Cloth & Steele

05/31/2026

Your closet is lying to you. 👀
You think you wear everything in there — but do you really?
Here's the trick stylists use to find out:
Turn all your hangers backward. Every single one.
After you wear something, rehang it facing forward.
After 3 months — anything still backward? You don't actually wear it. Time to let it go. 🤍
This one habit will show you exactly what your wardrobe is missing and what's just taking up space.
Save this for your next closet reset. ⬇️
And when you're ready to fill in the gaps — you know where to find us. 👇

05/30/2026

Boutique life isn't always glamorous, but the good days make it all worth it.

05/29/2026

Leopard print is on trend every single year. And most people think it keeps coming back. But here's the truth — it never left. And the reason goes all the way back to Paris. 🐆🧡
In the late 1950s Coco Chanel was photographed in leopard. Yves Saint Laurent used it season after season. The most stylish women in Paris started wearing it not as a costume or a statement but as a wardrobe staple. The same way they wore a white button down or a trench coat. And once Parisian women adopt something as a foundation piece it never goes away.
Here's what most women don't realize. Leopard is not a pattern. It's a neutral. Brown. Tan. Black. Cream. Gold. Rust. Camel. Every one of those colors already lives in your wardrobe. Which means leopard coordinates with almost everything you own without trying. That's the definition of a neutral.
Designers reinterpret it every season but it's always there. Because they know what Parisian women have known for 60 years. Leopard sells. Leopard flatters. Leopard lasts.
A leopard piece bought today will be just as relevant in five years as it is right now. That's not a trend piece. That's a wardrobe truth.
Welcome to the club. 🐆
Drop STYLE in the comments and I'll send you outfit ideas curated specifically for you from what's on the floor right now.
Cloth & Steele — Arbor Walk, Austin

05/29/2026

Sand and ecru don't wash you out. Wearing them the wrong way does. There's a difference. And I'm going to show you. 🤍
Every woman has said it. That color is too light for me. It's going to make me look pale. I'll disappear into the dress. But here's what's actually happening when a neutral washes you out. It's not the color. It's the contrast. Or the lack of it.
Your face needs contrast to look its best. And here's the secret — you create the contrast. The dress doesn't have to do it. You do.
Three ways to do it every single time.
Bold gold jewelry near your face — gold against sand and ecru is one of the most sophisticated color combinations in fashion and it makes your skin glow instead of disappear. A bold lip or defined brow — let your face be the statement when your outfit is quiet. And a deeper accessory like a cognac belt or woven bag — it grounds the outfit and makes the color feel rich instead of flat.
Sand and ecru work on every single skin tone. Fair. Medium. Olive. Deep. The color was never the problem.
Now you know exactly how to make it work for you. And once you know you can never unknow it.
Drop STYLE in the comments and I'll send you outfit ideas curated specifically for you from what's on the floor right now. 🤍
Cloth & Steele — Arbor Walk, Austin

05/27/2026

You know that top that sells out before you even find out it exists? Yeah. That one is back. 🤪🤍
We reordered it. Again. Because apparently once is never enough with this one.
If you know you know. And if you don't know yet — now you do. Go. Now. Seriously.
Shop at clothandsteele.com or call us at 737-298-1641 before someone else beats you to it. 🤍
Cloth & Steele — Arbor Walk, Austin

05/26/2026

Preppy is back. And if you've been sleeping on it this outfit is your wake up call. 🔴🌈
Every few years fashion comes back around to something clean. Something intentional. Something effortless without actually being effortless. Right now that something is preppy. And it's dominating every runway and every feed that people can't stop saving.
But here's what nobody tells you. Preppy isn't about a brand or a logo or a price point. It's about a formula. And the formula has three things.
A collar — it instantly elevates any casual bottom and signals intention. A tailored short — not athletic, not oversized, just structured and intentional. And a simple sandal — clean, minimal and lets the outfit breathe.
Collar. Tailored short. Simple sandal. That's it. That's the whole formula.
Red collared knit polo. Multicolor vertical stripe tailored shorts. Gold flat sandal. Formula complete. Outfit done. Zero overthinking required.
Preppy isn't a trend. It's a formula. And now you have it.
Drop STYLE in the comments and I'll send you outfit ideas curated specifically for you from what's on the floor right now. 🔴
Cloth & Steele — Arbor Walk, Austin

05/25/2026

Hats that say everything you were thinking but were too polite to say out loud. 👒😂
Because sometimes your outfit needs a statement. And sometimes that statement needs to be embroidered on your head.
Come find your personality in hat form — we have one for every mood and every woman.
Shop at clothandsteele.com or come see us at Arbor Walk Austin. 😂🤍
Cloth & Steele — Arbor Walk, Austin

05/25/2026