THE AMBER WEITZER PODCAST | SILHOUETTES OF SUCCESS|
KIM APPLET | EPISODE 117 | SHOW NOTES
FEATURED GUEST
Our V.I.P. Featured Guest is Our V.I.P. Featured Guest Kim Appelt is one of Canada’s top fashion stylists. A personal and celebrity stylist with years in the fashion industry has become a go-to expert in all fashion related things. Along with dressing hip personal clients, both men and women she also dresses local television personalities and A-list celebrities for the red carpet. Kim’s passion to help clients find their own style, ability to see trends, pull together key pieces and trim closets have led to her successful personal styling career. Kim is a style contributor for many publications including BC Living, Fresh Magazine, and an on-air expert on CityLine. She is hey frequent contributor to national style columns and radio shows, and earlier this year many of her clients were seen on the red carpet at The Daytime Emmys. She is also the author of upcoming book: STYLE FOR EVERYBODY: A Guide to Curating Your Essential Wardrobe.
CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS
Poised & Polished: If you feel it, you follow it! Kim can connect the dots back to her childhood as she shares the early shaping of her Silhouette of Success. Kim loved to play dress up, dress her sister, play with Barbies and now she is elated with her life choice, she successful and thriving within fashion styling industry! She shares that her path did take her to University and everything is a building blocks, her degrees helped support her along the way to include her teaching career and authoring her book STYLE FOR EVERYBODY: A Guide to Curating Your Essential Wardrobe.
Influential: Calls, meetings, family, event season, PR, designers, brands, engaging with her following…it’s all in a day! Asking Kim to share the origins of her interest in style, fashion and inspiration she compliments her fashionable Mother and especially shares a sweet story about her Grandmother Amma (Glam-Ma-go search her IG for this video) is 102 years old, classy and on top of it…tune in, tune in! Rolling into her career, reflecting back she suggestions getting your business base structure in place first! As a creative, she found that diving in, getting up and going happened quickly for her so looking back she is able to now see that having the business structure in place first (bookkeeper, business structure such as INC, LLC, etc., processes) would have been so beneficial. Go to the professionals within the scope of knowledge you are seeking advice on versus your peers or friend circle.
Sharp: Move your body, change your location and visual cues, scenery, and environment to adjusting your sensory experiences. Light a candle, go for a walk, trim a plant! She too is a fan of Tony Robbins (hey, Tony!) for motivation, mindset and all that comes with his coaching. Kim is embarking on her Amazon storefront, Pinterest channel and some other great adventures, so stay tuned! She loves guiding and inspiring budget shopping and shares some suggestions, for example; Rewind, thrift and secondhand stores and even swap meet ups. She mentioned Marshalls here is the U.S.A. (she is based in Canada)…the thrill of the hunt.
INTENTIONAL INSPIRATION
Everything comes from your attitude, from your mind and that is your biggest source of power. Change your energy, you have the power within yourself-tune to hear it word for word from Kim directly!
RESOURCES
KIM APPLET
STYLE FOR EVERYBODY: A Guide to Curating Your Essential Wardrobe.
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