Today I’m excited to bring you the Stylish Thoughts of Image Consultant and Stylist Elli Lavon from Elevate in Brisbane. What is the secret to great style? Dress for your personality! What is the one thing you would spend a lot of money on? Shoes and jackets What is the one thing you wouldn’t spend…
The Third piece is your hero, it’s the accessory or piece of clothing that can add the excitement and personality to your outfit when everything else you’re wearing are basics or supporting acts. Quite often it can be some sort of jacket, other times it will be a great piece of jewellery. The 3rd piece…
I’d love a blog post about appropriate dressing for those of us over 50…what looks good, what doesn’t… There are no hard and fast rules for the over 50s and I think that in many ways age is a state of mind. Trying to look 20 at 50 comes across as rather sad and desperate,…
How to Look Smart at Work When You’re Just Not a Suit Person I was recently asked to write a post about how to look smart at work when suits are just not your thing (but others are wearing them). The key, is to look for clothes with some structure. When we think about a…
Video is a medium that has become more and more popular, from Facebook Live, Skype, Instagram videos, Messenger Video to video conferencing and webinars all part of daily life it seems. With our smart phones in our hands we can make a video so easily. It’s often worthwhile to consider if you’re making a video…
Today I’m excited to be introducing the lovely Vix from Building a Colorful life who lives in Oregon in the USA. 1** What is the secret to great style? As many of my posts center on how I’m learning to dress myself after decades of being style-impaired, I’m still trying to unravel that! While I…
Want a quick, easy and free way to make your legs look longer? Watch this short video. And for some fun… and because George Clooney is gorgeous, enjoy!
Many of us own both gold and silver jewellery, but tend to wear one more than the other, but still want to wear all our pieces. So how can you mix your metal jewellery with style? The key to mixing metals is to have one as dominant at around 75% and the other subordinate at…
Should you match nail polish on your toe and fingernails? This is a choice, there are no hard and fast rules, but it’s not necessary, as long as they tone. It’s often easier to wear a more outrageous colour on your toes than on your fingernails, if you like to move away from the traditional…
Nikki I’m excited to bring you the Stylish Thoughts of Sunshine Coast (Queensland, Australia) based Stylist and blogger of Styling You – Nikki Parkinson. What is the secret to great style? Great style comes from choosing clothes that not only fit and flatter but also show off your personality. It would be a pretty boring…
Style is not about being traditionally beautiful. We can all be stylish. Style is an expression of our best authentic self. 6 Secrets to Style 1. Personality – your clothes must express who you are, without this you won’t appear confident (and without confidence, you won’t be anywhere as near stylish as you could be).…
I’ve just spent a few days shopping with clients and noticing all the new fashion trends coming through the stores. So I took out my trusty phone and snapped some photos of store windows to give you a picture of what you can expect to see in a store near you. Colour blocking is a…
It attracted my attention that you mention that you wear skirts/dresses or jeans most of the time. I do the same thing, and it has been working great for the most part, thanks to your blog. The main thing that I learned is that I am X-shape and I should belt over skirts/dresses, I enjoy…
Hi Imogen, I was wondering if you could give me some advice, as my problem is the opposite of one you have dealt with several times regarding “mutton dressed as lamb”. I’m 38 but look a lot younger (people generally guess my age at 25-28). Should I dress my age or the age I look?…
Today Washington USA blogger Dee Dee shares her Stylish Thoughts. Dee Dee writes the blog Decoding Dress: why we wear what we wear. 1. What is the secret to great style? // To me that’s like asking, “What’s the secret to great art?” The secret to great art is creating it. Until the artist picks…
If you have to wear glasses what are some of the things you should consider when choosing your next eye glasses frames? There are a number of elements to consider: 1. The bridge width and placement 2. The depth 3. The colour Watch this short video to help you choose your next frames Want to…
Hi Imogen, just wondering if you will be doing more discussions on color coordinating. I had my colors done and I am a winter. I know what colors look best on me however not quite sure on how to incorporate multiple colors, and putting multiple colors together that you won’t routinely think will go but…
Today I’m pleased to bring you the stylish thoughts of the completely gorgeous Kat Stewart, Australian actress and former publicist of Penguin Books Australia (yep, we used to work together many years ago). Kat is currently starring in Offspring (Channel 10) and Tangle (Foxtel/Austar) and was in the first brilliant Underbelly Series and on Newstopia.…
Makeup Buying Guide: What to Buy, and When to Throw Away – Guest Post Walk into any department store, and you’re immediately surrounded by makeup counters, and women in white or black coats. The coats are meant to make them look like some sort of lab technicians or scientists, but really, they’re just there to…
Imogen I would like your opinion on the hem length of tunic type tops. I’m a knitting designer and teacher and this topic comes up in my Fit and Flatter classes. I think women slimmest when the hem hits just below the crotch so that the leg length is undetermined by the viewer and therefore…
When choosing how to put colours together you first need to figure out your personal contrast levels. There are two sorts of contrast – Value (which means light to dark) and Colour (how many different colours are flattering to wear at one time). Firstly lets look at your Value Contrast. Now think about your Colour…
