Anjelah Johnson – Nail Salon
Some weekend laughs.
Are You Too Old for Leggings?
Recently I was having a conversation with someone who asked if leggings were still ‘in’ and if they were too old to wear them. My reply was that they are still around (looking at the Fall 2009 fashion shows they were everywhere on the runway) and are generally more flattering than a lot of the…
Do I Need Whiter Teeth?
I recently downloaded my photos from my camera from the AICI Conference in Irvine, SoCal (this is Karen of a Certain Age and me), and I noticed something – my teeth aren’t as white as I thought. Now, I get compliments on my teeth here in Australia, but after seeing the photos, I couldn’t…
How to Choose Glasses – Your PD
Ask your optometrist what your PD is – what’s a PD? It’s your pupillary distance – that is the distance between your two pupils. Why does it matter? Rather than try on 2000 frames and getting completely confused and overwhelmed by choice, your PD may preclude you from some frames. If you look…
How to Choose Glasses – The Most Important Factor
Today I’m starting again working with an optometry education company doing a workshop with retail optometry staff to teach them some of the image related aspects of helping their clients choose flattering glasses frames. But before you even start trying on frames, the No. 1 factor that will affect your choice, and what you…
Unlimited Colour
One of the reasons I’m so happy to be home, is that I’ve just spent 3 weeks in the same few clothes, all in a palette of black, white and red (apart from a couple of items), and I’m now bored, so bored with these clothes! It’s great to be able to capsule your…
How Not to Get Over Jetlag
We’re home today, happily, it’s great to be in our own space again, and the dogs missed us heaps – they’re happy to see us! We arrived in at 7.30am after our 15 hour flight, we all got some sleep on the plane, but the kids didn’t get nearly their normal amount of sleep.…
How Old is Too Old to Change Career?
Here I am at the Gala Dinner of the 2009 Conference Dinner on Sunday Night (yes, we felt the earthquake, the lightfittings swung for about 5 minutes afterwards, and the hotel lifts were shut for 3 hours after the quake). I’m with my gorgeous friend and colleague Jan Fisher who is an image consultant in…
Brenda Kinsel’s Pearls
At the AICI conference I got to meet the fabulous image consultant and author Brenda Kinsel who shared these tips with me, so I could share them with you. I asked Brenda for 5 tips to help you improve your wardrobe and image 1. At the change of season, when you swap your wardrobe over…
Receiving My CIP at the AICI Conference
Well here I am at the conference last night receiving my AICI Certified Image Professional certificate from Anna Wildermuth AICI CIM (gorgeous jacket she has on!). I was asked by Struggler what I ended up packing for the conference – here is day 1, a black skirt that can be worn as a dress…
Off to the Image Consultants Conference
Today is the first day of the AICI (Association of Image Consultants International) conference today. I’m excited to be catching up with old friends, and meeting many new ones, plus meeting some of the greats of the industry. One person I’m really keen to meet is Brenda Kinsel (40 Over 40, In the Dressing Room…
Why You Should Take Up Your Tops
I was shopping yesterday in Century City, LA with lovely blogger La Belette Rouge and she tried on a version of this top at Banana Republic. It looked great on her, but was about 2.5″ too long and hit at an unflattering point on her hips and made her looked proportionally unbalanced and a…
How to Discover Neutrals with the Right Undertone For You
You may have already seen my post about Black not being the be all and end all of neutrals. So if you cut black out what are your options? When I went from brunette to blonde, my go to neutral of black changed to white (find out more about that here) because my natural…
How do you know if it’s your kind of shop?
Here I am in LA, that’s me with Snoopy at Knotts Berry Farm yesterday, anyway, I spent some time at a local shopping centre today – The Block at Orange, near where I’m staying. Of course I don’t know all the shops and brands, so I wander into shops. The quickest way for me…
Body Image Survey
Nine out of 10 Australian women have regular “fat days” and most are miserable about their bodies, a survey has found. The survey, conducted by two Melbourne universities, paints a bleak picture of women who don’t like seeing their reflection in the mirror. More than two-thirds of women feel uncomfortable looking at themselves naked in…
My Own Image Anxieties
It’s interesting, reading the comments to my last post on what to pack, that people think that because I’m an image consultant I’d have the whole dressing thing completely sorted and never worry about it. What I didn’t realise before I trained to become an image consultant was: You can never have a bad day…
Packing for an Image Consultants Conference
Here is my challenge, I’m packing to fly to LA to attend the AICI (Association of Image Consultants International) annual conference. What should I wear? The dress code is: Business attire is appropriate for daytime conference programs and evening events. May temperatures range from an average high of 81ºF/27ºC to an average low of 54ºF/12ºC.…
Have You Thought About Upcycling Your Clothes?
When economic times are tough, what can we do to save on our wardrobe? Here are 4 easy to follow budget fashion tips for the Recessionista Fashonista. 1. Alter You can make a garment fit properly with alterations. I spend a lot of time in wardrobes pinning garments, adding darts when it’s too boxy, taking…
Strictly Elegant Chic
I was asked by one of my lovely readers, Jennifer, to do a post on Elegant Chic and Strict styles. Not having come across the term before I read it on Deja Pseu’s blog and then Duchesse’s, I don’t feel Strict is something I’ve yet come to grips with fully. According to Duchesse the look…
The Sartorialist Is on the Streets of Melbourne
Scott Schuman, otherwise known as The Sartorialist, is in Melbourne (Australia) and will also be travelling to Sydney for the Australian Fashion Week. If you want to see some local Australian style, check out his daily postings for inspiration. He’s been brought out by the Australian Tourisim Comission who want to showcase…
How to Spot a Badly Designed Garment for Your Body
Is it me or the clothes? Women, notoriously blame their bodies when it doesn’t flatter them or fit them, but in fact, if you look closely at the design of the garment, you will soon realise that it is not your body (which is perfect) that is wrong, instead, it’s a badly designed garment. How…