Hello and welcome to my blog.

I’d like to introduce myself with this opening post, showing a bit of my style and image evolution.

From Fashion Confusion to Clarity

Before, there was a girl, who did not know much about herself, who always loved fashion and always mistakenly made her choices to dress, without any intention.

I dare say I was my biggest enemy, not knowing how to make my wardrobe choices on a daily basis.

I would always shop for taste only, because I found something pretty or because it was on trend and I saw someone else wearing it.

I never actually thought if that piece of clothe or shoe or accessory actually fitted me or my body.

With that I used to have a wardrobe full of nothing: every time I had an event, a dinner, a night out, a date or a job interview, I would always need to shop something else, because nothing I had was possible to use.

And I became shopping addicted, the more I shopped, the more I needed to shop, the less I knew what to do with all my clothes.

Embracing Personal Style

After there is a woman, who went through an internal development, who discovered her personal style, accepted her body, understood her colours and began to make her best choices.

It was not a next day change, I didn’t woke up one day and started dressing good for myself. It was a process, I did courses to learn about my fashion style, about my body and wardrobe.

Actually I did more than 5 courses, mentoring and then I started to apply on me.

It took around 8 months, and to be honest I still feel I have a lot to improve, and in fairness, there will always be, and thats life: this pursuit to be better, a better person, a better professional, a better friend, daughter, girlfriend and above all, a better me for myself.

Connecting Through Image and Style

I’m just like you. And I know what your image can do for your life, what your style and dressing with your best choices can do for you.

If you would like to improve your appearance and discover how to come across with more confidence in life, you are more than welcome to join me.

Join Me on the Journey to Personal Style

Nowadays I help men and women how to dress as the protagonist of their life’s, having customers in more than 5 countries, both in English and Portuguese.

Barbara Lia: Engineer Turned Image Consultant

My name is Barbara Lia, I’m an image consultant currently based in Lisbon.

I did a career change in 2022 migrating from a Engineer background to a completely different area that changed my life.

Image consulting is not only about appearance, but about how much you value yourself and displays that in your personal image.

Is not about self-esteem either, that can come as bonus, but is about the power of knowing what favours your unique body and style, and how to present that to the world you live in.

In this blog I will talk about image, style, fashion, behaviour and personal development to guide you to dress for the life you deserve.

Welcome and I hope you can learn at least one thing from me in this exciting new journey!