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Category Archives: Body

where to end tops to slim your hips and tummy

Where to End Tops to Make Your Hips and Tummy Look Slimmer

Body ProportionsBy Imogen LamportMarch 2, 201812 Comments

Where do you end your tops? Where they end because of how long they are when they come home from the store? Do you pull your tops down to hide your butt? Do you fiddle and adjust the length to find the perfect spot for you? The Horizontal Line Rule Because the hems of most…

How to Rock Patterns on Your Lower Half – X and A Shapes

Body Shapes, prints and patternsBy Imogen LamportFebruary 21, 20182 Comments

If you’ve read my recommendations on how to dress the hourglass shapes – the X Shape and A shape, that have the wider lower hip area, you may have noticed that the instructions are to keep the bottom of your body more boring, plain and free of detail. Details to Avoid Below the Waist for…

5 Simple Tips for Choosing a Flattering Pair of Shorts

5 Simple Tips for Choosing a Flattering Pair of Shorts

Body Proportions, Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportFebruary 16, 20185 Comments

How long are your shorts? How long or short should your shorts be?  This is a question I’m frequently asked so I thought I should post an answer! Shorts are one of those clothing garments that are often rather tricky for many women past the age of 40 to wear.  We may not be particularly…

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…

What is a Hip Dip and What to Wear When You Have Hip Dips

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportOctober 5, 201715 Comments

  Recently I’ve been asked to cover the topic of hip dips and how to dress them to make them less obvious. Hip Dips are also known as Violin Hips and are most common on the 8 shape, A shape and X shape bodies (but can come on any body shape).  They are an indentation…

Choosing Top Lengths for Skirts and Pants

Body Proportions, Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportSeptember 28, 20172 Comments

Hi Imogen. I have always heard that tops for skirts should be a bit shorter than tops for pants. My question is, how do you make this work when trying to put a capsule wardrobe together since tops should be able to work with both pants and skirts. I know you can tuck them in,…

Owning your style and some of the internal processes to feeling fabulous

Owning Your Style – Creating Fabulous Outfits for You

Accessories, Body Shapes, Reader questions, videosBy Imogen LamportAugust 29, 201718 Comments

How do you feel about your style?  Do you feel fabulous, ok or not great?  How do you feel about what you wear?  Do you own your style? In this (20 minute) video Jill Chivers of Shop Your Wardrobe and I discuss some of our own feelings about these questions and where the answers and…

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

shopping, Body Proportions, Body Shapes, Body VariationsBy 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…

Get Your Free wardrobe menu checklists so you can build your ultimate wardrobe

What Will You Choose from My Closet Menu Checklist?

Wardrobe, Where to StartBy Imogen LamportMarch 3, 20173 Comments

  There are just so many lists of essentials that “every woman should own” out there on the internet. If you’ve been reading Inside Out Style for a while you’ll realise that I don’t believe in such prescriptive lists. Why not? Well I know from the experience of working with thousands of clients is that…

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,…

How to Be a Style Magician

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportFebruary 1, 20176 Comments

How does magic work?  We’re smart people, we should be able to see the tricks of a magician?  Yet, how often have you seen a magic trick and been perplexed at it how fools your eye? The art of the magician is in illusion and distraction.  The magician distracts you away from the trick, at the…

How to Dress With Conflicting Body Shape Advice

Body Proportions, Body Shapes, Reader questionsBy Imogen LamportDecember 2, 20164 Comments

Dear Imogen, Thank you so much for creating Inside Out Style. Many of the style blogs I find are designed for models or teens, at least that’s how it seems to me. Most of your articles are for more mature women, with children. And you don’t pretend to have a perfect figure, you teach us…

Where to Shop for Clothes When You Have a Large Bust

shopping, Body VariationsBy 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…

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…

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 belive 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,…

What to Wear and Where to Shop as a Tall Woman

Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportAugust 24, 201625 Comments

It would be interesting if you had some things about what to do when you are NOT petite or “regular” but are a*TALL Woman* and *long limbed*. For example, you had a blog post recently about getting things tailored that was all about how to make things smaller. You didn’t have anything about what to…

Belting a Cardigan - Tips on tie belts vs wide belts particularly when you have an undefined waist

Why Fabric Tie Belts are the Enemy of Your Waist

Accessories, Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportAugust 11, 201610 Comments

Belts are an accessory that can add interest and detail to your outfit. They can add definition or highlight your waist or hips (depending where you’re wearing them). But they can also draw an unflattering horizontal line (which is broadening as I’ve explained in the illusion of horizontal lines here) if you already have a…

13 Ways to Flatter a Super Long Torso or Long Rise

Body Proportions, Reader questionsBy Imogen LamportAugust 5, 201627 Comments

Hey, Imogen, I’ve got a reader question for your data banks, perhaps you’ll have a slow month over the holiday season or something. 🙂 …I’ve searched your blog and found very little joy for the long-torsos amongst us. (though the blog’s fantastic, and I’ve really learned a ton!). Here’s the sitch: I’ve got a very…

Why your body is a room and how you should decorate it

Why You Should Imagine Your Body is a Room

Accessories, Body Shapes, Personal Style, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJuly 14, 201617 Comments

And how that can help you discover your personal style, let go of clothes that don’t suit and build a better wardrobe This morning I was having a conversation with one of my lovely image consultant (personal stylist) graduates and she mentioned that she has great difficulty throwing out clothes and makeup that don’t work,…

Foundation Garments - why they are so important and how to choose the right ones

Why The Foundations You Choose Are So Important

Body Variations, Reader questions, videos, WardrobeBy Imogen LamportJuly 11, 20162 Comments

Answering another reader’s question about choosing underwear (aka foundation garments) Jill Chivers of Shop Your Wardrobe and I tackle this subject in this video blog post. The Most Important Aspects of Choosing Great Foundation Garments Choosing the right shape of bra for what you’re wearing – tips here. Your underpants may need to be a…

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