I wanted my style to be #effortless, #timeless, and every buzzword I saw on Instagram. I thought that if I filled my wardrobe with things that were "timeless", "versatile," and from the "right" brands, then I would automatically "be stylish". It was a big leap to decide to invest in style coaching, because there's something shameful about struggling with style. As a woman you're supposed to be good at it automatically.

What I've learned working with Elyse is that being happy with my wardrobe and putting together outfits I love isn't about adhering to any external definition of "stylish". We never talked about "looking your best" at all. There was never any optimization language that assumed I want to look as thin or "good" as possible. I learned instead to notice and honor my own preferences, the subtleties of fit and proportion, and above all, tune into my own inner wisdom and search for joy.

— JULIA

After I graduated from my PhD program, I was ready to figure out how to get dressed in a way that honored my whole self. I had been dressing with the attitude of “I don’t want to be seen/talked to/noticed” and I had this narrative that "the things I want to wear are too weird or inappropriate for work, people will stare and judge!" — but style coaching helped me see that when you make those choices, you feel more in tune, and people see that. It feels so much better and easier to be in flow and in tune with myself.

In the first few months of style coaching, I went from wearing plain all neutral outfits to rocking leopard pants, bold pink and lime green. I felt so much more like myself in those colors and somehow felt less "out of place" than when I was wearing white/tan. I think that moment coincided with feeling like I was coming into my own at work. I was finally feeling like I was in my new position for a reason, like my ideas were actually good and could actually move us in the right direction. I was done hiding and it felt good!

— ALLIE

My mind was totally blown when we figured out my proportions and outfit formulas. This is a lifelong skill! Shopping feels more meticulous in a good way. I had a last minute urgent shopping situation for an event (and ended up in an H&M!)—it was a bad situation, but with my style profile in mind I had the ability to look at things and just instinctively know that they wouldn’t work for me. I knew that those clothes would have made me feel bad about myself, my body, and my decision making. A year ago I would have been overwhelmed and anxious and probably would not have even gone to the event. But actually shopping and using what I've learned here made me realize how helpful it is and how much taking action creates even more style clarity for me.

— ROQUE

To say working with Elyse was transformative would be an understatement. Just in that first call I walked away with a deeper understanding of myself via my wardrobe. My hopes, my dreams, my values. I highly recommend it even if you know your personal style already. Her method is so much more than that.

— GINA

Just spent my early afternoon with Elyse and am feeling so joyful about all the wisdom she has to offer. We've all got money stories, clothing stories, anxieties, and restrictions trying to work their way into our narratives, but she's so wonderful at helping us identify and be driven by our joys and values instead.

Working with her has been so helpful for me unlearning my guilt cycle and 'hating' my hobby and source of joy and creativity in clothes. It has honestly completely changed for the better how I see the relationship between myself and my clothes.

— GRETCHEN

Before this, I invested almost no time in my personal style and clothing, whether that be shopping, exploration, or even just thinking about it. In my head, it was selfish and frivolous to care about what I wore and how I looked because there’s so many other more ‘important’ things to spend time on. Part of me always cared, but I had really bottled up that desire and labeled it as superficial.

Style coaching has given me a framework for exploring everything from my aesthetic to moral values to how I love myself through getting dressed. After just our first session, I started to reframe that perspective. I’m not all the way where I want to get to, but it’s helped me start the journey of accepting that it’s not frivolous or selfish to want to invest time and money into what clothes I put on my body. That may seem like an easy first-step or non-issue for some folks, but it was a massive change for me.

I’d always felt stuck and disappointed because I could never find the ‘perfect’ piece, but having a robust style vocabulary is helping me get in the right direction while also remembering ‘perfection’ isn’t the goal. Elyse has helped me shift my perspective and has opened me up to exploration and experimentation that still feels responsible and safe.

— SARAH

If you’re like me, you’ve had a small handful of outfits that really felt like you. And they became your First Date outfit and your Interview outfit and your Once-A-Year-Friend-Reunion outfit. And the rest of the time, the days you wore everything else in your wardrobe, you felt like your body was the wrong shape and you were too much and not enough and people couldn’t possibly understand you when you couldn’t even understand how to put an outfit together.

Elyse is one of the magical people who understands. She saw me—actually me—through my many mediocre outfits and the handful of good ones. She listened when I talked about the things I loved and how they made me feel. She helped me see proportions and styles and how I could make them work for my body; how to use the clothes I already owned with integrity in ways that felt good, and how to identify new pieces that would become wardrobe staples.

The tools she has given me and the non-judgmental conversations we’ve had have changed the way I look at clothes and the way I feel when I live inside them.

— JESSICA