Her CIQ Story
She Wanted to Recognize Herself Again.
Renee · Mother, Empty Nester & Style Enthusiast
SELF · Personal Style & Reinvention
“For years, getting dressed had become mostly about what was appropriate, flattering and easy. Somewhere along the way, I stopped asking whether I actually liked what I saw. My More was finding my way back to the woman underneath all the roles I'd been dressing for.”
For years, getting dressed had become mostly about what was appropriate, flattering and easy. Somewhere along the way, I stopped asking whether I actually liked what I saw. My More was finding my way back to the woman underneath all the roles I'd been dressing for.
WHAT HER MORE LOOKED LIKE
Reinvention without apology.
THE MOVE
Renee began with her closet. Instead of asking only whether something still fit, she began asking whether the woman represented by it still fit who she was becoming. She edited her wardrobe, booked time with a stylist, experimented with new silhouettes, changed her hair and gave herself permission to become more visible.
WHAT CHANGED
Renee stopped treating this phase of her life as something she needed to dress down for. She began experimenting with personal style, taking photographs again, wearing the things she'd previously saved for special occasions and allowing her appearance to reflect the woman she had become.
"I wasn't trying to look younger. I wanted to look like the woman I had become."
WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW THAT YOU WEREN'T DOING BEFORE CIQ?
"I'm getting dressed for the life I'm living now, not the woman I was ten years ago. And I've stopped asking whether I'm too old to wear something I love."