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How to Pack a Wardrobe Capsule for a Cruise

Travel and PackingBy Imogen LamportDecember 5, 201419 Comments

Hi Imogen, I love your blog and have been reading it for a quite a while now, I love receiving my emails with your latest posts with tips and tricks. I have a question which I thought might be interesting on your blog as we come into the Xmas holiday season, it relates to what…

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How to Know if You Have a Long or Short Neck

VideosBy Imogen LamportDecember 4, 20147 Comments

After my post the other day on how to accessorize a long neck, I was asked how do you figure out if you have a long, short or average neck length, so I made this short video to show you. It all comes down to your hand! And it’s important you use your hand as…

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One Skirt Styled 9 Ways and Some Packing Tips

Capsule Wardrobes, Travel and PackingBy Imogen LamportDecember 3, 20146 Comments

I’m leaving tonight for my trip to Dubai and I’ve been thinking carefully about packing. Now our itinerary is pretty packed and every night we are expected to dress up in cocktail wear, so I’m packing more than I would if I wasn’t going out to so many fancy restaurants. But I wanted to share…

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What to Pack in Your Carry On For a Long Haul Flight

Travel and PackingBy Imogen LamportDecember 2, 20149 Comments

I’ve done a bit of travelling this year. Chicago, Thailand and now Dubai, so I’ve worked out what I do need in my carry on luggage to make the trip more comfortable (and I fly economy so I need to make it as comfortable as I can, as on average these flights are all 12…

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5 Ways to Accessorize from Day to Night

Accessories, Reader QuestionsBy Imogen LamportDecember 1, 20145 Comments

Inspired by your post on formality of prints I’m wondering if you could do the same examination with accessories? So: What makes a necklace/belt/earrings casual/formal/elegant? My aim is to have just a few clothes which I combine differently with different accessories. It’s not enough clear to me how to dress it up and down with…

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What I Wore This Last Week of November

OutfitsBy Imogen LamportNovember 29, 201412 Comments

Hot day and I went to the National Gallery of Victoria to see the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition (high recommended, post coming with photos). Top is from Target and skirt from Ojay.   Cooler again so long sleeves came out.  Working in front of the computer all day so in leggings for comfort!   Busy…

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How to Find Your Ultimate Colour Contrast – Your Three Step Process

Colour, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportNovember 28, 201492 Comments

Following on from my post on colour and value contrast this post on ultimate colour contrast is my simple guide to finding your ideal contrast levels. For each step write down the option that suits you for both colour and value. 1. What is your hair colour? Colour Contrast Colour –   strawberry blonde, golden blonde,…

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Preparing and Packing for Dubai

Outfits, Travel and PackingBy Imogen LamportNovember 26, 20149 Comments

  It’s less than 2 weeks until I fly off to Dubai thanks to Dubai Tourism with 21 other Nuffnang Bloggerati bloggers and I’m getting more excited every day.  We have just been given some details of a few of the activities that we are doing, and where we will be staying, while in Dubai. So…

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Stylish Thoughts – Amanda Hyatt

Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportNovember 25, 201412 Comments

Today’s Stylish Thoughts comes from UK based Evolve Your Style member Amanda Hyatt What is the secret to great style? Confidence. The confidence to wear clothes that reflect your personality. The confidence not to follow trends, wear what your peer group is wearing or what the high street fashion is dictating. What is the one…

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11 real life contrast examples

11 Real Life Examples of Dressing to Your Contrast

Colour, Discover Your Colours, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportNovember 24, 2014134 Comments

12345678910111 1. High Value Contrast, Low Colour Contrast Brown eyes, brown hair, neutral but fair skin, you are most likely to fall into this category. So what should Michelle wear? You want to put together a high value contrast – so light and dark colours together, then a low colour contrast – so either all…

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What I Wore this Week

Outfits, Travel and PackingBy Imogen LamportNovember 22, 201415 Comments

Networking meeting lunch and a hot day so I went for this DVF Snakeprint dress which is cool and comfortable. This was my Wednesday outfit, I was spending half the day at the hairdresser getting my 6 weekly cut and colour (thanks to the fabulous team at Anthony Nitson Hair for making me look so…

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The Best Necklaces and Earrings for a Long Neck

Accessories, Reader QuestionsBy Imogen LamportNovember 21, 20148 Comments

Hello Imogen. I very love your blog articles, great thanks for them! I have too long neck, so I am looking for advice on what to wear accessory wise with a long neck. I know, that higher necklines are great, but I am not sure about earrings design. Please, would you so kindly, can you…

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Size is Just a Label

Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportNovember 20, 20148 Comments

What size are you? That’s a loaded question. I can tell you that I’m not a size. It’s not how I define myself and defining your self worth on a size is a very negative thing to do for your psychological health. I wear clothing that has size labels inside, and I van tell you…

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How to work with your colour and value contrast to flatter your unique colouring

7 Important Factors for Working with Contrast

Colour, Prints and Patterns, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportNovember 19, 201441 Comments

I’ve been asked to show you some examples of using contrast – what is high medium and low contrast, so here are examples and the 7 essential elements you need to know about using contrast. You need to understand your personal contrast levels to then choose the clothing/garments and create outfits using a similar contrast…

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Stylish Thoughts – Sue Serle

Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportNovember 18, 20147 Comments

Today’s Stylish Thoughts comes from Newcastle (Australia) based Evolve Your Style member and purveyor Vintage and Pre-loved clothing via her online store Over the Hill and Far Away, the lovely Sue Serle. What is the secret to great style? Confidence! Knowing that every day is a new opportunity and confidence is the key. Style to…

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7 Top Tips to What Dates and What Becomes Timeless

Fabric, Fashion Trends, More, Prints and PatternsBy Imogen LamportNovember 17, 201421 Comments

After a recent discussion with the Evolve Your Style group members, when deciding what to keep and what to throw out (because it is dated), I was asked about what is dated and what becomes timeless. I thought I’d ask one of our group members and recent Stylish Thoughts contributor Lisa White share her thoughts…

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What I Wore This Week and Some Inspiration

OutfitsBy Imogen LamportNovember 15, 20149 Comments

I’ve been making colour swatches – yes they are all completely hand made, each one the colours are chosen specifically for the group, and every time we print, colours change, so we have to move colours around from one colour group to another as they no longer fit where they were, but now fit somewhere…

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It’s My 5:2 Fastiversary

About Imogen, Body Image, MoreBy Imogen LamportNovember 14, 201417 Comments

One year ago today I started on my 5:2 Way of Eating (I don’t call it the D word) and today I’m around 15kg lighter and a whole lot healthier. I’ve written about how I’ve done it and what it is here. When I started, I was on cholesterol medication (my whole family is on…

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How to Accessorize Grey Hair

Accessories, Reader QuestionsBy Imogen LamportNovember 13, 201415 Comments

Dear Imogen Do you have any advice on how to accessorize with salt and pepper hair? After ceasing to color my hair, my natural color is revealed to be a combination of multicolored warm/neutral grey streaks from ivory, to ecru, to silver, to taupe, to charcoal to a few streaks of seal grey. (I wear…

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How to Wear a Cropped Top or Sweater (Jumper)

Body Variations, Fashion Trends, Reader QuestionsBy Imogen LamportNovember 12, 20145 Comments

Hi. I’ve been reading your blog and found it amazingly helpful! Can you give me some tips for wearing crop shirts? Certainly, they can make your legs look longer. But I’ve seen people wearing them, and sometimes their legs looked rather short because the short tops only emphasized their bottoms. I see the difference, but…

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Stylish Thoughts – Alison Goodman

Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportNovember 11, 20144 Comments

Super excited to be able to share the Stylish Thoughts of author and Evolve Your Style(er) Alison Goodman. She’s based in Melbourne, Australia and you can find out more about her books here. What is the secret to great style? I am still pondering this one, and I think I may be doing so for…

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