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How To Choose A Fabulous Pair of Glasses

Choosing the perfect pair of glasses can be a challenging exercise. There’s usually an overwhelming array of designs to select from, but the trick is knowing which ones to eliminate. When you do, the choices narrow considerably and the decision becomes much easier. The mantra of “harmony and balance” is just as valid for selecting glasses […]

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How To Dress Like a Style Icon

    Lessons to be Learned from a Style Icon We love Audrey Hepburn, she is one of our favourite style icons. We think she perfectly epitomised stylish dressing and we began to consider that  the rest of us mere mortals could learn how to dress like a style icon by studying how Audrey did it. […]

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Colour Connection

We’ve all made the occasional sartorial mistake at some time or other. Many of us older girls can probably remember a few cringe worthy moments in our youth. So, in the interest of looking fabulous from here on in, …here is one of AbFab’s ”don’t go there” tips; unco-ordinated colours.  For example, when you wear […]

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Look Absolutely Fabulous; Wear Colours that Harmonise with You

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.

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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Sexy and Natural

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

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”????

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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The Visual Appeal of Balance

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

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

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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