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I have a very simple five-step process
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for the ultimate 2025 wardrobe
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reset well hello there my loves and
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welcome back to my channel if you are
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new here my name is Kira and I share
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videos on shopping for the best Basics
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on the High Street how to build a
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capsule wardrobe and lots of other good
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stuff so if that sounds good to you then
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do hit subscribe because I would love to
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have you back for more videos as is
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tradition my first video back of the new
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year is always one about resetting your
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wardrobe it is the time of year where I
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feel like most of us feel a little bit
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sick and tired of our wardrobes it's
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where we might feel like we want a bit
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of a reset or refresh of our style
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before you go out and buy something new
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that you think is going to complete your
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wardrobe or make you more stylish by
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finding that one trendy item that you
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feel like you're missing the actual key
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to Great personal style is sitting in
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your wardrobe right now just waiting to
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be worn and that's what this video is
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all about it's actually about how to
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look at your own wardrobe and actually
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pull out all of those amazing outfits
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that are just sitting there waiting to
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be worn although you might be tempted to
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immediately go through your wardrobe
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start clearing things out wait watch
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this video and you will be so much
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clearer I have a very simple fstep
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process and I promise by the end of this
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video you will feel so much clearer
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about how to refresh and revamp your
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style for 2025 these steps are going to
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help you maximize your own existing
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wardrobe and help develop your own
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personal style so let's get started step
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number one is to get clear on your
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personal style and this is where you can
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either in your head or on paper make a
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list of what you need from your wardrobe
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you're going to look at things like your
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lifestyle your day today schedule the
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country or climate that you live in and
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basically where you're currently at with
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what you need from your wardrobe for
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example you might be someone who works
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from home and you might want some cozy
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comfortable outfits but you still want
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to look smart for your Zoom meetings
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might be someone who is working in a
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corporate setting who commutes every day
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and who is giving formal presentations
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every week and because of that your
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wardrobe needs to be practical
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functional but also very smart and
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formal in a sense so really look at what
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do you need from your wardrobe so for me
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I predominantly work from home I'm often
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sat in front of my computer editing or
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doing calls I love to be comfortable and
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cozy when I'm at home especially in the
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winter time but I also really like to
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dress up and I attend different work
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events or press events and I love
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dressing up so while some of my wardrobe
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is really comfortable cozy casual and
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practical some of my wardrobe is also a
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lot more dressy and I like having a lot
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of fun accessories and pieces that I can
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mix and match for my dressier wardrobe
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so so when you have nailed down what you
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need for your wardrobe now it is time to
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make a Pinterest board and if you've
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never done this before it is so simple
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Pinterest is free to use and you can
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also make private boards so no one else
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will see them and this Pinterest board
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is going to be your Holy Grail your
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Bible for your personal style now this
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Pinterest board does need to be
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practical in the sense that it needs to
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reflect what you need from your wardrobe
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but it can also be aspirational so it
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can be out or styles that you just
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really really like and want to emulate
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what you're going to find through this
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Pinterest exercise is that you're going
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to see common themes come up you might
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find that a lot of the images that
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you're drawn to are of a type of style
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that might be very feminine and floaty
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and girly for example you might be
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pinning a lot of beautiful dresses and
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very floaty outfits or you might find
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you might be pinning a lot of outfits
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that include really sharp tailoring
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trouser suits Blazers you know there are
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so many different types of Aesthetics
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and styles that people can enjoy and you
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can absolutely weave between them but
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what you will find is a common theme and
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that is when you start to find the
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personal style that you kind of resonate
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with the most it doesn't necessarily
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have to be your personal style right now
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but it can definitely be something that
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you can work towards I also highly
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recommend making a second Pinterest
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board for styling ideas for items that
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you currently have in your wardrobe for
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example example you have a pair of
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tailored trousers and you find yourself
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struggling to style them then you can go
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on to Pinterest and look up there are so
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many reference images for outfits with
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let's say a pair of cream tailored
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trousers you can go ahead and make a
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Pinterest board with styling ideas so
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that you have a reference ready to go
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for when you're getting dressed I think
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we often can think that people with
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great Style just get struck by divine
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inspiration when they're getting dressed
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but actually a lot of these people are
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you know Gathering reference material or
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either they're doing it without noticing
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that they are building up this resource
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of ideas that they can have ready to go
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when they're getting dressed now that
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you've gotten clear on your vision for
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your desired personal style and again
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this can be more aspirational it doesn't
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have to be super realistic to where you
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are now of course you have to look at
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your day-to-day needs but you can have
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fun with your Pinterest board don't be
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afraid to you know get creative with it
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so step number two you go through
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through your existing wardrobe with
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fresh eyes and this is where you really
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have to comb through everything this
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definitely takes a bit of time you have
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to roll up your sleeves but really if
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you don't know what's in your wardrobe
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and if there are corners of your
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wardrobe that you haven't looked in in
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months or even years then it is high
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time how are you supposed to know how to
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wear the pieces in your wardrobe if you
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don't go through it regularly to really
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see and take stock of what you need what
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what you don't need what's working and
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what currently isn't working I am
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telling you there is so much potential
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sitting in your wardrobe right now you
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could not buy anything for the next few
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months and just work on styling and
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restyling what is in your current
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wardrobe and you will find so many new
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outfits that you never thought possible
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I am someone who also falls victim to
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this I can want something new but
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actually that item or something very
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very very similar to it is already
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sitting in my wardrobe looking at me and
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it's something that I think we all and I
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know as a fashion content creator I
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really do try to look at what I already
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have before I buy something new I know
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you're going to hate to hear this but I
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highly recommend trying everything on it
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does take a lot of time but again it's
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really important to actually put things
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on to figure out if they're still
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working for you or not when it comes to
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things like occasion wear these pieces
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you don't need to wear them all the time
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of course because they are going to be
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dressier or so don't worry too much
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about your occasion wear but what I'm
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really looking at is your everyday
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pieces your Basics your jeans your
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Blazers your trousers your jumpers I
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want you to try them all on and see if
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they're working for you now if you're
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trying everything on and you're thinking
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I hate everything I have been there
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before but do not get rid of everything
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in your wardrobe I do not recommend that
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you do that what you should do is look
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at where the gaps in your wardrobe are
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so let's say for example you might find
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that you have lots of Blazers and
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tailored trousers and kind of formal
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pieces let's say for your work but you
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might find that you don't have a lot of
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casual pieces you don't have nice jeans
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and cozy jumpers that you can wear on
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the weekend or you might find that your
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wardrobe has a lot of casual wear but
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you're struggling to find pieces when
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you want to dress up a little bit more
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but when you're going through your
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wardrobe with a fine tooth comb this is
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where you will start to put outfits
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together you have your Pinterest board
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for your reference and that's going to
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really really help you with ideas so
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while you're going through your wardrobe
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you might find an item and think God I
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haven't worn this in ages how would I
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style this you go over to Pinterest
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either look at your board or type in how
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to style black waste coat how to style
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Cream Blazer and then boom you have
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loads of ideas so what you're going to
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do now is start putting outfits together
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and taking photos of them and I know
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this might sound strange but really you
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are making your own catalog of outfits
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you might think that you will remember
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what the outfits are and I have done
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this but honestly you will forget
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guarantee you by doing even these first
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two steps you are going to find new
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outfits in your wardrobe that were not
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there before and it is going to stop you
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from buying new pieces that you didn't
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actually need and this my friends is how
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you actually build your personal style
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and it is really about styling and
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restyling things that I think creates
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true personal style I always say that I
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do think that repetition is elegance and
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when I see people whose personal style I
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really admire they often have signature
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pieces that they repeat in their outfits
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whether it's a really cool vintage belt
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or like a leather jacket that they've
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had for years it's often these pieces
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that they restyle that makes it just
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gives this extra flavor to their
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personal style and often times when we
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look at people who have great personal
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style some of the pieces in their
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wardrobe or the pieces that they wear
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regularly are older pieces they're items
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that they've had for years things like a
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leather belt leather jacket a pair of
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shoes or loafers that you can tell that
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person has worn time and time again so
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now that you've done your first two
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steps you've created your Pinterest
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board you've gotten clear in your vision
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and you've now gone through your
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wardrobe with a fine tooth comb now is
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where you can actually start to do the
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clear out you want to take your time
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with this you don't want to get rid of
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things willy-nilly but you do want to
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look at what no longer serves you as
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time goes on every year or every season
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you will find that there are pieces that
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you might no longer be wearing maybe
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they just need to be repaired or in
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certain cases if it's a basic t-shirt
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that's just maybe been overwashed like
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you will eventually need to kind of
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clear things out but you also will be
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able to look at where the gaps in your
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wardrobe are for me a huge turning point
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was when I started to focus on my Basics
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and I noticed that it was the pieces
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that were actually kind of the quietest
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and most subtle that actually were the
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building blocks of my favorite outfits
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and the building blocks of my wardrobe
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wardrobe if you're new to this channel I
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talk so much about Basics and building a
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capsule wardrobe because it is honestly
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the best thing you can do to build that
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solid core Foundation of pieces things
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like basic t-shirts that fit well that
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wash well a great pair of tailored
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trousers a classic pair of loafers a
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great Blazer that you can style hundreds
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of ways when you focus on those Basics
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they really give you so much back in
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terms of value so now that you've done
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your clear out and you have the pieces
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that you're happy to let go of you can
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donate them there are so many places
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that are happy to accept donations you
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can also swap them with friends it's
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something that I love to do where myself
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and my friends will swap clothing I'll
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give things to my family my sisters my
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friends but you can also sell items as
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well there are so many amazing platforms
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things like deop uh Vinted has just
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launched here in Ireland I know it's
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huge in the UK as well it's a great way
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of passing on things in your wardrobe
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that no longer worked for you or let's
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say a piece that you may have bought for
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an occasion and you wanted to go off and
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have a second life with someone new I
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highly recommend doing this because it
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also gives you those extra funds that
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you can then repurpose into your
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wardrobe while doing this clear out you
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may have a pile of pieces that you're
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unsure about and this is your maybe pile
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so it might be pieces that you really
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like in theory but you're struggling to
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style or you're just a little bit unsure
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about so don't get rid of those for now
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and we're going to come back to those
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later step four is definitely a fun one
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and it is where you make a wish list of
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items this is supposed to be realistic
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it really is supposed to reflect the
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gaps in your wardrobe so maybe for
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example you are missing more basic
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everyday pieces maybe you don't have a
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pair of jeans that you love maybe you
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need a good quality Blazer or maybe you
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are missing clothes that are a little
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bit dressier maybe you need something
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that you can restyle for your date
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nights or your drinks with the girls but
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really make a cohesive list and it
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doesn't have to be that long of the
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pieces that your wardrobe is missing and
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this is where the magic happens when you
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have this clear list in mind of where
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the gaps are in your wardrobe then when
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you get bombarded by inspiration which
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we all do of the new in items of the new
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trends and I love talking about Trends I
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love shopping them you know I I work in
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fashion I love clothing so much but when
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it comes to spending my money I do
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really try to be strategic so what I try
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to do is looking at my Basics and the
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things that my wardrobe needs those are
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the things that I will invest more in
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because they're inevitably going to get
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worn more so things like a good quality
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coat shoes handbags that I wear all the
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time these are the things that I will
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spend a little bit more on and then the
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trendier items I'm more likely to let's
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say pick up on the High Street or maybe
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not invest as much in every year I will
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round up my most worn pieces of that
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year and that was actually my last video
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if you didn't catch that I will link it
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below and it was looking at my top 10
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most worn items of the whole whole year
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I did this the previous year as well and
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it's really interesting to see the items
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that actually gave you the most cost per
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wear it really helps when you're
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justifying investing in better quality
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fabrics and better quality products
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because you will get to wear them so
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much more and they will last so much
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better in your wardrobe it is often the
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basics in our wardrobe that we neglect
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because they are a little bit more
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boring you know like we're not going to
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be as excited by seeing a plain T-shirt
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as we are by seeing the beautiful sequin
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Blazer if you neglect your Basics your
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wardrobe will always be out of sync and
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your Basics I always say this but they
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honestly make the outfit so step number
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five is to get out there and style those
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items and this is where you're going to
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look at your maybe pile so the pieces
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that you were unsure about challenge
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yourself to wear that Blazer or those
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trousers for a whole week styling it in
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different ways or challenge yourself to
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put together let's say five or six
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outfits with it in one go and if you
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really really struggle to do that and if
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you find you're just it's just not
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working then it can be easier for you to
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let it go but actually you might find
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that you love a piece but you just don't
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know exactly how to style it yet and
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that's where you're going to use your
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Pinterest board to build that
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inspiration the key is to get dressed
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every day and obviously we all get
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dressed every day but I mean by really
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thinking about your outfits and how you
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can style things differently and having
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fun with it and experimenting a little
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bit and you know taking a few risks here
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and there it's it's all part of flexing
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those style muscles and building great
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personal style so guys if you take
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anything away from this video it is to
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just have fun getting dressed and look
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at styling what you already have that is
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how you're going to figure out what you
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need what you can invest in and it is
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just the best way that you can approach
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resetting your personal style I would
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also invite you to maybe take on let's
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say a no buy challenge a lot of people
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do this in let's say January or February
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where they put a pause on adding
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anything new to their wardrobe and they
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instead focus on solely restyling what
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they have and another tip I would give
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is that when you are looking through
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your wish list and you're shopping for
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these items that you're missing look on
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secondhand sites like vintage depop
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vestier Collective if you're looking for
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something that's designer or vintage
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places like eBay you know going into
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your local secondhand or vintage shops
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you can find some absolute gems often
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times when you see people with these
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really cool unique one-off pieces
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so much of the time they're vintage and
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really you can find the most amazing
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things so definitely definitely have a
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look so there you have it guys that was
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my five steps to a successful wardrobe
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reset for 2025 please do let me know in
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the comments if this is something that
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you have done or you will be doing and
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if so how are you getting on in your
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journey I would love to know in the
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comments below if you liked this video
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and you'd like to see more styling tips
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love to have you back for more thank you
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so much for watching and I'll see you on
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my next one bye
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