Ep 297: Finding your signature style

What is a Signature Style Anyway?
It can be a look that is almost like a uniform, think Vogue editor Anna Wintour (signature bob, frock and sunglasses), or Ellen Degeneres (pants, shirt and sweater or vest), or Jackie Kennedy Onassis – where you can pretty much guess what they will wear each day.  It’s a very defined look if you go for the uniform version.

256: Colour and Style Q&A: How to dress when overweight, less garments in my wardrobe, and how to know what would look good on me.

My classic rectangular body that goes with my classic, style has disappeared. I feel I look like an apple on a stick! Help!
My biggest challenge is reigning it all in. I adore clothes. I’ve spent the last few years downsizing and have gotten rid of a lot, but my closet is still overflowing. I wear outfits in rotation so everything gets worn at some point. It’s overwhelming most of the time. I would love to cut it all down by half.
My problem is mainly is what would look good on me, which colors to keep in my wardrobe, how many colors for my casual lifestyle as I’m trying to make myself a guided plan with what I’m looking for!

198: Colour and Style Q&A: Adding details, warm and cool, and standing out.

Details- Looking stylish current and funky at 60 (and feeling comfortable) – ideas on the details involved putting a look together
I heard a successful makeup artist say that some people have a mixture of warm and cool features. For example, some may have warm colored natural hair but cool eyes, or neutral skin and warm eyes. Do you believe that this can happen?
My style challenge is being boring because others might judge me if I were to wear something out of the norm, especially for the school run!

191: Colour and Style Q&A: Tips on wearing heels when you have medical condition, body shape changes when you put some covid kilos, and narrowing down your purchase when shopping.

I can’t wear heels due to a medical condition and I’m petite and I feel completely unstylish – help!
I’ve put on the Covid kilos, and have gained weight in places like my tummy that I never used to have no longer suit me. Help!
Give me the confidence to wear what I want and how to narrow down my purchases. I love everything!

178: Colour and Style Q&A: How to find things that are comfortable both in how I feel about them and how they actually feel? How do you style a curved hem top with a blazer or jacket? How to find clothes for old woman who lives in the tropics?

How to find things that are comfortable both in how I feel about them and how they actually feel on me, but also dressy. I like to look classy and stylish but often find it difficult to get things that are.
how do you style a curved hem top with a blazer or jacket? Does the jacket hem need to be curved as well?
I’m an older woman who lives in the tropics and has an apple shape and I’m finding it hard to find clothes.

177: Colour and Style Q&A: How to find a balance between boring and overwhelming when considering contrast in texture and stylistic elements? How to style a 68 year old woman without dressing too young? How to stay fashionable when half of the current fashions don’t suit my shape?

Could you share about finding a balance between boring and overwhelming when considering contrast in texture and stylistic elements? How does that relate to and reflect my physical attributes?
I’m nearly 69 years old and I don’t want to dress too young, however, I don’t want to feel like a frumpy old woman – help please!
How to stay fashionable when half of the current fashions don’t suit my shape particularly when I like the look of them.

176: Colour and Style Q&A: Tips on finding your flattering clothes, busty H-shape dressing style, and finding the right balance of clothes from cleaning and yard work to going out.

How to stop being so safe and spend all my time finding clothes that hide the unflattering parts of me?
Which tops and jackets to make a busty H-shape body with high hips and short, waist, long legs look good?
How to find the right balance of clothes for my varied life – from cleaning and yard work to going out to the shops etc? I find I’m getting changed 3 times a day.