Some amusement for the weekend - the man drawer. What style of jeans outsells all the others? Don’t forget to enter my competition to win a $1000 Shopping Experience from Westfield Willpower, what is it to you? Is it the right thing to rely on when you’re trying to form new habits? Jill at My Year [...]
Dressing Your Age When You Naturally Look Young
September 14, 2011 by 8 Comments
Hi Imogen, I was wondering if you could give me some advice, as my problem is the opposite of one you have dealt with several times regarding “mutton dressed as lamb”. I’m 38 but look a lot younger (people generally guess my age at 25-28). Should I dress my age or the age I look? [...]
Weekend Reading: 16 July 2011
July 16, 2011 by 1 Comment
This week I spent most of my time awake moving my blog from blogger to wordpress and reconfiguring it all… so much technical stuff for a non-techie is making my head explode. I really hope you like the new improved site and I’m in the process of installing a forum so you can communicate here, [...]
Weekend Reading: 25 June 2011
June 24, 2011 by 3 Comments
/Following up from my post on Loving Your Stomach – Materfamilias writes about grappling with the issue. What colour should you paint your closet space? Maria at Colour Me Happy has some inspiration (if only I had a wardrobe that looked anything like the ones in her pictures.) LPC from Privilege writes about her style [...]
Why Do We Hate Our Stomachs So Much?
June 19, 2011 by 25 Comments
. . Time and time again when I ask clients about what they’d like to highlight and camouflage on their body stomachs come up as a place that they dislike and want to make disappear. Most of the time these are normal stomachs. I see a lot of stomachs in my job as an [...]
At the AICI Conference in Orlando and What We Wore
May 20, 2011 by 4 Comments
.. 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
May 10, 2011 by 3 Comments
. . 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?
May 3, 2011 by 19 Comments
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
February 19, 2011 by 3 Comments
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
December 1, 2010 by 5 Comments
.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 [...]
