Don’t Waste Your Money – X Shape

May 4, 2010 By 12 Comments

.Not sure of your body shape?  Read up on the Body Shapes Explained posts to help you find it. If you are an X shape, then you are best to avoid looking at clothing with these features: What to Avoid – X shape by imogenl featuring Wet Seal tops Lots of horizontal detail across the [...]

Filed Under: Body Shapes, X shape

Waste not, Want Not

January 18, 2010 By 10 Comments

Do you buy clothes only to return them? Do you buy clothes thinking that if they don’t work you will return them, but never get around to it? How much money and time is this costing you? In my work as an image consultant I see heaps of waste, whether it be waste of money [...]

Filed Under: Personal Style, psychological matters, shopping

What to Wear as the Mother of the Bride or Groom

January 14, 2010 By 7 Comments

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 [...]

Filed Under: occassion dressing, outfits

Shopping Tips to Make it Easier and Less Stressful

April 6, 2009 By 24 Comments

Do you find shopping stressful, and wonder why other women love doing it? Often, as our lives get busier, and our body shapes change, we find shopping gets harder and harder, and less and less enjoyable. One of my clients said to me one day as she was in the change room “Imogen, you make [...]

Filed Under: Body Shapes, Colour Guide, fabric, Personal Style, shopping

You’re Never Too Old

March 19, 2009 By 15 Comments

Some women I meet out and about will find out what I do, then say “I’m too old to change” or “I’m too old for clothes to matter” or even worse “I’m too old to be worth spending any money on”. You’re NEVER too old!  Age is a state of mind, I’ve met 70 year [...]

Filed Under: Accessories, Ageing, AICI, Body Image, Body Shapes, Colour Guide, Image Consulting, Personal Style, Wardrobe