making space is on sale now

and it might not be what you think

I am still in the habit of using this space just for writing and my old email list just for marketing my courses and services. But the difference between me and some other Substackers is that writing here is not my business, helping women with their relationship to clothes is. I hope that if you’re here with me on Substack, you might also be interested in knowing about working with me.

Making Space is my 8-week group program that helps women who’ve always felt dissatisfied with their clothes to feel at home in their own individual authentic style by diving deep into processing the external expectations they’ve been operating under.

This course might be a little different than what you’d expect from a fashion or wardrobe course.

We won’t talk about what to wear to flatter your body.

We’ll talk about how you’ve been made to think that your body is wrong because it doesn’t fit arbitrary standards decided by European men in the 15th century. We’ll talk about how to flip that script so that you see that your body is right and it’s the clothes that are wrong.

“The absolute best thing Dacy did for me was that she made it about the clothes. It was never about my body”  -Annie

We won’t talk about what your best colors are.

We’ll talk about defining your style in an authentic way, the style that comes from within, not from rules imposed from outside expectations.

"Dacy's realistic, relevant, and accepting of each individual's personal styles, and  helped me to identify my style-something I had never really thought about. I was skeptical of the group learning approach, and found it was the very best way to learn. My group was amazing and super fun."  -Marty

We won’t learn arbitrary rules about how long to keep an item or when to get rid of it.

We’ll go gently into the reasons why holding on to clothing is a form of holding yourself to a previous life’s standards, or means that you haven’t accepted yourself as you are.

"I didn't realize how much time/energy I had been spending staring at my closet until I got it organized and also did some reflection on the clothes I have, why I have them, whether I should keep them, and what types of things I should bring into my closet in the future."  -Dana

You won't get a list of “must have” items for your closet.

We’ll look at the ways that capitalism has created our need for a constant stream of new clothing and how marketing exploits our feelings of unworthiness to get us to buy the latest trend. But we will talk about what you individually need for a wardrobe that works for *you*.

"Dacy led us through this course with the perfect mix of tough love and gentle encouragement! The course is clearly designed, and you will be excited by what you already HAVE in your closet when you're done."  -Alison

Here’s a video with some of this year’s participants’ takeaways:

I think that Making Space is the best way for us to spend time together while working through a structured program that allows space and time for the nuanced topics I discuss here on Substack: how clothing affects body image, buying clothes that fit, and rejecting the beauty standards in how we dress, along with all the practical aspects of building a wardrobe.

This year, I’m offering a sliding scale for payment ($797 if you can subsidize another participant’s fee, $597 if you can pay for yourself, and $397 if you wouldn’t be able to join at another price).

We start Friday. Sign up here.