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Category Archives: shopping

Which 3 Little Words Will Kill Your Style?

Personal Style, shoppingBy Imogen LamportFebruary 11, 201029 Comments

The Three Little Words That Will Kill Your Style How often have you been shopping for clothes and choose to spend your hard earned money on clothes, not that you LOVE, but ones that you think to yourself “It’ll do” Is this attitude to purchasing clothes making you happy? Do you look in your wardrobe…

Waste not Want Not

Waste not, Want Not

Personal Style, psychological matters, shoppingBy Imogen LamportJanuary 18, 201011 Comments

Do you buy clothes only to return them? Do you buy clothes thinking that if they don’t work you will return them, but never get around to it? How much money and time is this costing you? In my work as an image consultant I see heaps of waste, whether it be waste of money…

Fashion Trends for the 20 teens (aka 2010 - 2020)

New Decade New Fashions

fashion trendsBy Imogen LamportJanuary 11, 201020 Comments

What to you were some of the best and worst fashion moments of the noughties? What do you want to see more of, what never again? Fashion Trends I’d Rather Not See Again this Decade Crocs (except on little kids) – not attractive. They are fine to wear as a footwear to go boating in,…

Stylish Stocking Stuffers for Christmas

shopping, style tipsBy Imogen LamportDecember 2, 20094 Comments

December is here, and suddenly I’ve got to think more seriously about the whole present issue.  So for yourselves (if you have to fill your own stocking), or for your stylish friends, here are a few ideas for stylish stocking fillers or Chris Kringle presents. Petal Plusheez – Spa Socks After a long day on…

What does ‘Sale’ Mean to You?

shopping, Stylish ThoughtsBy Imogen LamportNovember 2, 200921 Comments

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…

Pink dress and shoes

Heels or Flats? Dealing with the Shoe Dilemma

shopping, AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportOctober 21, 200919 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I love the look of high heels.  And I’m more than happy to wear them when I know I’ll get to do some serious sitting down.  But if I know I’ll be walking anywhere, then I tend to opt for either a kitten heel or flat.  Often when I’m…

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…

The Average UK Woman and What She Spends to Look Good

Research, shoppingBy Imogen LamportSeptember 9, 200928 Comments

According to some recent research (though I doubt it would pass any sort of peer review) published in The Daily Mail (UK) DAVID THOMAS combed through a mountain of government statistics, academic research, media surveys and pollsters’ reports to uncover the truth about the way UK women are… here is a short extract:   MRS…

How to Find the Holes in Your Wardrobe

shopping, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 8, 200921 Comments

          Yesterday we talked about giving your wardrobe a good purge. Until you’ve done this stage it’s impossible to work out what you do and don’t have, and if you really do have nothing to wear. Firstly, if your favourites are still wearable, but starting to wear out – put them…

Where to Find Unique, Interesting and Low Cost Accessories to Add to Any Outfit

Accessories, shoppingBy Imogen LamportJuly 2, 200921 Comments

  The other day when I was asking how you all felt about accessories, one reader said that she was disappointed that accessories were as costly as an item of clothing.  This can be true at times, particularly if you live somewhere that has deep discounting in sales and you take advantage of this opportunity.…

Comfy Attractive Shoes – are they possible?

shoppingBy Imogen LamportJune 11, 200914 Comments

Last week after a shopping trip with a client, I was wandering back to my car through the shoe section of David Jones in Doncaster Shoppingtown, when I spied these shoes. I’ve been looking for a pair of comfortable shoes that don’t scream ‘ugly’ at me. I wanted something I can pair with jeans for…

are you too old for leggings

Are You Too Old for Leggings?

fashion trendsBy Imogen LamportMay 27, 200922 Comments

Recently I was having a conversation with someone who asked if leggings were still ‘in’ and if they were too old to wear them. My reply was that they are still around (looking at the Fall 2009 fashion shows they were everywhere on the runway)  and are generally more flattering than a lot of the…

Why You Should Take Up Your Tops

Fabric, Fit and Alterations, shoppingBy Imogen LamportMay 12, 200921 Comments

I was shopping yesterday in Century City, LA with lovely blogger La Belette Rouge and she tried on a version of this top at Banana Republic.   It looked great on her, but was about 2.5″ too long and hit at an unflattering point on her hips and made her looked proportionally unbalanced and a…

How do you know if it’s your kind of shop?

About Imogen, Personal Style, shoppingBy Imogen LamportMay 6, 200917 Comments

Here I am in LA, that’s me with Snoopy at Knotts Berry Farm yesterday, anyway, I spent some time at a local shopping centre today – The Block at Orange, near where I’m staying.   Of course I don’t know all the shops and brands, so I wander into shops.  The quickest way for me…

Why Do We Love What We Buy and Hate What is in Our Wardrobe?

Why Do We Love What We Buy and Hate What is in Our Wardrobe?

shopping, Personal Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportApril 22, 200929 Comments

Why is it that when we are in a shop and we ‘must‘ buy a new piece of clothing, do we love it so much then that we are compelled to part with our hard earned money (or even worse, spend on credit), yet when we get it home, add it to the wardrobe and…

Shopping tips for stress free shopping

Shopping Tips to Make it Easier and Less Stressful

shoppingBy Imogen LamportApril 6, 200924 Comments

Do you find shopping stressful, and wonder why other women love doing it? Often, as our lives get busier, and our body shapes change, we find shopping gets harder and harder, and less and less enjoyable. One of my clients said to me one day as she was in the change room “Imogen, you make…

What Frustrates You Most About Shopping?

shoppingBy Imogen LamportApril 2, 200930 Comments

This is a question that I’d love your feedback on.  If you could have the perfect shopping experience what would it be?   When you do go shopping in your non-fantasy world, what frustrates you most?   For me it’s that you tend to find when there is a big fashion trend, that it’s everywhere…

Colour Forecast for Spring 2009

Colour, fashion trendsBy Imogen LamportMarch 12, 200911 Comments

One of the resources I like to look at to see what we can expect to see in shops for the next season is the Pantone Fashion/Colour Forecast.   The Spring edition is currently available and you can read it here to see exactly what the colours look like.   What I find interesting is…

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This is Why I Love my Job

About Imogen, Image Consulting, shopping, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJanuary 25, 20098 Comments

I’ve just spent the past 2 weeks teaching an Image Consulting Training Course, and during the process, my students do real consultations with a client, the students do colour analysis, a style consultation, wardrobe audit and personal shopping expedition. This was the feedback I received from one of our student’s clients, and this is the…

What to wear shopping for clothes

10 Tips for What to Wear When Clothes Shopping

shopping, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJanuary 21, 200913 Comments

When I take a client shopping, it’s worthwhile suggesting an outfit, as we want to make it as easy as possible to get changed repeatedly. Having spent many hours/days/months shopping with clients over the years, I’ve learned that what you wear can make a huge difference to your shopping experience. Here are my recommendations. What…

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How To Create a Shopping List for Your Closet

shopping, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportDecember 11, 20085 Comments

To create a more effective wardrobe, you need to think about what you already have in your wardrobe, and what other items will make it work even better. A few well chosen items can create multiple new outfits – so how do you decide what you might need? Here’s how you put together a shopping…

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