About Philippa

Philippa is an accredited Personal Colour Analysis Consultant and Style and Line Consultant with Colours in Harmony.

She has appeared in a TV One Close Up segment where she demonstrated the process of a Colour Analysis, and has been reviewed in both the Avenues and Essence Magazines.

Philippa’s Story……….

I missed the 1980s wave of ‘having your colours done’ altogether. Regrettably it didn’t reach me until some 20 years later! I spent this time struggling with my wardrobe and, at times, my self image.

In hindsight, I think it would have been less of a struggle if I had suited black – but I didn’t! Like most people, I wore it anyway.  I also tended to choose colours that did not enhance my complexion, making me look a little 'jaundiced'. Furthermore, being short and a little disproportionate in my top and bottom halves, many fashion styles did not flatter my figure.

In my efforts to work out the ‘magic formula’, I wasted a lot of time and money! Not so anymore! Now that I know how to work with what I have been born with, it is so simple!

The initial transformation came when I finally had ‘my colours done’. It turns out that I look great in pastels (I had studiously avoided these - 'too girly!!'). Then later, with a figure and style analysis, I learnt how to visually elongate my stature and balance my shoulders and hips! I now wear only those garments that make me look and feel great. And I don’t compromise!

Clothes are our most intimate environment.  And so it is no wonder then that they have such an effect on how we feel about ourselves.

True beauty, it is said, comes from within. But there is a concrete link between how you look and how you feel. In other words, a positive self-esteem flows from the inside out but it is greatly enhanced from the outside in. We need to feel great to look great, but we also need to look great to feel great.

This is what I offer my clients - an opportunity to be the best they can be from the 'inside out'. When we wear clothes that work for us uniquely, we are being true to ourselves.  And we are now able to creatively express ourselves through our own personal style.

Personally, I have found this to be very liberating and a lot of fun!  My wish is that you will too.