Our June 2010 Style Survey Results

Style by Caroline, recently conducted an on-line style survey to ascertain Irish women’s opinions on style and shopping. The results certainly show interesting patterns of behaviour when it comes to wardrobe management and shopping, with Irish women demonstrating a keen love of shopping, but perhaps more mixed emotions towards wardrobe management!

Wardrobe Woes

• Certainly, our findings suggest that Irish women’s wardrobes don’t always match their lifestyle needs.
• In response to the question, “have you ever despaired’ I’ve nothing to wear’”, a whopping 95% of respondents answered yes! By the same token, 4 out of 5 people wear LESS THAN 60% of their wardrobe contents.
• Although our wardrobes aren’t fulfilling our lifestyle needs, Irish women aren’t averse to decluttering. 28% do an annual clear-out and a further 40% will reach for the refuse sacks at least every 2 years.

Shopping Behaviour

• As legend would have it, most Irish women are partial to clothes-shopping, with only 1 in 10 respondents stating that they dislike shopping.
• Most are regular shoppers; 16% shop once a week, a further 27% shop once a fortnight and another 28% once a month.
• High street chain stores are the preferred shopping destination for half of our respondents, followed by Department Stores. 10% favoured second-hand, vintage and charity stores, 8% prefer boutiques, and 6% cited the Internet as being their favorite place to shop.
• Half of those surveyed spend up to €100 a month on clothes and accessories. A further 38% will spend up to €250 a month, and 1 in 10 spends up to €500 a month.

Celebrity Style

There was no shortage of nominations for favourite Irish Celebrity dresser; Kathryn Thomas topped the poll, followed by Amy Huberman and Grainne Seoige in joint second place, and Yvonne Keating in third place. Other honourable mentions include; Celia Holman Lee, Lorraine Keane, Imelda May, Glenda Gilson, Andrea Corr, Sharon Ní Bheoláin, Saoirse Ronan, Sile Seoige and Victoria Smurfit, to name but a few.

Kathryn Thomas – voted Ireland’s most stylish

Thank you to all who took the time to compete our survey; your assistance is hugely appreciated.

If you have any queries on this survey, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Yours in style,
Caroline

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Stylish Gift from Style By Caroline

Are you looking for a stylish gift to give a friend or loved one this Christmas? Well, we at Style By Caroline have Christmas Stocking surprise that is bound to delight!

Style By Caroline vouchers (€20 - €200) are available to purchase on-line and the lucky recipient will be able to redeem their gift against any of our services, including;

• Personal style lesson
• Personal shopping
• Wardrobe decluttering
• Make-up application for a special event
• Style classes
• And many more!

Purchase securely on-line using Paypal and the voucher will be dispatched to you within 24 hours. If you have any queries, please don't hesitate to contact us

Yours in style,

Caroline

Does Your Closet Need Clothesbusting?

I caught a very interesting discussion on Ryan Tubridy's RTE Radio 1 show this morning on the subject of clutter and clutterers...two subjects issues that lie very close to my heart!

As a personal stylist, clutter and clutterers are concepts that I am extremely familiar with. So many women have little time to organise their wardrobes; with work, family pressures and other time constraints bearing down on us, often our wardrobes can easily become neglected.

A a huge part of my job is helping people to overhaul their underperforming wardrobes; after all, there's no point having unused clothes gathering dust in a disorganised vault. I help women to clear out and re-stock their weary wardrobes so that they are transformed into neat, organised and fully-functional spaces. In the process, the wardrobe owner discovers what clothing styles and colours suits them, and what they should be buying to meet their wardrobe needs.

For more information on wardrobe de-cluttering and other personal styling services, see http://www.stylebycaroline.ie/.

Yours in style,
Caroline