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Category Archives: Accessories

coordinating necklaces to necklines

Co-ordinating Jewellery to Necklines

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportOctober 22, 20108 Comments

If the face is the ‘communication centre’ it’s really important to think about how to draw attention there. Finishing off getting dressed so that you look ‘put together’ and stylish is helped immensely by what happens above the bust as it is close to the face. Using a piece of jewellery in this area or…

What Jewellery to Choose When You Have a Short or Wide Neck

Accessories, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 7, 20108 Comments

Many people feel that if their neck is short or thick (or both) that it excludes them from wearing jewellery near their face, but this is not so. Look for necklaces that are to your first balance point or longer (double that length is great too). Avoid your second balance point (the high one). Look…

scarf storage ideas

13 Ways to Wear Scarves

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportAugust 25, 20104 Comments

Some people are jewellery people, some people are scarf people, I like to wear both, but more scarves in the winter and jewellery in the summer. Spring and Autumn, I go both ways Here are a few ideas about how to wear different shapes and sizes of scarves, and of course, you can also look…

matching jewellery

How to Find Necklaces to Fit Your Personality Style

Accessories, Personal Style, Reader QuestionsBy Imogen LamportJuly 7, 201012 Comments

A reader asked if I could write a post on when and how to wear necklaces. Well, I think when – anytime, all the time, whenever you want! So how is another question. How to Choose Jewellery to Suit Your Personality Style Some tips. Really long necklaces look best on those with a small bust,…

boring outfit accessorizing

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…

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…

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…

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…

Necklaces

How to Choose a Necklace to Work with a Pattern or Print

Accessories, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportDecember 9, 200910 Comments

One of the other elements of choosing a necklace, along with the neckline, is creating harmony with the print or pattern or other design features of the garment it’s sitting next to. From left to right, top to bottom: Snakeskin cardigan with multiple piece coral necklace – two naturally occurring shapes, made of many small…

How to Choose a Necklace to Work with Your Neckline

Accessories, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportDecember 7, 200911 Comments

I was asked by a reader how to choose match necklaces with clothing, so to start, here is a quick guide on how to match necklines and necklaces Necklines that have detail – beading, ruffles, cowls etc, don’t need any extra embellishment, avoid wearing a necklace with them. Lower necklines such as Vs, Scoops, Square,…

Where to Carry Your Handbag

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportNovember 26, 200917 Comments

Yesterday I did a post on What Size Handbag to Choose – one of the commenter’s asked about handbag placement,  should you wear it at your hips or under your arm,  down the side of your body and what happens when you wear it across your body?   The answer lies in knowing your body shape and…

What Size Handbag Should I Carry?

Accessories, Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportNovember 25, 200930 Comments

One of my lovely readers Karen sent me this email: I do think we can and should each find our own personal style and be comfortable with it. I do not understand the large size that handbags have become. If I carried a currently stylish handbag, it would be 90% empty, and I’m not sure…

How to Choose Earrings for your faceshape

Figuring Out Your Face Shape – Choosing Earrings

Accessories, Face StylesBy Imogen LamportNovember 11, 200910 Comments

In this post I’ll help you choose earrings according to your face shape. Hopefully after my last few posts you’ve now got more of an idea of your face shape.  Remember, these are guidelines only, and very few faces are exactly shaped.  In many ways, what is most important to figure out is: Answer these…

Pink dress and shoes

Heels or Flats? Dealing with the Shoe Dilemma

Accessories, ShoppingBy Imogen LamportOctober 21, 200919 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I love the look of high heels.  And I’m more than happy to wear them when I know I’ll get to do some serious sitting down.  But if I know I’ll be walking anywhere, then I tend to opt for either a kitten heel or flat.  Often when I’m…

Even More Certain Age Dressing

Accessories, Personal Style, Style Tips, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportOctober 14, 20098 Comments

While I was in Sydney at the AICI conference, I shared a hotel room with my lovely friend  and image consultant colleague Jan from New Zealand.  She was kind enough to let me take a happy snap of her outfits (missed a couple of days sorry) to share with you here. This was on Saturday This is…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Jeans and Jewellery

Accessories, Personal Style, Style Tips, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportAugust 4, 200920 Comments

Metscan asked about Jan’s attitudes to jewellery and jeans – here is her reply – FYI – in New Zealand, jandals are their word for flip-flops which in Australia we know as thongs! “In respect to jeans and jewellery, I think you have to take care when you with putting the two together , it…

Jewellery Ideas for the Busty

Accessories, Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportJuly 29, 200910 Comments

Reader Jamtart asked recently for some ideas on what kind of jewellery would suit her – she’s petite (5’1″) and busty – and wanted some ideas. I suggest some pieces that are larger in scale, but not heavy in dimension – so in all price ranges, here are some ideas.   Firstly, from Wendy Brandes…

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