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Category Archives: Personal Style

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…

What Shoes Should Be Worn With Ankle Length Pants

Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportSeptember 22, 200914 Comments

  Reading through some keywords on my site statistics I discovered that this topic is popular as a search term that brings people to my blog, so I thought, to make future visitors happy when they get here, I’ll write a post on it so there are some answers!   Ankle length pants are hard…

What’s Your Style?

About Imogen, Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportSeptember 20, 200918 Comments

Have you worked through this series of exercises to help you discover your style – what have you learned about your personal style? What are your style words? Have you got multiple style personalities or are you more of a one style woman? Did you discover anything about your style that surprised you? Have you figured…

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…

Where does confidence in your appearance come from? How to look and feel more fabulous every day

Where Does Confidence in Appearance Come From?

Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportSeptember 13, 200922 Comments

Rosina wrote me this question: My style question is one of confidence.. I think I alluded to it once before. I really think I have a style: Jeans, boots, long tops, my own jewellery designs, huge purses, arm warmers or opera gloves, and lots of texture. However, I never, ever, EVER feel confident. If someone…

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…

How to break your colour rules

How to Break the Style Rules (and why you should)

Colour, Personal Style, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportAugust 27, 200920 Comments

I have provided post upon post of style ‘rules’ to follow, but one of the things I always teach my clients is how to break the style rules. Why Follow Style Rules? Why have rules at all? They help those who have no idea or no reference to figure out what works for their body…

Generational Dressing

About Imogen, Personal Style, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportAugust 26, 200916 Comments

This morning my lovely daughter Niamh (4) decided she wanted to wear my great grandmother’s beautiful smocked baby dress (which a: she wouldn’t fit into, and b: is over 100 years old so would perish, so I don’t want her to wear it). So when I said no to that dress, she decided to put…

why do women let themselves go?

Why Do Women Let Themselves Go?

Beauty, Body Image, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportAugust 25, 200943 Comments

The other day I received this comment on my post Enjoy the Power and Beauty of Your Youth from an Anonymous commenter: I actually think you are more beautiful now than at 27! I take one day at a time, for it is all we are given. I’m 34, my body will never again be…

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,…

Enjoy the Power and Beauty of Your Youth

About Imogen, Body Image, Image ConsultingBy Imogen LamportAugust 13, 200918 Comments

The other day the 40 year old me got out a photo of the 27 year old me as I was teaching a section of my image consulting course which covers what kinds of facial features and shapes best suit very short hair. I wasn’t as taken aback by my Pixie haircut, which was more…

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,…

Tips for Keeping Weight Under Control

Body ImageBy Imogen LamportAugust 10, 200913 Comments

One of the comments received on the recent post about my lovely friend Jan was from Kelly,Kelly said… Jan looks fabulous, and she is a real inspiration to me…having just turned 51, I am struggling lately with what’s appropriate for my age…I don’t want to look too young nor too dowdy! Questions for Jan: She…

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…

choose a hero garment for your outfit

The Movie of Your Wardrobe

Personal Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 5, 200938 Comments

No, this is not a movie plot, but a good way of working out what you should wear. With every good movie there is always a hero (this is the non-sexist, all inclusive version of hero, that includes heroines), there is always a Villain, and to make the story cohesive and understandable, some Supporting Acts.…

Jeans and Jewellery

Accessories, Personal Style, Style Tips, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportAugust 4, 200920 Comments

Metscan asked about Jan’s attitudes to jewellery and jeans – here is her reply – FYI – in New Zealand, jandals are their word for flip-flops which in Australia we know as thongs! “In respect to jeans and jewellery, I think you have to take care when you with putting the two together , it…

Evolution Makes Women More Attractive

Beauty, Body ImageBy Imogen LamportAugust 3, 20098 Comments

Reading this article on ABC News website about the results of a recent study: Good news girls: you’re getting more beautiful. But the forecast isn’t so rosy for men. Scientists have found that evolution is driving women to become more attractive, while men are not likely to advance in the looks department at all. A…

More Style at a Certain Age

Body Image, Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportJuly 31, 200925 Comments

  Here again is my gorgeous friend Jan Fisher, Image Coach, from New Zealand – who is heading fast to 60! Red is one of her favourite colours and she wears it well! Her style is either a skirt with a knit top and often a jacket, or pants and a knit top with a…

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