# Barrel Jeans, Elastic Waists & The Mid-Price Wardrobe Refresh

An episode of [Nothing To Wear](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1589394895), 11 Aug 2026, 28 min.

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If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in an endless activewear rut, intimidated by internet size guides, or wondering where to shop in mid-life without feeling like a fashion victim, this is your ultimate guide. This week, Leigh is joined by Fashion Editor and digital style pro Marisa Remond bringing her best mid-range, mid-life, mid-priced fashion and online shopping advice. Leigh sits down with Marisa to unpack the best hidden-gem international brands available in Australia, how to search by fabric composition to filter out cheap polyester, and the low-risk sizing trick that will completely change how you order online. Plus, they discuss how to build chic, practical wardrobe foundations and how to touch on current trends without overspending. Then, Boujie to Budget, where Marisa has brought game-changing elevated elastic-waist pants that will replace your daily leggings, and Leigh brings three bright pops of cobalt blue to elevate your outerwear collection. BOUJIE TO BUDGET: Marissa's Item: Elastic Waist Pants Budget: Cotton On Jackson Utility Pants, $49.99. Mid-Range: Dissh Scout White Cotton Barrel Leg Pant, $129.99. Boujie: Leset Kyoto Carpenter Pants, $475. Leigh's Item: Cobalt Blue Sport-Luxe Jackets Budget: ASOS Design Oversized Bubble Hem Track Jacket in Cobalt, $95. Mid-Range: M.N.G High Collar Jacket, $159.95. Boujie: Zara ZW Collection Bomber Jacket, $185. GET YOUR FASHION FIX: Become a Mamamia subscriber and get an all-access pass to everything we make, including exclusive podcasts and early listening, subscriber-only articles, monthly giveaways, discounts and our home workout app, MOVE. Subscribe here. Watch us on YouTube here. Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @nothingtowearpod Shop the Pod: Sign up to the Nothing To Wear Newsletter to see all the products mentioned plus more, delivered straight to your inbox after every episode. Feedback? We're listening! Email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au CREDITS: Hosts: Leigh Campbell Guest: Marisa Remond Producers: Talissa Bazaz, Ella Maitland & Zara Sengstock Audio Producer: Scott Stronach Video Producer: Michael Kean Just so you know—some of the product links in these notes are affiliate links, which means we might earn a small commission if you buy through them. It doesn’t cost you anything extra, and it helps support the show. Happy shopping! Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we have recorded this podcast. Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:08] Speaker 1: You're listening to a MoMA Mia podcast.
[0:15] Speaker 2: Whoever said orange is a new pink with seriously disturbed.
[0:18] Speaker 1: Laurels for spraying groundbreaking?
[0:21] Speaker 2: Oh my god, you.
[0:22] Speaker 1: Have to do it.
[0:23] Speaker 3: You live for fashion.
[0:26] Speaker 2: Hello, and welcome to Nothing to Wear the podcast. It
[0:29] Speaker 2: solves fashion problems and levels up your wardrobe. I'm Lee
[0:32] Speaker 2: Campbell and today I'm joined by fashion editor Marissa Ramond.
[0:36] Speaker 1: She started her career way back in the.
[0:38] Speaker 2: Day at Cleo magazine, where she was the fashion editor,
[0:41] Speaker 2: and since she has pivoted.
[0:43] Speaker 1: And evolved to digital.
[0:45] Speaker 2: Marissa often writes for Mamma Mia, and her fashion articles
[0:48] Speaker 2: are so popular because she is a total pro at
[0:51] Speaker 2: finding that sweet spot from high and low and shopping
[0:54] Speaker 2: mid and looking very stylish.
[0:55] Speaker 1: So let's get into it.
[0:57] Speaker 2: Marissa, Welcome to Nothing to Wear. I can't believe we
[1:00] Speaker 2: haven't had you on here yet. We should have because
[1:02] Speaker 2: I am the same age as you when we've worked
[1:04] Speaker 2: in magazines for so long. But for those I don't
[1:07] Speaker 2: know you, who are you, what do you do? What
[1:10] Speaker 2: was your past career and what are you doing now?
[1:12] Speaker 4: Highly well, I have had quite a long career in fashion.
[1:17] Speaker 4: I started probably around the same time as you in
[1:19] Speaker 4: magazines when I was twenty years old, so I was
[1:24] Speaker 4: kind of, yeah, half my life about forty four, I'm
[1:27] Speaker 4: forty five.
[1:28] Speaker 3: Yeah yeah. So I started, you know, wanting to be
[1:31] Speaker 3: a stylist.
[1:32] Speaker 4: So I was taping shoes and steaming clothes for a
[1:35] Speaker 4: very long time until I kind of moved up the
[1:37] Speaker 4: ranks and became fashion editor of Clear Magazine.
[1:41] Speaker 3: I did that for a few years and I.
[1:42] Speaker 4: Loved it, but kind of got an itch to move
[1:45] Speaker 4: to digital when the blog kind of atmosphere was happening
[1:48] Speaker 4: in Australia. So I was lucky enough to be the
[1:51] Speaker 4: launch editor of Pop Sugar Australia and that was kind
[1:55] Speaker 4: of how I started my website career and kind of
[1:59] Speaker 4: learning the background about blogs and the momentum of what
[2:03] Speaker 4: websites kind of need, and it was, you know, a
[2:06] Speaker 4: real learning kind of.
[2:08] Speaker 1: It was a big change. It was huge.
[2:10] Speaker 4: It was kind of posting every hour and just getting
[2:13] Speaker 4: used to that really fast cycle as opposed to magazines,
[2:16] Speaker 4: which we were always about three months in advance. So
[2:19] Speaker 4: that was awesome. And I did that until I got
[2:22] Speaker 4: pregnant with my first.
[2:22] Speaker 1: Baby, and from there, now, what do you do.
[2:26] Speaker 4: After having both my children? I started to freelance and
[2:29] Speaker 4: do contract work. I worked on the Grace Tales, which
[2:32] Speaker 4: was a website about motherhood for a while, and then
[2:35] Speaker 4: COVID hit and so I was homeschooling two children and
[2:39] Speaker 4: trying to work out my next move. And that's when
[2:41] Speaker 4: I decided to launch my website, which kind of started
[2:45] Speaker 4: honestly from the schoolgates where I had a lot of
[2:47] Speaker 4: women come up to me and asked me about where
[2:49] Speaker 4: to shop, how to shop, how to specifically shop online
[2:53] Speaker 4: because it was still quite a new and a little
[2:57] Speaker 4: bit scary, that whole idea of taking shopping from retail
[3:00] Speaker 4: to online. And I was always very good at it,
[3:03] Speaker 4: an early adopter of shopping online, and I just thought
[3:06] Speaker 4: I better make something of this, and I tried my
[3:08] Speaker 4: hand at creating a website.
[3:10] Speaker 1: And here you are, Well it is all worked out
[3:13] Speaker 1: for the best.
[3:13] Speaker 2: Well you're going to help us with that and some
[3:16] Speaker 2: wonderful not too expensive tips and tricks. But firstly, how
[3:18] Speaker 2: do you describe your personal style? Who are you when
[3:21] Speaker 2: you get dressed?
[3:22] Speaker 4: I think I've changed a lot, I think since working
[3:25] Speaker 4: from home mainly, but I think if I had to
[3:28] Speaker 4: describe my style, it would be modern because I love
[3:31] Speaker 4: to be on trend, but I don't like to look
[3:33] Speaker 4: like a fashion victim, so I always like to kind
[3:36] Speaker 4: of touch on trends without committing too heavily refined because
[3:40] Speaker 4: I'm a bit of a neat freak as well, and
[3:42] Speaker 4: I like to look polished.
[3:45] Speaker 3: On taurus.
[3:46] Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, and classic because I still like the staples
[3:51] Speaker 4: and I like the foundation pieces that kind of make
[3:53] Speaker 4: everything else sing.
[3:55] Speaker 1: Are you a frequent shopper because it's your job.
[3:57] Speaker 4: I am, but I actually probably buy less now than
[4:00] Speaker 4: I ever have in my life, just because I'm better
[4:03] Speaker 4: at it. And I think you realize that you don't
[4:07] Speaker 4: need a lot of the same thing, and I think
[4:10] Speaker 4: you can kind of break the cycle of thinking you
[4:12] Speaker 4: need a new outfit every time you have an event
[4:14] Speaker 4: on or have.
[4:15] Speaker 3: A birthday party or something like that.
[4:16] Speaker 4: It doesn't really work in your favor if you keep
[4:18] Speaker 4: accumulating clothes like that. So I'm definitely more considered than
[4:22] Speaker 4: I've ever been. But I still love shopping.
[4:25] Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Well, the good thing is you kind of
[4:26] Speaker 1: get to look a lot. I work all.
[4:29] Speaker 4: The time, and I think that's why I am a
[4:31] Speaker 4: good shopper, because I know exactly like the Wat's new
[4:34] Speaker 4: section of every favorite website.
[4:35] Speaker 2: It's like, I'm looking for this kind of shoe and
[4:37] Speaker 2: you're like, okay, it launched on the iconogy.
[4:40] Speaker 4: I can tell you exactly where to shop and how
[4:42] Speaker 4: to shop.
[4:43] Speaker 1: You're liking cyclopad, We're going with that right now.
[4:46] Speaker 2: So then when it comes to fashion, and I guess
[4:48] Speaker 2: you're offering, what's your niche? Do you have kind of
[4:51] Speaker 2: a specific area. Are you very luxury, you're very street?
[4:55] Speaker 2: I don't know what's your passion and who do you help?
[4:58] Speaker 4: I would say at this stage of life, I'm all
[5:00] Speaker 4: about mid price and mid range, so I always say
[5:03] Speaker 4: I'm quite good at searching out the mid brands that
[5:06] Speaker 4: people may I not have ever heard of. I'm in midlife,
[5:10] Speaker 4: I guess now myself as well, so it is, you know,
[5:14] Speaker 4: a stage where I probably haven't ever shopped like this before.
[5:18] Speaker 4: I think when I was in magazines and it was
[5:20] Speaker 4: all about logos and designer and keeping up with what
[5:24] Speaker 4: you thought that you should be wearing. And it definitely
[5:27] Speaker 4: changed after I started working from home and having kids.
[5:30] Speaker 1: I'm a lot more.
[5:30] Speaker 4: Practical in my dressing now, and I think it's made
[5:34] Speaker 4: me a better fashion editor and also my style has
[5:37] Speaker 4: improved a lot.
[5:39] Speaker 1: Interesting. It's funny because mid does really some all of
[5:41] Speaker 1: it up.
[5:42] Speaker 2: You know, I think, you know, women in this particular
[5:44] Speaker 2: stage of life, we might you know, we feel like
[5:46] Speaker 2: we can't shop at that really young shopped. I can't imagine.
[5:49] Speaker 2: There's too many of us that are running over to
[5:51] Speaker 2: Chanell and it's like, where do we shop that is
[5:54] Speaker 2: you know, stylish, it's going to last, but is practical
[5:56] Speaker 2: and comfortable. And there is when you said, you know,
[5:59] Speaker 2: brands that we may not have heard of. I can
[6:01] Speaker 2: think of three or four that I just go to, yeah,
[6:03] Speaker 2: straight away, their websites or their stores. But there's more
[6:05] Speaker 2: than that. But you can kind of feel like this
[6:07] Speaker 2: point it's like, oh, what's for me.
[6:09] Speaker 4: Totally, especially I've got almost teenage daughter. I don't want
[6:13] Speaker 4: to be dressing in the same stores that her and
[6:14] Speaker 4: her friends are. I just I need some separation from that. So,
[6:19] Speaker 4: you know, as I was kind of editing on my website,
[6:22] Speaker 4: I discovered a lot of brands that I didn't think we.
[6:25] Speaker 3: Had access to here in Australia.
[6:27] Speaker 4: But we do things like Arquette and other stories massive.
[6:32] Speaker 1: Duties the brand, right, Yes, that's right.
[6:34] Speaker 4: Sorry, so they're all under the H and M umbrella,
[6:37] Speaker 4: and I mean they're all awesome in their own way
[6:40] Speaker 4: because is obviously an obvious one, but it's such a
[6:43] Speaker 4: good place to get appropriate and practical kind of staples.
[6:48] Speaker 2: And I had heard of most of those from overseas,
[6:50] Speaker 2: but I don't think a lot of people do know
[6:52] Speaker 2: that where they can get them here, or that they
[6:54] Speaker 2: ship internationally.
[6:55] Speaker 4: That's right, so they all ship internationally. You can get
[6:58] Speaker 4: a selection of arquette on the Iconic. I always like
[7:01] Speaker 4: to view the entire range because I'm just like that,
[7:04] Speaker 4: so I always go direct as well, and other stories
[7:06] Speaker 4: as well. It's on the Iconic, but you can get direct,
[7:09] Speaker 4: so there's just access to a lot more in that
[7:12] Speaker 4: mid price range that we don't always have much of
[7:14] Speaker 4: here in Australia. And I think it also gives you
[7:18] Speaker 4: a unique point of view with what you're wearing, rather
[7:20] Speaker 4: than looking like every other person in Sydney.
[7:23] Speaker 3: So I just like that point of difference.
[7:26] Speaker 2: I think that's true because a lot of people will
[7:27] Speaker 2: go to the maybe they know Zara online or each name,
[7:29] Speaker 2: or they may have one in their shopping center, but
[7:31] Speaker 2: I think there's so many more similar ones from overseas
[7:33] Speaker 2: that we don't realize we can get here. But what
[7:35] Speaker 2: about the more obvious ones or just the ones that
[7:38] Speaker 2: are kind of accessible to everyone that you think is
[7:41] Speaker 2: still worth it.
[7:41] Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I shop all over I honestly, it
[7:44] Speaker 4: doesn't really matter about the brand. I love a big
[7:47] Speaker 4: selection of brands to choose from. Witchery is a great one,
[7:51] Speaker 4: and a local label here then I always can find
[7:53] Speaker 4: one or two pieces every season. Assembly Label is also
[7:57] Speaker 4: super approachable, and like the price points make sense and
[8:01] Speaker 4: you don't feel like you're being ripped off, which is
[8:03] Speaker 4: really nice.
[8:04] Speaker 1: That's not a good way to put it.
[8:05] Speaker 2: That past points makes sense. I was looking at some
[8:07] Speaker 2: of their things online the other day and I was like, oh.
[8:09] Speaker 1: That's cheap. But it's not that it's cheap, it's how
[8:11] Speaker 1: it should be. Yeah, that's right, just to get quality.
[8:14] Speaker 1: But yeah, other brands, you know, sometimes you're like, oh okay,
[8:17] Speaker 1: am I really yeah?
[8:18] Speaker 4: And you know Country Road also can come out with
[8:21] Speaker 4: pieces every season that are really bang on and don't
[8:25] Speaker 4: look like everything else going on. So yeah, just a
[8:28] Speaker 4: real mix of brands.
[8:29] Speaker 1: I love Mere Siege, I still love a seed.
[8:32] Speaker 3: Yeah.
[8:32] Speaker 2: I've also found that all these de Cuba as well,
[8:35] Speaker 2: and Target I think isazing.
[8:36] Speaker 3: Yeah they are.
[8:38] Speaker 2: When you say your shop or you're very good at
[8:40] Speaker 2: shopping online, how did you hone that?
[8:42] Speaker 1: And what tips can you give us there?
[8:43] Speaker 2: Because I think a lot of people in this life
[8:45] Speaker 2: stage would love to go for a peruse and a
[8:47] Speaker 2: touch and a feel. But it's not often that all
[8:50] Speaker 2: the stores you want to go through in one spot.
[8:51] Speaker 1: On the time. So how can we nail shopping well online?
[8:56] Speaker 4: I think that people are afraid because of the trying
[9:00] Speaker 4: on and returning aspect of it, which I totally get.
[9:03] Speaker 4: I'm quite anal with stuff like that. So I will
[9:06] Speaker 4: do that all in the same time and put it
[9:07] Speaker 4: in the red post box in the same days, right literally,
[9:11] Speaker 4: sometimes even in the same hour.
[9:12] Speaker 1: That's probably clever, though, Yeah, get just.
[9:14] Speaker 4: To get it out otherwise it'll hang around. And Yeah,
[9:18] Speaker 4: all I can say is, if you aren't a big
[9:20] Speaker 4: online shopper, give it a go because it does change
[9:22] Speaker 4: your life. And my big tip for shopping online is
[9:27] Speaker 4: to buy two sizes return one because you just don't
[9:31] Speaker 4: ever know the way you want something to fit or
[9:33] Speaker 4: the way it will fit, and if you've never tried
[9:34] Speaker 4: that brand before. But I feel like that's a low
[9:36] Speaker 4: risk way of getting exactly what you want.
[9:39] Speaker 2: It's like going taking to to the change room totally.
[9:41] Speaker 2: But obviously you're quite well versed in different brands. It's
[9:44] Speaker 2: return policy, so we always check that first.
[9:46] Speaker 4: Absolutely, yes, And you know the major ones will have
[9:50] Speaker 4: a really great return policy. I think Netaporta, the Iconic
[9:53] Speaker 4: Shop Bop, they're all, you know, kind of a thirty
[9:55] Speaker 4: day return period and most of them are free returns,
[9:59] Speaker 4: so the risk is really low and I feel like
[10:02] Speaker 4: you just get a greater selection of product.
[10:04] Speaker 2: Yeah, it's true, you do have mortitudes from generally, and
[10:06] Speaker 2: you're just going to make sure you return it. And
[10:08] Speaker 2: also on sale, because sometimes I've got caught up, betwe
[10:10] Speaker 2: because some sale.
[10:11] Speaker 1: Can be returned but final sale can't.
[10:13] Speaker 2: And I'm too excited because it's on sale, and then
[10:15] Speaker 2: it arrives and I'm like, oh, I don't know if I.
[10:17] Speaker 3: Read the fine Yeah, for sure.
[10:20] Speaker 1: And what about fabrics.
[10:21] Speaker 2: I think that's where I get scared because I think,
[10:24] Speaker 2: you know, I'm starting to get better at it now
[10:25] Speaker 2: to even just read the composition. But they've used the
[10:27] Speaker 2: best imagery possible that something looks really lux and delicious.
[10:30] Speaker 2: So do you go and read all of that info?
[10:33] Speaker 4: I do. I am really hell bent on reading about materials.
[10:37] Speaker 4: But my trick also with that is if you're shopping
[10:40] Speaker 4: at a chain store H and m Zara, even our
[10:42] Speaker 4: cat and Cause, type in the search bar the fabrication,
[10:47] Speaker 4: so that will weed out all the polyester, because when
[10:50] Speaker 4: they use leather, when they use silk, when they use whole,
[10:53] Speaker 4: they will always put it in the subject line.
[10:57] Speaker 1: Because it's selling.
[10:58] Speaker 2: Yet, do you try to avoid all synthetics or does
[11:00] Speaker 2: it kind of depend on what you're looking for?
[11:02] Speaker 4: I definitely don't. I don't think that's a really stick
[11:04] Speaker 4: way of shopping. And I think if you love fashion
[11:06] Speaker 4: and clothes as I do, it kind of takes a
[11:09] Speaker 4: bit of the joy away from it. With knitwear and
[11:12] Speaker 4: outer where I am hell bent on having kind of
[11:15] Speaker 4: mostly wool and really great quality.
[11:17] Speaker 3: But I think if we're talking about.
[11:19] Speaker 4: A dress or a skirt or even a blouse, there's
[11:22] Speaker 4: room for kind of a few synthetics.
[11:25] Speaker 2: And I think sometimes you know they're not all made equal,
[11:27] Speaker 2: Like there's some amazing synthemas that will look like silk
[11:30] Speaker 2: and just flow beautifully or whatever it may be. Yeah,
[11:33] Speaker 2: but I think when I started to educate myself on
[11:35] Speaker 2: the fabrics from shopping online that I was like, oh,
[11:36] Speaker 2: I can't as polyester or I think that's a bad thing.
[11:39] Speaker 2: And I was like, hang on, no, some of my
[11:41] Speaker 2: favorite pieces are polyester, and tell of my worst.
[11:43] Speaker 1: Pieces are polyester.
[11:45] Speaker 3: Absolutely.
[11:46] Speaker 2: If someone hasn't shopped a brand before, maybe they're just
[11:49] Speaker 2: not a big online shopper. Should they start with brands
[11:52] Speaker 2: they know they're in their wardrobe so that they can
[11:54] Speaker 2: kind of they already know the sizing and you know,
[11:56] Speaker 2: perhaps the brand's aesthetic.
[11:57] Speaker 1: Do you suggest that?
[11:58] Speaker 3: I think so.
[11:59] Speaker 4: But also I would think have the confidence to try
[12:02] Speaker 4: one of those multi brand retailers like a Netta Porter
[12:05] Speaker 4: or a Shop Bop, because you can get a bit
[12:07] Speaker 4: of everything and then just return what you don't think
[12:10] Speaker 4: is right. I think it just allows for trying, and
[12:13] Speaker 4: I think that's what we need to do. Just try
[12:15] Speaker 4: different brands, and that's when you become, you know, more knowledgeable.
[12:18] Speaker 4: That's how I discovered Masimo Duty and now I kind
[12:21] Speaker 4: of you know, every season, might do an order from there,
[12:24] Speaker 4: and you know how it fits and you know how
[12:25] Speaker 4: it feels. So I think it does take a bit
[12:28] Speaker 4: of trial and error.
[12:29] Speaker 1: Yes, but it's well.
[12:30] Speaker 2: It Yeah, it's true because I think I always think, oh,
[12:32] Speaker 2: but I can't really try it on, But I can
[12:34] Speaker 2: because it's coming to my home with my other things.
[12:37] Speaker 2: Whereas if you're trying something on in store, yes you
[12:39] Speaker 2: are touching and feeling it then, but you're in their
[12:41] Speaker 2: chaine room just you know, with their garments. But sometimes
[12:44] Speaker 2: it's about getting at home anyway and seeing what it
[12:46] Speaker 2: works with.
[12:46] Speaker 4: Yeah, and I think you know, the reality is not
[12:48] Speaker 4: everyone has access to a lot of these stores, and
[12:52] Speaker 4: you don't have a lot of time to go in
[12:54] Speaker 4: and try on all these things. So having it delivered
[12:57] Speaker 4: and doing things in the comfort from your own home,
[12:59] Speaker 4: it does make the process a little bit more enjoyable
[13:02] Speaker 4: and easier in the long run.
[13:04] Speaker 1: It's true. Yeah, it's true. I need to remember that.
[13:07] Speaker 2: So let's take it back to the mid topic because
[13:09] Speaker 2: I kind of just love that that's where I'm at personally.
[13:12] Speaker 2: So we're kind of talking about mid positioning and mid
[13:15] Speaker 2: price point. But what else do you think works in
[13:18] Speaker 2: this life stage or in this kind of category for
[13:20] Speaker 2: women that are where we're at. What do you see
[13:23] Speaker 2: people you know asking you for what do you look
[13:26] Speaker 2: for in terms of cuts and comfort, and you.
[13:28] Speaker 4: Know, I think the biggest thing that people ask me
[13:31] Speaker 4: about on my website and on social is how to
[13:33] Speaker 4: get out of activewear, and that is I think a
[13:36] Speaker 4: lot of stay at home mums or mums that work
[13:38] Speaker 4: from home, they default to active wear because they might
[13:41] Speaker 4: do an early morning session at the gym and then
[13:44] Speaker 4: have to do the practical things of day to day,
[13:46] Speaker 4: dropping off kids and getting groceries, and they think that
[13:49] Speaker 4: comfort meanslycrum At the moment, though, I think what's trending
[13:54] Speaker 4: is catering for that really well. Like elastic pants, barrel pants,
[13:58] Speaker 4: they're really comfy.
[13:59] Speaker 3: They're just as comfy as like your leggings.
[14:01] Speaker 4: And you can look polished in them with a great
[14:03] Speaker 4: flat like I don't take trends to literally. I don't
[14:06] Speaker 4: think i'd wear them with a sneaker or anything like that.
[14:09] Speaker 4: But a beautiful flat and knit and a coach with
[14:12] Speaker 4: a cotton pant looks and feels just as good as lycrp.
[14:15] Speaker 1: Con'tfee Yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't want tit leggings.
[14:18] Speaker 3: Oh neither do I.
[14:19] Speaker 2: Coming up after the break, Maurriss is going to give
[14:21] Speaker 2: us even more of her best mid range recommendation. Okay,
[14:41] Speaker 2: so for anyone listening, they're in the similar life stage
[14:43] Speaker 2: as you and I. They haven't found their personal style.
[14:47] Speaker 2: Are they just to feel a bit overwhelmed or intimidated
[14:50] Speaker 2: by fashion?
[14:51] Speaker 1: What are your tips?
[14:53] Speaker 4: I think the first thing I would say is to
[14:57] Speaker 4: be careful of who you follow on Instagram. As much
[15:00] Speaker 4: as it can be really inspiring, it can also be
[15:02] Speaker 4: overwhelming and do the opposite it will just confuse you.
[15:06] Speaker 4: So I would say, definitely get some inspiration picks, but
[15:10] Speaker 4: take one or two elements from that and don't take
[15:12] Speaker 4: it too literally. You know, it might be introducing a
[15:15] Speaker 4: new color to your wardrobe or a new accessory, but
[15:17] Speaker 4: try not to copy it head to toe because what
[15:21] Speaker 4: works for someone doesn't always work for you. So start
[15:25] Speaker 4: small in terms of if you're replicating a look. And
[15:29] Speaker 4: also I would just say having the confidence to try
[15:31] Speaker 4: new brands is a really big thing because you will
[15:33] Speaker 4: discover new shapes, new fabrics, new colors, new styles that
[15:37] Speaker 4: will work for you that you never even considered.
[15:39] Speaker 2: What about going back into their own wardrobe first, because
[15:42] Speaker 2: that's where I just don't because I'm like nothing to ear.
[15:45] Speaker 2: There's way too much in it, So then I just
[15:47] Speaker 2: go straight online or to the shops.
[15:48] Speaker 1: But how can we kind.
[15:50] Speaker 2: Of take stock of where we're at and what we've
[15:52] Speaker 2: got first so that we don't waste more money.
[15:54] Speaker 4: Yeah, totally, And I think the best thing with that
[15:56] Speaker 4: is making sure you have the foundations of a good wardrobe,
[15:59] Speaker 4: because adding a printed skirt or blouse or a trending
[16:02] Speaker 4: item will not help you in the long run. So
[16:04] Speaker 4: making sure that you do have the white T shirts,
[16:07] Speaker 4: the really good denim, a really great coat, some practical flats.
[16:12] Speaker 4: You do need the basics before you start creating interesting outfits.
[16:16] Speaker 4: And I think those things do need to be updated
[16:19] Speaker 4: quite regularly because they don't wear forever.
[16:21] Speaker 3: You know, a white T shirt you.
[16:23] Speaker 4: Can wash and wear a few times, but it'll get
[16:25] Speaker 4: yellow stains, It'll get you want to refresh those items.
[16:28] Speaker 4: So having basics and making sure you have a kind
[16:32] Speaker 4: of a variety of those is really important.
[16:34] Speaker 2: Yeah. Even you know, we can call something classic, like
[16:36] Speaker 2: a classic pair of jeans, but even jeans coming in out.
[16:38] Speaker 2: It's not that you have to absolutely ditch those ones,
[16:40] Speaker 2: but you might just want to alter the shape or
[16:42] Speaker 2: the cart whatever it may be.
[16:43] Speaker 1: And then have a few variety of styles or she's from. Yeah,
[16:46] Speaker 1: talk to me about jeans. Do you like geens? You're
[16:48] Speaker 1: a jeens girl.
[16:49] Speaker 4: I don't love jeans, but I do wear them as
[16:52] Speaker 4: a necessity in winter especially. I will say the barrel
[16:58] Speaker 4: leg shape has changed things. I think they do feel
[17:01] Speaker 4: a lot more comfortable on and surprisingly flattering on as well.
[17:06] Speaker 2: I feel like think it first came about because I
[17:08] Speaker 2: had some a couple of vintage pairs of barrel but
[17:11] Speaker 2: I didn't really know what they were called, like kind
[17:12] Speaker 2: of you know, I knew what they were, but when
[17:14] Speaker 2: it came everywhere, I was.
[17:15] Speaker 1: Like, oh, everyone's like that's so unflattering.
[17:16] Speaker 2: I said, wait, wait, wait, you've got to you know,
[17:18] Speaker 2: you've got to try them on, get the right the
[17:20] Speaker 2: curves at the right spot.
[17:21] Speaker 1: They're actually incredibly comfortable. Yeah, they are. They here to stay.
[17:25] Speaker 3: Yeah.
[17:25] Speaker 4: And you don't also have to invest a lot of
[17:27] Speaker 4: money in denim. That's what I think we used to
[17:29] Speaker 4: be told that you'd have to get designer denim and
[17:32] Speaker 4: spend over three hundred dollars for a pair. That definitely
[17:35] Speaker 4: doesn't apply anymore. Yes, because H and M's are a
[17:38] Speaker 4: mango they do really create Yeah, it's so good.
[17:41] Speaker 1: Yeah, any tips are fine to good.
[17:43] Speaker 2: DNI Is it about the composition, like you know, some
[17:46] Speaker 2: people would like a little bit of stretch, I think,
[17:48] Speaker 2: but I think it's one hundred percent Cottons generally more.
[17:50] Speaker 3: Durable, I think.
[17:51] Speaker 4: Yeah, I think a rigid denim is going to be
[17:53] Speaker 4: better in the long run. I think stretch can look
[17:56] Speaker 4: dated very quickly, but a little bit of stretch really
[17:59] Speaker 4: helps with comfort.
[18:00] Speaker 3: Yeah, so it is trial and error with denim unfortunately. Yeah.
[18:04] Speaker 4: I did see Levi's do a style called the cinch
[18:08] Speaker 4: wide leg, which has an adjustable waste, which I thought
[18:11] Speaker 4: was very very practical.
[18:13] Speaker 2: And I've got the cotton on version and I literally
[18:16] Speaker 2: have like little button thing and you can you can
[18:18] Speaker 2: wear them high waisted, low wasted, or when you weight
[18:21] Speaker 2: fluctuates and then you've kind of got too bad.
[18:23] Speaker 3: Yeah sounds amazing.
[18:25] Speaker 1: Oh they're very cool. Yeah, they're very cool.
[18:27] Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I'll see even gens talk to me again
[18:29] Speaker 2: about trends. You mentioned at the start that you like to,
[18:32] Speaker 2: you know, be across the trends and maybe dip your toe.
[18:35] Speaker 2: How do we the everyday people kind of know what's coming,
[18:38] Speaker 2: but then not full victims to buying all of that.
[18:41] Speaker 2: I mean, you're in a beautiful Poka dot. I remember,
[18:43] Speaker 2: I remember last time Poko dots were in and I
[18:45] Speaker 2: went insane. I just bought so many Poco dots. But
[18:48] Speaker 2: because I'm really terrible at coming in my wardrobe, it's
[18:50] Speaker 2: been great this time around.
[18:51] Speaker 1: But I think I learned from that.
[18:53] Speaker 2: That was like, WHOA, just because you like a trend
[18:55] Speaker 2: or you know it really resonates with you, you don't
[18:57] Speaker 2: need to buy all of it. And even if you
[19:00] Speaker 2: don't like a trend, it's not compulsory.
[19:02] Speaker 4: Absolutely, I think that's a really good tip in itself,
[19:05] Speaker 4: like you don't go too hard on a trend. Because
[19:07] Speaker 4: even we were talking about the barrel egg that is
[19:09] Speaker 4: making its way out already, and I did invest quite
[19:12] Speaker 4: heavily in a few pants and some denim, and you
[19:14] Speaker 4: know it'll be all about straight leg and skinny legs
[19:17] Speaker 4: soon enough. So I would definitely ease into trends. You
[19:20] Speaker 4: don't have to invest, and don't buy multiple of the
[19:23] Speaker 4: same item because you don't really need that many things,
[19:26] Speaker 4: especially if they're trending. I would invest more in basics
[19:29] Speaker 4: and classics rather than trend based items.
[19:33] Speaker 1: So if you do like a poker dot get one thing?
[19:35] Speaker 3: I think so, I think so yes?
[19:37] Speaker 1: And were it well?
[19:38] Speaker 2: Yeah, so you like a trend, I like a trend.
[19:40] Speaker 2: Let's just say our listener likes trends.
[19:43] Speaker 1: How do we do them?
[19:44] Speaker 2: But without looking like everybody else who also likes to
[19:47] Speaker 2: follow a current trend?
[19:48] Speaker 3: Yeah? Hard, take it easy. I would say, don't go
[19:54] Speaker 3: head to toe and maybe.
[19:55] Speaker 2: Not from those three or four main retailers, that's right.
[19:59] Speaker 1: They where bits and pieces maybe a little bit yeap.
[20:02] Speaker 4: So looking online at different brands really helps with that.
[20:06] Speaker 4: Shop bop action is one of my favorites for finding
[20:09] Speaker 4: really cute and different So yeah, it's really great. No,
[20:13] Speaker 4: I just think you don't have to wear something head
[20:15] Speaker 4: to toe if it's in fashion, like you know, and no,
[20:17] Speaker 4: red is trending and everyone's wearing red items and that's great,
[20:20] Speaker 4: but you don't need five or six red items.
[20:23] Speaker 3: One or two will do.
[20:24] Speaker 2: Back to the Polka dots, I found that this season.
[20:26] Speaker 2: I mean I haven't bought anymore, but there's some really
[20:28] Speaker 2: great ones in thrift stores or on consignment or second
[20:31] Speaker 2: hand store.
[20:31] Speaker 1: So sometimes there's a trend.
[20:33] Speaker 2: Particularly if it is classic like a Perko dot or
[20:35] Speaker 2: if it's y t uk that you can go and
[20:37] Speaker 2: find a second hand version, so it's not that version
[20:39] Speaker 2: that everyone's got from the chain store.
[20:41] Speaker 4: Absolutely, that's the best way to look unique and not
[20:43] Speaker 4: like everyone else.
[20:44] Speaker 1: Do you do any secondhand shop?
[20:46] Speaker 4: I'm terrible at it.
[20:50] Speaker 1: So hot, that's what.
[20:51] Speaker 3: Yeah, I sell on deepop, but I don't.
[20:53] Speaker 1: Buy, but I think, yeah, yeah.
[20:56] Speaker 2: So while I don't find those online thrifting stores overwhelming,
[21:00] Speaker 2: I do find some of the big sites. You know,
[21:02] Speaker 2: you need porters, your shop bop, sometimes the iconic asos.
[21:06] Speaker 1: It can be am.
[21:07] Speaker 2: I mean it's a playground, but you've come to find
[21:09] Speaker 2: a skirt or a top and there's just so much.
[21:12] Speaker 2: So what do you do there when you're on the
[21:13] Speaker 2: homepage and it's you just you don't know what you're
[21:16] Speaker 2: looking for. You don't how to find what you're looking for.
[21:17] Speaker 1: Do you use the filters? What do you trick?
[21:19] Speaker 3: Yeah? I desperately use the filters.
[21:21] Speaker 4: You need to use the filters, especially for something like
[21:23] Speaker 4: the iconic netaporter Shop Bop. It's too overwhelming otherwise, So
[21:28] Speaker 4: I filter by size, but you need some buffer either
[21:31] Speaker 4: side of your size, because you know, you don't know
[21:33] Speaker 4: how something's going to fit, so I will do my
[21:35] Speaker 4: size and maybe one or two others, and I always
[21:38] Speaker 4: do low to high.
[21:39] Speaker 3: In price, just so I'm not disappointing me too.
[21:42] Speaker 2: But then if it's a whole category, you're like, oh,
[21:43] Speaker 2: sox so socks, that is annoying.
[21:47] Speaker 4: Yeah, you just have to know when to scroll and
[21:49] Speaker 4: or the iconic is actually good because it does pricing range,
[21:53] Speaker 4: so you can kind of skip over the really cheap
[21:55] Speaker 4: stuff and then your maximum and it will give you
[21:58] Speaker 4: a great range of product. Definitely use the filters, but
[22:02] Speaker 4: what I would say is don't use the designer filter
[22:04] Speaker 4: or the brand filter, because you're not going to be
[22:06] Speaker 4: exposed to brands that you don't know of, and you
[22:09] Speaker 4: might be pleasantly surprised.
[22:10] Speaker 1: That is so true.
[22:11] Speaker 2: Coming up after the break, Boogie to Budget, and I
[22:14] Speaker 2: am so excited about Marissa's item because it is the
[22:16] Speaker 2: Holy Grail, but she's found us some stylish versions.
[22:37] Speaker 3: It's very expensive, I wondred.
[22:43] Speaker 2: So everyone's favorite part of the show, Boogie to Budget,
[22:46] Speaker 2: where we each bring three things of the one item,
[22:49] Speaker 2: you know, varying price points, and we say why we
[22:51] Speaker 2: think they're great. I have not loved an item more
[22:55] Speaker 2: that you're about to tell us about. No one has
[22:57] Speaker 2: done this before and it is fantastic, So I think
[22:59] Speaker 2: you should go first. What's your atom.
[23:02] Speaker 4: So elastic waste pants which don't sound terribly sexy, but
[23:06] Speaker 4: they are so practical. They're definitely trending the spring summer,
[23:10] Speaker 4: so they will be everywhere in lieu of skirts. A
[23:14] Speaker 4: lightweight cotton, straight leg pant okay does wonders and you
[23:18] Speaker 4: can get them now and wear them in winter as well.
[23:21] Speaker 4: I wear some from Assembly label all the time.
[23:25] Speaker 1: You sold me.
[23:25] Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, as someone's sitting here in very high tight,
[23:28] Speaker 2: high waisted jeans that's got a full belly and can't
[23:30] Speaker 2: wait to under my button, I can't wait to hear more.
[23:33] Speaker 1: Let's start at the high end. Let's start at the
[23:34] Speaker 1: bougie yep.
[23:35] Speaker 4: So I think the viral kind of trending ones that
[23:38] Speaker 4: everyone's talking about on subsec and Instagram are the lassette
[23:41] Speaker 4: Kyoto pants.
[23:42] Speaker 1: I don't know that.
[23:43] Speaker 4: So yeah, it's a beautiful basics brand and they seem
[23:48] Speaker 4: really simple, but it's all about the fit and fabric.
[23:50] Speaker 4: They kind of have the perfect straight leg and slight
[23:54] Speaker 4: taper at the ankle, which is really flattering, and they
[23:56] Speaker 4: come in a lot of different colors. They are on
[23:59] Speaker 4: the higher price point, but apparently.
[24:01] Speaker 1: They're worth it. What kind of price are we talking?
[24:03] Speaker 4: I think in Australian dollars they're over four hundreds, so
[24:06] Speaker 4: they are an investment.
[24:07] Speaker 1: Okay, I like it.
[24:08] Speaker 2: They're an investment, all right. Give me something a bit
[24:10] Speaker 2: more affordable. What's your mid range option?
[24:12] Speaker 4: The mid range pair that I would recommend right now
[24:15] Speaker 4: are by Dish, and they're called the Scout barrel leg pants,
[24:18] Speaker 4: but they're actually not super barrel leg they're more of
[24:21] Speaker 4: a straight fit as well, really flattering. The red and
[24:24] Speaker 4: the white are my picks. They're just really saturated, beautiful
[24:27] Speaker 4: color and you can kind of size up to have
[24:30] Speaker 4: a kind of slouchier look or use your regular size.
[24:33] Speaker 3: But they're a really great alternative to the lissette.
[24:36] Speaker 2: A couple of dishes doing redeas out there for Dish
[24:38] Speaker 2: totally yeah exciting.
[24:40] Speaker 1: I mean it's a primary color, but you know it's
[24:41] Speaker 1: not a neutral. So what's the price on the Dish pair?
[24:44] Speaker 4: They are one twenty nine, so still not super cheap,
[24:47] Speaker 4: but much more approachable.
[24:48] Speaker 1: Better way quality as well. Your budget pair? What have
[24:51] Speaker 1: you got there?
[24:52] Speaker 4: So my budget pair is by cotton On. They're called
[24:54] Speaker 4: the Jackson Pants and they actually come in a variety
[24:57] Speaker 4: of colors as well.
[24:58] Speaker 3: I really like the dark green.
[25:00] Speaker 4: They are mostly cotton, so you're still getting the quality there.
[25:03] Speaker 4: I think they have two percent elastic, which allows for
[25:05] Speaker 4: a lot of movement. They're slightly baggier than the other two,
[25:09] Speaker 4: but a great range, and they are a great alternative
[25:12] Speaker 4: to denim. And that's what I would definitely be wearing
[25:15] Speaker 4: right now if I didn't want to wear a pair
[25:16] Speaker 4: of jeans and wanted a bit more comfort.
[25:18] Speaker 2: Okay, that makes sense, and I'm sure they're very affordable, Yeah,
[25:21] Speaker 2: under fifty dollars.
[25:22] Speaker 3: Yeah, it's like you.
[25:23] Speaker 1: Should do this for a job.
[25:24] Speaker 2: Yeah, well, my item is kind of practical, not in color.
[25:29] Speaker 2: But I get to this point of view and I'm
[25:30] Speaker 2: so bored of my wardrobe and what's in stores. Put
[25:33] Speaker 2: just in that dead zone. But spring summer's about to launch,
[25:35] Speaker 2: it's starting to trickle through. I don't wear a lot
[25:38] Speaker 2: of color, although I am wearing burgundy today, but I'm
[25:40] Speaker 2: obsessed with that really deep cobalt blue that's kind of
[25:44] Speaker 2: popping up everywhere. And the practical side of me loves
[25:47] Speaker 2: just kind of like a wind breaker or like a
[25:48] Speaker 2: jacket to throw on to go to pick up or
[25:50] Speaker 2: whatever it may be.
[25:51] Speaker 1: So I've got three bright.
[25:53] Speaker 2: Blue sort of sport lux jackets, and my most expensive
[25:58] Speaker 2: is from Zara, so it's that bad. It's the Zara
[26:01] Speaker 2: z W Collection Bomber jacket. It's one hundred and eighty
[26:04] Speaker 2: five dollars, but it's just this really cool coboat blue,
[26:07] Speaker 2: sort of like a sporty cush I don't really know
[26:11] Speaker 2: what real sports jackets look like, but it gives me
[26:14] Speaker 2: that kind of vibe.
[26:15] Speaker 1: Next one down Mango.
[26:17] Speaker 2: So this one's on the Iconic because the Iconic stocks
[26:20] Speaker 2: a smaller collection than you know Mango online, but.
[26:23] Speaker 1: This is great.
[26:24] Speaker 2: So it's the Mango high Collar jacket, same color, one
[26:26] Speaker 2: hundred and fifty nine ninety five. Or there's also a
[26:29] Speaker 2: great one on Asos. This one's sort of a bit
[26:32] Speaker 2: more bubbly.
[26:32] Speaker 1: But still bombery.
[26:33] Speaker 2: It's kind of like a bomber sport windbreaker hybrid Aceos
[26:38] Speaker 2: design oversized bubble hem It's not too bubbly though, because
[26:41] Speaker 2: I'm not into bubbles. Track a jacket in Colbo ninety
[26:45] Speaker 2: five dollars and I think the joy of shopping on
[26:47] Speaker 2: aesos too, I find is that oftentimes those brands all
[26:50] Speaker 2: are kind of having something similar it because their original
[26:53] Speaker 2: sites opposite will get to buy their season that's just
[26:56] Speaker 2: finished that we're going into. Does that make sense Yeah,
[26:59] Speaker 2: not always, but they also have good sales like.
[27:01] Speaker 3: Sixty seventy Yeah by off season is great.
[27:04] Speaker 2: This is great, And I think for a color like
[27:06] Speaker 2: that that I would probably flog for like three or
[27:08] Speaker 2: four months, but then I don't know what would happen
[27:11] Speaker 2: to it. Then I'd be very organized like you and
[27:13] Speaker 2: sell it.
[27:14] Speaker 1: Oh we You're so wonderful. Thank you for being so
[27:16] Speaker 1: helpful and pragmatic.
[27:17] Speaker 2: That was everything I needed to hear and now I
[27:19] Speaker 2: just need to put it in action.
[27:21] Speaker 3: Thank you so much.
[27:21] Speaker 1: We'll have to have your back soon.
[27:23] Speaker 3: Thank you.
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[28:21] Speaker 3: Bye.
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