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Inside the mirrored halls of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, the Portrait Bar was packed with guests and flashing camera bulbs on Thursday evening. The cause for celebration? Stylist Erin Walsh, who brought together a starry room to launch her new book, The Art of Intentional Dressing<\/em>.<\/p>\n During the cocktail reception, Walsh\u2014outfitted in the same cotton candy pink Oscar de la Renta dress that appears on the cover\u2014was joined by her family, longtime clients Anne Hathaway<\/a>, Ariana DeBose, and Beanie Feldstein, and friends including Stella McCartney, Prabal Gurung, Jennifer Fisher, Fernando Garcia, Tanner Ritchie, and Fletcher Kassell.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing here with all these people, honestly, it\u2019s very overwhelming,\u201d Walsh told Vogue<\/em>. \u201cI love what I do, and I love the people and the women that I get to work with who inspire me. I\u2019m humbled and moved by that process. Feeling this support, it\u2019s very cool.\u201d<\/p>\n Walsh\u2019s idea for the tome came to her a decade ago, stemming from the anxious feelings her friends and clients had when choosing what to wear. In the pandemic\u2019s early days, Walsh\u2014who suddenly had time on her hands\u2014sat down and began working on the pages, with the goal of emphasizing, as the name implies, how to dress and live a more intentional life.<\/p>\n The result is a book filled with both styling tips and advice for staying enriched and grounded, from editing your closet to visualization, Feng Shui tactics, and integrating scents into your getting ready routine. The volume also includes anecdotes and interviews with fashion plates like Rachel Zoe, Zanna Roberts Rassi, Mariska Hargitay, and Diane von Furstenberg<\/a>\u2014whose original style advice became a core tenet for Walsh.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we were talking, Diane said, \u2018I live my life by this rule of intention: every single day, I ask myself, \u2018Who is that woman that I want to be? What does she feel like? What does she embody?\u2019 It\u2019s by doing that\u2014deciding what you wear, who you surround yourself with, what your surroundings look like, your energetic choices\u2014that you find alignment.\u201d<\/p>\n Walsh\u2019s book debuts during an especially busy season for the stylist, who\u2014in addition to her upcoming La Ligne collaboration and partnerships with brands like Quince and Freda Salvador\u2014has been outfitting Anne Hathaway on her whirlwind international press tour for The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em><\/a> and overlapping appearances to promote Mother Mary<\/em><\/a>. During their fashion-filled trek of the globe, Walsh utilized the advice from her own book to stay cool, calm, and collected: \u201cI had to lean on this method more than ever,\u201d said Walsh. \u201cWhen you\u2019re jet-lagged AF, and you feel overwhelmed and frazzled\u2026think: \u2018What are my three words that I need to feel today so that I can be of service, and be that woman that I want to be?\u2019 That brought me through it, gave me clarity, and made me feel grounded and centered\u2014even in a time of hectic juggling.\u201d<\/p>\n Ultimately, she hopes readers can tap into clothing\u2019s power to influence your mood and behaviors every day. Guests each left with a copy, ready to step into the world and utilize her wisdom. \u201cYou have to ask yourself every single day: how do I want to feel? That\u2019s how you get back into the intention and integrity of the best version of yourself and who you want to be,\u201d Walsh told Vogue<\/em>. \u201cYou take that energy into your closet\u2014and that\u2019s when your closet, instead of being a place of overwhelm, becomes an empowering portal of possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n