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Category Archives: Wardrobe

3 Easy Ways to Tie Head Scarves

Accessories, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportMarch 23, 201114 Comments

On Monday I did workshop for Look Good Feel Better, afterwards I was asked if I’d ever done videos on how to tie head scarves (which is part of the workshop) on my blog, as they had lots of requests by cancer patients who lose their hair during chemo, so I’ve done 3 short videos…

How to Work Your Wardrobe Capsule

Capsule WardrobesBy Imogen LamportMarch 22, 201114 Comments

Thanks for all your comments on the Wardrobe Capsules series I’m doing. I’ve had a few that have wondered how I could make so many outfits, so hopefully this polyvore will help to explain how 12 garments can make so many options. It’s all about mixing them up, each bottom goes with each top, each…

Wardrobe Capsules for Your Life – Casual Business

Capsule Wardrobes, Dress CodesBy Imogen LamportMarch 21, 201114 Comments

So where you work is really casual, jeans are fine, and people often turn up in sneakers or even the clothes they wash the car in? What people forget about this dress code is they hear the word “casual” and don’t hear “business”. Yes people, it’s still work and you still need to look respectable…

Wardrobe Capsules for Your Life – Relaxed Business

Capsule Wardrobes, Dress CodesBy Imogen LamportMarch 9, 201113 Comments

Many who work in the corporate world now wear a relaxed business rather than formal business style of dress. Formal business is easy, team a suit with a shirt and put on some hose and pumps and off you go. It’s kind of like a school uniform. Relaxed business is so much trickier to interpret…

Wardrobe Capsules for Your Life – Evening Wear

Capsule WardrobesBy Imogen LamportMarch 4, 201115 Comments

Many of us find dressing up for a wedding or out for an evening, not the black tie type, but the smartly dressed type, hard work, our wardrobes just don’t cater for it if we don’t do it too often. Too easily when invited out we feel we have nothing to wear so we go…

What to Wear as a Busy Mum - a wardobe capsule for your life

Wardrobe Capsules for aLife – Busy Mum (Mom)

Capsule Wardrobes, Personal Style, Style Tips, Travel and PackingBy Imogen LamportMarch 2, 201119 Comments

Wardrobe capsules are a great way of making your clothes work harder for you and your dollar go further. A wardrobe capsule is a selection of up to 12 garments plus accessories that all work together. Today I’ve created a capsule for a busy mum on the go. 8 practical easy care garments along with…

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What’s Your Favourite Flavour of Icing?

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportFebruary 14, 20118 Comments

Accessories are the icing on the clothing cake. Cake is nice enough by itself, but so much more delectable with some icing. If you look at women you think dress stylishly, most likely there will be an accessory or two that makes the outfit work and adds that interest, that detail, that spark of excitement…

How to Look Smarter and Get that Job

Accessories, Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportFebruary 8, 20116 Comments

According to a study done by the British College of Optometrists found that wearing glasses to a job interview improves your chances of getting hired. The research found that 43% of people think that those who wear glasses are more intelligent. We also assume that glasses wearers are quiet and don’t cause problems, other attributes…

Business Casual Dress Codes – What to Wear and What to Avoid

Dress CodesBy Imogen LamportFebruary 1, 20117 Comments

Many businesses these days have a casual dress code, especially for those non-client facing personnel, but still many people wear clothes that are inappropriate for a work environment and the bosses complain to me (as well as their own peers) about what their employees are wearing. They will also tell me that they’re not keen…

5 Easy New Years Image Resolutions

WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJanuary 5, 20119 Comments

Happy New Year to you all. I hope 2011 brings much happiness for you all. To help you along the way why not think about getting your wardrobe sorted out for the new year with these 5 easy to follow image resolutions. 1. I will only buy what is flattering to me, the colours that…

The Rules for the Office Christmas Party

Dress Codes, Occasion DressingBy Imogen LamportDecember 17, 20105 Comments

It’s that time of year again when the office Christmas party is the order of the day. What are the rules you should remember, between imbibing the company punch? The Rules for the Office Christmas Party 1. Remember, this is still your workplace/work colleagues, the rules of office etiquette still apply, don’t over indulge, you…

Tips for How to Choose a Winter Coat

Personal Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportDecember 16, 201015 Comments

I was asked by a reader the other day for help choosing winter coats. Here are a few tips. Clockwise from top left: Show off a defined waist with a belted coat like a trench – great for X, A and 8 shapes. If you are petite, keep your coat knee length or shorter and…

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How Much Jewellery at Once?

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportNovember 19, 20105 Comments

Following on from my post the other day about matching jewellery, I received this reader question: I see that the larger earrings are paired with ring / bracelet, not a necklace. How do I tell when my earrings are “too much” to be worn with a necklace? My general advice for this question would be…

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Matching Jewellery – Sets without being sets

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportNovember 15, 201010 Comments

Today I’m off to speak to a group of business women, and my topic is accessories and how to choose them. One topic I will talk about is how to match jewellery, without being matchy-matchy (unless you’re very classic in your personal style, matching sets tend to look old and fuddy-duddy). I’ve done up a…

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How to Choose Boots for Your Body Shape

Accessories, Reader QuestionsBy Imogen LamportNovember 8, 201017 Comments

Reader Question:Also, is there any rules with shoes and body types? Particurarly thinking about boots, as it’s getting colder here in Europe 😉 Thanks again, Maija When thinking about what are the best shapes of boots and heels for different body shapes, consider your shape and what will balance it. Stiletto heels with their long…

Glasses – Jewellery for the Face

Accessories, Personal Style, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportOctober 26, 20109 Comments

Tania Many people wear eye glasses, but how many people really take the opportunity to find a frame that expresses their personality, that are not just practical, but are jewellery for the face? Irene While I was in Manila, I met a lovely image consultant Irene, who had a selection of fabulous frames, and I…

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Co-ordinating Jewellery to Necklines

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportOctober 22, 20108 Comments

If the face is the ‘communication centre’ it’s really important to think about how to draw attention there. Finishing off getting dressed so that you look ‘put together’ and stylish is helped immensely by what happens above the bust as it is close to the face. Using a piece of jewellery in this area or…

What Jewellery to Choose When You Have a Short or Wide Neck

Accessories, Style TipsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 7, 20108 Comments

Many people feel that if their neck is short or thick (or both) that it excludes them from wearing jewellery near their face, but this is not so. Look for necklaces that are to your first balance point or longer (double that length is great too). Avoid your second balance point (the high one). Look…

Which are really more slimming horizontal lines or vertical lines

Which are More Slimming, Horizontal or Vertical Lines?

Personal Style, Style Tips, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportAugust 29, 201013 Comments

I was alerted to this study done at the University of Yorkby one of my lovely blog readers. Apparently some scientists have found that horizontal stripes are slimming and verticals are fattening. This is true, but horizontal stripes can also be fattening and verticals slimming, the study is flawed. The participants were asked to look…

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13 Ways to Wear Scarves

AccessoriesBy Imogen LamportAugust 25, 20104 Comments

Some people are jewellery people, some people are scarf people, I like to wear both, but more scarves in the winter and jewellery in the summer. Spring and Autumn, I go both ways Here are a few ideas about how to wear different shapes and sizes of scarves, and of course, you can also look…

How to choose socks to go with your pants or trousers - for either business or casual outfits

Sock it To Me – How to Choose the Colour of Your Socks

Dress Codes, Personal StyleBy Imogen LamportJuly 13, 20105 Comments

I have to wear office-appropriate but warehouse-safe shoes, so I have close-toed brown slip-on flats. Even with my longest pants, if I sit down and cross my legs my socks show. I’ve long since moved to black ankle socks (as opposed to the white socks that were long enough that I folded them over from…

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