What We Were Wearing at the AICI Sydney Conference

Prints and Dresses - L->R: Brenda Kinsel, Peta Spring, Suzanne Dekyvere, Evelyn Lundstrom

People always ask me, what do you wear to an image consultants conference? I mean – the pressure to appear stylish in front of a group of your peers. So I took a bunch of snaps of some of the outfits that were at the conference to share with you. Image consultants aren’t scared of [...]

How To Wear the Nude Colours

Imogen Lamport nude colours

There are lots of ‘nude’ coloured garments in clothing stores at the moment and people often comment to me that they are impossible to wear. So I want to give you some ideas on how to wear nude so you don’t look nude or washed out. So to get past the nude nude look, you [...]

The Power of the Third Piece

  3rd piece by imogenl featuring black pants The Third piece is your hero, it’s the accessory or piece of clothing that can add the excitement and personality to your outfit when everything else you’re wearing are  basics or supporting acts. Quite often it can be some sort of jacket, other times it will be [...]

How to do Smart Casual in a Hot Climate

I received this request from Rock the Silver about what to wear to look smart, but still be casual and comfortable in a hot environment like Texas, where she lives. I live in a hot climate (Texas) and am looking for casual day time outfits that are a step up from running shorts and t-shirts. [...]

What to Wear to a Rock Concert When You’re 40+

..Hi Imogen,  I love your website but am using it to gain confidence with choosing clothes that suit my shape. I need your help and ideas for an outfit. I am a forty eight year old, X shape, bra 12F and I am going to a Powderfinger concert with my children aged 19 and 17 [...]

What to Wear to LookSmart in a Casual Environment

..Paola wrote to me an asked: I’ve been reading your blog for a little while now – I really enjoy your writing and your tips. I have a suggestion for a post about a style question that leaves me a bit flummoxed. I am a mother of two kids, live in a rural area on [...]

Packing Tips

I’ve had requests about ideas for capsule wardrobes, here are some ideas that I used in a travel capsule. I spent my Saturday afternoon helping one of my lovely clients pack for her trip to Europe this week.  She is spending a week in Berlin at a conference which will have both day and evening [...]

What to Wear as the Mother of the Bride or Groom

Reader Jill asked me for some help finding a Mother of the Groom outfit:I am quite thin with a bony chest and torso (only 47 kilos), small bust, average height, rectangular body (carrying a little more weight below the waist) and am 60 years young. My hair is jaw-length brownish red (a similar style to [...]

How to Smarten Up Your Casual Clothes

. Late last year I asked for readers to tell me what they would like to know more about, here is the first reader request from the lovely Lisa at Priviledge LPC said… You may have covered this before I found you. Here’s my problem. I did fine at dressing for work. Fine at dressing up. [...]

How to Build an Evening Wear Wardrobe

.I don’t spend much time wearing evening wear anymore, with small kids and no full time nanny or relatives to babysit, it’s costly to get out of  the house.  But about once a year I’m suddenly needing to wear something a bit special to a dinner or event and so have to cobble an outfit [...]