December 9, 2025 • 34 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
You're listening to a Mom with mea podcast?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Whoever said orange is a new pink with seriously.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Disturbed laurels spraying groundbreaking?
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Oh my god, you have.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
To do it.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
You live for fashion.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Hello, and welcome to Nothing to Wear the podcast. It
solves fashion problems.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
And levels up your wardrobe.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I'm Lee Campbell and every week we have a guest
to join us to help us work out what to wear,
how to get rid of the clothes we don't love,
and how to make sure we wear everything we have.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
In our wardrobe as much as we can.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Now. My guest today is a woman called Brittany. She
goes by Britt and O and she is the master
of all trades. She's an actress. She does a TV
show that compares American fast food to Australian fast food.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
She creates a lot of.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Content and she loves fashion, but she doesn't just pop
to her local shops and grab everything that everyone's wearing.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
She has a very unique style.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
So much so that she travels overseas to have close
custom made. She also loves thrifting, so she's gonna give
us her best tips of how to do secondhand shopping
when you're in another country. Honestly, I think she might
be my kindred spirit. So let's jump into it. So Britt, firstly,
welcome to the show. I think what we're talking about
is one of my favorite topics. Well one I don't
(01:26):
know much about, but the other i'm a pro at.
But first I want to get to know you better.
So new guests of the podcast get us the same
two questions. The first one is can you describe your
style in three words?
Speaker 1 (01:38):
I would say maximalist, love it. I would also say.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Eccentric mm hmm, and maybe kind of usually a bit
like grungy sexy.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Yeah cool? Why yep?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
I feel that vibe from stalking you.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yeah, thank you yah on the internet. I'm the opposite
of a clean goal okay shower, but like I'm.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Not, yes, exactly the esthetic I'm boring, but I'm not
clean girl. I'm just like, I'll just chuck on some
accessories because I can't think.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
See, I feel like you look timeless, like you look
so good.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah, but I do want to be timeless, like the
Burbery trench.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
That's too sure, absolutely not no, no, no, Like you look
like fashion but like, oh I just walked in here,
looks like this, but you look great.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Like you you're already my favorite. Yes, Okay, So the
next question. We have a wardrobe full of clothes. Everyone does.
It might be a lot of clothes, it might be
a little bit of clothes. But out of all of that,
we wear about ten percent of those items more than
the others. We just reach for them and they're aliable.
What's in your ten percent that you wear a lot?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
I would have to say, my dog, Martins. What color?
Just black?
Speaker 4 (02:46):
They're the black, the jade ones, or they've got a platform,
they're black with the zip.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah, oh zip, Yeah, they're.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
The higher cut ones, or even just I've got two
pairs the lower cut ones as well, but I would
say the higher cut ones.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Zip's good for us ADHD girls because places like these
jeans have got buttons, and as soon as I put
them on in the morning, I feel I'm great. And
then I go to the toilet and I'm like.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I know. And then if you got nails on or something,
and to get it.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Literally, Doc Martin, I would say my dogs, because I
wear them with so much.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Also, leather jacket, leather jacket for me, like I always have.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
A leather jacket okay even on days like this.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
No, but if I was to wear a jacket with this,
I wouldn't even think about it.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
I would just bring a leather jacket. Yeah, exactly, you've
got it. They're just in cage. Totally look fat with
what you're wearing. So people should go to YouTube and
watch because.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Then they can imagine.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Yeah, okay, so let's get to know you a little
bit more because you're here to talk about having things
made and tailor it overseas and also thrifting overseas, so
you obviously know a bit about that. But besides that,
who are you?
Speaker 1 (03:46):
What do you do? What do you like?
Speaker 4 (03:47):
Well, my name is Brittany, so I create a lot
of content. So I do a lot of like fashion content,
thrifting content, as we discussed, and I also have worked
on food Wars with Inside a Business, which for those
of you who don't.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Know, I like food, That's all I know.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
Well, yeah, basically what it was is I would eat
food on camera and then review it and compare it
to fast FEWD brands and let's say America, so they'd
be like, so America would have their own host, and
then I would be the Stralian representative.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
I saw this when I was.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Again researching you because I'm a journalist. I saw there
was an American one and you were the Aussie one.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
I was like, I know that work.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
So we were like versy wars, like we'd verse each
other and be like, okay, so Australian fries have like
this many grams of chips in it.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Oh my god, I need to go and watch this,
it's so funny. My son's six now. But when I
was pregnant with him, because I just had the craziest cravings,
I started like just reviewing snacks on Instagram. Yeah, I
had the hashtag Snackfluencer, and I would just my immediate
reaction of what I felt theyd tasted like yeah, and
I still get DMC's day going bring it back, And
I'm like.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Anyway, let's get into fashion.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yes, this is very exciting because I'm a huge secondhand
thrift up fan, but not so much. I haven't really
had anything Taylor or custom made overseas, So let's start
with that portion of all we're going to talk about.
So you do this, you get things custom made or
tailor when you're traveling, yes, whereabouts most likely or where
have you had the most success or countries or places.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
Usually wherever I go, I do tend to have quite
a good success rate. I think that's just because I'm
super anal with how I research sure and I give
myself the time. So I've had experiences in Bali, for
an example, I ended up hunting around for a tailor,
which they don't Balley isn't really known for getting custom
tailored outfits.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
I had, I think, like a leather shoes made ten
years ago, and that's the only come or maybe it
was it was something leather, yeah, and that's the only
recollection I have, and I can't even remember if I
liked it.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
I just remember thinking it's so neat, like.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Well, they do a lot of shoes now, but clothes wise,
it's not the same as if you go to Vietnam, right,
But for me, I would say out of the two,
I mean, Barley was great, but obviously Vietnam they just
they just they're known that.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Okay, So did you go to Vietnam knowing this, Like,
did you go there to get that done or were
you going anyway?
Speaker 4 (06:04):
I was going anyway, But once I knew that I
was going, I was like, this is the best opportunity
for me to get items made that I've always wanted
to get made and that I can never find it.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
You're in your head, Yeah, totally.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
So when you're going to Vietnam for the first time,
or to get something tailored there, for example, any place,
how do you find where to go?
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Like, do you is their forums? Do you just wing it?
Speaker 4 (06:27):
Well, this time out in Vietnam, I tried to do research,
but there's so many it's so tricky and there's so
many stores, and you also have to worry about people
making fake reviews.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Like oh my gosh, oh my god. Yeah all the time.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I've been caught with that, not with that, but with
thrifting and even with my honeymoon accommodation.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
Yeah, because they end up even at a few hotels.
Well I was in Vietnam, They're like, if you give
us a five star review, we will like give you it.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
And I was like, that's a really unethical So yeah, yeah, okay.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
I found the best way for me was to just
literally my mum and I were together and we took
a whole day I think it was like nine or
ten hours and we walked around Juyan specifically.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
So that's the good area.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
That's the area that's renowned for getting clothes. I'll touch
back on if I could do it again because that Yeah,
but we walked around for like eight nine hours and
when we went into every single not every single tailor,
because there's like thousands.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Of failers who looked your vibe.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
Yeah, And basically what you also have to do is
you have to see what their rate is as well,
because a lot of the time they know that people
will spend a lot of money or something that probably.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Is isn't that intricate or whatever exactly. So there was
a lot of research, like a day of like, Hi,
I want this, Okay, I'll come back. What's your cause? Like,
what are you looking at?
Speaker 2 (07:39):
I go up?
Speaker 1 (07:40):
What's a turnover? Can I have look at fabrics? And
they're like, yeah, we can do it.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
So there were so many people that would say like, yes,
we can do it, but it's finding a tailor that
can also show you the work that they've.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Done because of course they want their business totally.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Wow. Okay, so you've done the day of research, You've
chosen your one or two.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Firstly, on our way over there, before we go, have
you decided what you want to get made?
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Yes, how what like?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Because it's in your head, but you can't just usb
your head to their head.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
So there's a few things.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
So I when I have ideas of like outfits in mind,
I'm inspired by films or decades or like whether it's
history or music. Like for example, one of my ultimate
all time like icons is share but share when she
was styled and her outfits were designed by Bob Mackie.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Oh cool, oh like all of that.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
I'm like, yeah, So I would type in like share
in the seventies, and then I would get ideas of
like what I want or even a shirt like.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
I And then so you take images of videos to
show them?
Speaker 4 (08:35):
Yeah, I would take images to show them. Yeah, the
Share stuff they couldn't do.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
But okay, but I like it.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
They're like, that's a bit insane. I was like, that's okay.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
But there'd also be ideas in my head of like
outfits that I've maybe seen before or maybe been inspired
by a film. So I would be like, Okay, I
want this type of dress. But with so I would guide.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Them and draw a bit of I'm the worst drawer,
but I'm and I'm probably the worst describer. So it
took us some really lood No.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
This is good to know because I think some people
might be like, well, I can't draw, you know, I'm
not a designer in my head. Yeah, there's something you've
always been looking for. There's ways to convey it.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
One percent, and like you can even show images of
different outfits and then put a neckline but this, yeah, exactly, okay.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
But the thing that I learned the most is that
you have to be really specific, yeah, because if you're not,
you won't get what you want.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Yeah, because people aren't mind readers. I mean, it happens
when you get your hair done sometimes or whatever. You
just go oh, I didn't explain that enough. I just
thought they got.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
It one hundred percent. And that's what I found.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
I was like, there was a few times where I
was like, no, I want the back lower, and some
people are quite conservative, and I'm like, they think this
is low back.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
And like, yeah, you don't understand because colds are different
and you know, yeah, exactly, and they're probably doing what
they think. And also I guess you can always go lower,
but it's hard to put fabric back on exactly. So
that's again I guess the next step of the process.
So you found your place, you've described it, showed them images,
whatever you've said, Yep, good to go. You always pick
from their fabric. Can people take their own?
Speaker 4 (09:57):
You can definitely take your own. I didn't. I did
when I was in Bali. That's what you had to
do when you went to the tailor's over there. I
would have to go to one of the fabric stores, okay,
and then I had to go and pick what I
wanted and then I bring it back to the tailor.
But in Vietnam it's slightly different because.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
They they already have their.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Own much fabric.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
So unless it's something super specific like a Lime, I
don't know what.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Totally, yeah, totally.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
I think if I did go back, I would probably
bring some of my own fabric moving forward.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
To just show, like to show the example, or to
actually have it made.
Speaker 4 (10:33):
Probably to have it made as well, because I found,
for an example, there was a dress that I had
made and it's stunning, like it's a green dress, high neckline,
low back.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
I felt green with you. That's why I said green.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
Yeah, Green's my favorite color and real green specifically. But
basically what happened was I wanted. I wanted it that
made in silk, and I know places in Vietnam, Hanoi,
her Noise renowned for silk. So I thought, oh, well
that will be fine because when I go to joy Yan,
that's the place known for getting clothes made, but they
didn't actually have silk, and every time I say silk,
they would give me saturn.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
I was like sweaty damn.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
So okay, I think moving forward, next time, if I
want something specific like a silk, I'll bring.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Yeah, specific fiber as well. Okay, that's good to know. Yeah, okay,
so you've said, great, I want this. Let's just use
the green dress example. This is what I want. Blah
blah blah blah blah. What's the turnaround? Do you go
back for fittings? Like? I think you've also got to
be respectful of their culture and you can't be the
second last day of your holiday and go hi, can
you make me three piece suits?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Totally?
Speaker 3 (11:29):
How does that work?
Speaker 4 (11:30):
I always recommend giving yourself like as much time as
you possibly can.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
I did this on the first day I was there.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
I was in Juyan for five days, but I once
I finally found the tailors that I wanted to work
with and wanted to get my clothes made from Basically
they're really really quick.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Some of my shirts that I got made were done
within three four hours. Wow. Yeah, the screen dress that I.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Was things, if you had made.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
I love them. You're the right person to talk to.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
Yeah, I had a lot made, so the shirts were
made really really quickly. But I also had enough time
like a few days, yeah, remaining, but.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
And what they say, look with this item or has
it ever come back tomorrow?
Speaker 3 (12:10):
It will perfect? And then know.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Exactly that usually that I didn't even say come back tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
The only place the tailor that told me to come
back in two days was when I got this leather
jacket made.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
I was at three killers. I was like, absolutely, take
your time.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Yeah, but just took like nine months to make. And
I hated it because I've got the day before.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
I've heard so many horror That's why.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
I'm anti Tayloring.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Yeah, I was like, oh, thanks, it's beautiful, and then
I cried the whole time.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
And there's a wedding dress something have you ever or
would you?
Speaker 2 (12:42):
I mean, I guess for me, who's not as adventurous
as you, I might take is something that's a cut
that I like and have it kind of duplicated or
made a slightly different.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Do you think that's common.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Because like you're just flying by the seat of your
pants with this green thing in your head.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
So I did bring a few outfits that I wanted
to get recreated, But what ended up happening was I
did end up going ahead with that because they quoted me.
There's this little set that I got last year or something,
and it's little micro mini shorts with a matching little
corset top and they've got little flowers on it, and
I wanted to get that remade in a different a
(13:19):
different pattern, and they wanted to charge me one hundred
US dollars for that set, which I didn't even like
that that's not worth that.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
There's no fabric that into context.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Like when you say a shirt, is that like just
an oversized business shirt type? Oh?
Speaker 1 (13:33):
No, it was like a core set.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Yeah, But how like how much is a shirt to
get made? Like I don't understand, I don't know. Yeah,
price wise, So this is the thing.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
So price wise when it comes to shirts, it depends
on who you go to. Okay, okay, I got a
shirt made. It was just a white white shirt button
up kind of just below my hips.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
Why don't you just get that at cotton on. I
don't get it.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
I struggle finding the actual fit that I like. I know,
you know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (14:01):
Yeah, and if you love it.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
I mean I buy things and take them to a tailor,
like my girlfriend's a dressmaker, so I guess it's same
thing totally. And then I wear those items way more
because I've put in the effort and had them fit
me perfectly exactly.
Speaker 4 (14:13):
Well, that cost me thirty dollars, which it's and it's
cotton and it's really great fabric, So that for me
was worth it because, like I said, ruggle finding white
basic shirts.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
And you've got so many at home that you don't wear.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
Oh so yeah keep And I'm like, uh so you're
looking at for a shirt. Thirty dollars is what I
paid Australian, but some places could also charge you.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Yeah, and that's why you've got to shop around exactly
And maybe that's you know, the craftmanship or something is
worth it, but you want to be respectful and not
haggled too much. But also you want to make sure,
like I said, like you can't you're paying two hundred
dollars for something you could have gotten cotton.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
On totally exactly one hundred percent. And also there's a
few things you do need to be wary of as well.
You need to be specific with the finishes too.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
Yes, sometimes it can be rushed because I am exactly
the hem that you would like, because otherwise they'll just
do it the way that they want, which is so fine.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
But and even you know, if it is it like
how much fabric theyre leave in case it needs to
be let down and all that s exactly okay, so
more specific than ever, like you can't give too many details. Yeah,
oh yeah, what about buttons? Have you got anything with buttons?
Would you take a button? Do they have buttons?
Speaker 1 (15:18):
They've got buttons? Okay, they they've got buttons.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Oh my god, him going over this whole new wardrobe.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
We're going to love it. You're going to love it.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
But yeah, but they do everything like buttons shoes, like
buttons on shirts, like I got a shirt made which
actually have it here, it's in my bag.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Show until later, yeah, until later.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
But basically I was inspired by you know, Tom Ford
for Gucci, like two thousands of course.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
You know that blue shirt that Madonna wore to the VMA.
I got that. Go and get it.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
You can go get it now everyone on YouTube you
have to tune in.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
But I feel like this is such a show and tell.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Okay, okay, so wow, I was suppose it's to wear
it today, but that was too hot.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
It's too hot.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
But see the color it's satin and that's what I
wanted silk for.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
But you're already there and you're like, just fine, I'll
do it.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Yeah, so this is wow. I can button it up
for you.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
You know, it's paneling at the back. There's proper detail.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Oh yeah, there's a little bit of fraying.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Because there are a button like oh that I see.
But they're not contrast buttons or anything.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
No, they just the buttons. But they matched it perfectly. Yeah,
the buttons kind of blend.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
But this is fraying now, so you know what I mean, Like, yeah,
there are a little bit of differences, but I need.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
To do well.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
That happens with like my buttons always fall off.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Yeah yeah all the time. So I love this.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
Okay, oh my god, this is so inspiring.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
I don't have to be a designer or you know,
like Bill Gates to get something custom made.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
No, like anyone can just find something that you like.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Okay, I could talk to you about that topic only forever,
but I think you know that's quite niche. It might
have inspired some listeners. But let's talk about thrifting overseas. Yeah,
because this is a passion of mine. Thrifting anywhere. Yeah,
any suburb I go to, even if I've never been there.
My mum's you know, unwell out west at the moment,
and I just every time I go, she moves hospitals.
I'm like, great, and then I just put in like
(17:02):
thrift stores in however many radius, so yeah, they're everywhere.
So thrifting overs it can be daunting, I think. I mean,
I think a lot of people also. It depends on
how much they travel or how much they've been to
that place. But I think people will go, I will
go to the sites and do all the things, whereas
I don't think you often land in a different city
and go I'm going to go, like.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Touch people's old T shirts.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Yeah, yeah, you know.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
So how do you find where to go and where?
If you had the most luck overseas shifting.
Speaker 4 (17:30):
Oh, okay, that's a really good question. First of all,
how do I find where to go? Google always helps me.
Normally I'll just type in like best thrift stores near me?
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Do you research before?
Speaker 1 (17:40):
No?
Speaker 2 (17:41):
I do.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
I've just got to edit.
Speaker 4 (17:42):
It is really bad sometimes, like I'll just go in
and be like, Okay, now I really want to know where.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
All the best yes places are? Yeah, and then you
read the review and I'll.
Speaker 4 (17:49):
Read the reviews or even just an area designated area,
and then I just walk.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
I love walking when I'm on holidays.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
But often times there is like you know, I think
of like sort of new town here, Like there's often
a cluster. Places can be spread out, but if you
start with a cluster and then get.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
A vibe totally, And that's exactly what I do.
Speaker 4 (18:07):
Like I find a spot, find a cluster, and then
I'll just walk around and explore every single stop.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
And what countries are we in? Where do we do this?
I had a lot of luck La obviously for me.
I love whenever I'm in La.
Speaker 4 (18:17):
I love even I would just got back a month
ago and I went to Goodwill, Like every single good Will.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
I could go to.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
The charity shops are the bear I.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
Got these theory pants which are like tailored, they almost
like a capri pant for six dollars.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Oh see.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
And that's I think also why people should research where
they're going. I don't think I've done much shifting in
la But the charity shops are so different in each country.
Like in the UK they're phenomenal. In Paris they don't
really exist. There's a two or three tiny, tiny stores
and there's only a few of them. There's a lot
of thrifting and vintage and more anti like but like
you know, even just secondhand. But the charity shops, like
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what we would call a Vinnie's, you know, don't really
exist in Paris. But in London there's a whole different
bunch of brands, like chains that have different charities and
they're good. So research the country or area.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
And what I was at a really good experience.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
In Manchester they had some really good vintage and thrifting stores.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
I find that their.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
Style in general, it's very good.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
They've got the really cool stuff, very fun pieces. So
you everywhere you go, you will I will find something.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
Would you thrift in Bali or they know, I don't
feel like Barali, Well, I don't know, I've never tried.
Speaker 4 (19:29):
I never thrifted in Bali, but I did thrift in Vietnam. Okay,
but I thrifted in Ho Chi Minh City, which was awesome.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Japan is also phenomenal.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
I've heard Japan is did you find some really good time?
Speaker 3 (19:41):
I haven't done this.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
I went pre thrift ly, but now everywhere I go,
like all I do.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
Well, it's just I find it's so much more rewarding
when you find a really interesting piece of clothing that
is unique.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
And saving it from landfill. But not everyone's like us.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
I think it can be very daunting, particularly if you're
in a city for a short period of time, because
you can spend days going through like awful, awful, bald
knitted amazing.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
Yes, you know a lot do that.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
So yeah, it's not a common travel thing, I think,
but it's picking up, oh definitely. So what are we
looking for?
Speaker 2 (20:17):
You know? Once you found the store, is there things
that you look for? Is it brands? Is it the
fabric like natural fibers or leathers. Do you head straight
to shoes or bags or do you just follow your vibes?
Speaker 1 (20:27):
I So it really just depends on the day. I
do follow my vibes.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
A lot of the time, I find if I go
in to a thrift stare with an outfit in mind,
it's never gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
No, I like to go in.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
I'll hit let's say the pants section, whatever sections to
my left, and I'll just go from there, and then
I'll go through one item at a time. And usually
I'll always stop at really interesting fabrics. So whether it's
a leather usually always catches my eye. I managed to
get a lot of like leather pants and jackets.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
So and because it you know, it is secondhand and vintage,
it usually wears pretty well, like you know, it's not
a polyester knit that's balled up after. You know, leather
is a good thing to find and then check out
and see the condition exactly.
Speaker 4 (21:09):
And I also think for me like anything with a
really nice or interesting pattern or fabrics. And then when
I when I find something that I flick through, I'm like, oh,
this is stunning. I always look at the label and
I make sure that it's you know, like their theory
pants or yeah, or I found these vintage like BB
yeah cool, and then they say's like made in the USA.
That was a good bill and I was like, excellent
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putting that in. So I want something that's I mean,
it's so now, especially you go thrifting and you can
see so much sheene.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
There's a lot of sheene and tamo, Yeah, which I think,
you know, that's not what I'm there for. However, if
someone does buy it and saves it from landfill for
another six months, I'm like, fine, but it doesn't make
thrifting as exciting as what we're looking for. Yeah, so
I'm in two minds about that, because you do have
to go through a lot of someone bought that two
weeks ago and just don't want it, doesn't want it,
but maybe someone might wear it.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
But yeah, so you're looking.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
For obviously quality and fabric, but then condition, like do
you check zips?
Speaker 1 (22:02):
Obviously conditions important, and so I do check it.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
I guess I do a little quality control, but normally, yeah,
I will just if I can fix it, if there's
a slice, if there's something slightly wrong with it, can
fix it.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
That's not an issue for me too.
Speaker 4 (22:16):
And I think when I do go thrifting, I do
like finding things that are good quality because I'm the
type of person that holds onto things for a very
long time. Like even these pants, I think I've had
these pants like ten years. Like I just I love
to rewear and have something that it's gonna be a
family heirloom.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
So you're less, you know, a trend follower like all
the micro transit happen all the time. You just like
having an eclectic wardrobe that you can mix and match.
And that's why quality thrifting is good because you have
it forever exactly. So we talked about you just kind
of follow your vibes. But generally when you think about
all your thrifting overseas, what's your best luck? Is it pants?
Is it bags? Is it accessories? Is it leather of
all types?
Speaker 1 (22:54):
Yeah? Mine's bags. Yours is bags. Oh that's so lucky.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
I mean they're not always fancy bag, but they're good bags.
Yeah mine is.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
No, I lied, Mine's denim.
Speaker 4 (23:05):
Okay, Okay, So I'm trying to think. So I struggle
with denim. Maybe you just make are able to like
manifest it depends.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
I mean I went to Dallas, Texas, and that's just denim.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
That was phenomenal. But Paris I have a lot of
luck with denim.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
What do you look for when you're looking for denim,
I look for vintage dead stocks.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
So I'll go to like a like seventies that's never
worn vibes because it's your high waist. It's proper denim
that it's not stretchy, you know. Yeah, but it's very
hit and miss. A lot of oversized in them. Jackets,
because I'll go straight to the men's section.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
Yeah, jackets usually I have a lot of success with
random funding, like fun jackets for some reason always managed
to find me.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
And pants they find you, they do, they speak to you.
Speaker 4 (23:44):
They speak to me, like I found this fur bright
green coat that goes down to my ankle overseas, overseas
in Manchester.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
It's not real fur, but it was like vintage from
the seventies.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Now this is my next question because I always struggle
with this as someone who likes to do the services
getting the stuff home.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
Are you overweight? Like is your bag in trouble?
Speaker 1 (24:02):
Do you really want to know what I do?
Speaker 2 (24:04):
No?
Speaker 3 (24:04):
Well, yes I do. Maybe we won't air it.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
I will wear if my if my luggage is overweight,
I will wear it on the way one hundred things.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Yeah, yeah, like that's not as bad as me. I
use what's called those warmis like the backpack. I take
the backpack with the travel vacuum so everything can be
backed down and in my suitcase going over, I've got
a like collapsible suitcase that goes in the bottom. So
then if I've got two bags coming home because I
have stopped, I've bought so many suitcases coming home. This
sounds very wasteful. But then I do wear them, or
(24:35):
I do. I've got like a little selling, vintage, selling
thing that.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
I don't walk into the like the apple looking like
the Michelin Man.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
No, well I did once with one coat that I've
bought in London, but then we went to Spain and
it weighed like twelve kilos. It was wool, and then
I thought I was going to die. Yeah, and they
were like, this woman is wearing.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
Are you anything other?
Speaker 2 (24:54):
No, I'm fine, yeah, exactly, I'm just stripping here. But that,
again is quite extreme. Not a lot of people would
do that. But shopping overseas is fun. But you've got
to think. You know, you've got a case, probably quite full,
and you've got to fit it in.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
So I really got to love it.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
You do have to love it.
Speaker 4 (25:09):
And I also think normally for me, if I know
that I'm going somewhere because I want to also shop.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Yes, I will factor that in.
Speaker 4 (25:16):
Yeah, I'll factor that in, so I will make sure
that there's space in my animal packing animal packing exactly.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
And I do like, does you want to wear the
new things straight away?
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Anyway?
Speaker 4 (25:25):
And I think that's probably why I prefer traveling when
it's summer overseas, simply because if it's winter, then I'm
going to be having to pack a lot of clothes.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
To keep me warm.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
And then you're going in and out of stores and
you're taking a few jacket and then you're buying things
and it's heavy.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
But it's a lot less busy.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
Yeah. Well, like when you go to Paris in winter
and three if it's phenomenal, and I.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Be like, yeah, no one's there, No one's there, and
you can dress up really cute.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Well I don't.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
I just like no, because my tip is I research
all the markets, like and then I go out out
out of the very outskirts okay seven in the morning
when your fingers freeze off. Yeah, and then I just
wear lots and lots of trenches and gloves and no
makeup and I pretend I'm French because if they find
out that you're not, the price is different. Yeah, every time,
but I obviously want to be respectful. I think it's different,
(26:11):
you know. Yeah, But I don't look cheap when I'm
thrifting because also sometimes if I do want to try on,
I'll just have leggings and like a uniclo heat teck
and I just take all my clothes off in the street.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Yeah it's fair.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
Sometimes you can't try, especially.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
With the markets. Yeah, like you just have to be
really practical.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Okay, So do you when you're s thrifting overseas, because
time is of the essence, do you do a recon
and come back or do you just vibe it, love it.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Buy it.
Speaker 4 (26:34):
I've made mistakes in the past where I have been like, oh,
I'll think about it and come back and it's never there,
or I never go back.
Speaker 3 (26:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
So one thing that I've learned over time is just
buy it.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
Yeah, if you're really really in love with that, definitely,
if you think you can't forget, you know, you're not
going to forget about it. But I've also made the
mistakes in places where there's lots of thrift stores. I
go into Monitor and I go, oh my god, I love it,
and I buy a few things, and then you go
down the road and you're what I bought wasn't great.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
You thought it was good exactly. I think you're always
in true minds.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
But for me, if it's this visceral feeling, right, I
need this, it's love, Okay, then I'll get.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
It all right.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Honestly, I could talk to you about this all day,
but I just want to ask you a few general
questions before we get into boogie and budget. Yeah, you
do have such fun, unique style, which I just love
because people could just see me a mile away from
my outfits jeans and a T shirt. What advice would
you give the listeners who want to dress a bit
louder or maximalist or just have fun.
Speaker 4 (27:28):
My piece of advice would be, go off how you feel.
I think the more authentic you are to you and
your personality, that would be the best way to lean
into dressing more maximals or just do you know? Sometimes
in my head I'm always like life is so we're
here for such like a minimal amount of time. If
you want to be the star of the show of
(27:49):
your own little world today, embrace it because you're never
going to get this moment back. And for me, I
find I love to creatively express myself through my clothes,
and every day I'm wearing something different, Like I wouldn't.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Say, do you ever?
Speaker 2 (28:01):
I mean, I'm guessing form mer personality, think oh my god,
everyone's gonna look at me, but you don't care.
Speaker 1 (28:05):
It's fun, like not that everyone's looking at me. I
don't really care about that it makes you happy.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
Yeah, I think that's what holds a lot of people
back exactly.
Speaker 4 (28:13):
And I get that as well, But I think you
don't have to go be outrageous. But if there's something
that you genuinely love, why not lean into it? Like
people aren't really looking at you as much as you
think that they.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
Are, so true, they're more worried about themselves.
Speaker 1 (28:27):
Feace.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
If you've got something quite adventurous that you want to wear,
we've got time to just play dress ups. Then wear
it around the house for a bit and see if
you were like, no, I'm vibe in this, or if
you're like, oh, I just.
Speaker 1 (28:35):
Don't like me.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
Because if you put on the wrong outfit right before
we run out the door, I will run back in
and be late. Yeah, but I think that's where people
just fall into the safe zone because they're too you know,
it's too out there, too quick.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
Totally.
Speaker 4 (28:48):
I actually have another piece of advice that I would
probably give if you're not feeling confident in worrying something,
but you do want to experiment and be a maximalist
or just you know, dress different to what you normally do.
I think having an alter ego is super important as well.
I feel like that really helps you.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
Cary Feerce and Beyonce, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Oh a million percent, Like so many people do it,
you know, David bi for an example.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Kelly, my co host, or my other you Beauty, She's
got one too, that's her one that would when she
used to, you know, have a few babies at night
and do online shopping and then the parcels would arrive
and she'd be like, oh god.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
I'd she buy Oh that wasn't oh gosh, and they
were like very outrageous clothes and great.
Speaker 4 (29:24):
Well, that's the thing I think that really helps you
as well. Step away from being the idea of who
you think you are. So if you identify as being
somebody that's a little bit shy, a little bit reserved,
but there's a little devil on your shoulder that says,
let me be a bit crazy. Maybe name them and
embrace that side of you, and then you won't feel
as judged because that's not your.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
Back to travel, which this is all about. Do it
there because you're anonymous. I mean, you might be with
your friends or your family, but or you know, I
love traveling alone, or if you are with your husband
or your family, just say, hey, I'm just going to
go out one night on my own walking, you know,
walking the streets, and I want to have a dinner totally,
and then that's the best place because you were literally
no one and you know you can be whoever you want.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
I love that you said that.
Speaker 3 (30:04):
Because I do it all the time.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Genuinely.
Speaker 4 (30:06):
I I feel like, and I don't know if you
can relate, but every time I'm overseas, like if I'm
in La or if I'm wherever it may be, I
feel like I just step into the real version of
myself because I find I grew up in Sydney, but
I find that people that you're around, family or friends
that have known you for such a long time impose.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
An idea of who they think that you are that
you end up.
Speaker 2 (30:27):
Will you just call back into that character because I'm
a different character with my family and my friends and
that's kind of your role.
Speaker 3 (30:32):
But I've seen it's like I could be.
Speaker 4 (30:34):
Right exactly, and it allows you to experiment with being
other versions of yourself because I think there's so many
different versions to one human being.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
I agree, it is so fun. Yeah, it's go overseas,
get things made or thrift and then just wear them
while you're there, exactly, and have no ald.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
It's very expensive. How wont you are these all right quickly?
Speaker 2 (31:06):
Bougie and budget? I mean, we can't recommend things that
the listeners can buy because of the topic. But do
you have two things that you've had made that you'd
like stand out for you as your face?
Speaker 4 (31:16):
Yes, that would be my green dress that is like
a whole to net week.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
And hello, there's a photo for Instagram. I will because
I need to see this. I will definitely send and
that your bougie because it.
Speaker 3 (31:27):
Sounds like it was quite That would be bougie. Okay, Yeah,
that would be the bougie.
Speaker 4 (31:31):
One and the budget one probably that top, which I'll
send you a photo that.
Speaker 3 (31:36):
The green shirt.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
Yeah, that shirt? So how much?
Speaker 3 (31:39):
So that's the shirt silk?
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Yeah teal?
Speaker 3 (31:42):
Would you call that tal?
Speaker 1 (31:43):
I don't know, I can navy. It was thirty dollars.
That is not budgety, is it not? Yeah, that's budget. Yeah,
that's all. Yeah, I don't know, but I think that's budget.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Yeah, that's phenomenal. I mean you also had to paint
air tickets and but you got a holiday.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
Yeah yeah, sorry, so I guess it's actually so there
you are too. Stand out My two standouts from things
that I had.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
Tailor okay, tailored okay, or actually wait, okay, give us
another one.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
The leather jacket. Oh is it black?
Speaker 4 (32:08):
It's a black leather jacket, but it's like three heroes
and it's made from incredible leather.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
And we need pictures of all of this.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
I will send you photos of all of them. That
one was amazing.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
Okay, so that would be a boogie compared to the
year thirty dollars, which is amazing.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
Well, I'm going to.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Quickly tell you mine because I haven't had time. But
I am actually wearing two thrifted items today. The Louis
Vuitton men's T shirt from Paris. That's would be my bougie.
I think that was about forty euro.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
That's amazing because there's.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
So much more volume there.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Yeah, did I say that with my Bougieeh, and then
my budget would just be this belt.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
I'll have to stand up in a moment, which is vintage.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
However, it's hard to explain the price because I you know,
rest in peace there, soul. I do a lot of
deceased states thrifting, and so I got a big bundle
of belts.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Oh my god, and this is just one of them.
Oh that's stunning.
Speaker 2 (32:58):
Oh wow, I got you know, there was a man's
belt Chanel Belts Meschino.
Speaker 3 (33:02):
I think I paid four hundred dollars, but I got
like thirty.
Speaker 1 (33:04):
Belts, Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
So and I've you know, have them cleaned and stuff
and ones that I don't want. I've sold, true my
little selling business, and I've kept those. So that sounds extensive,
but this is one hundred percent leather, real hardware. You know,
you go into a chain store these days and pay
ninety dollars for a belt and it's it's no.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
You need to take me to one of your estates
sales whenever you're gow next because.
Speaker 3 (33:27):
You need to take me to get some clothes made.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
Absolutely well, Britt, I could talk to you all day.
I feel like we're kindred spirits. Thank you so much
for joining me on Nothing to Wear. And yes, make
sure you send us some photos so we can show audience.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
That's all we have time for today, So thank you
so much for listening to Nothing to Wear. And don't
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Speaker 2 (00:26):
Hello, and welcome to Nothing to Wear the podcast. It
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Speaker 3 (00:30):
And levels up your wardrobe.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I'm Lee Campbell and every week we have a guest
to join us to help us work out what to wear,
how to get rid of the clothes we don't love,
and how to make sure we wear everything we have.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
In our wardrobe as much as we can.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Now. My guest today is a woman called Brittany. She
goes by Britt and O and she is the master
of all trades. She's an actress. She does a TV
show that compares American fast food to Australian fast food.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
She creates a lot of.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Content and she loves fashion, but she doesn't just pop
to her local shops and grab everything that everyone's wearing.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
She has a very unique style.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
So much so that she travels overseas to have close
custom made. She also loves thrifting, so she's gonna give
us her best tips of how to do secondhand shopping
when you're in another country. Honestly, I think she might
be my kindred spirit. So let's jump into it. So Britt, firstly,
welcome to the show. I think what we're talking about
is one of my favorite topics. Well one I don't
(01:26):
know much about, but the other i'm a pro at.
But first I want to get to know you better.
So new guests of the podcast get us the same
two questions. The first one is can you describe your
style in three words?
Speaker 1 (01:38):
I would say maximalist, love it. I would also say.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Eccentric mm hmm, and maybe kind of usually a bit
like grungy sexy.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Yeah cool? Why yep?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
I feel that vibe from stalking you.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yeah, thank you yah on the internet. I'm the opposite
of a clean goal okay shower, but like I'm.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Not, yes, exactly the esthetic I'm boring, but I'm not
clean girl. I'm just like, I'll just chuck on some
accessories because I can't think.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
See, I feel like you look timeless, like you look
so good.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah, but I do want to be timeless, like the
Burbery trench.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
That's too sure, absolutely not no, no, no, Like you look
like fashion but like, oh I just walked in here,
looks like this, but you look great.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Like you you're already my favorite. Yes, Okay, So the
next question. We have a wardrobe full of clothes. Everyone does.
It might be a lot of clothes, it might be
a little bit of clothes. But out of all of that,
we wear about ten percent of those items more than
the others. We just reach for them and they're aliable.
What's in your ten percent that you wear a lot?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
I would have to say, my dog, Martins. What color?
Just black?
Speaker 4 (02:46):
They're the black, the jade ones, or they've got a platform,
they're black with the zip.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah, oh zip, Yeah, they're.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
The higher cut ones, or even just I've got two
pairs the lower cut ones as well, but I would
say the higher cut ones.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Zip's good for us ADHD girls because places like these
jeans have got buttons, and as soon as I put
them on in the morning, I feel I'm great. And
then I go to the toilet and I'm like.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I know. And then if you got nails on or something,
and to get it.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Literally, Doc Martin, I would say my dogs, because I
wear them with so much.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Also, leather jacket, leather jacket for me, like I always have.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
A leather jacket okay even on days like this.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
No, but if I was to wear a jacket with this,
I wouldn't even think about it.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
I would just bring a leather jacket. Yeah, exactly, you've
got it. They're just in cage. Totally look fat with
what you're wearing. So people should go to YouTube and
watch because.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Then they can imagine.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Yeah, okay, so let's get to know you a little
bit more because you're here to talk about having things
made and tailor it overseas and also thrifting overseas, so
you obviously know a bit about that. But besides that,
who are you?
Speaker 1 (03:46):
What do you do? What do you like?
Speaker 4 (03:47):
Well, my name is Brittany, so I create a lot
of content. So I do a lot of like fashion content,
thrifting content, as we discussed, and I also have worked
on food Wars with Inside a Business, which for those
of you who don't.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Know, I like food, That's all I know.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
Well, yeah, basically what it was is I would eat
food on camera and then review it and compare it
to fast FEWD brands and let's say America, so they'd
be like, so America would have their own host, and
then I would be the Stralian representative.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
I saw this when I was.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Again researching you because I'm a journalist. I saw there
was an American one and you were the Aussie one.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
I was like, I know that work.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
So we were like versy wars, like we'd verse each
other and be like, okay, so Australian fries have like
this many grams of chips in it.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Oh my god, I need to go and watch this,
it's so funny. My son's six now. But when I
was pregnant with him, because I just had the craziest cravings,
I started like just reviewing snacks on Instagram. Yeah, I
had the hashtag Snackfluencer, and I would just my immediate
reaction of what I felt theyd tasted like yeah, and
I still get DMC's day going bring it back, And
I'm like.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Anyway, let's get into fashion.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yes, this is very exciting because I'm a huge secondhand
thrift up fan, but not so much. I haven't really
had anything Taylor or custom made overseas, So let's start
with that portion of all we're going to talk about.
So you do this, you get things custom made or
tailor when you're traveling, yes, whereabouts most likely or where
have you had the most success or countries or places.
Speaker 4 (05:13):
Usually wherever I go, I do tend to have quite
a good success rate. I think that's just because I'm
super anal with how I research sure and I give
myself the time. So I've had experiences in Bali, for
an example, I ended up hunting around for a tailor,
which they don't Balley isn't really known for getting custom
tailored outfits.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
I had, I think, like a leather shoes made ten
years ago, and that's the only come or maybe it
was it was something leather, yeah, and that's the only
recollection I have, and I can't even remember if I
liked it.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
I just remember thinking it's so neat, like.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Well, they do a lot of shoes now, but clothes wise,
it's not the same as if you go to Vietnam, right,
But for me, I would say out of the two,
I mean, Barley was great, but obviously Vietnam they just
they just they're known that.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Okay, So did you go to Vietnam knowing this, Like,
did you go there to get that done or were
you going anyway?
Speaker 4 (06:04):
I was going anyway, But once I knew that I
was going, I was like, this is the best opportunity
for me to get items made that I've always wanted
to get made and that I can never find it.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
You're in your head, Yeah, totally.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
So when you're going to Vietnam for the first time,
or to get something tailored there, for example, any place,
how do you find where to go?
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Like, do you is their forums? Do you just wing it?
Speaker 4 (06:27):
Well, this time out in Vietnam, I tried to do research,
but there's so many it's so tricky and there's so
many stores, and you also have to worry about people
making fake reviews.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Like oh my gosh, oh my god. Yeah all the time.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I've been caught with that, not with that, but with
thrifting and even with my honeymoon accommodation.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
Yeah, because they end up even at a few hotels.
Well I was in Vietnam, They're like, if you give
us a five star review, we will like give you it.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
And I was like, that's a really unethical So yeah, yeah, okay.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
I found the best way for me was to just
literally my mum and I were together and we took
a whole day I think it was like nine or
ten hours and we walked around Juyan specifically.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
So that's the good area.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
That's the area that's renowned for getting clothes. I'll touch
back on if I could do it again because that Yeah,
but we walked around for like eight nine hours and
when we went into every single not every single tailor,
because there's like thousands.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Of failers who looked your vibe.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
Yeah, And basically what you also have to do is
you have to see what their rate is as well,
because a lot of the time they know that people
will spend a lot of money or something that probably.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Is isn't that intricate or whatever exactly. So there was
a lot of research, like a day of like, Hi,
I want this, Okay, I'll come back. What's your cause? Like,
what are you looking at?
Speaker 2 (07:39):
I go up?
Speaker 1 (07:40):
What's a turnover? Can I have look at fabrics? And
they're like, yeah, we can do it.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
So there were so many people that would say like, yes,
we can do it, but it's finding a tailor that
can also show you the work that they've.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Done because of course they want their business totally.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Wow. Okay, so you've done the day of research, You've
chosen your one or two.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Firstly, on our way over there, before we go, have
you decided what you want to get made?
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Yes, how what like?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Because it's in your head, but you can't just usb
your head to their head.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
So there's a few things.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
So I when I have ideas of like outfits in mind,
I'm inspired by films or decades or like whether it's
history or music. Like for example, one of my ultimate
all time like icons is share but share when she
was styled and her outfits were designed by Bob Mackie.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Oh cool, oh like all of that.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
I'm like, yeah, So I would type in like share
in the seventies, and then I would get ideas of
like what I want or even a shirt like.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
I And then so you take images of videos to
show them?
Speaker 4 (08:35):
Yeah, I would take images to show them. Yeah, the
Share stuff they couldn't do.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
But okay, but I like it.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
They're like, that's a bit insane. I was like, that's okay.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
But there'd also be ideas in my head of like
outfits that I've maybe seen before or maybe been inspired
by a film. So I would be like, Okay, I
want this type of dress. But with so I would guide.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Them and draw a bit of I'm the worst drawer,
but I'm and I'm probably the worst describer. So it
took us some really lood No.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
This is good to know because I think some people
might be like, well, I can't draw, you know, I'm
not a designer in my head. Yeah, there's something you've
always been looking for. There's ways to convey it.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
One percent, and like you can even show images of
different outfits and then put a neckline but this, yeah, exactly, okay.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
But the thing that I learned the most is that
you have to be really specific, yeah, because if you're not,
you won't get what you want.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Yeah, because people aren't mind readers. I mean, it happens
when you get your hair done sometimes or whatever. You
just go oh, I didn't explain that enough. I just
thought they got.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
It one hundred percent. And that's what I found.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
I was like, there was a few times where I
was like, no, I want the back lower, and some
people are quite conservative, and I'm like, they think this
is low back.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
And like, yeah, you don't understand because colds are different
and you know, yeah, exactly, and they're probably doing what
they think. And also I guess you can always go lower,
but it's hard to put fabric back on exactly. So
that's again I guess the next step of the process.
So you found your place, you've described it, showed them images,
whatever you've said, Yep, good to go. You always pick
from their fabric. Can people take their own?
Speaker 4 (09:57):
You can definitely take your own. I didn't. I did
when I was in Bali. That's what you had to
do when you went to the tailor's over there. I
would have to go to one of the fabric stores, okay,
and then I had to go and pick what I
wanted and then I bring it back to the tailor.
But in Vietnam it's slightly different because.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
They they already have their.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Own much fabric.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
So unless it's something super specific like a Lime, I
don't know what.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Totally, yeah, totally.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
I think if I did go back, I would probably
bring some of my own fabric moving forward.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
To just show, like to show the example, or to
actually have it made.
Speaker 4 (10:33):
Probably to have it made as well, because I found,
for an example, there was a dress that I had
made and it's stunning, like it's a green dress, high neckline,
low back.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
I felt green with you. That's why I said green.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
Yeah, Green's my favorite color and real green specifically. But
basically what happened was I wanted. I wanted it that
made in silk, and I know places in Vietnam, Hanoi,
her Noise renowned for silk. So I thought, oh, well
that will be fine because when I go to joy Yan,
that's the place known for getting clothes made, but they
didn't actually have silk, and every time I say silk,
they would give me saturn.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
I was like sweaty damn.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
So okay, I think moving forward, next time, if I
want something specific like a silk, I'll bring.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Yeah, specific fiber as well. Okay, that's good to know. Yeah, okay,
so you've said, great, I want this. Let's just use
the green dress example. This is what I want. Blah
blah blah blah blah. What's the turnaround? Do you go
back for fittings? Like? I think you've also got to
be respectful of their culture and you can't be the
second last day of your holiday and go hi, can
you make me three piece suits?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Totally?
Speaker 3 (11:29):
How does that work?
Speaker 4 (11:30):
I always recommend giving yourself like as much time as
you possibly can.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
I did this on the first day I was there.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
I was in Juyan for five days, but I once
I finally found the tailors that I wanted to work
with and wanted to get my clothes made from Basically
they're really really quick.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Some of my shirts that I got made were done
within three four hours. Wow. Yeah, the screen dress that I.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Was things, if you had made.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
I love them. You're the right person to talk to.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
Yeah, I had a lot made, so the shirts were
made really really quickly. But I also had enough time
like a few days, yeah, remaining, but.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
And what they say, look with this item or has
it ever come back tomorrow?
Speaker 3 (12:10):
It will perfect? And then know.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Exactly that usually that I didn't even say come back tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
The only place the tailor that told me to come
back in two days was when I got this leather
jacket made.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
I was at three killers. I was like, absolutely, take
your time.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Yeah, but just took like nine months to make. And
I hated it because I've got the day before.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
I've heard so many horror That's why.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
I'm anti Tayloring.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Yeah, I was like, oh, thanks, it's beautiful, and then
I cried the whole time.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
And there's a wedding dress something have you ever or
would you?
Speaker 2 (12:42):
I mean, I guess for me, who's not as adventurous
as you, I might take is something that's a cut
that I like and have it kind of duplicated or
made a slightly different.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Do you think that's common.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Because like you're just flying by the seat of your
pants with this green thing in your head.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
So I did bring a few outfits that I wanted
to get recreated, But what ended up happening was I
did end up going ahead with that because they quoted me.
There's this little set that I got last year or something,
and it's little micro mini shorts with a matching little
corset top and they've got little flowers on it, and
I wanted to get that remade in a different a
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different pattern, and they wanted to charge me one hundred
US dollars for that set, which I didn't even like
that that's not worth that.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
There's no fabric that into context.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Like when you say a shirt, is that like just
an oversized business shirt type? Oh?
Speaker 1 (13:33):
No, it was like a core set.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Yeah, But how like how much is a shirt to
get made? Like I don't understand, I don't know. Yeah,
price wise, So this is the thing.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
So price wise when it comes to shirts, it depends
on who you go to. Okay, okay, I got a
shirt made. It was just a white white shirt button
up kind of just below my hips.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
Why don't you just get that at cotton on. I
don't get it.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
I struggle finding the actual fit that I like. I know,
you know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (14:01):
Yeah, and if you love it.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
I mean I buy things and take them to a tailor,
like my girlfriend's a dressmaker, so I guess it's same
thing totally. And then I wear those items way more
because I've put in the effort and had them fit
me perfectly exactly.
Speaker 4 (14:13):
Well, that cost me thirty dollars, which it's and it's
cotton and it's really great fabric, So that for me
was worth it because, like I said, ruggle finding white
basic shirts.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
And you've got so many at home that you don't wear.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
Oh so yeah keep And I'm like, uh so you're
looking at for a shirt. Thirty dollars is what I
paid Australian, but some places could also charge you.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Yeah, and that's why you've got to shop around exactly
And maybe that's you know, the craftmanship or something is
worth it, but you want to be respectful and not
haggled too much. But also you want to make sure,
like I said, like you can't you're paying two hundred
dollars for something you could have gotten cotton.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
On totally exactly one hundred percent. And also there's a
few things you do need to be wary of as well.
You need to be specific with the finishes too.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
Yes, sometimes it can be rushed because I am exactly
the hem that you would like, because otherwise they'll just
do it the way that they want, which is so fine.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
But and even you know, if it is it like
how much fabric theyre leave in case it needs to
be let down and all that s exactly okay, so
more specific than ever, like you can't give too many details. Yeah,
oh yeah, what about buttons? Have you got anything with buttons?
Would you take a button? Do they have buttons?
Speaker 1 (15:18):
They've got buttons? Okay, they they've got buttons.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Oh my god, him going over this whole new wardrobe.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
We're going to love it. You're going to love it.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
But yeah, but they do everything like buttons shoes, like
buttons on shirts, like I got a shirt made which
actually have it here, it's in my bag.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Show until later, yeah, until later.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
But basically I was inspired by you know, Tom Ford
for Gucci, like two thousands of course.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
You know that blue shirt that Madonna wore to the VMA.
I got that. Go and get it.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
You can go get it now everyone on YouTube you
have to tune in.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
But I feel like this is such a show and tell.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Okay, okay, so wow, I was suppose it's to wear
it today, but that was too hot.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
It's too hot.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
But see the color it's satin and that's what I
wanted silk for.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
But you're already there and you're like, just fine, I'll
do it.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Yeah, so this is wow. I can button it up
for you.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
You know, it's paneling at the back. There's proper detail.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Oh yeah, there's a little bit of fraying.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Because there are a button like oh that I see.
But they're not contrast buttons or anything.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
No, they just the buttons. But they matched it perfectly. Yeah,
the buttons kind of blend.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
But this is fraying now, so you know what I mean, Like, yeah,
there are a little bit of differences, but I need.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
To do well.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
That happens with like my buttons always fall off.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Yeah yeah all the time. So I love this.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
Okay, oh my god, this is so inspiring.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
I don't have to be a designer or you know,
like Bill Gates to get something custom made.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
No, like anyone can just find something that you like.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Okay, I could talk to you about that topic only forever,
but I think you know that's quite niche. It might
have inspired some listeners. But let's talk about thrifting overseas. Yeah,
because this is a passion of mine. Thrifting anywhere. Yeah,
any suburb I go to, even if I've never been there.
My mum's you know, unwell out west at the moment,
and I just every time I go, she moves hospitals.
I'm like, great, and then I just put in like
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thrift stores in however many radius, so yeah, they're everywhere.
So thrifting overs it can be daunting, I think. I mean,
I think a lot of people also. It depends on
how much they travel or how much they've been to
that place. But I think people will go, I will
go to the sites and do all the things, whereas
I don't think you often land in a different city
and go I'm going to go, like.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Touch people's old T shirts.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Yeah, yeah, you know.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
So how do you find where to go and where?
If you had the most luck overseas shifting.
Speaker 4 (17:30):
Oh, okay, that's a really good question. First of all,
how do I find where to go? Google always helps me.
Normally I'll just type in like best thrift stores near me?
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Do you research before?
Speaker 1 (17:40):
No?
Speaker 2 (17:41):
I do.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
I've just got to edit.
Speaker 4 (17:42):
It is really bad sometimes, like I'll just go in
and be like, Okay, now I really want to know where.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
All the best yes places are? Yeah, and then you
read the review and I'll.
Speaker 4 (17:49):
Read the reviews or even just an area designated area,
and then I just walk.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
I love walking when I'm on holidays.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
But often times there is like you know, I think
of like sort of new town here, Like there's often
a cluster. Places can be spread out, but if you
start with a cluster and then get.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
A vibe totally, And that's exactly what I do.
Speaker 4 (18:07):
Like I find a spot, find a cluster, and then
I'll just walk around and explore every single stop.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
And what countries are we in? Where do we do this?
I had a lot of luck La obviously for me.
I love whenever I'm in La.
Speaker 4 (18:17):
I love even I would just got back a month
ago and I went to Goodwill, Like every single good Will.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
I could go to.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
The charity shops are the bear I.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
Got these theory pants which are like tailored, they almost
like a capri pant for six dollars.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Oh see.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
And that's I think also why people should research where
they're going. I don't think I've done much shifting in
la But the charity shops are so different in each country.
Like in the UK they're phenomenal. In Paris they don't
really exist. There's a two or three tiny, tiny stores
and there's only a few of them. There's a lot
of thrifting and vintage and more anti like but like
you know, even just secondhand. But the charity shops, like
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what we would call a Vinnie's, you know, don't really
exist in Paris. But in London there's a whole different
bunch of brands, like chains that have different charities and
they're good. So research the country or area.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
And what I was at a really good experience.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
In Manchester they had some really good vintage and thrifting stores.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
I find that their.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
Style in general, it's very good.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
They've got the really cool stuff, very fun pieces. So
you everywhere you go, you will I will find something.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
Would you thrift in Bali or they know, I don't
feel like Barali, Well, I don't know, I've never tried.
Speaker 4 (19:29):
I never thrifted in Bali, but I did thrift in Vietnam. Okay,
but I thrifted in Ho Chi Minh City, which was awesome.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Japan is also phenomenal.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
I've heard Japan is did you find some really good time?
Speaker 3 (19:41):
I haven't done this.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
I went pre thrift ly, but now everywhere I go,
like all I do.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
Well, it's just I find it's so much more rewarding
when you find a really interesting piece of clothing that
is unique.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
And saving it from landfill. But not everyone's like us.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
I think it can be very daunting, particularly if you're
in a city for a short period of time, because
you can spend days going through like awful, awful, bald
knitted amazing.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
Yes, you know a lot do that.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
So yeah, it's not a common travel thing, I think,
but it's picking up, oh definitely. So what are we
looking for?
Speaker 2 (20:17):
You know? Once you found the store, is there things
that you look for? Is it brands? Is it the
fabric like natural fibers or leathers. Do you head straight
to shoes or bags or do you just follow your vibes?
Speaker 1 (20:27):
I So it really just depends on the day. I
do follow my vibes.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
A lot of the time, I find if I go
in to a thrift stare with an outfit in mind,
it's never gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
No, I like to go in.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
I'll hit let's say the pants section, whatever sections to
my left, and I'll just go from there, and then
I'll go through one item at a time. And usually
I'll always stop at really interesting fabrics. So whether it's
a leather usually always catches my eye. I managed to
get a lot of like leather pants and jackets.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
So and because it you know, it is secondhand and vintage,
it usually wears pretty well, like you know, it's not
a polyester knit that's balled up after. You know, leather
is a good thing to find and then check out
and see the condition exactly.
Speaker 4 (21:09):
And I also think for me like anything with a
really nice or interesting pattern or fabrics. And then when
I when I find something that I flick through, I'm like, oh,
this is stunning. I always look at the label and
I make sure that it's you know, like their theory
pants or yeah, or I found these vintage like BB
yeah cool, and then they say's like made in the USA.
That was a good bill and I was like, excellent
(21:29):
putting that in. So I want something that's I mean,
it's so now, especially you go thrifting and you can
see so much sheene.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
There's a lot of sheene and tamo, Yeah, which I think,
you know, that's not what I'm there for. However, if
someone does buy it and saves it from landfill for
another six months, I'm like, fine, but it doesn't make
thrifting as exciting as what we're looking for. Yeah, so
I'm in two minds about that, because you do have
to go through a lot of someone bought that two
weeks ago and just don't want it, doesn't want it,
but maybe someone might wear it.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
But yeah, so you're looking.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
For obviously quality and fabric, but then condition, like do
you check zips?
Speaker 1 (22:02):
Obviously conditions important, and so I do check it.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
I guess I do a little quality control, but normally, yeah,
I will just if I can fix it, if there's
a slice, if there's something slightly wrong with it, can
fix it.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
That's not an issue for me too.
Speaker 4 (22:16):
And I think when I do go thrifting, I do
like finding things that are good quality because I'm the
type of person that holds onto things for a very
long time. Like even these pants, I think I've had
these pants like ten years. Like I just I love
to rewear and have something that it's gonna be a
family heirloom.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
So you're less, you know, a trend follower like all
the micro transit happen all the time. You just like
having an eclectic wardrobe that you can mix and match.
And that's why quality thrifting is good because you have
it forever exactly. So we talked about you just kind
of follow your vibes. But generally when you think about
all your thrifting overseas, what's your best luck? Is it pants?
Is it bags? Is it accessories? Is it leather of
all types?
Speaker 1 (22:54):
Yeah? Mine's bags. Yours is bags. Oh that's so lucky.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
I mean they're not always fancy bag, but they're good bags.
Yeah mine is.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
No, I lied, Mine's denim.
Speaker 4 (23:05):
Okay, Okay, So I'm trying to think. So I struggle
with denim. Maybe you just make are able to like
manifest it depends.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
I mean I went to Dallas, Texas, and that's just denim.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
That was phenomenal. But Paris I have a lot of
luck with denim.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
What do you look for when you're looking for denim,
I look for vintage dead stocks.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
So I'll go to like a like seventies that's never
worn vibes because it's your high waist. It's proper denim
that it's not stretchy, you know. Yeah, but it's very
hit and miss. A lot of oversized in them. Jackets,
because I'll go straight to the men's section.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
Yeah, jackets usually I have a lot of success with
random funding, like fun jackets for some reason always managed
to find me.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
And pants they find you, they do, they speak to you.
Speaker 4 (23:44):
They speak to me, like I found this fur bright
green coat that goes down to my ankle overseas, overseas
in Manchester.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
It's not real fur, but it was like vintage from
the seventies.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Now this is my next question because I always struggle
with this as someone who likes to do the services
getting the stuff home.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
Are you overweight? Like is your bag in trouble?
Speaker 1 (24:02):
Do you really want to know what I do?
Speaker 2 (24:04):
No?
Speaker 3 (24:04):
Well, yes I do. Maybe we won't air it.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
I will wear if my if my luggage is overweight,
I will wear it on the way one hundred things.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Yeah, yeah, like that's not as bad as me. I
use what's called those warmis like the backpack. I take
the backpack with the travel vacuum so everything can be
backed down and in my suitcase going over, I've got
a like collapsible suitcase that goes in the bottom. So
then if I've got two bags coming home because I
have stopped, I've bought so many suitcases coming home. This
sounds very wasteful. But then I do wear them, or
(24:35):
I do. I've got like a little selling, vintage, selling
thing that.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
I don't walk into the like the apple looking like
the Michelin Man.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
No, well I did once with one coat that I've
bought in London, but then we went to Spain and
it weighed like twelve kilos. It was wool, and then
I thought I was going to die. Yeah, and they
were like, this woman is wearing.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
Are you anything other?
Speaker 2 (24:54):
No, I'm fine, yeah, exactly, I'm just stripping here. But that,
again is quite extreme. Not a lot of people would
do that. But shopping overseas is fun. But you've got
to think. You know, you've got a case, probably quite full,
and you've got to fit it in.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
So I really got to love it.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
You do have to love it.
Speaker 4 (25:09):
And I also think normally for me, if I know
that I'm going somewhere because I want to also shop.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Yes, I will factor that in.
Speaker 4 (25:16):
Yeah, I'll factor that in, so I will make sure
that there's space in my animal packing animal packing exactly.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
And I do like, does you want to wear the
new things straight away?
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Anyway?
Speaker 4 (25:25):
And I think that's probably why I prefer traveling when
it's summer overseas, simply because if it's winter, then I'm
going to be having to pack a lot of clothes.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
To keep me warm.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
And then you're going in and out of stores and
you're taking a few jacket and then you're buying things
and it's heavy.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
But it's a lot less busy.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
Yeah. Well, like when you go to Paris in winter
and three if it's phenomenal, and I.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Be like, yeah, no one's there, No one's there, and
you can dress up really cute.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Well I don't.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
I just like no, because my tip is I research
all the markets, like and then I go out out
out of the very outskirts okay seven in the morning
when your fingers freeze off. Yeah, and then I just
wear lots and lots of trenches and gloves and no
makeup and I pretend I'm French because if they find
out that you're not, the price is different. Yeah, every time,
but I obviously want to be respectful. I think it's different,
(26:11):
you know. Yeah, But I don't look cheap when I'm
thrifting because also sometimes if I do want to try on,
I'll just have leggings and like a uniclo heat teck
and I just take all my clothes off in the street.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Yeah it's fair.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
Sometimes you can't try, especially.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
With the markets. Yeah, like you just have to be
really practical.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Okay, So do you when you're s thrifting overseas, because
time is of the essence, do you do a recon
and come back or do you just vibe it, love it.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Buy it.
Speaker 4 (26:34):
I've made mistakes in the past where I have been like, oh,
I'll think about it and come back and it's never there,
or I never go back.
Speaker 3 (26:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
So one thing that I've learned over time is just
buy it.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
Yeah, if you're really really in love with that, definitely,
if you think you can't forget, you know, you're not
going to forget about it. But I've also made the
mistakes in places where there's lots of thrift stores. I
go into Monitor and I go, oh my god, I love it,
and I buy a few things, and then you go
down the road and you're what I bought wasn't great.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
You thought it was good exactly. I think you're always
in true minds.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
But for me, if it's this visceral feeling, right, I
need this, it's love, Okay, then I'll get.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
It all right.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Honestly, I could talk to you about this all day,
but I just want to ask you a few general
questions before we get into boogie and budget. Yeah, you
do have such fun, unique style, which I just love
because people could just see me a mile away from
my outfits jeans and a T shirt. What advice would
you give the listeners who want to dress a bit
louder or maximalist or just have fun.
Speaker 4 (27:28):
My piece of advice would be, go off how you feel.
I think the more authentic you are to you and
your personality, that would be the best way to lean
into dressing more maximals or just do you know? Sometimes
in my head I'm always like life is so we're
here for such like a minimal amount of time. If
you want to be the star of the show of
(27:49):
your own little world today, embrace it because you're never
going to get this moment back. And for me, I
find I love to creatively express myself through my clothes,
and every day I'm wearing something different, Like I wouldn't.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Say, do you ever?
Speaker 2 (28:01):
I mean, I'm guessing form mer personality, think oh my god,
everyone's gonna look at me, but you don't care.
Speaker 1 (28:05):
It's fun, like not that everyone's looking at me. I
don't really care about that it makes you happy.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
Yeah, I think that's what holds a lot of people
back exactly.
Speaker 4 (28:13):
And I get that as well, But I think you
don't have to go be outrageous. But if there's something
that you genuinely love, why not lean into it? Like
people aren't really looking at you as much as you
think that they.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
Are, so true, they're more worried about themselves.
Speaker 1 (28:27):
Feace.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
If you've got something quite adventurous that you want to wear,
we've got time to just play dress ups. Then wear
it around the house for a bit and see if
you were like, no, I'm vibe in this, or if
you're like, oh, I just.
Speaker 1 (28:35):
Don't like me.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
Because if you put on the wrong outfit right before
we run out the door, I will run back in
and be late. Yeah, but I think that's where people
just fall into the safe zone because they're too you know,
it's too out there, too quick.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
Totally.
Speaker 4 (28:48):
I actually have another piece of advice that I would
probably give if you're not feeling confident in worrying something,
but you do want to experiment and be a maximalist
or just you know, dress different to what you normally do.
I think having an alter ego is super important as well.
I feel like that really helps you.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
Cary Feerce and Beyonce, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Oh a million percent, Like so many people do it,
you know, David bi for an example.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Kelly, my co host, or my other you Beauty, She's
got one too, that's her one that would when she
used to, you know, have a few babies at night
and do online shopping and then the parcels would arrive
and she'd be like, oh god.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
I'd she buy Oh that wasn't oh gosh, and they
were like very outrageous clothes and great.
Speaker 4 (29:24):
Well, that's the thing I think that really helps you
as well. Step away from being the idea of who
you think you are. So if you identify as being
somebody that's a little bit shy, a little bit reserved,
but there's a little devil on your shoulder that says,
let me be a bit crazy. Maybe name them and
embrace that side of you, and then you won't feel
as judged because that's not your.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
Back to travel, which this is all about. Do it
there because you're anonymous. I mean, you might be with
your friends or your family, but or you know, I
love traveling alone, or if you are with your husband
or your family, just say, hey, I'm just going to
go out one night on my own walking, you know,
walking the streets, and I want to have a dinner totally,
and then that's the best place because you were literally
no one and you know you can be whoever you want.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
I love that you said that.
Speaker 3 (30:04):
Because I do it all the time.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Genuinely.
Speaker 4 (30:06):
I I feel like, and I don't know if you
can relate, but every time I'm overseas, like if I'm
in La or if I'm wherever it may be, I
feel like I just step into the real version of
myself because I find I grew up in Sydney, but
I find that people that you're around, family or friends
that have known you for such a long time impose.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
An idea of who they think that you are that
you end up.
Speaker 2 (30:27):
Will you just call back into that character because I'm
a different character with my family and my friends and
that's kind of your role.
Speaker 3 (30:32):
But I've seen it's like I could be.
Speaker 4 (30:34):
Right exactly, and it allows you to experiment with being
other versions of yourself because I think there's so many
different versions to one human being.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
I agree, it is so fun. Yeah, it's go overseas,
get things made or thrift and then just wear them
while you're there, exactly, and have no ald.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
It's very expensive. How wont you are these all right quickly?
Speaker 2 (31:06):
Bougie and budget? I mean, we can't recommend things that
the listeners can buy because of the topic. But do
you have two things that you've had made that you'd
like stand out for you as your face?
Speaker 4 (31:16):
Yes, that would be my green dress that is like
a whole to net week.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
And hello, there's a photo for Instagram. I will because
I need to see this. I will definitely send and
that your bougie because it.
Speaker 3 (31:27):
Sounds like it was quite That would be bougie. Okay, Yeah,
that would be the bougie.
Speaker 4 (31:31):
One and the budget one probably that top, which I'll
send you a photo that.
Speaker 3 (31:36):
The green shirt.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
Yeah, that shirt? So how much?
Speaker 3 (31:39):
So that's the shirt silk?
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Yeah teal?
Speaker 3 (31:42):
Would you call that tal?
Speaker 1 (31:43):
I don't know, I can navy. It was thirty dollars.
That is not budgety, is it not? Yeah, that's budget. Yeah,
that's all. Yeah, I don't know, but I think that's budget.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Yeah, that's phenomenal. I mean you also had to paint
air tickets and but you got a holiday.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
Yeah yeah, sorry, so I guess it's actually so there
you are too. Stand out My two standouts from things
that I had.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
Tailor okay, tailored okay, or actually wait, okay, give us
another one.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
The leather jacket. Oh is it black?
Speaker 4 (32:08):
It's a black leather jacket, but it's like three heroes
and it's made from incredible leather.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
And we need pictures of all of this.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
I will send you photos of all of them. That
one was amazing.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
Okay, so that would be a boogie compared to the
year thirty dollars, which is amazing.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
Well, I'm going to.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Quickly tell you mine because I haven't had time. But
I am actually wearing two thrifted items today. The Louis
Vuitton men's T shirt from Paris. That's would be my bougie.
I think that was about forty euro.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
That's amazing because there's.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
So much more volume there.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Yeah, did I say that with my Bougieeh, and then
my budget would just be this belt.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
I'll have to stand up in a moment, which is vintage.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
However, it's hard to explain the price because I you know,
rest in peace there, soul. I do a lot of
deceased states thrifting, and so I got a big bundle
of belts.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Oh my god, and this is just one of them.
Oh that's stunning.
Speaker 2 (32:58):
Oh wow, I got you know, there was a man's
belt Chanel Belts Meschino.
Speaker 3 (33:02):
I think I paid four hundred dollars, but I got
like thirty.
Speaker 1 (33:04):
Belts, Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
So and I've you know, have them cleaned and stuff
and ones that I don't want. I've sold, true my
little selling business, and I've kept those. So that sounds extensive,
but this is one hundred percent leather, real hardware. You know,
you go into a chain store these days and pay
ninety dollars for a belt and it's it's no.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
You need to take me to one of your estates
sales whenever you're gow next because.
Speaker 3 (33:27):
You need to take me to get some clothes made.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
Absolutely well, Britt, I could talk to you all day.
I feel like we're kindred spirits. Thank you so much
for joining me on Nothing to Wear. And yes, make
sure you send us some photos so we can show audience.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
That's all we have time for today, So thank you
so much for listening to Nothing to Wear. And don't
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Or nation. We pay our respects to their elders past
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