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Diane Donato first became involved in the “Image Business” in 1980 when she became a Cosmetic Consultant and Make-up Artist for Aloe Charm Cosmetics. During that time she climbed the ladder and became a Sales Director for the company and won various awards and trips. Diane has always had a flair for fashion and an inborn ability to coordinate outfits. She also had a PASSION FOR FASHION! So, in 1987 she expanded her efforts into accessories and clothing and founded her own company-“Clothes Encounters”. She trained with Image Consultants all over the country covering color analysis, figure flattering workshops, and intensive studies about color and clothing and the non-verbal messages they communicate. Specifically, she trained in Flatter your Figure workshops, Color Balance ™, Color Diversity ™, Rainbow Personality ™, and Semiotics™. In addition to “The Art of Empowerment through Clothing & Colors", Diane also teaches: The Art of Accessorizing, and How to do a Closet Evaluation (a shopping spree in your own closet!). Diane is a certified Advanced Reiki Practioner in the Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition. In 2005 Diane became an Apprentice with Keshav Howe, Spiritual Counselor & Shaman, Master Healer & Teacher of Penobscot Native American Heritage where she attended Power Journeys to various sacred sites in Mexico, Peru, India and the United States. As a result of these studies her journey through life and with Clothes Encounters has been profoundly impacted. It seemed that her old methods of developing confidence through employing the principles of clothing and colors in dressing did not provide consistent lasting self confidence. They weren't working. Something was missing!!! The missing link was “freedom”. She had become a slave to fashion and her image. Diane realized that conforming to fashion trends and the so-called “rules” failed to communicate the “truth of who she was”. As her training with Keshav Howe progressed, she shifted the focus of her work and created a new program: “Reflections of Your True Image – A journey to freedom by way of fashion”. This new program truly combines the Yin and Yang of Clothing and Colors by uniting spirit and form so that you communicate your true essence while maintaining integrity of your true self.
Diane is a Social Scientist and has also attended various trainings in Empowerment Facilitation. She continues her Apprenticeship with Keshav Howe and her own journey down the rabbit hole to the realization of her own divinity and true image.
Diane can be reached at: Clothes Encounters, P. O. Box 2513, Waterbury, CT 06723, Phone-203-753-9901. Website: www.clothesencounters.org Email her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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