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Doing Business in U.K.

Contributions by Rosemarie Williams, Managing Director of Paragon Image Consulting, Etiquette Specialist and Master Trainer for London Image Institute’s Train the Trainer courses. Anyone working in the international business arena knows that preparing for cultural differences is the norm when working in another country, and even the United Kingdom with an English-speaking population is no exception. Just like anywhere else, the U.K. has its own expectations, etiquette and quirks about how people are expected to

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7 Reasons Why You Need an Image Consultant

Think image consultants are only for billionaires and politicians? Think again! Anyone with any type of public-facing position can benefit from an image consultant. Whether you’re a business owner or a young professional making a name for yourself, an image consultant may be able to help you. Let’s take a look at a few of the most important reasons you could need an image consultant. 1. Confidence Makes You Successful It’s proven. More confident, more

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How to Dress for Your Body Shape

Your shape is given by your bone structure, musculature and tissue distribution, mostly inherited through your genes. However, just in case you don’t like your shape or it isn’t in fashion, help is at hand to change your silhouette through style, garment construction and fabric. A Brief History of Body Shapes Popular female shapes over the decades have everything to do with fashion. After the curvy turn of the century styles, (19th that is) waists

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The Benefits of a Career in Image Consulting

Are you thinking about a career in image consulting? If you have talent, an innate or practiced sense of style and you love to help people succeed, you would be wise to consider it. Today, many professional as well as non-professional people benefit greatly from a little image management; many organizations have groups who say they have learned a great deal from image and soft skills. Anyone who is in the public eye needs to

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Zoom Meeting Etiquette: Dressing for Success While Working at Home

Tips for For Formal Presentations, Interviews, & Steller First Impressions Impressions matter. However, during the early days of the pandemic, most people were a little more lenient with how others appeared. After all, most people were frazzled; they were new to Zoom, dealing with unprecedented scenarios, and trying their best to get work done. Now that many people have settled into a work-from-home mode, it’s more important than ever to face your colleagues on Zoom

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