I love books, which is why I was so attracted to work in publishing when I left university, and one of my favourite ever memories was the first time I walked through the warehouse at Penguin, seeing row upon row of stacks of shiny new books. The colours of the covers, the potential enjoyment,…
I received this email from a gorgeous client of mine and she is generously letting me share it with you. Hi Imogen, The clothes are working really well. I’m even getting second looks off people at work and comments about my hair so the colours must be working really well because the style hasn’t changed.…
Yesterday I got The September Issue out on DVD. I’d wanted to watch it when it was at the cinema, but never got there in time (which I find is often the case). This was a documentary that I really enjoyed, and what I enjoyed most was seeing the sumptuous feast that is Grace Coddington’s…
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…
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…
What’s your greatest challenge with dressing? What do you want to know? Is it about your body shape? Is it about a specific part of your body? Is is about accessorising? Is it about fit? Is it about fabric? Is it about choosing flattering colours? Is it about putting together a wardrobe that works? Is…
How exciting – I won the Womens category of the Business Mums Blog Awards – thanks so much for all who nominated and voted for Inside Out Style! Congratulations to the other winners: Business – WAHM Biz Builder Parenting – Your Cheeky Monkey Environment – Twinkle Lily
Image and Style Books – The Triumph of Individual Style by Carla Mathis The other day I did a review of The Little Black Book of Style – which I wan’t hugely impressed with. I was asked what books I did think were worth the money, I’ve already done a review of Christopher Hopkins Staging…
Have you thought about setting yourself a wardrobe capsule challenge? What’s this? Well, it’s where you decide to limit what you wear in your wardrobe to just a few items for a week or longer. Project 333 is the well-known known version of this (where you take 33 items and wear them, and only them…
I’ve just finished reading Nina Garcia’s The Little Black Book of Style. With advice like “throw out what you don’t wear and what doesn’t look good on you” which is pretty basic stuff (though what many find hard to determine for themselves) there is some good advice to follow. Her basic 10…
Sunday morning, reading The Age newspaper over my breakfast, and what do I see – but an article about a study done at the Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark that suggests that people with thinner thighs are more likely to suffer from heart disease! This study followed 3000 men and women over a 10…
I spent a morning with Jen of Alluring Lingerie who showed me her gorgeous range of bras. Even though I’ve been fitted for bras over the recent years, we decided to do another fitting – and guess what – my rib cage has shrunk! Having kids expanded it a bit, but since that’s been a…
According to some recent research (though I doubt it would pass any sort of peer review) published in The Daily Mail (UK) DAVID THOMAS combed through a mountain of government statistics, academic research, media surveys and pollsters’ reports to uncover the truth about the way UK women are… here is a short extract: MRS…
I received this award from the thoughtful and stylish LPC at Privilege. Thanks SO much! LPC’s blog is an eclectic mix of things from her life and her interest, from exercise to fashion, from midlife to food, all from her high wasp perspective (which is interesting to me as WASPS are not something we…
Retailers who think the secret to great sales figures is all in the hiring of very attractive female staff could find themselves very much mistaken. According to the latest research from the University of South Australia the power of “gorgeous girls” at the counter has some very clear limits. UniSA PhD researcher, Bianca…
The other day the 40 year old me got out a photo of the 27 year old me as I was teaching a section of my image consulting course which covers what kinds of facial features and shapes best suit very short hair. I wasn’t as taken aback by my Pixie haircut, which was more…
I’ve had quite a few requests from my lovely readers to do some posts on 50+ dressing, so rather than me do up another polyvore, I thought I’d bring some ‘real life’ 50+ into my blog. Let me introduce you to my gorgeous friend and colleague Jan Fisher – who is an image…
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.…
I want you to take a look today at Karen Of a Certain Age’s blog post today about Russia’s first lady, Svetlana Medvedev. Given her status, I’m guessing she’s dressed designer – so why doesn’t she pay to have her hems altered professionally to a length that suits her figure, buy a more uplifting bra,…
Here I am at the Gala Dinner of the 2009 Conference Dinner on Sunday Night (yes, we felt the earthquake, the lightfittings swung for about 5 minutes afterwards, and the hotel lifts were shut for 3 hours after the quake). I’m with my gorgeous friend and colleague Jan Fisher who is an image consultant in…
At the AICI conference I got to meet the fabulous image consultant and author Brenda Kinsel who shared these tips with me, so I could share them with you. I asked Brenda for 5 tips to help you improve your wardrobe and image 1. At the change of season, when you swap your wardrobe over…
