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0:08This episode of Stylish is brought to you by Michael Hill. Romantic, platonic, family or self-love. This Valentine's Day, celebrate love in all its forms. This is Stylish, the podcast for all things fashion, lifestyle, brand and beauty. My name is Madison Sullivan Thorpe. I am joined as always by my co-host, Annika Joshi-Smith and Joanna Fleming. Hello. Hola. Happy Wednesday. Happy Wednesday. The Super Bowl has happened. Bad bunny. What a performance. What a look. Alibar? Custom Zara. Custom Zara. Yeah. I did not know this. Right? Did you? I've been too busy watching. Yeah, you've had a busy day actually.

0:51Snippets, too busy reading things. What else did we love? I loved all the celebrity cameos in the casita, they were calling it. There was Jessica Alba was in there. Alex Earl was randomly in there as well. There was a lot of different celeb faces. Pedro Pascal was in there. There were so many familiar faces on this stage. It was the ultimate fiesta and I totally wanted to be a part of it. I have to say I was surprised Lady Gaga was the surprise performance. Same. I was not expecting it but she looked phenomenal and the performance was amazing. I also feel like all the clips of the Grammys and the two of them being there kind of like is resurging and everyone's loving that.

1:28But she was wearing an incredible designer who's Dominican-American, Raul Lopez, who I just thought she looked spectacular I mean, I read an article that was like Lady Gaga's looks now deserve a museum of their own. And I'm like, she has just turned out some of the most incredible looks. You can always count on her to look good. I also liked the hair and makeup on her as well. She looked beautiful, like just stunning and so efferless. I loved it so much. And then Ricky Madden just shaking his bonbon as well. Shaking like a bonbon, like a bonbon. Mazara done her vocal warm up off mic. Yeah, I don't know why.

2:02Again, if we had sound effects, I wouldn't have to do these. But here we are. we're gonna get them one day and I'll be like whoa whoa whoa whoa I'm that was my chair well to go back to hair and makeup that actually segues us into a different topic which is Ryan Murphy's love story about Carolyn Bessette and JFK Jr. the criticism that came out about that we discussed on this podcast many moons ago actually and we were saying how the hair color was off for Carolyn's character. The costuming was off because we'd seen very early snippets of what was being filmed. Yeah. And they've actually taken that feedback on board and we've now got a trailer that has come out.

2:46Man, have they really made some changes there. Her hair colour, especially so much better and so much more accurate. Yeah. So much more accurate. I'm so conflicted about this series though, because I love Jack Schlossberg, who I believe follows Shameless Media on TikTok. or something and like I mean if we're putting top three celebrity crushes together like I am all of our like let me tell you if you're looking for a wife I'm looking for a Schlossberg

3:17this podcast has just become me shooting my shot but he is really outraged by this and the Kennedy family is really outraged by this I think for so many reasons obviously they're depicting such personal drama but also the depiction of them not looking like them in the first place I feel like this is at least coming up a little bit to reflect more accurately who they were I mean this woman worked for Kelvin Klein and is still to this day considered one of the most influential women on fashion and a style icon putting her in polyester or Zara no offense to either of those things I wear them both but that's not a Carolyn Bissette special I'm so happy you brought that up because the wardrobing all the fashion girlies and boys came for them like I am just so impressed that they were so receptive to the feedback and took it on board and having Rudy Martz come in and actually take over the whole wardrobing to perfect it and make it look more like 90s minimalism and just the era was so impressive I actually read an article in Glamour magazine and they reported that Rudy actually sourced vintage looks from eBay Etsy Instagram and a single collector in Canada who read it track down to be at CBK Clothing underscore.

4:30And one of my favorite quotes from the article was that Rudy even beat the hell out of a Birkin to Mira Bissett's own distress bag, which I thought was so iconic. Like they actually took it all on board. I won on my tombstone. She beat the hell out of a Birkin. I used to want it to say at least she tried or she gave it a red hot go. She gave it a Rittholk god. She beat the shit out of Birkin. It's my new one. Oh, I'm looking forward to this series coming out. I'm definitely going to be watching. Same. I'm so excited. I actually love the teaser. I loved, like, the mood and, like, the kind of filmy vibe over it.

5:06Yeah, I felt things in the scene that shows her measuring. You felt things. I'm just coming undone in every episode at this point. I'm, like, I'm just being left out to roast. When she's filming him when he walks into the Calvin Klein office and, like, everyone's staring at him. Oh, yes, yes, yes. Yeah, I feel like I'm watching it and I'm just going to have to say I'm so sorry, Jack. I'll tell him I didn't when we meet. All right, well, today we're discussing the subversive shoe trends that are set to dominate in 2026. We're answering an opinions, please, about showerhead filters. And then we'll be giving you our guide to incorporating tassels and texture into your wardrobe.

5:41But first, what are our swaps? Annika, you're in your last few weeks with us before you go on that leave. I am. Oh my God, don't remind me. She's actually picking right now. It's quite crazy. She's so used to your guys' voices that I feel like she's going to come out and be really calm around you both. We just got to see pictures of her and her little nose and lips. Like I just, I'm really sad you're not going to be here for a few weeks, but I'm really excited. So I'm like conflicted. I think I'll pop by. I think you guys will get to hang out quite often. I think we'll pop by yours quite a bit.

6:11Yeah. Annika tagged me in a video last night and it was true. Like it was a mum with her little girl and she just said, forget mum, this is Aunty Mads. And they were both in leopard jackets, which I said I wanted to invest in. to Ace at Rocky's back out the trunk from the front to the back. And again, we're doing this. But you better believe that I will be getting us all matching outfits. That's going to be Jo and Mai's gift when she comes. I can't wait. She's so ready. Speaking of fabulous people and on the topic of fashion, I actually had the pleasure of meeting Madeline Harper-Fass or at MFass on Instagram at Australian Fashion Week last year.

6:45And she is the fashion director at Vogue USA. say and this woman is undeniably so chic like chef's kiss everything about her is just so polished so like inspirational aspirational but I think also obtainable like she does things in a way that you could kind of replicate at home and shop your own wardrobe which we really love to do here yeah and I feel like her Instagram feed is just a treasure chest if anyone needs some daily inspiration no matter what the occasion so give her a follow she is definitely the definition of the ultimate fashion girly and I just love how inspiring she is. I love an account swap on our podcast.

7:25Same. I feel like maybe we should just always have it as a rule between the three of us. Okay. I don't like rules, so actually I take that back. But I think more of them. I like them. One cleaning rule, one Instagram swap and rule. One thing Maddie says that is inappropriate. I love those. Those are my favourite swaps. I know they are and I don't mean them and they just slip out and that's the book. Okay, my swap. Again, not what I said I was going to come in with. My swap is adult sleepovers. Bring back adult sleepovers. Rhiannon Joyce, my dear friend and co-host of the Fortnightly Friday episode of Stylish.

8:01Try saying Fortnightly Friday every, like, blah, blah, blah. She came to my house on Saturday night because a dear friend of theirs, it was his box party. They were hosting it at their home and I said to her, there is one place you don't want to be tonight and that is at your house with a whole bunch of men who are boozy and been at the pub all day. Oh, yeah, good shout. So Rhi came over at about three o 'clock. We had Thai for dinner. We might have opened one to two to three bottles of champagne. We went to sleep. I set up her skincare for her. I did a little like goodie pack, like slippies, a little silk hair tie.

8:34I put an eye mask down. I know she uses Rationale, so I set up all Rationale in the en suite. Fresh towel. So it was like a brand event she went to. She went to a PR event at my home with things I paid for, with my money. I feel like that Taylor Swift thing when she's like, was I loud in the house that I built with my own money? Woke up in the morning to just a big lump of golden retriever George like spooned into me like he's not allowed on the bed. She let him. I was like, then we went and had a coffee in the morning and we were like walking and we're like, we're swapping in adult sleepovers.

9:05I like that. So good. But also while we were on the adult sleepover, I did get sent a very special video dedicated to me by none other than Schooner Scorer. Wait, what? Have you not seen this? No. Get your phone up immediately, if not sooner. I had as my word of the week on the fortnight live, we don't do the swap, we do word of the week, and I had that I was obsessed with the Schooner Scorer account and I thought it was a really clever Instagram. Also helps is that kind of low-key hot. Yeah. And my friend. Again, she's shooting her shot. Shoot that shot. Twice in one episode. Time, guys. It's going to be a thing.

9:38Okay, like I kind of just like want to try and scull a beer with him, to be honest. Let's leave it there. But my girlfriend, Bec, met him and got him to dedicate a video to saying, hi, Madison, I've heard you're great. Love what you're doing on the Stylish pod. So we got a Schooner score, a shout out. I'm obsessed with that. I'm so obsessed with that. I love that she got a real life cameo for you. And a free one, even better. She was like, hey, I even checked if it's all good for you to share it on socials. Good to go, babes. I was like, love you, Bec Harding. You're off the hook for every birthday gift ever needed from this point on.

10:11But there you go. We've gone global. Skuna Skora knows about us. How amazing. And look, and his bio, one take reviews, searching for a 10.0. What does that mean? 10 out of 10? Was that your review? He's looking for a 10 out of 10 beer. But, I mean, if he's looking for a 10 out of 10, it ain't me. 10 out of 10 personality. Oh, my God. I'm here for it. Jojo, what have you got for us? My swap is a pair of slippers that I invested in the other day. I walked past the Ugg store in Emporium. So I walked past there. I needed a new pair of slippers because my Skims ones have seen better days. Skims do slippers?

10:48Yeah. I've had them for maybe a couple of years. News to me. Yeah. Adrian bought them for me for a birthday gift or something. Oh, that's a really nice gift. But I wear slippers flat out. So my slippers do wear down. Like they get to a point where they actually need to go in the bin. They're that bad. Are you one of those people who can't be barefoot? Yeah. Yeah. Cannot be barefoot. Like need to immediately, as soon as I walk in the door, take off all my clothes, put my robe on, and my slippers and that's how I get around my house. I cannot wear my clothes inside. You are such an interesting human.

11:18The layers to draw. You don't wear outside clothes inside. No, I just can't. What do you do when you get dressed for here? Like do you take the robe off like 10 minutes before you leave? Yep, or I'm wearing like comfy clothes to do consultations before I come here and then I'll like do my, yeah, I'll wear my nunus and then put my robe on to get ready and then I take my robe off and put my clothes on and then as soon as I get home from recording, This is coming off and it's going straight off, not in a romantic way. And dressing gown goes on, slippers go on. But I got a new pair of slippers the other day and they're from the Ugg store.

11:51As soon as I walked out, Adrian decided that was the time to tell me that that was not the Ugg since 1974 brand and this brand was actually not the Australian one. I was like, did you want to tell me that in store before I bought the non-roup on the door? I'm pretty sure we covered that like on one of our first episodes. And you're like, great, so now I'm a traitor, Adrian. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. So anyway, these are Australian made materials in these slippers. So there is Australian leather, Australian wool. Is this to make you feel better? I don't know. My next pair of Uggs in another year's time when I'm due to replenish my slippers can be from the Uggs since 1974 store.

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13:34And thank you so much to Michael Hill for making this episode as stylish possible. Last week, while on the Wuthering Heights press tour, Margot Robbie wore a very divisive pair of shoes, the Maison Margiela tabby wedge boots. This is a style that we've discussed on the pod before, but like the flats version of the tabbies. Her shoe choice reflects a wider footwear trend. Shoes that are a little subversive, but have a lot of personality. In an article last week, Refinery29 wrote, After seasons and seasons of minimalism and quiet luxury, consumers are returning to a more expressive way of clothing themselves in 2026, and they're starting from the feet up.

14:11In the article, the CEO and founder of footwear brand, Mr. said there's a real appetite right now for dressing with more emotion and intention and less interest in things that feel disposable. It's all about balance. Soft but strong, familiar yet a little unsettling, traditional but rebellious. That contrast feels very honest. it's how people want to show up now. You can be refined and strange all at once. Refinery29 pinpoints the key footwear trends for 2026 as being goth glamour, shoes with a glove-like fit, flat sock boots, updated PVC styles, sculptural wedges, soft sneakers, 3D pedals and sharp toe mules.

14:50Are you guys drawn to any of these trends? Are you going to be wearing these? Ding, ding, ding. We have some winners. Yes, go on. The sculptural wedge. Oh, you've already started. Duh, I'm here. I've arrived. I also loved, I believe they were custom, Margot Robbie, when she was wearing the black leather Vivienne Westwood mini, it was like corseted, it was a vintage Vivienne Westwood dress. And then she had these like custom, the wedge was not dissimilar to the Deering shoes I've spoken about on this podcast before where it's kind of indented wedge, laced up the back. It was like, not to like quote wicked, because I know that was like so 2025, but like it was very much defying gravity.

15:27What do you love, AJS? I am really into gothic glamour. Like, I mean, look at me. Just look at me. Do you want to explain what you're wearing to our audience? I am channeling. I was actually really wanting to channel the full brief today of the episode but my swollen feet could not actually fit into my tappies. Yeah, free to a good home. I told you I can make a 38 work. I'm decreased. I'm a 38 and a half, 39. So today I'm wearing a complete tassel top. It's actually a mini dress. It's so cute. Me and my best friend got matching for her birthday. So I got her the little dress and then I wore the little top and off we trot.

16:03That's so cute. So cute. But it's very much tasseled and fringed and wearing A.M.R.E. pants and then a Gia Borghini pump. Is that a pump? I would say that's a platform. Like a platform sandal. Let's go comfy platform sandal. Andrew Mukamal just needs a round of applause because everything he is doing at the moment with Margot Robbie is chef's kiss. I know we spoke about it last week. I know we spoke about the method dressing and how it's just perfection, but the themes that are coming through with that kind of like gothic-y, glamour-y, like architectural, like what you were saying with the wedges, I'm into.

16:36But all of the shoes have been quite interesting. Like usually I would say a shoe in an outfit is an afterthought or it's just to complement the outfit, but these feel as much part of her outfits as this. And I wonder if we'll see more of that trickle down, not to reference the cerulean blue sweater from the Devil Wears Prada, but you know everything trickles from the top whether we like to admit it or not yeah I wonder if we're going to see a resurgence in this kind of reminds me of when there were those like crazy Alexander McQueen heels like you remember you know what like I want to say like 2008 2009 like I'm thinking Lady Gaga MTV Music Award kind of vibes and then it trickled down to Tony Bianco like I wonder if we will see some of these more interesting shapes come through in you know our more local brands or more accessible brands like Elias May and Tony Bianco.

17:25Totally. I actually fell in love with like the toe trend or like the toe defining trend. Okay. It's not a fetish promise but like back in I think it was 2017 when Phoebe Philo was designing for Celine, the old Celine with the accent era, there were these pirate heels that were in the 2017 collection and they They were so coveted. In the end, got a dupe from Geoffrey Campbell, which I actually saw are still available on Revolve today. They're back. They're back. They're part like a relaunch. They are so back. But I've always been into shoes. Like, that's my thing. Accessory shoes, because I think I wear a lot of, says the girl in a Tweety Bird fit, but minimal kind of outfits and simplistic outfits.

18:07And I love a shoe to kind of accentuate. And Dries Van Noten have actually done a really cool pair, which I've thrashed it if you guys will probably save me in them. They also are toe-definer. I'm obsessed with those. I just don't know I could justify that personally. So if someone wants to dupe them, I'm really like, I'm okay. Or if you can find them on sale for me, even better. I actually think I've seen a couple dupes come through. So definitely check out Geoffrey Campbell. Tony B, surely. Come on, guys. Come on. Do it for the team. I feel like Drees is probably too niche. Maybe Alias May. Yeah.

18:39They're a little bit more contemporary. Is it Alias? I've got no idea. Have I been saying Elias this whole time and it's Alias? I'll say Elias as well. But I was going to say that they do the cooler trends. They take a few more risks than your Tony Banco's and your Bellini's in the Australian market. I was looking at their new arrivals earlier today and they've got like a pair of burgundy wool flats. They use a lot of texture. They love a bit of like a sheiling, you know, with denim and things like that. Yeah, they have like the sheiling sandals that were like leather at the top but all the bottom was sheiling.

19:09I'm like, oh, my God, I would look like I'd walked through George's like tumbleweed hair. But I think they take a few more risks and they lean a little bit more into, you know, we see these high fashion brands. They are very experimental. You know, they're into the sculptural and all that kind of stuff we've just discussed. But we don't often see that trickle down as much to the everyday high street brands because people aren't really buying that stuff as much as they would buy a plain nude coloured stiletto, for example. They are a bit more avant-garde. And I think that is the whole subversive shoe trend.

19:42like being a little bit more avant-garde, a little bit more out there. But I can definitely see it. Did you actually know, Jo, you've got some stunning pointed silver shoes on today? You're playing into this. You are playing into it. Silver is trending. Silver is coming through a lot in this vibe. It's also doing really well in the stock market as well. Like the price is going to have quite a lot. Of course. I was like, is it going to go back to diamonds somehow? Well, more expensive to get a diamond set. So, you know. What I will say is that shoes, I think, Mads, you were like, I don't know if I would invest in that.

20:13I don't know. You said before you don't typically invest in shoes because you're heavy-footed. But I think shoes wise. One's got bunions. One's got heavy feet. One doesn't like not having shoes on. Exactly. We're all weird with our feet. So I think shoes are something that people are happy to take more risks with because you keep them for longer than a standard outfit that you would normally buy, like a piece of apparel that you would normally buy. You keep shoes for years and years at a time. I know that I've accumulated shoes over the last decade that I still have because they're easy to kind of flow in and out of trends.

20:46Some I'm like, oh, I'm never going to wear that again. That's probably never going to be cool again. But I think it's an easy way to adopt trends and to play into them without investing a lot in like an entirely new wardrobe. Yeah. I think it's funny. I just have never been like that with shoes. I think I love a handbag. I really do. Although I haven't bought like a really good handbag for some time. I think that's because I bought well and like still really loved what I bought years ago. But yeah, with shoes, for me, I think you've got to have something that you're willing to go, I'm willing to get a cheapie on that thing.

21:17Yeah. Because you are in a very different tax bracket to me. You can't value everything. Even if you're like, I'm going to buy investment pieces or a few times a year, it's still expensive to go and buy a pair of like designer heels or like beautifully, you know, made heels. Totally. I just think, you know, this is a nice one that you can dip your toe into. I'll see what you did there. I winked. Do you see what I did? Do you also love that I only referred to heels? Like there was no world in my mind that that was an investment in a flat. Yeah. I've actually got this bugbear at the moment because I'm really missing a sneaker.

21:49Like I know we all had like the big Adidas moment. We've had New Balances sort of come in and I just feel like there's not a sneaker right now that I'm like, I can wear that with denim and I'm really missing that. And I think at the moment, unfortunately, Golden Goose are the only ones I do. I've got these like really cool suede and like another pair in leather, but I just can't spend$1 ,100 on a sneaker. I'd like to temp you with Alojas. Okay. Well, there's definitely, I think as well, the ballerina kind of sneakers coming through that we're seeing a lot of. And I know I'm looking at you now and I know you're hating on it, but I feel like you could get around this trend.

22:25I think it's just let go of the sneaker girl and go get the tabbies. Yeah, get the tabbies actually. Just do it. Just sling them over. I'm like dropping them. Take mine. Yeah. I'll look after them. I promise to be light footed in them. Next, we're answering an Opinions Please about shower head filters, but that will be right after a word from today's sponsor. Even though we'd all love to lock ourselves in the bathroom for a 30 minute skincare routine, most of us don't have the time. So when we find a product that targets multiple skin concerns, it's got our attention. Medicate's Niacinamide Peptides is a multi-benefit serum formulated to refine pores, clear congestion, calm redness, boost radiance and smooth texture, all while supporting a healthy skin barrier.

23:05For an instant visible glass-like glow, discover the new Niacinamide Peptides. A huge thank you to Medicaid for making this episode of Stylish possible. Okay, next we have opinions, please. You guys are really loving our JoJo in-house skin expert, aficionado extraordinaire. I loved before Jo was doing an ad read and it was like some of us wish we could have a 30 minute skin routine. I was like you have a 30 minute. I was like you absolutely do though. But we've had another lovely listener write in. I love when they listen and do write in. This one reads hello lovely stylish hosts. I don't know about you guys but I've been seeing content about shower head filters on my socials a bit lately.

23:43I've always struggled with dry damaged hair and I'm curious whether a shower head filter would make much of a difference. As a side note I saw an online article recently that suggested that shower filters can also make a huge difference in your skin? This is news to me, but it's honestly made me very eager to get my hands on one. Do any of you girls use one? And Jo, I'd love your expert opinion here too. Are these really as life-changing as some of the stuff I'm seeing on socials make out? How do they actually work? If all that's standing between me and the best hair and skin in my life is a filter, then I could be in the market for one.