Wardrobe Therapy Wrapped: 2024 Recap

2024 was a busy, exciting, and fantastic year for Wardrobe Therapy! We serviced 147 new clients this year. That’s an average of 12 new clients a month! Our clients range from CEOs to busy parents, college students, retired travel lovers, and everyone in-between. We spent 2,268 hours outfitting. That’s approximately 34,021 outfits using 40,824 accessories (including shoes, jewelry, purses, scarves and more). We styled clients for a variety of events, from the Paris Summer Olympics to local weddings. Each stylist spent around 51,420 minutes with clients, specifically 1,515 minutes pinning alterations a month. Our Retainer Program blossomed this year. Each retainer client saw their stylist on average five hours a month; that’s 300 minutes!

Thank you for your continued support and belief in our services. Our growth would not be possible without you! Stay tuned for the opening of our fashion consulting space in 2025!

 

WINTER highlights

Our team met with Florentina from Second Chance Consignment to discuss best practices for consigning for each season. We shared our thoughts on these Outdated Fashion Rules. Our team had a blast learning how to arrange the perfect bouquet with Mary at Rose BredlBen styled client Kessia for her corporate photoshoot. Client Alexa shared her experience working with stylist Britt! Ben, Britt, and Elizabeth presented a Style and Wardrobe Presentation to a group of employees at Telhio. Elizabeth met with CCAD’s design students to review their collections for the annual CCAD Fashion Show.

SPRING highlights

We celebrated the release of our Spring/Summer ’24 Trend Report with a spring trend shopping event at Saks. Christine and Elizabeth presented a Style and Wardrobe Presentation to a group of lawyers at Benesch Law Firm. Our Timeless vs. Trendy blog was a hit! Client Susan shared her experience working with stylist Whitney. We shared our first edition of the Cool/Not Cool blog series. We collaborated with a few of our favorite women-owned local businesses for a special Mother’s Day Giveaway. Shortly after, Elizabeth and Katie had a blast attending Franklin Park Conversatory’s Annual Hat Day event. Our team gathered to watch the 2024 Met Gala red carpet. We also got together again for CCAD’s annual Student Fashion Show, where we were on the host committee! 

SUMMER highlights

We started June by discussing the best tips to keep your jewelry looking brand new with the jewelry expert and owner of Front Street Jewelers, Libby. Elizabeth and Katie then had the honor of attending a lunch-hour meeting with Lagos hosted by Kristie and Steven Lagos at the Columbus Museum of Art! Our bra-fitting trunk show with Lace and Day was a huge success! Towards the end of June, Elizabeth, Ben, Britt, and Iris attended a Women in Business event at the Porsche dealership in Dublin celebrating women entrepreneurs in Columbus. We heard Jeni, owner of Jeni’s Icecream, speak about her experience as a female entrepreneur. We finished the month with another Diamond Cellar holiday shoot styled by Candace and Ben! Candace and Ben enjoyed styling husband-and-wife clients for their two-week European trip. Iris and Christine attended Freedom A la Cart’s annual Eat Up Columbus event, raising money and awareness to fight human trafficking. August started with our biannual Trend Report meeting, where our team discussed which trends we wanted to highlight for our Fall/Winter 2024 Trend Report. Elizabeth, Katie, and Iris had the pleasure of presenting our styling services to the Luxury Realtors Group while they toured Journal Island. Elizabeth and Iris also attended the Tenspace pop-up with Michael Malul, where they were scent-styled. We wrapped up the summer with our annual family team hang, celebrating our fabulous team and their families!

 

FALL highlights

One of Candace’s clients, Christie, shares her experience with our styling services. We officially started the process of opening our first retail space (opening this spring). We started our series of finding fall trends locally. The first stop was Pivot, the second stop was Rowe, then Truluck, and then we finished at Thread! Iris and Candace shared their favorite places to shop from their trip to Paris. Christine attended CAPS for the Cure with the client and CAPS Nurse Jennifer! Candace and Iris attended the FYR Meets Fashion event, featuring a night of food and fashion! Client Kristy talked about her success with our Retainer Program. Our fall trunk show with Frame was a huge success! Stay tuned for more details on our spring 2025 trunk show. We had our annual team photoshoot at Zurie Studios. We also attended the Thread of Hope event. Our colleague Christy exited from our team. We featured Katherine Resch, owner of So Ordered in our Women We Love blog series.

 

We can’t wait to see what 2025 brings!

 

Are you interested in working with a stylist this new year? Contact us to book an appointment!

 

Keep Making Everyday a Runway!

Elizabeth Bean Smith

Elizabeth is the Founder & Co-Owner of Wardrobe Therapy. She founded the company in 2006 for individuals seeking help with their personal style and image.

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