Stylist for the People Brings Style Makeovers to Underserved Communities
Photo Credit: Robin Allen
Robin Allen is on a mission to make her community a happier and more stylish place. Her new life and styling services fund and soon-to-be show “Stylist for the People”, will gift transformative life styling services to marginalized communities in Oregon, Washington, and California.
Don’t live in the PNW? Not to worry! Stylist for the People intends to expand to provide its services nationally and globally soon.
Stylist for the People’s mission is to serve people with disabilities, AAPPI*, Latinx*, BIWOC*, and LGBTQ+* communities by helping them define, embrace, and fully realize their authentic selves through a confidence-boosting life and style upgrade.
Stylist for the People’s services are as diverse as their clientele. Whether you’re on an intimate personal journey of identity, or an entrepreneur trying to glow up your business and branding, Robin Allen’s new fund looks to lift folx* up to reach their fullest potential.
Folx ages 16 and up may be nominated for a chance to be recipients of the fund and receive life and styling services from Robin Allen and her team of expert friends.
Who is Robin Allen?
Your Friendly Neighborhood Stylist
Robin Allen is your On-Air Bestie, sassy tell-it-like-it-is super lovie dovie Confidence Builder next door!
Robin’s story is a fascinating one.
She’s been on TV, is a former fashion designer, and celebrity stylist, leads style panels and workshops, has an epic command of pop culture, fashion, food, and wellness expertise, and doesn’t hold back from being her bold, glamorous, memorable, and most authentic self.
With her cool laid-back ways and her ability to relate to others, it’s no wonder that she has become a trusted and reliable life and style source.
Robin Allen works on TWO TV shows at KATU2. “Afternoon Live” and “AM Northwest”. And she’s about to start a third TV show with her Stylist for the People fund. Photo Credit: Jessica Daniels Photography.
Robin Allen’s advice draws on her experience as a seasoned On-Air Life and Style Expert, TV personality, Personal Wardrobe Stylist, Personal Shopper, influencer, business owner, and her own lived experience as a woman of color.
She’s used her talents to help over 100 clients in Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, and abroad for over a decade.
“Ahhh...the celebrity stories I could tell,” said Robin Allen, but she’s not spilling the beans. (Darn non-disclosure agreements!)
“I can't name names but I will say that working with celebrities can be really eye opening. There’s a lot of TV and magazine editing magic that happens that can distort our ideas about beauty and our bodies.”
Robin has a big city resume and a small town upbringing.
“I grew up in Billings, Montana,” said Robin.
“I felt like I could make a difference here. I can’t help myself when it comes to helping marginalized people and supporting small businesses. In some of the larger cities where I’ve worked my clients have been the type of people that have house staff and well..they treated me like ‘The Help'...and were ungrateful and unkind. It wasn’t very unfulfilling. So, I decided it was time for a change.”
“California has my heart, but Oregon has my home,” said Robin. “Hawaii has my soul. Ok, ok New Orleans might have a little of it too.”
How Stylist for the People was Born
"So, the idea for "Stylist for the People'' came about in January of this year, 2021,” said Robin.
“After, everything that had happened to the world and to all of us personally in 2020- and everything that happened for me especially, with the Black Lives Matter movement, since I myself, am a Bi-racial black woman. I felt like what I offered to the world wasn't important enough...didn't matter enough...wasn't changing enough lives and my purpose in life got very clouded.”
Photo Credit: Jessica Daniels Photography.
“So, entering into 2021 I brought a lot of those feelings with me. I was really calling on my ancestors and the universe to show me a sign, something that said what I was doing as a Wardrobe Stylist mattered.”
“And, one Saturday evening, I got the sign. A friend of mine who I hadn't seen since Gorge Pride Week 2019 randomly texted me a screenshot of a post from Cole Goodwin expressing his frustration and stress about getting dressed every morning and then wrote in the text, "Hey girl, have you ever thought of doing a "fund" to help people in the LGBTQ+ community and beyond? If so, I'll kick it off with $50!" And from there a lightbulb went off!” said Robin.
“I had always wanted to offer my services to my community for free but didn't quite know how while also being able to make a living at the same time. But, when I read the word "fund" my mind just started swirling.” said Robin.
“If I could raise funds to cover the complete cost of these custom experiences I would be offering, then I COULD DO THIS! I could level the playing field and help underserved and underrepresented communities, MY community - be able to rise up with confidence and purpose and not just take on the world but take it over!"
“And so, Stylist for the People was born!” said Robin. “It is the perfect way for me to combine my activism, my culture, and my business to create REAL CHANGE using my talent and skills."
Now, thanks to a little push from the universe, networking, and a lot of hard work Robin is ready to give back to marginalized communities to transform their wardrobes and their lives into something out of a Queer Eye Netflix Special fairy tale.
(Sans house and refrigerator make-over. Although she does offer some great snack ideas for her VIP Style days and food stain removal tips!)
“The goal of Stylist for the People is to give folx the tools, guidance, and lessons needed to define and embrace their authentic identity and share it with the world,” said Robin Allen. “So, that who they are on the inside, can be fully realized and reflected on the outside with confidence, purpose, and success.”
The fund seeks to help people define themselves during a transitional time in their life.
Whatever your style questions and goals are you can count on Robin to help support you with a straight honest answer that seeks to affirm your experience, and promote healthy self-image.
Over the years she’s become an expert at giving clients the honest answer to sometimes tricky or delicate questions that come up when trying on new clothes.
“I’m always building confidence wherever I go,” said Robin. “I want you to go from “Does this look good on me?” to “Dang! I look good!” My services are always custom-crafted to fit your life, and I’m always here to help you gain confidence and focus.”
Robin’s goal is to be your stylist bestie. She treats her clients like friends and family, understanding a good relationship is the key to helping you feel safe enough to take chances with your style, love the skin you’re in, and live your life as your most authentic self.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
- Maya Angelou
“What I do is more than helping people pick out clothes. It’s intense. It’s personal. It’s intimate,” said Robin.
“I’m not about those makeover shows where they put an art teacher in dry-clean only cashmere that she’s never going to wear again. Or when they put highlights in your hair that you’re never going to be able to maintain. I don’t like makeover magic. That's just for TV. That's all for show. What I do is different. It's real and authentic to the individual. I'm dressing people for THEIR life and their lifestyle. And I’m trying to help people build their confidence. I’m a confidence builder. ”
Part of that process is elevating her clients through looking and feeling good.
“I just happen to use clothes as a conduit. Usually, if you’re feeling good on the outside you can represent fully what's happening on the inside.”
Robin also explained that what we wear matters more than some might think.
Photo Credit: Jessica Daniels Photography.
"The average person formulates their first impression of another person within a tenth of a second of meeting them. Meaning that our body shape, clothes, hair, race, and gender are all assessed and evaluated in less than a second. And trying to get that split-second impression right--so that you feel seen as your authentic self--can be pretty tough, especially for differently-abled individuals, people of color and transgender folx," said Robin Allen.
People can assume all kinds of things based on their tenth of a second assessment that may not be true. It can be easy to assume that someone wearing designer clothes is wealthy. But they may actually be struggling to make ends meet. They might have picked up a deal from a thrift store clearance rack or received the clothes as a gift. But all that information is not available to the brain in that tenth of a second first impression. And so the mind fills in the blanks with assumptions about the person in front of you based on stereotypes and previous experiences.
Which is a big problem for marginalized groups.
No matter who you are, your clothes contribute to your self-perception and other's perception of you.
This is a disproportionately difficult issue for marginalized people to overcome, as there are a disproportionate amount of negative stereotypes and assumptions that affect marginalized groups compared to able bodied, white, heterosexual, and cisgender people.
Robin Allen said she aims to help her clients craft the first impression they want to make.
Photo Credit: Jessica Daniels Photography.
Bringing the “Stylist for the People” fund to life.
“This fund depends on donations and sponsorships. I’m actively seeking sponsors and fundraising for the Stylist for the People fund so I can provide my services to help other people find their voice, their identity, and their brand- especially people who might not usually be able to afford access to my services,” said Robin Allen.
An average styling service and personal shopping cost for a life and style makeover ranges widely depending on the depth of work and shopping locations requested. The base starting cost for a closet makeover and personal shopping experience generally begins at about $1,500 on the low end and goes up from there.
“I would love to be able to shop at a greater variety of stores,” said Robin Allen, “But not everyone can afford it. Clients with smaller budgets usually opt to shop at thrift stores. Which is great, but sometimes we’re looking for something specific that we just can’t find in a thrift store. Sponsorships can help cover the cost of the makeover and add in some variety, help support small businesses and give the gift of style and confidence to underserved communities.”
However, Stylist for the People nominees need not worry about the cost as they will get their life and style makeovers comped by the fund.
Photo Credit: Jessica Daniels Photography.
How can YOU support?
Sponsor $
Partner $
Contact Robin Allen for more information about how to become a “Stylist for the People” Sponsor or Partner.
Nominate Yourself or Someone Else for a Stylist for the People Experience!
Do you know an incredible human that deserves to be nominated for an incredible “Stylist for the People” experience? Are YOU that incredible human?
Nominate them or yourself HERE!
Want to learn more? Read Cole Goodwin’s account of his Stylist for the People Experience with Robin Allen, to get the inside scoop.
An Inside Look at My Stylist for the People Experience
Step up your game at work. Before his transformative Stylist for the People experience Cole Goodwin would show up to work in the same black t-shirt and black pants every day. Not because he didn’t want to look professional- but because he didn’t know how. Now he knows how to mix professional and casual clothing to keep a look professional while still giving off an air of effortless cool.
When I first heard about Stylist for the People, it had been a little over a year and a half since I’d come out as transgender.
I was almost a year into my transition from living as a feminine-presenting person to living as a nonbinary transmasculine-presenting person. And yet, I still wasn’t seeing what I wanted when I looked in the mirror.
My Coming Out Style Journey
I was assigned female at birth, but that label didn’t quite fit.
Over the years I learned how to convincingly present as a cisgender feminine person through fashion. And at some point, maybe a year or so before coming out, I decided to go all in. I’d give being a feminine person one last shot.
It wasn’t hard for me to figure out how to properly present as a feminine person. I’d grown up being indoctrinated into it, every insecurity exploited, magazines had told me exactly how to hide that “spare tire” and “express myself” through clothes. And frankly, as far as I could tell women’s fashion was everywhere and was about as expressive and highly varied as it gets. So, there had to be a style that fit ‘me’ in there for me somewhere.
I watched youtube tutorials on eyeliner. I wore dresses every day. I leaned into my hyper femme side… But I became more and more unhappy to the point it wasn’t worth it.
Eventually I couldn’t take it anymore.
I had to come out as nonbinary and stop trying to dress like a women’s Vogue model. It was killing me.
I struggled to find my style after coming out.
Looking at the pictures from the early months after I came out as nonbinary makes me cringe. It’s just so obvious how uncomfortable I look in those photos.
The lack of full body photos in my camera roll from this time is pretty telling as well. I just couldn’t express myself properly with my style.
So I tried switching to men’s fashion.
But most men’s fashion seemed, well, boring and bland.
Just row after row of kakhi and black colored pants and white and black button downs.
The mens section of most box stores took up three racks while women’s seemed could take up an entire department. I was devastated to find that nothing I found in the mens department felt like ‘me’.
I didn’t want to have to dress bland and boring just so that I could get gendered correctly. I wondered if maybe men’s fashion wasn’t for me either.
But I couldn’t figure it out.
So, I just started wearing all black.
ALL THE TIME.
I was so uncomfortable in my body at the start of my transition that I fell into the habit of wearing the same all-black shirt, pants, and hiking boots almost every day. This outfit became my body shame uniform. It was just easier than having to think about what to wear and I believed that wearing all black hid the parts of my body I was ashamed of.
I kept wearing my self made uniform for literally almost two years straight, even when I had lost over 30 pounds and nothing fit anymore.
My style just didn’t fit neatly into those categories of HE or SHE.
But what other options were there?
What did nonbinary style even look like?
I knew I needed help with my style.
But I wasn’t sure where to start.
Looking for answers, I shared my struggle with our local LGBTQ+ community in a FB post.
It didn’t take long for the Gorge’s LGBTQ+ community to respond to my plea for help with love, support, and a recommendation of Robin Allen’s styling services.
Her enthusiastic supporters and former clients of Robin’s even reached out to me personally.
Just a few clicks around on her website and I knew that this woman was going to change my life and my wardrobe for the better.
I had questions. Robin had answers.
When I called Robin to enquire about her services and her upcoming show Stylist for the People she wasted no time helping me figure out a key problem I’d been having with my style: What does nonbinary style even look like?
I told Robin about my struggle.
“Expressing myself through clothing can be really tough. I’m transgender and nonbinary/transmasculine, and sometimes kind of gender fluid, and I don’t even know what that looks like. It’s hard to pinpoint my style. I also worry about physical and emotional safety. I feel super aware of other's reactions to how I’m dressed.”
“Would it help to think of your style in a less gendered way?” asked Robin. “I’m going to teach you a trick. I always ask my clients to give me three to five words that describe what you want to put out into the world to help them narrow down their style.”
“So for example my style words are: bold- clearly it’s because I’m always bold,” said Robin “And I'm always colorful, that's my other one. My other word is cultural because I'm biracial. I'm half black, so I'm always making sure that that part of me is represented in what I’m wearing.”
“Try to come up with some keywords that help you check off boxes when you're looking at outfits or a piece of clothing. When you’re looking at something, ask, does it check at least three of my five boxes? If so, then go with that energy, with that vibe, whether it’s feminine or masculine, I mean to be nonbinary can be anything you want it to be, right?”
WHOA. Mind blown.
I could give myself permission to express my personality, and embrace what I like, instead of worrying about whether it fits into a mainstream idea about gender. Now that seemed like a pretty nonbinary way to approach curating my personal style.
“If you are embracing the words then that means you’re confident. So then you’re going into the world confident,” said Robin.
“And therefore those fears and worrying about what other people are thinking goes away, because it’s like, ‘No, this is me, it’s not for them. And it's not about he or she or they or them, it's about Cole and that’s okay.’ That’s how people will know you. And that’s what I discovered for myself when I moved to LA,” said Robin.
“I’m definitely different looking. I grew up in Montana. I have freckles. No one looked like me. You know all that stuff. Then when I got to LA I was like, ‘I just want people to know me as Robin, whether they know my race, my gender, my identity, whatever.’ I just wanted to be represented as Robin, as me. And if I can walk into a room and other people can see me as Robin, then I’ve done my job of being confident in what I’m putting out into the world.”
“So try the words! And you can change the words as they change for you. If bold isn’t checking your box anymore, you readjust.”
I was ready to try the words.
I felt liberated and excited about creating a new relationship with clothing and style.
And I couldn’t wait for the day to come when Robin would come to my house for a mini closet makeover.
Stylist for the People Style Day 1: The Mini Closet Makeover
Mini-closet makeovers can sure be messy but will leave your closet feeling refreshed.
Nearly a month after our first conversation...the day finally arrived.
I was feeling nervous about inviting someone into my home with all its mess and my shortcomings on display. I could have opted for the virtual closet makeover, but I hadn’t. And now that the day had arrived - I still hadn’t cleaned the house, I’d lost my favorite jacket, and my closet was a mess of stuff I could barely look at.
(Plus oh yeah, no big deal, I was about to write about the whole experience, and in so doing bare my vulnerabilities to the world.)
So yeah, I was nervous.
But when Robin showed up she instantly made me feel comfortable.
Robin gave off the air of a friend who had just stopped by to help me pick out what to wear before an important date. Easy, breezy, beautiful.
We got to work right away.
First, we jotted down the words that I thought best expressed the kind of style I like. I had been thinking about those words for over a month but had barely managed to string two together before Robin stepped foot in the house.
Luckily she helped me brainstorm some more.
I wanted to be fresh, clean, professional. I wanted color. I wanted to be approachable but with some edge to it. I wanted to look the part of a reporter and still embrace my anime-goth-boi dreams. I wanted to peacock. I wanted to shine.
We spent a lot of time on my button downs.
Button downs are something that I owned a lot of... and yet often felt silly wearing.
Robin quickly pointed out that sizing was the key issue.
A lot of my shirts simply didn’t fit in flattering ways. Because I have a narrower neck and shoulders, I needed to be wearing shirts that were fitted in the shoulders and arms.
The proper fit of a shirt would also help create the appearance of broader shoulders. She showed me where the shoulder line should sit, right at the shoulder and not down at the elbows.
News Boi. Robin worked with me to create some transmasucline newsy looks that make me feel and look the part when I’m sitting behind the news desk.
How to tuck in your button downs. Robin taught me that the best way to get that perfect tuck-untucked look is to raise your hands straight up in the air a few times after tucking in your shirt.
I tried on clothes for hours.
My emotional attachments to certain clothes put me through a roller coaster of different feelings.
Some clothes made me feel confident. Others not so much. Some simply didn’t align with the words we had come up with to define my style.
I couldn’t believe four hours of trying on clothes could feel so exhausting and so liberating.
Robin taught me her stylist essentials.
Robin shared a wealth of stylist tips with me, and while there’s too many to include here, a few stood out to me as being essential for curating my personal style.
The French Tuck can make you look trimmer, and more pulled together in an instant.
The French Tuck
“The french tuck is essential,” said Robin, “It’s 2021 ya’ll, everyone should be doing the French tuck. It elevates the whole look.”
The French tuck involves simply tucking in just a little bit of the front of your shirt into your pants above your belt. “A lot of people try to pull their shirts down over the top of the belt to hide the bulkiness of it but it doesn’t work,” said Robin. “It’s going to be bulky there anyway. But with a French tuck, it keeps the lines straight so it looks pulled together and intentional.”
She also explained the benefits of owning a handheld steamer that can unwrinkle almost any fabric in moments.
“Not everyone has time to iron things out. I take a steamer with me on photo shoots,” said Robin, “I can even press out a wedding dress with something like this.”
(Robin encouraged me to get a steamer to press out my button-downs and that steamer is now one of my favorite things I own. It takes up only a small amount of space and I can unwrinkle a shirt before work in just two minutes.)
DIY YOUR BUTTON UPS!
Robin taught me that one way to elevate a button up is to switch out the buttons!
All you need is a needle, thread, and a few buttons. Just switch out one or two for a brighter color for some extra flair.
This is a cheap and easy way to elevate your style.
While this shirt fit- it looked cheap because of it’s off-white buttons.
By simply putting pink buttons that match the flamingos on this shirt I was able to give it a more pulled together and intentional look.
From Cheap to Luxury. This shirt was dramatically improved by switching out the cheap plastic white buttons for traditional coconut buttons! But be careful coconut buttons can easily break in your washing machine. Always be sure to turn your shirts with coconut buttons inside out before washing.
Bye, Bye Closet Clutter.
Robin helped me purge my closet of energy stealing items.
It felt good to get rid of ill-fitting shirts and not-quite-right pants. I hadn’t realized how much dealing with clothes I didn’t like every day had been zapping my energy. Handling unwanted clothes in my closet every morning activated unpleasant memories and feelings about my body and made it stressful to select what I actually wanted to wear.
It wasn’t hard to get rid of my clothes once I realized that.
Plus, Robin said she’d take my unwanted clothes and donate them to one of her favorite charities.
Correct organization of your closet can reduce a lot of stress when you’re getting ready in the morning! Just look at my smile!
She helped me reorganize my closet.
As we went through my closet it became clear very quickly that my clothing organization system wasn’t working for me.
I live in a one-bedroom apartment. It is very small. And space is limited. As a result, all my clothes, whether they are for work or working out, live together in the same drawers.
Robin suggested that I could organize my closet according to the defining roles I play in my life at work, at play, and at home.
“When you define your roles and divide your closet into sections according to your roles, then it makes getting dressed easier. You only have to focus on one role at a time and you don’t give energy to clothes that aren’t part of your role at the moment,” said Robin. “You also cut down on time spent looking for things.”
Basically, your sweatpants shouldn’t live in the same place as your slacks.
Robin showed me how to more accurately judge and pre-plan an outfit.
As a society, we spend a lot of time criticizing our appearance in front of the mirror.
And it can be hard to accurately judge if we like an outfit if we spend the whole time criticizing our bodies in the mirror.
“Taking a picture of the outfit and looking at the picture instead of looking in the mirror can create a different emotional response to it,” said Robin. “It makes you focus on the whole outfit, instead of your eyes just focusing on one thing.”
“Plus having photos on your phone to reference can be really useful when you’re getting ready in the morning or are out shopping for something to pull an outfit together.”
Having photos of the outfits on your phone makes it easy to get ready in the morning.
Just scroll through your camera roll and pick out your outfit for the day!
Taking photos of my outfits to help me decide what to wear in the morning has become an essential part of my self-care and style toolkit.
We created a custom shopping list.
As we went through my closet we created a customized shopping list of things I wanted to add to my closet and my style.
This pre-planning approach was a useful tool in helping us select items and in reducing shopping anxiety.
I was looking forward to our shopping day together.
Robin ran me through the basics of her personal shopping services: She would get to the stores an hour before me, hunt down items that fit my style, and put together a cart full of outfits in my size. From there, all I would I have to do was pick out my favorites.
Talk about a VIP personal shopping experience!
We decided to shop at two different stores: The Dalles Goodwill thrift store and a local Latina-owned business in Hood River called Top to Bottom.
Robin Allen told me she loves taking clients to Goodwill in The Dalles.
“This is one of the nicest Goodwill’s I’ve ever been in. It’s clean, it’s organized, it’s well-stocked, and the staff are friendly.”
Robin also had high praise for Top to Bottom.
“The women who run it are very nice. The streets of LA are lined with shops like this, but there aren’t many like it here. We’re lucky to have one in this area. I think we’ll find some nice denim and accessories for you there.”
Stylist for the People Day 2: The Personal Shopping Spree
Robin Allen was ready to greet me with a cart full of hand selected items the moment I walked into Goodwill.
When I arrived at Goodwill, it was about three hours before the Easter weekend rush would go into full swing.
I was stoked.
All I had to do was walk up to Robin, go through the clothes she’d picked out for me, and take home my favorites.
This was the best shopping experience I have ever had, hands down.
There was no digging.
No drifting between the women’s and men's sections feeling beholden to rigid gender lines.
No strange looks from other patrons standing like guards to the women’s and men’s section of the store.
No staring in the mirror wishing I had a second opinion.
None of that… because everything had already been hand-selected and collected in one place for me by a badass style guru in a head-to-toe white tracksuit who was there to offer honest feedback and support on everything.
“Sometimes it’s just easier to hear things from someone on the outside,” said Robin.
I learned Robin can guess your size just by looking at you.
“I like to say I’m pretty good at sizing people up,” Robin said with a laugh when I complimented her on how well everything fit. “I tell people, don’t worry about the number or letter of the size. Whether you’re wearing a small or a 3XL is irrelevant, what matters is how it fits and how you feel.”
“Other countries have different sizing methods. They are using the average size of people located where they are to create a standard,” explained Robin. “Sizing is hyper culturally specific. Japanese and Indian fashion sizes tend to run small for American’s.”
Robin Allen Style Tip: You can make a good guess of a person's ring size based on their shoe size. Someone who wears a size seven - seven and a half in men's probably wears a 7.5 ring.
Pink is for everyone! Colors have no gender! And you deserve to wear whatever makes you feel good. This shirt and shorts combo from Goodwill has become one of my go-to Spring outfits. Pink is a great spring color and while at first I was hesitant about wearing pink, Robin Allen taught me how to style it so that it gives me the look and feel that makes my confidence shine.
By the time we were done at Goodwill, I had an entirely new closet.
Our shopping spree for an entirely new wardrobe from Goodwill cost about $450. We estimated that buying those same clothes new would have cost about $4,000. Meaning we saved about $3,500 by shopping at a thrift store.
And it felt great knowing that we were helping the earth by choosing to wear recycled fashion.
“It’s not who you wear, it’s how you wear it,” said Robin. “Lots of cheaper clothing lines have good designers. A price tag and a name brand isn’t everything.”
Top to Bottom Style
Top to Bottom turned out to have plenty of deals and sales to make it more than worth our while. Plus the sneaker wall in the back had my FULL attention.
In the end, I went home with some quality new new additions to my #stylistapproved wardrobe that had me feeling great.
Vaccinated against bad fashion. Robin helped me style this look from clothes we scored at Top to Bottom in Hood River! And I wore this look to get my Moderna vaccine at my local NCPHD vaccination clinic.
Robin Gifted Me Full Access Text Support for 90 Days
Before we had to say goodbye, Robin made sure to let me know that she wasn’t about to just throw me to the wolves now that our style experience was over.
“You can text me pictures of outfits for advice, validation, and get guidance on something you’re not sure is working,” said Robin. “Also know, that your style is now locked and loaded in my brain. So, you might be getting texts from me about items I think match your style!”
“That’s just one of the hazards of knowing a stylist,” she joked.
I thanked Robin for the transformative life and style experience.
“No, thank you!” she said “This is what I want to be doing.”
“Some people think it’s a very shallow, bougie thing to have a personal shopper or have somebody come into your closet, but really- it’s a very freeing and confidence-building experience that I’m proud to be a part of, and that’s why I am so excited to be starting up Stylist for the People- to give access to these services to people who might not be able to afford it any other way.”
Get the look: Kayden K Distressed White Denim, Stan Smith Adidas, and South Pole Hawaiian shirt from Top to Bottom in Hood River.
This Experience is Transformative
This experience dramatically boosted my confidence.
I now walk out my door feeling confident and stylish.
I used to go to work worrying that I didn’t look professional but now I don’t feel out of place or underdressed.
Sure, it’s still hard to feel confident sometimes. But now I wake up every day with an advantage for combating my style demons.
At least now I don’t start the day dreading wearing the same black t-shirt and pants.
I would recommend Stylist for the People to anyone and everyone who wants to switch things up in their wardrobe.
Especially to those transitioning to a different gender, a different look, or a different job or phase of life.
This experience is a great way to reclaim your style and your confidence.
Got questions for Robin? Ask her a question and she just might answer it in her new CCC News advice column: What Would Robin Do?
Nominate Yourself or Someone Else for a Stylist for the People Experience
Do you know an incredible human that deserves this experience?
Are YOU that incredible human?
Now is your chance to nominate Latinx, BIWOC, LGBTQ+ folx ages 16 and up in Oregon, Washington, or California for a Personal Stylist Experience and a chance to be on the Stylist for the People show!
Newly graduated high school students, college students, essential workers, and medical professional nominees will be given first priority to receive services.
Nominate an Incredible human in your life!
Give the Gift of Style
I think that almost anyone would be OVERJOYED to receive a VIP Style Day or really, any of Robin’s services as a gift. From an intimate identity-finding experience to rebranding yourself on social media and at work, Robin works within your budget and scope, AND you can always purchase Robin’s services a la carte.
