Consider your first impression a final decision. It’s immediate, spontaneous and almost impossible to change.

I’ve always been fascinated by the role of a first impression in paving the way to success. In fact, I founded Dresszing™ to help people create a style that shows the world at a glance their uniqueness.

Through Dresszing, I do one-on-one coaching with private clients. The corporate arm of my company, Susan Sommers StylePower, handles business programs for Fortune 500 companies. A contributor to Crain’s NY and The Enterprise Report, I’ve been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine and Health, among other publications and have also appeared on Eyewitness News, The View, CBS Early Morning News and other television shows.

My background as a fashion and beauty editor, writer and stylist for a range of newspapers, e-zines and women’s magazines, including Cosmopolitan, New Woman and Woman (a startup from Condé Nast Publishers, which owns Vogue, Glamour and Allure, among others), Harper’s Bazaar, Ladies’ Home Journal, Family Circle, Where, New York, The New Yorker and glam.com, allowed me to hone my fashion approach and my critical eye. After having directed hundreds of makeovers, I can look at anyone and know his or her best colors and silhouettes.

I’ve worked in Paris and lived to write about it. My book, French Chic, was aimed at American women interested in adapting the timeless lessons of French style. Its sequel, Italian Chic, explored that country’s style and design leaders.

Believing that while how one looks matters, how one acts might even matter more, I sharpened my etiquette and people skills at the renowned Protocol School of Washington, from which I am certified.

I would say that the approach I’ve developed puts the “zing” in Dresszing and in the personal and professional presentation of everyone with whom I work.
—Susan Sommers

How can you make your image and dress…zing? Call 212-877-4963.