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Category Archives: What to wear

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How to Look Taller Using a Column of Colour

Colour, petite, Popular PostsBy Imogen LamportAugust 23, 201112 Comments

Imogen, Would you consider addressing the best way to create a column of color with some examples? I try to dress this way and wear mostly dark wash denim or black ponte knit pants. I would like to expand the my choices on the top. A bit more color and some shoe/ boot options. I…

How to Choose a Patterned Garment with Flattering Colours

Colour, Fabric, prints and patterns, videos, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportAugust 4, 20112 Comments

Have you completed 7 Steps to Style or had a personal colour analysis but are unsure of how to choose a patterned garment, particularly if one or more of the colours isn’t in your colour palette?  How do you know when you are choosing a pattern if the colours are right for your or not?…

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How to Decide What to Splurge on and What to Save on

fashion trends, prints and patterns, shoppingBy Imogen LamportJuly 24, 20115 Comments

Fashion trends come and go, how do you decide what is worth spending up big (for you) on and what to buy cheap? Splurge on Quality jackets and pants in great neutral colours that work with your existing wardrobe. A great bra or two. Foundations matter, a great bra will make your waist look slimmer.…

Why You Should Stop Buying Clothes that Don’t Fit Right Now

Fit and Alterations, shopping, UncategorizedBy Imogen LamportJuly 15, 20112 Comments

Have you ever knowingly bought a piece of clothing that doesn’t fit right now? You try it on in the store and think to yourself, sure it’s a little tight, but when I’ve lost those last 2kg (5 pounds) then it’ll be perfect. I thought I was too clever to do this, but I did,…

Why Proportions Matter – Duchess Catherine Models

Body ProportionsBy Imogen LamportJuly 14, 20115 Comments

Checking out some photos of Kate Middleton (The Duchess of Cambridge) the other day I came across this pic with her wearing an Alexander McQueen knit dress. And I realised that it looks all wrong as the proportions don’t work for her body. Kate’s waist is a few inches above where the blue knit waistband…

B is for Bras - Imogen Lamport's A-Z of Style - How to fit a bra

How to Fit a Bra – Berlei vs Freya

Fit and Alterations, large bustBy Imogen LamportJuly 7, 2011Leave a comment

Yesterday I got all excited when I discovered that Berlei do a range of bras that go up to an H cup. So I decided to go and try on and see how they fit. To make a comparison I took 2 Berlei and 2 Freya bras into the change room. When fitting a bra,…

how to choose a swimsuit to flatter your body shape

How to Choose a Flattering Swimsuit

Body Shapes, Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportJune 13, 20118 Comments

If you need to choose a new swim suit for this summer here are some options finding a pair of swimmers that flatters your body shape. If you want to hide your stomach look for a suit that is either darker over the stomach area than either the bottom or chest area, or find one…

Check Me Out at You Look Fab Today

Body Proportions, Reader questionsBy Imogen LamportMay 23, 20112 Comments

I just wanted to let you all know that I’m over at You Look Fab today with a guest post on how to dress a large bust, so head on over and leave a comment! Thanks Angie for asking me!

Fit Issues – Bunching at the Back

Body Proportions, Fit and Alterations, flat buttBy Imogen LamportMay 10, 201114 Comments

One of my readers commented on a post about common issues with fit: I’ve had problems with certain tops bunching in the back, too. What’s up with that? Most bunching comes from your body shape being not related to the shape that the garment was cut for. Too much fabric in an area that doesn’t…

Pregnancy Dressing Tips

maternity, O shapeBy Imogen LamportApril 28, 20112 Comments

Hi Imogen, I have just recently started reading your blog and am appreciating all the info. you have there! I’ve determined that I am type X. I have a long torso, defined, long waist and short legs. (at 5’6″, I sit as tall as my 6’1′ husband). I was wondering if you have any advice…

Wardrobe Capsules for Your Life – Maternity

capsule wardrobes, maternityBy Imogen LamportApril 6, 20119 Comments

The time that most women find it easiest to create a really effective wardrobe capsule is when they’re pregnant. Aware that they won’t be wearing these clothes for the next 2-5 years, they buy judiciously. Carefully choosing clothes that all work together, that can be mixed, matched, layered, dressed up and down. When you are…

How to choose the undertone of green - which are the right ones for you?

Where to End Your Skirts

Alterations, calves, long legs, slim legsBy Imogen LamportMarch 29, 201113 Comments

I was wondering if you might address correct hem lengths in one of your future blogs. I am on the short side (5′ 4″) so almost all of my clothing needs to be shorted but I am never quite sure what the correct length is. For example, are pencil skirts and dresses hemmed at the…

how to choose the right bra for your shape and your outfit

Style Begins Inside Out

Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportMarch 17, 201113 Comments

Guest Post by Renee Mayne, Bra Queen There are three reasons why you need to know what’s going on with your bra. It forces you to improve your posture… shoulders back no slouching. It gives you a beautiful shape, lift and the right shape bra for you even makes you look slimmer. It’s a small…

Which is Your Best White

Alterations, Colour, FabricBy Imogen LamportFebruary 17, 201115 Comments

All whites are not the same, and different whites suit different colouring. We can go from a very bright white which is cool and quite stark and only suits those with very cool colouring, via a soft white, through ivory to cream, which is very warm and suits those with warm colouring. Soft whites are…

Some of the common issues with fit to avoid or be wary of when shopping

Common Issues with Fit

Fit and AlterationsBy Imogen LamportFebruary 10, 201124 Comments

There are lots of problems with the fit of commercially made garments, these are things that if you’re making the garment you can alter out of the pattern. But before you buy, make sure these are not problems built into the garment for you. There are some common issues with fit that are reasonably easy…

Why Armholes Matter

Fit and AlterationsBy Imogen LamportJanuary 26, 201119 Comments

How the sleeve is cut and fits into a top or jacket can change the way a garment appears on your body. If you have a deeper, lower cut armhole, this will add some bulk to your chest region, so is great for women with narrower shoulders (A shapes) or smaller busts who would like…

Don’t Waste Your Money – I shape

Body Shapes, I shapeBy Imogen LamportDecember 2, 201012 Comments

1. If you choose to wear anything that is boxy or baggy, without belting, it will overwhelm your figure. 2. Large scale clothes with no shaping will make you look like you’re dressing up in your parents clothes. 3. Very tailored shaping such as peplums that you just can’t fill out won’t work for your…

Which is the Best for You – Matte, Sheen or Shine?

style tips, Beauty, Drape, texture and sheen, FabricBy Imogen LamportNovember 10, 201010 Comments

\ Niamh was looking through some old photo albums, you know, the ones with pictures of me in my primary school classes, she was going through and picking me out of the sea of faces in each class. When I asked her how she knew it was me, she said: “see, your face is shiny…

body shapes explained defining points

Body Shapes Explained – Defining Points

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportNovember 2, 201041 Comments

I was asked the other day by a reader where are the defining points to figure out body shape. How to Define Your Body Shape Is it bust, waist and hips, shoulders waist and hips and where are the hips defined from – the thigh or up on the buttock area? For me (and I’m sure there…

Guest Post – Real Life Dressing a Figure 8 Shape

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportOctober 27, 201052 Comments

I get so many requests about how to dress 8 shape bodies, probably because they are so ignored by most image and style books. So I asked Aileen Lane of Nutri-Style in Singapore, who is an 8 shape if she’d share her experiences with you on how she dresses her shape. Here is her post:…

Where to End Your Tops

Body Shapes, style tips, videosBy Imogen LamportOctober 19, 201016 Comments

People always ask me where the best point is to end their tops and jackets. As the hem of a top creates a horizontal line, the best place is on a narrow point, rather than a wide point. If you are a body shape that has wider hips/thighs than waist, A, X, H, 8 (or…

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