Stop Buying These Clothes to Improve Your Style in 2025 — Transcript

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1. 0:00do you want a wardrobe that works for
2. 0:01you and not against you start by
3. 0:04avoiding these mistakes save your money
4. 0:06make better purchases and make getting
5. 0:09dressed easier in the long run stop
6. 0:11buying the same things in different
7. 0:14fonts so let me show you what I mean I
8. 0:16have four iterations of a blue and white
9. 0:20striped shirt yes they're all slightly
10. 0:23different in their own ways but
11. 0:25essentially they're all blue and white
12. 0:27stripe shirts how different are they
13. 0:30really so let's try and break this down
14. 0:31I think it all started off with the max
15. 0:35shirt from suzan I bought it in white
16. 0:38first and I love it it is just the
17. 0:41perfect like oversized shirt the cotton
18. 0:44is really thick and sturdy it's not
19. 0:46see-through at all and so I also bought
20. 0:48it in a blue and white stripe cuz I
21. 0:50thought it would be really nice for
22. 0:51Springtime and then over time I've
23. 0:54slowly accumulated another three very
24. 0:56similar shirts I think in theory it
25. 0:59sounds great you know if you like this
26. 1:01one item why not buy variations of it
27. 1:04but are you ever really wearing the
28. 1:07variations from the original I think
29. 1:10that this can often cause decision
30. 1:12fatigue when we look at our wardrobes
31. 1:14and we just see so many things there but
32. 1:17it actually turns out that quite a few
33. 1:19of them are really similar and it can
34. 1:21also lead to our outfits feeling really
35. 1:23similar even though we're wearing
36. 1:25different pieces so I think you need to
37. 1:28ask yourself what it is about the
38. 1:30original that you really liked for me I
39. 1:33love that it's a button- down like I
40. 1:34know I like button- down shirts I love
41. 1:37the oversized fit I love the thick
42. 1:39material and I love the way it looks
43. 1:41tucked into jeans but it's not
44. 1:43necessarily the blue and white stripe
45. 1:46that I love even though I really like it
46. 1:47on the original and once I realized that
47. 1:50I branched out a little bit more I got
48. 1:52an oversized brown shirt I got an
49. 1:55oversized green and white stripe shirt
50. 1:58and so now I have have more variations
51. 2:02in my looks made up of elements that I
52. 2:04really like so if you ask yourself and
53. 2:07analiz what you like about the item that
54. 2:10you want to buy multiples of it might
55. 2:12save you in the long run and you'll be
56. 2:15able to make better purchases in the
57. 2:17future stop buying items that you don't
58. 2:21love when you open your wardrobe and you
59. 2:23look at all your clothes can you safely
60. 2:26say that you love everything in there
61. 2:29because I can't if I'm being totally
62. 2:31honest I used to buy a lot of crap I've
63. 2:35had my fast fashion era my Asos my H&M
64. 2:39buying things every single week era and
65. 2:42then I slowly improved and I moved
66. 2:44towards a more capsule wardrobe approach
67. 2:47to what I bought but I still didn't have
68. 2:50the knowledge that I have now back then
69. 2:53about how to really look for high
70. 2:56quality clothes which is a video I'm
71. 2:58working on by the way so subscribe if
72. 3:01you haven't so that you don't miss it
73. 3:03I'm slly replacing my old pieces with
74. 3:06new ones well not always new I'm trying
75. 3:08to shop free loved as well but just
76. 3:11better quality pieces basically anyway
77. 3:13all that's to say I have enough clothes
78. 3:17I have more than enough clothes and so
79. 3:19when I introduce something new into my
80. 3:22wardrobe I have to absolutely love it I
81. 3:26have to love the composition I have to
82. 3:28love the quality I have to love the
83. 3:30color I have to love the cut if one of
84. 3:32these things is not right then it's out
85. 3:36I'm not keeping it so let me show you
86. 3:38this sweater that I got recently this is
87. 3:41from Rise and Fall which was in my
88. 3:44knitwear Brands better than the High
89. 3:46Street video this is 30% cashmere and
90. 3:4970% Marino wool it's really soft I think
91. 3:54the quality is so good it's really thick
92. 3:56I love the color I know burgundy is very
93. 3:59try right now but I think it's a
94. 4:02seasonal like autumnal Autumn winter
95. 4:04color I love this thick v-neck ribbing
96. 4:08here I love everything about this jumper
97. 4:12except I think it's a smidgen too long
98. 4:15for me I would love it if it was
99. 4:18slightly shorter and so for that reason
100. 4:21even though I love everything else about
101. 4:24it I know that the length is going to
102. 4:28like I could keep it you know I could
103. 4:29could keep it I could easily just tuck
104. 4:31it in and it and it would be fine but I
105. 4:34know that I I would just always think I
106. 4:37wish this was a little bit shorter I've
107. 4:39got so many items like this that I've
108. 4:43kept in the past you know I've loved
109. 4:45everything except for something and now
110. 4:48I'm trying to you know either sell or
111. 4:50replace those things for ones that I
112. 4:53truly truly love and I just don't need
113. 4:55to keep more of these things you know so
114. 4:58stop buying things that you don't
115. 5:00absolutely truly love because in all
116. 5:02honesty none of us need more things be
117. 5:06really picky about the things that you
118. 5:08choose to keep and in the long run it
119. 5:11will make getting dressed so much easier
120. 5:14and so much more fun stop buying only
121. 5:17Trends or only Basics do you often find
122. 5:19yourself staring at your wardrobe unable
123. 5:22to find anything to wear even though
124. 5:24your wardrobe is full of clothes that
125. 5:26might be because you're only buying
126. 5:28trendy statement pieces now I'm not
127. 5:31saying never buy Trends I think Trends
128. 5:33can be a really fun way to refresh what
129. 5:36you wear but the key is to only buy the
130. 5:38ones that suit your personal style and
131. 5:41to be really picky about it as well if
132. 5:44you have a wardrobe of pieces that are
133. 5:45only trendy you might find that you
134. 5:48don't have a very cohesive wardrobe you
135. 5:51might be missing key wardrobe Essentials
136. 5:54that are the foundations of being able
137. 5:56to wear these statement pieces however
138. 5:59on the on the flip side of that buying
139. 6:01only Basics and wardrobe Essentials is
140. 6:04not great either yes you'll be able to
141. 6:06create outfits but they might not be the
142. 6:09most interesting outfits that can
143. 6:11showcase your personality for me
144. 6:14personally and you know this is just
145. 6:15coming from my own experience and
146. 6:17personal style because I do love Basics
147. 6:20and wardrobe Essentials I think a really
148. 6:21good like percentage for me would be to
149. 6:25have
150. 6:2670% you know wardrobe Essentials and
151. 6:29basics
152. 6:30and then 30% statement or trendy pieces
153. 6:33when I first started my YouTube channel
154. 6:36almost 4 years ago now I was very into
155. 6:39my Basics and don't get me wrong I still
156. 6:41love my Basics and my neutrals and I
157. 6:43wear them all the time I used to wear
158. 6:45some really like fun and maybe a little
159. 6:47bit edgy pieces as well and I think I
160. 6:50sort of lost that because I thought that
161. 6:52having a Wardrobe full of Basics was the
162. 6:55best thing ever so this year I've been
163. 6:57trying to incorporate some color and
164. 6:59some fun pieces into my wardrobe but
165. 7:02because I have quite a strong
166. 7:04foundational wardrobe of Basics it's
167. 7:07been quite easy to incorporate these
168. 7:09more statement pieces back into my
169. 7:11wardrobe so the takeaway here is to stop
170. 7:13buying only Trends or stop buying only
171. 7:16Basics but have a good mix of both that
172. 7:19you can mix and match to create more
173. 7:22interesting outfits stop buying
174. 7:24something just because your favorite
175. 7:25content creator has it I also get a lot
176. 7:27of my recommendations from from social
177. 7:30media I'll see something on someone and
178. 7:31I'm like ooh that could be quite nice on
179. 7:33me but you have to make sure that you're
180. 7:36buying it because you actually like it
181. 7:39it will go you know really well with
182. 7:42whatever you have in your wardrobes and
183. 7:43it's something that you would buy anyway
184. 7:47not just because this person has it and
185. 7:49this is where the trick of cutting off
186. 7:51the head of your inspiration picture can
187. 7:54really help we as humans have a natural
188. 7:56bias towards good-look people or people
189. 8:00that we just really like and admire and
190. 8:02so cutting off the head can help to
191. 8:05eliminate that person from the equation
192. 8:09and then you can take a minute to
193. 8:11analyze the photo and question is it the
194. 8:15item that I want or is it this person's
195. 8:18vibe that I just really love a lot of
196. 8:21the times I will do this I will cut off
197. 8:22the head of the image that I'm looking
198. 8:25at and I'll ask myself is it these pair
199. 8:28of jeans
200. 8:30or is it just because her legs are
201. 8:32really long and skinny and you also want
202. 8:34really long and skinny legs I'm 5'2 so I
203. 8:36always want long and skinny legs but
204. 8:38that's just not the case that is not how
205. 8:41jeans work these jeans are going to look
206. 8:43different on me than they do on this
207. 8:45person and for some reason cutting off
208. 8:48the head makes me process that a lot
209. 8:51better so it's always worth taking that
210. 8:53extra step and figuring out if it's the
211. 8:57actual piece you want or is it just this
212. 8:59this person's Aura and vibe that you
213. 9:02love stop buying uncomfortable shoes I
214. 9:05don't even think I need to say anything
215. 9:07more about this tip I think we all know
216. 9:09this but here are a few things to look
217. 9:12for to indicate if a shoe might be more
218. 9:16comfortable or not of course this is not
219. 9:17completely foolproof and everyone's
220. 9:19Feet's different but here are a few
221. 9:21things to think about when shopping for
222. 9:23shoes the fit can you move your toes
223. 9:25around is there enough space to wiggle
224. 9:27them around if there isn't then they're
225. 9:29probably too tight if you have wide feet
226. 9:32look for shoes with a wider toe box
227. 9:34don't try and stuff your foot into a
228. 9:37shoe you know is too narrow for you or
229. 9:39if the brand does it some brands do have
230. 9:42wider fit Styles then look for those as
231. 9:44well is the heel rubbing on the back of
232. 9:46your foot I think a little bit of
233. 9:48friction is fine because that's what
234. 9:50keeps your foot inside the shoe but if
235. 9:52the back of the shoe is really hard and
236. 9:55stiff then you will probably get
237. 9:57blisters is there any padding on the
238. 9:59sole of the shoe the more padding there
239. 10:01is and the more comfortable the shoe
240. 10:03will be in the long run generally
241. 10:05speaking of course flat shoes are more
242. 10:07comfortable than heels personally I'm
243. 10:09quite comfortable in a boot with a heel
244. 10:12but I do tend to gravitate towards block
245. 10:14heels as opposed to a stiletto heel that
246. 10:17way the weight is more distributed and
247. 10:19is a little bit more comfortable a block
248. 10:21heel is also more stable than a stiletto
249. 10:24so you're less likely to kind of roll
250. 10:26your ankle or hurt your feet and then
251. 10:28the outsole is really important as well
252. 10:30so that's the sole that touches the
253. 10:32ground it needs to have some friction on
254. 10:34it otherwise you're going to be slipping
255. 10:35and sliding so if it doesn't have any
256. 10:38friction then you may want to get soles
257. 10:40put on it also needs to be a little bit
258. 10:42flexible so that it can move with your
259. 10:43feet you know we don't walk like this
260. 10:47our foot bends and the shoe needs to
261. 10:50bend with the foot if it's too hard or
262. 10:52stiff it's not going to be comfortable
263. 10:55to walk on for long periods of time so
264. 10:57those are my tips to avoid buying
265. 11:00uncomfortable shoes stop buying items
266. 11:02that are not on your wish list AKA
267. 11:05impulse shopping I feel like this tip is
268. 11:08especially relevant right now because we
269. 11:10are kneee in Black Friday and then we're
270. 11:14going to enter into Christmas and Boxing
271. 11:16Day sales it can be really hard to avoid
272. 11:19marketing tactics that make you want to
273. 11:21buy things that you don't necessarily
274. 11:23need and this is exactly what they are
275. 11:25they are marketing tactics to make you
276. 11:27feel that urgency to get that adrenaline
277. 11:31going and make you feel like oh my God I
278. 11:33need to buy this now and if you've
279. 11:35listened to any of my videos before then
280. 11:37you'll know that I'm all about a wish
281. 11:39list if you just take that time to look
282. 11:42through your wardrobe see if there's
283. 11:44anything you need if there's anything
284. 11:46that's missing or anything that you need
285. 11:49to replace you'll feel so much less
286. 11:52overwhelmed once sales roll around
287. 11:54because let me tell you for the past 2
288. 11:56weeks I have been feeling very
289. 11:58overwhelmed
290. 12:00with emails and Instagrams and Tik toks
291. 12:03telling me that sales have started so I
292. 12:05just drowned out all the noise by
293. 12:08focusing on my wish list I just stuck to
294. 12:11my guns stuck to my list and had a much
295. 12:15Karma time navigating sales because then
296. 12:18I knew I could avoid emails telling me
297. 12:20things were on sale because I knew
298. 12:22that's not what I'm looking for I really
299. 12:24think that all good purchasing habits
300. 12:27lead back to
301. 12:29continuously editing and curating a well
302. 12:34thought out wish list so if you want me
303. 12:36to show you how I use mine let me know
304. 12:39in the comments and I will put it in a
305. 12:41future video stop buying items just
306. 12:44because it's pre-loved or vintage it can
307. 12:47be really tempting to buy something when
308. 12:49you are secondhand shopping due to the
309. 12:51nature of secondhand shopping you might
310. 12:54have that feeling of like I might never
311. 12:56see this item again or sometimes it can
312. 12:59feel like fate that you did come across
313. 13:01this item and sometimes it can even feel
314. 13:03like you're doing a good thing by
315. 13:05purchasing something secondhand and all
316. 13:08of these feelings can be very powerful
317. 13:10at the time but you still have to apply
318. 13:13some self-restraint when you're
319. 13:15purchasing secondhand let me show you a
320. 13:17t-shirt that I bought when I was in
321. 13:20Tokyo and I was thrift shopping I got
322. 13:23this In-N-Out t-shirt which don't get me
323. 13:25wrong I think it's really cute I think
324. 13:27it's really fun but have you you ever
325. 13:29seen me wear a graphic t-shirt like no
326. 13:33neither have I I haven't worn it yet I
327. 13:35think because I don't normally wear
328. 13:37things like this it's like a little bit
329. 13:40harder for me to style and so I just I
330. 13:42just haven't I think I just bought it
331. 13:44because you know I was thrift shopping I
332. 13:47was looking through hundreds of t-shirts
333. 13:49and I finally saw one that I was like oh
334. 13:51this is kind of fun kind of cute and you
335. 13:53know it wasn't that expensive so I just
336. 13:56bought it I think it can be really easy
337. 13:59to get caught up in this feeling of like
338. 14:02scarcity or fate or oh it's cheap so
339. 14:06like I can just get it like it's
340. 14:07secondhand I'm doing something good for
341. 14:09the planet ultimately are you actually
342. 14:11going to wear it are you actually going
343. 14:13to use it I hope you got something out
344. 14:15this video especially as we are going
345. 14:17into sale season if you enjoyed this and
346. 14:20you want to stick around you can watch
347. 14:21this video on screen it's about how to
348. 14:23build an authentic personal style as
349. 14:26always thank you so much for watching
350. 14:27and I will see you in the next video bye