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Category Archives: Body Image

Psychology of Colour – Purple

Colour, psychological mattersBy Imogen LamportNovember 4, 20137 Comments

Purple (or violet) is a colour with many connotations and meanings.  In the past it was associated with royalty as it was such a hard colour to create from natural materials to dye fabric thus was only worn but the very rich and powerful.  It’s symbolic for wealth and status in Japan. These days, as…

Psychology of Colour – Orange

Colour, psychological mattersBy Imogen LamportOctober 25, 201310 Comments

Orange – a colour that few list as their favourite colour, but one that radiates warmth, joy and happiness. Orange is fun, it’s playful and will encourage conversation if used in decorating an environment. Not only does it encourage communication, it also stimulates appetite. It’s not a colour that works well in business, it’s message…

Fabulous Fashionistas – Style Documentary

Ageing, Personal Style, videosBy Imogen LamportOctober 11, 201310 Comments

A fabulous documentary on style and fashion – showing it’s not just for the young! It’s now available for viewing here.

Psychology of Colour – Red

Colour, psychological mattersBy Imogen LamportSeptember 13, 20133 Comments

Red has a physiological effect on us. It stimulates and raises blood pressure. It’s warm overtone makes it the most noticeable colour which is why it’s used to alert us – stop signs and traffic lights are two such examples. Because of its stimulating effect it makes time to appear to go faster. It’s the…

How to Avoid Looking Frumpy or Matronly

Ageing, looking younger, Reader questions, style rules, style tipsBy Imogen LamportAugust 16, 201344 Comments

I would be interested in your advice on the opposite of looking more mature- how to avoid look ‘mature” i.e. matronly or frumpy when you are a larger size (i.e. 16+) woman….Thanks. Love reading your posts   To avoid looking frumpy: Ensure that you don’t wear too much volume at the same time. Only one…

Psychology of Colour – Blue

Colour, psychological mattersBy Imogen LamportAugust 5, 20131 Comment

Blue is the world’s favourite colour. It surrounds us, from the sea to the sky but it is rarely found in food. A blue sky says “trust me as I will not rain on you”. A blue sky is calm, peaceful and non-threatening. It promotes relaxation (don’t we all love to look at pictures of…

Svelte in Style – How to Look and Feel Great While Losing Weight – Out Now

Body Image, psychological matters, videosBy Imogen LamportJuly 24, 20133 Comments

I’m so excited to let you know that as of today, you can purchase a copy of Jill Chivers and my new ebook Svelte in Style: How to Look and Feel Great While Losing Weight. It’s a fabulous resource for the many women who are currently on a weight loss journey or who are about…

7 Easy Ways to Dressing Youthfully but Not Too Young

Ageing, Personal Style, Reader questionsBy Imogen LamportJune 10, 20131 Comment

Reader’s question: “Hi Imogen, I was on Yelp today and reading up on reviews for clothing places to shop in NYC. I saw a number of reviewers talk about how difficult it is for the 30 or 40 something to find clothes that still make them look young but aren’t so young looking that make…

Is Barbie’s Body Even Possible?

Body ImageBy Imogen LamportApril 20, 20134 Comments

Saw this and had to share    

How to Become a Conscious Shopper

psychological matters, shopping, videosBy Imogen LamportJanuary 31, 2013Leave a comment

Last week I spent time in Queensland and was lucky enough to catch up with the lovely Jill Chivers who is an expert in the field of over shopping. Jill is a recovered shopaholic, so we made this video on becoming a more conscious shopper and some of the warning signs of over shopping as…

What Flaw is That?

Beauty, Body Image, self esteemBy Imogen LamportAugust 24, 201215 Comments

People don’t notice your flaws until you point them out. I learned this from a friend, many years ago at University. She had heaps of friends and appeared very attractive. One day I asked her what her secret was and she told me that she never ever points out what she perceives to be a…

Body Image – Breasts

Body Image, Bust, psychological mattersBy Imogen LamportApril 19, 201257 Comments

I was just reading an article on Mamamia  by Anna Spargo-Ryan about whether or not having a breast reduction is superficial in the way that having breast enlargement is seen as superficial and it got me thinking about my own breasts and how I feel about them. I’ve got a rather large bust (34G) and am…

Advanced Style – Tips for the over 40s

Ageing, looking younger, videosBy Imogen LamportFebruary 23, 20121 Comment

Many clients tell me that they’re worried about looking like mutton dressed as lamb (ie, too young for their age). But just as much I have clients who don’t want to look or feel frumpy and old, they want to be modern and youthful, but still appropriate – so how do you achieve this? Jill…

The New Revolution in Beauty

Beauty, Body Image, videosBy Imogen LamportJanuary 11, 20125 Comments

Maybe she’s born looking this amazing? Or maybe not … just love this video – watch it through to the end.

7 Ways to Dress the 50+ Woman with Style

Ageing, Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportOctober 3, 201112 Comments

I’d love a blog post about appropriate dressing for those of us over 50…what looks good, what doesn’t… There are no hard and fast rules for the over 50s and I think that in many ways age is a state of mind.  Trying to look 20 at 50 comes across as rather sad and desperate,…

Dressing Your Age When You Naturally Look Young

Ageing, Personal Style, style tipsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 14, 201121 Comments

Hi Imogen, I was wondering if you could give me some advice, as my problem is the opposite of one you have dealt with several times regarding “mutton dressed as lamb”. I’m 38 but look a lot younger (people generally guess my age at 25-28). Should I dress my age or the age I look?…

Weekend Reading: 16 July 2011

Accessories, Beauty, Body ImageBy Imogen LamportJuly 16, 20111 Comment

This week I spent most of my time awake moving my blog from blogger to wordpress and reconfiguring it all… so much technical stuff for a non-techie is making my head explode. I really hope you like the new improved site and I’m in the process of installing a forum so you can communicate here,…

Weekend Reading: 25 June 2011

psychological matters, weekend readingBy Imogen LamportJune 24, 20113 Comments

Following up from my post on Loving Your Stomach – Materfamilias writes about grappling with the issue. What colour should you paint your closet space? Maria at Colour Me Happy has some inspiration (if only I had a wardrobe that looked anything like the ones in her pictures.) LPC from Privilege writes about her style…

Why Do We Hate Our Stomachs So Much?

Body Image, psychological mattersBy Imogen LamportJune 19, 201127 Comments

Time and time again when I ask clients about what they’d like to highlight and camouflage on their body stomachs come up as a place that they dislike and want to make disappear. Most of the time these are normal stomachs. I see a lot of stomachs in my job as an image consultant and…

At the AICI Conference in Orlando and What We Wore

AgeingBy Imogen LamportMay 20, 20114 Comments

.. Hello from Orlando, Florida.  I’m here and sharing a hotel room with the lovely Jan Fisher (who you will know from these posts on Certain Age dressing).  I thought I’d share a couple of outfits with you that we’ve worn yesterday and today. The first two outfits are what we wore to the opening…

What’s Your Happy Colour?

Colour, psychological mattersBy Imogen LamportMay 3, 201121 Comments

Sunset over Wellington NZ harbour Having just spent the past 5 days running a Personal Colour Analysis training course I’ve been thinking lots about colour. Part of the course covers psychology of colour and I like to think about what colours mean to me, or to you and why. An experience with a client one…

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