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Sponsored by Nuffnang I remember when growing up learning about a whole load of rules, such as “blue and green should never be seen” and “don’t mix prints”, but I have found during my time as an image consultant and stylist that these rules are made to be broken. Many of my clients are scared [...]
Today I decided to mix zebra with leopard and then throw in a floral ribbon lace textured garment. One of the most important keys to mixing prints is to mix those in the same colour family. If you want to try this trend in a safe way: do it in black and white one print [...]
I’ve always been bemused by the “thou must not wear white before Memorial Day and after Labour Day” (and for those readers who don’t live in the USA, that means end of May and beginning of September) mantra that I read in books and ‘style rules’ lists from American authors and purveyors of style. I [...]
how to wear chunky knits by imogenl featuring dorothy perkins Perusing the latest Lucky Magazine to see the Northern Hemisphere Autumn/Winter 2012 trends I noticed that there is a lot of chunk. Not only chunky but also pretty boxy too. The reality with any texture, if you’d describe it as chunky, it will make [...]
Surfing around the net I found this photo of Anna Wintour (editrex of Vogue US if we didn’t already know) and wondered what on earth was she thinking when she got dressed? That fur coat looks pretty warm, yet those strappy sandals look appropriate for a hot summer day, is it just a little chilly [...]
How to Wear Wide Leg Pants by imogenl featuring a vest jacket Wide leg trousers are one of the season’s big items, so how do you wear them and what do wear with them. There are different ways to wear them, and it depends a lot on your height how best to pull them off. [...]
Straight shape, nude wedge Following on from my post on Where to End Your Skirts (universally flattering length) I thought I’d do a post about the current tricky trend – the midi-skirt. Full skirt either with low vamp peep toe or ankle length leggings I’ve been wearing this for sometime, but you need to tread [...]
When harem pants first hit the shops again I thought to myself – I’ll never be caught dead in a pair of those nappy pants (diaper pants to my US readers). And even though whenever my ex-husband sees me in them he feels he needs to comment on my MC Hammer Pants – I tell [...]
. Karen asked me for advice on adding some lime into her wardrobe. It’s not a colour that suits her colouring (in fact would make her look really ill if she wore a garment in it close to her face), but still, it’s a current trend colour that she wants to play with. The best [...]
..Yesterday I posted on trends for 2010, one of these is the new over the knee boot, and thigh high boot. Pic: Thigh high boot by Christian Louboutin from Bluefly As you can see the boot that goes up mid-thigh is going to need a much shorter skirt, or pair of shorts to wear with them, [...]
