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Will You Join Me in a Happiness Project?

About ImogenBy Imogen LamportSeptember 10, 200932 Comments

  I’ve been reading and thinking about happiness – and discovered a blog by Gretchen who went on a Happiness Project for a year (and has since written a book on it which will be published in December 2009 The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean…

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The Average UK Woman and What She Spends to Look Good

More, ShoppingBy Imogen LamportSeptember 9, 200928 Comments

According to some recent research (though I doubt it would pass any sort of peer review) published in The Daily Mail (UK) DAVID THOMAS combed through a mountain of government statistics, academic research, media surveys and pollsters’ reports to uncover the truth about the way UK women are… here is a short extract:   MRS…

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How to Find the Holes in Your Wardrobe

Shopping, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 8, 200921 Comments

          Yesterday we talked about giving your wardrobe a good purge. Until you’ve done this stage it’s impossible to work out what you do and don’t have, and if you really do have nothing to wear. Firstly, if your favourites are still wearable, but starting to wear out – put them…

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6 Simple Rules for Cleaning Out Your Closet

WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 7, 200920 Comments

So many women will lament that they have ‘nothing to wear’ yet their significant other may say ‘but you have a wardrobe full of clothes’ – so why the disconnect?   Usually this is because they need to do a big closet purge, get rid of what is not working, and discover the holes so…

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Review – Elle MacPherson Intimates D – G cup range

Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 3, 200919 Comments

I posted last week that I was excited to see that Elle MacPherson Intimates had brought our a range of bras up to a G cup – so today I went for a test drive – unfortunately the hype doesn’t live up to the reality. What I noticed first was that for a larger cup…

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How to Prepare for a Book Publicity Tour

About ImogenBy Imogen LamportAugust 31, 200911 Comments

    On Friday I had lunch with author Nick Earls (Bachelor Kisses) and apart from all the hilarious stories (sorry, sworn to secrecy) he told me of life on the publicity trail (which I used to take him on over 10 years ago – during my life before I became an image consultant), he…

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How to break the Style Rules

5 More Ways to Break the Style Rules

Accessories, Colour, Personal Style, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportAugust 30, 200920 Comments

The other day I posted on breaking the style rules, and I thought that I’d post some more ways to do it.  Knowing your rules (or as I like to think of them – as Style Guidelines) is great as you will be more empowered when making choices shopping (hello?  how much money have you…

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How to break your colour rules

How to Break the Style Rules (and why you should)

Colour, Personal Style, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportAugust 27, 200920 Comments

I have provided post upon post of style ‘rules’ to follow, but one of the things I always teach my clients is how to break the style rules. Why Follow Style Rules? Why have rules at all? They help those who have no idea or no reference to figure out what works for their body…

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Generational Dressing

About Imogen, Personal Style, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportAugust 26, 200916 Comments

This morning my lovely daughter Niamh (4) decided she wanted to wear my great grandmother’s beautiful smocked baby dress (which a: she wouldn’t fit into, and b: is over 100 years old so would perish, so I don’t want her to wear it). So when I said no to that dress, she decided to put…

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Why Do Women Let Themselves Go?

Beauty, Body Image, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportAugust 25, 200943 Comments

The other day I received this comment on my post Enjoy the Power and Beauty of Your Youth from an Anonymous commenter: I actually think you are more beautiful now than at 27! I take one day at a time, for it is all we are given. I’m 34, my body will never again be…

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Travelling with Zero Baggage

Travel and PackingBy Imogen LamportAugust 24, 200919 Comments

Last week I was listening to ABC Radio National’s Life Matters program and there was an interview with Catharine MacIntosh the founder of a new and coming soon concept – Zero Baggage – where you take no luggage, and hire it all before you leave and it’s waiting at your destination for you. The concept…

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Weekend Funny – Tattoo Removal

VideosBy Imogen LamportAugust 22, 200911 Comments
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Is Your Wardrobe Ageing You?

Body Image, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 20, 200919 Comments

This morning I did a wardrobe audit for a lovely 53 year old client. She’d already thrown out a pile of stuff before I got there, but we managed to get rid of another 5 garbage bags of clothes that were no longer working for her.    Like most ‘middle ageless ‘ (thanks Rosina) women,…

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What’s Your Colour Personality?

About Imogen, ColourBy Imogen LamportAugust 19, 20098 Comments

  Maria Killam from Colour Me Happy alerted me to this quiz from House Beautiful, and since I’m crazy about colour (and have limited time to write a post today) I thought I’d snaffle it:     1. What’s the first color you see in the morning? Cream – the walls of my bedroom are…

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You are a great Fashion Read Award!

MoreBy Imogen LamportAugust 18, 200915 Comments

  I received this award from the thoughtful and stylish LPC at Privilege. Thanks SO much! LPC’s blog is an eclectic mix of things from her life and her interest, from exercise to fashion, from midlife to food, all from her high wasp perspective (which is interesting to me as WASPS are not something we…

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Good Looks No Guarantee of Good Sales

MoreBy Imogen LamportAugust 16, 200918 Comments

    Retailers who think the secret to great sales figures is all in the hiring of very attractive female staff could find themselves very much mistaken. According to the latest research from the University of South Australia the power of “gorgeous girls” at the counter has some very clear limits. UniSA PhD researcher, Bianca…

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Enjoy the Power and Beauty of Your Youth

About Imogen, Body Image, Image ConsultingBy Imogen LamportAugust 13, 200918 Comments

The other day the 40 year old me got out a photo of the 27 year old me as I was teaching a section of my image consulting course which covers what kinds of facial features and shapes best suit very short hair. I wasn’t as taken aback by my Pixie haircut, which was more…

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Discovering Your Assets

Accessories, Body Proportions, Style Tips, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 12, 20099 Comments

After my post on Highlighting Your Assets, some commenters seemed to have trouble working out what their assets are, they’ve spent so long being told about and focussing on their ‘flaws’ but never ‘assets’. I see everything as an asset, and don’t believe in flaws. It’s just that some assets you may want to highlight,…

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Creating Focus on Your Assets

Accessories, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 11, 200916 Comments

Focal points are created by detail on clothing – whether it’s colour, shiny fabrics, pockets, distressing on jeans, ruffles, pattern, belts, beading or jewellery. You can use detail to draw attention to your assets and away from areas you’d rather people didn’t notice.     You can see from this collection how the details draw…

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Tips for Keeping Weight Under Control

Body ImageBy Imogen LamportAugust 10, 200913 Comments

One of the comments received on the recent post about my lovely friend Jan was from Kelly,Kelly said… Jan looks fabulous, and she is a real inspiration to me…having just turned 51, I am struggling lately with what’s appropriate for my age…I don’t want to look too young nor too dowdy! Questions for Jan: She…

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Which Watch to Wear

Accessories, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportAugust 7, 200910 Comments

Recently blogger Embellissiment asked how to choose a watch to go with outfits, and whether watches are ‘jewellery’ or something else.   Basically, I think that watches are an accessory but like a shoe, a more basic, every day essential accessory (yes I know that your mobile phone has a clock on it, but a…

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