Body Proportions
Understanding the proportions of your body is just one of the topics covered in the Personal Style workshops. Selecting flattering design lines is only possible when you know what it is you need to camouflage!
Many women recognise their horizontal body type eg Hourglass, Rectangle, Pear, and Apple. However few are as familiar with their vertical body shape, and it's one of the most useful pieces of the puzzle.
Long torso / short legs: your upper body is longer than your lower body.
Goal: visually shorten torso, camouflage low-slung derriere while lengthening legs.
Balanced: your upper body is the same length as your lower body.
Goal: elongate your legs.
Short torso / long legs: your upper body is shorter than your lower body.
Goal: highlight your legs while elongating your waistline.
Contact Margaret below ...
My name is Margaret and I’m an English-born Kiwi, mother of three children (now adults), happily married (finally!) and living near the beach in beautiful Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty.
At 40 I had to rethink my career and retrain. I remember a stylist advising a group of unemployed women and feeling very frustrated with her impractical, unrealistic advice.
Friends asked me to share how I dressed so well on a tiny budget, and to teach them. As a result, in September 2005, Personal Style began. I think of myself as a style coach using simple, timeless guidelines to empower women.
In my spare time I read, try to complete crosswords and sudoko, play with my grandchildren, wish I could travel some more, and regularly study human behaviour at a cafe (otherwise known as ‘people watching’).
Meet Margaret Stodart our style guru! Margaret's business is Personal Style - empowering women in one of the most difficult arenas: 'style'. Margaret is a busy grandmother of six (including newborn twins) and the mother of the amazing Cherie; founder of The Princess Project - our charity of choice. Every month Margaret will present new tips and tricks for women of all ages. To get in touch with Margaret please go to www.personal-style.co.nz.
sheQ is about women, for women and by women, it is about empowering you to be the best person that you want to be. We hope to give you the tools and resources that give you the strength to carry on and get it done!
