Well, it is a new year in many women.
Men and women are resolving
to pull their style and their
fashion game to a whole new level.
So whether you are starting a new job,
going back into the office,
or maybe you just want to freshen up
your look and try something different,
style icon Andre Wilson is here
to help us and you find that style
that defines your personality.
OK, Andre, I was so nervous just
picking out something to wear
with you on the show
today. You look great.
I love this cobalt blue,
right? Trying to go bolder
and and more there, I guess
in 20 it's OK.
In 23 you can be a little extra.
OK. I have a big hat on scarf.
We've been through too much.
You know what I mean?
So now it's time to just let
yourself out there be extra.
And I always like to truly,
if I think if I'm kind of on the
fence and it's a little too much,
I want to wear it anyway just to
exude that confidence, you know.
And so and so that's,
I mean it's OK to be a little extra.
I love
it. That's my word. Yes,
right and and let's talk about you that
is a big part of of how you work with
your clients and I think it's a very,
it's almost like therapy.
Is very much because you have
a very different approach.
It's not just high.
I saw this on Instagram and this
is a trend and let's wear it.
You are very personal with people
and helping people find kind of a
a true style for a personality.
Exactly, exactly.
Well, I mean, it's it's not clothing,
the issues, not clothing.
There's millions,
there's millions of pieces of clothing.
The big question is what works for me,
my style, my lifestyle,
my career and what I wanna say.
So typically when I'm working with somebody,
it is like therapy because I
really forced them to talk about
themselves and talk about things that
they've never articulated before.
So one of the first things I do with
clients is one of the first things I
try to Rewire style and fashion #1,
because let's establish your style first,
then we can talk,
then we can add fashion to your style.
You know what I mean?
Because. Fashion is cyclical.
It's gonna be mid rise, low rise,
it's gonna be high waisted in the next year,
you know what I mean?
So that's fine.
Your basic style and what that
is for your lifestyle and you
might have two different styles,
you might professional style,
you might have you know kind of going
out and things like that, you know so.
What I do is I have clients
choose three words.
That's one of the first things I do.
And you choose three words because,
and I want to know what you want to
look like when you walk into a room.
What do you want to project?
And and I'll say this,
what do you say before you open your mouth?
Because we all say something.
And but is that is what you're saying
on message with who you really are,
how you really, you know,
execute your business.
And so that's one of the first things
I do is have them choose three words.
Carry what?
One of your 3 words
I want to evolve. 2K fierce. Fierce.
OK and trying things a little bit different.
OK. I love that. Right.
Like I wanna go a little bit more extra.
Right. Right. Like I'm a big fan.
Tanya Ablin over at Churchill Downs
is like my right. She's like she. Yes.
Yes. And she puts things together.
I'm like I wish I had the nerve,
right, right.
I wish I had the confidence and and the like.
It's it's just and or I see women
on Emily in Paris. The ad executive.
Right. She's extra, right.
Right.
That's what I want to do this year
you know? And you have to give
yourself permission. To do that, yeah.
And if they like it, they like it.
If they don't, they don't.
But it's for you. Hmm.
So I want people.
And one of the kind of the style tips
I-1 of after choosing the 1st 3 words,
I have to get people to accept like
love yourself now where you are.
Because I have a lot of people like well,
after this next 20 pounds or after the next
£50 or after I lose weight or after this.
So what, let's start now.
You have to love yourself now and then
we begin the work of what is your
style and establishing, like you said,
fears and confidence and then so one of
the other things I tell people is like.
When you look in the mirror,
don't ask yourself how do I look?
Do I look pretty or cute or whatever that is.
What am I saying?
What am I saying today and is
it what I wanna say?
Because there are there are days when
you have different conversations.
Their day was probably probably
more serious segments.
There are days when you wanna be fun,
right.
And so that your style is a
conversation leather going into
a healthcare, right. Exactly.
That's not the look I'm going right.
Exactly. Hey let's get to
some pictures because you do.
You did send us some pictures of if you
want to think about style trends and
and adapt that to your style and you
kind of send us some things in category.
And I think the first one is I
always like to look at a color that
I maybe want to add to my wardrobe.
And this is if we have some
pictures of the color. Yes, yes.
What is this color?
The color. This color,
the color is called Viva magenta.
That's the new hot diva magentas.
What I said, would you
bring it to my Saturday?
And so I mean it's like a deeper, you
know, you know,
pink and fuchsia little Berry into it.
You know what? But that's going
to be the hot color this year.
And so add that to your,
add that to your wardrobe, sprinkle that in.
Whether it's a Jack, a scarf,
skirt, just add that in as well.
You know, it doesn't have to be.
You don't have to go Full Monty every time,
you know. So adding
that in, yes, yes, alright.
And Next up, we had some. Also,
you wanna talk about approaching events
and wearing the color black, right?
Dressed up. Events are coming up, I
tell people. One of the things you need to
do and something that's so slenderizing,
so professional, and something that
just makes you instantly stylish,
is getting you a fabulous black blazer.
A black blazer.
And then you can also get like something
that's tailored for work events,
something like more of a boyfriend
cut like for like going out to dinner.
Because I have a lot of clients who like,
I'm professional during the day,
or I'm a doctor and I'm in healthcare,
I'm in scrubs, but what do I do
when I transition into dinner?
So getting a black blazer is an incredible
style hack you can throw it on with.
Means a skirt over a dress and something
that make you look super stylish too.
There's like a little style tip right here
where just put it over your shoulders.
You look so like,
don't put your arms in, bring that down.
Just over your shoulders,
over your shoulder. Like you're
just running from event to event.
Just you're just dropping in,
popping in on people,
just dropping in. I'm just dropping in.
I can't really put my whole jacket on.
Your shoulders. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. That's and and one.
And also most importantly,
please accessorize.
Yeah, accessorize, accessorize.
I love your your earrings today.
Like you know what I mean? Like, I
get people can be intimidating.
I think that once we look at clothes,
we're thinking, oh again we're
worried about doing too much
and also worried about other
people's opinions. I don't care. You
have to dress for you.
This is your year. Claudia
dress for you is my year.
And then finally a lot of
people are going back to work.
And that's a struggle is because you're
you're transitioning from kind of work
at home to and in some of the outfits
you know that you see in the workplace.
You like don't don't wear that at work.
It's a struggle.
So what do you recommend?
Well, yeah, these are great
boards together. Just like
I'm telling you so many people
just like coordinating outfits.
Pick two colors that really work for
you and then also accessorizing.
And I love people. I think people.
Four people wanted to go home
and get to their sweats.
We were in sweats for like 2
years and now they wanna dress.
Yeah. And so go out,
buy things and also buy buying things
off season is is a really good tip
where you can save money if you're
working with a budget, you know?
But right now, January,
everything's on sale.
Exactly. Exactly. All right.
Andre could talk to you all day. Gotta go.
It's so great catching up with you.
Now I can live in my year of extra.
That's right. There you go.
There, you guys permission always. Great.
So if you want to connect with Andre,
because he does do a lot of one-on-one
consults and he can go through your
closet and get you together in 23,
just go to andrewilsondesign.com.
We're coming right back.