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Category Archives: Personal Style

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How to Use Birds to Inspire Your Outfit Today

Colour, Outfits, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportApril 16, 20203 Comments

I really believe that what you wear affects how you feel (and there is tons of research that will back me up on this) and at this time of COVID-19 global pandemic and social-isolation, many of you don’t have a huge need to get out of your pyjamas, or at least not into your fancy…

Colour and Style Questions Answered on Video: 5

Accessories, Colour, Personal Style, Videos, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportApril 3, 2020Leave a comment

In this Video: How to deal with boredom in your outfits and wardrobe when you can’t shop? How to do an inner column of colour without getting bored (particularly in summer when it’s too hot to wear a third piece)? Discuss Matchy Matchy. Matching shoes and accessories. Does this make the eye dart around or…

Incorporating Texture and Sheen into your Outfits

Beauty, Fabric, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportMarch 31, 2020Leave a comment

Creating contrast with texture and sheen can make an otherwise simple outfit have a bit more depth and look more elegant. Think about the dichotomy between soft and hard, polished and dull, flowing and structured. If everything is the same, what makes an outfit interesting?  Texture Texture is just one element of the style puzzle –…

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Your Style Questions Answered on Video: 4

Body Image, Body Proportions, Body Shapes, Personal Style, Videos, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportMarch 27, 2020Leave a comment

 In this video: Why do pants pull across the crotch? Is it possible to incorporate dark jeans and pants into outfits when you have a light palette? Can you love style but still subscribe to a minimalist wardrobe?   Pants Fit P is for Pants Why It’s So Hard to Find Pants that Fit The…

Style Recipe Tips

Developing Your Style Recipe – Tips and Tricks from the Professional

Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportMarch 18, 20201 Comment

Understanding what suits you – the colours, contrasts, clothing styles and lines, where to add the details, where to keep free and plain, which proportions are best for you and all those other physical aspects of fabric selection (texture, sheen, drape) are important and form your style foundation.  You need to know them to start…

Stylish Thoughts Sara Kimmel

Stylish Thoughts – Sara Kimmel

Personal Style, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportMarch 17, 20204 Comments

In this Stylish Thoughts interview, I’d like to introduce you to a very stylish woman Sara Kimmel, who I’ve come to know through my 7 Steps to Style program.  She from the USA and has her own innate sense of style that I hope you enjoy. What is the secret to great style? I think…

Your style questions answered by Imogen

Your Style Questions Answered: 1

Colour, Fabric, Prints and Patterns, Style Tips, Videos, Wardrobe, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportMarch 6, 2020Leave a comment

I’ve been making some Facebook Live videos over on my Inside Out Style page (join me there if you want to watch them live) and wanted to share them with you here too – and I’m also linking here to some useful blog posts that help answer these questions!   Here I’ve compiled a few videos so…

what to wear when nobody ever sees you

If Nobody Sees You Does it Matter What You Wear?

Personal Style, Style Tips, Videos, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportMarch 3, 20209 Comments

If you’re not planning on leaving the house.  You don’t have anybody visiting.  You aren’t planning on seeing anyone. Does it really matter what you wear? This is the topic that Jill Chivers of 16 Style Types and I discuss in this video. Does it Really  Matter What You Wear When You’re Alone?  If it…

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5 Ways to Make More Sustainable Fashion Choices

Personal Style, Shopping, Videos, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportFebruary 25, 20206 Comments

The Style Conundrum Clothing manufacture is a big polluter of our planet, yet we have to wear clothing for our entire lives.   Clothes also wear out, so they need to be replaced too.  You can’t just buy one set o clothing to see you through the rest of your life! So how do you…

How to Improve Your Style Using Your Sensing or iNtution

Personal Style, VideosBy Imogen LamportDecember 17, 20194 Comments

There are many ways to improve your style – from learning about the shapes and styles of clothes that flatter your figure, to understanding the colours and contrasts that harmonise with your own and not to ever forget how you personality influences your style choices (all of these foundations of style can be found in…

3 Questions to Ask Yourself to Define Your Authentic Style

Be Yourself.  Everyone Else is Already Taken

Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportDecember 3, 2019Leave a comment

Be yourself.  Everyone else is already taken – another great quote from Oscar Wilde. This is one of my favourite reminders when the toxic witch that is “comparison” enters my head.   It’s way too easy to compare yourself poorly to others in so many aspects of your life, and style is one of these aspects…

Finding your authentic style will make you feel at home in your clothes

Fashion is a Form of Ugliness – Oscar Wilde

Personal Style, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportNovember 26, 20191 Comment

“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable we have to alter it every six months”, so said Oscar Wilde   Fashion is an industry, designed to make money.  Nothing wrong with that.  We all have to make money to live, feed ourselves and kids, keep a roof over our heads…. but the fashion industry…

You Can Never Be Overdressed or Overeeducated – Oscar Wilde

Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportNovember 19, 20194 Comments

Another great quote from Oscar Wilde … You can never be overdressed or overeducated Let’s tackle the overeducated bit of this quote first.  Getting a Style Education One of the things I notice and have experienced myself, before I took on my extensive study of colour and style, is that we are not taught the…

Be a Work of Art or Wear a Work of Art - Oscar Wilde

Be a Work of Art – Oscar Wilde

Colour, Discover Your Colours, Personal Style, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportNovember 13, 20192 Comments

The great wordsmith Oscar Wilde once wrote: One should either be a work of art or wear a work of art Why does art matter?  Every culture from ancient times onwards has created art.  From the unknown artists of cave paintings and all the other artists who have come afterwards, every culture enjoys art in…

Wardrobe Capsules, Outfit Formulas and Uniforms – Which is Right for You?

Capsule Wardrobes, Personal Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportOctober 31, 201915 Comments

There has been some fascinating discussion between my 7 Step Style Sisters this past week or so about Uniforms, Wardrobe Capsules and Outfit Formulas. Each is a different concept, all can work for you and can work together, but some may feel more attractive to your way of thinking and doing than others! Wardrobe Capsules…

Stylish Thoughts Nina Bandoni - Sharing a Journey blog

Stylish Thoughts – Sharing a Journey

Personal Style, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportOctober 15, 20191 Comment

  Please welcome Nina Bandoni from Tampa, Florida (USA) who writes the blog Sharing a Journey all about ageless life and style as she shares her Stylish Thoughts with you. What is the secret to great style? First, taking the time to figure out what styles, colors and shapes look best on you, combined with…

Stylish Thoughts - discover the style tips and thoughts of Johanna Grange, 40+ life and style blogger on www.insideoutstyleblog.com

Stylish Thoughts – Jo Grange

Personal Style, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportOctober 8, 2019Leave a comment

I’m delighted to share the Stylish Thoughts of Johanna Grange who lives in one of my favourite US cities, Chicago Illinois and writes her eponymous blog Johanna Grange. What is the secret to great style? Invest in the basics and neutral colors. You can go anywhere and you can mix and match. Classic silhouettes mixed…

Why You Need Interesting Basic Garments in Your Wardrobe

Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportSeptember 24, 20194 Comments

And How to Select Them For Your Personality If you’re feeling that your wardrobe is a little bland and boring, it can be because you’ve settled for the more boring version of the basics.   We’re told we all need a classic white shirt, a classic tee and a blazer to be well dressed.  It’s the…

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Stylish Thoughts – Suzanne Carillo

Personal Style, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 17, 20195 Comments

Today I’m adding Suzanne Carillo from Toronto Canada to the Stylish Thoughts stable.  Suzanne is a vintage enthusiast and avid second-hand shopper who writes her blog where she shares her adventurous style for the uncommon 40+ woman. What is the secret to great style? Great style is about knowing yourself and your body, believing in…

What Do You Do With an Unwanted Fashion Gift

What Do You Do With an Unwanted Fashion Gift

Personal Style, Podcast, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 6, 20193 Comments

In this podcast episode, Jill Chivers of 16 Style Types and I discuss the conundrum of what to do when you receive a gift of fashion that is not to your taste.  It’s not your style, not right for you in some way or other.  Yet, you don’t want to hurt the feelings of the…

Glasses as a Signature Style Accessory

Glasses as a Signature Style Accessory

Accessories, Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportAugust 29, 2019Leave a comment

Do you wear glasses? Are they a discreet frame or something that stands out? Are your specs a signature style accessory? Would you like them to be? In this podcast episode, Jill Chivers of 16 Style Types and I discuss glasses as a possible signature style accessory. What Makes a Signature Style Accessory? I don’t…

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