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Owning your style and some of the internal processes to feeling fabulous

Owning Your Style – Creating Fabulous Outfits for You

Accessories, Body Shapes, Reader Questions, VideosBy Imogen LamportAugust 29, 201718 Comments

How do you feel about your style?  Do you feel fabulous, ok or not great?  How do you feel about what you wear?  Do you own your style? In this (20 minute) video Jill Chivers of Shop Your Wardrobe and I discuss some of our own feelings about these questions and where the answers and…

Dealing with a 3D body in a 2D Fashion world - finding clothes that fit

Why Living with a 3D Body in a 2D Fashion World Makes Shopping Such a Nightmare

Body Proportions, Body Shapes, Body Variations, ShoppingBy Imogen LamportJune 22, 20176 Comments

  Say “Aye!” if you are frustrated by shopping because what looks great on a hanger doesn’t look great when you get it into the change rooms and try it on your body? We are led to believe that all women LOVE shopping.  That all we want to do is shop til we drop, day…

Get Your Free wardrobe menu checklists so you can build your ultimate wardrobe

What Will You Choose from My Closet Menu Checklist?

Wardrobe, Where to StartBy Imogen LamportMarch 3, 20173 Comments

There are just so many lists of essentials that “every woman should own” out there on the internet. If you’ve been reading Inside Out Style for a while you’ll realise that I don’t believe in such prescriptive lists. Why not? Well I know from the experience of working with thousands of clients is that we…

Choosing shoe styles to go with your pants

4 Things You Must Know to Match Shoe Styles with Your Pants

Accessories, Body Proportions, Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportFebruary 10, 20175 Comments

  Just like with skirts, different shoe styles suit different trouser styles.  When you think about how to choose a shoe and heel style to work with your pants, you will want to take into consideration a few aspects. 1.  Trouser Shape and Shoe Selection From the widest palazzo pant to your skinny leg pant,…

How to Be a Style Magician

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportFebruary 1, 20176 Comments

How does magic work?  We’re smart people, we should be able to see the tricks of a magician?  Yet, how often have you seen a magic trick and been perplexed at it how fools your eye? The art of the magician is in illusion and distraction.  The magician distracts you away from the trick, at the…

How to Dress With Conflicting Body Shape Advice

Body Proportions, Body Shapes, Reader QuestionsBy Imogen LamportDecember 2, 20164 Comments

Dear Imogen, Thank you so much for creating Inside Out Style. Many of the style blogs I find are designed for models or teens, at least that’s how it seems to me. Most of your articles are for more mature women, with children. And you don’t pretend to have a perfect figure, you teach us…

How to look for verticals to look taller and slimmer

How You Can Use Verticals To Look Taller and Slimmer

Body, Body ImageBy Imogen LamportNovember 23, 20162 Comments

  As I discussed in this post on my Three Rules of Horizontal Lines, line in clothing design creates optical illusions depending on the direction of the line. Verticals lengthen.  Partly because they go up and down (giving height) but also becasue our eyes move along them more quickly than they do on horizontal or…

Discover how understanding the effects of horizontal lines will make it so much easier to create flattering outfits

Imogen’s Three Rules of Horizontal Lines

Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportNovember 15, 20169 Comments

  Before you take that garment into the change room, understanding the illusion of line really helps you choose clothes that flatter your figure. Lines are used in clothing design in a number of ways: As part of the silhouette – that’s the outline of the garment In the construction – that’s all the seams that…

Where to Shop for Clothes When You Have a Large Bust

Body Variations, ShoppingBy Imogen LamportNovember 8, 20161 Comment

Online Busty Retailers Overview- Part II Review by Ms SmartandBusty These busty retailer are more casual, but some of them still produce many items that is suitable for professional office wear. BiuBiu ($-$$) BiuBiu is a Polish company with a single brick and mortar store in Lodz. Sizing: 2 dimensional sizing with the same structure…

Best Online Shopping Options for Office Attire for Big Busts

Body Variations, ShoppingBy Imogen LamportNovember 1, 20162 Comments

  Looking for office attire to flatter your big bust? Need to find smart clothes that fit over your bust (would you like to be able to get that jacket buttoned up?). Then look no further. Canadian large busted reader Orsi is sharing her review of some of the online busty retailers to help all…

Playing with the scale of pearls

Play with Scale – Weekend Style Challenge

Accessories, Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportOctober 8, 2016Leave a comment

This weekend’s style challenge is about having fun and experimenting with the scale of your accessories and details. To find out more about choosing scale of details and accessories read these posts: Choosing scale based on personality style How to flatter larger facial features S is for Scale How to choose a necklace How to make…

How to Choose to the Scale of Details and Accessories Based on Your Personality

Accessories, Body Variations, Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportOctober 5, 20168 Comments

If you’ve been reading this blog for more than a nanosecond, you’ll know that I truly believe that personality is the most important factor when choosing clothes and accessories. I listed 10 ways personality is more important than body shape here. And you may be aware (but if you’re new, maybe not) that body shape,…

What to Wear and Where to Shop as a Tall Woman

Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportAugust 24, 201625 Comments

It would be interesting if you had some things about what to do when you are NOT petite or “regular” but are a*TALL Woman* and *long limbed*. For example, you had a blog post recently about getting things tailored that was all about how to make things smaller. You didn’t have anything about what to…

Belting a Cardigan - Tips on tie belts vs wide belts particularly when you have an undefined waist

Why Fabric Tie Belts are the Enemy of Your Waist

Accessories, Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportAugust 11, 201610 Comments

Belts are an accessory that can add interest and detail to your outfit. They can add definition or highlight your waist or hips (depending where you’re wearing them). But they can also draw an unflattering horizontal line (which is broadening as I’ve explained in the illusion of horizontal lines here) if you already have a…

13 Ways to Flatter a Super Long Torso or Long Rise

Body Proportions, Reader QuestionsBy Imogen LamportAugust 5, 201627 Comments

Hey, Imogen, I’ve got a reader question for your data banks, perhaps you’ll have a slow month over the holiday season or something. 🙂 …I’ve searched your blog and found very little joy for the long-torsos amongst us. (though the blog’s fantastic, and I’ve really learned a ton!). Here’s the sitch: I’ve got a very…

Why your body is a room and how you should decorate it

Why You Should Imagine Your Body is a Room

Accessories, Body Shapes, Personal Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJuly 14, 201617 Comments

And how that can help you discover your personal style, let go of clothes that don’t suit and build a better wardrobe This morning I was having a conversation with one of my lovely image consultant (personal stylist) graduates and she mentioned that she has great difficulty throwing out clothes and makeup that don’t work,…

Foundation Garments - why they are so important and how to choose the right ones

Why The Foundations You Choose Are So Important

Body Variations, Reader Questions, Videos, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJuly 11, 20162 Comments

Answering another reader’s question about choosing underwear (aka foundation garments) Jill Chivers of Shop Your Wardrobe and I tackle this subject in this video blog post. The Most Important Aspects of Choosing Great Foundation Garments Choosing the right shape of bra for what you’re wearing – tips here. Your underpants may need to be a…

why social media sharing is super important

Why I Need You to Share This and Every Blog Post

More, Where to StartBy Imogen LamportJuly 7, 2016Leave a comment

Do you find what you read here useful? Then please share it! Your sharing my content on social media has a positive impact…. When you share one of my blog posts either via email or your social media you make a difference to my (and my family’s) life. These days Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest algorithms…

style rules

Breaking the Petite Style Rules

Body Variations, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportJune 23, 20165 Comments

Just because you’re petite doesn’t mean you can break your style rules. You just have to do it in a knowledgeable way. You can read up lots of rules (which are of course just guidelines) here on the blog. Some of the petite style rules that I find matter the most are: Scale – don’t…

10 Long Legged Petite Dressing Tips

Body Proportions, Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportJune 22, 20169 Comments

I was asked by a reader who is petite but has long legs for tips on dressing. Now more often than not, petite (5’4″/162cm or under) women are petite because their legs are proportionally short. But not all petite’s have short legs so some advice needs to be altered to dress well for the long…

Tips on choosing flattering jeans

How to Choose Jeans Styles to Flatter Your Hips

Body Shapes, Body Variations, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportJune 8, 2016Leave a comment

Many X, 8 and A shapes ask me how to make their hips look slimmer, and with jeans being such a staple of so many wardrobes it’s useful to know what kind of details to avoid when choosing a pair. 3 Simple Tips for Choosing Jeans Styles to Make Your Hips Look Slimmer It’s pretty simple…

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