In this Video 0.38 How can I wear black and white when I have grey hair and muted colouring? 6.40 How do I get a waist if belts make me look short waisted? 11.30 I’m having trouble figuring out my body shape – what tips have you got? Wearing Black and White Why Black…
Your Essential Video Conference Tips What colours look the best on camera? This is a topic of some interest to many as they on screen more frequently with the massive rise in video conferencing. Unlike when you’re just having a photo taken, you can become keenly aware of how you look when on a video…
Imogen, love your posts on style personality (especially shoes) and was wondering if you would consider one on how each style type would wear pearls. I love pearls but prefer baroque pearls in funky settings not traditional ones. Wondering how a dramatic, chic, natural, romantic, creative would wear pearls. They’re a classic but are really…
What are you colour and style questions? I’m here to answer them LIVE on my Inside Out Style Blog Facebook Page – come join me and get your questions answered. Now, sit back and enjoy the answers to these colour and style questions… In this video If you don’t want to match shoes to hair…
Here are five (count them) new videos and over 60 minutes of colour and style tips and advice! I’d love to answer your questions – join me on my Inside Out Style Facebook page and let me know what you’d like to know! In This Video A shape can I wear tops and jackets that…
In this Video How to Organise your wardrobe? How do I figure out where my jeans should end, as I like to wear sneakers and roll up my jeans I have a fairly balanced body proportionally (just a marginally short waist) so how do I make my legs look longer? Wardrobe Organisation How to Create…
It’s Earth Day which is a great day to think about how you can make your style choices more sustainable. It doesn’t have to be about denying yourself of anything beautiful or non-organic and only wearing hessian sackcloth. But instead, it’s just making some more considered choices about your choices. How to Build a More…
Do you have a pretty unfancy lifestyle? Right now, you may even be in lockdown and at home, all day, every day – with no particular reason to dress up in anything other than your activewear, or tracky dacks (as we call tracksuit pants here in Australia). But does this mean that you should let…
In this Video: How to deal with boredom in your outfits and wardrobe when you can’t shop? How to do an inner column of colour without getting bored (particularly in summer when it’s too hot to wear a third piece)? Discuss Matchy Matchy. Matching shoes and accessories. Does this make the eye dart around or…
In this video: Why do pants pull across the crotch? Is it possible to incorporate dark jeans and pants into outfits when you have a light palette? Can you love style but still subscribe to a minimalist wardrobe? Pants Fit P is for Pants Why It’s So Hard to Find Pants that Fit The Best…
Pants are now optional, aren’t they? With lots of people working from home – even if you’re on a video conference – it only matters what you wear on top, doesn’t it? That would be great … but camera’s have been known to fall over and show more than you’d planned, people have been known…
I’ve been making some Facebook Live videos over on my Inside Out Style page (join me there if you want to watch them live) and wanted to share them with you here too – and I’m also linking here to some useful blog posts that help answer these questions! Here I’ve compiled a few videos…
If you’re not planning on leaving the house. You don’t have anybody visiting. You aren’t planning on seeing anyone. Does it really matter what you wear? This is the topic that Jill Chivers of 16 Style Types and I discuss in this video. Does it Really Matter What You Wear When You’re Alone? If it…
The Style Conundrum Clothing manufacture is a big polluter of our planet, yet we have to wear clothing for our entire lives. Clothes also wear out, so they need to be replaced too. You can’t just buy one set o clothing to see you through the rest of your life! So how do you…
The start of a season or the start of the year are often times that you may think about doing a bit of a wardrobe clear-out – cull or reorganization. Jill Chivers of 16 Style Types and I got chatting about this and decided to turn on the camera of our video-conference call and share…
Do you love ironing? I know some who do, they find it like a meditation… but for me, not my idea of a fun time! So I asked Bianca who is an expert on all things ironing to write me some tips to ease the ironing burden, as I’m sure that others may feel a…
by Helen Spencer from hellosewing.com. So, your jeans are too long for you and you don’t want to go to the tailor and spend money on this simple alteration? That is an unfortunate scenario indeed, but it’s not a reason for you to be down. If you don’t want to go to the tailor then…
One of the great first-world conundrums for women in the era of the cold shoulder, off the shoulder and other strappy top era fashion trends, is what kind of bra to wear with these items? When the temperature is nearing 40C (over 100F) degrees, loose layered and not too many foundations are often a way…
Old socks with holes in them or just odd socks that have lost their pair? Worn out grubby sneakers? These are often apparel items that just get tossed in the bin, not good enough to give to any thrift store. I mean who wants your stinky old socks and shoes? Rather than throw them in…
What to do when you’re not feeling inspired by your wardrobe. It could be you’re having a day when you’re feeling a bit bloated and your regular outfits will not be comfortable, or you’re just a bit bored with what you’ve got. Rather than run out and buy something new, why not get a little…
There has been some fascinating discussion between my 7 Step Style Sisters this past week or so about Uniforms, Wardrobe Capsules and Outfit Formulas. Each is a different concept, all can work for you and can work together, but some may feel more attractive to your way of thinking and doing than others! Wardrobe Capsules…
