Your Style Journey With Lydia Duncan
Style Apprentice & Certified Color Analyst
Dixon/Sterling, Illinois & beyond
You’ve taken the first step in a smart, intentional style journey. You’re perfectly poised to build an authentic wardrobe, and I’m here to guide you through each step of your transformation.
It’s an honor and privilege to serve women like you, and to be able to play a part in your personal style development. I have a plan for your transformation, and I can’t wait to share it with you.
Enter: StyleBiology™
Our six-pillar StyleBiology™ framework is designed to help you build your dream wardrobe from the inside out, with services that transform your closet in the order that is sustainable, saves you money, and makes sense for real life.
Scroll down to view the services that come next in your style journey!
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A 90-minute draping experience to reveal your palette of harmonious colors. Meet in my home studio in Milledgeville, IL or at your home in a 25 mile radius.
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A 2.5-hour moodboard creation and analysis session to reveal your unique, authentic style aesthetic.
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A 90-minute body type analysis to customize your style’s iconic silhouettes to honor your unique shape.
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A guided closet cleanse designed to align your existing wardrobe to your StyleBiology™: color, vibes, fit, and values in 4 hours.
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A curated fitting room and guided try-ons to strategically fill your 3-5 wardrobe gaps with the right pieces to maximize your wardrobe’s outfit potential.
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It’s a day of dress-up, with a mission: discover ready-to-wear outfits and go-to formulas you can recreate anytime, using the contents of your closet.
Save Up To $400!
The Personal Style
Transformation Package
The sessions you need from start to finish, at an exclusive package price
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Four in-person* sessions:
Day 1: StyleBiology™ Day — a combo session of Personal Color Analysis, Style Personality Discovery, and Body Architecture Discovery
Day 2: In-Home Closet Edit
Day 3: In-Store Personal Shopping Excursion
Day 4: In-Home Outfit Styling Session
You’re left with a clear style strategy, an aligned closet full of clothes you are obsessed with, and a Lookbook of ready-to-wear outfits
*For clients who live outside a 25 mile radius from Dixon/Sterling, Illinois, a $2,500 travel fee applies, which includes travel, accommodations, and daily per diem.
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Women in seasons of change and becoming
Northern Illinois locals and beyond (I travel to you!)
Motivated go-getters who want transformation at the best possible pace and price
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❌ After landing the job
❌ After losing the weight
❌ When things calm down
✅ Now — slots fill quickly and your new era isn’t waiting!
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Booking this package up front not only guarantees you priority scheduling on my calendar, but also locks in an exclusive package discount, compared to a la carte services.
We recommend completing your sessions over the course of one month or less for best results.
Current Openings
Please note that a travel fee may apply for in-home sessions outside of a 25 mile radius from Piscataway, New Jersey
Personal Color Analysis in Dixon-Sterling
During this 90-minute in-person session, I systematically drape you with 160 precision-dyed drapes, and reveal your true 12-type color season. You’ll leave with newfound confidence and appreciation for your unique beauty, plus actionable advice you can take and implement immediately.
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Confirmation of your undertone (cool, neutral-cool, neutral-warm, or warm)
A tonal direction for your most harmonious palette (bright or soft, deep or light)
A distinct season & subseason (i.e. Deep Winter, Light Summer)
A makeup trial revealing the nudes, pinks, and reds that suit you best for everyday cheek and lip colors
A robust, personalized digital report of your analysis results to reference at home
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We will meet in my cozy home studio, or in your home in a 25-mile radius, during daylight hours
Please wear a solid-colored black, gray, or white cotton t-shirt
Please arrive with a clean, makeup-free face, and hair pulled up off the neck and pinned back off the forehead. No self-tanner or artificial tanning products, please.
Wearing glasses is perfectly fine; I may ask you to remove them for short portions of your session if needed
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Now! It doesn’t matter if you’re tanned from the summer sun, starting to go gray, or always dyeing your hair a new color — your analysis will be accurate and consistently aligned for you to wear year-round, season after season, year after year!
Color Analysis is a meaningful experience for all genders, all ages, and all professions — PLUS, it makes a memorable gift they’ll talk about for years to come!
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Style Personality Discovery Session
Surface-level style? We don’t know her.
This 2.5-hour session is a deep dive into the way your unique personality informs your true, authentic style aesthetic. I walk you through our signature moodboard activity, and together, we’ll discover the style strategy that is 100% YOU.
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A gorgeous moodboard that serves as your style North Star
Three clear, aligned style archetypes that combine to create your one-of-a-kind style framework
A digital report of your results, complete with personalized resources and detailed breakdown of the visuals and features of your aesthetic, so you can implement your new style immediately
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We will meet in my relaxed, cozy home studio
Dress comfortably, as we will be seated for most of the session
Please bring your preferred personal Internet-connected device for logging into Pinterest
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This session is designed for first-time clients, to be booked immediately after Color Analysis
Body Architecture Discovery Session
The Rise Styling philosophy does not assign personal style based on body shape. We believe that your authentic style comes from your personality, and always belongs on your body. During this private session, we will troubleshoot your biggest fit challenges, and introduce simple, real-world strategies for honoring your shape with the styles and silhouettes you love!
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Custom notes for necklines, sleeve shapes, leg shapes, dress silhouettes, and alterations vocab for your style
Confirmation of your proportions: petite, tall, short, long, regular (you may be surprised by what you learn!)
Your true bra size, inseam lengths, rise lengths, and more key numbers that make or break your fit
A refreshing and empowering approach to honoring your body’s shape and size at every stage
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We will meet either at your home, or in my relaxed, cozy home studio
Wear form fitting leggings and tank top, with a light support bralette or wireless bra
Bring a pair of jeans or similar pants that fit you well
I will ask to take a few basic photos of you from several angles, which will be used only for your private custom notes
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First time clients: book immediately after your Style Personality Discovery Session
This session is especially helpful for those with a history of unique fit needs, or for those with sewing skills who wish to make or alter their own clothing
In-Home Closet Edit
Now that your vision for your style is complete, it’s time to cleanse that closet! Rachel helps you navigate decisions and align your closet to your style — without killing your budget, adding to landfills, or second-guessing your choices — all in a matter of hours.
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4 hours inside your closet with an experienced expert
A calm, functional closet space (no more chaotic mornings!)
The Rise Styling tried-and-tested 4-phase Conquered Closet plan and Decision Trees
A new “bar” for future purchases, and renewed confidence for how, when, and why to spend money on new clothing
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Dress comfortably and wear well-fitting undergarments for trying on pieces throughout the session
You have the final say on what stays and what goes. My job is to help you ask the right questions in the process
We are actively fighting against textile waste in landfills. Therefore, we do not throw any clothing in the trash. All discards will be responsibly sold, donated, or recycled according to their quality and condition.
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First time clients: book immediately after your Style Personality Discovery OR Body Architecture Discovery Session
Established clients: book when your wardrobe needs change due to work demands, body changes, lifestyle shifts, or anytime you need a fresh start
In-Store Personal Shopping Excursion
After your closet edit, it’s time to fill the gaps with the right pieces, in the right order for maximum outfit potential! In-person sessions are a curated experience at the retail destination of our choice within a 25 mile radius of Piscataway, NJ. Travel fees apply to destinations outside the 25 mile radius.
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The top 3-5 wardrobe gaps in your closet filled with aligned pieces that expand your outfit potential
Introduction to new brands, fits, and silhouettes you may never have tried on your own
Justified purchases that slot seamlessly into your existing wardrobe
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Arrive to a curated fitting room, filled with the pieces Rachel hand-selected to fill the gaps in your wardrobe
Rachel guides you through the try-on process, and keeps a record of what you’re trying, what you liked, what you didn’t, and why
Rachel is an independent stylist and is not incentivized to sell merchandise, so you can trust her to steer you toward pieces that serve you well and honor your budget
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First time clients: book immediately after your Style Personality Discovery OR Body Architecture Discovery Session
Established clients: book when your wardrobe needs change due to work demands, body changes, lifestyle shifts, or anytime you need a fresh start
In-Home Outfit Styling Session
You’ve got great clothes, now it’s time to put them together! This 2.5-hour session is part dress-up party, part strategy session. You’ll walk away with ready-to-wear outfits and go-to formulas you can repeat on demand, for any occasion.
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Rachel’s eyes and creative touch on your wardrobe
15 ready-to-wear outfits, styled and digitally saved in your private online Lookbook
Simple strategies for daily outfit building so you can remix and style your own outfits with confidence
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Rachel will tailor the day’s agenda to your most pressing outfit needs: work, casual, date night, or a mix!
Striking the right balance with an outfit involves some trial and error. Rachel is there to iterate outfits with you until you love them!
Rachel will help you challenge the outfit “rules” that don’t serve you, and replace them with values-aligned permission to try new things!
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Before travel, when the seasons change over, after making new purchases, or anytime you need a cache of fresh, ready-to-wear outfits
FAQ
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In short, I come over to your house, or you come over to mine, and I walk you through every single step. There’s nothing you already need to know or prepare in advance before starting our work together.
There’s an assumption out there that working with a stylist is intimidating, but my clients would tell you the exact opposite about working with me.
My services are designed to build one layer of your style at a time, so that you get results that you love and that evolve with you for years to come.
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My clients who are loving their style years after working with me all started with 1. Personal Color Analysis.
Color analysis is the first pillar of your StyleBiology™, and the most broad topic we cover in your personal style journey. Everything that comes after color analysis goes deeper and further refines your style, layer by layer, project by project.
If you’ve already had your color analysis with me, your next step is 2. Style Personality Discovery. -
Absolutely! In fact, there are Rise Styling clients on four continents (and counting!).
Any of my services can be accomplished virtually, whether live with me over Zoom in real time, or asynchronously.
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Yes, and on top of that, we are a body-neutral, anti-racist, anti-diet culture, anti-fatphobic, intersectional-feminist team who wants to see everyone find joy and liberation through style. We have training and experience in shopping for and properly fitting gender-affirming wardrobes for non-binary and trans folks.
If you are in a season of becoming more of YOU, you are welcome here.
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Yes! Shopping online is the same price, and has the same pre-requisite services as shopping with me in-store, and is available in the Personal Style Transformation Package as well.
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Book your complimentary 30-minute Coffee Chat with me here!
Local Events & Pop-Ups
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