Why Armholes Matter

Effect of Armholes by imogenl featuring long sleeve tops How the sleeve is cut and fits into a top or jacket can change the way a garment appears on your body.  If you have a deeper, lower cut armhole, this will add some bulk to your chest region, so is great for women with narrower [...]

How to Choose a Flattering Cardigan

If you’re like me and like to wear a cardi when it’s a little nippy, how to choose one to flatter your figure? Choosing Cardigans by imogenl featuring Rocha.John Rocha Clockwise from top left – the stripy cardigan is great for I shapes, the wide stripes will add curves as will the pocket detail which [...]

Why Do My Pants Pull Across My Crotch

.One of the comments left on a post the other day was this:  jinnan-tonnyx said… Can you explain more about why trousers pull across the crotch on X shapes? I am an X and whenever I buy a new pair of pants my husband always says they don’t fit right – and I tell him, they [...]

Real Life Body Shapes – A

. Thanks for the reponse to my request for body shapes – keep them coming – a few people have commented that they can’t get emails through – not sure why – if the regular email address is not working for you, try my gmail account imogen dot lamport at gmail dot com. I need [...]

Don’t Waste Your Money – A Shape

I always find that I want to make shopping a pleasant experience.  So with a little knowledge you can be prepared to assess a garment before you try it to see if it has a chance of flattering your figure.  If you have an A (pear) shaped body, which many women do, it’s that lovely [...]

Patterned Skirt, What Colour Top?

..If you want to wear a patterned skirt how do you choose what colour from the pattern to go with the top? Focal Points Pattern by imogenl featuring Hobbs tops It’s as easy as this.  If you want to draw attention up, and distract from your lower half (A shape, X shape), wear a lighter [...]

Where to Carry Your Handbag

Yesterday I did a post on What Size Handbag to Choose – one of the commenter’s asked about handbag placement,  should you wear it at your hips or under your arm,  down the side of your body and what happens when you wear it across your body? The answer lies in knowing your body shape and your [...]

Empire Waist Dresses and Tops – Do’s and Don’ts

An Empire Waist garment has a high cut waist seam that sits directly under the breasts (above your natural waistline).  It’s flattering on so many body shapes because it doesn’t require a defined natural waist to work. For petites it works because it raises the waistline up, so raises the eye higher on the body [...]

Bad Design

Is it me or the clothes?  Women, notoriously blame the garment when it doesn’t flatter them or fit them, but in fact, if we look closely at the design of the garment, we will soon realise that it is not us or our body (which is perfect) but a badly designed garment. What do I [...]

To Tuck or Not To Tuck – That is the Question

Karen asked me to give some advice on tucking – who should and who shouldn’t. To Tuck or Not to Tuck by imogenl on Polyvore.com Basically, if you are short through the waist (and especially if you have a medium to large bust), don’t tuck, it will make you look even shorter through the waist. [...]