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Category Archives: Style

Don’t Waste Your Money – I shape

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportDecember 2, 201012 Comments

1. If you choose to wear anything that is boxy or baggy, without belting, it will overwhelm your figure. 2. Large scale clothes with no shaping will make you look like you’re dressing up in your parents clothes. 3. Very tailored shaping such as peplums that you just can’t fill out won’t work for your…

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How Much Jewellery at Once?

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportNovember 19, 20105 Comments

Following on from my post the other day about matching jewellery, I received this reader question: I see that the larger earrings are paired with ring / bracelet, not a necklace. How do I tell when my earrings are “too much” to be worn with a necklace? My general advice for this question would be…

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Matching Jewellery – Sets without being sets

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportNovember 15, 201010 Comments

Today I’m off to speak to a group of business women, and my topic is accessories and how to choose them. One topic I will talk about is how to match jewellery, without being matchy-matchy (unless you’re very classic in your personal style, matching sets tend to look old and fuddy-duddy). I’ve done up a…

Which is the Best for You – Matte, Sheen or Shine?

Beauty, Drape, texture and sheen, Fabric, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportNovember 10, 201010 Comments

\ Niamh was looking through some old photo albums, you know, the ones with pictures of me in my primary school classes, she was going through and picking me out of the sea of faces in each class. When I asked her how she knew it was me, she said: “see, your face is shiny…

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How to Choose Boots for Your Body Shape

Accessories, Reader QuestionsBy Imogen LamportNovember 8, 201017 Comments

Reader Question:Also, is there any rules with shoes and body types? Particurarly thinking about boots, as it’s getting colder here in Europe 😉 Thanks again, Maija When thinking about what are the best shapes of boots and heels for different body shapes, consider your shape and what will balance it. Stiletto heels with their long…

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Body Shapes Explained – Defining Points

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportNovember 2, 201045 Comments

I was asked the other day by a reader where are the defining points to figure out body shape. How to Define Your Body Shape Is it bust, waist and hips, shoulders waist and hips and where are the hips defined from – the thigh or up on the buttock area? For me (and I’m sure there…

Guest Post – Real Life Dressing a Figure 8 Shape

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportOctober 27, 201052 Comments

I get so many requests about how to dress 8 shape bodies, probably because they are so ignored by most image and style books. So I asked Aileen Lane of Nutri-Style in Singapore, who is an 8 shape if she’d share her experiences with you on how she dresses her shape. Here is her post:…

Glasses – Jewellery for the Face

Accessories, Personal Style, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportOctober 26, 20109 Comments

Tania Many people wear eye glasses, but how many people really take the opportunity to find a frame that expresses their personality, that are not just practical, but are jewellery for the face? Irene While I was in Manila, I met a lovely image consultant Irene, who had a selection of fabulous frames, and I…

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Co-ordinating Jewellery to Necklines

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportOctober 22, 20108 Comments

If the face is the ‘communication centre’ it’s really important to think about how to draw attention there. Finishing off getting dressed so that you look ‘put together’ and stylish is helped immensely by what happens above the bust as it is close to the face. Using a piece of jewellery in this area or…

Colours to coordinate with camel and beige

Co-ordinating Camel

Colour, Reader Questions, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportOctober 20, 201016 Comments

Hi, when you have chance could you address how to wear the colour Camel? It was all over the runways (especially at Chloe) but I’m not sure it would work that well for me as a colour (My colouring is Clear and Warm). What are hip ways to wear Camel with other colours? I have…

Where to End Your Tops

Body Shapes, Style Tips, VideosBy Imogen LamportOctober 19, 201016 Comments

People always ask me where the best point is to end their tops and jackets. As the hem of a top creates a horizontal line, the best place is on a narrow point, rather than a wide point. If you are a body shape that has wider hips/thighs than waist, A, X, H, 8 (or…

What’s Happened to Getting Service in Shops these Days?

ShoppingBy Imogen LamportSeptember 23, 201014 Comments

. Greenbelt shopping centre . Well I’m here in Manila, Philippines, and have been looked after very well so far. Last night as I was being driven from the airport to the hotel I asked the driver what the population of Manila is, he said 19 000 000 which is only a few million short…

Weekend Reading: Never Short on Style

StyleBy Imogen LamportSeptember 17, 201013 Comments

What made me happy this week? Well I’m thrilled to say that I’ve FINALLY finished writing and editing my new ebook for Petite women called Never Short on Style: Dressing and Finessing the Petite Frame. I’d like to say thanks to all of you who came up with potential titles, to Susan (contact me for…

Buttercup not Butterball – Adding a Pop of Yellow

Colour, Fashion TrendsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 14, 20106 Comments

Duchesse made me laugh when she said that she wouldn’t be adding yellow to her wardrobe as she said she’d look more like a butterball than a buttercup. So for those of us who don’t normally wear yellow like Lorrwill and may otherwise shun this sunny trend, here are some options that you may consider,…

Colours To Look Out For

Colour, Fashion TrendsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 13, 201013 Comments

The latest Pantone colour forecast is out, looking forward to Spring 2011. The colours we can expect to see are more turquoise blues, chocolate browns, hot pinks, corals, buttercup yellow, silver, lavender and peapod green. These are not hugely different from the Fall/Winter trends 2010 which are as follows: Which of these colous will you…

How to Flatter Sturdy Calves

Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 9, 20108 Comments

I have a friend who has sturdy calves, she is so embarrassed by them she won’t wear a skirt, and suffers through our hot, hot summers in pants every day. Sure, you can do that, and pants and jeans are an easy way to cover up your calves, but why not think about some alternatives.…

What Jewellery to Choose When You Have a Short or Wide Neck

Accessories, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 7, 20108 Comments

Many people feel that if their neck is short or thick (or both) that it excludes them from wearing jewellery near their face, but this is not so. Look for necklaces that are to your first balance point or longer (double that length is great too). Avoid your second balance point (the high one). Look…

How to Minimize Wide or Square Shoulders

Body Shapes, Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 6, 20109 Comments

I was recently asked by a reader how to minimize her broad square shoulders. Now this is a problem I’d love to have, but this is not about me. This post is for the women who feel their shoulders are too broad and make them feel masculine. Look for narrower necklines, so narrow V necks,…

Fitting Pants When You Have a Flat Bottom

Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportAugust 31, 201016 Comments

  I’ve had a couple of reader requests recently about help for fitting pants over their flat bottoms.  I too have this as an issue, and find that the extra fabric that my butt doesn’t fill out just pools unattractively underneath my bottom. One thing I’ve taken to doing more so that this is not…

Which are really more slimming horizontal lines or vertical lines

Which are More Slimming, Horizontal or Vertical Lines?

Personal Style, Style Tips, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 29, 201013 Comments

I was alerted to this study done at the University of Yorkby one of my lovely blog readers. Apparently some scientists have found that horizontal stripes are slimming and verticals are fattening. This is true, but horizontal stripes can also be fattening and verticals slimming, the study is flawed. The participants were asked to look…

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13 Ways to Wear Scarves

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportAugust 25, 20104 Comments

Some people are jewellery people, some people are scarf people, I like to wear both, but more scarves in the winter and jewellery in the summer. Spring and Autumn, I go both ways Here are a few ideas about how to wear different shapes and sizes of scarves, and of course, you can also look…

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