We have been working hard over at Q headquarters with new and exciting changes that were announced in our Midsummer 2018 Newsletter! If you didn’t get a chance to read it, take a peek here. Our upcoming addition, not mentioned already – will be to the team!

Q the Stylist is an award winning, bi-coastal personal wardrobe styling service and we are seeking a reliable, critical thinking and highly creative individual available for immediate part-time assistance. The office is situated in a spacious at-home studio located on the upper east side of Manhattan. This position will primarily be assisting with client styling, some in-office work will be required, with the goal being to grow with the company and find your path with Q.

Do you have a natural understanding of style and excellent taste? Are you a part-time organizational freak, part-time creative thinker? Is patience and a calm mentality part of your being? Review the full job description here and if it sounds like you (or someone you know) and you possess all, if not most, of the requirements, please send a cover letter, resume and references to chanel@qthestylist.com. Use subject title ‘Application, Personal Styling Assistant’ in your email.

Looking forward to speaking with our future Q styling assistant!

Xo,

Katie Q.

Midsummer greetings… from Portugal! Last posting was all about goals; new changes for myself and Q the Stylist. We mentioned exciting new updates were in the works and we are happy to announce that they have made their mark! Our updates begin with an revised newsletter (can you tell!?), a fresh new website, an updated menu, and a new booking system Chanel calls “glorious.” You could say our mantra is manifesting efficiency.

In the quarterly, Wardrobe Builder replaces This Season’s Trends and will highlight a versatile piece (sometimes a few different versions of it) that works with every style. Weather it’s a better cut, incredible fabrication, a new concept piece, or just a fresh take on classic these wardrobe builders will help you advance your wardrobe and get dressed easily more than any passing trend. We hope you enjoy this new feature!

If you have explored the site recently, you may have noticed there are new images throughout and we have visually refreshed the home page, services page and about page. Take a peak! As exciting as visual site changes are, we didn’t quite stop there..after feedback and years of refining how we work together, Q has an improved menu! As always, we still have the A la Carte services (can’t change things up too much!), however, we’ve added a few services to the menu – I’ve actually always offered these – but now they are a little more front and center. We are coining these additions as Q on Call and Q Memberships! Read all about them here, see if any speak to you and lets chat.

To top off this sweet Manhattan with a cherry, we now have an integrated calendar system to make our lives sync better. Whenever you need to book, email me and I will send you a link that has all of my availability open for booking in one place. We can even set up recurring appointments for you, never worry about another appointment date again! Lastly, you might be wondering if rates have changed along with these updates. Well, while rates have gone up slightly by 9%, all existing clients will stay the same till 2019 and take a look at the menu for new client rates.

We couldn’t be happier with these changes, and as an ever growing company, there are more to come! We’ll keep you updated as we check off our list. Thank you all for your continued support and loving client relationships, couldn’t do this without you!

To know me, is to hear “I’m cold.” And so for more than half of the year I don a sweater.  I have a real thing for turtlenecks but truly, I’m equal opportunity. As such, it is a search that happily never ends.  Duffy Design Group, named for Ed Duffy who is credited for bringing cashmere to the masses via L.L. Bean and Eddie Bauer, is one of the oldest import-manufacturers of Cashmere in the US with unparalleled quality. Duffy NY began in 2010 as an exclusive brand for Barney’s with a goal of designing versatile, contemporary silhouettes with thoughtful details and construction. Their success led them to sell to other companies while keeping their price points very competitive.

I recently went to their Bryant Park showroom to see the Fall ’17 collection first hand and chat with the design duo.  The Cashmere Whisperers, designers Nicole Retting and Ann Yee, said their inspiration this fall was the boundless and unconfined spirit of abstract art. Yarns for the season focus on the softest cashmere, cashmere blends, cash felt, Mongolian fur and vegan leather offered in an harmonized mix of pop and neutral colors. Needless to say, I’m going to be living in Duffy. And you can too! Duffy and I have partnered to offer exclusive access to their full collection – so if you see something you like click here with your order.

My topic of discuss for a few months now has been my concern for long-time favorite J.Crew. It practically keeps me up at night, I simply can’t imagine retail without them.

Since the announcement of Jenna Lyons and Mickey Drexler stepping away from J.Crew, James Brett from West Elm has taken over as CEO. It seems it will take at least 2 years for J.Crew to climb out of the debt, the widely lauded Drexler, drove them into. He didn’t anticipate the dramatic rise of tech in the retail sector and that lack of ability to morph and change with the times, ultimately failed J.Crew. While the new CEO has officially started taking over the reigns, Drexler is still advising on matters.

While they have ebbed and flowed in my top ten through the last decade, they will have a special place in my heart. In high school – when you had to mail-in orders (shudder) – my sister and I finagled opening up a J.Crew credit card to call in and secure our orders. So it’s a personal mission to keep J.Crew doors open and in lieu of continuing to write them ideas about how to save their business, I am dedicating this newsletter to them in hopes that you shop to your hearts content. Click the image and shop the look, with a few extra below!

Him
/ 1 / 1040 Athletic Selvedge Raw Indigo Denim $168 / 2 / Oxford Shirt With Embroidered Rabbits $88 /3 / Bowery Slim Pant Glen Plaid Wool $98 / 4 / Navy Italian Silk Tie $70 / 5 / Italian Merino Wool Cardigan in Forest Green $108 / 6 / Keaton Plain Toe Boots $248 / 7 / American Pima Cotton Plaid Blue Shirt $65 / 8 / Sailboat Print Swim Short $50 / 9 / Wallace & Barnes Chore Blazer $150 / 10 / Ludlow Italian Stretch Wool Suit Jacket $425

Her
/ 1 / Orbit Earring $48 / 2 / Italian Silk Scarf in Paisley $70 / 3 / Colorful Floral Hoop Earrings $65 / 4 /Destination Italian Silk Scarf $35  / 5 / Double Strap Leopard Flats $258 / 6 / SeaVees for J.Crew Legend Velvet Sneakers $88 / 7 / Parke Blazer in Caramel $178 / 8 / Floral Silk Ruffle-Bib Top $78 / 9 /  Mens-y Cardigan With Tiger Patch $80 /10 / Collection Thomas Mason Sleeveless Top $118

I hope you had a wonderful summer! In New York it seemed to happen in fits and starts but you can tell from parents’ happy faces – fall is here. Seemed all too fast! But, hopefully the fall inspiration in this newsletter makes putting away your sandals and sundresses a little easier.

It’ll be a different start to the school year for families affected by Harvey & Irma. While money is the best way to donate, closet edits can be sent to Goodwill Houston at 12533 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77077; and for Irma, Global Giving will work directly with the Caribbean Islands and Florida for immediate and on-going relief efforts. Our hearts go out to them!

With all else aside, Fall is already here, click the image above to shop my Fall “Get The Look”. If you love that red cashmere beauty in the top left corner as much as I do, you can purchase that Duffy Cashmere Sweater With Zipper Back for $375 through me. I’ve partnered with Duffy NYC for exclusive ordering!