Welcome To ThriveStride: A Place Where A Love For Women's Fashion and Style Can Be Discovered!
Hello to all my future friends out there in the world of clothing! My name is Daisy and I am the Founder here at ThriveStride Stylists. I cannot wait to get started on this journey and am excited for everyone who will join me along the way.
See, I have always been known for my tom-boyish personality and daily attire of jeans and a t-shirt. I have worked in careers that have been predominately male influenced so being stylish was not ever something I felt I was able to do regularly. In fact, somewhere along the way I convinced myself that I didn't have any style at all.
However, on my days off I would find myself rummaging through my closet and pairing blouses with jeans or skirts, purses, necklaces, jackets, boots, and whatever else I could find. It dawned on me that I loved putting stylish outfits together.
I gained the courage to start wearing some of my outfits out and found that I would get so excited to have my "dress-up" days. I kept things simple at first because I lacked the confidence to venture too far outside of my usual jeans and work shirt attire. I felt high-maintenance or over-dressed just to go to the store and I would only be wearing what most women would consider their casual attire.
At first, I was super self-conscious thinking that every woman who made eye contact with me was hating what I was wearing and then one day while I was standing in line at the grocery store a woman came up to me and randomly gave me such a pleasant compliment, "Wow, you have great style! I wish I had any kind of style!". I genuinely thanked her and smiled. I could feel myself welling up with a sense of accomplishment that maybe I wasn't so style limited after all.
Putting outfits together became therapeutic for me on my days off and I looked forward to trying new combinations. I wasn't going for trendy, pricey, or brand names; I was going for what simply made me happy.
As time went on I met more and more women who felt like I had; they didn't really have a style or know how to dress, but didn't want to or didn't have the money to spend millions on brand name clothing items. That's when my Amazon outfit addiction started! (laughing).
I would get on Amazon and search women's clothing, women's jackets, women's coat, women's boots, women's high-heels, women's blouses, women's tops, women's sweaters, women's purses...anything and everything I could. I would put outfits together and order the entire ensemble when I could afford to do so. I gave myself a clothing budget!
What I learned was that a ton of the items were crap and I would think to myself , "Well, you got what you paid for." The material would be junky or the sizing would be waaaaaay off. Sometimes the colors weren't anything like the description, stitching would suck, or it would come wadded up in a 4" x 4" envelope shoved in my mailbox and I would think to myself, "Oh no way! There is no way this is the $90.00 knee length wool coat I just ordered!". Sure enough it wouldn't be wool at all and it was the jacket...now seemingly destroyed with never ending wrinkles.
Now, I am sure there are brand name chasers out there that are scoffing out loud to the thought of shopping for clothes off of Amazon and that's fine. Spending $10,000.00 on a purse just isn't my jam, but when I think of all the amazing outfits, shoes, purses, jackets, boots, and accessories I could buy off of Amazon for that same $10K it makes me scoff out loud right back that someone would pay THAT much for 1 item. I mean hell, a purse for $10k better cook me dinner every night, do my laundry, clean my house, and go to work for me everyday. That's just me though.
So, long story now short: I started ThriveStride Stylists because I believe we should all have a chance to discover what gives us that extra boost of confidence to go out into the world. To feel happy about what we are wearing, excited to feel good about looking good and not worried so much about just blending in. Be excited about those super cute new boots that you really like, but aren't sure what you will wear them with 'cause we are gonna figure it out!
Coming Soon!
Done-For-You Women's Fashion-All From Amazon Picks
In Closing...
If you are ready to have fun with fashion then stick with me for ensemble selections, reviews, giveaways, fashion tips, and more!
Check out selected outfits and ensembles on our Featured Ensemble page
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