Because it’s never about fashion. It’s about energy!
The individual who feels exhilaration wearing a graphic tee and board shorts displays how they “feel” while wearing this outfit. The “intention” is drawing attention, connecting with others, and feeling good about themselves. Another example is the admiration of “French Woman Style.” because that energy reflects something deeper than fashion itself: alignment. This clothing reveals an understanding of self, lifestyle, environment,and intention. Who doesn’t want that? Right?
American women, however, are often navigating a far louder conversation, one shaped by influencers, advertising, fast-moving trends, and endless online availability. The result is often confusion rather than clarity. Not “What should I wear” but rather, “How do I put pieces together in the way that feel authentically me?” What is being sought is Energy. “How do I dress that feels like me.”
It’s not about excess, it’s about intention!
The modern luxury of dressing well is no longer about excess. It is about intention. At the heart of “Intentional Dressing,” a phrase first coined by Evana Maggiore, Fashion Feng Shui®, The Power of Dressing with Intention, (2007) and recently byErin Walsh, The Art of Intentional Dressing, (2026) invites us to look beyond trends and toward alignment. Clothing becomes less about fashion performance and more about energeticexpression. What we wear influences not only how we are perceived, but how we inhabit ourselves.
At the heart of intentional dressing are deceptively simple questions: (1) Who are you? and, (2) How do you wish to be seen? These questions shape everything. The woman or man dressing for authority chooses differently than the person dressing for ease. The traveler seeking restoration packs different than the traveler seeking visibility. Texture, color, and fit each communicates something long before a single word is spoken. This is where style becomes deeply personal.
When a woman says, “I have nothing to wear,” what she often means is “Nothing in this closet feels like me anymore.” Fashion Feng Shui™ has the answer. We call it Decode Your Design. Using the Decode Your Design principle, Fashion Feng Shui™ Consultations unlock the elements, colors, silhouette, textures, fabrics, and energy that align with who you are TODAY! As a result, your wardrobe becomes aligned, intentional, and authentically yours.
Style isn’t about fashion or trends, it’s about creating alignment!
Style isn’t about following fashion; it’s about creating alignment between who you are and what you wear. Every color, fabric, silhouette, texture, and accessory carries an energy, and when those choices reflect your authentic self, getting dressed becomes less about “looking fashionable” and more about feeling comfortable, confident, and fully yourself. Intentional dressing gives your wardrobe purpose. Instead of asking, “Is this in style?” you begin asking, “Does this support who I am, how I want to feel, and how I want to show up today?”
That is the beauty of Fashion Feng Shui™ and the steps within Decode Your Design. By understanding your personal energies, your colors, your body, and the clothing elements that naturally resonate with you, you begin to see your wardrobe through an entirely different lens. You do not need to love fashion to love the way you feel in your clothes. When you Decode Your Design, style stops being something you follow, and becomes an intentional expression of the energy that is uniquely yours!
Clarisse Ringwald, Fashion Feng Shui™ Master, Transformational Wardrobe Coach, Image Consultant + Identity Stylist, InChic Style, LLC. www.inchic.style, (602) 320-2489, Scottsdale, AZ.