Cathy Monte and Kristen Garnett are on a mission to help people get the most out of their closets. Their consultation and styling service, Edit + Style, shows clients how to mix and match pieces from their current wardrobes.
“It always comes back to our credo of ‘your stuff, your style,’” says Garnett, who first met Monte working together in pharmaceutical sales in the early 2000s. “The clients already have style. We work with what they have and show them how to use things in different ways.”
Each consultation starts with a questionnaire to get to know the client’s lifestyle and clothing needs. Then, Monte and Garnett do a deep dive into the client’s closet to identify what the client can use. If they think the client should add a few new pieces into the mix, the two can make recommendations, too.
Perhaps the most helpful thing, though, is the lookbook that the women put together after each session. Clients receive photos of each suggested outfit and a written description of where to wear each look, making it easy to recreate everything on their own. They try to style each piece for two different seasons.
“At a minimum, clients get 10 new looks,” Monte says.
Monte and Garnett put together five spring looks that would be perfect for everything from playing mahjong to attending graduations or a day watching golf at the Truist Championship. They’ve incorporated clothes from boutiques all over Charlotte, including Chosen, Eternal, Ellett and Daniel Gonzalez Designs.
Hair: Theory Salon
Makeup: Woo Skincare