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Category Archives: Personal Style

How to choose the right print that goes with your personality

How to Choose the Right Prints for Your Personality

Personal Style, Prints and Patterns, VideosBy Imogen LamportJune 27, 20192 Comments

One of the most important and integral parts of choosing prints and patterns is to make sure that the print is one you love. Prints, more than any other aspect of style and clothing choices, are based on personality. Body shape and figure flattery are important elements of the style puzzle, but if you don’t…

Finding Patterned Garments with the Most Flattering Print Placement

Finding Patterned Garments with the Most Flattering Print Placement

Fabric, Personal Style, Prints and Patterns, VideosBy Imogen LamportJune 20, 20193 Comments

Have you ever thought about print placement when you’re choosing a garment with a print or pattern? What do I mean by this? Well when you look at the garment, where does the print draw your eye? What stands out and grabs attention? Is the placement of the print flattering you or drawing attention to…

High Heels in the Wilderness Stylish Thoughts

Stylish Thoughts – High Heels in the Wilderness

Personal Style, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportJune 18, 20192 Comments

Please welcome Susan from Ottawa in Canada who writes the blog High Heels in the Wilderness and is sharing her Stylish Thoughts with you here. What’s the Secret to Great Style? I don’t think there is any one secret to great style. I also don’t think that I have particularly great style, I just love…

Is that Outfit Feedback Hard Data or Just an Opinion_

Is that Outfit Feedback Hard Data or Just an Opinion?

Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportMay 28, 20194 Comments

Ever had what you consider to be a little harsh outfit feedback? What one person thinks of as a compliment or an offhand comment, can be felt by the recipient to be cruel and hurtful. Before you decide to retreat from the world and never ask for outfit feedback, remember that feedback isn’t necessarily criticism…

What gymnasts can teach you about style - the 25 questions to ask yourself to help hone and develop your personal style

What World Champion Gymnasts Can Teach You About Becoming More Stylish

Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportMay 24, 20196 Comments

The other day chatting with my gorgeous 14-year-old daughter on the way back from her gymnastics practise she was talking about how her gym buddy, who she’s teamed up with to do a pairs competition in a few weeks, was stressing out about not being good enough, not being perfect, that she might fall off…

What is Trans-Seasonal Dressing and How to Use it to Get More Mileage From Your Wardrobe

What is Trans-Seasonal Dressing and How to Use it to Get More Mileage From Your Wardrobe

Outfits, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportMay 17, 20193 Comments

What is trans-seasonal dressing anyway?  Simply, it’s wearing the same garments the whole year around, through each of the seasons.  It’s also particularly useful when the seasons are changing, from winter to spring, and summer to autumn.  When the mornings are chilly but the days are warm, as it relies on layering garments that can…

Elysha Lenkin Styles - Stylish Thoughts

Stylish Thoughts – Elysha Lenkin Styles

Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportMay 14, 2019Leave a comment

New York City based Stylist and blogger Elysha Lenkin shares her style and style tips on her blog Elysha Lenkin Styles and is sharing her Stylish Thoughts here today on Inside Out Style. What is the secret to great style? Confidence + intention + experimentation. Once you refine your taste to reflect what you love…

Expressing Your Style, Your Way

Expressing Your Style, Your Way

Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportMay 9, 20193 Comments

I am the best version of me I recently received this fun tee from Future Poet and it set me thinking about how this is such an important message for us all to take on board. As the saying goes “be you, because everyone else is taken” and this applies to your personal style as…

6 Insanely Simple Ways to Know if Your Neckline Need a Necklace

6 Insanely Simple Ways to Know if Your Neckline Needs a Necklace

Accessories, Outfits, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportMay 1, 20193 Comments

How do you know if your outfit needs a necklace or not?   The first place to look is at the neckline of your top as it will give you the answer to this question. 1. Your Top Is Densely Patterned Does your top have a dense pattern, one that has little ‘negative space’ and is…

Stylish Thoughts - Liz Klebba of Closet Play Image

Stylish Thoughts – Closet Play Image

Personal Style, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportApril 30, 20191 Comment

I’m truly delighted to be sharing the Stylish Thoughts of Liz Klebba, an image and colour consulting graduate of my Academy of Professional Image and truly stylish woman who loves helping others discover and express their style with her personal styling business Closet Play Image. Based in Augusta, Georgia, USA you can find her sharing…

Stylish Thoughts – Artful City Style

Personal Style, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportApril 23, 20193 Comments

I’m delighted to be sharing the Stylish Thoughts of Dayle who Instagrams at Artful City Style. Based in Manhattan, New York she shares her unique take on style regularly with her followers. Photos taken by Denton Taylor What is the secret to great style? Style is all about personal expression. As opposed to fashion, which…

Stylish Thoughts – The Fabulous Journey

Personal Style, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportApril 16, 20194 Comments

I’m delighted to be introducing you to Shellie Bowdoin blogger of The Fabulous Journey. Based in Manilla, the Philippines Shellie is sharing her Stylish Thoughts here.   What is the secret to great style? One of my favorite “fortune cookie” sayings is, “Know Thyself.” I believe the secret to great style is knowing what works…

Stylish Thoughts - When the Girls Rule

Stylish Thoughts – When the Girls Rule

Personal Style, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportApril 9, 20194 Comments

I’m delighted to welcome from the Midwest of the USA, Julia who writes the blog When the Girl’s Rule and shares her Stylish Thoughts with you today and I particularly love her body positive messages. You can also find her on Instagram and Youtube. What is the secret to great style? So, to me, style…

Stylish Thoughts - Rebecca Ffrancon Style

Stylish Thoughts – Rebecca Ffrancon Style

Personal Style, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportMarch 26, 20192 Comments

From London in the UK comes Rebecca Ffrancon, a graduate of the Academy Professional Image and Image and Colour Consultant who shares her tips on building a more stylish and colourful wardrobe on her blog and Instagram. 1. What is the secret to great style? I think it’s all about understanding the huge role your…

How to use the 60-30-10 proportion rule in creating outfits and mixing colours

Using the 60/30/10 Rule to Create Fabulous Colour Combinations in Your Outfits

Colour, Outfits, Prints and Patterns, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportMarch 20, 20197 Comments

In interior decorating, there is a concept of the 60/30/10 rule – that is percentages of different colours to use in a decorating scheme.  60% + 30% + 10 % proportion formula is considered to be a timeless decorating rule that can be used to mix different colours in a balanced way in a room.…

6 Ways Blake Lively Rocks Creative-Dramatic Outfits (and how you can too)

6 Ways Blake Lively Rocks Creative-Dramatic Outfits (and how you can too)

Personal Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportMarch 19, 2019Leave a comment

Do you want to make your outfits more creative or dramatic, or a combination of both? Blake Lively has what I’d describe as a Creative/Dramatic style (a touch of Relaxed, Feminine and Elegant Chic thrown in too). What does she wear and how does she put her style together? Let’s break it down so you…

What Rose Byrne Can Teach You About Adding Dramatic Dressing Style Elements to Your Outfits

8 Tips Rose Byrne Can Teach You About Adding Dramatic Style Elements to Your Outfits

Outfits, Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportMarch 7, 20191 Comment

The Dramatic Personality Dressing Style is one that you may see as bold and attention seeking. Commonly it includes larger scale patterns, details or accessories, sharp angles in design and bold colours. It’s a style that suits a stronger personality, one who is not interested in blending-in with the crowd, but instead wants to stand…

Where the Stars Go Right with Their Oscars Frocks and Why They Work and what you can learn from these examples and apply to your outfits when choosing colours, fabrics, patterns and textures.

Where the Stars Go Right with Their Oscars Frocks and Why They Work

Drape, texture and sheen, Fabric, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportFebruary 28, 20192 Comments

The 2019 Oscars have just happened and I was saddened at the choice of many of the frocks, I mean when you’ve got the money and the stylists and the access to amazing designers – why, why, why were there so many misses on the red carpet this year? Way too many of them resembled…

How to wear sheer garments with style

What You Need to Know About Wearing Sheer Garments to Have Sheer Style

Fabric, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportFebruary 26, 20192 Comments

Sheer garments are lovely and light and can add a feminine or elegant element to your outfit.  Assuming you’re not a Hollywood Starlet (or catwalk model) looking to get your picture in the news, the question often is, what to wear under them? How do you choose the right underlayer for your sheer garments?  There…

The Truth About How Ageing Actually Affects Your Style - colouring, body shape, lifestyle, values

The Truth About How Ageing Actually Affects Your Style

Body Shapes, Colour, Fabric, Face Styles, Personal Style, Prints and Patterns, Reader Questions, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportFebruary 22, 201913 Comments

I have found at 52 I no longer like the way prints look on me. Printed tops were once a significant part of my wardrobe, but as my hair and colouring have cooled they now overwhelm me. Can you explore the types of style changes one may need to make? What are the changed I…

5 Ways Meghan Markle Updates and Modernises Classic Outfits

Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportFebruary 19, 2019Leave a comment

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, often includes Classic dressing style elements as part of her outfit. Her take on Classic is modern and often with a Dramatic twist. It’s a fashion-forward version of Classic dressing, a style that can too easily become stuffy, old-fashioned or just plain boring. So what does she do differently?…

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