A Profile of

“Absolutely Fabulous Image Consultancy”

Michele Gillett and Sharron-Del Wakely

Michele and Sharron-Del are qualified Image Consultants expertly trained by The Australian Image Company, one of the world’s most respected image organisations.

They each have 20 years experience in the beauty and image business and showing people how to dress to look and feel fabulous. They have mentored and trained men and women from diverse backgrounds, ranging from socially disadvantaged young people through to professionals in executive positions.

They love working with the power of line, design and colour to transform the way people dress, accessorise and shop. Many people and especially women, wear 20% of their wardrobe 80% of the time and thereby waste a great deal of money on clothes that don’t get worn. With the right information they can change their buying habits so that they develop a wardrobe that is effective and fabulous.

“Absolutely Fabulous Image” offers consultations, seminars and workshops for individuals and business organisations. Michele and Sharron-Del know the importance of a great first impression. An individual’s character, personality and credibility is partially assessed on the basis of their personal presentation. It can deny or create opportunities. Knowing how to dress at times, is serious business.

It is crucial in today’s rapid paced and competitive world that an individual creates a positive first impression. It also needs to be remembered that the professional image of any organisation is the collective visual image of its people. This image can enhance or undermine the success of that organisation.

Our Passion

Giving people the skills and confidence to know how to dress so they can look and feel absolutely fabulous every day.

Call then now to find  out more about their services.

Tel:  02 9542 3042

Mobile:   0409 914 583

Email: michele.abfab@gmail.com

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Do you know what an image consultant is? If not, then it’s time you learn what they are and how they’ll be able to help you in all areas of your life. Whether you’re aiming to create an impact in front of people, want to present yourself better, looking to create your own personal style or would just like to feel good about yourself, then the services that image consultants provide are just what you need.

The benefits of image consultants go just beyond personal improvement as well. Corporations and large scale businesses have been known to use them in order to establish their very own distinct looks and identities. They are well trained in terms of identifying problems and provide you with various available solutions.

Image consultants will be able to teach you how to understand your body more. Color, height, proportionality – Everything that you will need to learn in order to achieve the look that you’re aiming for will be taught by the consultant. How will this be able to help you? Well, in essence, understanding your physical features deeper will help you pick out particular styles and combinations that will set you apart from everyone else.

Weddings, special occasions, public speeches; these are just a few of the occasions that you will need to present yourself properly. And it is exactly the reason why you need image consultants by your side. You’d have to remember that during these occasions a simple mistake in the way that you look – clashing of styles, mismatch of colors in dress, and unbalanced makeup can create the wrong impression that everyone will remember for a long time.

A good image consultant will be completely honest in the way that you are presenting yourself, which is exactly what you need. It’s hard to get an honest opinion from other people because they are not familiar with what looks good.  Most people will simply tell you that you look okay just to be nice even when your outfit doesn’t match.

You might think that image consultants are just for women wanting to look good, and you’d be wrong. Now, more men are starting to get the services of image consultants in order to create their very own positive impressions in the workplace or in social settings.

The right image consultant will be able to help you boost your image as well as self confidence. Another advantage when getting the services would be the lasting value of knowing your very own fitting style as well as color combination’s. While you might end up using the services again in the future in order to create more of a distinct look or for a special occasion, it’s will not be as extensive. This is because you’ve already learned the basics and all you’d need is a little fine tuning with the help of the consultant.

You can contact us on Tel 02 9542-3042 or 0409 914 583

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For a man enlisting the services of an image consultant means that he is ready to take the journey of self discovery. The way he looks and thinks about himself and the way he dresses will be forever altered by this journey he undertakes. With the assistance of an expertly trained professional his future shopping experiences will become easier and dressing for any occasion will be more successful. At first many men are astonished by what they don’t know and how much they have to be taught since good grooming goes way further than selecting the correct tie and buying a suit.

These are the things that a fashion image consultation can help men with:

• An Understanding of Body Shape. This permits a man to create an understanding of his silhouette, vertical proportions and positive or negative features. With this information he will learn what styles and garments will enhance and flatter him.
• Principles of Colour Line and Design.  This is the part that unravels many when it comes to the skills of good dressing. When shopping for clothes few people are well trained in this area and therefore make poor choices when selecting their clothes. If they have an instinctive concept that what they have purchased is not pleasing, they infrequently do not know why and so time after time makes the errors.
• Selecting the Correct Garments. Using the information obtained in the body shape analysis, he should be given an all-inclusive list of clothing styles that will assist him look his best for any function.
• Knowledge on Accessories. This is a priceless ingredient of the consultation since accessorising correctly is very imperative to a man’s visual image. It is this feature of a man’s wardrobe that allows a man articulate his individualism and personality style.
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Saving time and money with the help of a personal stylist is not wishful thinking.  Are you overwhelmed every time you walk into a shopping centre looking for clothes? Are the endless options so mind boggling that you choose coffee and cake and then head home empty handed? Was shopping always so difficult?

Well, only you can answer the first two questions but as for the last, the answer is no! Shopping has evolved into a very different experience to what it was midway through last century. Where once we shopped in a couple of favourite boutiques or ‘ladies’ stores’ in the centre of our suburban shopping strip, today we shop in huge, multi-levelled edifices crammed with stores stocked with low cost, imported product. Service consists of taking your money at the check-out after you have rummaged through endless rows of clothes dangling from coat hangers or worse still, lying discarded on the floor by the previous faceless shopper. To make the entire experience even more unsettling, every second night our favourite current affairs program is featuring some gorgeous young thing prattling on about what’s current, what must be worn by everyone this season and how easy it is to create this season’s “look”. Their words and accompanying images swim around in our brain as we trudge the tiled floor of our nearest shopping centre. When it all becomes too much and our cries for help go unheeded, we admit defeat and retreat to the car park.

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In the business world your corporate image conveys a messages about your values, capabilities and intelligence. Most people who work in a corporate environment would acknowledge this, but understanding how to create a visual image that does justice to one’s abilities is not always so easy.

There is an accepted code that governs the way people dress in business but slavish adherence to this frequently results in a corporate image of minimalist mundanity. One only has to walk down a street in the CBD at lunchtime to be confronted by a sea of black and charcoal and dull, conformist styling. There appears a definite sameness and lack of individuality amongst those striding purposefully along the footpaths. In an attempt to be taken seriously in the workplace many people create for themselves a visual image that is bland and uninteresting.

Rather than dutifully following the code of corporate dress, one would do well to first consider the motives and reasons behind those principles. They are usually sensible, the problem is in their interpretation and ‘one size fits all’ mentality. Just as no two people are identical, no two businesses are either. Before uncritically adopting what is perceived to be appropriate corporate attire one should consider two fundamental questions:

1. How does the company I represent want to be perceived?
2. How do I want to be perceived within that company?

The answer to question one will be very different for someone working in an advertising agency to someone working in a law firm. Similarly, the answer to question two will be different for a partner in that same law firm and the receptionist in the foyer. Taking the time to consider these two questions and then purposefully constructing a corporate image based on those answers is definitely worthwhile.

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Investment in a Personal Stylist can be worth very cent for many reasons. Perhaps the one feature that stands out the most is that they guide women in particular, to set out on a path, via clothes, to self confidence. If you are a woman who is tall and trim with long legs and still has a defined waist and looks great even in a sack, then we still love you but consider you a mutant of the species. The rest of us are normal and are faced with the challenges of how to look great with the body shape that we have.

This is where a Personal Stylist comes in with their keen eye for pointing out and highlighting your great attributes and minimizing the not so great ones. Many women are simply unable to see their great “bits” because they are so confused by their own bodies. Many of us give in to the impossibility of looking fabulous because we may hate our big bottom, boobs or tummy. So a Personal Stylist will show you how to create a fabulous looking you and how to dress the body shape you have.

A Personal Stylist will first gather information all about you that is necessary to then make recommendations on how to dress. To understand what is right for you such information is taken into consideration:-

• Your lifestyle

Women today find themselves in many different roles: mother, wife, employer, employee, socialite etc. These roles combine to form an overall lifestyle. By analyzing your lifestyle you can identify your needs and prioritise your clothing purchases.

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