• Look Absolutely Fabulous; Wear Colours that Harmonise with You

    Posted in: How To Dress, Image Consultant, Makeovers, Personal Stylist | Aug 22, 2014 No Comments

    If “a picture says a thousand words” then we only need to say a few. Wearing colours that harmonise with our own colouring makes our eyes look brighter and our skin look lovelier; in other words helps us look absolutely fabulous. Two photos of Julie, taken 5 minutes apart, same lighting, same camera, different colour […]

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  • How to Dress Casually and Still be Absolutely Fabulous.

    Posted in: Image Consultant | Jul 31, 2014 No Comments

    These days dressing down is more the norm than dressing up. Even though the glossy and glamorous fashion magazines are filled with high powered dressing, amazing designer clothes and stunning accessories, the reality seems to be that few of us truly embrace any of these on a regular basis. Walk down the street, watch the […]

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  • What’s Your Style? Perhaps “Natural Siren”?

    Posted in: Image Consultant | Jul 27, 2014 No Comments

    Comfort matters to women with an element of Natural in their style personality, however some balance that with a little bit of old fashioned ‘femme fatale’. If you like to mix your comfortable blue jeans with a black leather jacket, studded bag and statement boots then perhaps you combine a Natural/ Relaxed style personality with […]

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  • What’s Your Style? Perhaps “Natural Drama Queen”????

    Posted in: How To Dress, Image Consultant, Personal Stylist, Womens Clothes | Jul 20, 2014 No Comments

    We love talking about Style Personality because we know it is a huge influence on what we love to wear, what makes us feel good and what helps us to look ‘absolutely fabulous’. We work with six to seven categories of Style Personality but very few women totally fit into one single category. Most women […]

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  • Alterations: A Fact of Life

    Posted in: Body Shape, How To Dress, Womens Clothes | Jun 27, 2014 No Comments

    Women’s bodies are constantly changing. We Abfab women look in the mirror and see a body that barely resembles the one we had as young 20 somethings. We may still be ‘rectangles’ and ‘triangles’ but that’s probably where the similarity ends with our younger selves.  We have had babies, gained and lost weight and got […]

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  • The Visual Appeal of Balance

    Posted in: Body Shape, How To Dress, Image Consultant, Personal Stylist | May 13, 2014 No Comments

    Have you ever looked in the mirror and felt dissatisfied with what you see, yet you’re not too sure what isn’t right? In these instances it is very likely the issue is one of balance, or more precisely, the lack thereof.  Balance is defined as the harmonious relation of parts to each other or to […]

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  • How To Dress Thick Ankles

    Posted in: Image Consultant | May 08, 2014 No Comments

    Many women bemoan the fact they have thick ankles and often opt for pants in lieu of dresses because they feel more comfortable about their appearance when their ankles are not on show. However, many of us take the minimise and disguise strategy too far by never ever wearing a fabulous dress or skirt and […]

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  • Stylish

    Posted in: Image Consultant | Apr 27, 2014 No Comments

    Though the word style and stylish sound like they are one in the same, in reality they are not. Every one of us has our own style, every one of us chooses and wears garments in our own way. Consciously or otherwise our style tells the world who and what we are; it is indicative […]

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  • Don’t Let Your Heart Rule your Head

    Posted in: How To Dress, Image Consultant, Personal Stylist | Apr 22, 2014 No Comments

    Well, it’s that time of year when one season is slipping away and another is looming on the horizon. That means it’s time to reorganise our wardrobes. Rather than a swag of handy hints, what we offer this time is some food for thought in the hope that it will free up your thinking to […]

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  • Lovely Legs

    Posted in: Body Shape, How To Dress, Image Consultant, Personal Stylist, Womens Clothes | Apr 03, 2014 No Comments

    What woman doesn’t want to have a pair of great looking pins?  But what we want and what we get in life are often two different things. Some of us are born with long, shapely legs and some of us aren’t. However, there are strategies we can employ and things to avoid doing, in order […]

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