Personal shoppers tend to be just one step away from those stylists to the stars who scout for and dress actors to ready them for their Oscar or Grammy close-ups. In these cases, the shoppers tend to be the unsung heroes. Even while designers bask in the credit for swathing actresses, personal shoppers usually keep mum about the male stars they have helped dress. Whether personal shoppers are charged with making you an international fashion plate or just spiffing up your corporate image, it is their purview to suss out treacherous clothing terrain and protect you from poor fashion risks. Indeed, men's fashion real estate, which can involve myriad departments and multiple floors, can be a daunting shopping challenge.
Personal shoppers do the walking, picking, purchasing and even credit card signing.
They pull everything together for you, from suits through the all accoutrements. The services typically don't end at the threshold of the store where the clothing comes from. We tell them how to do things, how to salvage their clothes. Late one night I got this panicked call from a guy who'd just flown in from Texas and had an early-morning meeting. I used double-stick tape on the pant legs of one to create a temporary hem.