# What To Wear Right Now: Donny Galella Solves Your Most Relatable Fashion Questions

An episode of [Nothing To Wear](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1589394895), 10 Mar 2026, 38 min.

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Autumn has officially arrived, and while the retailers are already dropping their winter collections, we’re stuck in that "is it cold or is it hot?" limbo. This week, Leigh is joined by the man who can make anyone feel like a million bucks without spending it: celebrity stylist Donny Galella. Donny is back to solve your most pressing seasonal fashion dilemmas. From how to look chic in a downpour (without looking like Dora the Explorer) to the "6 shoes" you need for a perfect capsule wardrobe, he’s sharing the realistic hacks he uses with his A-list clients. Plus, we’re talking about the death of the "Clean Girl" aesthetic and the rise of Maximalism, the viral "funnel neck" trend, and why you should never, ever trust your bathroom mirror. Donny's Splurge: Karen Millen Brushed Wool Funnel Neck Tailored Short Coat, $614. Donny's Mid-Range: MNG Wool Blend Funnel-Neck Coat, $219.95. Donny's Budget: Target Denim Funnel Neck Jacket, $50. Leigh’s Boujie: Dazie (via The Iconic) Vela Bomber Jacket, $119.95. Leigh’s Budget: Amazon Chunky Acrylic Knit Scarf. GET YOUR FASHION FIX: Watch us on Youtube the best bits from this episode goes live at 8pm tonight! Follow us on Instagram Want to 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 Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here CREDITS: Hosts: Leigh Campbell Guest: Donny Galella Producer: Ella Maitland Audio Producer: Jacob Round Video Producer: Artemi Kokkaris 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 Mom with mea podcast. Whoever said
[0:16] Speaker 1: orange is a new pink with seriously.
[0:18] Speaker 2: Disturbed laurels for spraying groundbreaking? Oh my god, you have
[0:22] Speaker 2: to do it. You live for fashion.
[0:26] Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Nothing to Wear the podcast. It
[0:28] Speaker 1: solves fashion problems and levels up your wardrobe. I'm Lee
[0:31] Speaker 1: Campbell and every week I chat to an expert who
[0:34] Speaker 1: helps us work out how to get more out of
[0:35] Speaker 1: the clothes you already own and tells us what is
[0:38] Speaker 1: and isn't worth adding to our wardrobes. Now, returning on
[0:41] Speaker 1: the couch with Me today is the fabulous Donnie Galella.
[0:45] Speaker 1: He is a stylist to the stars, but also us
[0:47] Speaker 1: regular women too. He has hundreds of thousands of social
[0:51] Speaker 1: media followers, and that's because he's realistic. He shops at
[0:54] Speaker 1: quote unquote normal shops. We don't have to have millions
[0:57] Speaker 1: of dollars to feel a million dollars. And he also
[0:59] Speaker 1: has the best little hacks and tricks for making what
[1:02] Speaker 1: we already have feel current and fresh. It's all in
[1:04] Speaker 1: the little tweaks. Last time Donnie was Nothing to Wear.
[1:07] Speaker 1: He helped solve so many fashion dilemmas. So we have
[1:10] Speaker 1: a whole new bunch of fresh dilemmas to solve, from
[1:14] Speaker 1: what to do when it's pouring outside, what's the one
[1:17] Speaker 1: jacket you might need for winter? And what are the
[1:19] Speaker 1: trends coming up hitting the stores right now? Let's get
[1:21] Speaker 1: into it with the fabulous Donnie, Donnie my friend, welcome
[1:24] Speaker 1: back to Nothing to Wear. I can't wait to chat
[1:27] Speaker 1: to you. We've got many dilemmas for you to solve.
[1:29] Speaker 1: But first, I think you can learn a lot about
[1:31] Speaker 1: someone from their algorithms. So what is popping up on
[1:34] Speaker 1: yours in the fashion world?
[1:36] Speaker 3: Oh my god, it's that's a mishmash of things at
[1:38] Speaker 3: the moment. But I'm seeing there's lots of funnel necks.
[1:41] Speaker 1: Yes, not spiders, not spiders.
[1:43] Speaker 3: Yeah, jackets, pussy pussy boo blouse.
[1:46] Speaker 2: God, I haven't seen that part.
[1:48] Speaker 3: I'm seeing lots of gorgeous coats, many many handsome looking
[1:52] Speaker 3: models because I've just had Fashion Week as well, lots
[1:55] Speaker 3: of gorgeous Fashion Week imagery. And there's lots of frozen
[1:58] Speaker 3: yolk because I love my frozen Yeah.
[2:01] Speaker 1: We live local, and so I know why you're getting
[2:02] Speaker 1: that me too. It's interesting, I think, because you know
[2:04] Speaker 1: we've kind of just hit autumn, but the retailers are like, right,
[2:08] Speaker 1: here's autumn winter drop one. So suddenly it's just full
[2:11] Speaker 1: of like new season, which is exciting, but you're also like, whoa,
[2:13] Speaker 1: hang on, it's still quite warm, absolutely, but it's just
[2:16] Speaker 1: coming through. Whereas that kind of end of fab you're like, wow,
[2:19] Speaker 1: there's nothing, which is kind of good for shopping, lots
[2:22] Speaker 1: of sales, and then it's like, here's the new season.
[2:24] Speaker 1: Ye mine interestingly, well not interestingly, but the algorithm's clever.
[2:28] Speaker 1: Is all secondhand, pre loved thrifting, you know, luxury designer
[2:32] Speaker 1: secondhand and all the stats of whity. It's so much
[2:35] Speaker 1: better for the environment and for this, and so it's
[2:37] Speaker 1: just really self affirming that you know, my passion is right.
[2:41] Speaker 2: It knows you well, it knows me well.
[2:43] Speaker 1: I haven't seen the pussy bow blouse, so I remember
[2:46] Speaker 1: back it's shopped you drop days. I had to do
[2:48] Speaker 1: a week of wearing a different pussy bow blows per day.
[2:52] Speaker 1: This is when a photographer would come take the photo
[2:53] Speaker 1: and it ended up in the magazine. And for those
[2:55] Speaker 1: that don't know what a pussy bow blow is, it's
[2:57] Speaker 1: like a high necked like shirt but then often sat
[3:01] Speaker 1: and a big bow and for someone with a large
[3:03] Speaker 1: bust and then a big bow. It was not a
[3:06] Speaker 1: vie but hey, that was twenty years ago.
[3:09] Speaker 3: And last it's on O Wrench. It's a Laurent show.
[3:12] Speaker 3: It was everywhere, so it's making a huge comeback.
[3:15] Speaker 2: I'll try it.
[3:15] Speaker 1: Again, but I do have a bit of bad memories. Okay, So,
[3:19] Speaker 1: as I said, you are the best dilemma Solba because
[3:21] Speaker 1: you see it all your algorithm, your clients, within the industry.
[3:25] Speaker 1: So we've got a bunch of questions to ask you. Firstly,
[3:29] Speaker 1: basically the whole Muma Mer office lined up to submit
[3:31] Speaker 1: their questions and we've picked four from there, and then
[3:34] Speaker 1: we opened it up to the Nothing to Wear audience,
[3:36] Speaker 1: so we'll get into their questions. Cool first, Molly. I
[3:39] Speaker 1: had to put Molly first because she's the boss of
[3:40] Speaker 1: this podcast and this has happened to her a few times.
[3:44] Speaker 1: How do you look chic when it's bucketing down? Is
[3:47] Speaker 1: there anywhere to find cute raincoats and gum boots?
[3:50] Speaker 2: That is a fan has questions have a bit of
[3:52] Speaker 2: rain lately?
[3:54] Speaker 3: I think the best thing to have in your wardrobe
[3:56] Speaker 3: is a longline trench coat that is water resistant. Now
[4:00] Speaker 3: you can't always find them everywhere, but I've done a
[4:03] Speaker 3: bit of research and Asos have one now for one
[4:05] Speaker 3: hundred and seven dollars. It's looks so she comes in
[4:07] Speaker 3: about four colors, and she just could have a new
[4:10] Speaker 3: wardrobe because you look chic. You can get wet, you'll
[4:12] Speaker 3: be dry, keep you a bit warm.
[4:13] Speaker 1: Or hang it like I have mine hanging right by
[4:15] Speaker 1: the door because when I do school drop off, I'm like, okay,
[4:17] Speaker 1: it's raining and.
[4:18] Speaker 3: I work, or in your car sometime sometimes Zara has one.
[4:21] Speaker 3: To Cama have this kind of rubber longline jacket so
[4:26] Speaker 3: it's waterproof. I think it's about thirty five dollars. That's
[4:29] Speaker 3: a really good affordable option. And then you want to
[4:31] Speaker 3: keep your feet warm, right, so I think the Ferrari
[4:34] Speaker 3: and dry. So obviously that the Hunter boot that's like
[4:37] Speaker 3: the Ferrari of gum boots, you know, gorgeous but expensive,
[4:40] Speaker 3: bout tw hundred bucks' expensive for rubber. Big w have
[4:43] Speaker 3: a version, not a juke but similar. It's called the Taramara.
[4:46] Speaker 2: Boot for fifty bucks and she's a bit gorgeou.
[4:49] Speaker 1: Really, I think that's going to solve my problem. I've
[4:51] Speaker 1: got the raincoat situation sort of because as I said,
[4:53] Speaker 1: I used to just avoid rain if I could, But
[4:56] Speaker 1: now with a child that I walk to school, you
[4:58] Speaker 1: can't just be like, sorry, school, we're not coming.
[5:01] Speaker 3: You know.
[5:01] Speaker 2: Umbrellas are good, but if it's a windy day, it
[5:04] Speaker 2: ain't carry the child's umbrella. Your umbrella, your bag.
[5:06] Speaker 1: There bag, And even if it's just me coming to
[5:09] Speaker 1: the office, forget it. I'm carrying too much. I'll poke
[5:11] Speaker 1: someone's eyes out. I've got a very old and still
[5:14] Speaker 1: an excellent condition Lulu Lemon raincoat that's hanging on the thing.
[5:18] Speaker 1: It's a bit raincoating, but it's quite okay. And then
[5:20] Speaker 1: I've still got which you reminded me, of course, I
[5:22] Speaker 1: can wear in the rain for that short walk. Is
[5:24] Speaker 1: one of the original sort of m ands trench coats,
[5:27] Speaker 1: and there's obviously being from the UK. They're very water resistant,
[5:31] Speaker 1: and I think even the.
[5:32] Speaker 3: Good bird breed trenches I'm pretty sure the water resistant too.
[5:34] Speaker 3: So if you want to go full lux, a good
[5:37] Speaker 3: trench coat that is water resistant, and then you've got
[5:40] Speaker 3: a good trench and something good for the rain, and
[5:42] Speaker 3: look for second hand. Oh absolutely, oh good.
[5:45] Speaker 1: I'm glad I can put my umbrella away because I
[5:47] Speaker 1: break them all the time.
[5:48] Speaker 2: Okay.
[5:48] Speaker 1: The Lovely Lou said that she needs help with shoes.
[5:51] Speaker 1: She doesn't want to buy a new pair of shoes
[5:53] Speaker 1: every season.
[5:54] Speaker 2: Oh that's good, that's good. We love them.
[5:57] Speaker 1: I don't say every month. But she feels like she
[5:59] Speaker 1: hasn't nailed her capsule wardrobe for shoes. Oh that's a
[6:02] Speaker 1: good one. Bonus points for well made shoes that last
[6:05] Speaker 1: and don't cost an arm on are like, well, Lou,
[6:07] Speaker 1: this is a hard one.
[6:08] Speaker 3: Okay, okay, all right, Well, I think there's about six
[6:11] Speaker 3: or seven pair that would get you through every dressing occasion.
[6:15] Speaker 3: So let's start from the top. A nude and a
[6:17] Speaker 3: black hill, because.
[6:18] Speaker 2: They're going to go with everything.
[6:19] Speaker 3: The nude heal with everything's going to elongate your leg
[6:22] Speaker 3: both styles.
[6:23] Speaker 2: Think a classic point pump timeless. Yeah, I agree, it's
[6:26] Speaker 2: going to get you around all year round, right, so ticktick.
[6:29] Speaker 3: Then you want some flats, and I think a good
[6:31] Speaker 3: classic ballet flat again chic timeless. I do you like
[6:34] Speaker 3: the slightly pointed again it's going to elongate the leg.
[6:37] Speaker 2: Me too.
[6:37] Speaker 1: It's a bit cooler than that, very sort of round stubbiness.
[6:39] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[6:40] Speaker 1: Not loving the square toast situation, but it just looks
[6:43] Speaker 1: like someone cut my shoe off.
[6:44] Speaker 2: Yeah, I say no to that. Good ballot flat again,
[6:46] Speaker 2: nude and black.
[6:48] Speaker 3: I think just an all good, all white sneaker playing
[6:50] Speaker 3: all white sneaker.
[6:51] Speaker 2: Nothing too chunky. I think a little bit more on
[6:53] Speaker 2: the slim line. It isn't too much branding either, minimal branding.
[6:56] Speaker 2: Cute laces that.
[6:58] Speaker 1: I love, and then they're just so stretchedful on perfect.
[7:00] Speaker 1: Lot of people ask whe they're from. And I literally
[7:02] Speaker 1: bought them because they're bright white and I can bleach them.
[7:04] Speaker 3: And wash them and I've washed them a million times
[7:05] Speaker 3: from in the washing machine.
[7:08] Speaker 2: Perfect or what sneaker love?
[7:10] Speaker 3: A pair of slides obviously for the summer months, easy
[7:13] Speaker 3: to wear.
[7:14] Speaker 2: And then a nice pair of boots.
[7:15] Speaker 3: So I think a good black pair of boots, maybe
[7:17] Speaker 3: knee high, fight high.
[7:19] Speaker 2: If you want, because.
[7:21] Speaker 1: Something under a skirt, yeah.
[7:24] Speaker 3: Exactly, layer them, get maybe slightly thicker heels so you
[7:28] Speaker 3: get you know, they're more comfortable. My tips and hype
[7:31] Speaker 3: that you feel good in when possible, investing in leather
[7:34] Speaker 3: because that's.
[7:34] Speaker 2: Going to give you longevity. They're going to stretch of
[7:36] Speaker 2: be more comfortable.
[7:38] Speaker 3: And when shopping for them, you know, maybe you look
[7:39] Speaker 3: at the media sales end of your sales. That's when
[7:42] Speaker 3: you get some great bargains warehouse deals, you know, like
[7:44] Speaker 3: Witner had a big closing, Werehouse still recently had some
[7:47] Speaker 3: great prices. So if you shop at the right time,
[7:49] Speaker 3: you can get some good leather shoes at really good prices.
[7:51] Speaker 1: Yes, and also because the stars you've recommended are quite
[7:54] Speaker 1: classic and versatile, you don't have to go get the newest,
[7:56] Speaker 1: latest ones that.
[7:57] Speaker 2: Are quite expensive. You can probably find.
[7:59] Speaker 1: A really good quality pair that are two seasons old,
[8:02] Speaker 1: but it's still you know, on sale or in store
[8:05] Speaker 1: because they'll look quite similar if they're class.
[8:07] Speaker 3: And I think you told me last time Target that
[8:09] Speaker 3: hasn't Swede shoes and Swede boots, oh my gosh, which
[8:11] Speaker 3: is probably like about fifty sixty bars.
[8:13] Speaker 2: It's so good.
[8:14] Speaker 1: And now they've got the big Swaye tote for a
[8:15] Speaker 1: hundred Honestly, yeah, it's a kind of thing. I think
[8:18] Speaker 1: she doesn't want to rush into it, so I would like,
[8:21] Speaker 1: you know, do a bit of research.
[8:22] Speaker 2: I love Swede.
[8:23] Speaker 1: It's not quite as durable, however, it feels I think
[8:26] Speaker 1: a little bit more lux, and I just go to
[8:27] Speaker 1: town with the waterproofer and then if I've worn it
[8:30] Speaker 1: out on a particularly dusty day or damp day, then
[8:32] Speaker 1: I like, I really do care for my Swede shoes
[8:34] Speaker 1: more than anything else. I'd give them another go. And
[8:37] Speaker 1: my favorite pair of probably seven years old and they're
[8:38] Speaker 1: still a pretty good perfect I know, all right, This
[8:43] Speaker 1: one made me laugh and most people would need to
[8:46] Speaker 1: know a child to understand the reference. But Talia said,
[8:48] Speaker 1: is there such thing as a chic backpack? I prefer
[8:51] Speaker 1: not looking like Dora the Explorer Dora.
[8:55] Speaker 3: I love Dora, She's my hero. I look like Dora
[8:57] Speaker 3: every day. When I walked to the.
[8:58] Speaker 1: Gym Explorer when I had my Bob, I quite looked
[9:02] Speaker 1: like Dora.
[9:03] Speaker 2: At facts can be she they are.
[9:05] Speaker 3: And I again did a little bit of research and
[9:06] Speaker 3: found some great ones. Almost bought one last night when
[9:08] Speaker 3: I was researching.
[9:09] Speaker 1: Back needs ones.
[9:12] Speaker 3: Oraton have an outlet so on my Orton outlets the
[9:16] Speaker 3: Whole Separate website's Oroton. Yes, and I found a black
[9:19] Speaker 3: Oriton backpack, black leather, gold zip super lux.
[9:23] Speaker 2: I think it's usually about four hundred down to two thirty.
[9:25] Speaker 1: Nine and then sometimes the outlet goes on sales.
[9:28] Speaker 3: Yes, and that you know, so I thought that was
[9:29] Speaker 3: a good one. There's a label called Bell and Bloom.
[9:32] Speaker 1: Yes, they're very popular and carfin a lot of searchers.
[9:34] Speaker 2: Yeah, I had really go on about one seventy.
[9:36] Speaker 3: And then there's a label called Nordous nordc Nordous Beautiful
[9:41] Speaker 3: black quilted gold hardware on it for ninety nine bucks.
[9:44] Speaker 3: So absolutely there's some great ones there.
[9:47] Speaker 1: Can I check in a recommendation too, because I only
[9:49] Speaker 1: discovered this after my child was not a baby. But
[9:51] Speaker 1: there's a specific you know, it's made for baby bags,
[9:54] Speaker 1: but it's called Totty, this Australian made brand. But they
[9:58] Speaker 1: do a very stylish leather backpacking. I think a black well,
[10:01] Speaker 1: definitely a black ben it's like a Kamalie nude, and
[10:03] Speaker 1: it's got compartments because it's meant to be for like
[10:05] Speaker 1: baby bottles and stuff, but it just looks so stylish.
[10:08] Speaker 1: My business partners kids are now like eight nine and
[10:12] Speaker 1: she still uses hers and it's in such good condition,
[10:14] Speaker 1: perfect and you would never guess that it was a
[10:16] Speaker 1: baby bag or you know, it's just a.
[10:17] Speaker 2: Stylish backpack amazing. That's what you need.
[10:19] Speaker 1: One more, you know that. I like, just remember because
[10:21] Speaker 1: I've got this one at home. Visturcy, the Melbourne Ossie brand.
[10:25] Speaker 1: They have the convertible one that's like you can it's
[10:27] Speaker 1: a shoulder bag. But then if you do something tricky
[10:30] Speaker 1: with the straps, you can put it on like that.
[10:31] Speaker 2: It's like slouchy. That's very cool.
[10:33] Speaker 1: And sometimes they second sat a tiny.
[10:36] Speaker 2: Scratch and you know what TK Max. Oh my gosh,
[10:39] Speaker 2: we just got a t K Max near us.
[10:41] Speaker 3: Yes, it's like a lucky dip. But you can have
[10:43] Speaker 3: a good day.
[10:45] Speaker 2: And they spoted some great bag and wallets.
[10:48] Speaker 1: Selection I find in any tax is quite big. It's
[10:51] Speaker 1: so funny you say that. I went to go to
[10:52] Speaker 1: the shop that used to be there the other day
[10:54] Speaker 1: and I was like, oh oh it's.
[10:56] Speaker 3: Coming when your favorite past I'll just walk in and
[10:58] Speaker 3: be like all I today a new lampshade in your backpack.
[11:02] Speaker 2: I don't know who. I love it.
[11:04] Speaker 1: Okay. Gemma has an excellent question, and I think a
[11:07] Speaker 1: lot of people will have come to you with perhaps
[11:09] Speaker 1: do all bodies look good in oversized items or outfits?
[11:13] Speaker 1: And how can we nail this look without looking like a.
[11:16] Speaker 2: Blob the michelin man.
[11:19] Speaker 1: Look.
[11:19] Speaker 2: I get clients arsen all the time.
[11:20] Speaker 3: Look, I'm wearing these big bag of size jeans, but
[11:23] Speaker 3: I just feel so frumpy. It's like, don't wear it.
[11:26] Speaker 3: If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it.
[11:28] Speaker 3: Don't succumb to trends that you don't love.
[11:30] Speaker 2: Yes, I love that.
[11:31] Speaker 3: Okay, that's such a key thing. But I think it
[11:34] Speaker 3: comes down to styling as well. So if you do
[11:36] Speaker 3: have an oversized shirt, for example, that you must laugh
[11:39] Speaker 3: or want to wear, little tricks like a little bit
[11:42] Speaker 3: of a tuck, a French tark, half in, half out,
[11:44] Speaker 3: maybe a bit of.
[11:45] Speaker 2: A wrap tuck. Oh cool.
[11:47] Speaker 3: I love the elastic band trick where you get an
[11:49] Speaker 3: elastic band, you put it underneath the shirt, you kind
[11:53] Speaker 3: of grab a whole bunch of that fabric and you
[11:55] Speaker 3: do a little not and then it kind of creates
[11:57] Speaker 3: like this almost like a roosing effect.
[11:59] Speaker 2: It takes the bulk out.
[12:00] Speaker 1: Right, and you still got like the nice kind of
[12:02] Speaker 1: exactly oversized arm exactly.
[12:04] Speaker 3: But you're adding some shape around to give you a
[12:06] Speaker 3: bit of you know, a highlight around your waist or
[12:08] Speaker 3: broaches at the moment are such a big thing. If
[12:10] Speaker 3: you've got something oversized, just kind of like tie tie
[12:13] Speaker 3: and add a little brooch.
[12:14] Speaker 1: I kind of a bunch of what I was going
[12:16] Speaker 1: to say, vintage. They're just secondhand beautiful.
[12:18] Speaker 3: That's a great You can kind of a bit oversize shirt,
[12:21] Speaker 3: you kind of twist it all to one side, gather
[12:23] Speaker 3: it at a brooch, and it just makes it fitted,
[12:27] Speaker 3: you know, the brooch becomes a bit of a feature.
[12:29] Speaker 2: So clever. Amazing with that as well.
[12:31] Speaker 1: I wondered your opinion on proportion because I'm not particularly tall,
[12:36] Speaker 1: and I feel like if I do both oversize sometimes
[12:39] Speaker 1: I look like I'm a little kid wearing mate grown
[12:41] Speaker 1: ups closed.
[12:41] Speaker 3: Right, It's all about proportions. So for example, you want
[12:44] Speaker 3: to wear that bag your pant, adding a heel, adding
[12:47] Speaker 3: a platform underneath is definitely a great.
[12:51] Speaker 2: Idea and slimmer on top of it.
[12:53] Speaker 3: Again again, if you're then big volume down there, more
[12:56] Speaker 3: fitted up the top, and vice versa. If you're going
[12:58] Speaker 3: big the top a little bit more fitted. Because it's
[13:01] Speaker 3: all about proportions.
[13:02] Speaker 2: That makes sense.
[13:02] Speaker 3: If you're going big up here, big down there, you
[13:05] Speaker 3: will look like the Michelin.
[13:06] Speaker 1: That's always what I do wrong. And I often reach
[13:09] Speaker 1: for two. I've realized, sort of subconsciously, I always reach
[13:11] Speaker 1: for two oversized things if I'm not feeling great, if
[13:13] Speaker 1: I'm sad, if I'm getting my period, and then I'll go, oh,
[13:16] Speaker 1: this doesn't work. And now what I've realized is reach
[13:18] Speaker 1: for like a trapez MAXI or something. It gives me
[13:20] Speaker 1: the same feeling and not too many clothes, but it
[13:23] Speaker 1: still looks okay, whereas if I do it oversized top
[13:25] Speaker 1: and oversized bottom, it just looks weird. And coming up
[13:28] Speaker 1: after the break, we have a bunch of fantastic questions
[13:31] Speaker 1: sent in by you. Here we go these other audience
[13:43] Speaker 1: questions and they're fantastic. It was hard to choose, and
[13:45] Speaker 1: we've got a lot. We'll see what we can get through.
[13:48] Speaker 1: Because I was like, yes, yes, yes, yes, okay. The
[13:50] Speaker 1: first one is wow, I have no idea where the
[13:53] Speaker 1: start of the year rent because it's suddenly autumn. I
[13:56] Speaker 1: feel that my question is what are the three things?
[14:00] Speaker 1: Three specific? But you know you can tell us what
[14:03] Speaker 1: are the three things everyone should pull out of their wardrobe?
[14:05] Speaker 1: Now summer is over?
[14:07] Speaker 3: Oh okay, so if you're seeing this, this is your
[14:10] Speaker 3: sign to have your wardrobe seasonal rotation. This is where
[14:13] Speaker 3: you get all your summary things, pack them away, put
[14:16] Speaker 3: them in the back of the cupboard, and get out
[14:18] Speaker 3: your autumn pieces.
[14:20] Speaker 2: Where you live, I guess exactly things exactly exactly back
[14:25] Speaker 2: some of your swimmers.
[14:26] Speaker 3: Maybe there's some of those really light summary dresses and
[14:29] Speaker 3: time to bring out. I think those pieces now to
[14:31] Speaker 3: get us through the initial stages of the cooler month.
[14:33] Speaker 3: So I think a denim jacket, a leather jacket, maybe
[14:36] Speaker 3: a trench coat. They're just nice pieces that will just
[14:39] Speaker 3: give you a little bit of warmth on a cooler day.
[14:41] Speaker 3: Maybe bring out some of those sin knits as well
[14:44] Speaker 3: as you know, so those layering pieces. So I feel
[14:47] Speaker 3: they're probably some of the key things to be bringing
[14:50] Speaker 3: out out of the wardrobe right now.
[14:51] Speaker 1: I love denim. I've got a jenem jacket. Well, I
[14:53] Speaker 1: had a denim jacket on today, but it's like a
[14:55] Speaker 1: furnace in the studio. And I just love a dnim
[14:57] Speaker 1: jacket all year round, but high summer it's way too hot.
[15:01] Speaker 1: But now it's kind of like, okay, it's not going
[15:03] Speaker 1: to keep me super warm. Would probably wouldn't wear it
[15:05] Speaker 1: in July on its own. You know, but now it's
[15:07] Speaker 1: perfect and funny you say that. I'm very into a sheer,
[15:10] Speaker 1: sort of semi she vnut cardigan for work, obviously with
[15:13] Speaker 1: the ten kudaneas. But if I'm going somewhere, which I
[15:15] Speaker 1: don't really do it at the moment, but a little
[15:17] Speaker 1: lace bra you can't see too much, you know, and
[15:20] Speaker 1: then you can keep it open if you want an
[15:21] Speaker 1: extra Yeah. Okay, this is another great one. And your
[15:25] Speaker 1: personal opinion is fashion and choosing outfits better in summer
[15:29] Speaker 1: or winter for women?
[15:31] Speaker 3: Oh?
[15:32] Speaker 1: Do you find that your clients think it's easier or
[15:34] Speaker 1: harder to get dressed in winter?
[15:35] Speaker 2: Good question?
[15:36] Speaker 3: Okay, well I think I've got definitely a lot of
[15:38] Speaker 3: clients who think or some's really easier because it's about
[15:43] Speaker 3: being light, being cool, like.
[15:46] Speaker 2: Less decisions, less decisions.
[15:47] Speaker 3: Yeah, you want that light summer dress, want to keep cool,
[15:49] Speaker 3: you not be having hot flushes, you don't want to
[15:51] Speaker 3: wear too much.
[15:51] Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, well that's me.
[15:53] Speaker 3: So summer's probably easier, but I feel winters more fun.
[15:56] Speaker 2: I agree with you. Winter's more fun.
[15:58] Speaker 3: We get to play with colors, textures, layers, beautiful coats,
[16:02] Speaker 3: this warmth, feeling of being warm and feeling gorge.
[16:05] Speaker 1: Yeah, so exactly how I feel. I don't like summer.
[16:09] Speaker 1: I mean, I can just check on a dress, it's easy.
[16:10] Speaker 1: I don't need the layers. It doesn't matter if I
[16:12] Speaker 1: forget something. But winter is more fun.
[16:14] Speaker 2: Yeah. Great.
[16:15] Speaker 1: Then if I haven't sort of thought about it or
[16:16] Speaker 1: done the laundry, I'm like, ah, it's too hard in
[16:18] Speaker 1: the morning. You really got to have that extra time
[16:20] Speaker 1: to think about your layers.
[16:21] Speaker 2: I agree.
[16:22] Speaker 1: And so do you find that the clients that really
[16:24] Speaker 1: love summer struggle, like find summer easy to dress?
[16:27] Speaker 2: Do they struggle with winter? Is that where they come
[16:29] Speaker 2: to you for Yeah, I think exactly. So.
[16:31] Speaker 3: I've got some clients who are great at summer because
[16:33] Speaker 3: their wardrobes just will are really light pieces and very
[16:35] Speaker 3: beachy kind of people. But then when it's winter, they're like,
[16:38] Speaker 3: oh my god, what I do because I've got all
[16:40] Speaker 3: this this wardrobe of light summary pieces. And the key
[16:43] Speaker 3: thing I always love reminding them is, yeah, you have
[16:45] Speaker 3: that beautiful on a shirt dress.
[16:48] Speaker 2: You think it's just the summer, it's not.
[16:50] Speaker 3: You could actually light you could put something under the dress, yes,
[16:52] Speaker 3: then add a jacket or coat, you could layer some
[16:54] Speaker 3: boots underneath.
[16:55] Speaker 2: Yes.
[16:56] Speaker 3: So really key thing is you might have, you know,
[16:58] Speaker 3: all these great summer dresses. Don't just pack them away
[17:00] Speaker 3: thinking their summer wear them, layer them different ways of styling.
[17:04] Speaker 2: That's so true.
[17:05] Speaker 1: One of my girlfriends is very stylish always so prizes
[17:07] Speaker 1: me because she's got lots of like sort of silk
[17:09] Speaker 1: or satin like mini slick dresses, which I just automatically
[17:12] Speaker 1: think some up well, I think bed really, but then
[17:13] Speaker 1: she does like a sheer black tight and like a
[17:16] Speaker 1: platform and then a coach and I'm like, oh my gosh,
[17:18] Speaker 1: it's suddenly so cool in winter and a bit of
[17:20] Speaker 1: a contrast to the coat.
[17:22] Speaker 2: But the black sheer to any kind of strappy dress.
[17:25] Speaker 2: You can put a layer top underneath.
[17:27] Speaker 3: He care some opaque stockings, a layer it with a boot,
[17:30] Speaker 3: that codor jacket. Oh yeah, so maybe don't pack those
[17:33] Speaker 3: summer dresses way think about hay can actually wear.
[17:35] Speaker 1: Them'radicting, Yeah, my god, what do we do? But you're right,
[17:40] Speaker 1: you must get into someone's home or you know, see
[17:42] Speaker 1: their style and go right, you're a real summer lover,
[17:44] Speaker 1: you're a real outdoor lover, or you know, you can
[17:46] Speaker 1: see what they already have as to where they prefer
[17:48] Speaker 1: the most.
[17:49] Speaker 3: Literally, the minute I walk in someone's wardrobe, I find
[17:51] Speaker 3: a lot of people start going because this is my wardrobe,
[17:53] Speaker 3: that's my summer ware, that's my winter where, that's my
[17:56] Speaker 3: work where, that's my special occasion. When I'm like, stop
[17:59] Speaker 3: stop branding your wardrobe into categories.
[18:02] Speaker 2: Yeah, you're limiting yourself. Yeah, I mean that's your work
[18:04] Speaker 2: were but look at that suit.
[18:05] Speaker 3: You can actually wear that jack of you sit on
[18:07] Speaker 3: the weak can with a T shirt and a pair
[18:09] Speaker 3: of jeans.
[18:09] Speaker 2: Yeah. So does that blow people's mind? It does.
[18:12] Speaker 1: It still blows my mind sometimes that I'm allowed to
[18:14] Speaker 1: do that because I've purchased something or I've worn something
[18:16] Speaker 1: in a particular outfit, and then I'm like I should
[18:19] Speaker 1: try that.
[18:19] Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, you know, challenge yourself far with your wardrobe.
[18:23] Speaker 2: Or get a friend over.
[18:23] Speaker 1: If they can't have a donni get a friend put
[18:27] Speaker 1: him on an iPad. But I think if you get
[18:28] Speaker 1: a friend to go, hey, try this with that because
[18:30] Speaker 1: sometimes you just can't think.
[18:31] Speaker 2: Of it totally. I'm going to get you to come
[18:33] Speaker 2: over if you live down the ron.
[18:35] Speaker 1: Okay, this is a big one and I'm really excited
[18:37] Speaker 1: for this. I don't really follow trends. That's not me saying,
[18:39] Speaker 1: and I definitely do. This person says, I don't really
[18:42] Speaker 1: follow trends, but I do like knowing what they are
[18:44] Speaker 1: and learning about them.
[18:45] Speaker 2: Have you seen what's.
[18:46] Speaker 1: Coming for winter yet?
[18:47] Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah?
[18:48] Speaker 1: And if you have, what are the big themes on
[18:51] Speaker 1: the way?
[18:52] Speaker 3: Okay, where do we start? Let's start with colors? Okay,
[18:55] Speaker 3: So I feel the colors of this is on chocolate,
[18:59] Speaker 3: chocolate brown still a big thing.
[19:01] Speaker 2: Seeing it everywhere.
[19:02] Speaker 3: Yes, rustous, rusty colors, like that gorgeous cushion over there,
[19:07] Speaker 3: Olive kind of my green color today.
[19:09] Speaker 2: I think it's a colorguage. Plums and burgundy as well.
[19:14] Speaker 1: You know what, that's so good because we saw a
[19:16] Speaker 1: lot of that almost for two seasons.
[19:18] Speaker 2: And it's still around.
[19:18] Speaker 3: It's still around, always a good color for the Planet's
[19:21] Speaker 3: still there.
[19:22] Speaker 1: And I think, you know, we don't want the color,
[19:24] Speaker 1: which I mean you have to follow the transmit, to
[19:27] Speaker 1: change so rapidly that you don't wear the pieces that
[19:29] Speaker 1: you bought last season.
[19:30] Speaker 2: I mean, of course you can.
[19:32] Speaker 1: But burgundy came back maybe three years ago.
[19:34] Speaker 2: Still and it's still really Yeah, but olive.
[19:37] Speaker 1: And cary, anything in that kind of dirty army green.
[19:40] Speaker 2: Give it to me.
[19:42] Speaker 1: Can you go back to the funnel neck you mentioned
[19:43] Speaker 1: at the top of the exactly, so, because that's what
[19:46] Speaker 1: I'm seeing a lot on my algorithm.
[19:48] Speaker 2: What is a funnel neck?
[19:49] Speaker 3: So, I think a funnel in your kitchen, but in
[19:52] Speaker 3: a jacket and around your neck. Basically the collar is
[19:57] Speaker 3: just sitting upright, and a lot of jackets, you know,
[19:59] Speaker 3: if you button them up up it allows that just
[20:02] Speaker 3: to see it and it's great functional, keeps your neck.
[20:03] Speaker 2: Warm, yes, elongates the neck.
[20:06] Speaker 3: I'm a big and like you don't have to spend
[20:08] Speaker 3: a lot of money like I did spot a great
[20:10] Speaker 3: funnel necked denim jacket in Target for fifty bucks.
[20:12] Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I saw that too, already sold out.
[20:18] Speaker 2: Again. Being a trend beast, I feel like you have
[20:20] Speaker 2: to spend a lot of eye on it.
[20:22] Speaker 1: But also you know what I found. I mean, I've
[20:23] Speaker 1: got some bomber jackets with that kind of college collarless one,
[20:26] Speaker 1: but then I've got some others with a collar that
[20:28] Speaker 1: you can kind of just zip to the top funnels itself.
[20:31] Speaker 1: You don't need to buy one exactly, and you can
[20:33] Speaker 1: kind of get I guess like the cropped trenchy style
[20:35] Speaker 1: and then a bomb style. I'm really into it. But
[20:38] Speaker 1: also if you fake tan on your next kind of
[20:39] Speaker 1: gone on modeline, you need to cover it up.
[20:41] Speaker 2: Yeah, I like how you thought about that. What else? What? Okay? Prints?
[20:48] Speaker 3: So we still seeing the polka dot, still seeing a
[20:50] Speaker 3: bit of the leopard, but deep print, dear print, dear print. Wow,
[20:55] Speaker 3: that's it's so unique. There seems to be the animal
[20:58] Speaker 3: print of why are the.
[21:00] Speaker 1: Polka dots coming through the winter Because I've got some
[21:02] Speaker 1: that I probably haven't well, I've worn them enough, but
[21:04] Speaker 1: I love them.
[21:05] Speaker 3: I feel it again, it's one of those prints that
[21:07] Speaker 3: is always going to be around, but we've seen designers
[21:09] Speaker 3: to really play with that, which I love.
[21:11] Speaker 1: I always think of Julia Roberts when she's doing in
[21:13] Speaker 1: the p Yeah, we're showing.
[21:19] Speaker 2: Brooches, which you touched on.
[21:21] Speaker 3: It's so fun because again I think broaches almost are
[21:24] Speaker 3: something you know, a different generation NaN's had the broaches
[21:28] Speaker 3: and they kind of lost and then it's just that
[21:31] Speaker 3: they're back in everywhere. So Julia Roberts the other week
[21:33] Speaker 3: wore broaches all down her tie, which was a really
[21:37] Speaker 3: cool look. You've seen them on jacket lapels, like I mentioned,
[21:41] Speaker 3: you can use them to kind of ju up and.
[21:42] Speaker 1: Now, so definitely, and that ties my love of thrifting
[21:47] Speaker 1: because if you do, if you're scared of thrifting or
[21:49] Speaker 1: sizings hard and you don't want to touch potentially dirty fabrics,
[21:53] Speaker 1: go to the jewelry section because you know you can
[21:56] Speaker 1: wpe it down.
[21:57] Speaker 2: It's normally very cheap.
[21:58] Speaker 1: You only need one because sometimes well I've been on
[22:01] Speaker 1: a mission lately to get two clip on earrings for
[22:04] Speaker 1: to put a little embellishment on my eyes. But oftentimes
[22:08] Speaker 1: the second one is broken or you know, it's hard
[22:11] Speaker 1: to find a good pair that are older and approaches.
[22:14] Speaker 1: If it's in good condition, you only need the one perfect.
[22:16] Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, I so broaches. I have fun with brooches, okay.
[22:19] Speaker 3: And then that kind of ties into the other maximalism
[22:21] Speaker 3: trend that we're kind of seeing. So we kind of
[22:23] Speaker 3: went through the whole minimalist beige less is less clean
[22:27] Speaker 3: lines and the clean girl aesthetic, and now it's the
[22:30] Speaker 3: flip of that maximalism more is more celebrate individuality, where
[22:35] Speaker 3: things you love be a bit of colectic look.
[22:37] Speaker 2: Bit in the city.
[22:39] Speaker 1: It's just like it doesn't have to be perfectly matching.
[22:41] Speaker 3: Yeah, so I kind of love that we're seeing the
[22:43] Speaker 3: maximalist trend as well.
[22:44] Speaker 2: Me too.
[22:45] Speaker 1: Sometimes I do that accidentally when it doesn't work, but
[22:47] Speaker 1: then I just check on an extra wrong piece and
[22:49] Speaker 1: I'm like, I.
[22:49] Speaker 2: Did that on PURSONCT. That's maximalized.
[22:52] Speaker 1: I just want to ask, because you're doing it today
[22:54] Speaker 1: and I tried to do it before I left the
[22:55] Speaker 1: house for chickened out. You're kind of well, you are
[22:57] Speaker 1: doing color blocking. You've got different shades of green, all
[23:00] Speaker 1: sort of olives and army greens, shirt, shoes, bag, what
[23:04] Speaker 1: are you missing pants?
[23:04] Speaker 2: Of course, your hats got my hands on.
[23:06] Speaker 1: Thank I'm seeing a bit of that on my algorithm too, Like,
[23:09] Speaker 1: you know, a baby blue jumper or cardigan with a
[23:12] Speaker 1: sort of bright blue skirt.
[23:14] Speaker 2: So are we doing that? And you know, is a
[23:16] Speaker 2: color booking idiot?
[23:17] Speaker 3: Yeah, it's wearing a color head to toe. It doesn't
[23:20] Speaker 3: have to be the same shade, but some of the
[23:22] Speaker 3: styling tricks behind it is when you wear a similar
[23:24] Speaker 3: color head to toe, you're creating a long visual line
[23:28] Speaker 3: of color which will make you look taller when you
[23:30] Speaker 3: wear two blocks of color.
[23:32] Speaker 2: So you wear a white T shirt and black pants.
[23:33] Speaker 3: You're cutting your body into two blocks, so it can shorten.
[23:36] Speaker 2: That happens to me. It just looks I want to.
[23:38] Speaker 3: Look six foot tall, so I'm wearing green head to toes.
[23:41] Speaker 3: That's making me look tall. And it's also easy to
[23:43] Speaker 3: get dressed when you have no idea what to wear.
[23:45] Speaker 1: Yes, well, if you love that color, you'll feel like I.
[23:48] Speaker 3: Just seek your favorite color and you grab your grab top,
[23:50] Speaker 3: grab a jacket, grabs some pants, all in similar shades.
[23:52] Speaker 1: But is there a trick to making making it not
[23:54] Speaker 1: look like you think it's a pair but you didn't
[23:56] Speaker 1: have your glasses on, or something like? Does the variation
[23:59] Speaker 1: have to be you know what? Maybe it's hard with black.
[24:01] Speaker 1: I tried to do it with black the other day,
[24:03] Speaker 1: but like I'd got my suit pieces mixed up.
[24:05] Speaker 3: I think black can work, but I think mixing textus
[24:07] Speaker 3: is nice. I remember a black leather skirt.
[24:10] Speaker 2: Maybe a nit, maybe some lace.
[24:14] Speaker 3: Because when you mix all different layers of textures are black,
[24:17] Speaker 3: it looks so beautiful together.
[24:18] Speaker 1: Yes, texture is a good point because I've got I'm
[24:21] Speaker 1: quite monochromatic, so I wanted to do I tried it
[24:23] Speaker 1: with blue when I started with a bodysuit, and then
[24:25] Speaker 1: I put the skirt and I was like, all these
[24:26] Speaker 1: blue stot work. And then I put on a shoe
[24:28] Speaker 1: and I was like, this is not right. But I
[24:30] Speaker 1: have a lot of grays and burgundies and navies, so
[24:32] Speaker 1: I could.
[24:32] Speaker 2: Do it with it. Does it have to be a
[24:33] Speaker 2: bright color, No, honey.
[24:35] Speaker 1: Most people love a color or lean towards a color
[24:37] Speaker 1: palette more than others, So then you can just mix
[24:40] Speaker 1: all your new outfit. Absolutely turned in my life. That
[24:45] Speaker 1: was a lot of trend. Okay, this lovely lady says,
[24:47] Speaker 1: I live rural and we have about three shops near us. Yes,
[24:50] Speaker 1: one is came so everyone ends up wearing the same clothes.
[24:54] Speaker 1: I do most of my shopping online. Do you have
[24:56] Speaker 1: any tips for shopping online more successfully? So I don't
[24:59] Speaker 1: end up watering things that look great but are not
[25:01] Speaker 1: great when they arrive.
[25:03] Speaker 3: You have come to the right story of my life.
[25:06] Speaker 2: Okay.
[25:07] Speaker 3: Online shopping so obviously iconic is just got everything Like
[25:11] Speaker 3: one of my go tos.
[25:12] Speaker 2: You know, they're just the delivery is good, services, good love, love.
[25:15] Speaker 1: Can I ask you though it can be overwhelming? I
[25:17] Speaker 1: mean I love the iconic and I enjoy that overwhelmed,
[25:20] Speaker 1: but that and Athos can be like it's the world's
[25:23] Speaker 1: biggest department. Still, so do you I guess if you're
[25:26] Speaker 1: helping a client, do you go on and go right,
[25:27] Speaker 1: they need more bottoms, so then you'll go to bottoms
[25:30] Speaker 1: filter their size.
[25:31] Speaker 2: So go in, go use all the filters. Exactly what
[25:35] Speaker 2: you want is going to work for you.
[25:36] Speaker 3: Even break down like if you want cotton or if
[25:38] Speaker 3: you want a natural flyer bar. So making sure making
[25:40] Speaker 3: sure that you're getting exactly what you want and filtering.
[25:43] Speaker 2: There's a lot there. Yeah, there's so much.
[25:44] Speaker 1: And then sometimes I'm like, oh, maybe I'll just increase
[25:46] Speaker 1: my budget by fifty.
[25:47] Speaker 2: Dollars and see what's up. And then I'm like, oh,
[25:49] Speaker 2: I love that one. That's ten hundred million dollars.
[25:51] Speaker 1: But yeah, I think that's how you if you know
[25:53] Speaker 1: what you want, absolutely.
[25:54] Speaker 3: Filter, filter, filter, Uniclo online, I mean, alw it's just
[25:58] Speaker 3: great for all your basicsgreen.
[25:59] Speaker 1: Obviously it could be better though it's not that user friendly,
[26:02] Speaker 1: but true. I don't know, maybe that's just me, but
[26:05] Speaker 1: I think you know, you just see item. It's not
[26:07] Speaker 1: like I love the Zaro website, like I'm looking at
[26:09] Speaker 1: a magazine. But you know how someone's like hanging off
[26:11] Speaker 1: a balcony or a railing and they're showing you the necklace.
[26:14] Speaker 1: I love that, but I think unico you can just
[26:16] Speaker 1: see it. And oftentimes the items are unisex. I'll show
[26:19] Speaker 1: them on both genders if it is yeah.
[26:22] Speaker 2: Okay, who else? Well?
[26:24] Speaker 3: Next dot com which is a UK retailer, but they're men's,
[26:28] Speaker 3: they're women's, their kids, their home wears, and I love
[26:31] Speaker 3: because it's something different that most people don't have as well.
[26:34] Speaker 2: I think the pricing is really good. Next.
[26:36] Speaker 1: I discovered Next when my son son had because he's
[26:39] Speaker 1: got a really slim waist and Next dos a wonderful
[26:42] Speaker 1: like they're long enough for him. Yeah, but a slim waist.
[26:44] Speaker 1: And someone told me if he has gone Instagram to
[26:46] Speaker 1: looking Next and I was like, oh my gosh, I
[26:47] Speaker 1: forgot this story existed and I've seen it overseen really
[26:50] Speaker 1: huge collection of everything.
[26:52] Speaker 3: That's one of my go tos lately. MNG, which I
[26:55] Speaker 3: think is Mango which is Spanish Yes to Australia, and
[26:59] Speaker 3: again I just love because there's different things, so a
[27:02] Speaker 3: lot of people have love m G.
[27:03] Speaker 1: I shop on that website. I check the iconic first
[27:06] Speaker 1: because they stock a limited mount and then I shop
[27:08] Speaker 1: on MG it's so good and again opposite season. Yeah,
[27:13] Speaker 1: so oftentimes you know, we're just going into winter. They
[27:16] Speaker 1: just had their winter, say like the end of season,
[27:18] Speaker 1: you know, like you get something from the northern hemisphere.
[27:20] Speaker 3: Buying coats right now because our coats are full price.
[27:23] Speaker 3: If you jump onto the ice, saw some amazing coats,
[27:26] Speaker 3: they're heavily discounted and reduced.
[27:28] Speaker 2: So little bit there is shop overseas, yes, sites, and
[27:32] Speaker 2: you'll get some.
[27:33] Speaker 1: Another one that's good for that is naked and it's
[27:35] Speaker 1: spelt NK dash ad. I think it's right, So don't
[27:38] Speaker 1: just google naked because other.
[27:40] Speaker 2: To another side that you know exactly.
[27:43] Speaker 1: But they've got some really great stuff as well.
[27:45] Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, nice, And then I think what I'm excited
[27:47] Speaker 3: for online shopping. We're about to go into this crazy
[27:49] Speaker 3: new AI fitting room situation where Zara's testing a sous
[27:53] Speaker 3: is testing where you upload a photo of yourself and
[27:56] Speaker 3: then you click everything you love and you get to
[27:58] Speaker 3: see on your body.
[27:59] Speaker 1: And so you say it to your profile kind of thing.
[28:01] Speaker 1: I think, so like again, oh god, I keep showing
[28:04] Speaker 1: our age. But the clueless if anyone's of that circle
[28:07] Speaker 1: in clueless. Alicia's Silverstone kind of basically has a computer
[28:10] Speaker 1: and like a ginormous revolving wardrobe and then she just
[28:14] Speaker 1: like like a little paper doll.
[28:16] Speaker 2: Wow. I think it's exciting.
[28:18] Speaker 3: It's going to make online shopping easier again. The clothes
[28:21] Speaker 3: look on your body as opposed to this perfect, gorgeous
[28:24] Speaker 3: little model.
[28:25] Speaker 2: Yes, I'm excited and says things as is.
[28:27] Speaker 3: Before we know it, probably all retailers online that will
[28:30] Speaker 3: become the norm.
[28:30] Speaker 1: So that will really he actually clever. It sounds difficult
[28:33] Speaker 1: to do, but.
[28:34] Speaker 3: It's smart and I think using size charts online is
[28:36] Speaker 3: always key to like look at every item, look at
[28:38] Speaker 3: the measurements and measure yourself and check the construction. What
[28:42] Speaker 3: is it made of? You know, is it a poly real?
[28:45] Speaker 3: Is it stretched? Because I know there's a bit of
[28:47] Speaker 3: homework you've got to do, but it's.
[28:48] Speaker 1: Just kindly learned to do that. I do have my
[28:50] Speaker 1: measurements safe to my phone now to just.
[28:53] Speaker 3: Pay rather than having to then post it back and
[28:55] Speaker 3: order again. Just do the homework to begin with, you know,
[28:58] Speaker 3: get your measurements, check the construction of everything.
[29:00] Speaker 2: Yes, and the other thing I love.
[29:03] Speaker 3: Doing too is I checked the socials for that brand,
[29:05] Speaker 3: So if I'm about to buy something, I'll go to
[29:07] Speaker 3: their social page and they may have someone on there
[29:10] Speaker 3: similar to your body shape wearing it and you can go, oh, wow,
[29:12] Speaker 3: it looks great on her, look.
[29:13] Speaker 2: Great on me as well, or they may have tagged
[29:15] Speaker 2: themselves that's.
[29:16] Speaker 1: What I was going to say, or even I just
[29:18] Speaker 1: check on YouTube now to see if there's reviews. I mean,
[29:20] Speaker 1: some are paid, but that's okay. I can still see
[29:22] Speaker 1: the item moving.
[29:23] Speaker 2: So there's a few little tips of stopping. Last one.
[29:26] Speaker 1: So this lovely person says, sometimes I put on an
[29:29] Speaker 1: outfit that looks great in my head but not in
[29:31] Speaker 1: real life.
[29:31] Speaker 2: Lo, I can't figure out why.
[29:33] Speaker 1: So as a stylist, what are the little things that
[29:35] Speaker 1: can make our outfit feel wrong? And what are some
[29:38] Speaker 1: simple tweaks people can try to wear their current stuff.
[29:41] Speaker 1: I mean, that isn't that solving the fashion universe?
[29:43] Speaker 3: That is a good question. And that happened to me
[29:45] Speaker 3: on the way here. I got ready this morning. I
[29:47] Speaker 3: had this idea in my head. I looked in the
[29:48] Speaker 3: middle and I was like, do I look like Gumby Cat?
[29:52] Speaker 2: But that it works to you?
[29:54] Speaker 3: But you know, I think that can happen. And A
[29:56] Speaker 3: I got to say. The first thing is a we
[29:58] Speaker 3: are so hard on ourselves, is stop being hard on
[30:00] Speaker 3: yourself and realize what you see is not usually what
[30:03] Speaker 3: the world's se' so critical of our confidence?
[30:06] Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, I mean, but then don't leave the
[30:08] Speaker 1: house if you don't feel confident. But if you love it,
[30:11] Speaker 1: don't worry what other people think.
[30:12] Speaker 3: But a few things, and this happens with clothes and
[30:14] Speaker 3: fitting rooms all the time, is stand back from the mirror.
[30:17] Speaker 3: Often you're looking at a mirror which is a meter
[30:19] Speaker 3: or two in front of you, and it gives you
[30:21] Speaker 3: a warped sense of what you look like. You're looking
[30:23] Speaker 3: more top heavy because you're looking at it from that level.
[30:25] Speaker 3: But if you stand back a couple of meters, you
[30:28] Speaker 3: have a better perception of how it actually looks.
[30:30] Speaker 1: No one has ever said that on this podcast, and.
[30:32] Speaker 2: It's so true.
[30:33] Speaker 3: So if you look at your bathroom mirror, you're literally
[30:35] Speaker 3: a meter from this mirror, and it's going to give
[30:37] Speaker 3: you the wrong perceptions and proportions. But if you stand
[30:40] Speaker 3: back a couple of meters, you get a better idea
[30:42] Speaker 3: how it looks. The other thing is lighting if you're
[30:44] Speaker 3: standing under downlighting.
[30:45] Speaker 1: That's why I don't try things in stores anymore unless
[30:48] Speaker 1: it's you know, final sale, and I can't return it
[30:49] Speaker 1: because the fluorescent lighting.
[30:51] Speaker 2: Yeah, and the perry sweats and I mean.
[30:53] Speaker 1: A little cubicle on people are waiting. I get so
[30:56] Speaker 1: upset the lighting is not good.
[30:58] Speaker 2: Yeah, So think about that again.
[30:59] Speaker 3: If you're in the fitting room and the downlinings are good,
[31:01] Speaker 3: step out and maybe find another mirror in the corridor sometimes.
[31:04] Speaker 2: And that's a huge game changer. Even your house.
[31:07] Speaker 3: Sometimes, if you've got one of those little flip mirrors
[31:09] Speaker 3: that can move around, just put it against your windows
[31:12] Speaker 3: so when you're facing the mirror, natural light is hitting you.
[31:14] Speaker 3: And that also gives you a better sense if it's
[31:16] Speaker 3: going to work.
[31:18] Speaker 1: Even for shopping.
[31:19] Speaker 2: I find that with colors.
[31:20] Speaker 1: I mean we often say it with makeup, but if
[31:22] Speaker 1: you're trying to match something or you know, feeling a
[31:24] Speaker 1: piece for an outfit, make sure if you've bought it,
[31:26] Speaker 1: then go out into the daylight because it can look
[31:28] Speaker 1: really different in a store.
[31:29] Speaker 2: That always shocks me.
[31:31] Speaker 3: And the other key thing is remember you are not
[31:33] Speaker 3: a perfect size mannequin. So when you're putting on clothes
[31:36] Speaker 3: unless you are manequin proportions, it's not going to fit
[31:39] Speaker 3: your right And this is where you need to think
[31:40] Speaker 3: about twigs. And if anyone sees my socials, I'm all
[31:42] Speaker 3: about sleeves. I'm always rolling a sleeve. Just a couple
[31:46] Speaker 3: of rolls up can totally change how it looks. Tucking
[31:49] Speaker 3: something a little bit can totally change how something looks.
[31:53] Speaker 3: Half these little things doing permanent alterations. Spending that extra
[31:58] Speaker 3: twenty dollars to maybe making a permanent alteration would change
[32:01] Speaker 3: how that garma looks and how you feel when you we.
[32:04] Speaker 1: And the costly where is actually going to exactly?
[32:07] Speaker 3: So I think, you know, when I'm shopping with clients,
[32:09] Speaker 3: it is very rare that we've put something on bang
[32:12] Speaker 3: on perfect.
[32:13] Speaker 1: That is such a relief to hear, I think because
[32:15] Speaker 1: we all want to just well, we're all busy and exhausted,
[32:17] Speaker 1: so we just want to throw it on and go.
[32:19] Speaker 1: But it's that it's less about the item, I think.
[32:21] Speaker 3: And why I think we never find anything because nothing
[32:24] Speaker 3: is ever going to be perfect, because we are not
[32:25] Speaker 3: perfect mannequins.
[32:26] Speaker 2: Yes, but as soon as you just look in the
[32:28] Speaker 2: mirror and go, little role, little roll little jewish. Yeah,
[32:31] Speaker 2: my god, it's amazing.
[32:31] Speaker 3: And I think that is why I love taking clients shopping, Yeah,
[32:35] Speaker 3: is because they have struggled to find things for so long,
[32:38] Speaker 3: go go home empty handed. Then we go shopping together.
[32:41] Speaker 3: They go home with bags and they're like, I can't
[32:43] Speaker 3: believe this. And it's just showing in those tiny little
[32:45] Speaker 3: twigs and it makes such a difference.
[32:48] Speaker 1: And we can't all have a Donnie, but we can
[32:49] Speaker 1: follow you on Instagram.
[32:50] Speaker 2: You can, and I'll teach you the twigs.
[32:52] Speaker 1: And coming up after the break, bougie and budget and
[32:54] Speaker 1: I think you've got something everyone's gonna want.
[32:57] Speaker 2: I think, so do It's very expensive? How wondred percent?
[33:14] Speaker 1: Okay, so you didn't just bring a bougie and budget.
[33:16] Speaker 1: You've got an array spectrum, A spectrum three.
[33:20] Speaker 2: In the same category.
[33:21] Speaker 1: So I need you to tell me all three in
[33:23] Speaker 1: order of should we go hide to low?
[33:27] Speaker 3: A lot of my clients, I say, Johnny, I'm seeing
[33:28] Speaker 3: this follow jackets, I'm thinking I want to invest in one.
[33:31] Speaker 2: What do I do? So here we go.
[33:33] Speaker 3: My splurge I found on Karen Miller's site, and it's
[33:37] Speaker 3: a brushed wool funnel neck and a beautiful camel color
[33:41] Speaker 3: and it looks soft and gorgeous. Now it's usually six
[33:45] Speaker 3: hundred and fourteen. She's expensive, but currently they've got.
[33:48] Speaker 2: It for three sixty seven. So because she's overseas. Yeah,
[33:52] Speaker 2: but they shipped to Australia.
[33:53] Speaker 1: Algorithms are the same.
[33:54] Speaker 2: I just got served her. It's a really good Suji
[33:58] Speaker 2: but gorgeous. Yes, a price. Next up, I found this
[34:02] Speaker 2: on the M and G site. I love a little
[34:04] Speaker 2: bit Mungo.
[34:05] Speaker 3: Another wool blend funnel neck for one hundred and thirty
[34:08] Speaker 3: nine dollars in the same sort of camel color, which
[34:11] Speaker 3: is amazing.
[34:12] Speaker 2: So that my credit card.
[34:15] Speaker 3: Yeah, but then if my clients has Donny, look, I've
[34:17] Speaker 3: got fifty bucks to spend.
[34:19] Speaker 2: Yeah, my got your baby. We're going to Target. Yeah,
[34:22] Speaker 2: because has a denim funnel neck for fifty bars.
[34:26] Speaker 1: I know, honestly, that's phenomenal. Like again, got served out
[34:28] Speaker 1: on my algorithm and I was like, well, what hang on,
[34:30] Speaker 1: what ad it? What BRANDITHM? I know they know each other.
[34:33] Speaker 1: I mean to look into one of the top two.
[34:35] Speaker 1: But actually I don't need another jacket or cod in
[34:37] Speaker 1: my life because let me tell you about mine. It's
[34:41] Speaker 1: my bougie. So here's what I prepared earlier, and look
[34:43] Speaker 1: I've got it on now.
[34:44] Speaker 2: I love it.
[34:45] Speaker 1: It's Daisy from the Iconic. It's one hundred and nineteen
[34:48] Speaker 1: ninety five. It's pretty new, right, it's like a really
[34:51] Speaker 1: dark it's a forest olive.
[34:53] Speaker 2: Would you say olive? I yeah, love with like it
[34:57] Speaker 2: could be a dark gray anyway.
[34:59] Speaker 1: Bomber jacket but also elasticated waste but not full sort
[35:03] Speaker 1: of varsity bomb market if you wear it undone, it's
[35:05] Speaker 1: not too it's a kind of barn jackety love.
[35:08] Speaker 2: The slouchy, kind of slouch leave as do you. I
[35:12] Speaker 2: love a role or.
[35:16] Speaker 1: Stud pockets very important to me. Zip so you can
[35:20] Speaker 1: be a kind of traditional bomber.
[35:23] Speaker 2: But then you zip it up the colera. You've got
[35:25] Speaker 2: your funnel funnel neck colera up funnel on and it's
[35:29] Speaker 2: very soft.
[35:29] Speaker 1: It doesn't have you upsized, that's the thing, right, So
[35:32] Speaker 1: it's slightly oversized.
[35:34] Speaker 2: I would have gone one or two.
[35:35] Speaker 1: Sizes up only because I mean, it's not a bomber
[35:38] Speaker 1: on the waist, but I would have liked it to
[35:40] Speaker 1: cover a bit more of my bum only because for
[35:42] Speaker 1: school drop off sometimes in my pajamas and because of
[35:45] Speaker 1: the elasticated waist, I sometimes wear these longer undone or
[35:48] Speaker 1: I will almost flip it up and make it. There's
[35:51] Speaker 1: also a tan and a black, and I think I
[35:53] Speaker 1: need all three. We're neighbors, We're too much.
[35:56] Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm coming out of a borrow that absolutely.
[35:59] Speaker 1: Lay add it to your agree And I just wanted
[36:01] Speaker 1: to quickly mention my budget, which is a scarf, and
[36:03] Speaker 1: it doesn't need to be this scarf. But I bought
[36:05] Speaker 1: one from Amazon last winter and it was exactly what
[36:09] Speaker 1: you said. It was a combination of all my favorite colors.
[36:11] Speaker 1: It was Burgundies, creams khaki, and it was kind of
[36:15] Speaker 1: this big, chunky acrylic knit. So it wasn't itchy because
[36:17] Speaker 1: it wasn't wool, and I swear to you I could
[36:20] Speaker 1: have been wearing a bikini. Well maybe not, but I
[36:23] Speaker 1: was wearing the worst outfits, so I just hadn't put
[36:25] Speaker 1: any thought into it. And then a big sort of
[36:27] Speaker 1: layer around my neck because people are looking at your eyes.
[36:30] Speaker 1: I got so many comments on that scarf. I don't
[36:33] Speaker 1: think it was the scarf in particular. It was just
[36:35] Speaker 1: something quite rich in color around my face, and honestly,
[36:39] Speaker 1: I think everyone thought this scarff.
[36:40] Speaker 2: Was so fancy.
[36:41] Speaker 1: It was about twenty dollars. We'll put a link in
[36:42] Speaker 1: the show notes. But it's a good point to dig
[36:45] Speaker 1: out what you've got go thrifting. It doesn't have to
[36:47] Speaker 1: be fancy. I lose a lot of things umbrellas and
[36:50] Speaker 1: scarves to me, or what bobby pins are to everyone.
[36:53] Speaker 1: It's just a collateral damage in winter. And so I
[36:55] Speaker 1: think it was about twenty bucks. Of course it's still
[36:57] Speaker 1: with me because of cheap one. Stay with you.
[36:59] Speaker 3: I just want to touch on your incredible points. And
[37:01] Speaker 3: you said, so that's a key thing. Accessories aren't only
[37:03] Speaker 3: an accessory to keep you warm. For example, accessories can
[37:06] Speaker 3: draw people eyes to where we want the focus to
[37:09] Speaker 3: be on an outfit. So for my clients who say
[37:11] Speaker 3: are self conscious about their lower half, the.
[37:12] Speaker 2: Men are like they're tummy or the hips.
[37:14] Speaker 3: When you put on say a statement scarf or a
[37:16] Speaker 3: fumal statement earing, the focus goes there and away from
[37:19] Speaker 3: your air of concern, so you're not worried about people
[37:22] Speaker 3: looking where you don't want them to look. So I
[37:24] Speaker 3: think that's a great point that you can buy a
[37:26] Speaker 3: ten doless scarf put it on, but it makes you
[37:28] Speaker 3: feel good.
[37:29] Speaker 2: Yeah, you're focusing on where we want the focus to be.
[37:31] Speaker 1: I think one morning I was just running so late
[37:33] Speaker 1: that I had still have my pajama top on to
[37:34] Speaker 1: take my son, and I just grabbed the scarf and
[37:36] Speaker 1: I'd never received so many compliments in and out of
[37:38] Speaker 1: the school gate, and I was like, well.
[37:39] Speaker 2: If only you knew what was under this. I think
[37:41] Speaker 2: it's cereal. They don't need to know.
[37:42] Speaker 1: But they don't need to know, So chuck something up
[37:44] Speaker 1: around your eyes and then no one is looking the restaurant. Oh, Donnie,
[37:48] Speaker 1: you make me so excited to go back and mix
[37:50] Speaker 1: and match my wardrobe and for the new season ahead.
[37:52] Speaker 2: So thank you for joining us, so having me.
[37:54] Speaker 1: We'll see you again soon. I hope you enjoyed that episode,
[37:57] Speaker 1: and thank you so much for listening to Nothing to Wear.
[38:00] Speaker 2: Don't Forget. There's a wonderful.
[38:01] Speaker 1: Newsletter that goes with this podcast. There's a link in
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[38:08] Speaker 2: There's links in the show notes too. I'll be back soon.
[38:11] Speaker 1: See you then, Mama Maya acknowledges the traditional owners of
[38:15] Speaker 1: the land. We have recorded this podcast on the Gadgol
[38:18] Speaker 1: people of the Eura nation

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