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Why Your “Boring” Outfit Days Might Be Draining Your Creativity

Imogen Lamport — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000

You know the outfit. The jeans that always fit, the tee or jumper that goes with everything, the one you reach for without properly looking at it because your hand already knows where it lives in the wardrobe. On the mornings you’re rushed, tired or simply not up for a decision, it feels like the…

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Choosing a Denim Jacket: The Details Make a Difference

Imogen Lamport — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000

The denim jacket is a staple in many wardrobes. It’s a fashion classic in many ways; it’s around decade after decade and can be a great item to throw over so many outfits. It’s a wardrobe staple for many, so let’s make sure you buy the right ones for you. So how do you choose…

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The Real Reason You’re Stuck in a Style Rut Isn’t Taste, It’s Fear

Imogen Lamport — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

“I just don’t have a creative bone in my body when it comes to clothes.” I hear some version of this constantly, usually from women who are clever, capable and creative in every other part of their life. They’ll happily design and plant a gorgeous garden, talk someone through a complicated work problem, or throw…

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Can Personalisation Turn Boring Outfits to Stylish Ones?

Natalie Robinson — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:24:17 +0000

The Difference Between Wearing Clothes and Wearing Your Clothes Nothing is actually wrong. The fit works, the colours coordinate, and everything is technically doing its job. Yet when you look in the mirror, something feels a little absent. The clothes are there. You aren’t quite there yet. You haven’t done anything wrong. You’ve just done…

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Getting Dressed Is a Creative Act (You’ve Just Never Thought of It That Way)

Imogen Lamport — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Ask most women what counts as “being creative”, and you’ll get the same short list. Painting. Writing. Playing Music. Maybe baking, if we’re being generous. Getting dressed doesn’t make the cut. It sits filed away under admin or as a daily chore, somewhere between unloading the dishwasher and replying to emails you’ve been avoiding. I’d…

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Building a Wardrobe Around Your Signature Pieces

Natalie Robinson — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:46 +0000

Have you ever noticed that there are some pieces in your wardrobe that just feel like you? You put them on, and somehow the outfit falls into place. You feel more comfortable, more confident, more recognisable to yourself. It may not even be dramatic. A favourite jacket shape. A particular colour. A print you keep…

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According to Research What You Really Want Isn’t More Clothes

Imogen Lamport — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Real Reason You Keep Buying Clothes You Never Wear Open your wardrobe right now. Somewhere in there is a top you loved in the shop and have worn twice. A jacket that seemed like a great idea and now just takes up hanger space. Maybe a dress with the tags still on, because the…

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Letting Go of Clothes: The Wardrobe Grief We Don’t Talk About

Natalie Robinson — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:56 +0000

There’s a dress in most wardrobes that hasn’t been worn in years. It doesn’t fit, or the life it belonged to no longer exists, or both. Letting go of clothes like this should be simple. In practice, it rarely is, and it’s still hanging there, taking up its little rectangle of space, refusing to leave.…

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Does Retail Therapy Actually Work? What the Research Really Says

Imogen Lamport — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, Retail Therapy Works. Here’s the Bit Instagram Left Out. Every so often, a piece of research escapes the journals and goes for a wander round social media, and you’ll have seen this one. Some version of: good news, lovely people, science says shopping actually makes you happier, the effect lasts, and you’re not even…

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The One Fit Check That Tells You If a Jacket Is Actually Working

Natalie Robinson — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:47 +0000

Go and look in your wardrobe right now. I’ll wait. You almost certainly own a jacket you’ve stopped wearing, not because you dislike it, but because it never quite feels right. You couldn’t tell me exactly why. It just sits there looking a little off, until eventually it gets pushed to the back and replaced…

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Why Does Shopping Make You Feel Better? The Psychology of Retail Therapy

Imogen Lamport — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

It Was Never the Purchase in the Bag. It Was the Choosing. Here’s a small mystery worth sitting with. You’ve had a rotten day, you’re feeling down. You go shopping, and you feel better. We all know this happens, and most of us are faintly embarrassed by it, because the obvious explanation is a bit…

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Why a Jacket Can Fit and Still Not Flatter: Finding Your Best Jacket Silhouette and Style

Natalie Robinson — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:02:56 +0000

I have clients with jackets in their wardrobes that seem like they should be good, but they never reach for them. Nothing is wrong with it technically. Yet when they do try it on, it’s off five minutes later, because even though it might be in fashion, it might even “fit” there is something that’s…

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5 Lessons Dolly Parton Taught Me About Authentic Style

Imogen Lamport — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When the news came in this morning about the death of the legend and diva Dolly Parton, I was saddened, not because I’m a big country music fan (sorry to those who are; it’s just not my genre), but because I am a big fan of Dolly. She had so many wonderful traits. As someone…

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How to Narrow Your Colour Palette Down to What You’ll Actually Wear This Season

Natalie Robinson — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:50:20 +0000

Fifty colours. That’s exactly how many are in my Absolute Colour System palette swatches. And they are a great guide to the 50 000 you could potentially wear. And you’ll look gorgeous when you wear them. But it can feel overwhelming at times when shopping for your wardrobe. It’s hard to build a wardrobe around…

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Why Do I Buy and Keep Clothes I Never Wear?

Imogen Lamport — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

You Bought It for a Woman Who Doesn’t Exist Yet Go and open your wardrobe. Not metaphorically, actually go and look. Somewhere in there, I’d put money on it, is a garment with the tags still on or never worn. Something a size down from where you are. Something for the gallery opening you don’t…

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Inside Out Style is 18 Today: What Writing This Has Taught Me About Style

Imogen Lamport — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

On 19 August 2008, I published my first post here. It was called How to Choose a Slimming Fabric, and it was two photographs of the same woman in two shirts. One stiff, one drapey. I asked readers to spot what else was going wrong besides the fabric. No introduction. No “welcome to my blog”.…

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The Illusion of Stripes: What Everyone Online Gets Wrong

Imogen Lamport — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

You have seen the graphic. Five dresses in a row, a tidy little caption underneath, and a confident promise that vertical stripes will make you look taller and horizontal stripes will make you look wider. It gets shared thousands of times. It looks authoritative. It is also, in the most important way, wrong. Not wrong…

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Why You Buy On Sale: Retailer Tricks

Imogen Lamport — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Sale Price Is a Comparison, Not a Saving Here is a sentence that has cost women more money than almost any other: “but it was reduced from $120.” We say it to ourselves in the shop. We say it to our partners at home. We say it, a little defensively, when someone admires the…

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Functional, Genuine and Unique: How to Build a Personal Style That’s Actually Yours

Imogen Lamport — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

How to Express a Style That Is Functional, Genuine and Unique A lovely reader emailed me: how do I express a style that is functional, genuine and unique? It’s a great question, and it has a slightly annoying answer. You have to go back to the beginning. Not to the shops, not to your wardrobe,…

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Your Colour and Style Questions Answered on Video 157

Zette De Leon — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:06:30 +0000

In This Video 0:10 My “challenge” is to refrain from thrifting or buying new clothes! I know what works for me so I edit items that aren’t suitable and don’t fit my criteria or I avoid buying these things in the first place. I am retired now so I don’t need anything fancy or…

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Bringing Personal Style Back Into Your Everyday Casual Wardrobe

Imogen Lamport — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

“I’ve Retired, But My Casual Clothes Are Still Boring” A reader recently asked me a question I hear all the time from women who’ve just left the working world behind: after years of dressing for business, how do I actually express my personal style now that “casual” is all I need? You don’t even need…

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