Speaker 1: You're listening to Amma Mia podcast. Mama Miya acknowledges the
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Speaker 1: recorded on. Whoever said orange is a new pink with
Speaker 1: seriously disturbed laurels for spraying groundbreaking? Oh my god, you
Speaker 1: have to do it. You live for fashion. Hello, and
Speaker 1: welcome to Nothing to Wear, the podcast that solves fashion
Speaker 1: problems and levels up your wardrobe. I'm Lee Campbell, and
Speaker 1: every week I talk to an expert who helps us
Speaker 1: work out how to get more out of the clothes
Speaker 1: we already own and tells us exactly what is and
Speaker 1: isn't worth adding to our wardrobes. Tina Abbi Seika is
Speaker 1: the founder of Style on Purpose, a platform dedicated to
Speaker 1: helping women build a wardrobe they love intentionally. She's all
Speaker 1: about shopping smarter, making your clothes work harder, and creating
Speaker 1: a personal style that actually fits your life. Now. The
Speaker 1: lovely Tina has joined me a few times before, but
Speaker 1: on this episode we are talking about mindful shopping, intentional shopping,
Speaker 1: not emotional shopping and impulse shopping, which I am really
Speaker 1: trying to lean away from. So her two by two
Speaker 1: rule and her rule of three and all her other
Speaker 1: wonderful tips are going to help all of us. Tina Lee,
Speaker 1: I feel like you're coming back to Australia more and
Speaker 1: more now, and I make sure you come here every
Speaker 1: single time. So thank you. Today's a big topic and
Speaker 1: one I think a lot of people need me included.
Speaker 1: But first, a couple of questions. Do you have something
Speaker 1: that comes to mind when I ask about your biggest
Speaker 1: fashion purchase? I do.
Speaker 2: Actually it's my vintage Chanel bag that.
Speaker 1: Did you get in Japan? Yes, I remember some My god,
Speaker 1: it's like you're at TV show I watch. I was
Speaker 1: so invested. Please share. Okay.
Speaker 2: So I was in Osaka in twenty seventeen and I
Speaker 2: had no idea that day. I've been a long time,
Speaker 2: it's teen a long time. I had no idea that
Speaker 2: there was a place called Orange Street in Asaka which
Speaker 2: has all of these vintage handbags and items. And Japan's
Speaker 2: quite known for having good quality vintage pieces. And someone
Speaker 2: DMed me and said you're going to Orange Street right?
Speaker 2: And then I wasn't, but I did, and there it was.
Speaker 2: I found this one. It was just the medium fla classic.
Speaker 1: And back then, I mean that's an investment, it's basically
Speaker 1: like you bought shares were a lot, I do.
Speaker 2: I do use her a lot. That's how I kind
Speaker 2: of positioned it to my then boyfriend now husband. But
Speaker 2: I said, this is going to go up in value
Speaker 2: and what that was?
Speaker 1: What eight years ago?
Speaker 2: Seven?
Speaker 1: Wow?
Speaker 2: Good on you, thank you.
Speaker 1: She's a dream for me. Another quick question before we
Speaker 1: get into the topic, who, if anyone, or what is
Speaker 1: your style muse?
Speaker 2: I would say I have style news brands, so Dish
Speaker 2: comes to mind. I'm actually wearing Dish today and also
Speaker 2: odd Muse, which is a British brand doing big things.
Speaker 2: Both brands have very classic, timeless styles that mix and
Speaker 2: match in with their previous seasons as well. So I
Speaker 2: love that ethos.
Speaker 1: I love coming at it from a brand perspective that's
Speaker 1: very fresh, and it feels less tunnel vision than a
Speaker 1: person if that makes sense. It's a little bit more broad,
Speaker 1: but still you get a picture in your.
Speaker 2: Head exactly, and brands are starting to storytell.
Speaker 1: Yes and have some personality exactly. Now, Tina, I want
Speaker 1: to set the scene for anyone that doesn't know you. You've
Speaker 1: been on the show a losh and you are obviously.
Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like I followed you a long
Speaker 1: time before. The Japanese have known you for a We
Speaker 1: have known each other for a long time. But you
Speaker 1: started when you had a day job on Instagram as
Speaker 1: Trash to Treasured, and you were all about helping people
Speaker 1: buy great affordable clothing. Was it under one hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty dollars? Was that your caveat? Yes, and you've evolved
Speaker 1: over time and you're here to talk about that a
Speaker 1: little bit. But did you ever come up against people thinking, well,
Speaker 1: everything's under one hundred and fifty, so trash to Treasure,
Speaker 1: it's all about fast fashion, crappy quality, blah blah blah.
Speaker 1: I had a friend saying, you know, is that Teina
Speaker 1: girl all about fast fashion? This was ten years ago?
Speaker 1: But how did that start? And tell us that it
Speaker 1: wasn't And where's the evelation taking you?
Speaker 2: Well, the way it started was I didn't have a
Speaker 2: lot of disposable income and I just started my big
Speaker 2: girl job in my career back then, and I needed
Speaker 2: to look the part, and so I was looking for
Speaker 2: items that I could wear multiple times to work. But
Speaker 2: it wasn't going to blow the budget either, So I
Speaker 2: started to get really savvy about cuts and colors that
Speaker 2: went together that looked expensive but weren't really. And then
Speaker 2: I started to get invested in fabrics and start learning
Speaker 2: about all of that, and just started to learn how
Speaker 2: do you actually wear pieces day to day. It's all
Speaker 2: well and good if it's on a mannequin and all
Speaker 2: of that, and or if it was on sale, but
Speaker 2: how does it live? Like, how does it move with you?
Speaker 1: Yes? And how do you keep it and keep wearing it?
Speaker 1: And just because it's affordable, you can find good quality.
Speaker 1: And I've always loved following you for that. It's been
Speaker 1: such an inspiration. So your approach to fashion is all
Speaker 1: about being intentional, and this is important more than ever.
Speaker 1: What are some common mistakes people make me when shopping
Speaker 1: for clothes and how can they shop smarter when they're
Speaker 1: not being intentional? For example, I'm an emotional shopper, an
Speaker 1: impulse shopper, So how do we be more intentional? And
Speaker 1: what are the mistakes people are making when they're not
Speaker 1: thinking with intention?
Speaker 2: So speaking to your point, like you know you've identified
Speaker 2: that you're emotional shopper, I would say, you know, scratch
Speaker 2: that itch.
Speaker 1: Yes if it's a bit or pop a few things
Speaker 1: in a bag confronting to you know, go, well, what's
Speaker 1: going on? Why am I doing that?
Speaker 2: But you know, pop a few things in a bag
Speaker 2: and give yourself twenty four hours. Yes, because I did
Speaker 2: this last year. I wanted to test myself because I
Speaker 2: had moved countries and I felt really lonely.
Speaker 1: And yeah, you were going through it.
Speaker 2: I was going through it.
Speaker 1: They call it retail therapy for a reason.
Speaker 2: Exactly. So I was buying a lot of stuff I
Speaker 2: just didn't need, and I had easy access to Amazon,
Speaker 2: and it was.
Speaker 1: Like retail in America, like it's hard to say.
Speaker 2: No, exactly. I identified that I was doing it as well.
Speaker 2: So I started a list on my notes app on
Speaker 2: my phone. So every time I saw something, I just
Speaker 2: like save the link. It gave me this comfort that
Speaker 2: I wasn't going to lose it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you wouldn't forget.
Speaker 2: I wouldn't forget. I've got it in my notes app.
Speaker 2: And then you know, I never went back. I think
Speaker 2: I bought one thing off that list of twenty that
Speaker 2: I saved over a couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: Yes, And so did that reinforce to you that intentional
Speaker 1: is important? And then the things that are intentional in
Speaker 1: your wardrobe do you wear the most?
Speaker 2: Yes? So I would say the other way to combat
Speaker 2: this is if you're looking at a piece, always think
Speaker 2: how can I style it three ways?
Speaker 1: Yes? I wanted to ask that you've got the rule
Speaker 1: of three? Is that wearing an item three different ways
Speaker 1: before you purchase.
Speaker 2: That's a styling.
Speaker 1: That's a styling. Getting too that a second. So I'm
Speaker 1: looking at this beautiful item online. You want me to think,
Speaker 1: how can I wear that three different ways.
Speaker 2: With something you already have? If you need to. For example,
Speaker 2: I'm wearing C three pants right now, so I need
Speaker 2: a longer shirt to kind of cover some areas.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you've still got the sheer going on.
Speaker 2: But not flashing exactly. But I already have long shirts.
Speaker 2: So I was like, you know what, this makes sense?
Speaker 1: Yes? Okay, so how can you work it back with
Speaker 1: the items you already own?
Speaker 2: If you can justify it in three ways? I like
Speaker 2: that you can go for it.
Speaker 1: Okay. So that's how we can start to be more intentional.
Speaker 1: Can you explain some styling rules or methods or are
Speaker 1: their methodologies? You've got the two x two rule and
Speaker 1: the rule of three. You must seem really good at maths.
Speaker 2: My background is science, so I thought so, so I
Speaker 2: think this is why I accidentally make formulas.
Speaker 1: Well, my background is saying, oh that practically free, and
Speaker 1: yeah it's not. So what are these formulas? How are
Speaker 1: these frameworks going to help you? I don't like saying
Speaker 1: their rules, their suggestions like a formula, because it kind
Speaker 1: of helps you figure.
Speaker 2: It out exactly. We need a framework and it really
Speaker 2: helps us overcome the whole Oh my gosh, what do
Speaker 2: I even put with this? Yes, so for two by
Speaker 2: two I think I've spoken about it before, but it's
Speaker 2: quite I come back to it a lot. But it's
Speaker 2: two pieces of tailored and two pieces of casual, so
Speaker 2: kind of like a tailored shirt.
Speaker 1: And it's always both reminding going into a new season.
Speaker 1: So we're just coming out of summer here, everyone's starting
Speaker 1: to think autumn winter, all the new cloes eating stores.
Speaker 1: So this is a good time to refresh on these methodologies,
Speaker 1: these frameworks, because we might be thinking we might need
Speaker 1: to go to the shops and get a few things,
Speaker 1: but we want to be intentional. So remind me of
Speaker 1: the two by two two so casual.
Speaker 2: Two like tailored structured pieces and two more casual pieces,
Speaker 2: and when you put that together, it actually gives a
Speaker 2: really nice balanced look. So let's go. We give me
Speaker 2: to say, say we're wearing our tailored pants to work
Speaker 2: with a cotton T shirt at the moment. Yeap, cotton
Speaker 2: T shirt is kind of more casual. Yep, you got
Speaker 2: your tailt pants. Yes, Now we're going into autumns.
Speaker 1: So let's add a layer.
Speaker 2: So let's add something that is structured. So maybe like
Speaker 2: a trench coat. All right, so you got your structure
Speaker 2: and your tailored in your trench coat and then in
Speaker 2: your tailored pants. Yes, So for your shoes, let's go
Speaker 2: something fun, like a casual sniker, like a white sick
Speaker 2: It's okay, can you imagine that?
Speaker 1: I can? And as you're talking, I flipped it. I
Speaker 1: was going to go like sort of a slouchy knit
Speaker 1: that's a big casual, but with a loafer that's a
Speaker 1: bit more struck.
Speaker 2: Shit, yes, you get it.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I feel like my brain's that clueless
Speaker 1: outfit more droping. I've just thought of so many things.
Speaker 2: That's how it is in my brain. Yeah, and this
Speaker 2: is why I wrote this.
Speaker 1: Okay, that's so helpful, particularly when you're like, I need
Speaker 1: one more item, but I'm not sure because if you
Speaker 1: go all two structure, it can look like you're going
Speaker 1: to hectic corporate job if it's not, or you can
Speaker 1: look to your casual Yes, now, remind me of the
Speaker 1: all three because I've forgotten I was terrible at school.
Speaker 2: The rule of three. It's more like add a third element.
Speaker 2: So this is a very common design technique. So think
Speaker 2: about your base. Now you've got your jeans and you've
Speaker 2: got your T shirt. Let's add a third element that's
Speaker 2: going to give the personality outfit. Okay, okay, so let's
Speaker 2: go with that base. If you're more preppy, you might
Speaker 2: add the blazer, like an oversized, slouchy blazer. If you're
Speaker 2: more I don't know, edgy, you might go for like
Speaker 2: a moto jacket.
Speaker 1: Yeah, bomber a bomber, yeah exactly. You could do like
Speaker 1: a really colorful cardigan if you're maya yes exactly, sequence
Speaker 1: no exactly.
Speaker 2: And so that way everyone can have the same base.
Speaker 2: But then because you know your personal style, yes, you
Speaker 2: add your little flare with that third piece.
Speaker 1: It's kind of having bases you can fall back on
Speaker 1: with personality, like the icing. Okay, I'm going to stop
Speaker 1: ruining analogies. But I kind of like.
Speaker 2: That that's exactly it, and we can talk about it
Speaker 2: later as well. But you know, my intention is to
Speaker 2: shift capsule to curated because that is and.
Speaker 1: It's curated for you. Cor Ah Tina f like you're
Speaker 1: an expert in this field. Now, I want to talk
Speaker 1: fast fashion versus mindful investing because forgive me if I'm wrong,
Speaker 1: but you're still about value and affordability. You know, I
Speaker 1: don't think you've got one hundred and fifty dollars rule,
Speaker 1: but I don't see you popping out to Gucci and
Speaker 1: Amez on the daily, and I think there's a joy
Speaker 1: in people finding it themselves and helping other people find affordable,
Speaker 1: amazing items. How do we strike a balance between mindful
Speaker 1: and intentional versus fast fashion? If you know, not everyone
Speaker 1: has thousands and millions of dollars to spend on what
Speaker 1: they wear. What do we do?
Speaker 2: You have your budget and you know you work to
Speaker 2: that budget.
Speaker 1: Set a budget? We said, up, okay, no, Like I mean,
Speaker 1: I do roughly, but I don't set aside time to
Speaker 1: decide the budget of when I'm going to go shopping.
Speaker 1: I'm just like, oh, it's thirty nine ninety five. Okay, okay,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean.
Speaker 2: When you see that, then that comes back to Okay,
Speaker 2: why are you buying this? Is it going to pair
Speaker 2: back with what you already have? Yes, The whole thing
Speaker 2: with Presture Treasured was I was showing pieces that were affordable,
Speaker 2: but I've had people just buying everything I was showing.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's not the point. That's not the point. I
Speaker 1: get it. So we're still about affordability, but we're not
Speaker 1: about fast fashioned burn and churn. We want to find
Speaker 1: a good quality piece that we love that we can
Speaker 1: wear enough in terms of quality and versatility for years
Speaker 1: to come exactly. Let's talk about the capture wardrobe. I
Speaker 1: agree the term capture wardrobe is overused, and I think
Speaker 1: thanks to a lot of flat lay. We see white shirt, jeans,
Speaker 1: trench coat, balet, flats or whatever, which is fine and
Speaker 1: a lot of people like. But it's not cut and
Speaker 1: paste for every single person. So we're talking curated wardrobe.
Speaker 1: Talk to me about that, and how would you help
Speaker 1: a client curate something? You know, everyone's different with clients.
Speaker 1: We always start with a mood board session. I ask
Speaker 1: a lot of questions and it's so much fun.
Speaker 2: And when we do that, I can really see the
Speaker 2: necklines that they're drawn to, the patterns, you know, patterns
Speaker 2: or patterns like there can be big ones, small ones. Yeah,
Speaker 2: and we see the textures that they're drawn to, so
Speaker 2: that that is the essence of their style. So, for example,
Speaker 2: I just had a client this week actually, and she's
Speaker 2: not a plain white T shirt girl. She likes a
Speaker 2: little bit of you know, interity, but she also works
Speaker 2: in a corporate environment. So we found this beautiful saturn.
Speaker 2: It's shaped like a white T shirt, but the fabric
Speaker 2: is saturn.
Speaker 1: So it's got a bit of personality, bit a point
Speaker 1: of different exactly. Okay, And so everyone's capsule is different,
Speaker 1: and then you can mix and match within your capsule
Speaker 1: because it's harmonious to you exactly, not cut and paste.
Speaker 1: So many women are stuck in a rut with their
Speaker 1: wardrobes and just find it really overwhelming. Are there easy
Speaker 1: ways to refresh your star without impulse buying? Please?
Speaker 2: Okay, I've promised you less is more, but you need
Speaker 2: to get rid of the things that are telling your
Speaker 2: brain you have nothing to wear.
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, So we literally and emotionally can't see it
Speaker 1: because you feel frustrated and overwhelmed.
Speaker 2: Exactly. Our brains are actually trained to see things that
Speaker 2: are wrong, because our brains are there to keep us safe, right,
Speaker 2: So it just sees all the things that are wrong.
Speaker 2: So if you've got a whole bunch of things hanging
Speaker 2: in your wardrobe, and you've got some really great pieces
Speaker 2: in there, but they're amongst the things that you hate.
Speaker 1: That so much sands like primarily pretty much.
Speaker 2: Yes, exactly, you will just always look at your wardrobe
Speaker 2: and say, oh my gosh, I have nothing to wear.
Speaker 1: Okay, all right, so instead of going I've got nothing
Speaker 1: to wear. Looking in there freaks me out, so I'll
Speaker 1: turn and run to Westfield or jump online.
Speaker 2: What do we do?
Speaker 1: Be more intense at all.
Speaker 2: So I want you to go to your wardrobe, you lee, Yeah.
Speaker 2: I want you to take out ten to fifteen pieces
Speaker 2: okay that you know when you put that on you
Speaker 2: always feel great.
Speaker 1: Okay, oh good. So we're starting with the good stuff.
Speaker 1: We're starting with the positive. We're starting with the positive.
Speaker 2: Lay it out on your bed, all these pieces, and
Speaker 2: you'll start to notice similar silhouettes, similar necklines, similar bits
Speaker 2: of fabric.
Speaker 1: This sounds so much more fun than going, oh I
Speaker 1: haven't want it in that long Oh will I even?
Speaker 1: But yes, start that stuff you love.
Speaker 2: Start here, because this is your blueprint, this is your personal.
Speaker 1: Style, this is my curator.
Speaker 2: This is your curator.
Speaker 1: And then what can I walk away? No?
Speaker 2: Because then you've shifted your filters in your brain, because
Speaker 2: so you're like, Okay, this is what I love, and
Speaker 2: you know that the next time when you pull out
Speaker 2: that next item in your wardrobe, you will clearly see
Speaker 2: how it doesn't fit your print. Yes, and it makes
Speaker 2: it so much easier to get rid of.
Speaker 1: We do all of this before to buy anything else.
Speaker 2: Yes.
Speaker 1: Do you have a styling tip that instantly makes an
Speaker 1: outfit feel more polished?
Speaker 2: So, first of all, I mean, it's great to have
Speaker 2: that one piece that you know when you put it
Speaker 2: on you feel great. For me, it's like tailored shirts
Speaker 2: and tailored tops.
Speaker 1: You and I are very similar, yes, yes.
Speaker 2: And not everyone loves a shirt to a blazer.
Speaker 1: So I've got a girlfriend who's very sort of whimsical
Speaker 1: and romantic and tastes like a high necked dress and
Speaker 1: she always looks so classy, like she's going to high
Speaker 1: tea with the Queen, and I know that makes her
Speaker 1: feel amazing and I feel her energy in it, So
Speaker 1: that's her version.
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, exactly, And this is why curated matters because
Speaker 2: it's going to be different.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I would not, I'd feel like I was doing
Speaker 1: dress ups exactly. Okay, So is it having that fallback
Speaker 1: look or item when you're feeling overwhelmed or out of time?
Speaker 2: Exactly? So that's why you know, I always talk about
Speaker 2: throw on and go dressing.
Speaker 1: You do, you coin to the term, and now it's everywhere.
Speaker 2: So there's that, But you know, not everyone loves a dress,
Speaker 2: So what about a playsuit or a jumpsuit, or about.
Speaker 1: It to actually outfit if you've worked it out, you know,
Speaker 1: if it's fast enough to put it on. Doesn't have
Speaker 1: to be addressed, but just the thing that makes you
Speaker 1: feel good.
Speaker 2: Exactly.
Speaker 1: So with being more intentional, more mindful, having less, making
Speaker 1: it work harder, trends are always changing, so like, how
Speaker 1: did the everyday person go, Okay, I've found my blueprint
Speaker 1: or I'm trying to be more intentional, but my goodness,
Speaker 1: there's leper print, there's year, there's red, there's this and that,
Speaker 1: and how do we choose what to listen to?
Speaker 2: So I love the eighty twenty mindset when it comes
Speaker 2: to this, So eighty percent of my wardrobe is my blueprint.
Speaker 2: The twenty percent is fun because you know, some of
Speaker 2: us love shopping so smart.
Speaker 1: And then yeah, you're right, you're not going to be
Speaker 1: stuck with seven million trend pieces that don't go together exactly.
Speaker 1: I love that. Yeah, eighty twenty I'm going to go
Speaker 1: write these in my wardrobe on that. I think with
Speaker 1: the kind of intentional shopping, it's not fun to shop
Speaker 1: for underrated sort of essentials that do put it all together?
Speaker 1: Do people overlook those? Do people have enough of those?
Speaker 2: Sometimes people only go shopping for events or like they
Speaker 2: have something to shop for, and that's how you end
Speaker 2: up with a whole bunch of things but not outfit.
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, that is so true. And how do you
Speaker 1: approach shopping for special occasions? Like you say, people are like,
Speaker 1: oh quick, I've got this birthday party, I've got this
Speaker 1: event that happens. But we don't often go to a
Speaker 1: birthday party or an event seven days a week. So
Speaker 1: how do we suggest people dress themselves to those without
Speaker 1: ending up with the wardrobe of stuff. Therefore once or
Speaker 1: going to wear once.
Speaker 2: Hiring is a big thing right now, beautiful dresses that
Speaker 2: you can get. There's so many companies out there right now.
Speaker 2: If that's not an option, I would always suggest wear
Speaker 2: it during the day as well. Yes, bring it into
Speaker 2: your every day. Yeah, pair it back with those basics
Speaker 2: that you like.
Speaker 1: We're seeing sparkles everywhere you're wearing she wiring, she hands,
Speaker 1: which I love. Are they the Tocuba ones?
Speaker 2: Dish dish?
Speaker 1: Oh? I want the Decuba ones. But you know, a
Speaker 1: couple of seasons ago, you would have a watershear bottom
Speaker 1: in the day, not your bottom. You prepare of bottoms
Speaker 1: and you put it with a really great linen shirt
Speaker 1: that mix it casual exactly.
Speaker 2: I actually bought this four event that I just did
Speaker 2: in Melbourne, and I love wearing it. I'm like, I
Speaker 2: don't want to just keep this for times.
Speaker 1: Yes, I also think thrifting is really good. Some of
Speaker 1: my girlfriends who are similar sized as we swap. Yeah,
Speaker 1: great handy because it's santistic. Can I borrow that black
Speaker 1: dress or do you want to borrow this? And it's
Speaker 1: just so helpful. Okay, I want to quickly talk about
Speaker 1: style on Purpose. So tell me about it and how
Speaker 1: did this evolution come here? What inspired you to start
Speaker 1: styal on purpose? What's the new mission?
Speaker 2: The new mission is strategy around shopping and styling with
Speaker 2: trash to treasure. It was to show you that you
Speaker 2: don't have to spend a lot to look good. And
Speaker 2: even under that name, I had my e book called
Speaker 2: Pickwell Style Often, Yeah, which the whole ethos is teaching
Speaker 2: how to shop well dressed well all of that.
Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like you've always had the same
Speaker 1: mission and same purpose, but now you're just making it
Speaker 1: crystal clear correct. So style on Purpose is what?
Speaker 2: So Style on Purpose is a personal style studio. So
Speaker 2: under that studio, we can do one on ones to
Speaker 2: get you into your blueprint and elevate your style and
Speaker 2: create those like intentional shopping habits. I do group sessions
Speaker 2: as well, so get your girlfriends together.
Speaker 1: Oh that's a great.
Speaker 2: It's a virtual studio. Yes, obviously I'm based in La now,
Speaker 2: but I have clients everywhere, so clever.
Speaker 1: What about partners if you are in a heterosexual relationship
Speaker 1: and they might need some help, Yes, absolutely, yes, men
Speaker 1: as well.
Speaker 2: I have expanded into men as well.
Speaker 1: I think that's really you know, because I get a
Speaker 1: lot of questions saying I don't know, and he just
Speaker 1: stops at industry and industry is great, but I think
Speaker 1: men just don't even know where to look or who
Speaker 1: to are. It's very expensive, how undred percent? Okay, bougie
Speaker 1: and budget. I've got two items that I'm going to
Speaker 1: try and get the teena tick of approval. Okay, because
Speaker 1: I'm being intentional. You've got too that you've already bought, yes,
Speaker 1: that were intentional, or that you've got enough wear out
Speaker 1: of yes. Okay, what do you want to start with?
Speaker 1: My boogie or my budget?
Speaker 2: Let's go budget?
Speaker 1: Okay, great, Well it's still pretty expensive, but it's from Dish,
Speaker 1: so I feel like I'm not going to be in
Speaker 1: trouble yet. So as we know going into winter, I
Speaker 1: love how I'm basically like trying to pitch you. It's
Speaker 1: the Hendrix Pampas Swayed jacket from Dish. So it's expensive
Speaker 1: three hundred and ninety nine dollars Okay, yep, but it's
Speaker 1: Dish quality, it's pre order. It's a Tanny Camel swayed.
Speaker 1: My question is Swayede makes me nervous because it's warm,
Speaker 1: but I'm not great with care of my things. Do
Speaker 1: you think that Swayed for me in terms of a
Speaker 1: jacket might be a bit too optimistic.
Speaker 2: Yes, I think so too.
Speaker 1: I want to be her, yes, but I think I
Speaker 1: might be a faux suede.
Speaker 2: Yes, you have to think of aftercare. Yeah, you're not
Speaker 2: gonna wear it once?
Speaker 1: No, I'll either won't wear it because I'm too scared,
Speaker 1: or I'll wear it and ruin it and if it
Speaker 1: gets rained on or cry. Yes. Okay, so that was
Speaker 1: very intentional thought process.
Speaker 2: That you know you already know.
Speaker 1: Can you tell me about your budget that you are
Speaker 1: wearing or have purchased?
Speaker 2: Okay, so my budget? Are these gold slippers?
Speaker 1: We call them songs? Are you American?
Speaker 2: Now?
Speaker 1: Did you call them slippers? You're so American? They're fabulous.
Speaker 1: How do you say that brand?
Speaker 2: I just say keys?
Speaker 1: Oh see, I was saying teeks, but I think it's
Speaker 1: Teaky's yeah, because it's t k e s Yeah. Okay,
Speaker 1: I've got them in silver, do you I've got the silver.
Speaker 1: Although they took a little while to wear in. Did
Speaker 1: you get a blister? No?
Speaker 2: These were all right? Yeah, so I've only had them
Speaker 2: a week but I've worn them a million.
Speaker 1: A lot because songs are still very much you know,
Speaker 1: that simple song. Yeah, and for any American listeners, we're
Speaker 1: talking about like what did you call them? Slide sandalpers slippers?
Speaker 1: You know the thing your foot goes in. And I
Speaker 1: feel like, even if that trend's not as huge next summer,
Speaker 1: it's still a classic song exactly. They're not very expensive.
Speaker 2: I don't think there were one hundred and twenty three,
Speaker 2: which is I mean, I think a heavy on her
Speaker 2: as like sixty to fifty dollars.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I got mine on sale maybe, Okay, Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm scared of my next onney. This is my bougie.
Speaker 1: It's also a pre order. It's by Pollen, which is
Speaker 1: a French brand that has just been acquired by LVMH.
Speaker 1: So I think the value is going to go up.
Speaker 2: Okay, all right.
Speaker 1: It's the numeral nerf textured torp. Let me justify her
Speaker 1: to you. She's eight hundred and eighty dollars, but it's
Speaker 1: a good size. There's a million colors, and I've really deliberated.
Speaker 1: I've got like a off white bag. I don't wear
Speaker 1: black really, so I think the torp is very flexible.
Speaker 1: I wanted the chocolate brown, but I think that doesn't
Speaker 1: go with enough of my wardrobe and it's too like
Speaker 1: it's very trendy. It's also a classic, but I'm a torp.
Speaker 1: You can carry this as a handbag, you can carry
Speaker 1: it as a crossbody. It's big enough to fit like
Speaker 1: your day to day life laptop.
Speaker 2: No, okay, does it zip at the top?
Speaker 1: No? Let me show you some photo.
Speaker 2: It's a bucket bag essentially.
Speaker 1: It's a bucket bag, handbag, cross body bag, zip interior, pocket,
Speaker 1: good keys, everything good, magnetic clothure. I've watched on a
Speaker 1: YouTube and it's like really strong, okay, and it is
Speaker 1: made of leather and it's really nice.
Speaker 2: It's a yes from me.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I already pre ordered. But Tina, I can tell
Speaker 1: you I have looked at this bag, moll that I've
Speaker 1: looked at anything in my whole life. Because there's also
Speaker 1: so many nice colours, and they have so many other shapes,
Speaker 1: and because Elvi Major quiet them. It's basically the new Channel.
Speaker 2: It's an incredible brand. The talk is very versatile, so
Speaker 2: I approve on that.
Speaker 1: I really struggle with the colors. I asked like three
Speaker 1: different friends and they also different colors, and I was like,
Speaker 1: shut up, this isn't helping me be Tina approves the
Speaker 1: talk that was so excited. Okay, what's your bougie and
Speaker 1: I'm sure it's some boushie's.
Speaker 2: No, my bougie is actually very cheap, still very affordable.
Speaker 1: I shouldn't say cheap affordable for all of them, but it.
Speaker 2: Is the lace pants that I'm wearing.
Speaker 1: I love them.
Speaker 2: I mean there are one hundred and fifty dollars, so
Speaker 2: they're not breaking the bank, but they.
Speaker 1: Are very wearing lace pants kind of thing exactly.
Speaker 2: So they're not the type of pants I'll be reaching
Speaker 2: four constantly. So these sit in my twenty percent. Okay,
Speaker 2: you know eight twenty.
Speaker 1: So are you trying to get as much? We're out
Speaker 1: of them now. Yeah.
Speaker 2: So actually my justification for this was I'm going on
Speaker 2: holiday soon and then I'm back to the where it's
Speaker 2: just summer exactly. So that was my job.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you get an extra advantage of like extending a season.
Speaker 1: They're so good though.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I love them. I think I get the
Speaker 2: black as well.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well I have a black pear similar that I
Speaker 1: got from a brand. A couple of years ago or
Speaker 1: a year ago with a little built in sort of shorts.
Speaker 2: Ah.
Speaker 1: Yes, and I've worn them in someone with a white
Speaker 1: tank with any winter with a black blazer. Love it
Speaker 1: like basically the reverse of you. Yeah, no dish one
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty dollars Tina. Honestly, you're so amazing. So
Speaker 1: people want to follow you. I'm sure what's your handle?
Speaker 1: And then how do they find out about your new platform?
Speaker 2: Okay, so Tina Abasa crau. So that's my Instagram handle
Speaker 2: and also my website helpful, that's helpful. And then my
Speaker 2: website has Style on Purpose so you can pop over
Speaker 2: to that. I have digital products as well, so you
Speaker 2: can do like outfit guides and.
Speaker 1: You've got everything everything. You're a busy little travel b Yeah.
Speaker 2: So it's all under Style on Purpose.
Speaker 1: Amazing. We we'll link in the show notes. So congratulations,
Speaker 1: thank you for letting me drag you in this studio
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