started at the Friends’ School, as we called it then, in the 3rd Form mid-term. It wasn’t easy being ‘the new girl’ and also being a day girl … in my day, most pupils were boarders. I did, however, soon settle down and made new friends. I left Sibford at the end of the


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5th Form and went to Banbury Technical College where I studied for A levels and went on to do a PA Secretarial course. My first job was working at a Solicitors firm in Banbury. A few years later I joined my parents’ sign company and stayed there for nine years. I then took six months out and travelled to and around Australia.


When I came back to the UK I


got a good job working at a sign company in Northampton where I stayed for four years and relocated to Duston near Northampton. During this time, I got married and had a son, Tom. In 1993, we moved back to the Banbury area. I took time out of work to be a mother and started back to work part- time when my son Tom started playgroup. I moved back to Sibford in 2001 and am still here! About eight or nine years ago I decided to make a change of direction in my career … a now or never decision! I have always felt I had a flair for colour and styling and was always the friend everyone took shopping when they needed to buy that special outfit so I decided to become an Image/ Style Consultant. I started by studying at the London College of Fashion on an Image and Styling course. I had to do this at weekends and thought I would struggle as I was working in the week but I enjoyed the course so much I looked forward to going


8 / The Sibford Rocket


came to Sibford with my parents when I was 13 years old and


Annie Broe (née Barth) is one of the newest members on the SOSA Committee. She shares some reflections of her school days and tells us what she is doing now.


Annie is pictured aged 15 on her horse Callan


to London each weekend and knew I had made the right decision. I passed this course with flying colours and then went on to study colour analysis, advanced colour analysis and make up. Colour analysis is the process of finding colours of clothing and makeup to match a person’s skin complexion, eye color, and hair colour. In the right colours, you will have a ‘glow’ making you look younger and healthier. Conversely


Giving a colour analysis is an “If a woman is poorly dressed you notice the clothes.


in the ‘wrong’ colours we can look tired, drained and older. Everyone can wear most colours, but what makes the difference is the undertone, depth and intensity of that colour. Every colour you can imagine is produced by mixing one or more of the three basic primary colours which are red, yellow and blue. A study by Johannes Itten, a noted artist and colourist, discovered that most of his art students were attracted to their proper colours, as we all are 50% of the time. In theory, if we were left alone, uninfluenced by the fashion industry, shops, magazines, family and friends we would all be in our correct colours 100% of the time!


If she is impeccably dressed you notice the woman” Coco Chanel


enjoyable experience for both the client and myself as they get to see what colours make their hair, skin tone and eyes work in harmony to give them that ‘glow’. We also discuss make up and what colours will go together and how to build outfits. I give each client a handy sized colour swatch, which has all the colours they can wear and which they can keep in their handbag. Although, having said that, colour analysis is not just for women, men can benefit too. As well as colour


analysis, I also offer a style and wardrobe weed. Most of us have a wardrobe full of clothes but we wear less than half of them. I take a fresh look at your wardrobe through experienced eyes and together we can discover what works for you, helping you to learn to dress in a way which flatters your body shape. I also run style workshops and


have been running these as an evening course at the College in Banbury. These are fun sessions, which help people to learn about their body shape and discover how, by using a few simple tricks, they can draw the eye to where they want people to look … emphasising the good bits and hiding the not so good bits.


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