The Secrets Behind Dressing Well and Feeling Great with Lisa Walton

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When your clothes fit you well, number one, and you know you look good in your clothing, it just gives you a whole different approach to life.

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Like you feel good within yourself, you move differently, you're confident and it's very important for each woman to feel confident in herself.

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It really, really makes an impact on your work.

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When you go to work and you look good and you feel good, you perform better.

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Today, we're going to talk about a topic that's integral to the lives of so many women out there finding that sweet spot between a health-driven lifestyle and a wardrobe that not only complements it but also elevates your confidence and professional image.

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You see, as someone who juggles the demands of a professional life with a passion for wellness, I understand the intricacies involved in choosing what to wear, especially when dealing with weight fluctuations and the roller coaster of self-esteem.

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You know it's not just about dressing for the job you want or adhering to the latest fashion trends.

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It's about creating a balance where you can stand in front of a mirror, admire yourself and say yes, this is me, and I am more than enough.

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I couldn't think of anyone better to delve into this topic with us than my guest today, lisa Walton.

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Not only is she an accomplished fashion designer, wardrobe consultant and personal stylist, but she's also been my rock and confidant for over 30 years, since we were six years old, growing up together.

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We've seen each other through all of life's ups and downs, including those challenging moments of not knowing what to wear.

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Whether we're striving for our next career milestone or working through our wellness goals, lisa has an exceptional talent for blending functionality with style, ensuring that what you wear empowers you, whether you're in the boardroom or sweating it out in pursuit of your health ambitions.

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She understands the nuances of professional women's lives, recognizing that, amidst our strive for health, success and self-improvement, our wardrobes should be the least of our worries, yet somehow they play a pivotal role in shaping our days.

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Today, we're going to discuss how professional women can navigate the wardrobe dilemmas that come from striving for ideal weight and confidence.

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Lisa will share her insights on embracing our curves, selecting clothes that make us feel unstoppable, and why dressing well should complement our health journeys, not complicate them.

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So grab your favorite cup of tea, settle in and let's get ready to transform not just your closet but how you view yourself in your pursuit of health, confidence and professional excellence.

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Listen in.

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Hello hello Lisa, lisa Walton the baddest.

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Hello hello Lisa, lisa Walton the baddest.

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Thank you for joining us.

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On Pivoting Pharmacy with Nutrigenomics.

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Now disclaimer Lisa and I have been best friends since we're six years old.

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It is my pleasure to be able to have her on our platform, share her with you, and to get her expert advice on all things fashion.

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Lisa, thank you so much for joining us.

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It is my pleasure.

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It's so wonderful to see you.

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You too, I know we live, you live in, you live in Pennsylvania, I live in California, so we don't get to see each other often.

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But If you get together.

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It's just like you know.

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No time has been lost, not at all.

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So, lisa, take us back to where you started.

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You've had a remarkable journey in the world of fashion and design, and also teaching.

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Could you share what initially drew you into fashion industry and how your personal style influences your design?

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Well, I've always loved fashion.

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My mother was a seamstress, my uncle and my grandfather were professional tailors in Jamaica and I just kind of always had it in me.

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I started sketching when I was about six years old, when I met you, you know, when we were in elementary school.

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I was interested in clothes even at that time and you know, I started sketching clothing.

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I had a little my little sketchbook with all of my drawings of my little dresses and you know, back then in the 80s it was polka dots and things like that, and then hammer pants and all kinds of different styles and trends that were going on at the time.

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And I've always loved fashion, always.

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And as I've gotten older, I decided at first I went to school for nursing and then I decided that this wasn't for me.

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I'm not a science person.

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So I decided to, you know, change routes and go to school for fashion design.

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So I got my bachelor of science in fashion and then I went on to teach fashion at Rowan College in New Jersey.

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Yes, I remember in high school you made your own prom dress.

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Yeah, and I'm like who makes their own prom dress?

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Lisa Walton does and made her own prom dress Truly talented.

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I remember it was brown right, yeah.

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Awkward brown.

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Gorgeous dress.

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I remember it.

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Yep, yeah, I can't believe you remember it.

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I remember because I couldn't go to prom that year.

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Yeah, yeah, and I was like man Lisa could have made my dress.

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Wow, yeah, and I was like man Lisa could have made my dress.

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So, truly, you've had that natural talent since you were young.

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Yeah, it was kind of in me.

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And then I kind of got professional training to.

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You know, learn how to use a sewing machine, learn how to make patterns and manipulate them to fit certain body types.

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So it all fell into place.

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You've successfully designed apparel for three collections yes, right and they've been showcased internationally.

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And, like you mentioned, you've been a beacon of knowledge to students who are studying fashion as well.

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So, from your vast experience, what would you say has been the most significant evolution in women's professional wear over the years?

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Oh, my goodness, it's changed so much from back in the 80s.

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I think maybe Donna Karan was the one who started that boxy like suit jacket.

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Back then everything was larger than life, everything was bright and colorful and I think maybe it kind of evolved into that boxy shape, into more form, fitting.

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Fitting A woman doesn't have to wear big, loose clothes to not show her shape.

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We have all different shapes and sizes.

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A woman wants to feel good whether she's a size six or whether she's a size 24.

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So you don't necessarily have to wear these big, huge clothes anymore to kind of hide your body.

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You can still kind of be covered and show your shape as well.

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So I think it's evolved from being big and boxy to more, you know, slim and fitted and more accentuating of your curves.

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Right.

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How do you go about determining what would be practical for each professional woman to wear, what their style is?

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It all depends on their preference as well.

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Like, as you get older, you like to hide certain parts of your body's, like where one woman would wear like a sleeveless shirt with a blazer, another woman might want to wear like a long dress with maybe like a belt around it.

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Some women do not like belts.

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Some women would rather like, you know, maybe a skirt and a blazer, or a skirt and a white shirt.

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It all depends on each woman's preference and their size and what they like about their body.

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You know, because we all have our qualms about our body and our different things that we, you know, are kind of apprehensive about.

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Yeah, that's so true because I know, I know you and I have different styles and so like, if you, were trying to force me to tell me yeah everyone has a unique style, so the key to feeling comfortable in our own skin is to really embracing what our style is.

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But with that being said and I'm sure you would agree in many conversations we've had is that there's nothing wrong with trying something different, because you won't know unless you try it?

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Not at all.

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Certain women, they feel like business should be black, browns, neutrals, grays, browns, neutrals, grays.

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You can definitely introduce some colors, you can definitely introduce some patterns into your wardrobe to brighten up your wardrobe and, you know, give it a little, an extra splash of style.

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You know, mix and match certain patterns and it doesn't have to be black and dull and boring.

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It can be bright and that pop of color can just give you a whole new feel.

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So don't be afraid to experiment with color.

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I know certain women that are larger.

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They feel like they only have to wear black.

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No, you do not only have to wear black.

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You can wear colors and it's just the silhouettes that you choose to wear that will, you know, accentuate your body.

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That's so true, and it was your piece of advice that you gave me about wearing color that made me fall in love with color.

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Now I love wearing the brighter oranges.

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I haven't embraced yellow yet I don't think I have anything that's yellow but I have orange, blues, greens, even pink and don't be afraid of black either.

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You can.

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You can wear green with blue.

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You could wear purple with orange.

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Definitely experiment with those colors.

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The colors are, you know.

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It brings a lot of excitement to your wardrobe yeah, now I want to talk about the.

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you know I'm very much in health and wellness space and I do counsel a lot of women or coach a lot of women who are very self-conscious about how they look and their bodies and they don't have that confidence that they would have.

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They come to me and say, oh, I want to lose weight.

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And I say, what do you?

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What?

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How would you feel when you lose that weight, when you reach that goal?

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Oh, I'll be more confident.

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I'll be more confident.

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I hear that a lot.

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But you mentioned earlier about no matter what size you are, you can always dress in a way that is fitting for you and that can be comfortable.

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Right In your experience with working with different people I know you work from teenagers to people in their 70s Can you speak on that.

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I'm currently doing like a 40 over 40 photo shoot.

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I'm styling this photo shoots for women over 40 and they want to feel sexy and they want to try things and they want to feel good about themselves.

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So I think it's very important about your self-image and how you feel about yourself.

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Right Now, with your vast experience of working with different types of people, what's the impact that you've seen it's had on them and being able to embrace how they look and the clothes that they're wearing?

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First of all, when you look good, you feel good.

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When I started teaching in New Jersey at the college and started teaching the fashion classes, I started off by telling my students I was watching an Oprah interview one time and she interviewed the lady that wrote Harry Potter yes, okay.

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So she went from being homeless to a billionaire author and the first thing that Oprah asked her how has money changed your life?

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And instead of her saying, cause, you know she has children and everything, instead of her saying you know, I could feed my children, I could give them a better life, you know, my future is brighter she said I could dress better.

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That just stayed with me from then until now, like I never forgot that when your clothes fit you well number one when your clothes fit you well and you know you look good in your clothing, it just gives you a whole different approach to life.

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Like you feel good within yourself, you move differently, you're confident in your body.

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You just move differently when you know that you look good.

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And it's very important for each woman to feel confident in herself, knowing that she looks good, knowing that she's dressed correctly for whatever position that she's doing.

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You know it really, really makes an impact on your work that you're doing.

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When you go to work and you look good and you feel good, you perform better.

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I'm sure there's some kind of statistics out there.

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I'm sure there is, I'm sure there is some kind of correlation there.

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When you look good, you feel good and you perform better.

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So when you walk out the door in the morning and you know that, you know it's like they're plus size women and they feel like they can't wear.

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It's only like they have to.

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They try to cover their bodies and they try to wear the biggest, you know, boxiest clothes.

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You don't have to do that.

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You can buy that smaller blazer and make it more form fitting.

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You can buy a long dress.

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That's more form fitting.

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Put that blazer over it and wear a belt with it and you'll look absolutely amazing.

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You should not be afraid to try different things.

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Try different silhouettes, try that A-line dress, try the bodycon dress.

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Put a blazer over it, you know, and just experiment with different things.

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Don't be afraid to wear like.

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A white button down shirt is essential in every woman's wardrobe and there's different types of styles of white shirts.

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You can get a white shirt with puffy sleeves.

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You can get one that ties around the neck.

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There's all different types of ways you can style the clothing to make it just look good and be you.

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Yeah, that is so true.

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You have to just experiment.

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The author is JK Rowling.

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Jk Rowling, yes.

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Now she mentioned that now that she has money, she was able to dress better.

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I know that you can dress on the budget as well.

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Now I she was probably saying, like now I can have my stuff tailored to me, right, um, versus, it's going to be more expensive if you want your, your clothes, tailored and specially made for you to fit your body type.

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And I always think about when I am okay.

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My guilty pleasure is watching the Real Housewives of everything, okay, and if the producer is listening, I would love to be on the Real Housewives of Fresno, california, thank you, but I look at them.

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They all have all different body types, but I know their clothes are fitted and tailored to them because it looks perfect for them.

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And with that being said, lisa, what tips would you have for those who want to shop on a budget or not making millions, like JK Rowling is, or Oprah is, or Beyonce is?

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What advice would you give them for, perhaps, maybe the three staple pieces every professional woman needs to have in their closet?

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I would say four, four, okay.

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Pieces that every woman needs in their closet is a blazer, a nice, fitting blazer you can always.

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A really good thing to have is a cleaners near you.

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You can go to the cleaners and we have some women that are petite, that are shorter, maybe the sleeves.

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You go into the store.

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You buy a jacket, the sleeves are too long, or your shoulders is fitting, your shoulders too wide.

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You can go to Ross.

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You can go to TJ Maxx I'm sure that's in California as well.

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You can go to all of the discount stores.

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You can find beautiful blazers.

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They carry Calvin Klein, they carry DKNY, everything all types of brands they carry.

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And you can go to the cleaners and get it tailored to fit your body for a couple of dollars.

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It might be $20.

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It might be $50, but you can spend that $50 and have that jacket fit you perfectly.

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You know, in places where it needs to fit it might be the shoulders, it might be the bust, it might be you might have to buy a larger blazer and have them tailor it to fit your bust if you have a larger bust area and have a smaller waist, because women's have all types of different curves.

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So the blazer is important.

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A white shirt.

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You can never have too many white shirts.

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I tell this to everybody, whether you're a professional, whether you work for yourself, you can never.

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A white shirt is always.

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You can dress it up, you can dress it down.

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You can do all kinds of different things with it.

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You could work with jeans.

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You can do everything with it.

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I did a photo shoot.

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I put a white shirt with a sequined skirt and it was absolutely amazing, and I just tied it up in the front.

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It's so many different ways to manipulate a white shirt.

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You definitely have to have different types of white shirts that you could wear.

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So blazer white shirt.

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I think everyone should have a wonderfully fitting dress, whether it's an A-line dress, whether it's a full skirt.

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Find a dress, and it can be black, it could be any color, whatever color you really love.

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Find that dress that fits your body type.

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Again, you can take it to the cleaners if you need it shortened.

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Sometimes women need the hem maybe a little bit shorter.

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Maybe they need to take it in a little bit at the waist area, maybe they need to let it out a little bit for your bust.

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But you can always take it to the cleaners and tell them what you want done to the dress and they can fix it to fit your body.

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So a nice fitting dress and a well tailored pair of pants.

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You need to have a nice fitting pair of pants.

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You can get a wide leg pants, you can get more of a slimmer leg pant, it can be capris, for your area is hotter, we have winter over here, we get in the snow.

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So you know, just have a really nice tailored pair of pants to wear, no matter where you're going, whether it's a business meeting, whether it's just a day, you know, at the office, or even, like I said, whether you work for yourself, like I work for myself, but I have different types of, you know, events and meetings and stuff that I have to go to as well, even though I work for myself.

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So it's always good to have.

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So your blazer, your dress, your white shirt and a nice fitting pair of pants.

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Thank you for sharing those four staple pieces, lisa.

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Now, what about shoes?

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Because when you're going through that, all I'm thinking about is shoes.

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And you know me, if I could, I would walk barefoot everywhere.

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And you know me, if I could, I would walk barefoot everywhere.

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So the closest I can get to being barefoot is wearing some sandals right, but sandals aren't going to cut it with every outfit.

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Yeah, so what would you recommend when it comes to shoes?

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I think a wonderful pair of ballerina flats, like they're really cute, they're in style right now and they come in all kinds of different fabrics and you textures and stuff.

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You can find a nice pair of like ballerina flats that you can wear with every outfit.

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I think they're really cute and they work, you know ballerina flats.

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Yeah, that's so true.

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I do have a pair, and it does seem to go with everything, whether you're wearing capris, longer pants, a-lines dress, like it's a.

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And if you're a heel type of girl like I am, you know you could have some heels in the closet as well, Like a nice pair of leather heels is good.

00:18:54.444 --> 00:18:58.951
Lisa, you're not just a heel type of girl, you're like a super heel and you're already tall.

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How tall are you?

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I'm 5'10 and I still love my heels.

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Like when I'm wearing my heels, I'm like 6'3".

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You don't wear anything below a six inch heel.

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I love the heels.

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So if you're a heel girl like me, definitely, you know, get you a pair of nice, fitting, comfortable heels.

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You know they make all kinds of different shoes with the insoles.

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Or you can buy the insoles yourself and put them some Dr Scholl's and put them into the shoes to make them comfortable.

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You can get a black heel if you're like me, maybe a stiletto if you're a more bold and edgy type of girl, you can definitely go for the stiletto.

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But just make sure that they're comfortable if you're going to wear them for long periods of time.

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Yeah, comfort is key as well.

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Now, a lot of this information you're sharing, the average woman would not know, right?

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And you do personal styling as well.

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So in your personal styling, youled weddings.

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You styled my wedding, thank you so much.

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It was beautiful and best weddings ever.

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Yeah, like not because you're my best friend, but the wedding was absolutely amazing thank you.

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So what's one common mistake that you observe in how professional women choose their wardrobe and how they can overcome it?

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Now you mentioned already, like doing the oversized, the just sticking with blacks and grays.

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Anything else, any other mistakes that you see that they've done and what could they do about?

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it one common mistake I said like every woman is just stuck because we're so set in our ways.

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You know, especially if you're 40 and over, I think you're set in your ways and you only stick to one type of style.

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Don't be afraid to try different types of silhouettes, like you might think that you have to wear, like you know, a full skirt.

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Try something like an A-line skirt.

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You know that's more fitted towards your body, it's slimmer.

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Try to get things that are slimming and just more accentuating your, your curves, and embrace your body.

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Whatever your body size is.

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You could be, like I said, a size 24.

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You could be a size two.

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Embrace the body that you have and try to accentuate it in the best way you can.

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Don't be afraid to try new styles.

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You might look at something and say, oh, that's not for me.

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Remember when we went dress shopping you had your mind set on a.

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I think it was like a full skirt.

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You wanted a full skirt with the mermaid.

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Well, and the mermaid attached.

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The mermaid attached to the skirt, yeah to full skirt attached.

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I'm like I feel like you should just try a mermaid dress and show the shoulders and you know the curves exactly.

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Show those curves and you, we tried on all kinds of different dresses and you're like I don't think that's going to look good on me and when you tried it it looked absolutely amazing.

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So don't be afraid to try new styles that you think might not look good on you.

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You're not going to know until you try.

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And if you're a curvy woman, own those curves or own them.

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They are you and be unapologetic.

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Definitely.

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Yeah, there's some.

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I'm reading a message because what you just said.

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It reminded me of a message that a good friend of mine sent me this morning and they said, referring to God, god is the only one to judge.

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So a lot of us were very self-conscious because we're worried about what other people are going to think about us.

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Right, he says God is the only judge and your appearance is not what he's judging.

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Forget what others think, it doesn't matter what they think.

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Be unapologetically, you Amen, so timely for this, for this, for our discussion today.

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But, yeah, be unapologetically.

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You.

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Embrace who you are.

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Embrace your looks.

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Love yourself, you deserve.

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We, as women, sometimes we're you know, we're very self-conscious.

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We feel like we don't deserve this.

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We don't deserve that.

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Yes, you do.

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You deserve everything, everything that's wonderful, everything that's positive.

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Give yourself that love.

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You have to love you first before somebody else can love you.

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So definitely, pour that love into yourself and just give yourself all of the accolades, all of the credit.

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Just pour it all onto yourself and accept, embrace it.

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Yeah, definitely now, as I mentioned, lisa serves as a personal stylist, she's a designer, she makes her own clothes and clothes for others and, um, she has a fashion show coming up.

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Can you tell us about that, lisa?

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Uh, the fashion show is.

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this is my first fashion show.

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I'm doing it here in Philadelphia because I feel like you know we need to.

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I'm doing it here in Philadelphia because I feel like you know we need to up our style a little bit.

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In Philadelphia, we're so laid back and relaxed and you know this is going to be a luxury fashion show.

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I'm keeping it at the independent Seaport museum down by Penn's landing here in Philadelphia, and it's going to be July 27th from six to 10 PM.

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It is going to be absolutely amazing.

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I have gorgeous models, both male and female.

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I'm doing menswear as well.

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This year.

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I am going to have live entertainment and just the best DJs.

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It's going to be absolutely wonderful and food and alcohol are included, so we're going to have a really good time.

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It sounds like it'll be a good time.

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I'm so excited for you, Lisa.

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Congratulations, and if you want to look into tickets, you can go to unorthodoxclothingnet unorthodoxclothingnet.

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Is there any possibility that there are virtual tickets available, streaming of the show at all?

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I'm looking into that right now as we speak, because I have so many people that are so far away and they are not going to be able to make it, so I am definitely looking into streaming it on, probably my social medias.

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I'm going to try to get that done, okay that would be great.

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So go to unorthodoxclothingnet to stay updated.

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If you are not local in the area, or you don't or you're not able to make it into Philadelphia area around July 27th, but if you are, check out.

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If you want to see Lisa's latest line and fashion and perhaps get a chance to talk with her, go go check out the website, please come.

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I have one last question for you, lisa.

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You know, looking towards the future, where do you see Lisa Walton clothing, unorthodox clothing, going in the next five years?

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Hopefully I will actually be able to have a physical store, not just the online store.

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I want to be a top Black designer.

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There are not too many Black female designers in the industry.

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There's not too many Black designers in the industries period.

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So I'm definitely trying to break that glass ceiling and get up there with the Louis Vuittons and the Ralph Lauren's and, you know, all of the other bigger names out there.

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I want to definitely be a luxury name in the market, so I'm definitely looking towards a physical store.

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Yeah, I'm looking forward to your physical store as well, and you've been doing this for so long.

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You're so talented.

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Yeah, lisa, is luxury when I think of you.

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So you will.

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You will make it.

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You will get there.

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That is what you deserve and you've worked so hard for, without even knowing it, since you're six years old.

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Thank you so much.

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You're welcome, thank you for joining us on Pivoting Pharmacy of Nutrigenomics and giving some support and insight and motivation for the professional women out there who need to have that confidence and are ready to perhaps spruce up their wardrobe some.

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Just get at me.

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You definitely you can go on our website as well and send me messages.

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I will have styling services on the website soon.

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That's all I have for you today, friend.

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A huge thank you to Lisa Walton for sharing her invaluable insights and wisdom on how to marry style with wellness, a conversation I believe many of us needed to hear.

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I hope today's episode has inspired you to look at your wardrobe with new eyes, seeing it not just as a collection of fabrics and colors, but as a powerful toolkit to help you navigate both your professional and personal wellness journey with confidence, grace and strength.

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Remember, fashion is not about adhering to trends Like your personalized health journey.

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It's about expressing your individuality, embracing your journey and celebrating your successes, both big and small.

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I encourage you to take a moment this week to re-evaluate your wardrobe.

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Ask yourself does it reflect who I am and where I'm going?

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Does it empower me?

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If not, consider it an invitation to start infusing more of you into your wardrobe.

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You deserve to look and feel your best, both inside and out.

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Take the time to appreciate your journey, dress in a way that honors your path to wellness and always, always trust in your unique power to command any room.

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If today's conversation struck a chord with you, or if you have your own stories and tips about merging style with wellness, I would love to hear from you.

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