Friday Q&A: Your Fashion Questions Answered!

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1:49Georgia Dayton: We really have. Each week we'll be joined by some famous faces and experts and we'll chat about the brands and products that have saved us along the way. In short, we're the parenting podcast for you. Before we get started, hit subscribe or follow so you're the first to know when each episode lands. And they're on Tuesdays and Fridays. And it really helps if you leave a rating and a review. You can also find us on Instagram. We're on at Made by Mummies. But for now, George, should we get into it? Hello and welcome to Friday's episode of the podcast brought to you by a couple of gals who've had a couple of bad haircuts.

2:21Georgia Dayton: Yes. I, oh my God, I cried. When you got your bad haircut? Yeah. Shut up. I actually cried. That just goes to show how shallow you are, actually. It does, actually. It really does. I actually like to pride myself on not really caring that much about how I look. but it appears I'm so wrong because I haven't cried for a long time and on Sunday is it Sunday no Saturday day after I have my hair cut I was like I hate it and then James was winding me up more and um then he got the brunt of it actually and I worked out it was his fault yeah so um correct yeah as everything but no honestly I've had too much hair cut off and not how I like it and I'm really cross about it.

3:11Oh, George, can I just say now, because you guys can't see, George, she looks stunning and your hair is looking super healthy, but there's nothing that I can say to you now because if you've had too much off the length, you've had too much off the length and if you've had choppy bits put around the face, it's irritating.

3:25Georgia Dayton: It's so irritating, but I tell you what, I am on a hair growth journey now and I will take you all on it because as soon as I left the hairdressers, I went straight to Spacing Gay and I was like, what have you got? That is going to help my hair grow. And now I've got an array of products to help my hair grow. So I will keep you all informed. Well, first of all, we need a proper visual and a photo, maybe a video of the length of it. You've got to take lots of before and after photos. But also, the good thing about you is that your hair grows really, really quickly. No, it does. We're coming into that season where you're going to be wearing it out the whole time.

4:02Yeah, I know. None of us are going out anymore. I know. And actually, to be fair, I haven't had a bad haircut. I've just got way too much hair in. like I just couldn't style it. So he's got the opposite. Way too many so I've got to I'm going to have about an inch off the length and I'm going to have some of the bonds taken out because it's just way too much. It's heavy. It's hurting my neck.

4:21Georgia Dayton: But we're actually not on here to talk about hair today at all. We're actually going to do a fashion Q &A which I'm so up for because again I've ordered a lot after my hair disaster in a bid to make myself feel better. That's hysterical. Did it? No. No, it didn't. But you're going to show me where to get some good clippings, so. We've got our shoot on Wednesday this week. And so we were recording this a few days before you guys are going to get it. And now we're like, oh God, we're going to have to stick Georgia with some clippings in so that she feels a bit more confident. I'm going to have to get some clippings.

4:57Georgia Dayton: I've never had extensions before, but you know. Welcome to my world. I'm up for it. I'm ready for it. Right, let's get into the fashion Q &A. Thank you so much for sending in all of your questions. We are officially in autumn and we're talking autumn winter style. I have got to hold my hands up in this moment and say I have been in a fashion rut for the last three weeks. I think I've really struggled moving out of summer and being like, what the hell am I going to wear? And I have got way too much stuff in my wardrobe that I'm not wearing. I can't find anything. Nothing works. I feel a bit I'm stylish I'm fashionable I feel like I can't get my head around certain trends that are coming in so I have spent the last week or so kind of really thinking right starting the detox I've already got two bags of stuff that I'm taking down to the charity shop and I am really going to streamline my wardrobe and it's actually been really lovely going through this process of doing answering these questions and prepping for them because I'd be like right that will work on me that will work on me I've got that I need this because it can just get really overwhelming can't it George yeah it can and I think anyone like listening to this I do think before you start buying stuff for the new season have have a clear out first shop your own wardrobe first go through it all work out what you've got I did it a few weeks it was a bank holiday weekend so I think it was end of August I did it and I probably need to have another go through now that the weather is getting well I say slightly colder but it then is suddenly really hot again so I don't know what the weather's doing i know it's weird isn't it um but we've got loads of ideas haven't we we have indeed and also just to say before we get into this you've probably got a lot of this stuff in your wardrobe yeah so i don't we don't want to put any pressure on you to go out there and spend fortunes let's be smart and let's make it happen because otherwise we'll all be in prison for fraud because we won't be able to pay our credit card bills right let's go let's go okay let's kick off with um hang on let me i had a good one to kick off with oh no this is a funny one how many jackets and coats do i realistically need practical but also stylish options i mean you're basically talking to the wrong two people because i know i've got hundreds of jackets but i i did have a think about this i'm gonna start us off so i'm gonna go with the first one that you need you're a mum because you're listening to this podcast you need a really great gorgeous puffer jacket that's going to take you into the colder months especially if your kids play sport and you know you're on the school run so I would go for a long one is like a duvet coat is really great if you're standing on the sidelines but I've got a couple of really nice shorter ones as well that kind of go with leggings a bit more and they don't swamp you if you're petite sometimes wearing those big duvet ones you can you literally look like the michelin man walking around yeah exactly So pick your battles on that one.

7:52Georgia Dayton: Where do you normally get your puffer coats from? I mean, Zara do an amazing puffer coat. I've got a great burgundy one that I got last season when burgundy was absolutely everywhere. I have got a really fantastic one that's reversible and I got that one from F &F. Yeah. So it's green white on the outside and it's got like a gorgeous kind of almost like a teddy, you know, that sort of teddy material on the inside. but you can turn it it's reversible what about you yeah no well I've I was thinking about ones that I've had for a long time and I've got quite a few from Arquette that I've had for five six years and actually they still look really nice but I was gonna say I think if you look and you at the materials so like it's definitely down or duck down inside then you can get them anywhere So like Zoe said, F &F will have an amazing one.

8:47Georgia Dayton: You don't actually have to spend loads, but I would look at the fabric with a puffer jacket that it actually is going to not make you really sweaty. Yeah, and also keep you properly warm. Properly warm. They might look like they will, but actually in reality they don't. So I think a really great leather jacket or faux leather jacket is a great piece. If you want to invest, I would say All Saints are amazing. Marks and Spencers have got a really lovely leather jacket. which is around 250, 300 at the moment. But you can get faux leather ones from like your Zara's or your H &M's. And then I would say, obviously, at the moment, you're just seeing that incredible kind of like funnel neck trend, which is everywhere.

9:28So I've got this gorgeous one from Zara, the red one. Have you seen the red one that I've got, George?

9:32Georgia Dayton: Yes. So nice. Yeah, the windbreaker trend is actually really cool. And it doesn't have to only go with like leggings and sporty wear. They actually look amazing with jeans, like amazing with anything. and they're really practical. I mean, we're lucky, aren't we? Like that these trends are coming through that are actually you can like wear day to day as well. So in answer to your question, Melissa, 30. So I think five. I do too. I think five is a good place to start and be. Don't forget a gorgeous like full, like long, like wall coat. Yes. So a puffer jacket, a leather jacket or some sort of like bit more jujee statementy jacket, a good blazer, a full length wool coat, and then a more like casual, like whether it's a windbreaker or a waterproof or something like that.

10:27Georgia Dayton: I think that's a good place to start. And maybe like a nice cool bomber as well. And a bomber, maybe 10. Let's settle on 10. Let's settle on 10. Let's kick off with comfortable stylish jeans and what to wear them with. well I'm talking to the queen of jean yes queen of jean queen of jean the queen of jean is that even a thing I don't know it is now okay um let's start with I have just got another pair from last season but these amazing um palazzo jeans so they're high-waisted they're wide leg but they fit around the bum and they've got like um like a deep like a stitch detailing that runs down the front of the leg which makes your legs look much more elongated they're from river island they're 46 pounds and they'll go with a really nice heel or boot like a heeled boot if you go out for like a mum's night out dark they're indigo ones they're absolutely stunning love those ones yeah top shop for me isn't isn't i've worn top shop denim for such a long time they've got like your classic mum jeans the baggier versions they've got the cargo pant which look really great you get them in a denim Georgia loves a barrel leg jean you wear those really well as a girl don't you yeah I was gonna say I think I like a barrel leg jean but only if you can get them in the right length so for me M &S barrel leg actually I buy the horse shoe as well which is slightly different it's actually a bit more fitted on top um so yeah I think I think with jeans it's quite hard to recommend jeans to other people because I think it is quite personal um and I think what you really need to do is find I mean have you tried Abercrombie jeans I haven't but people rave about them yeah they're great um yeah so what I would do is I would actually go shopping in person or order loads to your house and have a good try on but I think the shapes that are comfy and feel like you know quite modern are your barrel your horseshoe your um palazzo like the wider leg jeans at the moment um but apparently the cigarette jean is coming back so who knows i love a cigarette jean yeah and also with the question what to wear with them i think what you've got to be really really careful of is like balancing proportions yeah So, for example, for me, if I've got a barrel leg or I've got a wider leg, I have to be careful with what I've got on top.

13:00Because if I wear something that's also oversized on top, I can just look, I don't know, just kind of like an avocado. Like, I have to make sure that I've got, you know, like maybe a slim tee or like, I don't know, something that's a bit sheer and it's a bit more fitted on the top. or if I'm wearing a shirt, I can tuck it in at the front just so it gives me a bit of a waist. Because, you know, we're both small. I'm 5 '4", you're 5 '3". You've got to be careful with that. You know, the taller girls might be able to get away with it a little bit easier. And also the length of the jean, like if you've got jeans a bit longer and you're trying to wear trainers with them, I don't like it when it sort of all gathers up at the bottom.

13:41I think some of them get away with it. It doesn't work on me. So I think George is right. Go in person, try some things, but do keep in mind the balancing of proportions.

13:51Georgia Dayton: Yeah, no, definitely. And I sometimes even find putting a nice jean with a t-shirt that's got a shoulder pad in it. Yeah, nice. Or it's gathered in at the waist, like Zoe said, just for a bit more shape. Yeah, I mean, I think there's a pair of jeans to suit everybody. I think it's just about finding the right ones for you. Apart from maybe a skinny jean. Yeah. Not a skinny jean. Not anymore. I bet they'll come back. Unless I'm going dog walking and I've got to wear my knee-length hunter boots, in which case... Then you've got your skinny jeans on. I've got my skinny jean for that. We'll be right back after this short break.

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16:36Welcome back to this episode of Made by Mamas. Now, where were we? Should we talk about cargo trousers for Autumn, George? Yes.

16:42Georgia Dayton: Because you are rocking them regularly at the moment. I love a cargo trouser. So people have said on here, like, basically how to style them. And I think they're actually quite an easy trouser to style because you can essentially have them dressed up or dressed down. So I personally don't really wear them with trainers. I like a cargo um trouser with either a heeled boot or like a ballet flat or some sort of like like lighter shoe not a heavy trainer um having said that I saw someone the other day in a pair of cargoes and she had those Solomon trainers on and a just a basically a round like sweatshirt round neck sweatshirt and it looked really cool but it's just not my style um so I think you know play around with it but yeah I would I like a cargo trouser with a belt because I think it kind of elevates it so I got a great black belt actually from Amazon it was 16.99 or something and it goes with yeah goes with so much and then just tucked in nice tea I think it's about how hard you want to go in some people can rock a cargo pant with a plaid shirt and a pair of jeans and they look amazing for me I want to like smarten it up a bit so when I wear a cargo trouser I'm going for a smarter shoe and a tighter top that's how I'm doing it and maybe like a collarless leather jacket like keeping it simple on top um because the pockets and everything add a lot of volume to the bottom so that's where I start and if you do want to wear a trainer then wear some of the slimline trainers that are out now um there's a question on trainers later so we'll get to that but um yeah I think it's just thinking about your style and not I think it's easy with a cargo trouser to go in and it almost becomes fancy dress oh my god do you know like you're a member of all saints again remember how like we used to wear the cargo pants with the buffalo boots yeah we're not on that vibe guys this is you know the cargo pant has come back around again but we've got to be careful that we're not doing what we did in the kind of late 90s you don't need to go all in into that sort of utility trend it's like balancing it with like a nice leather you know jacket or something fitted on the top nice nice also as well sticking to like neutrals maybe like a khaki or an olive green or maybe like a black or a beige really works as well I think I've seen some people wear um they're like army print ones and I think potentially at 43 that might be pushing it for me um i mean yeah i know what you mean i've seen some people look amazing though as well so are they like 25 no i don't think so but just looking like styling it with a white very like fitted white tee and then a black blazer so then it's almost like super smart and structured on top and then the proper camo on the bottom i have it looks cool um but it's just whether that's for you or not i guess okay i think we should do a little try on with the cargo pants as well because george is doing i've just ordered three pairs so i'll i did order a pair from zara then it's absolutely ridiculous they were like low slung like my belly was sticking out and i just thought the i wanted to keep pulling them up and then i was giving myself a camel toe and the whole thing just didn't work i got a high-waisted one like always a high Yeah, I know.

20:08Georgia Dayton: Where should we go? Should we do the shoes? There was one about shoes. That's where I struggle to know what is right with what, but I want capsule. So what shoes do we need for the winter? let's talk boots because yes again we're the queen of boots we love a pair of boots so i think you have to have to have a pair of black boots with a little heel don't go too big just a pointy boot um or if you prefer the kind of square toe i prefer a point but not too pointy so somewhere in the middle a little little boot uh sorry a little heel and you can get those on the high street and they won't cost you too much money so marks and spencers i was gonna say i got some Kate dupes from M &S.

20:56Georgia Dayton: I actually got burgundy, but they do have black and they are so comfortable. They're 55 pounds. I haven't been able to wear them yet because it's not been cold enough, but when it is, yeah, I love those. So if you're going for a staple, I think you've got to start with a pair of boots and obviously you're not going to wear those down the park, but you know, hopefully, fingers crossed, we're in our non-park era. Yes. Loafers, a loafer or like Some sort of flat that is not a trainer. So a ballet flat or a loafer, I think you can have both, but some people are firmly in their camps. Again, on the high street, you can get M &S, H &M, ASOS, Mint Velvet, all of the harsh, do amazing shoes.

21:39Georgia Dayton: It just depends what you want to spend. It depends if you want a print. I think sometimes like a loafer in a print is quite cool. But equally, I love a plain brown or black loafer. and the same with the ballet flats I think there's so many around and like there's like the Alaya dupe ones that I like those mesh ones and stuff gorgeous yeah I think that I'm just wondering how I'm going to wear those when it actually gets really cold though so they're good for now so I don't know if I would spend a lot on those because you know how are we going to wear them when it's like snowing we're not are you talking about ballet pants?

22:16yeah no we're not we've only got about a few few more weeks to a month left yeah really if we're um i think also if you're going to get yourself a nice trainer you don't have to spend fortunes but you have to think about print like i love an animal print trainer absolutely love them i like a sort of almost like a leather leathery look type trainer and i really love metallic trainer i really love a metallic trainer silver metallic just really elevates like they look really great with a pair of cargo pants they look great with a skirt they look great with jeans they just they just instantly they're they're like eye catchers and they just make any outfit which could be your

22:53Georgia Dayton: capsule wardrobe just pop a little bit more polished in fact actually we there was a question about trainers and like what trainers are we going for this season and I think like the last couple of years everyone's been wearing sambas and new balance and all of that and there's kind of been a shift now I'd say not away from it because if you still love them you still love them that's fine but there's some new shapes that are more almost like um it's that very slim line they're like silk and you know I pick some up in M &S and they're like pale pink they were 30 pounds they are I absolutely love them but if you want to spend a bit more I saw some Isabel Marant and they're called seni they look really nice they're about 300 pounds there's the adidas tokyos yeah they are really nice um new balance 204 i think it is they're again more they're like slimline but again so many prints like there's crocodile there's you know so many different textures suede there are so many options but I would I I'm I was really bad with this a few years ago just buying like whichever statement trainers I could find and then finding that I couldn't wear them with much so I would go for your neutrals so like you know beiges browns then maybe like a red kind of color and then a metallic that you know will work with loads of stuff have you heard of a brand called Onitsuka Tiger No So they are £150 They're a really cool brand And they've got this amazing Metallic sneaker in there at£150 Oh nice Yeah I'd never heard of them I'd started, someone told me About them in the summer, hadn't heard of them before that They're called the Mexico 66 And it's, I hope I'm saying it right Onitsuka Tiger I think Like, that's how I, maybe I'm saying it wrong.

24:59But they've got a gorgeous pair of silver metallics and they've got like sort of cream, like almost like suede kind of going across them. They're really cool. And they do them in gold as well. If you like your gold and they're 150 quid, we'll link them. But they're really, they're fantastic. My friend's got them and I'm literally about to order them.

25:14Georgia Dayton: Do you know what? I was thinking this year, you know how last couple of years, literally every single person you see, whether you're on the school run, whether you are like in London, wherever you are, like wearing exactly the same trainers. where can we go to find similar that like but we're not all clones of each other well that's what i've just delivered you i've just given you a new brand there you go that sounds yeah exactly that sounds amazing um so yeah i mean the the world is your oyster there's so many trainer options out there trainers are your oyster um let's talk i would like to talk about best leather jackets George.

25:50Georgia Dayton: Oh okay. Someone has put please girls best leather jackets budget and more expensive. So I only have one real leather jacket now I had some All Saints ones I had for a long time but they just they're just not the right shape and fit anymore so I have passed those on. It was actually from Autograph M &S a few years ago and I really love it but I think that buying the real leather jackets all that time, like, you know, years and years ago, has taught me that, yes, leather is amazing and it lasts and it looks good, but actually the styles and the shapes do change. So this year I bought a collarless PU jacket from M &S, which I absolutely love and it feels really modern and it's a different shape and I love it.

26:43So I think,

26:44Georgia Dayton: Like, will I be buying a real leather jacket again this year? No, I don't think I will because I think I love experimenting with shapes and like having, you know, a biker one year and then a collarless. And so for me, I'm the budget end. And I think M &S, H &M, those sorts of shops, you can look on them more premium ranges. So you might be paying more like£150, but it's not such a big investment that you feel like you've got to wear it for the next 10 years. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And also, don't forget about your supermarket shops, as in like the fashion that you find at the supermarket. So I was in F &F the other day and I found the most stunning faux leather funnel neck oversized fit jacket in black.

27:36It's like a bomber, but it's got this funnel neck around here. It's got the beautiful detailing here with a little, like, it's got a little strap and then it's got a button. On the shoulder. Yeah, on the shoulder. Sorry, you can't see me. I'm going over here and Georgia's going on your shoulder. And it's 45 pounds. And like Georgia said, it's a bit more oversized. It's a bit more slouchy. It'd be great to wear, you know, either, you know, jeans and trainers to go and fucking fuck around with the kids in. Or you could elevate it with a really nice pair of trousers and some boots to go to work. So I, like George, won't be spending fortunes on an actual leather jacket this season, but I will be buying some faux leather and mixing up with the different kind of shapes.

28:18Like exactly what George just said, because I've got my All Saints jackets that cost me 600 quid. I've still got like that beautiful, they're not Jane and Tash anymore. Desavory. I was going to say, if you're going to invest, I would look somewhere like that.

28:31Georgia Dayton: Yeah. Like an independent brand that that's what they specialize in. But yeah, as much as I would love to build a wardrobe with really expensive things that are going to last me like 10, 15 years. You've got fucking money. Oh. Yeah. Yeah, it is that, of course. But also, the reality is I won't want it in 15 years' time. I just won't. This is a good one. So I'm an accountant surrounded by black suits. I want to look corporate but trendy and fun. Hell. Great. yeah I love this so I often look at people on the train on the way to work so where I live basically I'd say 90 % of the people commuting into London work in the city so they are in finance and all of that and I love seeing how the women dress because it yeah it could be boring but the best ones that I usually see have an amazing black trouser like you know I actually have a pair from what the brand that are really cool they're a nice good thick quality and an amazing belt and then they have fun with the top half so they might have an incredible jacket on they might have um you know a really cool shirt and accessories and earrings and I think that's where you can have fun if you're in the like the corporate world surrounded by you know men in black suits men in black but brands like massimo duty yeah i think can you know you can get some really beautiful staple pieces but then go into your zaras and those sorts of places for like slightly fun like river island even always do an amazing jacket like i stand by river island blazers and jackets two three a season they do like some really cool pieces also yeah i think Everywhere, everywhere this autumn, you don't just have to wear black trousers.

30:29Think about like a really great A-line skirt, like some beautiful, like maybe a faux leather one. Look at Hodge from Sheer Larks. Yes. Oh my God, she is. She does. Jesus Christ. If you want any work ideas, that is your girl to go and have a look at. There are these roll necks that she wears and they're very kind of sheer. And I actually bought a couple. I think they're from Calzedonia.

30:54Georgia Dayton: Yeah. um and they are i've got a burgundy one and a black one and they're sheer so you can wear even if you're you don't really want your bra on so they're not like see-through sheer but you can just see a bit of it you can always wear a very very very thin sort of spaghetti black top underneath and then she wears a great belt and an a-line skirt i'm saying it right aren't i a-line skirt yeah she wears an a-line skirt or a pencil skirt or a pencil skirt leather pencil skirt i mean gorgeous there are so many of those around um absolutely yeah I think if you if you feel like you have to keep the colors muted at work which I know in a lot of offices like you do you know a lot of people feel like that they have to stick to like dark colors I know but I think sometimes it is I know like in James's office for instance it would be like people would be like what are they wearing um have fun with textures leather suede like all of those sorts of things yeah Yeah.

31:48Chocolate brown as well. Chocolate brown. Absolutely gorgeous. Super smart and doesn't remind you of George's old uniform.

31:54Georgia Dayton: Yeah, I'm done. Oh, God. We'll be right back after this short break.

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34:15welcome back to this episode of made by mommas now where were we i've got one here that i was looking at so mum's night out clothes that's from kaz i had i was trawling the internet um yesterday when i was prepping for this podcast and everywhere i found these really beautiful um like really interesting shirts and blouses like beautiful kind of like frills around the neck beautiful hems on the sleeve yeah and just drapey and kind of sexy with a great pair of jeans and a pair of pointy heels you are on to an absolute winner so I think jeans and a nice top is always the best shout when you go on every time I go on a mom's night out that's what I wear just make the top half really interesting like Georgia says lovely colors um or like I said textures and really interesting detailing they're all over the high street at the moment but I would go for that and then accessories you know some really beautiful gold hoops some bangles a really great necklace just make sure that you've got all of that going on at the same time and it's not just like a black top and some jeans which can be a bit dull boring and amazing oversized clutch bag

35:23Georgia Dayton: or something like that woven oversized clutch i think h &m have actually got some incredible like going out tops um like you said with ruffles and drapes and a cape you know like all that kind of stuff um so yeah I mean jeans and a good top it's gonna take that outfit actually takes you anywhere but it is harder to get right than you think I don't know if you ever do this but I always think oh yeah I'm gonna wear that tonight and then I put it on I'm like oh this doesn't look quite right so I would order loads of nice tops and have a play around definitely and as it gets cooler as well i i also love doing the opposite so i love let's say like i've got this incredible pair of burgundy faux leather trousers oh my pointy shoes and then a simple top i love doing it that way because that's really really sexy and you can do like a lovely smoky eye and do it the other just flip it basically flip it so do your like statement on the bottom yeah and plain on the top now i love that i love yeah and also i don't think you can go wrong with a pair of leather trousers whether they're a colour or black, really shiny, a very tight white body underneath and then an incredible black jacket and then loads of good accessories.

36:38Georgia Dayton: Like that is foolproof. Like you're always going to feel, if people spill drinks on you, it doesn't matter. Wipe it off. Wipe it off. If your husband jizzes on you, no, it's not that kind of. Oh, no. It's not time for that. Or the waiter. No. You can tell where my mind's at. Absolutely. The waiter. Jesus Christ. I already know. They might be single. We're not marrying for money. oh but the wait is always the sexy ones um where do you want to go George where should we go here we go what Alton staples can I buy to feel nice but just to get me out of gym wear that I wear every day okay I mean I think this is probably if you work from home or you're a stay-at-home mom or you don't basically don't go into an office every day I think probably 90 % of us are guilty of being in our gym wear here we are all of the time I mean I am in my gym wear right now me too um I have banged on about wearing barley you know lovely barley tracksuits for years and I do absolutely love them and I do feel so much more put together if I've got a wide leg pair of barley tracksuit bottoms on and then just a really nice zip up and then I've you know done my hair and everything I feel a lot more put together than if I'm just in my gym clothes but I do think the trends this season are actually really comfy like there's so many cool like variations like this no we've gone on about barrel leg jeans but there's barrel leg joggers that look really cool that you can wear with a nice smart t-shirt and a lovely jacket like a crop trench or you know anything like a funnel whatever funnel neck jacket a you know a windbreaker cool trainers I mean the barrel leg joggers all there's these barrel leg trousers that are kind of like um They're not cargo because they're thin, but they've got them in Primark, Uniqlo, M &S, drawstring.

38:31Georgia Dayton: So they are essentially, you're so comfortable, but a bit more considered and just feel a bit better than in your gym. More put together. Yeah, in your gym leggings. But realistically, I wouldn't be putting jeans on to sit at my desk all day because it's not comfortable. But you can get now, like with what you said, they're not actual denim. They're more kind of like a softy, stretchy. They almost feel like joggers, but they are denim. They're like very super soft. I guess we'll have to call them baggy jeans, but they actually don't feel like them. I've got a pair and I got those ones from, I think it was M &S actually.

39:10And also I always say this, Georgia and I always rang on about it, but at the start of every sort of like new season, Georgia and I will buy like three or four white t-shirts, beautiful, crisp. We love the ones from Arquette. I got one, a couple from Stravius actually.

39:23Georgia Dayton: Primark Primark do an amazing one White t-shirts now The Primark edit I went into the Tottenham Court Road one on Friday And I was like Oh my god I should have gone in And just bought all of the t-shirts Like every colour of the t-shirts They are really good You're looking for like Lux kind of Sort of active wear That isn't actually active wear Yeah You know like Lounge wear Yeah Cos do some amazing Also by the way Cos really good for work wear Have a little look on there Because they've got pieces in there that look designer and they absolutely aren't with the price tag um and then i think i think yeah like georgia said i think just try and break that try and break the rut of just continuously putting on your leggings and your oversized hoodies because yeah otherwise that's just all we will wear do you know what there's a new brand um called art of but art is a r t e of nice and i i think i mean i only saw them i think last week so i've been like looking at their instagram and their website and they seem to have that like home cozy capsule look down like the fabrics are beautiful i actually don't know the price point because i've been more i'm more looking at their instagram but that's a good one also like what the brand they've got so many cool like coords that probably feel like you're wearing pajamas but are elevated and also just we always say it but I think if that's the thing that you're wearing every day just because it's casual it doesn't mean it's not where you should spend your money because essentially we should be spending our money where we're getting the most wear out of it yeah 100 % so yeah I do that nice um I feel like we get the rain jacket question every autumn winter um where should brands for good rain jackets that also look stylish.

41:17Oh, God. I'm always falling on this because I just don't.

41:21Georgia Dayton: Me too. I find it so difficult. It is difficult. And I think you can say to someone, oh, get the Reigns one. Oh, there's a Sweaty Betty one that looks amazing. But it's actually what you're putting with it and how you're styling it that makes it look fashionable. Yeah. I have spotted Damson Madder and Nobody's Child have some really cool jackets the dams and madder one sells out all the time it can you can pull it in at the waist it's got some cooler pockets on it some of them are checked some are tartan they actually even do waterproof trousers if you have a dog and like one one outfit looks so cool um so maybe yeah i'd look at yeah dams and madder nobody's child maybe even free people yeah free people's good jacket also just put into google just be like because i always think with rain jackets let's be honest we are going to be wearing them quite a lot of the time and you know like if you're getting up and doing the school run every day it's going to be filthy weather soon like leopard print go for like a metallic just make a bit of a statement with it you don't just have to wear boring black you don't need to wear black sauce you really really don't and now's the time to buy it guys because in a month we're not going to be able to get a nice rain jacket you're going to be left with the shit and if you want to elevate a rain jacket at the moment the little scarves that you can tie around your neck like the little knitted trot like you could just if you had did go for a plain black you could just whack one around your neck or a big you know just something to elevate it because i think if you are going plain it's not about the jacket it's about everything else that you're putting on with it love that um i did some prep around because obviously georgia and i don't wear petite sizes but someone some lovely lady um has put in wedding guest outfit for short person in their 40s so I had a little look around because the the petite trends are not something that I know that well um but I was really really pleased with what I found so have a look I was really blown away by Karen Millen they do a really lovely petite range and there were some gorgeous gorgeous wedding dress um um wedding guest dress suggestions on there and I think one thing I do know because we're five foot three and five foot four is that when it goes really long it can swamp again so I saw a couple on there that were kind of not not mini but maybe just slightly longer but then they had these sort of like tassels coming down like so it was like a tassied skirt you could see underneath it was a mini dress does that make sense oh nice so that was really interesting and then it's it cropped it wasn't full length it cropped as a but that looked quite cool and that was quite different.

43:59I think as well, you've really just got to be careful on like proportions and balancing. If anything's too balloony or anything like that, it's just going to make you look teeny, teeny, weeny.

44:08Georgia Dayton: Yeah, I know Louise Thompson has brought out a petite edit, is it not? I'm sorry because I really love Nobody's Child, but I just, I had a look on there and I just, I wasn't impressed. Oh, that's a shame. We need to do a try. Yeah, we should do a try and I'm just, I'm literally going to just look it up now. But yeah, I mean, it's actually the casual pieces are really nice. But yeah, there's maybe a black dress. Yeah, sorry, the casual pieces are lovely. I just... Yeah, not for wedding, I'd say. Definitely not. But... I mean, never fully dressed do petite sizes. Gorgeous petite sizes. So... Bowdoin.

44:42Yeah. I had a little look on Bowdoin. Really nice. Some gorgeous bits on there.

44:47Georgia Dayton: Yeah, I'm just trying to think. It's funny because I think we probably would fall. I think it's under five foot five if you fall into like the petite category for a lot of brands. But I think I've just got used to the shops that I know that if I buy a full length dress from that I definitely can't wear it. So like, for instance, Never Fully Dressed is one of my go to's because even the trousers, I don't think come up majorly long in comparison to like your Zara's. Oh my God, the Zara's is so annoying. They are so long. They are so long. Yeah. so I would yeah have a ship around but also you know the tailor is your best friend like find a local tailor who can nip things in for you and it's you know it's not just about the length is it because it's about sleeve length and all of that kind of thing as well also do have a look on her I'm her dressed me twice this summer for events one for my mum's MBE and the other one for Asgore and And they have got some incredible designers on there, which would work perfectly for a petite or shorter woman.

45:56And you could just rent them. 60 quid, some of them. 60, 70 quid. Like Georgia Hardinge. Is that your sister's name? I don't know. Georgia Harding. Harding. With an E on the end. They've got some really lovely dresses there, which would 100 % well call someone that's petite. And you're renting. You're going to give it back. It's a winter wedding. like half the time I spend 400 quid on these dresses never wear them again

46:19Georgia Dayton: yeah I know same that I've done that before and I'm not doing that again and luckily we don't have to I mean there's actually so many more questions but maybe what we'll do is we will answer some of them on Instagram and we can pop up some links as well can't we yeah because we've been nattering for 40 minutes now we've got to say goodbye it's been so lovely chatting to you absolutely gorgeous humans loved this thank you so much for sending in all of your questions if we didn't get to your question please just drop us a message but like georgia said we'll answer the rest of them on our stories and we'll link suggestions for you as always we'd love you to rate review subscribe and please give the podcast to follow yeah and if you've got any feedback on this episode or topics you'd like us to cover in these friday q and a's drop us a dm on instagram we're on out made by mamas and we'll be back on tuesday

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