The wardrobe reset: 6 rules for spring cleaning

24:39Yeah, exactly. Because if it's vacuum sealed, they probably can't get in there, right? Yeah, I don't think so. I stored some clothes in a storage unit once and moths got in. Me too. And that was heartbreaking. I was like little... And they really go to town. Yeah, they have like, it is Christmas in July. Yeah. They are like... They're hungry. Yeah, it's a buffet breakfast. Well, that's another bonus tip is if you're putting your clothes in storage, make sure you vacuum seal them or you put them in like plastic tubs that are not going to see the light of day. Yeah, they need to be airtight because I've been researching this.

25:09So my situation is that I've got a bit of extra storage. So now I can, when I spring clean, do the like out of season, put it to the side. But I don't have enough room to store everything. So I can store all the coats and then I've got knits that I'm like, I'll just have to put you back in my wardrobe after I do the spring clean. but I'm looking at getting airtight containers, putting the knits downstairs in our basement, just going to make space because I'm like, I just don't need big chunky knitwear, you know, in summer in Melbourne, like really. Maybe leave one of them out because you know what?

25:41You actually never know. Just one or two. No, I'll keep some knitwear for sure, but the big chunky ones I've got to go. What about you Mads? So I used to store all my clothes in height order, which is quite psychotic. and then I realized that I would have like a sundress next to like a coat. So now what I do is I kind of store like items together. So I'll have a lot of shirts all with each other, coats with each other. So I don't necessarily move them around, so to speak, but they're grouped together. So like there's kind of like a little spot in my wardrobe I go to when it's summer and I need like my light dresses or light knits.

26:14And then, you know, I've got like the winter area. So I wouldn't say I go through my wardrobe that way when I'm spring cleaning because I'm kind of going through each section, just taking out things I no longer love or haven't worn, which, you know, we'll get into the rest of the rules, but I'm doing some of them. So I'm not always bad in the rules segments, not always getting a tap on the wrist. But I think grouping things that way has definitely been a game changer for me because I'm kind of like going to my wardrobe and shopping my own wardrobe when I'm wearing something. Rule two, go through everything, even your socks and undies.

26:46I know it might seem like overkill, but it really is the proper way to do a wardrobe spring clean is going through absolutely everything. That means including your socks and undies drawers. I can't say that like I do it because I still have some socks from high school in my drawers. I'm the same. I'm so guilty. Yes. I don't know why I accumulate so many of these random socks, but I was looking for a pair of stockings the other day. I'm like, these are my high school socks that go up to my knees. Like, why have I got these? So I'm quite smug right now. That time I came in with a rule and stuck to it.

27:20My mum, who I know we shamed in the underwear episode for introducing me to a G-string at an early age, she had some thoughts around that as well when we were at lunch. She was like, did you, that didn't happen that way, did it? It kind of did. Mum was always really big on every six months going and getting fresh bras, fresh underwear, fresh socks. So I have grown up in a household where that is like clockwork for me. I weirdly also do it anytime before I go on a holiday. I like having fresh underwear on a holiday. Really? Go figure. And I always take twice as much as I need for the holiday. I took 30 pairs of underwears for three weeks.

27:56Never know when you're going to shoot yourself right to me. Not what I was thinking of. But no, I really like having an organized underwear and socks stores. And I also think now retailers do really great promotions a couple of times a year. So after pay sales, Black Friday, Cyber Monday coming up, there'll be like 30 or 40 % off like popular retailers. I always wait for those and stock up then. Yeah. Yeah. That's smart. Mine is much, yeah, the same as yours, like a bit of a disaster. I feel really good about the rest of my wardrobe, I feel very ashamed of my underwear and sock drawer. There are random old socks that I'm like, why are these in here?

28:39I never wear them. There's underwear that I don't fit anymore. There's bras that I don't fit anymore. Like I fluctuate in weight. So there's bras that I'm like, I'm never going to have boobs that small again. Let's be real. But if it's a nice bra, are you like, I can't get rid of it? It's a nice bra. And it's like, yeah, it's like a silky, lacy one. It's like, I don't want to get rid of it. So yeah, I'm realizing now I have like demons and my underwear socks now and I need to exercise it. No, they're like the one things that I don't usually take everything out of. I just kind of like grab a few things and I'll chuck them out.

29:09But like I don't ever really pull all of that stuff out. But then in my other drawers, I'll pull out all of those clothes and like refold them and then put them back neatly. But I like to take everything out of the wardrobe, especially shoes, because I want to be able to like vacuum and properly wipe down those surfaces because so much dust builds up in there. And like if you can think of shoes in there, there's like bits of grass and dirt. and stuff. So I do like to properly clean that and then replace like moisture absorbers and things like that if you use them in your wardrobes, which I've recommended on this podcast before.

29:38Yeah. Another thing that I do is I use scented drawer liners. So I get the ones from Lumira. I don't even know if they sell them anymore, but they have these scented drawer liners so you can put them down in your drawers and then put your clothes on top so that when you like open your drawers, you get this nice waft of fragrance and it kind of bleaches into your clothes as well. So So it's a nice little touch. I do a bar of soap. Oh. I know. That's really random. That is really random. That's quite 90s of you. I've never heard of that. It's my grandma. Yeah. My grandma did it. My grandma did that too.

30:06And I remember she like gave me a bar of soap and was like, this is for your underwear drawer. Yeah. Yeah. Is it unwrapped? No, it's in like a paper wrap. So I had like a pack of Byredo soaps. Yeah. So yeah, I put them in each drawer. Interesting. I like that. I really like that. Also, if you want to organise your socks and underwear, I was like, I wasn't always good with this rule. I am now. I'm excellent with this rule. Some of the others I'm sure will debate. But I also have a girl in Rotova who loves to steal the other socks. So, you know, I was forced to be this way. Yeah. But the little caddies, there's little boxes you can buy from Ikea.

30:42Yeah, the little tiny. Are they fabric? Yeah. Yeah. So they come in all different sizes. I recommend them just for organising everything. And my type A best friend, Christina, was like, you need to go to Ikea. and I think I left with like 30 of these boxes for everything from electrical cords to books to, you know, cable ties, like you name it. It's all organized now, but socks and underwear, very good little tip just to kind of keep you in control and like all your bras lined up, socks lined up. Yeah. It's a nice little tidbit. Yeah. And also clearing everything out, then you can change over hangers and things like that.

31:13Make sure that everything is properly sitting on a hanger. Nothing's, you know, half falling off and maybe getting stretched out of shape. So it's a good way to refresh that kind of stuff. Love that. Reminding me to also probably vacuum them. Yeah, the vacuuming one, I have to admit, I knew that you'd have some good reminders to actually do a deep thorough clean because the moisture absorbers as well, I've never actually used them. And now I'm thinking, okay, maybe that's the next. Very helpful in more humid environments or in Melbourne where you get a lot of condensation. Of course. That really helps with my bedroom and not getting moldy areas of like soft furnishings.

31:50So I definitely lean on them a lot. But I know that people in Sydney really suffer with their mold, especially if they live near the beach. I don't know if there's something about the humidity there or just the right environment for it. But I often see people's Instagram stories of their clothes and shoes and bags being covered in mold. I've seen this before as well. Yeah. And like designer bags just ruined. Yes, completely ruined. So definitely consider refreshing your moisture absorbers regularly within your wardrobe because that can help to keep it to a minimum. Yeah, I need to do that for sure.

32:18Great cleaning hack. Yeah. So rule three is put pieces you're unsure about in your line of sight for a week. This is actually a rule that I have religiously followed for so many years now. I've written a lot about secondhand fashion and reselling clothes and even written articles for magazines about spring cleaning. So I feel like over the years I've accrued a lot of hacks and tips. You're a pro. Well, not as pro as you, obviously, but it would be hard to be. She's the cleaning pro. You're the spring cleaning pro. Yeah, yeah, that's true. So basically, you're cleaning out your wardrobe and you'll inevitably encounter a piece that you're like, I don't know what to do with this.

32:53I don't know if I want to sell it. I don't know if I'm going to wear it again. I'm just not sure about it. Often I find that what has happened is that pieces get pushed to the side in your wardrobe, pushed to the back of a drawer. You don't really see them that often. so you don't really have enough chances to like try and style them because they're just not in your line of sight very often. So what I do with those pieces that I'm on the fence about that I don't really see often when I'm putting my outfits together is I hang them on the outside of my wardrobe for a week and then I see over that week how often I'm like inspired to style them or not.

33:28And then by the end of the week, if I haven't wanted to reach for it once, I mean, look, if it's a ball gown or like something, not that I own many ball gowns, but if it's like a extremely formal dress, that's a little different. But if it's just a regular item and I haven't reached for it at all, I haven't felt inspired, it's probably got to go. Yeah. What do you guys think? Is it too harsh or are you like... No, I really like this tip. I think I should try this because I forget what's in my wardrobe. I've got a terrible memory. And so if it's not directly in front of me, I forget it's there.

33:55This is why I have so many tabs open on my computer because I genuinely forget what I do for a job. I don't even know what I would have open, but it's there to remind me. So I feel like I need to do that with quite a few things in my wardrobe because I sometimes see them like, oh, I love that. And then I forget I have it. I know. And I never wear it. It's so handy. So I need to do that. Yeah. I like that a lot. I think I need to do that too. I think my only exception would be whether it's a workhorse or a show pony. Show pony, as the name would suggest, is very much a statement piece. Those things that are a little bit more bold, a little bit more fun and playful.

34:27Your workhorses are those staples that you reach for all the time. Think knits, tees, jeans, the essentials. If it's a workhorse and it's out for a week and I'm not reaching for it, it's got to go. But if it's a show pony, I've got to think about why. Like, is it because I'm not feeling confident enough to wear it or is it that hasn't been the right occasion? Because I'd hate to get rid of a good show pony. I agree. I think this rule probably pertains more to the work horses. Yeah. Unless you've got, you know, you've got an event coming up and you're like, I'll put my show pony out and see what happens.

34:57Great idea. Yeah. Also with accessories, it's good. Like I was thinking about selling a little nylon, like 90s Prada bag, a little butter yellow one. Oh, shoot. Yeah, never used it. Butter yellow is so in vogue as well. I know. This is the time to get it out. I know. And I've had it for a few years and I just like hadn't worn it and then put it on a hanger outside my wardrobe, styled it like three times in one week and I hadn't worn it for two years. Yeah. So there's something to it, I think. Have you fallen back in love with it? I have fallen back in love with it. Now I'm like, why was I going to sell it?

35:25It's crazy. You're like, I would have had deep regrets. Yeah, I would have. I have a bit of a bonus hack for this too that I started to do with some things that I loved in my wardrobe but couldn't style. If you go into Pinterest and let's say you've got like a burgundy coat, just as a random example, I don't know why I've picked that, but here we are. Pop in burgundy coat outfit or styling and just pin like 10 outfits that you love that item or something similar to that item styled in. It might be a burgundy jacket or it could be, you know, a burgundy scarf or something that you kind of love the colours it's with or the materials.

35:55It has helped me so much with things that I'm like, I think I love that or I just don't know how to style it and I can't part ways with it helps me go what do I have in my wardrobe that I can bring together to help me get it out of the cupboard I love that idea and helps you with colour combos I think Pinterest a lot because often I'll be like oh burgundy and that pale blue like maybe I wouldn't have thought of it and then you start seeing it and you're like oh that looks amazing but you might not have paired those two things naturally together and they'll have a hairstyle and a makeup look to go with it it's great God love you, Pinterest.

36:33Okay, rule number four. God, this is a good one. If you haven't worn it in 12 months, it probably needs to go. Looking at you, Madison Sullivan Thorpe, in your 15, 16-week haven't spring clean. Look, this is a pretty self-explanatory rule and a very easy one to follow whenever you do the spring clean. But if you haven't worn the item in 12 months, you've got to start to ask yourself why, and it's probably got to go. So there are exceptions. Kate, you alluded to ball gowns earlier. More commonly known as black tie dresses or formal wear. But something you might wear to a wedding or a formal occasion, look, that probably makes sense if you haven't worn it for 12 months because maybe you've, you know, had a wedding with a different theme that wasn't black tie, it was cocktail or haven't had an excuse to get it out.

37:18So we let those ones get off. Use your own discretion, but particularly just focus on those everyday items, the workhorses that we spoke about before. or if it's a t-shirt you've been holding on to but you haven't worn for years, or it's a pair of pants that you've had for years and haven't worn, it's time for them to go. And another handy bonus tip is once you've pulled everything out that you no longer want, this is something I know I need to get better at, is to sort it into donate, sell, or recycle piles. So take the donate pile to your local op shop or op shop donation bin. The sell stuff you can list on sites like eBay or Depop or taken to a consignment store like Goodbuys and Swap that Kate mentioned earlier.

37:59And the unwearable items, we're talking things that have been ripped, stained, that moths have had a buffet breakfast on, can be given to organisations like Apparel that will give unwanted textiles a second life. So you can actually get Apparel to collect the items from your house and they will also accept shoes and bed linen. Oh, that's great. I didn't know about this. apparel. U-P-P-A-R-E-L. It's a great hack. They can come to your house because I find the thing that I hate the most about clearing out my wardrobe and getting this pile of stuff, like if you're going through your pajama drawer or something like that and you find an old stained t-shirt and you're like, let's be real, like there's no op shop wants this.

38:40Like what am I going to do with this? I just don't want to just throw it in the bin. And then you have, you know, I don't know, an old ripped bed linen, like a duvet cover or whatever. They can all be re, I guess the word is like recycled by this company. They make their own fabric. I think it's called Uptix and it's a fully recyclable material that they make. And they also help close the loop on textile waste by getting this fabric and giving it to designers to use as well. I love this so much. This is such a good tip. Also, I have the most beautiful sheet society fitted sheet. I don't use a top sheet.

39:18I'll let you psychoanalyze me based on that. but George, if I'm not home by a particular food hour, has a little bit of a tendency to pull the doona off and rip up the sheet. So I've actually had six of those Fitted Sheet Society sheets and every time it happens, I'm like, this is such nice material, like what do I do with it? And I have been guilty of just throwing it in the bin because I didn't know about something like this. So look out, there's a whole lot of sage-striped Sheet Society seats going to up peril if I don't get home by 7pm feed time. You'll probably see them in some new designer's collection.

39:52Yeah, yeah, yeah. I tell you what, they'd have a hell of a lot of shirts out of that material. It's also good if you don't drive. I don't drive. And having someone that can come to your house and collect it or you get a little tag and you can put it on the bag, take it to the post office. So you basically buy a box and it's like a certain amount worth of weight that you can put in that box. Yeah, it's a bit like TerraCycle. Yeah, it is a bit like that. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah, I think it's 10 kilos for$35, which I think is honestly a great deal. And just seeing as Australia has such a big issue with textile waste and we are like some of the biggest fashion consumers in the entire world.

40:32Yeah. Initiatives like this I think is so important and it's so great that it's so easy to use as well. Yeah, absolutely. I'm all for the donate, sell and recycle pile. I need to apply that a little bit more because that's what helps my brain to be able to do this exercise a little bit more seamlessly. Otherwise, I get overwhelmed. So I have to have those piles and decide what's going where. I think it just makes that decision-making process a lot easier because otherwise you end up with all that stuff on your bed and you're like, oh, I'm just going to throw this on the floor and then you end up hanging it up like two weeks later and you just do nothing with it.

41:08Or it's in a bag in the back of your car. Yes. Exactly. There's one other pile that I do think is worth adding to this though and that is the would I wear it if I changed it. So I've only done this a handful of times with dresses that are, you know, a maxi dress that I think, oh, if I made that a mini, maybe I would wear that. Or a blazer that, you know, when oversized blazers were really big, right? I had this beautiful blazer that I'd spent quite a bit of money on and I was like, I don't love this oversized look anymore. It's drowning me out. And I was like, if I just kind of cinched it around the waist and had like the sleeves brought up a little bit, whole new lace on life, have worn that blazer so much now, was a cos blazer and I've gotten so much wear out of it.

41:45So I think that's a really good tip too. If there is something that you're like, oh, I invested in that or I really love the material, but like I don't want the fit anymore. Think about if you can tweak it, would you wear it? Yeah, such a good point. I actually wanted to ask you both on that note about tailors. What are the signs of a good tailor? I know that you've got a good tailor. How did you find them? So I love a personal recommendation. So if my friends get tailoring, I always ask them, but I also love a good old-fashioned Google review. If someone's got over four and a half stars and over like 40 or 50 reviews, I'm so happy to trust that and read through the commentary.

42:18For me, a lot of the time it's bringing things up, so it's not complicated tailoring, but I also am not a standard straight size top and bottom. So for me, I need to get, you know, if I get a dress in a standard size, I usually need to get the waist brought in a little bit or the hips taken out ever so slightly. So I'm kind of like looking for short girlfriends that are maybe going to similar tailors. That's kind of my rec. What about you? That's a good hack to find people that have similar body types as well. Yeah. I don't have one that I go to frequently. I do have one that I would get things taken up at, but I'm not one to really get a lot of things tailored, to be honest, because height-wise, most pants will be a suitable length for me, except if they're the henny jeans and they're always a bit long.

43:01But I, yeah, I just don't really feel like I have to go there all the time, but there are a couple of things that are sitting in my wardrobe that need to be cinched in just a little bit. Yeah. So I think I'm going to do that before an upcoming holiday. So I might have to go to your tailor mats. Yeah. I think the funny thing about tailoring is it's not cheap and there have been instances I've gone and taken something and it costs me more to tailor it than the item itself. So I would just warn people like when you are thinking about it, like it can be expensive. So do always ask how much is this before handing over your items.

43:32So yeah, I would also just say, oh, you know, ballpark, what is this going to cost before you're handing over your item and they've got it hostage and you're holding a receipt. Yeah, that's happened to me before. Yeah. I was like, um, okay, that's more than the item. I'm not going to do that. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that brings us quite nicely to the fifth rule, which is fit test everything when you're going through your clothing. We're all probably guilty of hanging on to clothes that don't fit us anymore. I know that I definitely am. It can bring up a whole cocktail of sort of body image related issues, or even just like, you might feel very sentimental about a piece of clothing.

44:04You might have great memories in it. You might have worn it to a special occasion. It can feel really sad to think about getting rid of it. It's understandable that we hold on to these pieces, but often I find personally keeping them in your wardrobe can make getting dressed a lot harder and you just kind of get a bit overwhelmed. All these things that don't fit right. It's hard to put an outfit together. So your wardrobe might look really full, but then in reality, you're only really using like a quarter of it. That's why fit testing every item when you're doing the spring clean is so important.

44:35And I think if it doesn't fit anymore, like beyond if it can't be tailored, that's a different pile, I think. But if it doesn't fit anymore, it's probably time to donate or sell it or give it to a friend, you know. A clothes swap is a great thing as well. Do you guys hold on to pieces that no longer fit or are you like good at letting them go? Where do you sit with that? Yeah, I actually, funnily enough, I did a TikTok on this a few years ago because I was cleaning out my wardrobe and transparently when I did IVF, I put on quite a bit of weight and that's a natural thing that happens with your hormones.

45:05And I really beat myself up about not being the weight and stress size that I was before that. So I used to hold on to these clothes and it was honestly like a form of punishment. I would like put them on, not be able to do the zipper up on the jeans and like then go and hate myself for three days for it. So I have gotten much better at getting rid of things that don't fit. The only exception that I make to this is I know where I fluctuate in my kind of like weight and size range. So certain times of the year, like winter kilos, there's probably a few more than there are in summer for me. So I usually have jeans kind of across two or three sizes and they're probably the only things that I would keep to kind of go, okay, like I'm not going to punish myself if I'm, you know, a couple of kilos heavier in those jeans.

45:48And equally, if I'm like losing a few kilos, those genes are there too. But I would never keep anything that was unrealistically too small because I just think it is destined to make you feel guilty or to shame yourself. And I don't want to feel either of those things in my own home, in my own wardrobe, with my own clothes. What about you? Have you had a similar experience? I've, speaking of like putting on weight, gone up to dress sizes and like maybe a two year, one and a half year period. And it's really hard I find to let go of clothing because I shop a lot of vintage and secondhand and often I'm like, well, I can't find this piece again.

46:25Like this is a particular piece. I love the fabric. I love the cut. I love the story behind it. And if I get rid of it, that's it. You know, I can't find the same thing again. So I do find that right now I'm in a little bit of a toxic phase where I'm holding onto things thinking like, well, maybe I'll go back down to that size again. It's time I just sort of accepted and let them go and make space for things that actually make me feel good because it is actually affecting my self-esteem when I get ready and exactly what you say like trying to do the zip up and then being like well I hate myself now for three days it's so silly and it's so toxic and we don't need to do it because getting dressed should be fun and enjoyable and creative so I think it's time could you treat yourself and sell those items and then with that money you can buy a couple of new pieces Exactly.

47:10Exactly. That's why we put you in that chair. Circular fashion. We love it. Yeah, exactly. And give someone else the chance to wear those clothes. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly right. Yeah. I'm a bit like you, Mads, in like I don't keep anything that's the wrong size, but I like to have a couple of different sizes, especially across pants, because at certain times in my cycle, I actually cannot fit into some jeans that I can fit into in other times of the month. Sorry. The bloating is like next level. So I just, I have to wear like my loose on hand at those times. And I've got to have a few different sizes on hand.

47:44Yeah. I just also think different occasions too, right? Like if I'm going to an eight-hour meeting, I'm not wearing the same jeans I'm wearing for a two-hour dinner with the girls. I'm like, I'm happy to be in a more fitted denim then. But for the eight hour, I'm like, yeah, I want like a bit of real room. You know, a bit of give never hurt anyone. 100%. Absolutely. I agree with that. But yeah, I think if you are holding onto something as a marker of a size that you want to be or that you were, that is just a form of punishment. And, you know, there is more than enough body toxicity in this world.

48:18You don't need to do it to yourself. So set it free. And I love Jo's idea. Sell it and go and buy something that makes you feel good. Well, that brings us to our last rule, which is from you guys, our listeners. So our sixth and final rule was a creative one that you guys submitted via the question box that we put on Instagram. We asked you for the best spring cleaning rule or hack, and this one came up the most. It is the coat hanger trick, which I did not know about. So this is news to me. Neither did I. So basically at the start of the year, when you do your big clean out, or it might be during spring, you flip all of your hangers backwards.

48:53And when you wear something, you turn the hanger the right way around. And if there are pieces that are still backwards by the end of that 12 months, then those items have to go. So that's the rule and that's how you know what you've worn. It's just a really good like visual trick to convince yourself that you don't need all of the things that are in your wardrobe. Stylish listeners, you are a clever, clever bunch of people. Shout out to them. Yeah. This is brilliant. Some people also told us that they buy a second set of hangers and once they wear something, they switch it over to the second set.

49:24So then whatever's left on the unworn hangers after a year goes into the sell pile. I love that, but I know myself enough to know that that's too much work for me. So flipping the hanger for me, genius. Easy. Frictionless. I know we need more friction. I'm willing to walk to my local takeaway, but I think coat hanger wise, I need friction. I agree. I need as little friction as possible when it comes to maintaining the wardrobe. So you get to pass on that. Okay, great. I do really love this tip, but I also think I'd get frustrated as hell trying to pull the hanger out and it's the wrong way around.

49:58I would just get so frustrated. I do also see this feeling to me a little bit like when the toilet paper's not the way I like it. Yeah. Where I'm like looking at the hanger like... Yeah. No, that's how I feel. I don't know why I've started doing sound effects all the time. I'm so sorry, Lisa. Yeah, I think, you know, I could see that agitating me a little bit, but that is a small mountain to climb over for me. I can be a big girl and get over that. Yeah. I think for people that don't like doing a spring clean or find it really stressful or find it really like, they hate how much time it takes.

50:28This is probably the perfect hack because it's just all done throughout the year. You get to the end, you have a clear, obvious visual representation of the pieces you're not wearing and you just focus on them. You don't really need to focus on the others because you're wearing them. So it's easy and it streamline stuff. And I love that. I think anything that can streamline the arduous process that can be spring cleaning is a great, great hack. So go listeners. So can I ask of all of the rules and tips that we've spoken about today, what are the ones that you're going to go away and implement in the spring clean that we're all going to hold ourselves accountable to?

51:03Me especially. I'm going to get rid of the clothing that doesn't fit me anymore. I'm going to liberate myself from it. And as Jo suggested, I'm going to put that money that I make from selling it into buying new things. Yeah. So I think I need to go through the undies and socks drawer a little bit more thoroughly and I might get some of those little Ikea storage boxes that you recommended. Yeah. And I'll let you know when the knickers are on sale. Yes, please do. Perfect. Now that I know which ones you want. No G bangers for me, please. Yeah. Don't worry. I remember. I remember these things. Mine is going to be trying to do it more frequently and maybe by season because I am guilty of getting quite overwhelmed.

51:41And if my clothes are already in season kind of, you know, naturally they're stored that way, it shouldn't be that hard. So it should be frictionless. Yeah, it should be frictionless. So I'm going to try and do that. And maybe just sell one or two pieces that can help kind of fund the next piece. I can still donate and that can still make me feel good. But you know, there's probably things that I'm buying for event wear, particularly that I'm like, you're not going to wear that to a wedding in three months. If you just wore it to this wedding, you know, you're going to wear something else in your wardrobe.

52:07So set it free. And consignments to us make it easy. You drop it off, you go get a coffee, you'd shop around somewhere else, you'd go back and it's done. Yeah. I like that. That's frictionless. Well, actually, there's a little bit of friction involved. But you get a coffee, so that friction kills work. Exactly. That's all for this week's episode of Stylish. Thank you very much for joining us and listening in. And, of course, thank you very much to you, Kate Emmerberg, filling in for Annika this week, and you, Joanna Fleming, who has been the most stable permanency this year. I was last year's, you're this year's.

52:41remember you can drop us an email anytime at style-ish at shamelessmedia.com.au or you can slide into our dms over at stylishpod and we can't forget to thank our audio engineer Jonathan Last and the Shameless Media team head of podcast Lucy Hunt who we're very lucky sat in with us today we've missed you loose and senior podcast producer Kate Emmon-Burke we will be right back with you next Wednesday see you then bye bye

53:13This podcast was recorded on Wurundjeri land. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Hello, it's Ruby here, the host of Inherited. I'm popping up to let you know about my conversation this week with OG Australian beauty creator Lauren Curtis. Lauren has over 4 million followers across her social channels. You might know her from her viral YouTube videos back in the day, like her natural prom makeup tutorial or how to get massive lashes. On Inherited, Lauren takes us behind the curtain of our life in the beauty industry and opens up about something much closer to home. She shares the story of the toughest few years of her life, supporting her husband, Rhys, through a life-threatening liver disease.

53:51Here's a snippet from our conversation. I have never experienced in my life almost losing someone that I loved so much. And it's true. People say you can think about like, you know, near-death experiences and how they change you mentally but until you've experienced like being so close to that kind of loss it just puts a whole new perspective on life you can listen to this conversation right now by searching inherited wherever you get your podcasts and new episodes drop every single tuesday in the feed we're also on socials at inherited the pod on instagram and tiktok so i'll see you next tuesday