Peta Preston Image Stylist

It doesn’t get much worse than this photo. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Blurred screen, kids ball to one side of the frame and sun streaming in all the wrong places.

For 9 years I’ve been posting my OOTD photo on Instagram. Sorry, that’s wrong. When I have a client, I post. No, that’s not always true. Give or take a few times I’m overwhelmed, tired or it’s too dark to take a photo by the time I get home, I normally post when I have a client. I did it initially as ‘social proof’ I’m a working Stylist. Years later, I feel as though my Instagram is void. I don’t post and still, I receive client bookings. Thank goodness for word of mouth and a great website! 😅 I’m a late Gen X and can’t be bothered developing content, am too busy servicing clients, raising teens and caring for aging in-laws….AND I’m really s**t with social media tech. 😅 Hats off to all my fellow Stylists who create amazing content and nail it!

As a Stylist, I have a tough job. It’s not all about hitting the shops, pointing out the latest trends to my client and heading home.

Today I spent nearly 5 hours with a beautiful new client. Her wardrobe was massive! Loads of items, unworn with swing tags. She had so many clothes that fit and flattered and a s**tload that didn’t.

She doesn’t require a 3 hour ‘Pre-shop’ and 3 hour ‘Shop’. She needs a 1 hour shop with me to invest in a couple of staples and that’s it! I need to get back to her home and show her how to style her existing audited wardrobe!

Why? Cause if I don’t, nothing will change and she will be in the same rut. She will feel the same s**t, pressure and anxiety. She won’t have styling freedom (just more clothes) and she won’t feel as though her investment with me was money well spent!

She came to me with a problem.
She thought she needed to shop.
She absolutely doesn’t.
I could do the ‘quick fix’! The excitement of purchasing new clothes and then just walk away.
I can’t do that!
I need to amend the Package she purchased
I need to give her permission to cull the items that no longer serve her
I need to give her permission to wear a nice outfit to ‘coffee’
AND, give her the confidence to be ‘HER’.

Together, we will achieve this! 🥰

The only way to shop! 👊🏼

There is only one way to shop, and that’s with me! 💁🏽‍♀️

Have you booked your tickets for Melbourne Cup Day? Why not head to the Sun City and experience the fun filled festivities at The Freemasons Hotel in Geraldton? Experience the thrill of the Cup, large screens, TAB facilities, fashion parades, stunning pearl prices and loads of laughs with me, Peta Preston as your MC for the day! Can’t wait to be a part of this special event! 🐎

Client shop today with the gorgeous Sue

How stunning is this dress from Be sure to open up your mind to stores you may not normally walk into.

I had a Wardrobe Audit today with a beautiful woman. Her adult kids gifted her the experience for her birthday. I loved every hour we spent together and I felt so grateful her daughter picked me for the job! I feel as though this client was meant to meet me! 🫶🏼

Side note. This was the dress I wore in my last photo! In case you missed it, I’m relocating to Adelaide at the end of the year. 90% of my wardrobe is now in Adelaide. I carefully selected one roller rack of clothes, which must see me through the end of Winter, Spring and the start of Summer! It wasn’t easy. 😅 Let’s see how I go! I kept the versatile and Tran-seasonal pieces and those i can easily dress up or down! 👌🏻

What a day! I had a Mother of the Groom and Melbourne Cup Event Style and an Express Shop for a whole new wardrobe. Between and I managed to ACE it! Clients were wrapped! So happy with the outcome! 🙌🏼