“Fashion is more than just the clothes on our backs, it’s the way we present ourselves to the world. Getting dressed each day is an opportunity to completely reinvent yourself. Your style can impact your confidence, and thereby have a major influence on your success. My goal as a stylist to help everyone look and feel their very best, so they can achieve the ultimate version of themselves.”
Refined Makes Style Easy
Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Refined is your local Raleigh Personal Stylist. We are a fashion styling company with packages designed to help those seeking a knowledgeable and experienced fashion expert. Whether you’re starting a new job, moving to a new city, adjusting to a new body, or just need help pinpointing your style, we are here to guide you on your journey. Refined provides in-home closet audits, personal shopping services, professional photograph styling, virtual styling, and more.
Refined will teach you how to streamline your shopping strategy, and maximize the potential of each piece you own. A personal stylist and wardrobe consultant will provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to transform your wardrobe, and effortlessly select your outfit each day. The result? Saved time, reduced spending, and a boost in confidence.
What Makes Refined the Best?
- Every Refined styling package is completely personalized to meet the precise needs of our clients. In addition to your one-on-one service, you’ll receive customized resources to guide you on your style journey.
- Refined offers a collection of virtual styling services. Each virtual styling option was carefully designed to provide the same personal touch as our in-person packages. With our virtual options you can have access to a Refined personal stylist no matter where you are in the world.
- We know your time is valuable. Refined offers maximum scheduling flexibility. With evening and weekend times available, Refined offers styling sessions that fit into your busy schedule.
Meet The Refined Team
Theresa Jean
Founder & Lead Stylist
Theresa’s interest in fashion started at a young age and has shaped her career. Spending years studying designers, fashion history, pattern making, trend forecasting, and international style, Theresa’s background transcends the full spectrum of the fashion industry.
Working with men and women from all over the world (on five continents) has provided Theresa a unique perspective that she brings to each new client. Her natural eye for shapes, colors, and designs, combined with her extensive experience and education, give Theresa a distinct approach to styling.
Theresa has written for fashion bloggers, designers, and style websites. She has also styled ad campaigns for national brands, corporate events, website images, and video commercials. Experienced in providing one-on-one wardrobe styling and personal shopping services, Theresa founded Refined with the hope of educating others on the art of discovering and developing their own personal sense of style.
Lauren has had a love of fashion that dates back to childhood, even receiving a middle-school superlative for “best dressed.” She spent her college years working in retail, where she loved visual merchandising. Countless hours were spent picking the most visually appealing outfits for mannequins in order to inspire customers. Lauren also loved working one-on-one with clients, showing them how transformative clothing can be.
Lauren’s education is in business and marketing. While she originally joined Refined to improve the overall customer experience, she naturally fell into the role as full time stylist.
With her creative eye for outfit composition and proportions, coupled with her love for helping others feel like the best version of themselves, a career as a Personal Stylist is a natural fit. Lauren loves teaching clients about layering, mixing patterns/colors, and the vital role of accessories. “With all of the outside societal pressures that exist today, helping people feel confident in their bodies is arguably the most rewarding aspect of this job.”
Lauren O'Brien
Color Analyst
& Personal Stylist
Meredith Wallace
Styling Assistant
Meredith has always had a passion for the fashion industry and a creative eye. She is a 2024 graduate of NC State University, where she studied Fashion & Textile Management, with a concentration in Brand Management & Marketing.
Her insight on the latest trends, marketing strategies, and extensive textile knowledge brings a fresh perspective to the Refined team. Excited to learn and collaborate, she joined the Refined team, first as an intern. However upon graduation, Meredith was promoted to styling assistant, ready to assist clients in achieving their dream style.
Meredith specializes in working with young professionals, and clients looking to develop a more professional aesthetic as they enter the workforce. She also enjoys showing her clients how they can incorporate trends into even the most traditional wardrobe.