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Category Archives: Style

What does ‘Sale’ Mean to You?

Shopping, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportNovember 2, 200921 Comments

On Saturday night I was at a fellow image consultants Halloween party (costumes and all) chatting with another image consultant friend.  We were discussing costumes and she was telling us about her gorgeous red shoes that she was wearing and saying how she’d got them on sale for $20.  Then she went on and told…

Necklines to flatter a softer chin and jaw

How to Flatter a Softer Chin

Face, Face StylesBy Imogen LamportOctober 27, 20099 Comments

The chin is important in choosing flattering necklines, the shape of the chin is best supported by a neckline that relates and harmonises with it.  So when looking for a flattering necklines make sure you’re a replicating the shape of the chin and jaw.  This creates beautiful harmony (aka reminiscence which is a useful tip when…

Pink dress and shoes

Heels or Flats? Dealing with the Shoe Dilemma

Accessories, ShoppingBy Imogen LamportOctober 21, 200919 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I love the look of high heels.  And I’m more than happy to wear them when I know I’ll get to do some serious sitting down.  But if I know I’ll be walking anywhere, then I tend to opt for either a kitten heel or flat.  Often when I’m…

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…

The Triumph of Individual Style – Review

Body Proportions, ReviewsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 30, 200914 Comments

Image and Style Books – The Triumph of Individual Style by Carla Mathis The other day I did a review of The Little Black Book of Style – which I wan’t hugely impressed with. I was asked what books I did think were worth the money, I’ve already done a review of Christopher Hopkins Staging…

Wardrobe Capsule Challenge

1 Week Wardrobe Capsule Challenge

Capsule Wardrobes, More, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 29, 200910 Comments

Have you thought about setting yourself a wardrobe capsule challenge? What’s this?   Well, it’s where you decide to limit what you wear in your wardrobe to just a few items for a week or longer. Project 333 is the well-known known version of this (where you take 33 items and wear them, and only them…

wardrobe basics to own to make your heroes work

Wardrobe Basics or Supporting Acts

Personal Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 25, 200920 Comments

  Whenever I’m going through a wardrobe and sorting it out for a client, I’m always making sure they have a few basics that will make the rest of the wardrobe work. So what is a basic and what am I looking for?   To me, a basic is something that you need to make…

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.       Here are some ideas:  1.Ankle length (left) – work best with high vamp shoes and sandals, either in a colour that…

A Scientist’s View of Style

Personal Style, ShoppingBy Imogen LamportSeptember 17, 200919 Comments

After reading a post on Already Pretty about whether style is an art or science, I was intriguied by a comment of Kristophine’s, and asked her to write me a post from the perspective of an actual scientist – I hope you find it interesting a perspective as I do!   How To Shop Like…

How Does Your Lifestyle Influences Your Clothing Choices?

How Does Your Lifestyle Influences Your Clothing Choices?

Personal Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 16, 200914 Comments

How does your lifestyle influence your clothing choices? The first step to discovering this is to do the following exercises to further break down your lifestyle. What do you do with yourself? How do you fill your time? Where do you go? Who do you see? Take some time to answer these questions to help…

Who are You and How Does this Influence Your Style Choices?

Who are You and How Does this Influence Your Style Choices?

Personal Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 15, 200911 Comments

“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn.” Gore Vidal   In this post you were asked to figure out where you are now with your clothing – it may be a great place and where you want to be, or it may not be. I like…

how to gain confidence in your style

Style Confidence Comes from the Inside Out

Personal Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 14, 200913 Comments

Yesterday I asked where confidence in appearance comes from – and many commented that lack of confidence can stem from negative comments made during childhood. These comments seem to burn right into us and are often very hard to shake off as we grow up – we take them as gospel truth, rather than just…

The Average UK Woman and What She Spends to Look Good

More, ShoppingBy Imogen LamportSeptember 9, 200928 Comments

According to some recent research (though I doubt it would pass any sort of peer review) published in The Daily Mail (UK) DAVID THOMAS combed through a mountain of government statistics, academic research, media surveys and pollsters’ reports to uncover the truth about the way UK women are… here is a short extract:   MRS…

How to Find the Holes in Your Wardrobe

Shopping, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 8, 200921 Comments

          Yesterday we talked about giving your wardrobe a good purge. Until you’ve done this stage it’s impossible to work out what you do and don’t have, and if you really do have nothing to wear. Firstly, if your favourites are still wearable, but starting to wear out – put them…

6 Simple rules for cleaning out your closet from Inside Out Style Blog

6 Simple Rules for Cleaning Out Your Closet

WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 7, 200920 Comments

So many women will lament that they have ‘nothing to wear’ yet their significant other may say ‘but you have a wardrobe full of clothes’ – so why the disconnect?   Usually this is because they need to do a big closet purge, get rid of what is not working, and discover the holes so…

Review – Elle MacPherson Intimates D – G cup range

Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 3, 200919 Comments

I posted last week that I was excited to see that Elle MacPherson Intimates had brought our a range of bras up to a G cup – so today I went for a test drive – unfortunately the hype doesn’t live up to the reality. What I noticed first was that for a larger cup…

How to break the Style Rules

5 More Ways to Break the Style Rules

Accessories, Colour, Personal Style, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportAugust 30, 200920 Comments

The other day I posted on breaking the style rules, and I thought that I’d post some more ways to do it.  Knowing your rules (or as I like to think of them – as Style Guidelines) is great as you will be more empowered when making choices shopping (hello?  how much money have you…

Is Your Wardrobe Ageing You?

Body Image, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 20, 200919 Comments

This morning I did a wardrobe audit for a lovely 53 year old client. She’d already thrown out a pile of stuff before I got there, but we managed to get rid of another 5 garbage bags of clothes that were no longer working for her.    Like most ‘middle ageless ‘ (thanks Rosina) women,…

Discovering Your Assets

Accessories, Body Proportions, Style Tips, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 12, 20099 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,…

Creating Focus on Your Assets

Accessories, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 11, 200916 Comments

Focal points are created by detail on clothing – whether it’s colour, shiny fabrics, pockets, distressing on jeans, ruffles, pattern, belts, beading or jewellery. You can use detail to draw attention to your assets and away from areas you’d rather people didn’t notice.     You can see from this collection how the details draw…

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…

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