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Category Archives: shopping

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.  …

How to love everything in your wardrobe

How to Love Everything in Your Wardrobe More

shopping, videos, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportSeptember 12, 201713 Comments

How can you love everything in your wardrobe that much more? Is it even possible? In this video, Jill Chivers of Shop Your Wardrobe and I discuss a technique to make sure that what you buy is what you love, so that you do feel excited and inspired by your wardrobe each day. Use the…

How to Thrift Shop Like a Pro

How to Thrift Shop Like a Pro

shopping, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 31, 201717 Comments

Op Shops, as they are known in Australia, Thrift stores as they may be known outside of this wide brown land, are a fantastic place to find clothes and accessories. Why is this? Well not everything is tired, worn out and old (yes there is some of that) as so many people have unworn garments…

Why you should check the care label before you try on (or buy) a piece of clothing

Shopping Tip: Check the Label Before You Try It On

Fabric, shoppingBy Imogen LamportAugust 18, 201715 Comments

  Before I purchase anything (in fact before I even bother to try it on, as I don’t get naked if it’s not got some chance of working), I always, always, always check the label on the clothes for: Fibre content Care instructions Why is this? Well I know that some fabrics pill easily (you know…

Discover the treasure trove of fabulous fashion and finds at Origen Imports in Melbourne and Malvern

Step Though the Looking Glass to Origèn Imports Boutiques

Melbourne, shoppingBy Imogen LamportJuly 13, 2017Leave a comment

Shopping professionally for a living (and having done it as a hobby since I was a teenager) I’ve got a lot of experience in this area. There are many “high street” or “chain stores” that you can find at every mall.  And sure they are useful to find some basics, it’s often much harder to…

Tips for creating a budget and how to work out what to shop for particularly if you like to be in control - click to find out more and watch the video

Budgeting Tips for the Control Freak

Reader questions, shopping, videos, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJune 27, 20178 Comments

In this video discussion with Jill Chivers of Shop Your Wardrobe we delve into a reader’s question on the topic of wardrobing and budgeting for “control people”. Jill relates to being a “control person” (aka control freak) in having a sense of stability in knowing exactly where everything is and exactly But you don’t need…

Dealing with a 3D body in a 2D Fashion world - finding clothes that fit

Why Living with a 3D Body in a 2D Fashion World Makes Shopping Such a Nightmare

Body Proportions, Body Shapes, Body Variations, shoppingBy Imogen LamportJune 22, 20176 Comments

  Say “Aye!” if you are frustrated by shopping because what looks great on a hanger doesn’t look great when you get it into the change rooms and try it on your body? We are led to believe that all women LOVE shopping.  That all we want to do is shop til we drop, day…

Is Caring About What You Wear Shallow and Wasteful?

Is Caring About What You Wear Unimportant?

Personal Style, shopping, videosBy Imogen LamportJune 20, 201710 Comments

  Is All Fashion Frippery? Is fashion shallow? Is caring about what you wear unimportant? Is buying clothes wasteful? We have to wear clothes as we don’t live in a nudist society. There is so much diversity in the human race and in cultures, yet we all wear clothes. So why is fashion demonised so…

Night Life exhibition at Rippon Lea - National Trust of Victoria

Glittering in the Night, an Exhibition of Evening Wear

fashion trends, Melbourne, 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

fashion trends, shopping, 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,…

how to have a more successful online shopping experience

Tips for a More Successful Online Shopping Experience

shopping, videosBy Imogen LamportMarch 14, 20174 Comments

Online shopping is here to stay. For many, it is a wonderful new way of purchasing clothing, particularly if you live in a smaller town, remote area or want a more varied wardrobe than your local stores can provide for. But there are downsides such as finding clothes that fit (and knowing the right size…

Understanding Where You Sit on the Fashion Continuum

fashion trends, shopping, 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.…

Tips on shopping for shoes

What Do you Buy in Multiples and Why?

shoppingBy Imogen LamportMarch 1, 201713 Comments

Before I had my breast reduction surgery, shopping was a bit of a nightmare. When it’s hard to find any clothes that actually fit (if it fit my bust it was way too large on my shoulders). For me shoes, costume jewellery and handbags have  been my “go to” items when shopping for many years.…

Corporate wardrobe capsule tips

How to Put Together a Corporate Wardrobe on a Budget

capsule wardrobes, Reader questions, shoppingBy Imogen LamportFebruary 24, 20173 Comments

Corporate wardrobes tend to be more expensive, yet if you are a recent university graduate or on an internship you just don’t have that kind of money to splash around. So how do you create a functional and stylish corporate wardrobe on a budget? Where to shop and what to buy? Create a Corporate Wardrobe…

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How Not to Buy Crap Ever Again

shoppingBy Imogen LamportFebruary 22, 20177 Comments

I often hear from women just how frustrating shopping can be.  My clients tell me when we’re on a personal shopping expedition that they normally give up really quickly, and my online community of 7 Steps to Style members has also let me know just how dissatisfying and unfruitful a shopping trip can be. My…

Get inspired with a week of office outfits

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

dress codes, fashion trends, outfits, WardrobeBy 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”…

Where to Shop for Clothes When You Have a Large Bust

Body Variations, shoppingBy Imogen LamportNovember 8, 20161 Comment

Online Busty Retailers Overview- Part II Review by Ms SmartandBusty These busty retailer are more casual, but some of them still produce many items that is suitable for professional office wear. BiuBiu ($-$$) BiuBiu is a Polish company with a single brick and mortar store in Lodz. Sizing: 2 dimensional sizing with the same structure…

How to Save $1000 a year on Fuel (so you can spend it on something more fun)

How to Save $1000 a year on Fuel (so you can spend it on something more fun)

More, shoppingBy Imogen LamportNovember 2, 2016Leave a comment

Last week I spent a day in Sydney at a dragway (yes, total glamour) learning how to become a more fuel efficient driver, as well discovering more about Ford Ecoboost technology, installed in many of their current fleet of cars including the Fiesta, Mondeo and Mustang (aka The Pony). Learning all about how small changes…

Best Online Shopping Options for Office Attire for Big Busts

Body Variations, shoppingBy Imogen LamportNovember 1, 20162 Comments

  Looking for office attire to flatter your big bust? Need to find smart clothes that fit over your bust (would you like to be able to get that jacket buttoned up?). Then look no further. Canadian large busted reader Orsi is sharing her review of some of the online busty retailers to help all…

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