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Category Archives: Body

How to make a large bust look smaller with a necklace

How a Large Necklace Can Make Your Bust Look Smaller

Accessories, Body Variations, scale, videosBy Imogen LamportJuly 14, 200933 Comments

  People often comment on my collection of larger scale necklaces and say that they’re ‘my thing’ as I always wear them. But they’ve only become ‘my thing’ since I discovered the power of a large necklace to make my bust look smaller. How does this work? It’s that old optical illusion – which centre…

how to find the right shapewear for your body

Finding the Right Shapewear for You

Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportJuly 13, 200912 Comments

I was asked to help find shapewear for one of my lovely readers. She has problems as she’s a 38DDD (or a 38E in some places), finds that many garments roll down and create unsightly bulges, and also that her breasts sometimes escape underneath the underwire of her bra. How to Find the Right Shapewear…

How to flatter your lateral body shape

What’s Your Side View – Round or Elliptical?

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportJuly 12, 200926 Comments

Did you know that we have a lateral body shape, as well as the regular “horizontal” body shape (what we call “body shape“) and also a vertical body shape (also called body proportions).  Your lateral body shape is your body in profile or the side view. Along with our front view/body shape, we also tend…

Body Proportions Explained – Long Rise

Body ProportionsBy Imogen LamportJune 30, 200917 Comments

One of the measurements that is commonly long is the rise measurement – that is the distance from leg break to waist. Some people have a long body, but they are short-waisted and the length is in their rise which is long. 1. If you are proportionally like this, skirts can be your best friends…

How to dress your long decollete

Body Proportions Explained – Small Bust but Long Decolletage

Body Proportions, Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportJune 29, 200913 Comments

One of my lovely readers asked that I post something to help her – she has a small bust but is proportionally long through her decollete and was wondering what she should wear. What’s a long decolletage?  Well, it’s a long proportion between the base of your chin and the peak of your bust –…

How to dress with the golden mean ratio

Proportions – the Golden Mean or Fibonacci Number

Body ProportionsBy Imogen LamportJune 26, 200940 Comments

  I love this quote – and yesterday I heard someone on the radio say   Architecture is a living being – it reflects the culture and mood of the times.   We are not static beings and so our buildings are renovated and change over time. The renovations and changes to buildings relate to…

Body Proportions Explained – The Effect of a Large Bust

Accessories, Body Proportions, style tipsBy Imogen LamportJune 24, 200926 Comments

  I’ve had a couple of commenters who have wanted to know what to do with their large bust, given their body proportions.   Interestingly, even if you have a balanced waist, a large bust can give you the appearance of a short waist, as by the time the clothes go out over your bust…

How to dress body proportions - balanced with a shorter mid-body

Body Proportions Explained – Balanced with a Short Mid-Body

Body ProportionsBy Imogen LamportJune 22, 200925 Comments

Body Proportions There are body shapes (X, A, H, I, O, V, 8) which tell us where to add detail and where to use horizontals to balance or draw attention, and where to use verticals to elongate.  Then there are body proportions, which tell us where to end hems of sleeves, tops, jackets, skirts and…

How to Add Shape and Curve to Your Long Slim Legs

long legsBy Imogen LamportJune 19, 200915 Comments

I’ve been asked by one of my lovely readers to do a post to help her make the most of her long slim legs, without looking Mutton Dressed as Lamb.   1. Wear shoes with detail and ankle straps – all those gladiator shoes will work for you. Just ensure that the straps are finer…

choosing jeans pockets to flatter your butt

How to Choose Flattering Jeans Pockets

Body Shapes, Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportJune 17, 200916 Comments

  How do you know if your back view is as attractive as your front? It’s much harder to see our back view in the mirror, without a series of mirrors. So when choosing jeans, which are the best pockets for your butt? Quick Tips for Choosing Jeans Pockets Size and placement is really important…

Empire waist to suit your body shape

Empire Waist Dresses and Tops – Do’s and Don’ts

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportJune 8, 200920 Comments

How to Choose an Empire Waist to Suit Your Body Shape An Empire Waist garment has a high cut waist seam that sits directly under the breasts (above your natural waistline).  It’s flattering on so many body shapes because it doesn’t require a defined natural waist to work.  For petites it works because it raises…

To Tuck or Not To Tuck – That is the Question

Body Proportions, Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportApril 20, 200922 Comments

Karen asked me to give some advice on tucking – who should and who shouldn’t.     Basically, if you are short through the waist (and especially if you have a medium to large bust), don’t tuck, it will make you look even shorter through the waist.  This applies to H shapes, O shapes and…

How to dress your shorter body and longer legs

Body Proportions Explained – Short Body, Longer Legs

Body ProportionsBy Imogen LamportApril 15, 200934 Comments

Following on my series on Body Proportions – today we’re looking at the dressing challenges of those with a shorter body and longer legs.  Not sure of your proportions?  Then watch the video here on how to measure them. If you have a shorter body and longer legs, you may often have slimmer legs and…

How to dress the longer body with shorter legs proportioned body

Body Proportions Explained – Long Body, Shorter Legs

Body ProportionsBy Imogen LamportApril 13, 200918 Comments

Discover How to Flatter the Longer Torso Shorter Legs Proportional Body Further, from my general explanation of body proportions, and the other two common body proportions – Long legs, Short Body, and Balanced with a Short Mid-Body,  let’s look specifically at some of the common issues for the longer body, shorter leg.  You can figure out…

Body Proportions Explained

Body Proportions, Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportApril 10, 200956 Comments

Not only do we have body shapes (which can also be called our Horizontal Body Shape) we also have to take into consideration our Body Proportions (or Vertical Body Shape). Proportions are important as they tell us where to end our clothes, such as hems on skirts, hems on tops and jackets.  Should you end…

Who is your celebrity body shape doppleganger?

Celebrity Body Shapes – Body Shapes Explained

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportApril 4, 200918 Comments

  Many of you have asked me to share with you some celebrities who have similar body shapes to yours (so you can get some style inspiration).  Now in Hollywood ‘very thin’ is common due to the pressures put on celebrities so there is less variety in body shapes.  But here are some celebrities who…

Body Shapes Explained – Figure 8 Shape

Body Shapes, makeupBy Imogen LamportApril 4, 200957 Comments

What is the difference between an 8 shape and an X shape?  Well they both have defined waists, and their hips and shoulders are both fairly proportioned, (though sometimes you can have an 8 shape that has narrower shoulders, more like the A shape, but their hips are a different shape to a traditional A/pear).…

Size is only a Number on a Label

Body Image, illusion and distraction, looking slimmer, self esteemBy Imogen LamportApril 1, 200928 Comments

Given that there is no standard sizing, we all have garments in our wardrobes that range between 2-4 sizes (or at least have found when trying clothes on that in some stores we are one size and in another we are apparently ‘larger’ or ‘smaller’), so why are we so hung up on that number…

Why You Shouldn’t Wear Ankle Length Pants

Body Proportions, Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportMarch 31, 200918 Comments

  Tonight I spent a couple of hours with some lovely image consultant students of mine, and we were looking at each others outfits and working out what we might tweak to improve.  One of my lovely students was wearing ankle length pants (which are a trend at the moment) and we played with the length…

How to Dress the A (Pear) Shaped Body

small bust, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportMarch 15, 200923 Comments

 Kelly, from I’ll Be Back requested some help working out how to dress her A shaped body, so I’ve put this polyvore together for her, and hppefully it will help some others too.     Kelly works as a Legal Assistant and so wants to look approachable yet professional at work, and at the weekends…

Do You Prefer Fashion or Style?

Personal Style, plus sizeBy Imogen LamportMarch 5, 200910 Comments

I found this post over at The Blue Kimono – and love it so much I’m republishing it (I hope you dont mind Sallymandy!   Fashion is in the clothes. Style is in the wearer. Fashion stuns. Style delights. Fashion costs. Style is priceless. Fashion is mindless. Style is intelligent. Fashion is fascistic. Style is…

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