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Support Your Clients

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 by Kim Bolsover

A friend is like a good bra...and you’re going to have to pardon the dreadful pun!

I was putting together some extra training materials to add to the Wardrobe and Shopping Training course and was watching the DVDs where, on the actual training day, we were talking about getting our clients to create a ‘firm foundation’ for their new and updated wardrobe.

The whole subject of unmentionables – lingerie, underwear, shapewear, your client’s smalls, etc. – could easily warrant an entire workshop on their own (and very probably should) but maybe just the simple act of getting your client into a decent bra will revolutionise not only the way her clothes look, but also the way she feels about herself.

So, to get you thinking about how you could approach this subject with some of YOUR clients, here’s a little ditty to share with them:

A Friend Is Like A Good Bra…

  • Hard to find
  • Supportive
  • Comfortable
  • Always lifts you up
  • Never lets you down or leaves you hanging
  • And is always close to your heart!

Why not print it off onto a nice card, add your contact details, and hand them out to everyone you’d like to work with?

 





Hysterical fashion faux pas

Saturday, April 14th, 2012 by Kim Bolsover

I’ve just arrived home from a lovely day out to discover 17 photos in The Telegraph showing some of the hideous fashion dos and don’ts at Ladies’ Day at Aintree today.

If you start at photo # 1, they get funnier and funnier but this last one made me shriek aloud with laughter; in fact, I nearly wet myself and I seriously need an extra large gin and tonic right now.

I love the Telegraph’s notes with this:

  • Do: pack some emergency rain gear – you are in England after all.
  • Don’t: wear your fascinator on top of said rain gear.

As a potential image client, I think she’s a total lost cause.

What do you think?

PS. It’s the Grand National tomorrow and I shall be rooted to the TV as usual. I know absolutely nothing about horse racing but, just like the Boat Race last weekend, I never miss any of our national events.  English to the core!