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title: Client Closet and Catalog
slug: closet-and-catalog
excerpt: "Catalog is shoppable. Closet is wardrobe you already have. Mix both on a guide so the family isn't buying everything from scratch."
updated: 2026-08-24T00:00:00.000Z
canonical: https://www.useshutterstyle.com/help/closet-and-catalog
---
# Client Closet and Catalog

Two kinds of pieces can land on a style guide — and they live happily next to each other.

**Catalog** is the curated, shoppable library under every Palette. Those are the cards in the picker. Your client taps them and goes to the merchant to buy.

**Client Closet** is your physical wardrobe — studio dresses, client favorites, pieces a family already owns. You photograph them, upload them, and pull them onto a guide next to Catalog picks. Closet is Pro (open during the trial).

*Catalog pieces are live shop links. Closet pieces say From closet — no buy button, because they're already theirs (or yours).*

## Add Closet pieces

Open Client Closet from the sidebar. Upload a photo, name the piece, and tag age and gender the same way you do for a Person — that's how it shows up in the right row when you're building a guide. Sizes are optional; they're a note for you, not something the family shops.

From the style-guide editor, open Closet on a Person's row and tap to add. It moves into your picks like a Catalog card. Only pieces tagged for that Person's age and gender appear in that row.

On the published page, Closet pieces say "From closet" and aren't shop links. There's nowhere for the family to buy them; they already have them, or you're bringing them.

## Catalog picks

Catalog pieces come from the Palette you attached. Filter by category (and length, when it applies), tap to add, tap the thumbnail to take it back out. Those are live buy links on the client page.

A Catalog piece can go [Unavailable](/help/unavailable-items). Closet pieces can't — you own them.

## Archive

Archiving a Closet item hides it from the picker so it doesn't clutter the next guide. It stays on any style guide that already used it, so old published links don't break. Unarchive from Client Closet when you want it in the picker again.

Deleting is the hard remove. Use archive unless you're sure.

## Who can use Closet

Free accounts see Client Closet as a Pro feature. During the 14-day trial it's open, same as Pro. After the trial, existing Closet pieces on a guide still render; you just can't add new ones until you upgrade.

[Plans, trial, and billing](/help/plans-trial-and-billing).