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Category Archives: style tips

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…

What Shoes to Wear with Leggings

Colour, style tips, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 23, 200921 Comments

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.         Ankle length (left) – work best with high vamp shoes and sandals, either in a colour that is similar or…

How to break your colour rules

How to Break the Style Rules (and why you should)

Colour, Personal Style, style tipsBy Imogen LamportAugust 27, 200920 Comments

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…

Generational Dressing

About Imogen, Style Tips for MothersBy Imogen LamportAugust 26, 200916 Comments

This morning my lovely daughter Niamh (4) decided she wanted to wear my great grandmother’s beautiful smocked baby dress (which a: she wouldn’t fit into, and b: is over 100 years old so would perish, so I don’t want her to wear it). So when I said no to that dress, she decided to put…

why do women let themselves go?

Why Do Women Let Themselves Go?

Body Image, Research, Style Tips for MothersBy Imogen LamportAugust 25, 200943 Comments

The other day I received this comment on my post Enjoy the Power and Beauty of Your Youth from an Anonymous commenter: I actually think you are more beautiful now than at 27! I take one day at a time, for it is all we are given. I’m 34, my body will never again be…

Discovering Your Assets

Accessories, Body Proportions, style tips, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 12, 200910 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,…

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…

What Colour Shoes to Choose?

Colour, style tips, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJuly 30, 200934 Comments

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…

How to be Stylish at Any Age

H shape, Image Consulting, Personal Style, style tips, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportJuly 26, 200916 Comments

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…

how to stay cool modest and stylish in summer

Staying Cool and Modest in Summer

Accessories, Body Variations, style tips, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJuly 23, 200916 Comments

  I’m really struggling at the moment to find spring/summer clothes that don’t look too young for me. I don’t know why but a lot of stuff looks too fancy or ruffled, and that’s just not me 🙁I always end up feeling too warm in the warmer months, because I never quite get a good…

how to tie a long rectangular scarf

How to Tie a Pashmina Scarf

Accessories, style tipsBy Imogen LamportJuly 6, 200933 Comments

Here is a quick video of me showing a few ways of tying a pashmina style scarf.   A large rectangular scarf in a soft fabric makes a great accessory and it can be tied in multiple ways. And here is a pic of Niamh who tied her own scarf.

One Scarf Two Ways

Accessories, Personal Style, style tipsBy Imogen LamportJuly 3, 200912 Comments

Scarves seem to be the most wondered about accessory. So I thought I’d do a series on possible ways to wear them.   Here is a small square chiffon scarf worn in two ways.   Firstly, folded into a triangle then tied with the widest part of the triangle at the front, ends tied underneath…

Body Proportions Explained – The Effect of a Large Bust

Accessories, Body Proportions, style tipsBy Imogen LamportJune 24, 200926 Comments

  I’ve had a couple of commenters who have wanted to know what to do with their large bust, given their body proportions.   Interestingly, even if you have a balanced waist, a large bust can give you the appearance of a short waist, as by the time the clothes go out over your bust…

Shoe Money

Shoe Money

Personal Style, style tips, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportJune 16, 200925 Comments

High heels are interesting. I meet clients who love heels and wear them every day, in fact they say that heels are more comfortable than flats. I meet clients who never wear heels, no matter what the occasion, they are just too uncomfortable for them. I like both heels and flats. Heels work better for…

How to Wear Leggings

Accessories, style tipsBy Imogen LamportJune 8, 200920 Comments

I’ve had a few requests on how to wear leggings after my post the other week.  So here are some ideas if you’re no longer in your twenties or don’t want to show off too much leg.   From left to right: A skirt that is a bit too short – leggings that go over…

How to Choose Glasses – The Most Important Factor

Accessories, face styles, Personal Style, style tipsBy Imogen LamportMay 24, 20096 Comments

Today I’m starting again working with an optometry education company doing a workshop with retail optometry staff to teach them some of the image related aspects of helping their clients choose flattering glasses frames.   But before you even start trying on frames, the No. 1 factor that will affect your choice, and what you…

Contrast with jewellery in keeping with your personality

Personality and Contrast – the final key

Colour, Style, style tips, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportFebruary 27, 200922 Comments

So we’ve covered colour contrast and value contrast, the final piece of the puzzle is how your personality affects your contrast levels. Your personality can be a ‘rule breaker’ or ‘rule stickler’ one – if you are dramatic, rebellious or high energy (life of the party), no matter what your outward appearance, you may enjoy…

What to wear when you have a curvy X shape petite body

How to Dress the Petite Curvy Body

style tips, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportFebruary 4, 200913 Comments

Petite and curvy can be a little tricky to dress, so how do you take the X shape rules and then make them work for a petite height so that nothing overwhelms? And of course, your style also needs to relate to your personality too – this is part of the style puzzle that can…

How to distract from asymmetrical facial or body features

How to Distract from Asymmetrical Features

face styles, style tipsBy Imogen LamportJanuary 15, 200918 Comments

I was recently having a conversation with a bespoke tailor friend and colleague, and she mentioned that she has a friend with scoliosis who has difficulty buying clothes that camouflage her scapula, which sticks out her back at an odd angle. My friend mentioned she’d done some web searching and could find nothing on how…

how to be fashionably fabulous not frumpy or a fashion victim

Fashionably Fabulous, Not Frumpy or Fashion Victim

style tips, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJanuary 8, 200913 Comments

In keeping with my list making posts of the past week, one more… these tips you may agree or disagree with, but they are a guide for the woman who is passed the age of 30. Style Revivals – If you’ve worn it before, and it’s a fad, don’t wear it again unless it’s a…

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