Ep 63: How To Dress For Success With Katie Watford
Katie Watford is a celebrity stylist and style expert who has styled for some of Hollywood’s most precious red carpet events such as the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Conan O’Brien, Today Show, Comic Con, BET Awards and many more. Her celebrity clients have been featured on the best dressed list in global publications such as In-Style magazine, Glamour, Daily Mail, and Seventeen Magazine amongst others.
Katie Watford is an entrepreneur working steadfastly to empower her clients around the globe. In 2018, she launched a fashion consulting agency to help bridge the gap between personal branding and online shopping. To date, her clientele has reached 25 major cities, 18 states, and 3 countries including the US, Canada, and Dubai. She has remotely styled clients for press appearances for QVC, CMT Music Awards, BET Network, and international trips including Amazon Tokyo, Greece, London, Paris, Italy, and much more. In 2022, she expanded her consulting business into the online education to teach her method with style education.
Katie Watford’s work is not about the labels or keeping up with trends -- it’s about identity.
She has a unique skill for harnessing style and its role in personal branding, career development, and has a knack for being able to save her clients thousands of dollars. Her process digs much deeper than surface-level by using complex ideas in a simple and natural manner, Katie eliminates the noise, allowing her clients to see themselves and their goals fully.
MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THE EPISODE:
- "You are a person and you have a personality, let's develop that" - Watford
- What gets you career advancement is bringing the best you to the table
- Establishing your personality through fashion helps you be the best version of you
- How building relationships is important in any industry, even fashion styling