At the AICI Conference in Orlando and What We Wore

.. Hello from Orlando, Florida.  I’m here and sharing a hotel room with the lovely Jan Fisher (who you will know from these posts on Certain Age dressing).  I thought I’d share a couple of outfits with you that we’ve worn yesterday and today. The first two outfits are what we wore to the opening [...]

Stylish Thoughts – Jan Fisher Image Coach NZ

. . Today our Stylish Thoughts post comes from my great friend and colleague Jan Fisher.   I’m lucky enough to be catching up with Jan next week when I go to the USA for the AICI (Association of Image Consultants International) conference in Orlando Florida (I’m running a workshop on blogging). You can also [...]

What’s Your Happy Colour?

Sunset over Wellington NZ harbour Having just spent the past 5 days running a Personal Colour Analysis training course I’ve been thinking lots about colour.  Part of the course covers psychology of colour and I like to think about what colours mean to me, or to you and why. An experience with a client one [...]

Weekend Reading: 19 February

Not Supermum has had a lovely blog makeover, she’s also written and interesting post on the differences between bloggers and writers. Tips on how to praise to achieve results from Michelle, an opinionated woman. Teer Wayde or Curves to Kill has a fantastic list of places to shop for plus size fashion that are fashionable [...]

Keep the Love, Chuck Out the Stuff

.This morning I was talking to the teacher at Niamh’s creche and she was mentioning that she’s been given a few pieces of jewellery that she doesn’t like, that she’ll never wear, but feels she can never throw out because they have been given as gifts. I see this phenomenon often with clients too, who have clothes [...]

Youth Body Image Study

. Body image concerns among Australian youth have increased despite government and industry efforts to reverse the worrying trend, a new survey shows. Nearly a third of young people say body image is their top personal issue, ahead of bullying, alcohol, drugs and even crime, according to the largest annual survey of Australian youth, aged [...]

Relaxing with a Magazine

Women’s Weekly Magazine I’ve always loved magazines. I love the glossy paper, the beautiful coloured photos, the headlines that promise some of life’s little mysteries will be revealed to me. Ever since I was a teenager and I started buying Dolly magazine I’ve been a magazine fan. As I moved into my late teens and [...]

Weekend Reading – Happy it’s the Weekend!

Rings by Inspired Wish Do you wear your workout clothes or ‘house clothes’ all day because you don’t want to get your good clothes dirty?  Jesslyn from Image Interpreters has an answer. End fat talk – end it now – Duchesse from Passage des Perles is leading the way. I often hear that it’s hard [...]

Weekend Reading: Never Short on Style

What made me happy this week?  Well I’m thrilled to say that I’ve FINALLY finished writing and editing my new ebook for Petite women called Never Short on Style:  Dressing and Finessing the Petite Frame. I’d like to say thanks to all of you who came up with potential titles, to Susan (contact me for your [...]

Where Do You Attitudes to Clothes Come From?

. .When I’m with a client I like to understand them and why their clothes aren’t working for them.  Quite often there are deep seated attitudes to clothes that they’ve never thought about, why they end up wearing clothes that make them look much older or younger than they are, or why they can’t spend [...]