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Category Archives: fashion trends

The prints that mix with anything - easy ways to mix prints and patterns in outfits

Which Patterns Easily Mix With Anything?

prints and patterns, Fabric, Style, Tricky TrendsBy Imogen LamportApril 8, 20212 Comments

Do you mix patterns?  Does everything have to match? It’s not something a lot of people feel comfortable doing as you can easily feel that going wrong is so easy.  Yet there are a few patterns that you can easily mix with other patterns, these the the ones that mix with everything.   So if…

Tips for layering over your longer tops

How To Layer a Third Piece Over Your Longer Tops

videos, style tips, Tricky Trends, What to wearBy Natalie RobinsonJanuary 7, 20212 Comments

Reader question – What is your view on wearing blouses or tops that are longer than the sweater or jacket over the top? Doesn’t it draw attention to the hips?   That Depends … As with all matters of fashion and style, women’s bodies are all different so certain styles will be more flattering on…

How to Distinguish Between Fads, Trends and Classics in Fashion

How to Distinguish Between Fads, Trends and Classics in Fashion

videos, fashion trends, StyleBy Imogen LamportSeptember 1, 20201 Comment

Fads, Trends and Classics in Fashion What is a fashion classic?   How do you figure out what is going to be a fashion fad vs a fashion trend? How long do fads, trends and classic really last?   Fashion Classics Not to be confused with the Classic personality dressing style, fashion classics are garments that…

7 Spring Fashion Trends and How to Wear Them to Look Fabulously Fashionable

Colour, fashion trends, prints and patterns, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportMarch 11, 20209 Comments

There are always new fashion trends appearing in store.  So I’ve rounded up a variety here and will share with  you what to consider if you’re looking at including this trend in your wardrobe and how to do it to best flatter you.  I’ll start with some of the easier trends to wear and then…

Belted blazers - how to decide if this trend is for you and styling tips

Tricky Trends – the Belted Blazer

Body Shapes, fashion trendsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 10, 20194 Comments

One of the big trends I’ve noticed both in fashion shows and online is the belted blazer.  When I was at a Melbourne Fashion Week show, many of the ‘hot young things’ were wearing belted blazers, most commonly in a check pattern tweed fabric.   So, should you invest in a belted blazer? Is The Belted…

Update your winter wardrobe

5 Best Fashion Trends to Update Your Wardrobe this Autumn and Winter

fashion trends, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJune 6, 20197 Comments

What are the best winter fashion trends worth adding to your wardrobe as they are both functional and stylish? Updating your wardrobe for autumn and winter means adding some fresh layers and current fashion trends that are sure to last a few years, to keep out the winter chill.  Depending on where you live, and…

How to choose and wear the Spring 2018 Pantone Colours

Tips on Choosing the Right Pantone Spring 2018 Colours for You

Colour, fashion trends, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportFebruary 2, 20185 Comments

What are the colours you can expect to start popping up this year in fashion?  According to Pantone’s Spring 2018 colour forecast, they include some colours we’ve been seeing for a while that will hang around, and a bunch of new colours may start to also filter through (though honestly, I don’t always think that…

Simple instructions on how you can do a "half tuck" with a belt loop in your jeans or any garment with belt loops that creates more shape and better proportions for your outfit - click to find out more

How to Half Tuck Using Your Belt Loop

fashion trends, style tipsBy Imogen LamportNovember 15, 201715 Comments

Got a top that a bit too long and kind of shapeless (kind of even looks a little maternity)? Love to wear it with your jeans or any sort of pants or skirt( like my denim skirt here) that has belt loops? Then it’s time to try the belt-loop half-tuck. You may have picked up…

How to Decide if a Fashion Trend is For You or To be Avoided

How to Decide if a Fashion Trend is For You or To be Avoided

Body Shapes, fashion trends, videosBy Imogen LamportOctober 25, 2017Leave a comment

How do you make decisions about whether or not you should jump on board a fashion trend or not?  For many of us it depends on how you feel about your body, what flatters it and whether or not you are happy to ‘give up’ some elements of figure flattery for the sake of fashion…

How to wear the off the shoulder or cold-shoulder trend in cooler months

How to Work the Off the Shoulder Trend In Winter

fashion trendsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 27, 20175 Comments

The “cold shoulder” or “off the shoulder” trend has been big the last summer or so and continues on into the cooler months. So if you love this trend (and it’s great for those A shapes who want to add a nice horizontal line across the shoulders to balance hips), here is some inspiration.  …

Night Life exhibition at Rippon Lea - National Trust of Victoria

Glittering in the Night, an Exhibition of Evening Wear

Melbourne, fashion trends, Reviews, travelBy Imogen LamportMay 19, 2017Leave a comment

Night Life Exhibition  at Rippon Lea Sequins and sparkle, bugle beads and hand painted silk are all featured in the fabulous new exhibition of divine fashion from Victoria’s 1920s and 30s. This exhibition includes over 50 divine delicate pieces, all hand made with swathes of intricate hand beading on silks and velvets.  It also includes…

Creating Outfits with Pantone Autumn/Winter 2017 Colour Trends

Colour, fashion trends, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportApril 5, 201711 Comments

What are the differences between London and New York Pantone Forecasts? London has a cooler, brighter red in Flame Scarlet as compared to New York’s Grenadine. London’s Primrose Pink is a more muted pink than New York’s highly tinted Ballet Slipper. London’s Toast is a slightly cooler beige than New York’s Butterum London’s Royal Lilac is…

How to balance fashion trends with figure flattery

How to Balance Fashion Trends with Flattery

shopping, fashion trends, videosBy Imogen LamportMarch 21, 20177 Comments

Fashion trends, they are something you may love or hate or just not care about.  One aspect of fashion trends is how much you buy into the trend for fashion’s sake or ignore them for the sake of figure flattery. Fashion Trends vs Figure Flattery In this video with Jill Chivers of Shop Your Wardrobe,…

Understanding Where You Sit on the Fashion Continuum

shopping, fashion trends, videosBy Imogen LamportMarch 7, 201725 Comments

What is the Fashion Trend Continuum? As with all products, and fashion is a product, there is a continuum, a growth and decline cycle.  With fashion though, it can be fast (fad) which lasts 3-12 months or slow (classic) which last 5-10 years, though many fashions turn into that mid-point (trend), that last around 2-5 years.…

Get inspired with a week of office outfits

A Week’s Worth of Pants Based Office Outfits to Inspire

Wardrobe, dress codes, fashion trends, outfitsBy Imogen LamportFebruary 9, 20172 Comments

One of the issues I have in the cooler months, if I want to wear pants and an open top shoe – like a ballet flat or pump, even a loafer, but I don’t want to wear a pair of tights (hosiery), then my feet get cold. Now there have been the old “pop sock”…

Why you should update your wardrobe every year

Why You Need To Update Your Wardrobe Every Year

fashion trendsBy Imogen LamportJuly 16, 20164 Comments

Why You Need to Update your Wardrobe Updating your wardrobe is so much more than just keeping up with fashion. You don’t want to become a fashion victim for the sake of staying in ‘fashion’. But you do need to be current, be updated, be modern. Why? Because it says that your ideas are modern.…

How to mix patterns in your outfits like a pro

Does Everything Have to Match?

prints and patterns, fashion trends, Personal Style, Reader questionsBy Imogen LamportMay 18, 20165 Comments

Hi Imogen, I have been wondering if you can give some tips on how to not match effectively. I’m in my early 50’s, and I find that my choices have become more stodgy and less risky :-(. This isn’t about shoes and bags (mine would only match accidentally anyway) but I’ve noticed younger women are…

How to Style Cropped Pants

Easy Ways to Wear Cropped Pants

outfits, Tricky TrendsBy Imogen LamportApril 14, 20168 Comments

  Cropped pants, according to the Fairchild Dictionary of Fashion are “Pants cut at varying lengths between ankle and knee.”  So really, anything that ends just below the knee to the ankles. They can have a leg shortening effect so here are some tips on what kinds of shoes to wear them with (as well as…

cropped top and clamdiggers

How to Wear a Cropped Top when You Don’t have a Defined Waist

Body Shapes, fashion trends, style tipsBy Imogen LamportFebruary 22, 20165 Comments

There are still many cropped style tops around this summer and I’m seeing them also starting to come into stores for autumn/winter as well. Cropped tops are great if you have a defined waist as they put a horizontal line (which draws attention) onto a narrow point of your body. They also work well if…

How to Style Paperbag Waists

Body Shapes, fashion trendsBy Imogen LamportFebruary 19, 20164 Comments

One of the 2016 fashion trends you can expect to start seeing in stores is the paperbag waist pant and skirt. They are a slightly tricky trend to style so I want to give you some pointers here if it’s a garment that you want to wear. They suit a waisted body shape (X, A,…

how to style shorts so you don't look shorter

How to Style Shorts

outfits, style tips, Tricky TrendsBy Imogen LamportJanuary 19, 201613 Comments

It’s summer here in Australia and I’m seeing lots of shorts when I’m out and about. I’m wearing them myself too! Now shorts can be a tricky garment to wear and feel that they flatter you. Sure I’ve got shorts that I wear to go running and shorts that I wear to do gardening, but…

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