| If you want to look youthful i.e. vital, positive, | | | | and wrinkles, even your skin tone and bring out the |
| engaged and living in the present, an Image | | | | colour of your eyes and the highlights in your hair. |
| Consultant is a very useful person to have around. | | | | These colours will imbue you with a healthy and |
| Why? Well, for a number of reasons. | | | | youthful appearance. |
| Looking young is a positive attribute in a world which | | | | 2. They are experts in line and design. They |
| is youth obsessed. However, 'young' is a relative | | | | understand the power of vertical, horizontal and |
| adjective. When you're 18, someone who is 25 is old; | | | | circular influence. They assess your figure's natural |
| when you're 50, someone 25 is a child; and to an 80 | | | | proportions and know how to create a more |
| year old, young is anybody not drawing a pension. | | | | balanced silhouette for you. They will enable you to |
| Generally speaking however, being truly 'young' is a | | | | walk taller and slimmer. |
| fleeting experience. Our real youth passes very | | | | 3. An Image Consultant understands the power of |
| quickly. In regards to our physical appearance, it's the | | | | stereotypes to create negative or positive |
| time when our skin is firm, our eyes and hair shine | | | | impressions. Peter Pan collars, cardigans and pearls |
| bright with natural colour and radiance, our posture is | | | | may look sweet on a 20 year old but when someone |
| strong and straight and our face is unmarked by the | | | | over 40 wears them, they 'scream' establishment', |
| lines and creases that will come with laughter, anxiety | | | | maturity and common sense. Not necessarily bad |
| and tears. In terms of stereotypical thinking, youth is | | | | things but together they create an impression of |
| synonymous with energy, aspiration, ideas, | | | | 'age'. An image consultant can show you how to |
| spontaneity and the future. Age is associated with | | | | avoid the stereotypes that will unconsciously age you |
| wisdom, experience, scepticism, entrenched practices | | | | prematurely in the minds of others. |
| and the past. Is it any wonder that many if not most | | | | 4. Being current in our dress is an important element |
| of us aren't keen on being perceived as 'old'? So if | | | | in creating a youthful appearance. This does not |
| you want to appear youthful and living in the present | | | | mean 'mutton dressed up as lamb'; nothing advertises |
| then an image consultant can help you. | | | | your age more. However, embracing the current |
| What An Image Consultant Can Do For You | | | | trends (as opposed to fads) is a great way to look |
| 1. They are trained in Colour Analysis, a simple but | | | | youthful. Your Image Consultant can guide you |
| enlightening process that determines the colours, | | | | towards discerning the trends that work positively |
| contrast levels and textures that flatter you best. | | | | for your appearance while eliminating those that do |
| The right colours will ease the appearance of lines | | | | not. |