Nicole doherty

There is not a city big enough for Val and her personality! She's full of life, energy and the pursuit of your greatness. She genuinely cares about people and thoroughly evaluates how she can help you to look better, feel better and put your best foot forward! As a Yoga instructor, I found myself in Yoga pants, a t-shirt and a sweatshirt combo pretty much every day. So my goal was to look cuter "on the go" and on a super low budget! We purged my closet (great call), talked about my needs, my lifestyle, my image and then went shopping.
Before we left I was thinking, this is so not going to work. I hate thrift store shopping, I don't fit into anything and everything is out of date.Much to my surprise there were tons of cool finds! I walked out with three bags of clothes and most of it I NEVER would have picked off the rack! Val is great at putting items together and accessorizing.
Val listens and reads your reactions through this process to help guide the way. She also understands how to keep you enthusiastic...shopping is hard work! Val is wonderful at encouraging you to think beyond your box too. I'm so grateful to have had this experience!

karen
angelini

Before I began working with Val, I was impressed at Val's personal interest in me. Before we ever did the wardrobe consulting which I assumed would be most of the effort, Val did a number of things. First, Val identified ways I could improve my posture and my walk significantly, giving me homework exercises including things I had never tried like hula hooping.
Next, I completed an extensive questionnaire about myself. Then we explored how to open up chakras and chakra colors. I would describe myself as practical and open but not intuitive or spiritual, so my interest level in chakras energy surprised me. I knew nothing about chakras and found the fact that women can wear any color very interesting after having followed the 'Color Me Beautiful' swatches of the 1980's.
When she came over and eliminated about 1/3 of my wardrobe, I thought she chose well. I didn't feel my usual resistance to throwing things away which was wonderful and partly because she put me in the right mindset for the activity before we began eliminating clothes from my closet. When Val did do the pairing down exercise, she also helped me place everything back in the closet in a very organized manner.
As she begins to design my outfit combinations, she is creating photos form my reference which is very helpful. I recommend Mode in Style and Val highly for all the unique things I have already learned about my posture and style. Some may wonder, upon meeting Val, if a petite, fashion-forward lady could design a wardrobe and style for a plus sized, 40-something professional and I want to say YES, and very successfully!
Thank you so much, Val, for all of your dedicated time and attention!

lisa
holt

So, I went shopping with Val yesterday. I am getting ready for a big trip and wanted some fun things to spruce up my wardrobe. When I worked with her before, we went through my existing clothes. This time she took me shopping. I was on a tight budget, and she worked with that. She was able to pull tons of stuff for me to try on. The worse part is that I liked mostly everything she picked but had to narrow it down because of my budget. She calculated everything so I new exactly what I was spending. Less than $200 later, I am a very happy girl with a fresh, new outlook on my wardrobe once again. Thanks Val!!!

Londyn
miller

I have always had an eye for the type of style I wanted to create for myself, and spent tons of money buying clothes only to get home and never know how to put them together. I was lucky to cross paths with Val, and I could tell by her personal fashion sense that she knew what she was doing. Val gave me some great insider tips that took the stress off of feeling like I had to go to particular trendy stores to look good. Our sessions together did not only approach my clothing dilemma, but also some personal dilemmas. It was during our last session that I finally realized that we can put anything together as long as we love on ourselves and let the creativity flow! I can now leave the house proud and comfortable in my outfits which was something I could not do before I met Val. Thank you Val :)

sara
o’hearn

Val is an incredible spirit with a fun fashion sense. She can help with whatever is troubling you in the clothing department - cleaning out your closet, rediscovering things you thought you'd never wear again, or going shopping for something special. She's budget conscious and is great at getting you to try on things you might not pick for yourself but look great. I was feeling pretty bored of the things in my closet and shopping in general. For not very much money she was able to really spruce things up. She's also very helpful at showing people how to dress for their body type, not cardboard cutouts from magazines. Consulting with Val is definitely worth a try and not the prohibitively expensive experience you might think it is.

angela
bucchino

Val came over and spent about 40 minutes with me talking about my current style and what I wanted to accomplish from our sessions together. She asked a lot of great questions and seemed to have a good idea of my style and needs.
The closet purge was next. It was refreshing to get a second opinion on items that I was not sure I liked anymore, and on what pieces go with what. We took out a couple bags of clothes and shoes to donate, and put together a bunch of outfits in order to figure out what to shop for on our next get-together.
On our next visit, Val met me in San Francisco and we started at the DSW for shoes. I'm a size 5 so it's tough for me to find anything stylish. I loved that place and we ended up buying about 5 new pairs of shoes.
I had a gift card at Macy's so we did the majority of our shopping there. Val was great at finding the items on our list and picking out new cute clothes for me to try on. I tried on a bunch of items that I would have never picked out for myself - and bought them.I would definitely recommend Val's services. She has a lot of great energy, priceless fashion advice, and she's a pleasure to spend the day with shopping!