Browns can have a warmer or cooler undertone as with most colours. So how to choose the warm from the cool? Warm Undertone Browns These have a yellow base (and as you know, yellow warms up the temperature of a colour). Cool Undertone Browns There are a couple of ways to cool down a…
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Blogging is not something I’d ever thought I’d be doing “when I grew up”. I mean, it didn’t exist as a hobby or a job back when I was growing up. Who invented blogging? I’m really not sure, but back in 2000 I created a website about my travels through Europe which would have been…
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Jill Chivers of Shop Your Wardrobe and tackle the topic of how to wear layers in this video post. We are both advocates of layers, Jill comes from a tropical climate and I live in a temperate climate (but on the colder end of the temperate zone) where I have to layer daily in winter.…
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Today it’s my great pleasure to be sharing the Stylish Thoughts of my friend and accomplished author, blogger and image consultant Brenda Kinsel. What is the secret to great style? Great style comes from interacting with life, being open, and using your creativity. To keep your style refreshed visit museums, jump onto Instagram and be…
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Do you take daily (or regular) outfit photos? This is something you may see on many Instagram accounts or done as part of a style challenge (like my Evolve Your Style 31 day Style Challenge). Following on from Jill Chivers’ post this week about how taking daily outfit photos has really helped her improve and…
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Sponsored by Village Roadshow The other day I saw a preview of The Big Sick, a fantastic new comedy based on the true story of the romance between aspiring comedian Kumail and grad student Emily. It’s my kind of movie, funny, awkward in a real life and totally relatable way (which reminds me of an…
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Today’s guest post is by Jill Chivers, my friend and colleague and regular video co-presenter here at Inside Out Style Blog. Jill is a speaker, writer, coach, professional facilitator and workshop leader and avid movie watcher. She is also an advocate for conscious consumption and created the world’s first online program for women who want…
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I love my navy leather boots, in fact I’ve loved them to death (they have gotten old and tatty looking), so I hunted high and low for a replacement pair of navy leather boots, to find none that fit my requirements. Instead, I found a pair of lovely nude leather boots that I decided to…
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I’d like to introduce you to Amanda, Valencia (Spain) based blogger of Something Fashion What is the secret to great style? I think the key to having a great style is always keep balanced and be very confident about who you truly are. Balance as a result of our own proportions according to the…
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One amazing attraction in Mexico City is their Museum of Anthropology. Filled with hall after hall of ancient treasures unearthed from pre-Hispanic Mexico as well as items from more recent indigenous Mexican cultures of today. The museum contains significant archaeological and anthropological artifacts including the Aztex calendar stone and finds from Mayan, Aztec, Olmec and…
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Need to find some new ways to wear a large rectangular pashmina shawl over your evening dress? When travelling if you want to add some variety and interest to your outfits pashmina style shawls are a great way of adding colour (and warmth) over your evening wear. Taking 2 or 3 scarves can make your…
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Hi, Imogen. I love reading your blog posts. Please use an upcoming post to address this “puzzle” for me–multiple formal looks from one dress. We’ll be cruising the Panama Canal in February and there will be 3 to 4 formal nights. Being gone 2 weeks, I have to get multiple uses from what I pack.…
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I was once in a client’s wardrobe doing a wardrobe therapy session and the smell of mothballs was overpowering. She had them all over her closet, hanging everywhere. I asked her if she had a serious moth problem and she said, absolutely, let me show you! Then she pulled knit top after knit top, t-shirt…
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Mexico City is a fascinating and beautiful place to visit. Everywhere you go there are artworks, murals and sculptures to enjoy as the Mexican’s seem to really love their art and culture. There are colourful murals on buildings everywhere. They celebrate Mexican culture and arts including icons such…
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Putting together a stylish outfit everyday doesn’t have to be tricky. In fact I’ve come up with a simple formula that you can use over and over for all different kinds of outfits. When choosing clothes for an outfit you will want to take into consideration things like: Level of Refinement Principle of Volume Body…
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Last year at the media opening of the amazing Viktor and Rolf exhibition I was sitting behind Thierry-Maxime Loriot, the curator of the exhibition and he was wearing this Viktor and Rolf denim jacket. I loved the button detailing on it and I decided that I wanted to replicate it in some way and came…
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A few people recently have commented to me that they feel bored with their style. They like what they wear, they think it flatters them (and follows their guidelines) but they feel bored. So why has boredom crept in? I think there can be a few reasons (and the answer may require some soul searching).…
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A memory I’ll never forget… … it was back in the 1990s and I was working at Penguin Books Australia. Walking to my office through reception, I was stopped by the receptionist to answer a query by someone who was waiting there. When this man spoke to me, my eyes began to water as his…
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Shopping professionally for a living (and having done it as a hobby since I was a teenager) I’ve got a lot of experience in this area. There are many “high street” or “chain stores” that you can find at every mall. And sure they are useful to find some basics, it’s often much harder to…
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All colours (apart from the orange spectrum) have a warm and cool undertone version so a colour that we may call “red”, “burgundy” or “maroon” could be either warm or cool. Red is a colour that has many permutations, from baby pink to coral, magenta and burgundy. Unlike blue or green, that when we add…
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Style guidelines give you boundaries There are no style rules, just guidelines to give you a framework based on principles of line, design, harmony, colour and co-ordination. Style guidelines help you understand: What shapes of clothes flatter your figure given your body shape and proportions What kinds of fabrics flatter your figure What scale of…
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