By the end of the appointment, Glick's closet was in better working order. Now that he has more space, he'll be able to accommodate brand-new additions to his closet.
"We also recommend switching out your accessories seasonally so that the items you wear most often are front and center," Ellie said.
Long-sleeve shirts were folded and placed in the back of his closet for the summer, and thin felt hangers replaced clunky wooden ones to save hanging space in the closet.
Ellie and Maggie folded and stacked the t-shirts vertically, rather than on top of one another, to help save space.
For clients who want more assistance with styling, Fitz offers two-hour, $200 follow-up appointments. During these sessions, stylists can help clients with more specific needs like styling outfits with the clothing they already own, shopping online for needed items with the client at home, packing for trips, and styling for events.
For those clients less sure of what to purge, Ellie suggests asking yourself: "Do I still wear this? When was the last time I wore it? Do I feel good when I wear it? Does it still fit? Editing with a friend is also very helpful."
"Since Ryan does not have a doorman, all he had to do was drop off the bag at a Fed-Ex Drop-off. When our clients have a doorman, we will leave it with them for pick-up," Ellie said.
Glick was confident in what he wanted to get rid of and what he wanted to keep. Maggie helped sort unwanted items into a bag that was sent to Goodwill via its Give Back Box service.
Glick says he owns over 80 t-shirts, and Ellie and Maggie carefully folded each one.
"Our goal was to make as big a dent as possible in the thee-hour Fitz Foundation so that Ryan could feel the immediate impact of having an organized closet and being able to see everything in it," said Ellie, who asked that we not use her last name because of her contract with Fitz. In addition to Glick's bedroom closet, the two stylists also tackled his living room closet, which was packed with coats.
Enter Ellie (left), the lead stylist, and Maggie (right), who assisted in transforming Glick's space. Fitz's team is comprised of stylists with various backgrounds, including people who formally studied fashion merchandising and design or who have past retail experience.
His drawers weren't looking much better.
Glick confessed that his overstocked, messy closet often stresses him out. "If I see things all over the place, things not folded well, it creates more stress and [the clothes] seem dirtier," he said.
Before his three-hour Fitz Foundation appointment, which normally costs a flat $300, Glick showed us around his more troubled closet areas. The main problem was the bedroom closet and the above half-closet.
