Today I was talking on the phone to someone in Queensland (a hotter part of Australia) about a new and exciting product just on the market (I’ll share that with you soon), and she said she’d send me one, did I want white or black? Then she said, I assume black for you, not because…
For some mid-week fun. Like many people, I love a quiz (especially when it’s short), and I particularly love colour quizzes, and quizzes about personality, so how lucky was I to stumble over this great colour quiz. I discovered that I’m yellow: You are quite the powerful thinker. It’s this talent that allows you to…
Following on from my post about the Style Rules I’d never break, with some great comments about your style rules, it led me into thinking about all those rules out there, should you or shouldn’t you? Style Rules You Should Break 1. Blue and green should never be seen – I break this one all…
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…
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…
From The Daily Mail Parents have a duty to boycott shops that sell ‘sexist’ pink toys and clothes for girls, according to a pressure group backed by a Labor minister. The ‘Pinkstinks’ campaign, founded by twins Emma and Abi Moore, says young girls are being led up ‘pink alleys’ by companies that target them with…
Pink – the right pink flatters your complexion and makes you look healthy and glowing, it also is the colour of love and a nurturing colour. It, will make a man feel more protective. Red – sensual and fiery, this colour conveys a very confident message, it may be interpreted that you are tiger in…
If you want to look taller or slimmer, you need to use the unbroken line as your guide to dressing. What is the unbroken line? Every time you end a garment, and the hem of each garment creates horizontal lines (which break up your body), you are shortening and widening yourself. So creating an unbroken…
How do you choose a colour for your bathers? Swimwear can be tricky to purchase at the best of times for many of us! And wearing a swimsuit can feel very exposing, so finding a colour that will draw attention away from your body and to your face is a great way to feel more…
Following on from my post the other day on figuring out whether you have warm or cool colouring, this comment was left by YSJ: I tried this, and although I can see the change in skin tone when I hold up different colors, I really can’t tell which ones look better on me! Is it…
Reader Fins asked: To my question: I have grey streaks in what used to be very dark brown hair, and I have noticed that the hair looks more grey when I wear the greyer end of colours such as mauve or cocoa, whereas with mid-intensity blues or with aquas or dark charcoal my hair looks…
Ok, so hopefully you now have some idea of whether you are warm or cool and your undertone vs overtone from these posts. Now it’s time to figure out your intensity – what is intensity? It’s the saturation or brightness or dullness of the colour. Albert Munsell was the man who figured out that colour…
Yesterday in the comments of the first part of Discover Your Colours – Warm or Cool – this comment was left by rb: This is such a complicated thing. I have about the pinkest skin on earth so am a cool, but I have reddish brunette hair and blue eyes with gold flecks, so I’m…
In honour of my new colour system (The Absolute Colour System of 18 colour directions) that I’ve been working on for the past few months, which has finally arrived from the printers, I thought that I’d do a week on colour concepts. Why does colour matter so much? It’s the difference between looking your…
This week I found happiness with friends – my best friend from university (I met her on the first day of uni 22 years ago), we were each others bridesmaids, and I’m a godmother of her oldest daughter (now 12) came down to visit from Canberra with her 3 daughters and husband. It was…
How to wear leggings seems to be a highly googled question, and what sorts of shoes work with leggings is a hot topic, so here is my 2c on the subject. Here are some ideas: 1.Ankle length (left) – work best with high vamp shoes and sandals, either in a colour that…
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…
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…
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…
Have you ever heard of the term Visual Grouping (we group like with like to make it easier for our brains to work through all the millions of bits of data it has to contend with second by second)? This principle can help you when deciding on a shoe colour to wear with your skirts…
To celebrate my 200th post last week, I decided that I needed a makeover for my blog – so I engaged the services of the lovely Katie Lane from Lemon Cherry Blogs to make me over! So here is my stunning new look – I hope you like it as much as I do.…
