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How to wear a high colour contrast when you're not high colour contrast

How to Wear a Multi-Coloured Item When You’re Not High Colour Contrast

Accessories, Colour, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportSeptember 29, 20173 Comments

I love colour (as regular readers will be aware) and I don’t have a naturally high colour contrast (ideally I’m physically more in the neutral plus 1 colour camp).  But I like to wear more than one colour in patterns as they are often more versatile than a colour plus neutral print, and have found…

Choosing Top Lengths for Skirts and Pants

Body Proportions, Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportSeptember 28, 20173 Comments

Hi Imogen. I have always heard that tops for skirts should be a bit shorter than tops for pants. My question is, how do you make this work when trying to put a capsule wardrobe together since tops should be able to work with both pants and skirts. I know you can tuck them in,…

How to wear the off the shoulder or cold-shoulder trend in cooler months

How to Work the Off the Shoulder Trend In Winter

Fashion TrendsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 27, 20175 Comments

The “cold shoulder” or “off the shoulder” trend has been big the last summer or so and continues on into the cooler months. So if you love this trend (and it’s great for those A shapes who want to add a nice horizontal line across the shoulders to balance hips), here is some inspiration.  …

Why It Matters How Much Skin You Expose in the Workplace

Dress Codes, Videos, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 26, 201715 Comments

Jill Chivers of Shop Your Wardrobe and I were asked to comment on the question of “how much skin is appropriate to show in the workplace”.  Now we are aware this can be quite a contentious as there will be some wildly differing views on this topic depending on your culture, your work environment, job,…

How to Add Colour To Your Neutral Outfits Without Looking Like a Clown

Accessories, Colour, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportSeptember 22, 20175 Comments

So you’re a bit scared of colour and you tend to wear black and grey and then combinations of black and grey as you’re just not sure how to add colour and you really don’t want to look like a clown. Now neutral outfits in black, white and grey abound on our city streets and…

Dressing Tips for the Dominantly Relaxed Personality For Evening Wear

7 Dressing Tips for the Dominantly Relaxed Personality For Evening Wear

Dress Codes, Occasion Dressing, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 20, 20179 Comments

The style that those with a highly relaxed, natural and more casual personality style find hardest to wear is evening wear. All that fuss, uncomfortable clothing (and possibly underwear required), high heels, highly groomed. Do you really have to dress up? Does it really matter? Are these a couple of questions you ask yourself? If…

How colours communicate

How You Can Use Colours to Communicate For You

Colour, Colour Psychology, Reader Questions, Videos, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportSeptember 19, 201712 Comments

Have you ever thought about how colours communicate?  What is their mood and how does your mood influence the colours you choose?  How about the energy of colours and what that expresses to the world? This is the topic of this video discussion with Jill Chivers of Shop Your Wardrobe. The Energy of Colour The…

How to Have the Perfect Wardrobe of Shoes

Accessories, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 13, 20174 Comments

What are the different kinds of shoes you need to have in your shoe wardrobe? There is no one right answer to this questions, but here are some important considerations when deciding what to include in your shoe wardrobe. Weather and Season Depending where you live in the world and how you spend your time,…

How to love everything in your wardrobe

How to Love Everything in Your Wardrobe More

Shopping, Videos, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 12, 201713 Comments

How can you love everything in your wardrobe that much more? Is it even possible? In this video, Jill Chivers of Shop Your Wardrobe and I discuss a technique to make sure that what you buy is what you love, so that you do feel excited and inspired by your wardrobe each day. Use the…

Managing the Transition from One Colour Palette to Another

How to Manage the Transition from One Colour Palette or Season to Another

Colour, Videos, Wardrobe, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportSeptember 5, 20179 Comments

How do you manage moving your wardrobe from one colour palette to another? Why Your Colour Palette May Change Directions (or Seasons) You are growing older year by year and your colouring has softened with age (yes it happens to all of us) and Jill and I have discussed where you may go here. You…

Making a classic style garment feel more relaxed and casual

How to Make a Classic Garment Suit a Casual Lifestyle

Drape, texture and sheen, Fabric, Personal Style, Prints and PatternsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 1, 201719 Comments

I’m an H shape, this means that straight (pencil) style skirts suit my figure much more than flared ones (this is also true for 8 Shapes). Pencil skirts are traditionally classic garments. They originated in the suit and are synonymous with the business world and the corporate office. I don’t work in one of those…

How to Thrift Shop Like a Pro

How to Thrift Shop Like a Pro

Shopping, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 31, 201717 Comments

Op Shops, as they are known in Australia, Thrift stores as they may be known outside of this wide brown land, are a fantastic place to find clothes and accessories. Why is this? Well not everything is tired, worn out and old (yes there is some of that) as so many people have unworn garments…

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…

How to Look Good on a Video Call

How to Look Good on a Video Call

Reader Questions, Style, Videos, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 24, 20174 Comments

Video conferencing has become more and more popular as the technology has improved and with more and more people working from home, it’s important to know what styles of clothes do and don’t work on a video conference call. With Zoom, Skype and Facetime, Go To Meeting and all the other video conferencing technology now…

Why you should check the care label before you try on (or buy) a piece of clothing

Shopping Tip: Check the Label Before You Try It On

Fabric, ShoppingBy Imogen LamportAugust 18, 201715 Comments

  Before I purchase anything (in fact before I even bother to try it on, as I don’t get naked if it’s not got some chance of working), I always, always, always check the label on the clothes for: Fibre content Care instructions Why is this? Well I know that some fabrics pill easily (you know…

Tips on layering to add interest and style to your outfits - www.insideoutstyleblog.com

More Tips on Layering with Style

Outfits, Reader Questions, Style Tips, VideosBy Imogen LamportAugust 16, 20175 Comments

Following on from our video on layering stylishly, Jill Chivers of Shop Your Wardrobe and I share more tips on layering (particularly layering in on your bottom half). Lower Body Layering Options Thermal underwear Leggings Jeggings Treggings Boy shorts Tights We also talk about what to wear with your leggings, options include: Tunic tops Long…

Lifting my Style Game: A Daily Outfit Photo Experience

Outfits, Personal Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 3, 201729 Comments

Today’s guest post is by Jill Chivers, my friend and colleague and regular video co-presenter here at Inside Out Style Blog. Jill is a speaker, writer, coach, professional facilitator and workshop leader and avid movie watcher.  She is also an advocate for conscious consumption and created the world’s first online program for women who want…

how to dye leather boots and shoes

How to Dye Leather Shoes

Accessories, More, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 2, 20175 Comments

I love my navy leather boots, in fact I’ve loved them to death (they have gotten old and tatty looking), so I hunted high and low for a replacement pair of navy leather boots, to find none that fit my requirements. Instead, I found a pair of lovely nude leather boots that I decided to…

how to wear and tie a pashmina shawl for a more formal occasion

6 Ways to Wear a Pashmina Wrap Over an Evening Dress

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportJuly 27, 2017Leave a comment

Need to find some new ways to wear a large rectangular pashmina shawl over your evening dress? When travelling if you want to add some variety and interest to your outfits pashmina style shawls are a great way of adding colour (and warmth) over your evening wear. Taking 2 or 3 scarves can make your…

How to dress up your lbd in multiple ways

How to Create Multiple Looks with a LBD

Accessories, Outfits, Reader Questions, Travel and Packing, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJuly 26, 20178 Comments

Hi, Imogen. I love reading your blog posts. Please use an upcoming post to address this “puzzle” for me–multiple formal looks from one dress. We’ll be cruising the Panama Canal in February and there will be 3 to 4 formal nights. Being gone 2 weeks, I have to get multiple uses from what I pack.…

Why Do My T-Shirts Get Holes in the Bottom

Why Do My T-Shirts Get Holes in the Bottom?

WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJuly 25, 201746 Comments

I was once in a client’s wardrobe doing a wardrobe therapy session and the smell of mothballs was overpowering. She had them all over her closet, hanging everywhere. I asked her if she had a serious moth problem and she said, absolutely, let me show you! Then she pulled knit top after knit top, t-shirt…

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