05/10/2026
Celebrating Personal Style & Identity: The Workshop
A guided exploration of personal style and identity encouraging you to go beyond the gaze.
Join me for an interactive workshop exploring key themes from the book including identity, style and visual presence.
10:45am: Arrival
11:00am: Opening & Introductions
A guided, open conversation to unravel the impact that our sense of identity and personality has on our self expression through our personal style.
🔸️How we currently feel in our personal style
🔸️The relationship between style, identity, and self-expression
🔸️Early influences and messages around how we “should” present ourselves and the concept of ‘gaze’
11:15am: Colour As Language
An interactive exploration of the cultural symbolism, emotional impact and physical nuance of colour.
🔸️Exploring colour beyond aesthetics: symbolism, psychology, western norms and expectations
🔸️ Live colour draping demonstration to observe how different colours interact with different skin tones, undertones and contrasts
🔸️Interactive breakout session to experiment with draping in small groups and to reflect on which colours feel energising, in harmony or off balance
12:15pm Beyond Body Shape
An opportunity to reframe, expand and reclaim the physical body while learning how to honour and celebrate our unique form.
A reframing of the body beyond rigid categories:
🔸️The body as a place of belonging, not something to be fixed
🔸️Exploring the nuances and diversity within global majority women’s bodies
🔸️Cultural and personal associations with body image
12:45pm Reflections
1pm: Book signing & Networking
Light refreshments will be provided.
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A huge shout out to the below creatives who brought this photoshoot together:
Photography & Videography
shweta shukla
Creative (and moral!) Support:
Anisha Parmar Studio
Hair & Make Up:
Shindy Makeup Artist, Hair Stylist & Saree Drapist
Draping:
Nidhi Uppal
Mehndi:
HuqThat
Jewellery in this photo
RED DOT JEWELS®️ South-Asian Jewels