Judi Dench inspiration - LOVELY for the AFTER!!
Well, I just returned from the Association of Image Consultants International Annual Conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada. What a beautiful city that is, if you ever get a chance to visit do not hesitate to go. I think everyone was in a great mood during the entire time because every view out of every window of the hotel at the Harborside was amazing spectacular. The light, the clouds, the water, the variegated colors of nature, the peninsulas that make the coastline so interesting to the eye. The buildings with their sea foam glass color were so serenely engaging. Your eyes just dwelt on each vision, becoming fixated with aesthetic beauty is a deeply relaxing and mood-enhancing activity. Beautiful images make the world an emotionally satisfying place for me. The gathering of image consultants at the conference, too, with their coordinated ensembles all color suited to their pallettes and body shapes and age appropriateness, made for a fabulous array of pulchritude inside the hotel as well. But there are a few who are so lovely, yet their appearance just doesn’t measure up. Outside doesn’t reflect the inside and the disconnect is jarring. We are image consultants and we must look like image consultants, the directive goes. We have an obligation to be role models for what our clients want to achieve themselves and if we can’t do it for ourselves, then how can we hope to make it happen for them? The younger image consultants are not as guilty, but the older ones must keep up and update themselves. Knowing how to do that is key. Who are our role models? I just Googled gorgeous older women and found a bevy of 50+ beauties….Susan Sarandon, Helen Mirren, Glenn Close, Bianca Spender, Jane Fonda….but no one impresses me more than Judi Dench. Maybe because my mom wore her hair like that when she was in her late 60s and it was so becoming to her. What a fabulous style the dramatic short bob is for an older chic woman! I took a seminar with Liz Weinstein, who coaches and teaches how to deliver effective presentations. I kept thinking, as she was in front of the class with her brilliant British accent, how great she would look with a makeover that would give her a hairstyle similar to Judi Dench. How amazing she would look for her coloration and age. She is tall, slender, intelligent and generous with her knowledge. Here is the photo of Liz and here is one of Judi….don’t you agree? I would love to get my hands of her….she screams of Iowa (where she lives) and I think she would be seen as more relevant and current. See what you think….She has such potential. I am itchy to get my hands on her and update her….it would be such a part the curtains and step out and audience gasp moment….Geez, I hope she reads this blog but if she doesn’t, maybe someone could tell her to read it and she will just see what we’re talking about here and go do it…..She looks like Jane Hathaway in the Beverly Hillbillies and she could so look like M in 007!
Liz Weinstein BEFORE!!!
