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 –…
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 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…
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…
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…
Today I wasn’t seeing clients, so I decided not to wash my hair, I also decided to give it a rest from hot styling tools which I have to use to tame it every day, but I still have to do the school and kindy drop offs and pick ups so need to keep it…
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…
Today I’m starting again working with an optometry education company doing a workshop with retail optometry staff to teach them some of the image related aspects of helping their clients choose flattering glasses frames. But before you even start trying on frames, the No. 1 factor that will affect your choice, and what you…
I was shopping yesterday in Century City, LA with lovely blogger La Belette Rouge and she tried on a version of this top at Banana Republic. It looked great on her, but was about 2.5″ too long and hit at an unflattering point on her hips and made her looked proportionally unbalanced and a…
When economic times are tough, what can we do to save on our wardrobe? Here are 4 easy to follow budget fashion tips for the Recessionista Fashonista. 1. Alter You can make a garment fit properly with alterations. I spend a lot of time in wardrobes pinning garments, adding darts when it’s too boxy, taking…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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).…
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…
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…
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…
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…
If I had to describe my personal style in 3 words it would be creative, dramatic, feminine. When I discovered my personal style preferences when I was undertaking my image consultant training (though it has developed and morphed some in the past few years), I finally understood why I can’t wear sneakers if I’m not…
