Image and Etiquette

State Dinner at the White House

Tuesday evening, I was in awe. It was the first White House State Dinner since President Obama took office and Michelle definitely rose to the occasion.

The Look of Success ™ – A Personal Journey – Stage 3: Wardrobe Planning

They wouldn’t build a house without a blueprint, hit the road to a new ski resort without a map, make their first visit to Barcelona without a guidebook or even, in these days of H&G TV, move furniture without a floor plan. And yet, again and again, the number of people, both men and women, [...]

The Look of Success ™ A Personal Journey – Stage 2: Colour Analysis

Before we catch up with Liz, I’m going to review some of the reasons the colour analysis process is so critical. Last week I was asked to explain the difference between a “fashion victim” and a “fashionista.” Bottom line, the former aspires to be the latter — but has taken things too far! The fashionista [...]

The Look Of Success™- A Personal Journey. Stage 2: Style Analysis

I recently wrote about Filippa’s makeover  — she’s the model who was “photoshopped” for a Ralph Lauren ad — but unlike that virtual process, everything about this Style Analysis, for Liz, is real — on a real body and for a real life! I explained to Liz, that this stage of her journey would take [...]

The Look of Success™: A Personal Journey

Today marks the beginning of our 10-part series where we’ll join Liz, a new, young client, on her personal journey through our image enhancement programme to her ultimate destination — developing her own look of success. After graduating with a Bachelor of Computing Science, Liz began her career as a Business Analyst in the tele-communications [...]

Wardrobe Makeover Part Two

Missed Part One?  Read it here. We’re moving to the really challenging part of the project.  What you’ve done so far is comparable to rearranging your computer desktop. You’ve: Reorganized working files — divided clothing into categories, career, sportswear, etc. Created a folder for work in progress — alterations and repairs department Eliminated obsolete material [...]