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Category Archives: Accessories

How to Choose the Right Colour Necklace

Accessories, Colour, Reader questions, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportMarch 8, 20176 Comments

Does the intensity of the accessories (necklace, earrings etc.) have to match with one another OR does their intensity have to match with the clothing worn? Or, both of the above? I’m not sure if the intensity of everything is the same, then there’s no focal point? If I were to wear a warm red…

Choosing shoe styles to go with your pants

4 Things You Must Know to Match Shoe Styles with Your Pants

Accessories, Body Proportions, Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportFebruary 10, 20175 Comments

  Just like with skirts, different shoe styles suit different trouser styles.  When you think about how to choose a shoe and heel style to work with your pants, you will want to take into consideration a few aspects. 1.  Trouser Shape and Shoe Selection From the widest palazzo pant to your skinny leg pant,…

20 Stylish Fitness and Activity Tracker Accessories

Accessories, Lifestyle, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportFebruary 8, 20176 Comments

  Many of you wear activity trackers. I wear one daily as it helps me know just how much time I’ve spent sitting down, and reminds me that I need to get up and move to stay healthy. Yet, most fitness trackers are fine for sport, but just don’t look right worn with your smarter…

Feature your earrings - weekend style challenge

Feature Your Earrings – Weekend Style Challenge

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportDecember 24, 2016Leave a comment

  It’s festive season and as I’ve been updating my series of posts on finding flattering earring shapes for your face shape I thought, why not make a statement earring in a great shape your style challenge for the weekend. It’s festive season and many of us have events to attend and a bit of…

How to Brooch the Subject

Accessories, Reader questionsBy Imogen LamportDecember 22, 20166 Comments

  No, the heading does not contain a spelling error, but I wanted to broach the subject of brooches after one of my lovely readers emailed me for advice on choosing brooches. Now they are an ideal decorative detail that you can wear in your portrait area if you have a short or wide neck that…

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How to Find the Most Comfortable Shoe

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportDecember 19, 20169 Comments

Understanding Supportive Shoe Wear by Debra Coglianese, DPT, OCS, ATC In my physical therapy practice it generally does not take long before the discussion turns to shoe wear – specifically, supportive shoes. And, believe it or not, the easiest way to talk about feet and shoes is to talk about eyes and eyewear first. Some…

Choosing earrings for your triangle or pear shape face

How to Choose Earrings for Your Triangle Shaped Face

Accessories, Face, face stylesBy Imogen LamportDecember 15, 2016Leave a comment

When you are thinking about choosing earrings to flatter your face shape, think about how to balance it.  If it’s unbalanced (forehead to jaw), like a triangle or pear face shape, then you want to find an earring that balances the shape. How to Choose Earrings to Flatter a Triangle Shape Face A triangle shape face has a narrower…

Stylish gift ideas for women who are interested in fashion and style

Stylish Christmas Gift Ideas

Beauty, Accessories, makeupBy Imogen LamportDecember 13, 2016Leave a comment

  I can’t believe how close Christmas is to us right now. It’s seriously snuck up on me and I’m suddenly starting to panic about what to buy (and my kids keep asking me what I might like too). So I thought I’d put a little guide together with some bits and pieces that may…

Rectangle face shape earrings - what to choose

How to Choose Earrings for Your Rectangular Shaped Face

Face, Accessories, face stylesBy Imogen LamportDecember 9, 2016Leave a comment

When you are thinking about choosing earrings to flatter your face shape, think about how to balance it.  If it’s longer, like a rectangle face shape (more than 1.5 times the width in length), then you want to slightly widen the face to make it appear slightly shorter. How to Choose Earrings to Flatter a…

How to Choose Earrings For Your Heart Shaped Face

face styles, Accessories, FaceBy Imogen LamportDecember 1, 20161 Comment

When you are thinking about choosing earrings to flatter your face shape, think about how to balance it. How to Choose Earrings to Flatter a Heart Shape Face A heart shape face has a wider forehead and then narrows down to a more pointed V shape jaw. Thus the earrings that flatter will widen as…

Weekend Style challenge - Style up beauty bundles

Style Up Your Beauty Bundles – Weekend Style Challenge

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportOctober 29, 20162 Comments

  Let’s have fun this weekend accessorizing with colour.  Jill Chivers and I recently discussed how turquoise is a great colour for beauty bundles as it is both a warm and cool colour and I even used this concept when putting together outfit ideas for our Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival events here. So grab a…

Playing with the scale of pearls

Play with Scale – Weekend Style Challenge

Accessories, scaleBy Imogen LamportOctober 8, 2016Leave a comment

This weekend’s style challenge is about having fun and experimenting with the scale of your accessories and details. To find out more about choosing scale of details and accessories read these posts: Choosing scale based on personality style How to flatter larger facial features S is for Scale How to choose a necklace How to make…

How to Choose to the Scale of Details and Accessories Based on Your Personality

scale, Accessories, Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportOctober 5, 20168 Comments

If you’ve been reading this blog for more than a nanosecond, you’ll know that I truly believe that personality is the most important factor when choosing clothes and accessories. I listed 10 ways personality is more important than body shape here. And you may be aware (but if you’re new, maybe not) that body shape,…

Wear a Scarf 2 Ways – Weekend Style Challenge

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportOctober 1, 2016Leave a comment

This weekend, your challenge is to style a scarf two ways.   Scarves are a great accessory that can be worn in multiple ways.   You can wear them around your neck, your head, your waist, your wrist, your handbag, as garments or as an accessory. In fact I shared some scarf tying video and…

how to tie your scarf to turn it into a vest - great for a large rectangular scarf - insideoutstyleblog.com

2 Ways to Tie a Scarf into a Vest

Accessories, videosBy Imogen LamportSeptember 30, 20165 Comments

So you’ve got a big rectangular scarf and you’re not sure how to wear it. If you’re petite there is probably too much fabric in it and it swamps you when you tie it round your neck.  Instead of letting that gorgeous scarf languish in your wardrobe unworn, why not try this nifty way of…

32 Ways to Tie a Scarf

Accessories, videosBy Imogen LamportSeptember 28, 20166 Comments

Scarves make great accessories.  There are so many ways to tie a scarf it makes them an incredibly versatile accessory. Not only that, you can so easily use your scarf  colours as a guide to creating the colour scheme for your outfit (as I wrote about in this post). It’s easy to pull out the…

Weekend Style Challenge – Change Your Shoes

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportSeptember 3, 20161 Comment

Many of us have a ‘go to’ shoe that we wear with lots of different things. Inspired by my post on how a simple pair of shoes changes the whole feeling of your outfit.  Your weekend style challenge is to change the feeling of your outfit just by changing your shoes. Take a pic with…

How to Change Your Outfit Just By Changing Your Shoes

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportSeptember 1, 20166 Comments

One lovely reader recently posted on a super old blog post (but still evergreen) on how a simple pair of shoes can change your outfit, and asked me if I could do a similar post with skirts (as she’s not a pant/jean wearer). Trawling through my archives of outfits I came across this leopard skirt…

8 Easy Ways to Update Your Wardrobe

Accessories, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 29, 20165 Comments

Bit tired of your wardrobe? Is it time for an update? Wish you could afford a whole new wardrobe but you can’t? Then why not check out these tips on updating your wardrobe and you don’t have to spend a fortune to do so with my tips on what to think about or look for…

how to fake a low vamp shoe when you have to wear a high vamp

How to Get the Low Vamp Look with a High Vamp Shoe

Accessories, Reader questionsBy Imogen LamportAugust 22, 201614 Comments

Since knee surgery and changes it has made, for whatever reason, I find I can no longer keep a lot of my low vamp shoes, particularly flats, on my feet. I walk right out of one or both at the most inopportune times – like when crossing the street. I’ve been forced to have to…

What is shoe vamp and which one you should choose for your to go with your outfit

What is Shoe Vamp and Why Does it Matter?

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportAugust 15, 201612 Comments

What is the vamp of your shoe? And what’s it got to do with anything anyway? More people than less seem to have shorter legs proportionally (in my experience) and they long for longer legs. This is where shoe vamp matters. The vamp of your shoe is where the top of the shoe ends on…

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