1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:05,680 OK, we are live and we're live on not just any day. 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:09,520 We are live on the day that the first episode is out. 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:13,440 We did it. We did it. 4 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:18,480 And admittedly, I thought that this episode was going to come 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:22,760 out right before Mother's Day, but the person that sets the 6 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:29,440 schedule for me wasn't really thinking. 7 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,360 So it's actually going to come out right after Mother's Day 8 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,640 because we're doing this bi weekly versus weekly and. 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:38,880 At least to start. At least to start. 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,040 Yeah. So while this is not coming out 11 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,200 before Mother's Day, it's coming out just after Mother's Day. 12 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,520 And truly, every day is Mother's Day. 13 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:51,880 Every day. Every day. 14 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:57,760 And I am joined by two mothers, mothers and mothers in every 15 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:02,880 sense of the word. Obviously my Co host Liz is a 16 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:07,320 mother. And and we're also joined by 17 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:09,960 Mallory, Producer Mallory, who we teased on last week's 18 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:13,960 episode, teased her attendance, not her. 19 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,080 We could tease you while you were here, Mallory. 20 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:18,640 I could tease. Mallory a lot, though I. 21 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:20,760 Mean I did listen to make sure but. 22 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,000 Good to know. That's true, That's true. 23 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,360 But Mallory's here and we're excited to have. 24 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,960 You, Mel, welcome Mallory. So. 25 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:34,400 Excited. Who do you want to give the 26 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,960 listeners? Because I know we have several. 27 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:43,120 Do you want to give the listeners a little review or a 28 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,520 little bio or intro to who you are? 29 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,440 Yeah, so I, my name is Mallory, obviously. 30 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000 I've been at DIA for eight years. 31 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,560 I literally went back and looked last night to see when my start 32 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:00,120 date was and it's been a while, a hot minute. 33 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,440 I started as a stylist, a part time stylist. 34 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:09,120 When Liz came on, I was promoted to senior stylist and then moved 35 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:13,400 to customer service. And then last year was I moved 36 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,960 over to Dia Shop and was on the marketplace operations side. 37 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,400 And now I'm back with Dia style and marketing team with Marge 38 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:22,880 and. Marge. 39 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,640 Back where I'm where I needed to be. 40 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:28,640 I. Love that. 41 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,160 I love that for you. I love that for me. 42 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,480 It's a it's been great. It's actually funny because I, 43 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:41,800 we never actually worked together. 44 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:47,000 Like we were always on different teams and we, you would come to 45 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,480 me for like CX things every so often and like we obviously knew 46 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:54,000 of each other and and got to know each other over the last 47 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,680 couple of years. But it's been really, really fun 48 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,720 to a just have somebody on on my team. 49 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,800 But also the fact that it's you is, is really awesome and it's 50 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:05,720 been thrilled. I'm thrilled. 51 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,880 It's funny to talk about mothers on this episode where we 52 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:14,000 introduce Mallory because sometimes I feel like you're my 53 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,880 child and watching you grow in your roles. 54 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:21,600 And I'm also the bait. I'm just the baby of the group 55 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:26,520 anyway, so the baby. Of the group I mean, let's be 56 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:30,680 real no, I just I'm so proud of the way you I mean, we'll talk 57 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:35,800 about your role as a true mother but goodness, you came back from 58 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:40,120 your first maternity leave right after I started I think and. 59 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,640 Yeah. My how much you've been through 60 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,720 personally and professionally since then? 61 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:48,480 Yeah, yeah, Gavin was only like a few weeks old when I came 62 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:49,720 back. Yeah. 63 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,840 Which was crazy. That was nuts. 64 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,320 Yeah. No, he's like a little like a 65 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,120 human. I know he turns. 66 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,080 Five No. Next month makes him a throw up. 67 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,360 In a good way. In a good way, yeah. 68 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,400 I love that I love that. I also know I'm going to choose 69 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,840 a little a little something that is somewhat inside baseball. 70 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,360 I know that you and Liz are currently actively sharing a 71 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,720 craft hobby that you enjoy, but not only is it a hobby, you've 72 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:27,120 legit made it a business. And I have dabbled in this 73 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:32,640 craft, but not really recently, and I would love to give you a 74 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,680 second or more to share a little bit about. 75 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:43,120 It so I actually, Liz was a reason I started it. 76 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:47,520 I had an idea. It's the company is called 77 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,880 Little Roost Studios. It's a needlepoint design 78 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:54,000 business. And I had an idea after I was 79 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,640 scrolling one day and I saw somebody showing like the 80 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:01,680 vintage little people birthstone necklaces that they found on 81 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:03,480 eBay. And I was like, Oh my gosh. 82 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,600 It just brought back like a flood of memories. 83 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,160 And I text Liz and I was like, I have an idea to turn these into 84 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,240 little bag charm needlepoint canvases. 85 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,400 What do you think? And she was like, yes. 86 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,160 Brilliant So. And. 87 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,240 That's vintage. Yeah. 88 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,520 Is jarring for me. That makes me want to throw up, 89 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:30,040 but yeah. I love that for you though. 90 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:35,440 Yeah, and it has been ABS. It blew up more than I thought 91 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:39,400 that it ever would. So it's been a blessing and it's 92 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:45,280 so much fun and just like healing in a lot of ways, so. 93 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,800 I love that, it's very fun. You both have inspired me to and 94 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,920 like take a look at more crafts. I'm like especially needlepoint, 95 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,000 which I did a ton of as a kid and I've dabbled in throughout 96 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,840 the years. But I'm a big like I'll pick up 97 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:07,560 a craft or a project or hobby and I'm in it heads down for a 98 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:13,160 couple of months and then and so I have sort of the ghosts of all 99 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:18,880 of the hobbies left behind. So I have buckets of yarn and 100 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,680 like all kinds of things, but this is honestly the one thing 101 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,480 that I've stuck with long term and that I don't see myself ever 102 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,360 putting back down. Like it doesn't take a ton of 103 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,680 brain power, which is what I love about it because I can turn 104 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:38,520 off my brain and still be doing something productive that feels 105 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:43,000 productive in my hands. And it's just, it's very 106 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,640 therapeutic. And it sounds really silly until 107 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,000 you do it and then you're like, oh, I get it. 108 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,560 And my sisters all teased me for like a year and then they 109 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,680 finally tried it and they were like, oh, I get it now. 110 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,120 And I said see. Yeah, and now you're making 111 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,680 money with it. And they're like, oh, OK. 112 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,280 And not to, like, bring it all back to the mom connection, but 113 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:14,040 I do think that there is one. Like, for me, I am constantly 114 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:20,400 trying to reprioritize, like what I need to be doing. 115 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,760 Should I be working? Should I be doing laundry? 116 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,680 Should I be making dinner? Should I be, you know, going to 117 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:31,160 a committee meeting? And first of all, I love that 118 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,240 sometimes I can be needlepointing when I'm doing 119 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,280 other things, like I can take my needlepoint to a committee 120 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:44,600 meeting or I can be attending a meeting at like a virtual 121 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,320 meeting at work and needlepointing at the same time 122 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:52,560 because I'm just listening or like sitting in an audience at 123 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,520 my kids recital and needlepointing. 124 00:07:55,520 --> 00:08:01,120 I don't know, but it's also like very much me time and, and 125 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,200 that's really, really important to me. 126 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:08,120 Like I do, I don't know, I feel like I, I am finally, my kids 127 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,080 are older than Mallory's kids, but it took me a really long 128 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:16,000 time to truly understand that I do very little for myself. 129 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:17,840 And this is something that I do for myself. 130 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,400 But it's important for me to carve out something that's just 131 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:24,840 for me and to be OK with that and to own that. 132 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:29,560 And I don't know, I'm, I'm like proud of myself for doing that. 133 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:33,400 I'm really proud of Mallory for like, not only doing it for 134 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,760 herself in an artistic way, but in a business minded way too. 135 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:43,360 So yeah, kudos to you, Mallory. Once again, my Mama heart is 136 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,440 proud of you. Thanks. 137 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:48,320 I love that. I love that. 138 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:54,080 I would love to get into and maybe that that sort of ties in. 139 00:08:54,080 --> 00:09:00,320 I think the making and and sort of brain that that you both use 140 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,920 in in that is like a very creative brain, which also makes 141 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,880 no surprise that you work in fashion and style where that 142 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:12,520 sort of creativity, colors, patterns, the like connective 143 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,040 brain tissues are all sort of there as well. 144 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:21,080 Like I would love to hear a little bit about your Mallory. 145 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,600 I'd love to hear about your style in general, but I'm really 146 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,840 curious. I'm not a mom, but I'm very 147 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:32,360 curious how, how like style evolves, if anything, becoming a 148 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:33,480 mom. I think there's like that 149 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,040 stereotype that it's like, oh, she's dressed like a mom or 150 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,400 she's like, oh, I'm going to dress like my mother, whatever. 151 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:44,360 I know both of you and I know your style and I am just really 152 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,560 curious to hear sort of like how you how you talk through your 153 00:09:47,560 --> 00:09:52,200 style and and how it's evolved in in all the ways. 154 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:58,320 Yeah, it was it was last night as I was thinking about this 155 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:02,720 episode and what kind of the outline was, I was thinking 156 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,200 back. And ever since I was a kid. 157 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:12,720 But fashion has always been very important to me. 158 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:17,880 And I remember growing up when I was in like elementary school, I 159 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,880 used to have this Barbie like color thing. 160 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:23,960 And it was, it did like the impression. 161 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,400 So you would put the plates down and then you put the paper on 162 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,640 and then you would color on top of it. 163 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,280 Yep. And that was like my favorite 164 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,040 thing. And I was like, I'm going to be 165 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,200 a fashion designer and. I like that, right? 166 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,120 Like you could choose like top and bottom. 167 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:40,360 Yeah, yeah. Wow. 168 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:45,120 And I got a sewing machine one year. 169 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:50,960 Did I just cut out? No. 170 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,400 You're good. OK, My screen went dark. 171 00:10:53,440 --> 00:11:00,320 I forgot to touch my mouth. But I got a sewing machine one 172 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:04,880 year and was making dolls from clothes for my Barbie dolls. 173 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:09,160 And that has just like always gone with me. 174 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:15,080 And I used to be very I I just loved clothes and I loved the 175 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:17,080 way that they can make people feel. 176 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,880 But I had a really hard time with myself. 177 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,960 I was always the one that people came to for advice. 178 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,720 But growing up I was always the bigger girl. 179 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,120 The things that I liked were never in my size. 180 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:35,920 So I was dressing other people the way I wanted to dress and 181 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,160 like helping my friends pick out things. 182 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:43,600 But I was dressed like a 30 year old business casual going to the 183 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:48,920 office in elementary school. So it was like it was a very 184 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:54,440 hard place to be because I didn't see myself the way I 185 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:58,360 wanted to in my clothes and how I presented myself. 186 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:05,720 But as we've progressed in fashion and just having more 187 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:12,880 options, my like college years, end of high school, college, I 188 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:19,320 felt like I was really, I found myself and I dressed how I 189 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,840 wanted to dress because I had the options available. 190 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,840 There were so many. And honestly, thanks to Dia, 191 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,040 that's when I became a Dia customer and then eventually a 192 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,640 stylist. So yeah, it was. 193 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:36,440 Like it was crazy. Dia opened so many doors for me 194 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:42,280 in so many ways, like as a customer, but then as a stylist 195 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:44,400 and continuing on through my life. 196 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:51,280 But when I got pregnant with my son pregnancy was very hard on 197 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:57,720 me and there are no plus size maternity clothes like they're 198 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,880 pretty much non existent. Yeah. 199 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:04,480 Maternity clothes in general are not cute but you add the plus 200 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:08,760 size in and good luck. So it was. 201 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,640 I literally lived in big T-shirts and leggings and I feel 202 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:16,560 like that's what I've been in for through my pregnancy, 203 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:20,280 through him, through my daughter in the past few years. 204 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,600 I've just been, I feel like survival mode for me. 205 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:28,880 So that had got put on the back burner and style and fashion 206 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,800 wasn't, it was more just like I need to get dressed so I have 207 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,480 clothes on my body, not I need to get dressed to make myself 208 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,040 feel good. And I've done, I mean, just gone 209 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:45,720 through a lot just in my personal life through loss and 210 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:49,440 through becoming a mom, having hard pregnancies, having a baby 211 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:54,400 in the NICU and doing a lot of work on myself this past year. 212 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:59,600 I feel like I'm finally coming out of that survival mode and 213 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:05,400 finding who I am again and being able to wear what I want to wear 214 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:11,080 and express myself and just be me, which is crazy. 215 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:15,480 Like motherhood really strips you down and then build you back 216 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:21,840 up in a way that you would never expect and it is the most life 217 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:27,480 altering change. I love that. 218 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,760 If anybody's betting on when Marge is going to cry, here we 219 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:35,440 are. I, I love that. 220 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,840 I love that. I, I think I, I wanted to jump 221 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:40,880 in at one point, but I was like, no, no, no, she's got this. 222 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:47,240 I said to anybody who was a plus size kid and couldn't find 223 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:51,480 outfits at the limited to or justice should be entitled to a 224 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:56,800 financial compensation. Because again, I was also 225 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:01,000 dressed like I was a librarian or a bank teller or an 226 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:05,760 accountant or a teacher in every school photo from kindergarten 227 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:11,440 from like maybe first second grade to 8th grade and had to 228 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:16,440 shop at like Talbot's women with my mom who also bought her 229 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,840 clothes there because that was all that was available. 230 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:23,720 So like sun dresses with matching cardigans, whether or 231 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:30,480 not that was my vibe or like Husky jeans and big clothes. 232 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:34,960 And so the childhood like not finding outfits, like finding 233 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,320 options is just like so, so, so real. 234 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,280 But playing dress up. I think maybe it's like the 235 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:46,720 pipeline to not finding clothing that you love yourself, but then 236 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,600 repurposing that with like dolls. 237 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:55,160 Like I was a big Barbie, big American girl doll, like I and 238 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,480 my favorite part was the dressing them up. 239 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,680 Like I couldn't care besides like making them all kiss 240 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,360 because I think that's what everybody does. 241 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:06,240 Like besides that, it was the outfits. 242 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:07,680 It was like who's going to wear what? 243 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:09,400 Where are we going? What are we doing? 244 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:13,720 Like, what are we wearing there? And then whatever happens, I was 245 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:15,920 like, OK, cool. Like I don't care. 246 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,400 But I needed to have their, like, outfits and their rooms. 247 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,640 And I liked the design of it all. 248 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:24,360 So I love, I loved it. That that's also something that 249 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:25,760 that you found. I think it was like a 250 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,800 therapeutic way to like sort of express that and then with 251 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,080 friends. Totally. 252 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,960 Yeah, for sure. I think it's really interesting 253 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:44,080 because I like, had a bit of a different experience growing up. 254 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:49,280 Like I didn't have trouble going into stores and finding things 255 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,200 that fit. But like, we talked about this a 256 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:56,480 little bit on our last episode. Just like trying to use clothes 257 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:00,560 as a way to fit in with other people was my challenge. 258 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:04,079 And like wanting to use clothes as a way to match everybody 259 00:17:04,079 --> 00:17:07,200 else. And after having kids, I 260 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,440 remember and again, my kids are a little bit older. 261 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:13,800 I. Almost feel like that was a 262 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:19,720 turning point for me in all of a sudden feeling like, I don't 263 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,640 know, I felt a kind of freedom after having kids where all of a 264 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:30,640 sudden I didn't care as much about what other people were 265 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,080 doing. And I, in so many aspects of my 266 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:38,760 life, becoming a mom, change my focus. 267 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:42,080 I think it just changed my focus away from me. 268 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:50,080 And like, I just felt a different kind of freedom than I 269 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:53,560 had felt before. And I felt an independence 270 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,760 maybe, and a sense of self that I hadn't felt before. 271 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,600 And that translated to what I was wearing. 272 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,920 Like all of a sudden, I felt empowered to wear things that 273 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:08,240 reflected myself in a different way. 274 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:13,160 And I started to like feel more confident in my own style. 275 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:17,400 And part of that, I think was I was raising kids. 276 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,720 My kids were babies at the time, not like mommy blogging was 277 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,480 becoming popular. And I saw all these women online 278 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:31,440 who were like, I don't know, sort of taking this like 279 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:36,640 empower, like we're finding empowerment and how they showed 280 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:40,440 up as themselves, you know, they were making a by what they were 281 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,560 wearing. And I found confidence in that, 282 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,760 too. And it was the first time in my 283 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:50,760 life that I, like, realized that I could sort of be me. 284 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,880 And what I wore could be a reflection of that as well. 285 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:58,320 Yeah. So, and sometimes that meant I 286 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:02,480 was wearing like, you know, leggings with spit up on them. 287 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,720 A lot of times that what that's what it meant. 288 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:10,160 But it also meant that like I was I was sort of shopping in a 289 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,320 different way and picking outfits, putting outfits 290 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,800 together that I don't know, we're very different than what I 291 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,960 was wearing before. All of a sudden I was definitely 292 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,240 showing up differently and that was really fun. 293 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,880 I think what's so, so interesting about about 294 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,720 listening to both of you talk through that. 295 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:39,080 I think the what stands out to me is the you go through in, in 296 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:40,560 sort of the nine months leading up to it. 297 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:45,280 And then the the years later. So much of yourself is given to 298 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,800 this young child and, and all the things and demands that are 299 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:54,040 sort of put on you that you sort of put that that's like the last 300 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:57,000 thing on the list. And, and I think that's, that's 301 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,400 really relevant with a lot of people. 302 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:03,520 And then you either find ways to like work with what you got you, 303 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:07,320 you like it is what it is. And then maybe there's like that 304 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:13,080 moment where it's like, actually, I can, I can control 305 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:17,200 like, I can actually use this as like a, a point of like, I'm a 306 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,200 new person now. I can reinvent that style. 307 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:24,680 I can evolve and and it's less about like. 308 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,600 Instead of caring what other people think, it's like, no, no, 309 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,440 no. Like I literally made a human 310 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,720 with my body. Like I don't have the mental 311 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,560 energy to care about what anybody else thinks. 312 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:39,680 Exactly. I wanna wear what I wanna wear. 313 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,520 And with loss or, or with like the really toughest moments of 314 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:47,080 life, it really sort of puts that like and like, I literally 315 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,760 can't. I don't have the energy to care 316 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:51,680 in the same way that I did before. 317 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,040 And that doesn't mean that like I don't want to care. 318 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:58,680 I just don't have the capacity to do it and and then when you 319 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,640 like can start to take some of that back is an expression of 320 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:07,600 self love or really like leaning into your style is like owning 321 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,600 it is is really, really powerful. 322 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,960 I was going to say or like, I actually do care, and I care in 323 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:14,840 a different way than I did. Before. 324 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:19,080 Like like I don't care to fit in or to. 325 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,920 Right to sort of. Fold fall into a mold. 326 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:28,880 I care to show of it as myself and to like, you know, speak up 327 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:30,600 a little bit more for my and how. 328 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:34,640 Powerful is that that your kids then get to see that. 329 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,080 That's. Exactly. 330 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:38,920 Like, yeah, go ahead, Mallory. Sorry. 331 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,400 I think, I think that's exactly it. 332 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,560 It's just like like Lisa, it becoming a mom changes your 333 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,920 focus. You used to, whether you realize 334 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,640 it or not, focus a lot on yourself. 335 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,960 And because that's all you have to worry about. 336 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,840 It's always just you when you become a mom that shifts and now 337 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:03,280 you have these other little people that are depending on you 338 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,920 and it it just shifts everything. 339 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:11,640 And it's like, I don't care what somebody down the street thinks 340 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:17,320 about, like, all I care about is what my kids think and that's 341 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:18,600 it. That's it. 342 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:23,080 I don't care if somebody gets mad that about a decision I 343 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,600 made. I made it knowing that it was 344 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,720 what was best for me and my family. 345 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:32,760 And that's all that matters. And that reflects in so many 346 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,960 ways. Exactly. 347 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:40,120 And I think it's so interesting what your kids take from that 348 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:46,960 because my kids, I have two kids and they are so different. 349 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:52,520 Ezra is 11. No, he's 12. 350 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,080 Sorry, Ezra, he's 12 and he isn't. 351 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,840 I mean, he takes it literally. He's a mini fashionista. 352 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:07,120 Like he, it's hilarious. We went on a walk the other 353 00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:09,000 night. We were walking the dog and he 354 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,360 is talking to me about his plant. 355 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:15,240 He's starting junior high next year and he's literally planning 356 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,040 his wardrobe and what he wants to buy. 357 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:21,440 He wants like white, like jeans that are low slung. 358 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,720 And he's telling me how he wants these certain long sleeve crew 359 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,320 neck shirts so that he can push up his sleeves a certain way 360 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,960 with a flannel layered over and if he's really lucky, like a 361 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,080 certain hoodie and then a denim jacket layered over it. 362 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,560 I'm like, OK, like he has every detail plans to the extreme. 363 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:45,160 And then my other child, Evie, who's 15, has taken like the 364 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:50,000 details of the fashion. But it's like, it's not, it's 365 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,480 not fashion. It's like creativity. 366 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:58,240 So it's the patterns and the texture and the pairing of 367 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,760 things. And that was from an extremely 368 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:02,560 young age. We were looking at pictures last 369 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,800 night because they're getting ready to submit things. 370 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,160 They're they're graduating from junior high and so they're 371 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:13,600 submitting pictures for like a retrospective and we were going 372 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:18,360 through pictures and from a super young age, they're pairing 373 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:25,680 like a captain's hat and a Cape and butterfly wings and a 374 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:31,080 Thrasher T-shirt. And like this combination is 375 00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:37,680 Evie to AT and is that fashion? I don't know, but it is. 376 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:43,080 And like, I really feel like both of those things come from 377 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:49,240 my influence. Yeah, A. 100% and they are the 378 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,080 two different extremes of the spectrum, you know what I mean? 379 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:59,120 Like they, Ezra has cultivated this into fashion and Evie has 380 00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:02,040 cultivated this into creativity and it comes out in their 381 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,680 artwork now and like how they think about the world and Ezra 382 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,560 is in how he dresses himself and how he wants to craft a look. 383 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,600 But it is it's sort of the same thing and it's also totally 384 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,520 different. And I think it's it all comes 385 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,160 from sort of my influence on them. 386 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:18,520 And I think that that's really cool. 387 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,800 Yeah. I think Grayson. 388 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:29,320 'S going to be like Evie because she is 100% in the she will put 389 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:36,200 a multiple tutus on at once but she wears 1 Tutu as a as a shirt 390 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:41,520 and the other one has a skirt and will wear a shirt as a 391 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:48,880 scarf. So we're she's very utilitarian. 392 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,320 Yes. I will say I joined Mallory and 393 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,240 I had a meeting. Was it this week or last week 394 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:58,840 where all I see is this like glowing blue tool sort of like 395 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:03,080 fluff through in like a reflection behind Mallory. 396 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:08,320 And I was like, quick question, is Grayson's dress glowing? 397 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,400 And she's like, why? Yes, Yep, that is her Elsa dress 398 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,960 and it lights up. I was like, I mean. 399 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,920 I would expect nothing less. Absolutely. 400 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,480 And then she said I so pretty she. 401 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,720 Did yes she was. I miss. 402 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,080 See, I miss those days. It was awesome. 403 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,520 It was awesome. The highlight of the highlight 404 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:34,360 of my my work days is getting like fun little kiddo cameos 405 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,240 halfway through a meeting about metrics. 406 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,640 I'm like, honestly, their style is way more important. 407 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:44,120 It's awesome. How I I want to sort of cover a 408 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:48,400 couple of the questions that I had pulled together, but I 409 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:53,960 wanted to know like, are there, what does getting dressed look 410 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,640 like for you today? Are there things that you love? 411 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,240 Do you have go to outfits? Do you have uniforms? 412 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:04,040 Do you like wear the same thing every day or switch it up 413 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,680 depending on where you're going? And then any like things that 414 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,680 you're really loving or anything that you wanted like that you've 415 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,640 let go of in sort of this new chapter. 416 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:16,400 Yeah. Definitely. 417 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:22,160 My uniform is a pair of, I say. I've kind of let go of my skinny 418 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,400 jeans. They're a little bit more 419 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,040 relaxed. I still have them so if I change 420 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,600 my mind, they're there. We can always put them in that 421 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,800 closet, keep them in that closet. 422 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,360 But a good pair of jeans. My favorite right now. 423 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:43,160 We're like the stovepipe style from Madewell and a button up 424 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,880 shirt and I like half tuck it in and that's the easiest, like 425 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:52,040 throw on and go and it's easy. It looks nice and it's 426 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,080 comfortable and I think that's the biggest thing I need to be 427 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,680 able to chase a child down. Yeah. 428 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:04,200 So I, I cannot wear something that's going to fall apart, show 429 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:11,120 bits and pieces that shouldn't be shown and just be comfort is 430 00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:14,040 like my biggest thing. So I want to look together but 431 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:19,280 still be comfortable. And I think that's where I 432 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:25,360 really try to blend and find things like a good gene that has 433 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:28,320 some stretch in it, or if it doesn't have stretch in it, at 434 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:32,120 least it fits really well and I can still move in them. 435 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:40,520 And a shirt that's not tight and restricting and but my my 436 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,240 uniform is definitely a button up. 437 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:48,200 And a pair of jeans and a pair of comfortable sneakers that I 438 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:53,560 can run in Rothys. And I hate to say it but I have 439 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:57,720 a pair of golden gooses that I wear on the daily because they 440 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,840 are so freaking comfortable. Just own it. 441 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,120 I love them. They are honestly worth the 442 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:09,240 money because I've worn them every single day for years so. 443 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,880 Cost per wear. Yep, yeah, girl math for sure. 444 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:20,480 Girl math and it's free now I. Love that. 445 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,200 And Liz, how about you? I think it's interesting, like 446 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:28,920 my, my uniform has definitely evolved as my kids have gotten 447 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,960 older. I mean, I, and it's also, I 448 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:39,520 think sort of my, my kids have gotten older and my sort of role 449 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:43,880 in life has changed too. When my kids were young, I was 450 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,680 working more part time. I wasn't at a desk all day. 451 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:52,280 I sort of went back and forth between my desk and trying to do 452 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:58,000 more mom duty stuff too. So I were a lot more leggings 453 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,320 and you know, stuff like that, I guess, and, and skinny jeans, a 454 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:05,520 lot of skinny jeans. I'm dating myself, I guess. 455 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,880 I also live in, I live on the West Coast. 456 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,240 So I think that that dictates a lot of what I wear now too. 457 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:17,560 I tend in the summer to wear a lot of dresses. 458 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,680 So we talked about nap dresses last time. 459 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:26,880 I'm, I'm just a big fan of maxi dresses, nap dresses, even sort 460 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,520 of like just short sun dresses. I don't know. 461 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:33,000 I, I still think of them as like baby doll dresses. 462 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,520 I just, I think they're really comfortable. 463 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,800 I always wear shorts underneath my dresses regardless of length. 464 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,920 Because no matter what age your kids are and Marge, I don't 465 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:42,960 think you've to be a mom for this. 466 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,040 I assume you're wearing shorts under dresses too. 467 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,240 Doesn't everyone wear shorts under dresses at this point? 468 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:51,240 For the most part. OK, I would think so if it's. 469 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:52,920 A long dress? No. 470 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:57,360 If it's a short dress, you can't walk up subway stair, no. 471 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:02,040 I mean, I don't know if we're talking like if you haven't 472 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,960 discovered thigh society at this point, what are you doing? 473 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:10,000 So I mean, I wear thighs. My aunt deep sleeps in thigh 474 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,200 society. I haven't gotten that far yet, 475 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,240 but basically always wear thigh society. 476 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,760 So they're so freaking comfortable. 477 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,080 Yeah, if they were to talk to the pod, feel free, yeah. 478 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,240 Do you want to sponsor? So that's basically what I'm 479 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,480 always wearing. I think it's extremely 480 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:30,640 comfortable. And then I took a really long 481 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,960 break from any kind of denim. We'll just blame it on COVID. 482 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:41,480 I but I have rediscovered hard pants, I'm happy to say. 483 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:46,040 And, and I, I really, I like denim, so I you'll often just 484 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:50,360 find me in a loose baggy pair of denim and A and AT shirt and I'm 485 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,560 a happy girl. The whole I'm going to put jeans 486 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:56,880 on to work from home. I know, but I'm, I'm in them. 487 00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:58,920 I'm wearing jeans now, if you can imagine. 488 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,600 Wow. Sitting at a desk in jeans, 489 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,680 yeah. What I mean, I will say there 490 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,600 are times that I that I do, but it's usually because. 491 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,880 You're going somewhere. Afterwards to go somewhere after 492 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,800 I came home too late before a meeting, but yeah. 493 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:20,560 I'm sitting in jeans and I'm not leaving my house for hours and 494 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,680 hours and hours and I chose to put these jeans on. 495 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:26,240 They're extremely comfortable and they're. 496 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:27,480 Yeah, really happy. I. 497 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,200 Love that. Yeah, I love that. 498 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,640 Well, actually you mentioned working. 499 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,640 I mean we all work remote, but you mentioned working from home 500 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:43,320 and wearing denim all day. And I actually pre read the SOS 501 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,040 for this week. We have SOS. 502 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,160 We have an SOS. We need to come up with a sound. 503 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:53,120 We need a bad signal or something, but we need a sound 504 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,520 producer. Mallory, this is obviously a job 505 00:32:55,520 --> 00:33:00,480 for you. I did look for sounds and then 506 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:05,160 ADHD brain had choice paralysis and I gave up and. 507 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,240 Let's stop for Mallory. Let's assign it to her. 508 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,880 Perfect, perfect. OK, so the SOS of this week if 509 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,640 you're new to the pod SOS is a style emergency. 510 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,480 We have a link in our description. 511 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,320 It'll take you to a form to fill out and we want to know your 512 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:23,360 style emergencies. What do you want special stylist 513 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,960 help for? It could be event, could be, you 514 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,680 know, anything you're looking for and if you're like the 515 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:36,040 person that submitted the first SOS, their SOS response is that 516 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:40,480 what they call it is literally a themed box that you can buy now 517 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:44,040 on dia.com, which is sort of genius. 518 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,880 And I don't know, I think that's like a really good idea. 519 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,240 And so I think it could be interesting, depending on what 520 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,520 what we do going forward, it could be really cool to be like, 521 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:57,800 oh, I also have that same style emergency help me out. 522 00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,600 And here you go. Here's a box that you can order. 523 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:07,600 So today's SOS comes from someone who would like to remain 524 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,920 anonymous. And they just kept it really 525 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,400 short and sweet. But they said they just got a 526 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:18,880 new job, grads, but it's mostly remote and it's now a managerial 527 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:23,920 position. They are on video calls all the 528 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,840 time where like they have to show their face, which like we 529 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,520 have often welcomed. To my life as. 530 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:37,120 Much as we used to have and they don't say what do I wear, I 531 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:44,360 really need to up my game so we are well equipped for this. 532 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:49,440 Yeah, Mal, you want to take the first pass as our guest? 533 00:34:50,159 --> 00:34:54,239 Sure. My go to when I know that I have 534 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:59,320 that I have to be on camera, I really focus on tops. 535 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:02,000 There's no way that I'm cheating to sit in jeans all day like 536 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,800 lid. I'm not thinking happens every 537 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:06,240 day, OK? I'm not like. 538 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:14,960 But I do, I will say in terms of pants, I have a pair of joggers, 539 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:19,720 black joggers that I can dress up or down and they're very 540 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:22,880 comfortable. So I tend to wear those a lot 541 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,960 when I know that I'm going to be working, but also I need to 542 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:30,320 leave because I can dress them up with like a nicer top. 543 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:35,320 But in terms of tops, again, I always go for comfort, but I 544 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:39,360 like to blend the two. I like to do comfort, but it 545 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:44,600 still looks nice. And I one of my go to is, is 546 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:49,800 what I'm wearing today actually. And it's a knit top, but it has 547 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:55,400 structure to it and it has these button details down the sleeve, 548 00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:00,640 which I think is really cute. So I like to go for something 549 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:06,360 that has a little bit of visual interest in terms of like the 550 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:10,320 buttons or some ruching or something like that, but it's 551 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:15,680 still a knit and I can sit in it all day and not be uncomfortable 552 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,600 or like fussing with it. I don't want to be messing with 553 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:22,120 something all day, especially when I'm like trying to get 554 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:26,160 things done or if I'm on camera. I think sometimes I get a little 555 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:29,320 bit uncomfortable when I'm not on with people that I know. 556 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,840 Like if it's a big company wide, I get a little bit more 557 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,840 uncomfortable and I don't want to be fidgety. 558 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:41,560 So something that just feels nice. 559 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,600 It's soft, it has some structure to it so it doesn't look 560 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:50,280 slouchy, and it has a little bit of an elevation with some 561 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:56,120 buttons or some ruching or I love a good ruffle and that's my 562 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:57,000 good. That's mine. 563 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,160 Love it. I love that, Liz. 564 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,880 How about you, Eddie? OK, I've got some. 565 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,600 Two different. I've got 2 tips. 566 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,040 My first tip is to do something layered. 567 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:18,000 So I like the idea of a collar, like something with a collar and 568 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:22,880 and then a sweater because I think that that just instantly 569 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:26,640 adds like a professional. Business, something about like a 570 00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:29,720 crisp Oxford or like a button down shirt with a collar. 571 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:34,960 I feel like I'm like. Yeah, instantly elevates, I 572 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:39,120 think so I'm, I'm, I am not suggesting a jacket of any kind, 573 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,600 like I would actually say no jacket of any kind. 574 00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:46,280 But I think that any kind of layer, whether you're wearing a 575 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:51,840 vest over AT shirt or a cardigan and AT shirt or an Oxford and a 576 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:56,960 sweater that just instantly elevates a little bit and and 577 00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,800 makes it look like there's some effort. 578 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:03,160 And then I would say accessorize. 579 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:10,280 So I think whether you're adding a statement necklace or a bold 580 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:14,480 earring or a like a scarf or bandana, just. 581 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,440 Press on nails. Or press on nails. 582 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:21,520 I am, if you know me in real life, yeah, I am. 583 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,360 I am an accessory, including nail girl. 584 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:29,760 So I just think having a big accessory of some kind, just a 585 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:34,400 headband per SE, that just will bring a whole look together and 586 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,720 make it look like you put some effort into your outfit. 587 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:40,600 You didn't just roll out of bed to be there. 588 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:43,800 And let's be real, there are days when we are just rolling 589 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:47,600 out of bed to get there. And so there are absolutely days 590 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:53,560 when I am going to be in a crew neck sweatshirt, even meeting 591 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:58,480 with a team. And I like whether it be I'm 592 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:04,280 talking to my leadership team or to the team that I lead, but by 593 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:08,400 putting my hair in a slick back and putting, you know, bigger 594 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:13,240 earrings on or, you know, putting a scarf around my neck 595 00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:16,800 and putting, I don't know, a headband on, I do feel like that 596 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:20,400 just elevates the look just enough to make it appear that I 597 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,640 am putting some effort into things. 598 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:27,200 So I think accessorize is key. I love that you have totally 599 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:33,160 inspired my accessorizing and there's so many really great 600 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:38,840 easy ways to do it with the like 14 karat like coated jewelry 601 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:42,400 that exists now. Like I now have earrings in that 602 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:46,080 I literally don't take off, but I feel and rings that I wear 603 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:52,360 everyday exactly totally put together and I I didn't have to 604 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:56,720 try too hard to to do it. So yeah, I love, I love those 605 00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:59,560 suggestions. The only thing I would add is I 606 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:03,680 we talked about nap dresses. I love a dress. 607 00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:06,160 I love like a very flowy. It sort of feels like I'm 608 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:10,320 wearing like a night count or like a sweater dress or like a 609 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,600 nice utility dress. Like that's like a button up 610 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:16,080 dress that is just like really, really flowy. 611 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,480 I'm a fidgeter. All the time. 612 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,480 And so I like to take meetings either standing up or sitting 613 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:25,640 down and I, I feel like a dress is one piece and I can't really 614 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:29,800 touch or do a whole lot with it. That that keeps things just like 615 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,040 really easy. And it, I usually opt for like a 616 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,560 little bit bigger, especially if I'm working from home, because I 617 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,960 know it's going to be really flowy, but I'm still going to be 618 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:44,920 look presentable if I, if I need to sort of pull it together. 619 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,760 So exactly, I love that. OK, great. 620 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:51,920 Well, we do have a couple workwear boxes for our themed 621 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,160 boxes. We always have a ton of amazing 622 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,960 workwear. And so if you're waiting for 623 00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:58,080 work. From home. 624 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:01,000 Box. Yeah, we definitely could do 625 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,640 that. Yeah, I love that idea. 626 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,720 I love that idea. Casual joggers. 627 00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:07,120 I see it already. Yeah. 628 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:09,880 Got. Some great ones coming in. 629 00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:15,680 I know it's if anybody doesn't know, Liz is like the mastermind 630 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:21,000 between behind all of our amazing merchandise and I am 631 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,400 forever grateful for for all of the options. 632 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:28,440 So if you have any specials or like if you have any like, hey, 633 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,320 I wish we could have this like drop it in the comments, let us 634 00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,200 know. We're we're always looking, 635 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:37,640 looking out for more options. So love that it is crazy to say 636 00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:42,040 that we are rounding up at the very end of this and last week 637 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:45,120 we talked about Liz and I mentioned one outfit that we 638 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:48,440 would wear every day for the rest of forever if we had to. 639 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:54,640 So I'm going to ask Mallory, close this out with one item or 640 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,880 one outfit that you would wear every day for the rest of. 641 00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:01,680 Forever. Oh, goodness gracious. 642 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:10,480 OK, I feel like I OK, I have a dress and I think, I think me 643 00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:12,280 and Liz actually have the same dress. 644 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:13,840 I. Love. 645 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:20,360 It's an anthropology dress. Across all members of our team 646 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:23,760 at random times without any planning is insane because we 647 00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,240 are never in the same place at the same time. 648 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,160 No, or some of us have never met in real life. 649 00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:33,600 Yes, that that part. And it was funny because I put. 650 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:36,680 So anyway, it's an anthropology dress and it's this really 651 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:40,960 pretty blue color and it's got like, it's almost like 652 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:47,200 watercolory looking, but it's like smoked on the top and then 653 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:50,240 really flowy. So it's so comfortable and it's 654 00:42:50,240 --> 00:42:53,360 lightweight. And I live in Texas, so that is 655 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,080 very important, especially during the summer. 656 00:42:56,520 --> 00:43:00,280 But I've worn it all year round. Like I've put a denim jacket 657 00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,440 over it and worn it during the winter time. 658 00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:08,840 And I love it because it's long. It's a maxi dress, so I wear it 659 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:14,160 with sneakers often, but I have also worn it with heels and 660 00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:17,600 dress it up even more. So it's just one of those pieces 661 00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:22,120 that I can dress up or down and it's appropriate for any time of 662 00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:26,720 the year. And it's it's my favorite piece, 663 00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:29,480 I think in my closet I will not be getting. 664 00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:33,720 I love that. In the first time I wore it, I 665 00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:36,600 took a picture and Liz swiped up on the Instagram story and said 666 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,600 I think I have this dress. Of course. 667 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:43,400 I love. Great minds. 668 00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:47,240 Yeah, I love that. I love that. 669 00:43:47,240 --> 00:43:51,200 Well, it has been a great time chit chatting with you gals on a 670 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:55,720 Friday, Mallory, you will hear. Well, I guess you'll probably be 671 00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:58,360 on most episodes with us, if not all of them going forward. 672 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:02,920 And I'm not totally sure what the next episode will be, but 673 00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:04,960 I'm sure we'll have maybe another guest. 674 00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:07,480 So it'll be four of us, which should be very fun. 675 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,400 Feel free to listen to our first episode if you haven't already. 676 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:16,280 You could learn more about the podcast, about DIA, about our 677 00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:20,160 theme boxes, about our SOS. You can submit an SOS at 678 00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:25,320 dia.com/SOS and we'll see y'all later. 679 00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,920 Thank you. Bye everyone. 680 00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:28,680 Bye.