Inside Out Style

24: Colour and Style Q&A: Jeans and Your Tummy, High Colour Contrast Wearing Neutrals, High Value Contrast Wearing Medium Value Colours

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If you have a tummy you want to camouflage, what are the best jeans button colour be? Gold or silver or something that blends with the denim?
Can a high colour contrast person who prefers neutrals balance their desire for a neutral outfit while still looking their best?
I’m a high value contrast and low colour contrast, how can I wear a top in a bright medium value colour?

23: Colour and Style Q&A: Best Neutrals, Using Your Colour Swatch, Hair Colouring and Colour Palettes

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How do I select my best neutrals?
How does hair colour affect your palette and if you change hair colour does it change your palette?
Does individual colouring within each palette determine how you use your colour swatch?

22: Colour and Style Q&A: Alternatives to Shorts, Warms Wearing White, Blazers for Busty Women

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Alternatives to shorts in summer for an 8 shape (or H shape)?
How does a Spicy (warm, light and toasted) woman wear white tee or jeans?
What are the best blazer styles for busty gals?

21: Colour and Style Q&A: Crossover Colours, How to Wear White, and Babies Skin Colour

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How many crossover colours are there between the palettes?
Are babies who are born looking very pink cool and with yellow skin warm?
How to wear white bottoms such as capris and shorts in summer?

20: Colour and Style Q&A: Coloured Neutrals, Short Legs Skirt Lengths, What Colours Can’t Cool Undertone People Wear?

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How would you define a coloured neutral? Can a Low Colour Contrast person have a coloured neutral? Is it determined by colour contrast, value contrast or palette? Does everyone have them?
X shape with long torso and short legs – skirt lengths to look proportionally good!
If cools can wear all the blues and violets, do warms get colours cools can’t wear?

19: Colour and Style Q&A: Blazer for H Shape, Flattering the Back View with a Long Rise, Using a Necklace as a Lynchpin

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Short waisted, large bust H shape what to look for in a blazer so I don’t look rounder and bigger?
How to dress a long rise high waist low rear body so the back view is flattering?
How to create a lynchpin within an outfit using a necklace with the colours of your bottoms?

18: Colour and Style Q&A: Selecting Prints and Patterns, Feeling Slim when Wearing Light Colours, Choosing Cross-Body Bag

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Going grey – how will this change your colouring regarding wearing patterns?
Plus size light colour palette – how to look and feel slimmer when dark colours don’t work?
Choosing a handbag – cross body bags – how to select a bag and what you might want to think about

17: Colour and Style Q&A: Outfit Boredom, Column of Colour, Matchy-Matchy

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How to deal with boredom in your outfits and wardrobe when you can’t shop?
How to do an inner column of colour without getting bored (particularly in summer when it’s too hot to wear a third piece)?
Discuss Matchy Matchy. Matching shoes and accessories. Does this make the eye dart around or can smoothness be achieved better by not matching?

16: Colour and Style Q&A: O Shape Style Tips, Dealing with the Shelf Hip 8 Shape

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As an O Shape how can I feel slim in a summer dress when your body is more exposed?
Best styles for a high shelf hip? Is this the same as a short waist?
What are the best fabrics to flatter an O shape?

15: Colour and Style Q&A: Going Grey and Colours Changing, Cool and Warm Features, Selecting the Right Rise for Jeans

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I’m growing out my hair to salt and pepper – how will my colours change?
Are all people with blue eyes cool (and brown eyes)? And are all people with pink skin cool?
How do I choose the right rise for my jeans?

13: Colour and Style Q&A: What to Wear Working from Home, Fashion Must Have Lists and Value Contrast of Bright and Light

By Imogen Lamport March 27, 2020 Leave a comment

In this episode: Is a bright with white (say red and white) a medium-high value contrast look as a bright with dark (say red with black) a high-value contrast?
Why should I get dressed up if I’m now working at home?
If my hair grows out to grey – how will my colours change?
Should I follow the fashion must-have lists?

12: Colour and Style Q&A: Pant Fit, Value Contrast and Style and the Minimalist Wardrobe

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In this episode: Why do pants pull across the crotch?
Is it possible to incorporate dark jeans and pants into outfits when you have a light palette?
Can you love style but still subscribe to a minimalist wardrobe?

11: Colour and Style Q&A: Most Common Colour Palettes? More Warm or Cool people? Dressy Jeans, High-Waisted Pants and Tummy

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In this episode:
In your experience do the majority of people have warm or cool undertone?

In your Absolute Colour System which are the most common palettes?

Dark jeans are a staple, but don’t look great with my warm, light colouring – any suggestions for looking smart but still dressy casual in jeans?

I’m an hourglass with a protruding stomach, where do I end my tops and can I wear high-waisted pants?

10. Colour and Style Q&A: Monochromatic Outfits, A Shape Tops and Skirts, Signature Colours

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In this episode: I am a tall A shape with a short waist. Where do I end my tops? What about skirts?
Do you find there are one or two colours in a palette that just don’t make you look great even though they are in your colour direction?
Can you demonstrate monochromatic dressing?

9: Colour and Style Q&A: Breast Reduction and Body Shape Changes, Sleeves for Full Upper Arms and Summer Wardrobe for Dark Colouring Tips

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In this episode: After breast reduction surgery – how does my body shape and proportions change and how will this affect clothing selection?
How does someone with a darker value assemble a warm-weather wardrobe?
What type of short sleeves do you recommend for big arms?

7: Colour and Style Q&A: Synthetic Fabrics, Styling Activity Trackers, Minimise Your Bust, Button Down or Zip Fly on Jeans

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In This Episode:
Please can you contrast synthetic fabrics for their wear characteristics, particularly pilling and wrinkles?
How do you style an activity tracking watch (apple watch, fitbit etc) as they are clunky looking?
How to minimise the appearance of my boobs?
If you have a tummy which you want to minimise, which are better zip up or button up fly jeans?

6: Colour and Style Q&A: Toning Down Bright Colours, Colours Changing Going Grey, Incorporating Trends

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In this episode:
How do we tone down a rainbow coloured dress or a bright red dress – what colour bag – shoes – scarf?
How your best colours change when you let your hair go grey?
How to incorporate this year’s trends into your own style in order to stay current but not look fashion-victim?

5: Colour and Style Q&A: Style as You Age, Colours Changing with Age, Jewellery that’s Practical

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Is there a typical transition path to one’s style as you age through the decades?
How do I adjust to my softer lighter colours as I feel I’m high contrast?
How do I choose jewellery for my portrait area that works well with practical clothes for my practical job?

4: Colour and Style Q&A: A Shape What Tops, Wearing Peasant Blouses with a Tummy, How to Minimise Bust

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In this episode:
A Shape- what tops to wear and should they be tucked or untucked?
Got a bit of a tummy and shaped like a rectangle – I like peasant blouses – how to wear them without looking pregnant Stylists say I should wear a belt – is this right?
How do I minimise the size of my boobs?

2: Colour & Style Q&A: Mixing Patterns, Making Skirts Casual and Looking Modern

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In this Episode
How to mix and match different patterns in the same outfit?
How to make a pencil skirt look more casual and cool?
How to look modern once you’re elderly?

3: Colour & Style Q&A: Trouser Colour for an A Shape, Necklaces for Necklines, Wardrobe Needs

By KateC March 12, 2020 Leave a comment

In this episode:
What colour pants to wear in the spring and summer with an A or pear shape body besides dark wash denim or navy?

How to select the right necklace for different types of necklines?

Getting Organised – how do I make sure I have the right pieces?

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