Your Personal Style Formula

I am very excited to be launching my new eBook “Your Person-al Style Formula; discover your signature style”. Jane Liddelow (from Style Makeover HQ) and I collaborated to produce a la-bour of love that is a fantastic tool to help women unlock the secrets to their style success!
I believe the foundation to having great style is being confident about who we are and what we wear. Not only do women struggle with their identity but live with the daily challenge of having a ward-robe full of clothes and still complain they have nothing to wear. Do you get dressed or stressed? Are you uncertain about some outfits you put together?
Your Personal Style Formula will help you discover the real you that expresses who you are inside and out!

"Discover your unique personal style and express who you truly are, inside and out”
Style is often the missing piece of the appearance "puzzle", the special ingredi-ent to looking great. Also, style rules are being broken constantly by those around us and in the media, which means there is even more confusion about what to buy and what to wear!
Some would say that style is something you are born with. Fortunately, that's not true, and thank goodness for that! Style can, in fact, be learnt.
Your Personality Style is the combination of many things
 What you love to wear
 The roles you play
 The activities you are involved in
 Knowing what works and what does not
 What you are attracted to
Wear what you love and love what you wear.
By choosing styles in your Personal Style Formula, you will begin to purchase garments that reflect the real you! You’ll learn how to blend your main style categories and how, by changing one small part of an outfit (such as your accessories for example), you can completely change the resulting style. You don’t have to go out and immediately replace all of your clothes. Work within your budget to change small details of your outfits to refine your ap-pearance and express your personality with your style.
What you learn from our eBook will last you a lifetime and you will never again be lured by fashion trends and fads telling you that “it’s a must have for you to look vogue”. Just because something is in fashion does not mean it’s going to look fashionable on you. No longer will you fall into the trap of the fashion vic-tim because you can apply Your Personal Style Formula to all aspects of your life.
Click here and grab your copy today for the introductory price of $23.00.

Jane Allen
Image Consultant, Personal Stylist

Focal Points

Hi Girls,
Would you like to accentuate the great and mitigate the not so great. Well you can with focal points.
A focal point will attract the eye to a specific place of the body. Pacing your focal point needs to be strategic. Think of eyes up to focus attention high on the body. Hats, earrings, necklaces, interesting necklines, makeup are perfect for ways to play it up as much as possible.
A focal points are anything on your body that draws attention to itself.
A design element– a motif, pockets, collar or a ruffle
A Colour– a bright shirt, a high contrast or a bright lipstick
An Accessory– a bag, hat, lipstick earrings, necklace or scarf
Focal points are embellishments that are added to an outfit (or body) to add interest and attract attention. They literally draw attention to themselves and the area to which they are applied. It is the placement of focal points where many women make their greatest dressing errors– pulling attention to rather than away from a figure challenge. Your aim should be to attract attention to your “best” areas
To be seen as well put together, your outfit should have no less than one and no more than four focal points. Too few and you may be seen as boring, too many and you may seem to be “too over the top”
Business and professional occasions two or three focal points are optimal.
Styledge Image Consulting
Why look good when you can look Great!

Poor Body Image

Do you hate your body??? So many women suffer from poor body image, no wonder, with all the “beautiful” images we face each day. Often you stand in front of the mirror and pick on every flaw you have. Maybe you avoid mirrors because you really don’t want to confront your reality. Girls, this is not a healthy way to live.
It is so important to love the skin you’re in and embrace your shape.
Take my client Debbie (not her real name) for example. She suffered from low self esteem and wore the same clothes over and over because she did not like her triangular shape. Her clothes swam on her and she was denying herself and the world a view of her voluptuous figure because she did not know how to dress for her shape. Hiding under her clothes may have given her a quick fix but it certainly did not give her any confidence.
Debbie had such issues with her body image she would refuse to attend business functions with her husband because she felt so ashamed of her look.
BUT!!!!! Underneath the baggy jumper and the frumpy skirt was a gorgeous woman who took on board all the rules of line and design and used her colour swatch to accentuate the great and camouflage the not so great. Debbie was shown how to select the right garments in her best colours to more effectively reflect her personality.
We were able to show off her flat tummy and balance out her hips with the help of some tailored jackets and tops with cut out sleeves. Her self assurance soared and her new wardrobe became a source of inspiration rather than a place of frustration.
Debbie’s dilemma was overcome by building substantial, confidence building pieces which fitted and flattered her shape.
TRIANGLES should:
Wear lighter, brighter colours, shiny fabrics and patterns up top

Wear darker / quiet clothing below (no shine)

Use shoulder pads

Wear horizontal stripes above the waist

Avoid jackets that sit at your widest part of your hip/ thigh
Styledge Image Consulting
Why look good when you can look great!
www.styledge.com.au
Below is Kristen Davis,definitely a triangle shape. Using triangle design lines on her upper body she is creating the balance between her upper and lower body.

Image Impacts

There is no such thing as a neutral image. The way we dress plays a vital role in the way we are received. Our image impacts our world dramatically, it effects the way we are perceived and received. Society today assumes that if you look a particular way you are going to act a particular way. It is what it is!
Imagine visiting a dentist and he is dressed like a Rastafarian, with dread locks, happy pants and is poorly groomed. Would you feel confident in letting him work on your teeth? I think not! His image does not convey the right message and we would therefore not put our trust in his abilities simply because of what he looks like.
Let’s look at four ways our clothes make an impact on our image...
Your Image
Sends a MESSAGE: They say a picture paints a thousand words and how true that is. We can’t help but form opinions of others based on how they look. It is a fact that 55% of our first impression is based on our appearance. Our clothes convey a message; what do your clothes say about you and do they represent who you are today?
Should be APPROPRIATE: Consider the climate, the occasion, the audience, our physical appearance and job at hand. The question most women ask their friends before attending an event is ‘what are you wearing’? No one likes to be the odd one out. Being in sync with others makes us feel comfortable and confident.
Should be ENHANCING: Our clothes should embody and enhance who we are as a person, both our physique and our character.
Also be GOAL EFFECTIVE: what do we want to achieve from the meeting or occasion we attend.