. There were 2 options for me trying on clothes: going to the office or her bringing the clothes to my house. I chose the office. You try on and pick clothes that you like. I found some clothes that I liked..some fit and some didn't so she took the ones that didn't quite fit back for another size. The problem with this session was the environment. Pretty office but my ""dressing room"" was the office's bathroom. There was nothing to hang my clothes on and I had to lay them on the sink or over the toilet. There were also 4 dirty champagne/wine glasses on the sink. A privacy panel or something would have been a step up and something to hang your clothes on while changing is necessary. It took a couple of weeks to get my clothes. Granted I was out of town one weekend and Sherri was out of town one weekend. It often took several days for her to respond to my emails. I finally received my clothes and some of them were missing (left at the office). It took another week to get those. The inventory of my existing wardrobe was a joke. Took 5 minutes--basically just got my shirt and pants sizes. On the website it says ""Then, we'll integrate the new style with your existing wardrobe, and purge anything that is outdated or unflattering."" This never happened. I received my clothes and that was it. There was no effort to style with my existing wardrobe and certainly nothing was purged. So basically clothes were just added to my wardrobe...which is what I do when I shop anyway. I was told that pictures were going to be taken of my purchased clothes. With these pictures Sherri could show me how to mix and match my clothes. Never happened. I do like my clothes. I wanted some new shoes for work and for going out. She brought 1 pair to the try on session. I didn't like the shoes which is fine but there was no variety. I received an email later pointing me to a website for shoes I might like. Seriously?? I also wanted a carry bag for work. Never even viewed any bags. Apparently Styled.Seattle is very popular. She said they obtained many new clients recently. Honestly, I felt insignificant and was the last on her list. She said she ""can't wait until I get help"" because she is swamped. Styled.Seattle has the potential to be great. Unfortunately, I won't recommend them to anyone at this time. I feel like I just paid someone to buy clothes for me and I didn't learn anything. I'm in the same boat as I was before the styling. It may be different for the women, so I can't comment on them.
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