Series 3, Episode 2
Gillian Gavin, 59 and lives in Rush, Co. Dublin. After her children flew the nest, Gillian made a brave move and left Ireland to work for a charity in India. She lived in an ashram for 3 and a half years and loved the experience. When she returned home, Gillian moved to Rush for a new beginning and found her tribe with a group of female swimmers.
Gillian recently retrained as a SNA and loves her job but feels she doesn’t know what to wear to work. She is always admiring how other women dress and would love to know how to put an outfit together. She likes to blend in but wants to change this.
She feels her clothes are ageing her but she has decided that since she is going to be 60 soon, she would love to have a show stopping party look for this milestone birthday. She also feels ready to get back on the dating scene and wants a new look for a dinner date.
Suzanne helps Gillian to get out of the safe leggings and jumpers and into some professional smart workwear while helping her find some gorgeous outfits for the new chapter in her life.
This week’s Guest Style Counsellor is the wonderful Eileen Smith.
Series Information
The hugely successful The Style Counsellors is back for a third series!
Presenter Suzanne Jackson is a fashion and beauty blogger. She also owns her own cosmetics company SoSu by Suzanne Jackson. Fashion and style are both her business and her passion. This season Suzanne is joined by a whole team of different Style Counsellors – including the inimitable Eileen Smith – who, over different episodes, will offer their hot takes on the latest trends. As ever Suzanne will be meeting and making over some amazing women … and one brave man … who need to add a bit of wow to their wardrobe.
Suzanne believes the power of style can make people feel good about themselves and knows how to work her way around a wardrobe. Each week, Suzanne helps a different woman (or man) looking for a fashion confidence boost. She has firm ideas about what should be in a wardrobe and wastes no time in decluttering it, as she consigns unworn items to charity shops.
Then it’s off to the Pop Up Shop where outfits are selected to help guide them back on the path to true fashion enlightenment. The participant has the exciting choice of picking one of the outfits to wear for a jaw-dropping, emotional reveal with family and friends.
The people in The Style Counsellors come from all walks of life but share a common problem – they’re in a rut clothes-wise. This might be because they have always prioritized others – juggling the demands of work, being a parent or because their life circumstances have changed dramatically in recent times …. but now is their time to shine. Suzanne offers a little help, encouragement and empowerment but ultimately it’s all about the participants and their stories…
The Style Counsellors is produced by Indiepcs for RTE.