Style is a journey, not a destination. Click To Tweet It’s a journey that you progress through your entire life. What is stylish on an 10 year old is not stylish on a 20 year old. Your personality develops and changes. You grow, learn and evolve, as should your style too. Style is not one-size-fits-all…
If you’d asked me 12 years ago if I thought I’d be still writing Inside Out Style and that it would have turned into the encyclopaedia of colour and style, I’d have probably thought you were crazy. Yet here we are 12 years later and I’m still creating new content (and I thought I’d be…
FREE LIVE MASTERCLASS FOR INTELLIGENT WOMEN WHO ARE READY TO IMPROVE THEIR STYLE 5 Things You Should Stop Doing Now to Instantly Improve Your StyleFind Fashion Frustrating? Without realising it, even though you’re an intelligent woman you’re most likely making at least one of five really common style mistakes that are stealing your style and…
Loved this article by Sal of Already Pretty about the difference between a Rut and a Signature Styleand it led me to thinking about how we get into ruts with our style, how we stop thinking more broadly about what would make us look great but still fits with our signature style. Are you in…
FREE MASTERCLASS FOR WOMEN WHO WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR PERSONAL STYLE Why You Have a Wardrobe Full of Clothes and Nothing to WearBecause you’re making these 4 mistakes Why do you feel like you have nothing to wear even though you can see that your closet is full of clothes? And how can you start…
Do you wear glasses? Are they a discreet frame or something that stands out? Are your specs a signature style accessory? Would you like them to be? In this podcast episode, Jill Chivers of 16 Style Types and I discuss glasses as a possible signature style accessory. What Makes a Signature Style Accessory? I don’t…
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…
Have you ever looked at a photograph of yourself, taken at a certain point in your life, and wondered what on earth you were thinking when you chose that outfit? It’s like peering into a time capsule, revealing your past style choices and, sometimes, fashion faux pas. But here’s the thing: style isn’t just about…
Never Short on Style Wouldn’t You Love to Know How To Dress To Look Taller? Are you tired of being overlooked because of your small size? Do your clothes seem to wear you instead of you wearing them? If you’re sick of feeling overwhelmed by your clothes and you’re interested in learning how to dress…
Blogging is not something I’d ever thought I’d be doing “when I grew up”. I mean, it didn’t exist as a hobby or a job back when I was growing up. Who invented blogging? I’m really not sure, but back in 2000 I created a website about my travels through Europe which would have been…
Reader Question – I live on a farm and my lifestyle has always needed comfortable and practical clothing. I am 70 and recently retired. I still want my clothes to be comfortable and practical but want to wear pretty and smart things as well. My personal style quiz results say that Relaxed is the best…
Another great quote from Oscar Wilde … You can never be overdressed or overeducated Let’s tackle the overeducated bit of this quote first. Getting a Style Education One of the things I notice and have experienced myself, before I took on my extensive study of colour and style, is that we are not taught the…
How do you know when you’ve hit your happy point on your style journey? Is it the same for everyone? Once you’ve hit your happy point, where do you go from there? What do you do on a regular basis to keep yourself up to date? This is the question Jill Chivers of 16 Style…
If vanity is a sin then is caring about your style shallow? I don’t believe so (at all) and wanted to share with you some of my thoughts on why I believe this and I’ve got some research to back my beliefs up! Watch the Video Do You Want to Feel More Confident and Improve…
A few people recently have commented to me that they feel bored with their style. They like what they wear, they think it flatters them (and follows their guidelines) but they feel bored. So why has boredom crept in? I think there can be a few reasons (and the answer may require some soul searching).…
“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable we have to alter it every six months”, so said Oscar Wilde Fashion is an industry, designed to make money. Nothing wrong with that. We all have to make money to live, feed ourselves and kids, keep a roof over our heads…. but the fashion industry…
FREE MASTERCLASS FOR WOMEN WHO WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR PERSONAL STYLE Why You Have a Wardrobe Full of Clothes and Nothing to WearBecause you’re making these 4 mistakes Why do you feel like you have nothing to wear even though you can see that your closet is full of clothes? And how can you start…
In my online forums and programs, participants can ask each other for style advice and feedback. It can be tricky when what one person thinks of as a compliment or an offhand comment, can be felt by the recipient to be cruel and hurtful especially when the women span a variety of interests, backgrounds, cultures…
Reader Question: I am magpie shopper and just pick up clothing and accessories I like but I end up without complete outfits and lots of wardrobe orphans. How do I create a cohesive wardrobe? Being a magpie shopper is great if you are careful! It’s a gathering style shopping that is often more about the…
As I’ve discussed before here, understanding how your personality impacts on your clothing and style choices (and how it’s way more important than body shape in so many ways), The personality dressing style that is used the most these days (with the casualisation of the work dress code) and with most of us also having…
This week in the style video bundle you get more than 65 minutes of colour and style tips based on the questions I get asked by you, my readers! Totally bingeworthy! If you want to watch the videos live – head over to my Facebook page and join me there to get notified when I’m…
