JGP Styled Me

Borrow my brain as a personal stylist for women in midlife and see how I organize my closet so it’s actually effortless to get dressed.

1. Have your in-season pieces front and center. The things you’re wearing today should be easily accessible so you can open the closet, grab what you need and get on with your day. Off-season stuff should be out of sight—in another closet, in a storage bin stowed away—so you can focus on the pieces you do have to wear right now.

2. Only the pieces that you can and want to wear should be in your closet. If it doesn’t fit, it’s not in the closet. If it’s dirty or stained, or needs tailoring, it’s not in the closet. Put those pieces in the laundry, dry cleaning bag, Goodwill box or take to the tailor.

3. Keep everything in the same general area of your home—ideally all in the same room. So it won’t be a matter of forgetting you have a piece; it’s all right there so you can reach for it easily.

Don’t be a gatekeeper. Share this with the group chat so they can also make getting dressed effortless.

     

Can we talk about why you keep saying you have no style?

I’m Jacquelyn, a personal stylist for women in midlife, and this is The Part No One Talks About.

“Why do so many women say, “I have no style?”

It’s not uncommon for me to hear this from my clients.

But that’s usually code for one of a few things:

1. She’s overwhelmed: she’s a wife and a mom of two little kids who has a high-level job where she’s very visible. She’s jet-setting across the country regularly for work, settling into a new city her family just moved to and yet she describes her style as “Mom in survival mode trying to look a little less like she just rolled out of bed.” She feels frustrated and aimless about her style.

2. She’s out of practice. The last time she felt good about her style was about 20 years ago when she had the bandwidth to think about clothes. She enjoyed clothes, and she likes looking back at things she wore and loved back then. But that’s not who she is now.

3. She doesn’t have a framework. She has plenty of clothes in her closet—even a lot of pieces that fit that she likes. But she doesn’t know what to do with them. She can’t make outfits out of everything easily.

4. She’s disconnected from herself. Her college-aged kids are out of the house and she welcomes it; she sees herself more as a bird launcher than an empty nester and is ready to take back herself. She’s back in school and starting a new chapter of her career. But her clothes don’t match this new version she’s becoming.

By the way, none of these things are bad or wrong. 

But you know what they are? Very common, especially for women in midlife.

If you fall in the “I have no style camp,” I’d love to help you define yours and dress in a way that matches it.

Tap WORK WITH ME at link in bio to get started.

📢 PSA: summer doesn’t end til the 22nd.

And even then, you don’t have to pack away your white jeans and linen—it’s possible to get a little more life out of them and transition them to the next season.

Borrow my brain to see how I fall-if my favorite summer pieces as a midlife personal stylist.

These were three of my most reached for pieces this summer and here’s how I’m styling them for early fall:

1. White linen pants: yes, we still wear white after Labor Day. The way I fall-ify mine is by pairing them with fall colors, like this pumpkin orange cotton/silk blend sweater. I layered on a lightweight olive green jacket and finished with a sandy suede boat shoe.

2. I’m transitioning my favorite navy linen top to fall by styling it with caramel corduroy crop pants and a woven burgundy Mary Jane which add fall colors and texture to the look.

3. Chocolate brown is always a fall favorite, which makes it easy to fall-ify this sleeveless linen top. I styled it with animal print pants and layered with a versatile chambray shirt.

Just because the calendar has flipped to September and Labor Day is in the rearview, that does not mean you have to start packing away all of your beloved summer pieces.

Get creative and try some new ways to transition them to fall.

What piece(s) are you struggling to transition to fall?

Tell me in the comments and I’ll give you some ideas. 👇🏼

     

The real fashion crisis this fall isn’t what jeans we’re wearing.

Whether we’re wearing wide-leg, barrel jeans or—gasp—skinny jeans isn’t the fashion crisis this fall.

It’s what shoes we’re wearing!

I’m Jacquelyn, a personal stylist for women in midlife, and this is The Part No One Talks About.

Perimenopause feet are undeniably a thing.

In the past three years or so, my feet have grown. Not only that, but they’re different sizes now; the overachieving foot has decided to settle in a quarter inch larger than the other foot.

I’ve also dealt with plantar fasciitis and now bunions have entered the chat.

And I know you can relate. I’m often busy sourcing orthotic-friendly footwear for my clients.

So, let’s talk about perimenopause feet, a topic nobody’s talking about.

If this is relatable and you’ve found a go-to shoe brand you love for this chapter of life, tell me in the comments. 💬

Hot take: I personally find big seasonal closet edits to be exhausting, so I don’t do them for myself—even as a personal stylist.

Instead, I’m constantly pulling things out of my closet that I always pass over and never wear. It’s not a Saturday project, but more of an “as I go,” ongoing process.

Borrow my brain as a personal stylist for women in midlife to learn what that process looks like for me.

I generally have four categories:

1. Duplicates: there’s no need for duplicates that serve the same purpose in my closet. For example, I have two ivory blouses: one is viscose and has a v-neck, and the other is 100% silk with a rounded neck. Both serve the same purpose and can be styled in the exact same ways. So I don’t need both; the silk wins and the viscose goes.

2. New with tags: no shame as to why it’s there and has never been worn—but that’s just it, it’s never been worn and it needs to go.

3. Don’t wear/like: it doesn’t matter if it’s still in good condition if it’s just hanging out in the closet. If I don’t wear it or like it, it’s time to get it out of my closet so I can easily see all the good stuff.

4. Worn/old: sometimes they need to be replaced and sometimes they’re just old and need to be recycled.

📌 Save this so the next time you’re standing in front of your closet deciding, “should I keep this?” You know what to w**d out.

One thing I wish more women in midlife knew?

It’s totally okay if your style has multiple personalities.

I’m Jacquelyn, a personal stylist for women in midlife, and this is The Part No One Talks About.

This is exactly what happened with one of my clients. During our style discovery, which is when we work together to really clarify what you like and what works for you—your personal style—I commented to her that I noticed both classic and boho preferences and she was so excited.

She actually shared that it was almost like I gave her “freedom” to want to like that stuff because she always thought she had to sit in one area of style.

Yes, you can like classic and boho. You can like whatever styles you like, and there’s no limit to how many. 

You don’t need someone’s permission, but if you’re waiting for it—consider it granted.

If your style has multiple personalities and they need help getting along, I’d love to work with you to show you how exactly they can complement one another versus conflict with one another. 

Tap WORK WITH ME at link in bio if you need expert help figuring it out.

If you’re of the generation where Keds or LA Gear were the cool sneakers to wear in elementary school (p.s. we probably would’ve been friends) but now you don’t know what shoes to wear with anything, this is for you.

As a personal stylist for women in midlife, one of the questions I get most frequently is:

“But what shoes do I wear with it?”

💬 What do I wear with jeans?
💬 What do I wear with skirts?
💬 What do I wear with dresses?
💬 Can I wear sneakers with a dress?

I have just the style guide to solve all of your shoe problems for fall.

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There are so many great options if you’re in need of a few shoe updates for fall.

In addition to shoppable links for the shoes, there are 25 head-to-toe outfit ideas to inspire your fall styles. The guide shoes five outfits styled five different ways with a simple shoe swap. They’re perfect whether you’re errand running, going to work then dinner/drinks, kids’ events—pretty much anything you could possibly have on your calendar.

Get your FREE copy at the link in bio.

“Should I get it or not?”

How do you figure out whether or not to add a new piece to your closet?

As a personal stylist for women in midlife—borrow my brain.

These are the 5 things I think about before adding something to my closet:

1. What is the garment made of? Natural fibers like cotton, linen, silk, etc. are musts for me, so I always check the label and when I shop online, I always use the material filters.

2. Do I have anything like it in my closet already? If yes, does this piece serve a new purpose or is it replacing the one I already have?

3. How can I style it 3 ways? If I can style every piece in my closet three ways I have endless variety in my closet—and I don’t constantly need to buy more.

4. Does it fit properly? We’re not “making it work” anymore or conceding that a slightly too-long sleeve is okay. No, it needs to fit. And if I can’t commit to getting it tailored, then it’s a “no.”

5. Who is it for? Only pieces for today-me make the cut.

Next time, do you want borrow my brain to see how I determine what pieces to w**d out?

💬Give me a yay or nay in the comments.

After styling countless women in midlife, I need you to know: getting a new wardrobe full of clothes you love won’t necessarily make you feel like yourself again.

I’m Jacquelyn, a personal stylist for women in midlife, and this is The Part No One Talks About.

You might think life is instantly going to be easier—well, the getting dressed part, anyway—after working with a personal stylist. 

And while it can be, it usually doesn’t work that way. A new wardrobe won’t instantly change your life. 

Sometimes you get the clothes, you like them, they fit, you know how to wear them... and yet you don’t feel like yourself. This is actually the norm. 

Stepping into a new version of yourself—no matter how subtle or drastic—doesn’t just click when you put on the new outfit. 

Feeling strange in clothes you genuinely like doesn’t mean you got the clothes wrong. Sometimes you just haven’t gotten used to seeing yourself in them yet.

You don’t put on a new outfit and instantly become the woman who feels completely natural wearing it. Sometimes you have to wear it a few times before she starts to feel like you.”

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