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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Nothing to Wear, the podcast that
Speaker 1: solves fashion problems and levels up your wardrobe. I'm Lee
Speaker 1: Campbell and every week I talk to an expert who
Speaker 1: helps us work out how to get more out of
Speaker 1: the clothes we already own and tells us exactly what
Speaker 1: is and what isn't worth adding to our wardrobe. If
Speaker 1: you love fashion but haven't quite cracked the code on
Speaker 1: secondhand shopping, this episode is for you. Today we're talking
Speaker 1: all about pre love fashion, how to find the best pieces,
Speaker 1: what to avoid, and how to make vintage finds feel modern,
Speaker 1: plus how to elevate quote unquote boring outfits without breaking
Speaker 1: the bank. Joining me today is Mattia and Julia. They're
Speaker 1: their sisters behind Love It Longer, which is a carefully
Speaker 1: curated pre love designer store with a cult following online.
Speaker 1: With over twenty years in the fashion industry, they know
Speaker 1: exactly how to give clothes a second life and help
Speaker 1: you build a wardrobe that's both stylish and sustainable. Matia
Speaker 1: and Julia, welcome to the show. And if you listen regularly,
Speaker 1: you'll know I'm going to start with some questions, so
Speaker 1: you might be ready. Julia, let's start with you. Can
Speaker 1: you describe your style in three words?
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I would think I'm pretty classic timeless, but
Speaker 3: I like to have a little bit of edge with
Speaker 3: my accessories. I copy Materia a lot, to be honest,
Speaker 3: I'm the older sister, so whatever she's doing, I try
Speaker 3: to do.
Speaker 1: You're the older so you're trying to be younger and cooler.
Speaker 3: Maybe be cooler, but then you know, I always go
Speaker 3: back to being pretty classic in time.
Speaker 1: Okay, Julia, what's your vibe? What are your three words?
Speaker 4: We dress quite similt. As Julia mentioned, we do copy
Speaker 4: each other, but I think Matt Skilling is am I
Speaker 4: pronouncing that right. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I go for timeless dressing too.
Speaker 4: I'm really conscious in my buying now, but yeah, I
Speaker 4: like to add a little bit of edge.
Speaker 1: Now. The theory that we think is pretty true for
Speaker 1: most people, there's ten percent of our wardrobe we wear
Speaker 1: the most and the other ninety percent is there and
Speaker 1: we wear it, but that's that ten percent that we
Speaker 1: go back to. So Julia, what's in your ten percent?
Speaker 3: Oh, definitely denim. I just wear denim on rotation. I
Speaker 3: love a good white T shirt. I can't go past it.
Speaker 3: I always have a red lipond.
Speaker 1: We both do today.
Speaker 2: I always do.
Speaker 3: I even wear it at homely, so I don't know
Speaker 3: my husband has ever seen me without it.
Speaker 1: This isn't my beauty podcast, but now I need to
Speaker 1: know the red lead. What do you wear?
Speaker 3: Well, sometimes it's hourglass, sometimes it's imper beauty. Do you
Speaker 3: know what I'm saying? Like, I'm that girl, I've got
Speaker 3: you and everything in between.
Speaker 1: Okay, So you're not loyal to one't interesting? Okay? And
Speaker 1: what's your ten percent?
Speaker 4: Definitely denim, whether it's blue, black, white, green, blazer. Always
Speaker 4: go to a blazer. And yeah, a good T shirt
Speaker 4: called polo cardigan ten percent.
Speaker 2: Yeah, cardigan.
Speaker 1: I love a good cardigan. I can't always style it,
Speaker 1: but I just much prefer it. Well, I like growing
Speaker 1: a dumper when it's really cold, but when you're not
Speaker 1: sure of the weather and a cardigan you need to
Speaker 1: get on and off, and you don't want to ruin
Speaker 1: your hairt.
Speaker 4: Che underneath, especially in Melbourne because the mornings are so
Speaker 4: cold and then it's afternoon asiler.
Speaker 1: So you're like ripping it off. Now let's talk about
Speaker 1: Love It Longer. Firstly, fantastic name, but what inspired you
Speaker 1: both to start Love It Longer? Was there a particular
Speaker 1: moment that sparked the idea? And for listeners that don't
Speaker 1: know what is love It Longer?
Speaker 2: So Love It.
Speaker 4: Longer is a pre love designer consignment store. We sell
Speaker 4: to women all over Australia. It's a family run visitors,
Speaker 4: so it's me, my sister Julia, and our mum is
Speaker 4: in the background. And we also have an employee called
Speaker 4: Emily who is also like a sister tour so it's
Speaker 4: a very small, tight knit business.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: We actually were both working in fashion. I was working
Speaker 3: at Scanlon Theaterre and I was there for ten years.
Speaker 3: Matiir was pr fashion been there for over god twelve years. Yeah,
Speaker 3: and we both were pregnant. We got pregnant again for
Speaker 3: the second time. Yeah, and we were like, oh my god,
Speaker 3: we're unemployable.
Speaker 1: No, but I know what you mean. It is a
Speaker 1: scary life stage.
Speaker 4: We were also driving to South Yarra every day and
Speaker 4: those familiar with Melbourne beat in the car with your
Speaker 4: second trial getting to drop off.
Speaker 2: It was too much.
Speaker 3: So I knew a lot of women from working at
Speaker 3: Scanlon on the floor selling who had all these clothes
Speaker 3: and they didn't know what to do with them, and
Speaker 3: they would say to me in the change room, Julia,
Speaker 3: what do I do with all these clothes? I said
Speaker 3: to Mattia, do you know what, Let's let's.
Speaker 2: Start something in the North. And it just started off
Speaker 2: with a few of my clients.
Speaker 3: Matia has a great contact and then it just really
Speaker 3: grew organically and now we're shipping all over Australia. We've
Speaker 3: got a website. We just are moving. We've been in
Speaker 3: the same spot for four years. We're moving into a
Speaker 3: house in Rathdown Village, so the whole home will be love.
Speaker 4: A long yeah, and it's kind of branded as the
Speaker 4: House of Circular Fashions. So it's just growingly, really organically
Speaker 4: and quickly, and we really we're happy.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: And so Circular Fashion was definitely having a moment then,
Speaker 1: but I can imagine in the last four years you
Speaker 1: would have seen it just explode. Can you talk me
Speaker 1: through that and why you think that is.
Speaker 4: I think when we started, like you said, Lee, no
Speaker 4: one was really doing it. I think the whole circular
Speaker 4: fashion and buying pre loved has evolved and changed. I remember,
Speaker 4: let's say six years ago, no one was really buying
Speaker 4: pre loved, or if you did, it was a bit
Speaker 4: of a secret.
Speaker 2: Yeah, But now it's.
Speaker 4: Almost celebrated and it's almost cool to buy pre loved
Speaker 4: and have that item that no one else has. And
Speaker 4: I think it's also about the whole sustainability and people
Speaker 4: are more educated.
Speaker 2: But we work with a young students.
Speaker 4: From the National Fashion College, from the National Fashion College,
Speaker 4: and one of their whole curriculums is about sustainability.
Speaker 2: So everyone's just more educated on it.
Speaker 3: And everyone's selling just about the money, every one self,
Speaker 3: it's about the environment, it's about not feeling.
Speaker 2: Guilty buying more. It's just changed change.
Speaker 1: I agree, you guys got in it exactly the right time.
Speaker 1: Regular nothing to our listeners. Know how much I love
Speaker 1: secondhand shopping, and that's a really broad term. I guess
Speaker 1: you know it can be thrifting in your Vinni's and
Speaker 1: your charity shops and it can be high end luxury
Speaker 1: and more where you guys sit. But then there's still
Speaker 1: some people that aren't keen on it, maybe have sort
Speaker 1: of an older view of what it was back in
Speaker 1: the day, you know, like a stinky eighties blouse, or
Speaker 1: they just don't know how to find the good stuff.
Speaker 1: So how do we help these people get into all
Speaker 1: spectrums of prelove shopping.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think, like you said, it is so broad
Speaker 4: and it can sometimes be overwhelming, but there is like
Speaker 4: our space is more curated, right, so we want a
Speaker 4: hard work for the shoppers. We are so selective with
Speaker 4: what we take. It's like a boutique experience. But if
Speaker 4: you don't want that, you could go to more like
Speaker 4: a rent to act. There's something for everyone, but I
Speaker 4: think you have to pick what, like she said, what
Speaker 4: you're into, what kind of brands you want to find,
Speaker 4: and start there or else it can be really really overwhelming,
Speaker 4: And that's why we have such a curated range, and
Speaker 4: every item we've select has gone through a process because
Speaker 4: we are only taking pieces that we would wear. Yeah,
Speaker 4: I think you've just got to find your niche in
Speaker 4: the whole pre love I think.
Speaker 3: With us as well, having our mum who's in her
Speaker 3: late sixties. I'm in my forties, materis in her thirties,
Speaker 3: and Emily's in her twenties.
Speaker 2: We've got everyone covered.
Speaker 3: Mum takes pieces that she thinks women of her age
Speaker 3: would we but she's cool, like, she's got great style.
Speaker 3: A lot of women come in of all ages and
Speaker 3: they feel seen.
Speaker 1: So we started, you know, I guess maybe a more
Speaker 1: high end place if we're not sure. But I think
Speaker 1: a lot of people are really keen to get into
Speaker 1: secondhand shopping, obviously for the sustainability, but also for the price.
Speaker 1: So is there any more general info if they can't
Speaker 1: get to you guys or you know, they want to
Speaker 1: really be conscious of their budget. Do they look for fabricous?
Speaker 1: You know they're popping to their Vinnies or their Red Cross.
Speaker 1: What do we look for?
Speaker 2: It's a big one.
Speaker 3: You're right, you need to buy. Well, don't just buy
Speaker 3: because it's cheap and you think, oh, you know, it's
Speaker 3: going to sit in your wardrobe and it's still not
Speaker 3: great for the environment, even if it's pre loved and
Speaker 3: it's you're not wearing it. Yeah, it's not a great fabric.
Speaker 3: We really try to take pieces that are really well made.
Speaker 3: So even when you're at the Salvation Army or Vine's,
Speaker 3: look for those pieces that have good fabrics and unique
Speaker 3: and unique and that you will wear.
Speaker 2: Otherwise there's no point.
Speaker 4: Okay, you're just filling with clutter. Yeah, don't just go
Speaker 4: with the trend of buying pre love. Still buy pre
Speaker 4: love consciously.
Speaker 1: What does good mean? Is it looking that all the
Speaker 1: buttons work or the zips work? Do we always try on?
Speaker 1: Is it smelling like? How can we? Obviously you guys
Speaker 1: have done all that for us when we come to
Speaker 1: see you or buy online. But more generally we're secondhand shopping.
Speaker 1: How do we vet an item?
Speaker 3: Sometimes when I'm secondhand shopping, I go into this mode
Speaker 3: where I get so excited and that my eyes start
Speaker 3: rolling back and I get the adrenaline and I'm starting
Speaker 3: to really take a minute breathe, go for a little
Speaker 3: walk around the shop.
Speaker 2: Make sure you really need the piece. Try it on,
Speaker 2: see if it's working, see if it really looks good.
Speaker 2: Don't get so caught up in the thrill. In the
Speaker 2: thrill of it, and I make that mistake too.
Speaker 1: Sometimes I do too, because it's a one off. So
Speaker 1: you're not you've seen sixteen of the same thing, and
Speaker 1: you can go and think about it and come back
Speaker 1: next week. Because it's a one off, it's hard not
Speaker 1: to get that impulse and it is exciting, so you think, definitely,
Speaker 1: always try everything on, because that's the part I can't
Speaker 1: be bothered with.
Speaker 2: I think, yes, try it on.
Speaker 4: I know sometimes at pre love stores like Savers or
Speaker 4: Goodbyes or you might feel intimidated to try things on
Speaker 4: because they're hectic. Some of these pre love experiences. It's
Speaker 4: like a nightclub. But stop breathe, find that space. Put
Speaker 4: on those Levi jeans, make sure sure they fit. I
Speaker 4: know we spoke about bedding, the garment, making sure it's
Speaker 4: good quality, whatever, but sometimes you'll find a pair of
Speaker 4: jeans that may be missing a butt in or maybe
Speaker 4: a little bit stained. Don't get too put off because
Speaker 4: how many garments, Julia, we mound and we've washed or
Speaker 4: taken to moms or my non news and they're fixed
Speaker 4: and they're amazing. So yeah, just be a bit flexible.
Speaker 4: But take your time.
Speaker 1: That is such a good point. Yeah, if you love
Speaker 1: it enough and you think it's fixable, just really assess it.
Speaker 1: What about taking a friend because producer Grace, who's sitting
Speaker 1: in the booth there. I took her on her first
Speaker 1: thrifting experience and she was very overwhelmed. But I love
Speaker 1: seeing that she still wears the stuff we got a
Speaker 1: year later. So do you take a friend who is
Speaker 1: good at the secondhand stuff?
Speaker 3: I mean, listen, I don't like shopping with friends, to
Speaker 3: be honest, that's me having said that.
Speaker 2: I still call my mum and I'm forty two. Miss
Speaker 2: the fact I'm shocking like that.
Speaker 4: I think, yes, but it can be a bit competitive.
Speaker 4: Like honestly, sometimes when I go throughfty with a friend,
Speaker 4: I might move out of mine. I can see that
Speaker 4: piece and I want it. So I mean each to
Speaker 4: their own. But yes, if you feel like you're not
Speaker 4: confident in that space, definitely take a friend or you
Speaker 4: know a sister who I would bring and get bad advice.
Speaker 2: But no, there's only one item.
Speaker 4: So if it's your day, it's your day, and you've
Speaker 4: got to get to that rap the fastest.
Speaker 1: That is such a good unique point. It's not like
Speaker 1: strolling Westfields, where if you both really love it and
Speaker 1: decide to wear it at separate times, you could both
Speaker 1: get it. I've never thought of that, maybe I won't
Speaker 1: take anyone ever again. Now back to love bit longer.
Speaker 1: How do you source your items? You said you had
Speaker 1: some clients from past lives, but four years on, where
Speaker 1: do your clients come from and where you know, how
Speaker 1: do they bring their clothes to you? And what's the
Speaker 1: kind of you know, the general vibe.
Speaker 4: Well, Julia has amazing clients that she acquired in scam
Speaker 4: the theater in South Era.
Speaker 2: It's really fun.
Speaker 4: We have people drive with groups full of brand new
Speaker 4: clothes with tags.
Speaker 2: They come across the yarra. It's so fun. That's the favorite.
Speaker 4: Do you think that's the best part of our job
Speaker 4: when livery arrives.
Speaker 3: I think the best part is when they invite you
Speaker 3: to their home and you get to go to their
Speaker 3: wardrobes and you stand there and they're like what about this?
Speaker 2: You're yes, no, yes, not. That is fun.
Speaker 1: Wow. And so it's just people that love fashion but
Speaker 1: also don't want to hold onto things they're not going
Speaker 1: to wear or would rather than be loved by someone else.
Speaker 2: Correct hundred really then yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 3: And we also have people that contact us via a
Speaker 3: DM and just say listen, I've got these clothes. They
Speaker 3: send photos, we send them out consignment Guide and it
Speaker 3: goes from there. It's not just clients that we know,
Speaker 3: it's the majority, but we're always open to people with
Speaker 3: beautiful clothing that they want to sell.
Speaker 1: I love that, and I love that you have a website.
Speaker 1: There's nothing worse than when you follow an account or
Speaker 1: something and it's only in a specific location in another state.
Speaker 1: So thank you for also having it online store.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: One thing I do hear from people that want to
Speaker 1: do pre loved or not sure quite how to get
Speaker 1: into it, more of those unique pieces, not so much classics,
Speaker 1: but then they feel like they then have to go
Speaker 1: buy a whole outfit to go around it, which kind
Speaker 1: of defeats the purpose. So say we've found a beautiful, unique,
Speaker 1: you loved item, what do we do when we get
Speaker 1: at home? How do we make it work with our
Speaker 1: current wardrobe?
Speaker 3: I mean, a great accessory always looks good with a
Speaker 3: pair of jeans, a white tshir and blazer. I mean,
Speaker 3: I don't think you need to buy a whole new outfit.
Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure you'd have it in your wardrobe. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I agree. I think Julia is correct, Like often you
Speaker 2: can buy.
Speaker 4: That one item that is just missing from a fabulous
Speaker 4: outfit which you already have. Yes, so don't be disheartened
Speaker 4: if you know, you buy a sparkly top and it's
Speaker 4: fabulous and you think, oh no, I don't have the
Speaker 4: match in pand like, go home, take your time, look
Speaker 4: through your wardrobe and I get you have it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's probably if it's so unique and fabulous,
Speaker 1: You're right. It will look great paired back with basics.
Speaker 1: It doesn't need anything new, and that's going to buy
Speaker 1: for its attention.
Speaker 3: We also offer styling sessions that love it longer, so
Speaker 3: if you know, if anyone wants to come in and
Speaker 3: ask us for advice, we give that. And we love
Speaker 3: that part of the job too.
Speaker 1: That's so handy. I try when I'm thrifting to think
Speaker 1: how many ways can I wear this? But you're right,
Speaker 1: that whole excitement of the one item and maybe the
Speaker 1: price tags sometimes takes over and you're like, oh, work
Speaker 1: it up later, So maybe way up the cost. And
Speaker 1: if it's a pricey second love item, then make sure
Speaker 1: you think about how many times you can wear it
Speaker 1: or what you can wear it with.
Speaker 2: Correct. Yeah, agree anything.
Speaker 1: Not to buy? I mean, I know love It Longer
Speaker 1: doesn't sell underwear, for example, secondhand, but like what's the
Speaker 1: best stuff to buy secondhand and the stuff that's not
Speaker 1: as reliable, Like I think shoes and bags are great
Speaker 1: secondhand because they're kind of more durable. What are your
Speaker 1: thoughts or what do you see sell and come through
Speaker 1: the store the most.
Speaker 2: You know, what's underrated with pre Loved is gene I
Speaker 2: find by denim that's worn because they've done the hard
Speaker 2: work for you and they're comfortable. People look over denim
Speaker 2: a lot.
Speaker 4: In pre Loved, we get a goldie, we get beautiful,
Speaker 4: beautiful brands, and I think if you can find a
Speaker 4: great denim gene that's been lived in, you should really
Speaker 4: get it because they always look great.
Speaker 3: So I've bought a pair of fantastic levis from Love
Speaker 3: It Longer, and I'm obsessed with them because the lady
Speaker 3: had really warn them in for me.
Speaker 2: You know what's not easy to sell high heel.
Speaker 3: Over everything changed and it's really hard to sell high heels.
Speaker 2: We don't wear the march as. We don't.
Speaker 1: I was going to say the one joy of Lockdown
Speaker 1: is that I feel like we all fell in love
Speaker 1: with flats and then designs and styles became more chic
Speaker 1: and varied in flats. But yeah, you're right, if you've
Speaker 1: got a fabulous pair of heels. It's only if I'm
Speaker 1: going to a black tie ball really that i'd wear
Speaker 1: a high heel.
Speaker 2: And you know what else, small sizes, yes, don't sell well.
Speaker 2: They don't want.
Speaker 3: Bigger because even if you are small, you like oversized generally.
Speaker 2: So yeah, no one's buying.
Speaker 4: Four sixes, even eights, like our most popular sizes.
Speaker 1: Fourteen, which is fantastic to hear because so often, you know,
Speaker 1: we did a thrifting episode a little while ago and
Speaker 1: so many people said, oh, but you know, I'm not
Speaker 1: straight sized, and I think it's again maybe a misconception
Speaker 1: or that you do have to go digging with secondhand,
Speaker 1: But there is other sizes out there. It's just that
Speaker 1: you can't go out that day going I want to
Speaker 1: find cropped red pants in my size. That's not how
Speaker 1: second hand works. But there is definitely a very diverse
Speaker 1: size range, and it's good to hear that it's selling.
Speaker 3: It sells out actually, and because our clients are women
Speaker 3: in their forties fifties, week amazing product in wonderful sizes
Speaker 3: When I say wonderful, I mean ten, twelve, fourteen, that's
Speaker 3: what sells.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 1: Anything else you want listeners to know before we get
Speaker 1: into boogie budget about circular fashion, any suggestions and where
Speaker 1: you think this industry is going.
Speaker 2: Were you just recently we went to Japan.
Speaker 4: We went it was just myself, my sister, mom and dad,
Speaker 4: left the kids' husbands at home whatever. Anyway, it was
Speaker 4: just an eye opening experience because pre Loved is so
Speaker 4: big in Japan.
Speaker 1: Have you been, Lee, I've been to Japan, but not
Speaker 1: to go pre Love shopping. But Grace got back a
Speaker 1: little while ago, and while I was away, she said,
Speaker 1: Lee Campbell, she sent me all these photos. She's like,
Speaker 1: this whole row of stores is just for trench coats.
Speaker 1: And I was like, Grace put me on FaceTime, so
Speaker 1: I definitely want to. But yeah, it's so huge there.
Speaker 4: Oh it's massive. And that was really eye opening for
Speaker 4: us because it is not going anywhere, like we are
Speaker 4: on the edge and it is going to do. Every
Speaker 4: third shop in Shibuya is pre Love with security guards.
Speaker 4: It's an experience like this is the way the world
Speaker 4: is moving, and we're really excited that we're in it,
Speaker 4: and that we can be part of the journey because
Speaker 4: I just think it's going to get bigger and bigger.
Speaker 1: I agree, And it's just there's so many benefits, you know,
Speaker 1: for the environment, for owning good quality pieces at a
Speaker 1: more affordable price, you know, not feeling guilty if you
Speaker 1: did buy something fancy and you're now passing it on.
Speaker 1: There's so many wins. I think another great way for
Speaker 1: someone to get into secondhand shopping the circular economy could
Speaker 1: be the little bits and pieces or the accessories, because
Speaker 1: it's not as scary as going to try on a
Speaker 1: whole dress or you're not looking for a whole dress,
Speaker 1: and it can really help elevate what we would call
Speaker 1: a boring outfit or your classics at home. You wore
Speaker 1: Drobe Staples you ten percent, So how can we elevate
Speaker 1: a simple outfit with pre loved.
Speaker 4: So I've kind of moved away from design and designer handbags.
Speaker 4: I don't know how everyone's going to feel about me
Speaker 4: saying this, but I was inspired in Japan. It's all
Speaker 4: about like a fluffy bag or something really unique, and
Speaker 4: we've kind of carried that on it love it longer.
Speaker 4: So we've actually got a really amazing accessories that are unusual.
Speaker 4: So I think to elevate a boring outfit, as you say,
Speaker 4: I always say a handbag, And like I mentioned, it
Speaker 4: doesn't need to be Chanel, Bitchi Prada. You can come
Speaker 4: in at a mid price point and buy something really
Speaker 4: original and a fluffy bag.
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. We also have Ana Rossy jewelry at Love
Speaker 2: It Longer. She's a friend of mine.
Speaker 3: She actually we work together at scamm feet or and
Speaker 3: she gives us her pieces and that just elevates any outfit.
Speaker 3: Great earrings, beautiful necklace. And also we have great shoes.
Speaker 3: We have great, unique shoes that always elevates an outfit.
Speaker 3: I think if you've got a good blow wave, a
Speaker 3: red lipstick, a nice and.
Speaker 1: Back to the red.
Speaker 2: Lasses, I think you look good. Yeah.
Speaker 1: It's so true about the shoe as well, though, because
Speaker 1: often I'm quite classic. I'm a Dni'm a white shirt
Speaker 1: as I am today, and then I'll do the wrong
Speaker 1: shoe theory, or I'll just do an interesting shoe. And
Speaker 1: my most interesting shoes have all been secondhand because otherwise
Speaker 1: they're very same same in the stores, which is good
Speaker 1: for function sometimes, but you get a really cool pair
Speaker 1: of secondhand shoes and everyone asks about them. They're a
Speaker 1: bit quirky and it makes the whole outfit look like
Speaker 1: you thought about it more than you did.
Speaker 2: It's very expensive, Damney, how would you.
Speaker 1: Let's do bougie and budget so they can be new things.
Speaker 1: I'm going to bring two new things, but that I
Speaker 1: would love to be able to find secondhand. So do
Speaker 1: you want to start with your bougie or your budget?
Speaker 2: I'll do bougie. Well.
Speaker 3: I bought it at Love a booker and it is
Speaker 3: a Chanelle gold belt that's a playing belt and I'm
Speaker 3: obsessed with it. And I wear my husband's oversized Colos
Speaker 3: T shirt, which is my budget my Leviy's which I
Speaker 3: purchased it love for longer with the gold chain Chanel belt,
Speaker 3: and I am a vibe.
Speaker 1: I love that. I love it. It's so true and
Speaker 1: that goes back to how to elevate a boring outfit.
Speaker 1: It's a belt with otherwise classic outfit.
Speaker 2: And sometimes you can actually wear the belt as a necklace.
Speaker 1: And you combind your bougie and budget in one there.
Speaker 1: So that was very close. No, that's good. Only one outfit?
Speaker 1: What else?
Speaker 4: Okay, so bougie again. I was lucky to get from
Speaker 4: love it longer. But I purchased the Chanelle slingbacks about
Speaker 4: a year ago. It took me like a year to
Speaker 4: style them because I thought they were too feminine for me,
Speaker 4: but they're actually not. So I've been wearing them back
Speaker 4: with just like Levi jeans again, a basic T shirt.
Speaker 2: I go to.
Speaker 4: Udigo, which is budget. That's a good tip. Men's teas.
Speaker 2: I'm wearing the.
Speaker 1: Men's white one right now. I've had this for about
Speaker 1: two years and it comes out of the wash every
Speaker 1: time it looks brand new exactly.
Speaker 4: So I do that look lee a unicotee, a Levi
Speaker 4: dentem jean, and a Chanelle slingback. And I always slick
Speaker 4: my hair when I'm having an off day. I just
Speaker 4: feel like, I don't know, my Chinelle slingbacks inspired me.
Speaker 4: Just slick your hair back into a bun, use that
Speaker 4: slick stick and put a scrunching in and you look,
Speaker 4: I don't know, I'm into it.
Speaker 1: It's very polish, but you didn't have to think much.
Speaker 2: Correct and people think you were put together.
Speaker 1: So true. Well, my bougie finally is from scan On
Speaker 1: the Theodore and it's inspired by I found a Selene
Speaker 1: belt thrifted last year, and I'm just not that I
Speaker 1: would ever spend that much money on a belt full
Speaker 1: price anyway. But now I'm like, well, if I can
Speaker 1: find a Selene belt secondhand, I'd love to find the
Speaker 1: soft triangle belt from scan On Theatre secondhand full price.
Speaker 1: I think it's two hundred, so that's not outrageous. But
Speaker 1: just finding something like that is such a win because,
Speaker 1: like you say, it elevates a boring outfit just with
Speaker 1: a fancy belt and my bud. Yet I have been
Speaker 1: loving when I am doing thrift shopping. I've have found
Speaker 1: a lot of Men's Academy brand shirts or overshirts, and
Speaker 1: they're so good because you know, they're a bit oversized
Speaker 1: on me. They've got one at the moment called the
Speaker 1: Essential overshirt and it comes in a bunch of different colors.
Speaker 1: You can wear it over swimmers, you can button it
Speaker 1: up and tuck it into your Levi's and I just
Speaker 1: love because they're one hundred percent cop or one hundred
Speaker 1: ccent linen, which not a lot of stores are, or
Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe it's just the box your men
Speaker 1: cut again that just looks really effortless, and I've got
Speaker 1: some of those for sort of ten twenty dollars.
Speaker 2: I love that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, thank you so much for joining me. I'm
Speaker 1: going to have to pop down to Melbourn to visit
Speaker 1: the store, but in the meantime I'm going to have
Speaker 1: a hunt around on the website. And thank you for
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