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…
What Not to Wear to the Melbourne Cup or to the Spring Racing Carnival Melbourne Cup is the biggest horse race in Australia and a day that has become a public holiday in Melbourne (yep, that’s how big it is). After years of racegoers becoming less and less well dressed, there is a push…
I just wanted to share with you the gorgeous transformation of Amber – she has sent me an email which she’s allowed me to print below for you to read. It’s this kind of new found confidence that makes my job so rewardring. When I hear the naysayers go on about how the outside doesn’t…
The Australian government recently received a body image report that advises on all manner of aspects to help build a better body image. The report encourages advertisers, the media and the fashion industry to promote more positive body image messages. The report includes a Voluntary Industry Code of Conduct on Body Image (see below) which…
The Little Black Dress is so widely known and loved and appears in many wardrobes – but how do you get full value from it? Why not dress it up and down to make it work harder for you. Here I’ve quickly put together some ideas on what accessories you could put with it to…
Hi Imogen, I am a regular reader of your blog and simply love your advice and tips! Your blog has helped me transform into a more confident person as far as dressing and accessorizing goes. I had a question for you and needed some advice. I am planning a trip to Hawaii in December and…
As part of the recent AICI conference in Sydney, I was asked to ‘makeover’ two women. Straight makeovers are not something I generally do, the way I work is in educating the client on what works for them and empowering them to make the changes themselves. It’s more of an evolving than a making over, as…
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…
I’ve just finished reading Nina Garcia’s The Little Black Book of Style. With advice like “throw out what you don’t wear and what doesn’t look good on you” which is pretty basic stuff (though what many find hard to determine for themselves) there is some good advice to follow. Her basic 10…
This week my kids have been on school holidays and so, the joys of being self-employed, taken some time off to spend time with them. Some of the things they’ve done this week that have made me happy: 1. I was cuddling my son Aston on the couch (which always makes me happy)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
