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Wear Your Personality

Wardrobe Edits, Styling Packages & Style Tips for Sizes 14+

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I'm Monique Doy, a stylist specialising in working with women sizes 14+ to help you create the wardrobe of your dreams and wear your personality!

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My girls got @loveleesolesnz for Xmas and now we’re matching! I’m not sure who is happier about it them or me, either way we’re having fun 😁✨
I was never going to dress my kids alike. I wasn’t going to be one of ‘those’ Mums. Does anyone else find it hilarious to remember how judgy or pre Mummy selves could be? My two are 22 months apart, and you better believe if Willow is having it then Flo wants it too. They love to match! I don’t shop for them a lot, we mostly get school/kindy clothes from @kmart.nz and I buy the odd fancy thing second hand. But Willow at 5, has decided she wants to go to stores and try things on (funny!) Please tell me your favourite kids labels/stores, she’d be ever so grateful 😂💕
My number one goal for this year is to spend more time with this guy. My James ❤️ There was a time when I wasn’t sure if I’d ever meet someone that would truly ‘get me’. I spent a lot of time on boyfriends who I thought I could fix, I would become what they needed and maybe if I just loved them harder it would work....maybe if I toned it down, played hard to get, organized their lives for them perhaps. But my Mum was right (sorry it took me so long to believe you Mum!) It’s just not supposed to be that hard. When you have the same values and want the same things and want to spend all your time together life just flows. Your relationship progresses naturally without angst about who is committing or who loves each other more. I wish I could explain that to 20 year old me and have her believe it! When James came on the scene I was resistant because he wasn’t my ‘type’ (not a narcissist with Mummy issues 😂) so it took a bit of time to realize the marrying type was the type I wanted! Almost 7 years in to this marriage I honestly wonder how I ever survived before! I feel more myself than I ever have and my life is totally enriched by being married to this man. Also let’s be honest, the kids try to kill me with stress on the daily, so I need the hand holding! What’s the point of all this - New Year has me reflecting on the choices we make, and often we don’t recognize how our own behavior makes our lives difficult. I spent my 20’s choosing drama, and unattainable men were a part of that. I’ve used my 30’s so far, to sink into who I really am and choose opportunity. Our happiness is a choice, the people we surround ourselves are part of that. What you think you want and what you need to be happy are not always the same thing. Now seems a good time as ever to reflect on that. Make 2019 the year you choose happy!