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What are the Rules This Image Consultant Would Never Break?

Body Shapes, Body Variations, Colour, Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportFebruary 16, 201019 Comments

Blogger Metscan asks: One more suggestion for you Imogen. Could you do a post telling what rules you won´t break ever? It would be so much fun. Thanks ! It was interesting thinking about this topic – what rules would I never break? I know there are definitely rules that I wouldn’t break when dressing…

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Tips to Dress a Plus Size X

Body ImageBy Imogen LamportFebruary 15, 20102 Comments

Reader Kanerou asks: Do you have any plans to do an entry on dressing for plus-sized Xs? I have a couple pairs of black cargo pants which I dearly like, but I’m not sure how to dress up top, now that my waist isn’t so slim and my bust is even more of a bother…

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Which 3 Little Words Will Kill Your Style?

Personal Style, ShoppingBy Imogen LamportFebruary 11, 201029 Comments

The Three Little Words That Will Kill Your Style How often have you been shopping for clothes and choose to spend your hard earned money on clothes, not that you LOVE, but ones that you think to yourself “It’ll do” Is this attitude to purchasing clothes making you happy? Do you look in your wardrobe…

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Train as an Image Consultant – a rewarding career

Image ConsultingBy Imogen LamportFebruary 8, 20102 Comments

Have you ever thought about becoming an image consultant? Have you thought about running your own business? I didn’t stumble across it as a career option til I was 34, my friend Jan was 55 when she trained. Becoming an image consultant was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. If you have a…

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How to Stop Static Cling with Hosiery

Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportFebruary 7, 20109 Comments

Hi Imogen, I have a question. How do I prevent the dress sticking to my hosiery? I live in Malaysia and I don’t think static is the issue here. Would appreciate some ideas because I’ve got a fabulous dress that I want to wear with a semi-opaque hose. Thanks!  Michelle Static cling occurs when each…

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Are Nude Stockings Really a Fashion Crime?

Reader Questions, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportFebruary 3, 201017 Comments

Hi Imogen–I just found your blog recently and I really enjoy it.  I have learned some great tips and recently bought a shirt in a style that you recommended.  My question is about hosiery.  I do not wear hose often but as I am 51 now I am trying to keep “current”.  I have read…

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How to Make a Boring Outfit Interesting

Accessories, Personal Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportFebruary 1, 201016 Comments

On the weekend I spent a number of hours with a lovely client who when we were figuring out her personality style, realised that she had been ignoring accessories, thinking that they were less important than the clothes she was choosing, resulting in her not expressing an important aspect of her personality. She told me…

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The Secret to Staying Young

Body ImageBy Imogen LamportJanuary 28, 201010 Comments

Exercise Taking regular exercise helps you to stay physically healthier and mentally sharper into old age, four studies published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed on Monday. Here are some of the studies: One of the studies found that women who exercised more during middle age – defined as an average age of 60…

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My Beauty Favourites – Cetaphil Cleanser

BeautyBy Imogen LamportJanuary 27, 201017 Comments

I was asked by one of my lovely Australian readers if I could do some posts on my favourite beauty products, as many products reviewed on the blogsphere are not available in Australia, though we do get lots. So I thought I’d start with some of my favourites that I use daily. Cetaphil Cleanser –…

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How to Choose a Handbag – Don’t Forget the Season

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportJanuary 26, 20107 Comments

. . As rightly mentioned in the comments by readers, Cybill and Duchesse, not only is there the formal or casual element as previously posted, there is also the matter of season.   Colour – lighter and brighter colours tend to suit warmer seasons, darker and richer colours suit cooler seasons (and we’re talking seasons…

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3 Easy Steps to Choosing the Right Handbag – Casual or Formal

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportJanuary 25, 201017 Comments

I was in the supermarket the other day and noticed that many women carry the same handbag everywhere, to work, to the gym, to the supermarket, out for an evening, never stopping to consider that this one-size-fits-all solution may be doing then an injustice. So is it time you thought about your handbag, and whether…

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How to Wear a Belt when You Don’t Have a Waist

Accessories, Personal Style, Style Tips, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJanuary 21, 201018 Comments

I’m an H shape, not waist to speak of, and sometimes I wish I could wear a belt, but they just show off my lack of waist. So what are my options? Option 1 is to wear it low down on my hips rather than at my waist. Preferably with a curved belt that sits…

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How to Create Personal Power in the Workplace

UncategorizedBy Imogen LamportJanuary 20, 201019 Comments

Sarah Greenberg: “I have a ‘blazer on the door’ theory, meaning that you just never know when you’re going to be pulled into a meeting with a CEO or a filmmaker. Even if I’m wearing jeans, I have a blazer on the back door in my office and a pair of heels under my desk,…

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Waste not Want Not

Waste not, Want Not

Personal Style, ShoppingBy Imogen LamportJanuary 18, 201010 Comments

Do you buy clothes only to return them? Do you buy clothes thinking that if they don’t work you will return them, but never get around to it? How much money and time is this costing you? In my work as an image consultant I see heaps of waste, whether it be waste of money…

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What to wear as mother of the bride or groom

What to Wear as the Mother of the Bride or Groom

Occasion Dressing, OutfitsBy Imogen LamportJanuary 14, 20109 Comments

Reader Jill asked me for some help finding a Mother of the Groom outfit: I am quite thin with a bony chest and torso (only 47 kilos), small bust, average height, rectangular body (carrying a little more weight below the waist) and am 60 years young. My hair is jaw-length brownish red (a similar style…

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How to Smarten Up Your Super Casual Clothes

Outfits, Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJanuary 13, 201015 Comments

Here’s my problem. I did fine at dressing for work. Fine at dressing up. Casual in the house, who cares. But given that I’m always tempted to wear my loose jeans, my yoga pants, and a tshirt, what kind of jackets can I get so that I look decent when totally comfortable? For shoes, I’ve…

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Fashion Trends for the 20 teens (aka 2010 - 2020)

New Decade New Fashions

Fashion TrendsBy Imogen LamportJanuary 11, 201020 Comments

What to you were some of the best and worst fashion moments of the noughties? What do you want to see more of, what never again? Fashion Trends I’d Rather Not See Again this Decade Crocs (except on little kids) – not attractive. They are fine to wear as a footwear to go boating in,…

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Who is Sexier – size 6 or 16?

Body, Body Image, Body Proportions, Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportJanuary 6, 201043 Comments

Australian Marie Claire magazine did a survey of men and women, polling which Australian clothing size from 6 to 16 was sexiest. (For those in North America/Canada, an Australian 12 is a US size 8, and for those in the UK and Australian 12 is a UK size 14). Interestingly, the results said that an…

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How I became a personal stylist and image consultant and how it helped me overcome Post Natal Depression

How and Why I Became an Image Consultant or How I Overcame PND

About Imogen, Image Consulting, More, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportJanuary 4, 201018 Comments

I’m often asked by clients and people I meet how I became an image consultant. It’s not the kind of job that most of us grow up thinking about (doctor, nurse, teacher, fireman etc.). In fact, I didn’t even know of its existence as a job until I met an image consultant in 2003. But…

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Seasons Greetings to All

About ImogenBy Imogen LamportDecember 24, 200917 Comments

It’s Christmas Day here now, the kids got us up at 5.30am, very very excited that Santa had visited them and left surprises. I wanted to wish all my lovely readers a very merry Christmas and to say a heartfelt thank you for reading and commenting on my blog this past year. I hope you…

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Colour My World

Colour, Colour PsychologyBy Imogen LamportDecember 21, 20098 Comments

Blogger Karen left this comment on What to Wear When Dating Do you think different cultures see colors representing different things than we normally find in the western world? Brides in China wear red for luck. In the US they might look like tarts or very aggressive women in red satin and lace. In China,white…

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