Your style is not the problem.
Your identity is the starting point.

The Peony Theory™ is the methodology for Black women executives who are accomplished, credentialed, and respected and still getting dressed like they're trying not to take up too much space.

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You stand in front of your closet every morning.

Full of clothes. Nothing to wear.

You're not lazy. You're not indecisive. You've built an entire career on precision and decision-making.

What's happening in that closet is not a fashion problem.

It's what happens when a woman has spent years absorbing other people's definitions of who she should be — and her wardrobe reflects the weight of that.

It's what happens when being a Black woman in professional spaces means navigating a quiet, persistent pressure to be fixed. Humbled. Adjusted. Contained.

If you don't have a rooted sense of who you are, those projections start to shape you. Slowly. Until you're dressing for safety instead of power.

This is what I call survival mode dressing.

And it is exactly where my work begins.

The Peony Theory™ does not start in your closet.
It starts in the identity of the woman standing in front of it.

Phase 1: The Diagnosis

Before we open your closet, we establish who you actually are — separate from who you have been performing for.

We identify the survival strategies that have been shaping how you dress. The projections you've absorbed. The version of 'professional' you've been performing for rooms that were never built with you in mind.

This is where the work begins. Not in fashion. In identity.

Phase 2: The Audit

Once we know who you are, we look at your wardrobe as evidence.

We examine what's present, what's absent, and what every item is communicating on your behalf. We identify the code-switching — the pieces you bought to be palatable rather than powerful.

The gap between who you are and what your closet says is the gap we close.

Phase 3: The Architecture

The final phase is the build.

Not a shopping list. Not a capsule wardrobe formula. A strategic wardrobe system built around who you are, where you operate, and what you are building toward.

The result: a wardrobe that works on autopilot. Ten-minute mornings. A closet that reflects your actual authority. Style as a career tool — not a daily performance.

Who This Is For

The Peony Theory™ is for Black women executives in government, tech, and corporate sectors who:

— Are accomplished, credentialed, and respected in their industries

— Stand in front of a full closet every morning with nothing to wear

— Have been navigating predominantly white professional spaces for years

— Are tired of code-switching their wardrobe to be palatable in rooms they have earned the right to lead

— Are ready to stop dressing for survival and start dressing for authority

This is not for women who want a shopping partner.

This is for women who are ready to do the identity work that makes every other work easier.

I built The Peony Theory™ because I needed it first.

I have found myself in spaces more times than not being 'humbled' and 'fixed.' At one point, I identified with those projections. It caused a ripple effect shrinking me, dimming my light. Just to not ruffle any feathers.

I know what it costs to dress for other people's comfort instead of your own authority. I see it in the women I work with.

I recognize it. Because I lived it.

And every credential, every client, every session confirms the same thing:

Style is not the issue. Identity is where the work begins.

— Dejeuné Harris, Founder, Your Style Is Forever

When the identity work is done, the outcomes are measurable.

“I feel more comfortable in my professional space and more relaxed in and out of work wardrobe - making it more seamless”

— Past Client

This is not about looking good.

This is about showing up as the authority you have already earned.