Video Archives - Clare Maxfield

Nov 07 2018

Behind the scenes of image consultant training

I am often asked what do I do?

The answer is quite simple – your know Instore Stylists – well I train them. I also train Image Consultants. These are the individuals who will get to know your life inside and out to ensure that can create for you the exact wardrobe to meet your lifestyle, body shape, personality, and budget. Not forgetting colouring as well.

The other day I made this short introductory behind the scenes peek video for a potential student. I thought it might make things clearer for you and help you get a better idea of what it is I do.

Our Image Consultant training program has 64 lessons in the Style program, 35 Lesson in the Colour program and 9 lessons to our business development program.

Whether you want to do the full program of smaller bite-size courses, you can do so through our school which has something for everyone. The full program for the person wishing to have a career to bite size pieces for the person who just wants to learn a bit more about style, colour or running an image business.

Click on the image to watch the video.

All of our courses can be found at academy.imageinnovators.com

Sep 30 2018

Frocktober with Clare

ONE WOMAN DIES EVERY 8 HOURS FROM OVARIAN CANCER. IT COULD BE YOUR MOTHER, WIFE, SISTER, FRIEND OR EVEN YOUR DAUGHTER. RESEARCH IS THE ANSWER.

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You might remember earlier this year, to highlight the way we ignore so much of our wardrobe I went on a 100-day challenge to wear a different outfit without going out and buying anything new. now I am about to start a new challenge, 31 days I will be wearing frocks to hopefully make a small difference.

I know there will be those of you out there who may find this trivial, who want to see the big pharmaceuticals do, I don’t know what. All I know is this IS something that I can do. Hopefully, I can make a difference. Once I had heard about it, I wanted to get involved with Frocktober.

It is time to use my activities to highlight, support and hopefully make a small difference towards the research to combat ovarian cancer. A dear friend of mine passed away on Friday from Metatastic Brain cancer. Cancer seems to surround all of us in a frighteningly growing number of ways. Another friend is fighting bowel cancer. This article isn’t meant to be full of doom, so, if we can change the statistics and help to find a cure for one cancer, we might find that that opens the door to cure many, many more.

I would truly appreciate your support, by donating $1, $5 or you make your choice. Just something to make a difference.

I will be posting my outfits every day for the 31 days of October and your support on my social media would be appreciated.

You can find my outfits on Instagram or my facebook page

Please, don’t forget to support me this month. I would truly appreciate it as will someone whose life we may save down the road.

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Oct 13 2017

Happy Friday the 13th – Fashion Phobias

Hi Clare Maxfield here and happy Friday the 13th bet we weren’t expecting to hear from me today. Well as only yesterday when I was thinking of tomorrow’s Friday 13th and I’m traveling. I wondered what other superstitions are out there? That got me thinking about the fears and phobias and superstitions that not so much surround Friday the 13th but maybe that without me even realizing, a lot of my clients deal with and through helping them with their image I managed to help them through them but let me just give you a little bit of a background very quickly on Friday the 13th because this astounded me.

It began in Middle Ages. It started brewing when they talking about the Last Supper and Christ and he had 13 at the table it was held on a 13th but it’s actually a Thursday but it was the day before Good Friday which wasn’t so good in the end and that started rolling this Friday’s thirteen’s into a story and then it was early last century – Thomas Lawson wrote a book called Friday the 13th and in it there was a whole wall street market crash on the 13th based on the superstition and it made me think what came first? It’s like the chicken and the egg the superstition or the crash was it? You know what ended up happening and then there’s also the thought that due to Phillip IV of France rounding up a lot of the Knights Templar and arresting them might have had something to do with that.

All I know is today we all live with a lot of fears of phobias so I thought I’d share with you some of the stranger fears and phobias that I have to help my clients through and I do help them through. As an image consultant for a start there’s the Decidophobia yes it’s a phobia it’s like should I buy this or this? What looks right and from that do you know that there’s an interesting phobia the Catotrophophobia and that is to do with a fear of mirrors.

Now Pamela Anderson has this and it’s not so much they look at a mirror a go Oh, it’s a mirror it’s their reflection they see themselves distorted in the mirror which isn’t good another one it’s the Glossophobia. Glossophobia is a fear of public speaking it actually comes number 13 in the top 100 of speaking fears and from that a lot of my clients if they have a fear like of Agoraphobia going out I can help them with looking better that when they go through these fears they actually supported in the right way but when I started looking at there’s Vestiophobia out there people are afraid of clothes. Now life must be really tough for them because clothes are kind of part of our everyday life. there are Chromophobia Billy Bob Thornton’s one they’re afraid of bright colors. I’m guessing his life is fairly deep and muted. Koumpounophobia – that was a fun one to learn that’s a fear of buttons so people who have come upon a phobia they will wear things that slide over their head or do up with zips or do up with ties now I mentioned before the chromophobia there’s also a lot of people that have phobias too specific colors. Xanthophobia is one it’s the fear of yellow but another phobia that I often deal with with my clients and it’s often not given this name that’s Gerascophobia and that’s a fear of getting old.

It’s that elusive elixir of youth that people are always looking for. But as with all things there’s always the funny little ones you weren’t expecting when you go through an Omphalophobia that’s a fear of bellybuttons. I don’t know if they’re afraid of their own or other people’s so I don’t know where they get out of shower and have to look at and hide their belly button or their like this is on the beach , don’t show me your belly button and then lyrngoziphobia

Coz I thought for sure there’s a phobia for zips or there is but is’t a phobia of getting your lips caught in zips. didn’t even want to think too much about that. So happy Friday at 13th and I hope you are not a Paraskevidekatriaphobe because that means you are afraid of Friday the 13th Clare Maxfield from Clare Maxfield Image. Bye

Jan 21 2017

The Colour Series – Black

The Colour Series – Black. Colour is intrinsic to all humans. The majority see, some feel and we all describe life in terms of it. This series will bring to life all aspects of colour. How we respond to it both internally and externally. The psychology of colour and what it means to us. How we use colour in our every day language and the evolution of the colour into our fashion and style today. Listen and watch to get a greater understanding of the message colour can give and how to use it in business and socially.

We all see, feel and enjoy colour differently.

Try out my colour quiz to discover which colour personality you are?

Watch the Colour Series – White – Here

Dec 29 2016

How to know which necklines suit you

Necklines come in many shapes and sizes. Knowing what is ideal can be a challenge. This simple guide can have you thinking differently about which necklines really work for you, why and what to look for.

How to Choose the Right Necklines

Hi! And it’s Clare Maxfield here. And I am sharing with you today in the “What Suits My Face Shape Series”, what Necklines to wear.

So, I popped a little strapless top on, so, that gives me a better opportunity to pop on some necklines so you can really see how different necklines can really affect the way your face looks.

So, what I’ve got here, these are something I made some years ago.

Round Neckline: Here is a kind of a round one. See how it looks? Remember two sessions ago, I did, you know, balance points. So if it goes low or ideally it should work… even up here. It’s not. I have a floating head now. There is no connection with that top.

Sharp V: Now also remember how I was talking about in the “Shoe-Shape” one – sharp point, rounded points… Well, look at me, in a “Sharp V”, at the right spot. That’s really no good. It doesn’t work with anything.

Soft V: Look what happens if I put this “Softer V” on. See how now, it’s time to get some harmony with my face and I’ve got it at the right neck-point. Remember, if I bring it on up too high – no good!

So, I put it on the right point – and that’s the one that works for me.

Square Neckline: Now, next one I’ve got is a “Square Neckline”. One thing I found when I put the square neckline is it actually brings out here, (points to cheekbone hollows) which is great if I didn’t have these… lines in my eyes.

But a square doesn’t really go as well, as it goes with the “Soften V”. As I find the soften V, brings (the eye to) this part of our face.(points to jawline) Happy with that!

Now, this one is one of my favourite one. So, this is a good old sweetheart. .. I’ll get it down here…so if you bring it out like that… Do you know what I noticed when I put this one on? Is it brings out this part, (points to fullness of cheeks) and brings out some nice lines. Now, if I bring it up higher… but still, not a great one.

Boat neck: And then boat neck. Boat neck brings the eye to my shoulders, but does nothing for my face. But if I want to flaunt my shoulders, this is what I wear. And if you adjust just below the collar bone, it really brings the line out. If you have it up here, you kind of again become a floating head. And it all becomes about the top part.

Cowl Neck: And this is my favourite one. This is an example of Cowl Neck. Now to be honest, I find that a Cowl Neck really does suit most people. It really works well.

And if you wanted to, I can pop this under here and bring this up… and I have a halter neck. But it’s the Cowl Neck which is my personal favorite.

So, what I recommend you do is give me a call if you want. I’ve got a whole lot of necklines here to come work with, but go out and try different necklines. See what works for you, and see what will bring out your cheeks, side real line. Make sure that you are not looking at the fabric, the print, that you are looking at you.

And once you know what neckline suits, everything else just adds to what’s suiting your face and making you look fantastic.

Remember, If you want, there’s a free Faceshape – “Every Woman’s Guide to Face Shapes” download, you can get. The link is below.

And for the guys, yours is coming out in 2017. Hope you enjoyed today’s It’s Clare Maxfield and “What Suits My Face.