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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Have you ever heard of the term Visual Grouping (we group like with like to make it easier for our brains to work through all the millions of bits of data it has to contend with second by second)? This principle can help you when deciding on a shoe colour to wear with your skirts…
I’ve had quite a few requests from my lovely readers to do some posts on 50+ dressing, so rather than me do up another polyvore, I thought I’d bring some ‘real life’ 50+ into my blog. Let me introduce you to my gorgeous friend and colleague Jan Fisher – who is an image…
I’m really struggling at the moment to find spring/summer clothes that don’t look too young for me. I don’t know why but a lot of stuff looks too fancy or ruffled, and that’s just not me 🙁 I always end up feeling too warm in the warmer months, because I never quite get a good…
So, you may be aware that I generally advise against wearing a high neckline when you have a larger bust, as it makes it appear to be even bigger and start just underneath your chin. But sometimes we all want to wear high necklines, for example, it’s winter here at the moment and…
Surfing around the net and I came across this article from The Times online about UK Vogue Editor Alexandra Shulman, who says she’s now retouching photos of models to make them look bigger as the sample clothes designers send to be featured in the magazine are tiny, too small to even fit models as slim…
Here is a quick video of me showing a few ways of tying a pashmina style scarf. A large rectangular scarf in a soft fabric makes a great accessory and it can be tied in multiple ways. And here is a pic of Niamh who tied her own scarf.
Scarves seem to be the most wondered about accessory. So I thought I’d do a series on possible ways to wear them. Here is a small square chiffon scarf worn in two ways. Firstly, folded into a triangle then tied with the widest part of the triangle at the front, ends tied underneath…
The length of your waist is one of your body proportion measurements (you can find out how to measure all your proportions here), and one of the ones many people want to know is if they have a short or long waist, or are one of the lucky balanced waisted ones! Why do we care…
High heels are interesting. I meet clients who love heels and wear them every day, in fact they say that heels are more comfortable than flats. I meet clients who never wear heels, no matter what the occasion, they are just too uncomfortable for them. I like both heels and flats. Heels work better for…
I’ve had a few requests on how to wear leggings after my post the other week. So here are some ideas if you’re no longer in your twenties or don’t want to show off too much leg. Some Ideas: 1.A skirt that is a bit too short – leggings that go over the knees…
