The Everyday Icon Style Podcast
Welcome to Everyday Icon Style, the podcast for executives, entrepreneurs, and ambitious professionals who are ready to step into their next-level identity. I’m Tiffany Howard, an Executive Style Coach, and I help leaders like you build an authentic personal style while making the mindset shifts that elevate confidence, presence, and authority.
Each week, we’ll explore how style and identity intersect from executive presence and personal branding to wardrobe edits, capsule wardrobes, and lifestyle essentials that support your growth. Along the way, you’ll hear strategies, insights, and inspiration to help you show up as the leader you’re meant to be, inside and out.
If you’re an executive, a 6 or 7 figure entrepreneur, or an ambitious professional who wants to refine your presence, upgrade your wardrobe, and embody the next-level version of yourself, this podcast is your go-to resource.
The Everyday Icon Style Podcast
Episode 198: Why a Closet Audit Reveals More Than Style Ever Will
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Your wardrobe is already telling the truth. Our job is to read it. The power of an honest closet edit shows how evidence, not aspiration, unlocks a calm, repeatable way to get dressed. No full-blown makeover required. Just clear patterns, smart edits, and a tighter connection between what you wear and how you actually live.
We start by exposing the gap between saved inspiration and daily routines. Instead of chasing Pinterest-perfect looks, we trace which pieces you trust on hectic mornings and why those repeats matter. You’ll hear how to turn avoidance into insight: the blouse you never wear might be shouting about fabric itch, maintenance hassles, or color pairings that don’t fit your lineup. By labeling the problem you set precise specs for future buys and stop wasting money on clothes that fight your schedule.
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This is the Everyday Icon Style Podcast, the space for style-conscious, career-driven women who are ready to look like the next level version of themselves. Each episode helps you build a wardrobe that reflects not only your executive presence, but your real life. With a little bit of guidance, intentional edits, and no full-blown transformation required. Let's elevate your style and your authenticity one outfit at a time. I'm Tiffany, your style coach. Let's get started. So let's talk about what closet edits really do. And that is, they tell the truth. Even when you don't want it to. What closet edits do is that they show you literally what works, what doesn't work, where your blind spots are, and this isn't even an opinion. This is straight evidence and straight facts. And that's literally why a closet edit is one of the most honest tools available for when it comes to your personal style. And this is why, before we do anything else, we start there first. Doing a closet edit to me is ground zero before you do anything else to see what you have, what you need, what you need to get rid of, because we have to get rid of the things that aren't working or haven't worked in a long time. And it's usually hard because you're looking at the truth, and sometimes you don't want to do a closet edit or clean out your closet because then you have to deal with the facts, and it's hard. So today we're gonna get into why this matters more than what you actually realize. So let's start with this. Closets reveal behavior patterns. So what you wear on repeat matters way more than what you aspire to wear because style, it can be aspirational, but I want you to keep in mind that your closet is always telling you facts. Closets don't reveal who you want to be, they reveal how you actually live. That's why we always ask you what's your life like, because that's what should be in your closet and how you should dress, as that is one of the components. They also show which pieces that you trust, which ones feel effortless, and which items you reach for when time, energy, and patience are limited or you don't have it at all. That repetition isn't accidental, it's actually a pattern. And patterns are where real change begins. Because once you understand your behavior, rather than judging it, because we don't want to judge ourselves, we want to give ourselves grace when we're doing this, you can start building a wardrobe that supports it instead of fighting against it. And sometimes when we're looking for the aspirational, that's why it doesn't work. That's why Pinterest boards don't work. That's why looking at Instagram and saving pictures and things of that don't work because you're looking at somebody else's style that works for them and somebody else's patterns and not your own. Next, we have to talk about avoidance because avoidance is extremely valuable when we're going through and editing your closet. Now, when it comes to avoiding items in your closet, they're not failures. They're actually data. Data, data, they're data points. Clothes that never get worn usually signal something specific, whether it's discomfort, misalignment, unrealistic expectations, or version of yourself that no longer fits or version you thought it would fit, but never came to be. It's because you're going off of a list that doesn't suit you. So when this process, you're learning how to now read your closet a little bit better. And we want our closet by reading it better. We can also build a closet as an asset and a closet that will begin to support you. You'll also be able to identify your true essentials and build from what already works because the foundation is actually already in there. And this is also why I came up with the Essentials Blueprint. Now, doors for my new service will open at the end of this month, maybe even by the middle of this month, and I'll be sharing more information about it soon. And I'm actually even doing an entire mini little podcast about it, episode about it, so that you get a better understanding of what it is. So be on the lookout for that. And also, if you haven't already, to continue this conversation on how your wardrobe can quietly support you instead of complicating your life, be sure to sub subscribe to my private podcast, The Silent Partner, which will also add you to my monthly email list newsletter. So I hope you have an amazing rest of your day. And I really do hope that these episodes moving forward will shift your perspective on how you think about your closet and how you think about clothes. Because what I want to help you do is help you get and make it easier and to take a decision out of your off of your plate that usually takes up maybe 30 minutes, 40 minutes of your time, whether you're doing it on the weekend or it that morning, and making sure that you're able to go in to a closet that fully supports you, that is your number one asset, and that you can literally close your eyes and get dressed. So with all that being said, have an amazing rest of your day, and I will see you guys next week in the next episode.