{"id":148338,"date":"2026-04-30T19:09:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/?p=148338"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:09:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:09:43","slug":"episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/sos-podcast\/episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Styled, Off Script"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/19xw53gHwlemLx0GKOVJn9?si=f6d3e659e8f7458e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Styled, Off Script<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>is a podcast about personal style\u2014how it evolves, what shapes it, and how it shows up in real life. Through candid conversations with stylists, insiders, and voices across fashion, we explore how we get dressed, what influences those choices, and why they matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New episodes drop every other Friday morning here and on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0eobtwDqWx1NODdUOjouDu?si=uGrBRwARTA6y1V2CndpsFw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0eobtwDqWx1NODdUOjouDu?si=uGrBRwARTA6y1V2CndpsFw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Episode 1, <em>I Have Nothing (To Wear)<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We kick things off by unpacking what style really means to our hosts, Marge &amp; Liz\u2014longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dia<\/a> employees\u2014how it evolves, what influences it, and why it\u2019s rarely just about clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also introduce our <strong>SOS Style Emergency<\/strong> segment, where we talk through real-life outfit dilemmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each episode features candid, thoughtful conversations with stylists, insiders, and voices across fashion, exploring how we get dressed, what influences those choices, and why they matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>\ud83c\udfa7 Listen below, on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0eobtwDqWx1NODdUOjouDu?si=c7upbYUERoyU4JvXbo5Pyg\">Spotify<\/a><\/strong>, or read the full transcript further down this page.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: I Have Nothing (To Wear)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; 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That was a battle just to get here. <br><br><strong>Marge: <\/strong>Isn't that how it is though. It wouldn't be us if there wasn't some sort of funny tech moment to start this off. <br><br><strong>Liz:<\/strong> I mean, what could be more authentic? <br><br><strong>Marge: <\/strong>For those listening for the very first time, welcome to the Styled Off Script podcast. Our first version of this started in a moment where we started the conversation and then Liz froze on screen and then texted, \u201cmy computer just died.\u201d And so, I know this is episode one\u2014like Apple, if you're listening\u2014 <br><br><strong>Liz: <\/strong>Please sponsor us. <br><br><strong>M:<\/strong> Yeah, like, do you want to be a sponsor? That would be really, really cool. So yeah, I've literally closed every other app on my phone, on my computer, and we'll see how this goes. <br><br><strong>L:<\/strong> And we apologize in advance if there's background noise. We'll work on that in the future. <br><br>M: You know, I think it's very important. I said this once to probably my therapist, but I really enjoy setting the bar low and then like blowing it out of the water. I think I probably also said this to like some leader or manager at the time. They didn't find that really a good thing, but like if we set the bar low, then you can only like do better than that. I think that's okay. And you learn how to protect your boundaries, which is very important. <br><br>Okay, so we have a podcast and that's insane because everybody else has a podcast. It's like mostly celebrities and like people that I follow on Instagram and not like real, real people. But we're real people. <br><br>And this podcast, Styled Off Script, is really a podcast where we're going to be talking about style the way that we experience it, the way people experience it. Where it's less about like what we're wearing and more about how it makes us feel\u2014the emotions, the individual personality, what we love, what we don't love, what we're wearing to some place, but like why we chose to wear that. <br><br>And really want to get to know how\u2014I\u2019ve always loved having these conversations with friends. Literally, like I am the person that all my friends go to for style things. I know you are as well. Every group chat everywhere, they're like, \u201coh my God, you work in fashion, can you help me style this?\u201d And I'm like, mm-hmm. <br><br>L: Same, same. <br><br>M: Yep, okay, I have opinions. And so we're really excited to take these conversations into a place that hopefully other people can join in. And so I think it'll start with us and we'll chat in this first episode about who we are, what we like, what we don't like, trends, maybe things that we're loving right now. <br><br>It is 82 degrees in New York and it is the middle of April. <br><br>L: Crazy. The world might be on fire. The world might really be on fire. <br><br>M: I mean, it may be\u2014it may be. Yeah, I think that's a pretty good sign. <br><br>L: Marge, you said something the other day and it stuck with me. Like this is authentically how we spend part of our Fridays. Like we hop on Teams and chat about what we're wearing, why we're wearing it, what we're planning on wearing, you know, for whatever is coming up on the calendar, and sort of taking it out of just our one-on-one conversations and talking about it with other people, I think. <br><br>M: Literally. Yeah. <br><br>L: Why not? Like getting other opinions and picking other people's brains just feels very authentic to us. So I'm excited to do that more. <br><br>M: Yeah. And I mean, it's sort of what we, what we, what we do for livings, which is just kind of a wonderful meld of all of that. And so I guess like this is technically work, which is awesome. And so it doesn't ever really feel like work. And this idea definitely doesn't feel like work. It feels like a really fun way to like continue to have these conversations, to hopefully meet new people, learn what they are wearing, what their style is, and just have really fun conversations with my friend. <br><br>So I'm Marge. I should introduce myself. I am Marge. And I've actually been with Dia\u2014it will be 11 years in May, which is absolutely insane, but wonderful. I am the girl with the Dia tattoo. <br><br>I now do like I've done a little bit of everything, um, but I've been wearing plus sizes for my entire adult life. And I've been working in the plus size industry, styling customers for probably 15 years. And now I get to handle all fun things, marketing and customers and all the things that I love to do and get to call it a job. <br><br>And then get to work with people like Liz. <br><br>L: And how lucky am I to get to work side by side with you? Which, can you believe we've been doing this together for going on five plus years? It's crazy. One day we'll tell the lore of how we met. But I feel like we have to save that. That can't\u2014that's not an episode one conversation. <br><br>M: That's crazy. Also\u2014okay, okay. I think we should. Yeah, I think we have to tease them. It's not\u2014but it still makes me laugh all the time because it's just very reflective of who we are and what built our friendship from the early days. And style was involved. <br><br>L: All the time. All the time. Yes. Yes. So I'm Liz. Yes\u2014style was involved. Accessible style. Yes. So I'm Liz and I have been with Dia going on six years, which is crazy as well. Not quite Marge's level of crazy, but getting there. And I have been working in the style and fashion industry\u2014goodness\u2014a very long time in many different ways, over a decade. <br><br>My passion is definitely understanding the customer and developing relationships with customers and helping people to look and feel their very best and feel comfortable in their own skin and express themselves through their clothes. <br><br>And yeah, regardless of sort of shape, size, gender, age\u2014I think that clothes are just another form of expression and individuality. I think we'll talk about this more, I'm sure, but clothes can be so intimidating for so many people and I've been there and lived through that. And I just\u2014I think that I've found a way to really, you know\u2014make clothes my own and sort of find a voice in the way I dress and I hope that I can help other people do that too. So that's what I really love to do. <br><br>M: And your style definitely speaks\u2014like it speaks to that. Like I feel like your style is an extension of who\u2014like truly knowing you\u2014but your style is very reflective of that, which is really, really cool and fun to see and definitely challenges and inspires me. <br><br>Because I go through\u2014there are some days, some moments\u2014awesome, I feel great, everything is amazing. And then there are other moments and days where I'm like, I'm going to hide under my bed and I'm going to just grab whatever's here and we're just not going to talk about it. It's just like this is more of a function than anything else. <br><br>And it's always fun to have friends who\u2014and I think the amazing thing about working where you work and working in fashion and style is being able to be inspired by so many different people. <br><br>L: 100%. <br><br>M: And truly, like, I have now lived in New York\u2014it\u2019s going to be like 15 years, which is absolutely insane. But I love that even just walking down the street, there's so many different styles and so many different ways to wear things and fashion and what people choose to wear. <br><br>Like yesterday, it was 85 degrees. I had to take my dog, Poppy, to the vet. And it was 85 degrees, it is the middle of April, and I was sweating profusely and didn't know what to wear. I brought out a linen shirt that I had from last summer because I was like, well, it's hot and I feel like anything else is gonna just stress me out and make me hot and bothered and I just couldn't do it. <br><br>And I wore it with my favorite wide leg crop jeans and Chucks and just was like, okay. It is what it is. I didn't even put on makeup. I threw my hair up in a clip and I was like, we look put together. We did not try, but we still feel good and we're going to be as cool as possible as the day goes on. But it's going to be about 35 degrees next week, so I'm not putting away my sweaters yet. <br><br>L: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. That's crazy. That's absolutely insane. <br><br>What do you think it was about what you wore yesterday that\u2014even though it sounds pretty effortless\u2014what do you think about it worked? <br><br>M: Yeah, I think like\u2014I think having things in my closet that I know I'm gonna like, even on a bad day\u2014and really building up a repertoire of items in my closet that like when I don't even want to think about it, I can just grab it and go. <br><br>And so when it's warmer weather, I also feel like in heat, my brain doesn't know how to compute. So more things stress me out, I get more anxious, I get overwhelmed, and I can't regulate. So finding clothes that I can just put on and like see you later is great. <br><br>I like a lot of things that are like big and flowy. Which is so\u2014it\u2019s funny thinking back saying that, like my favorite pair of jeans is a pair of wide leg crop denim because I was a skinny jean girl for decades. <br><br>And I put on a pair of skinny jeans a couple of weeks ago and then immediately took them off and was like, what am I doing? <br><br>L: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. <br><br>M: What are\u2014why am I doing this to myself? And I think there's obviously a time and a place for everything, and everybody has their own preferences, which is exciting\u2014that hopefully we'll get to learn a lot more about that from a lot of different people. <br><br>But it just felt really easy. I love a button-up, like a lightweight shirt that I can either wear open or just throw on and see you later. It was really breezy, didn't cling to anything, didn't make me sweat any hotter than I was. So it was nice. It felt very easy breezy. <br><br>But do you have a closet like that? Do you have a couple of pieces like that? <br><br>L: Yeah. Yeah, I feel like just having\u2014yeah, I feel like having a few go-to outfits that I just know I don't have to think about. And maybe it's not even outfits, but like pieces in my closet. I hate calling them pieces\u2014that sounds so... I don\u2019t know, pieces sound so elevated. I'm talking like cotton pants or a pair of jeans or an oversized t-shirt. But a few items in my closet that I can just put on and I know I'm going to be comfortable. I like the way they fit my body, and I can mix and match them with other things in my closet. Like go-to pieces that I can wear time and time again that make me feel good. <br><br>I do like to then, when I'm confident and in the right headspace, try on other things. But on a day like you're describing\u2014where it's going to be hot and I don't have a lot of time and I don't want to put the effort in\u2014those are days I don't want to try. And I just want to rely on the dependable pieces and keep it as simple as possible. <br><br>M: Yeah. <br><br>I think too, one of the bits of advice that I sort of learned through years of styling other folks\u2014as well as, it's weird, I feel like I learned way more about my style styling other people than picking out clothes for myself\u2014but really, it can be as simple as your go-to pair of jeans when you're feeling a little bit more like\u2014 <br><br>L: Totally. Yeah. Mm-hmm. <br><br>M: \u201cHey, you know what? I'm going to try something new.\u201d <br><br>You don't have to jump from one pool to a totally different pool in terms of outfits or style aesthetics or whatever. It's not like, \u201chey, what you're wearing is bad, let's find something totally different.\u201d <br><br>If you're interested in trying something new and different, pair it with something that you absolutely love. That way you're like\u2014okay, well, this is a new top silhouette for me, or like pick your favorite jeans and try on a new top. I picked out a blouse, which is not something that I normally would go for, but paired with my favorite jeans and my favorite boots and my hair, whatever, I was like, \u201coh, this is actually really cute.\u201d <br><br>And I still felt very much like myself, which I think made trying something new feel way less\u2014like it didn\u2019t feel as much pressure. <br><br>L: Yeah, that's a really good point. I was shopping with my mom a few weeks ago, and my mom is very short\u2014petite, plus size petite\u2014and she has historically always worn\u2014it\u2019s so hard\u2014and she's historically always worn either a skinny jean, if she's worn jeans, or a tapered pant. <br><br>M: Mm, mine too. It\u2019s so hard. Mm-hmm. Yeah. <br><br>L: And I was trying to encourage her to try\u2014not a wide leg necessarily\u2014but a straight leg pant. We were actually in a Chico\u2019s, and they had these really cute sort of checkered pants. They would have been cropped on average height, but they were ankle length on her. They looked adorable\u2014not tapered. <br><br>M: Yeah. <br><br>L: And we tried them with both a fitted top and an oversized top. The fitted top was just too much change for her all at once. But with the oversized top\u2014which she would typically wear with a tapered pant or a skinny jean\u2014and the straight leg, it was much more comfortable for her. <br><br>And she was able to take that leap. And my dad saw her and was like, \u201cmy God, you look so trendy,\u201d because just that small change in silhouette was very exciting to see. <br><br>M: Yeah! And it's fun to think about the proportions, as it relates to size, as it relates to everything. For the earlier part of my career, I was lucky enough to work for Eileen Fisher, who is just so cool as it relates to really flowy fabrics, gorgeous quality, but also playing with proportions. <br><br>And I always sort of felt like, okay, well, you can do something big and voluminous on top, then you have to do something skinnier on the bottom. If you're going to go wider on the bottom, then you do skinnier on top. Like those are your two options. See you later. <br><br>And it really wasn\u2019t until I saw the way you could do tapered on the bottom and tapered on the top, and then play with a cool layer, or really do volume and volume\u2014 <br><br>L: Yeah. <br><br>M: It wasn\u2019t until I saw it on other people and really saw how the final look came together and how they wore it that I was like, oh, I could totally do that. <br><br>And without it feeling\u2014I think there's this, I always said there's a difference between frumpy and\u2014oh my God, what's the other word? I just lost it. You can be...slouchy, I think is the word. There\u2019s a difference. And if you want to be frumpy, go right for it. But you can still look put together when you play with volume and when you play with different shapes of clothing. <br><br>I think it\u2019s sometimes like putting the whole outfit together. Like sometimes I need to see it with the shoes to really be like, okay\u2014yes. <br><br>L: Yeah, right. Totally. And a belt. <br><br>M: Yeah. Shoes\u2014not what somebody else would wear, like a model in heels\u2014but what shoes am I going to wear with this outfit? And can I play with it and actually be like, yeah, yeah, I would totally wear that. Really playing with it. <br><br>L: Yeah, totally. <br><br>What you brought up\u2014the idea of if you wear loose on bottom, you have to wear tight on top, or vice versa\u2014I think one of the things that I hope that we do in our business, and I know you said, we obviously work for a styling business, we run a styling business, is we help people rewrite some of these rules that they\u2019ve been prescribed for so long. <br><br>M: Oooooh, yeah. <br><br>L: It\u2019s not like throw everything out the window\u2014but redefine some of these things. Because we get to start from scratch a little bit and figure out what works right for each individual person, and create our own sort of fashion framework that works for you. <br><br>And again, I know this is so clich\u00e9 to say at this point, but it\u2019s not like your body is wrong\u2014it\u2019s the clothes that are wrong. Or maybe neither is wrong. It\u2019s just figuring out the formulas that work best for who you are, where you are in your life, and how you want to show up in the world right now. And that can change over time\u2014and that\u2019s okay. Nothing has to be forever. <br><br>M: That\u2019s what I was just going to say. I think what\u2019s really interesting is that if you\u2019re of a certain age, you grew up with lots of trends, and whether you were on trend or off trend, you felt really tied to those rules. If you broke those rules, there was some sort of judgment. <br><br>I think what\u2019s cool\u2014like I see this in my niece, who\u2019s now in early adulthood, which is insane\u2014is that the rules are completely thrown out the window for her generation. And that\u2019s awesome to see. But I also know my mom, who\u2019s in her 80s, is just now starting to unravel some of those rules. <br><br>And I think as we think about who we are and how we show up, there are already so many rules in life. I don\u2019t think personal style has to be one of them. <br><br>L: Mm-hmm. Totally. Right. Mm-hmm. <br><br>M: Life is hard enough. Giving ourselves more rules to follow\u2014maybe as you get older, you realize you don\u2019t actually have to follow them. <br><br>But also, some people like that structure. Like \u201cwear this with this.\u201d I think it was Geranimals back in the day. And if that works for you\u2014go for it. If it doesn\u2019t\u2014also go for it. <br><br>Fashion and style are so unique. They should evolve. They should change. Just because you wore something one way one year, you can bring it back in a completely new way. <br><br>And I think that\u2019s what\u2019s really fun from a history perspective. Both of my parents worked in fashion and department stores in the 70s and 80s, so I feel like I was born for this job. <br><br>Even now, my dad\u2014he\u2019s in his 70s\u2014is like, \u201cwhat are the guys in Brooklyn wearing?\u201d Like, \u201cwhat are the cool kids wearing?\u201d How can I incorporate that into my style? <br><br>Which is so wild to me\u2014but also really cool. Is there any\u2014whether it\u2019s a celebrity or a TV show or a person in your life or anybody that inspires your style that you really find yourself drawn to? Or multiple different places or people? <br><br>L: That is so fun. Yeah. Goodness, it\u2019s changed so much over time. I mean, the one constant who I\u2019ve always said is my grandmother. My mom\u2019s mom has always been my silent inspiration, which is hilarious to say because I think that my\u2014well, okay. So she was like a very conservative dresser, and I do not think of myself as a conservative dresser. Not that, like, my tummy\u2019s hanging out or my bust is hanging out in any way. <br><br>M: Yeah. Yeah. Okay. No. You\u2019re very pulled to\u2014you pull yourself together very, like, in a very\u2014yeah, okay. I can see where that goes. Yeah. <br><br>L: Yeah. So that\u2019s the way that\u2014she was the quintessential, what do you call it, extra item person. Like, you know, she never just had two pieces. She always had the jacket or the neck scarf or the brooch or the belt or something. <br><br>M: Oh, my grandmother too. The brooch. Do you remember the brooch? Oh my gosh. Yep. <br><br>L: Um, I used to refer to her as the first lady because even if she was just walking the dog, she always had something extra. But at the same time, she was always happiest in her well-worn sweatpants and pilly sweatshirt, which is exactly what I want to be in all the time. Um, and so\u2014 <br><br>M: Yeah. My God, I love that. I love that my grandmother never wore pants until she was in her eighties. Like ever. And I remember being like, grandma, aren\u2019t these comfortable? And she\u2019s like, yeah. <br><br>L: No, no, no. Yeah, like my grandmother\u2014we called her Nanny\u2014and my Nanny, I mean, I could go, we should do a whole episode about our grandmothers, because my other grandmother also was like an extraordinary dresser, but like on the other extreme. There were lots of muumuus involved, which is also one of my\u2014you know, like caftans make the world go round. <br><br>M: Oh, I love\u2014yes, please. Yeah. Ugh. Dream. <br><br>L: But, um, so my Nanny was a huge influence for me, and actually when she passed away\u2014 I inherited a lot of her clothes, but there is this great scandal that happened where somebody who shall not be named\u2014a family friend\u2014may or may not have snuck into the house and taken quite a bit of her clothing, like her designer clothing. And it is like, yeah. <br><br>M: What? Oh my God. <br><br>L: Yeah, I will never ever get over it. But anyway, that\u2019s a side. So she is definitely one of my\u2014sort of the way she lived her life\u2014when she was going out and she felt her very best, she was dressed to the nines. And then the second she got home, the first thing she did was take off every single thing that she was wearing, including her jewelry, her wedding ring, her watch, her everything, and put her sweats on. And so that was\u2014that is\u2014the way I like to live my life. <br><br>M: Yeah, that\u2019s so me. That\u2019s so me. Yeah. Yeah. Like, the second I get in the house, I\u2019m like, okay, comfortable. I think especially because we work from home, you know, I could go work in an office if I wanted or whatever. I can have that life. But I very much leaned in to comfy clothes at home and comfy clothes out of home as well, but really prioritizing that comfy-comfiness. <br><br>I think what was tough growing up for\u2014well, I guess now I\u2019m inspired by so many different people and things. I have very cool New York friends that are very stylish from all over the world, and I\u2019m just like, wow, how you put things together is just different than I\u2019ve seen. One of my friends is obsessed with vintage dresses and just vintage clothes. Her closet is stunning. <br><br>L: Mm-hmm. <br><br>M: The fabrics and things that she plays around with are just so beautiful. And then I have other friends who just mix prints and are loud and casual in a way that I wouldn\u2019t have ever seen where I grew up, where everybody wore the same thing all day every day. <br><br>But growing up, I think it was tough because I was always on the chubbier plus side, and I never really saw anybody like that portrayed\u2014or if they were portrayed, it was never in a fashionable way, and even then it was in a shameful sort of way. <br><br>And then the reality was that there weren\u2019t a whole lot of options. So you could either be like a pinup girl who is overly dressy in a 50s housewife, Tracy Turnblad sort of way, or you\u2019re wearing like men\u2019s boys\u2019 clothes. And so, I don\u2019t know. I think there got to be more options as I got older, and a lot more representation. My older sister, who\u2014we\u2019re not really sisters, but we\u2019re just gonna let it go, okay? We don\u2019t have the time. <br><br>L: Too much to explain. <br><br>M: Who will be a guest on a future episode because she has requested it. Her style was really cool. She\u2019s 17 years older than I am, and I always loved how she put herself together in a way that was very chic and sophisticated, but also a little edgy and cool. <br><br>She always had cool stuff when she was in college and a young adult, and then she worked in retail\u2014again, also not surprised that I\u2019m in the fashion space\u2014but she had to wear black every day for her work for probably 20 years. So finding fun and exciting ways to wear black every day is really hard. <br><br>And I feel like now there\u2019s a resurgence, as I see it on Instagram, but the chunky necklaces of the early aughts\u2014 <br><br>L: Goodness. I had them all, all of them. <br><br>M: Like, had them all. We were big into big\u2014like even I remember in high school being dressed up in jeans, like tailored jeans, and kitten heels, and a little top with a blazer and bangles and chunky necklace and all this stuff. Like I was going to high school, but then also gonna work at the Bank of America downtown after work. <br><br>L: Any high school student wearing a kitten heel? Why? I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t. Please. Please. God. Wait. <br><br>M: But like my sister said, I was like, girl, where were we going? Like, and for what? Like why? <br><br>No, I feel like at some point we should also do an episode on our childhood style evolution or school photos because I was dressed like the quirky librarian for almost every photo. And it\u2019s amazing. And now those photos are all over my house and it makes me so happy and they bring me so much joy. Absolutely. <br><br>But yeah, I think now I\u2019m just inspired by so many other people\u2019s style and seeing how people pair things and wear things that I already have in my... I think what\u2019s cool is the relatability of not necessarily needing to go out and buy all new things, but finding new ways to wear things that I already love, maybe introducing something slightly new. <br><br>Like, I\u2019m going to this event next week and I have a navy long satin maxi dress that I got a couple years ago for an event. But I just got, because of Dia, I just got in my recent box a linen suit jacket that\u2019s a khaki sort of beige with a navy pinstripe. <br><br>L: It is amazing how you get more comfortable. <br><br>M: And I feel like it\u2019ll look very chic, sort of styled together. And then in my head, I was like, yeah, this makes logical sense. I think I went into Pinterest and typed in \u201ckhaki linen blazer over satin dress\u201d and found so many other people wearing and styling it that I\u2019m like, okay. It\u2019s like, she\u2019s a stylist. <br><br>And so just seeing how other people style that look or style similar looks, I\u2019m like\u2014it\u2019s kind of like a math equa\u2014like my head sort of computes it like\u2014and to say that I like math, I mean, we are known to be two data girlies. I\u2019m just kidding. God. But like the math of it all, the putting things together in new ways, is fun. <br><br>L: Yeah, we\u2019ve become data girls. True. You can talk about that in a future episode. <br><br>Something that you\u2019re saying, though, is really standing out to me about what\u2019s changed. Something that I\u2019m really grateful for that\u2019s changed in the way I think about my own personal fashion is that when I was growing up\u2014and you said this too\u2014I felt like I was trying to replicate or copy other people\u2019s, and I could just never get it right. And no matter how hard I tried, I felt like I needed to be just like everyone else, and I could never get it right. <br><br>And now I find inspiration in other people around me. A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I love the way she\u2019s doing that or he\u2019s pulling that off or she\u2019s rocking this part\u2014just pieces of things that people are doing. It inspires me to try either things that I already have in new and different ways or to try new things in different ways. But I\u2019m not trying to be something that I\u2019m not or to copy something exactly. <br><br>And, you know, I use Pinterest too and TikTok and all of the things. I just feel like I\u2019m doing it in such a different way than I was doing it before. And I feel so much more freedom and individuality in the way that I\u2019m doing it now. And I just feel like that\u2019s really exciting. <br><br>I hope that we inspire other people to do the same and to find their own sort of sense of self in the way that they can find inspiration from the things that we\u2019re talking about and then dig into their own closets and do it their own way. <br><br>M: Yeah. To the T. Yep. Well, I think you sort of took the words right out of my mouth. I think the moments where I have outfits that really feel like me\u2014which now feels way more often than it ever was before\u2014those are the days that either I will share my outfit or I\u2019ll go somewhere, and those are the days that people are like, \u201cmy God, I love your outfit. Where did you get this?\u201d Or like, \u201chow did\u2014I would have never put this together.\u201d <br><br>And so I think hopefully as we continue on in this\u2014not just one episode podcast\u2014we can share some of that. But also, I\u2019m so excited to learn other people\u2019s inspiration and be inspired by them. I\u2019m hungry for all of the knowledge and excited to sort of see how we\u2019re influenced by their style and just to find ways to play. <br><br>Like, it feels like dress-up. Now it\u2019s to a point that it feels like dress-up. And for me, as a kid who played dress-up constantly, that was always really, really fun. And then it became so not fun for so long that now to have it be fun again, I\u2019m like, okay, this is actually\u2014 <br><br>Like finding clothes and searching and putting it all together and trying. My mindset of even just trying on new clothes is so different from what it used to be because I try to convey that I\u2019m just having fun. I don\u2019t have to keep this item. This item is not going to be stuck in my closet forever. There are now way more options. <br><br>I mean, that could be a whole other conversation, but there are options and I don\u2019t have to be stuck with this one thing. I can try it. If I don\u2019t like it, I can style it a couple different ways. If I still don\u2019t like it, see you later. <br><br>Like I can really play, and that feels really freeing. And breaking the rules is okay. <br><br>L: Mm-hmm. Exactly, totally. <br><br>M: Okay. Well, speaking of, I\u2019m really excited because I came up with this crazy idea. <br><br>M: For an SOS style emergency. I want to call it a hotline, but it\u2019s not a hotline\u2014but it could be, maybe. Yeah. I\u2019ll look into that. We\u2019ll put producer Maloree on that. But basically, not really planned, but when coming up with a title of this, which fingers crossed, it funny enough became SOS, and I was like, wait a minute\u2014years ago, I had this crazy idea late night on the subway, like coming home from something, and I wrote a note in my phone that was like, how cool would it be to be able to text or call or say like, \u201chey, I have this style emergency, I\u2019m going blank,\u201d or like \u201cI\u2019m going to this place and I don\u2019t know what to wear,\u201d or \u201cI got invited to this and I don\u2019t know what to wear,\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m going on a date.\u201d <br><br>You know, I\u2019m doing all these different things and I don\u2019t have the style expertise, or I want a second opinion, or I want somebody else to sort of help put me in that mindset. And yes, that\u2019s technically what we do at work, but how cool would it be if it was just somebody that you knew, that you had a relationship with, or that could help share that knowledge. So I dusted out\u2014I know. <br><br>L: It\u2019s like opening up your chat, like your text message, right? <br><br>M: I know, I know. So the hope here is we have a form that we will share for folks to submit their SOS. And you can either remain anonymous, you can tell us who you are. If we choose you, we may give you a little something, something as a thank you for participating and being along for this ride. <br><br>I actually received a style emergency from a friend of mine recently, who is like the one who\u2019s always asking me for style advice, and we have very similar styles. And so I thought it\u2019d be a good one to sort of talk through. <br><br>And the goal being: we\u2019ll read these out loud, we\u2019ll share sort of what the situation is, and then between the two of us\u2014either separately or together\u2014we will share some styling suggestions or sort of help solve that style emergency. <br><br>And it could be like, there could be a way for folks to shop the style emergency if that sort of feels natural. Or like we do themed boxes at Dia, which is something that I come up with based on different themes and things. I\u2019m like, it could be really cool to have a themed box for someone\u2019s style emergency. <br><br>So I\u2019m sure if somebody is going through\u2014the other thing about doing this whole thing, conversation, podcast, whatever, is that I think for so long, many of us, myself\u2014I\u2019ll speak for myself\u2014felt very like I couldn\u2019t have these conversations. Like people would either not take me seriously because of my size or because of an experience or whatever. Or people just weren\u2019t having these conversations out loud. <br><br>It was stuff that you would text your friend or have with your closest group, like, \u201chey, can you help style me for this?\u201d Or \u201cI don\u2019t really know how to wear this,\u201d or like, \u201cwhat do you\u2014how do you feel?\u201d <br><br>The hope here is that we can be a little bit louder and a little bit more out in the open and talk through some of that stuff because every style emergency that y\u2019all have had, we\u2019ve probably also had and know the struggle of like, God, what am I going to wear? <br><br>So I\u2019m excited to sort of kick this off. And my friend said that we could use her scenario for this first one. But we will drop a link so that folks can submit in the description below. You can also check it out on our website. And I think the website should be dia.com\/sos. And that should take you right to the form to fill out so that you can submit your style emergency. <br><br>But I\u2019m gonna get into reading this. Me too. Okay. <br><br>L: I\u2019m so excited! <br><br>M: They say: I am headed upstate for Memorial Day weekend, which is crazy that it\u2019s right around the corner, with my partner and a group of their friends, not mine. Some I haven\u2019t met before. It\u2019s a long weekend at a lake house, so we\u2019ll be spending a lot of time outside\u2014walking, hiking, in parentheses, ew\u2014hanging by the lake, campfires, all those things. <br><br>Because we\u2019re traveling by train from the city, I can only bring a carry-on and maybe a purse. I know, brutal. But also, I know this struggle. I do a lot of travel by train, and a lot of\u2014because I also insist on bringing my dog everywhere I go. It\u2019s like, okay, how do I pack for the both of us in small ways? <br><br>But she goes, \u201cI want to be able to bring enough options without being that girl who is the overpacker.\u201d <br><br>L: Mm. Yeah. Right. <br><br>M: Which I feel that. I\u2019m mostly looking for casual, comfortable, but want to really still feel put together so I don\u2019t look sloppy. And want maybe one dressier option, but again, don\u2019t have a lot of space to bring things. I\u2019m pretty simple, don\u2019t wear a lot of bold colors or anything too, too loud, but I still want my outfits to feel like\u2014 <br><br>L: You. Hmm. <br><br>M: Interesting, or like what everybody else is going to be wearing. <br><br>So, and then I know her\u2014she\u2019s in her late 30s, really likes casual, she does well with a \u201cwear this with this, and then you can wear this,\u201d like this one thing with another thing and another thing, and sort of how do you put it all together. <br><br>So that is the first SOS style emergency for us to solve. <br><br>L: Okay. All right. I got this. This is my jam. Okay. <br><br>M: Okay, okay, you got this. Yep. You're an expert. Like truly, you win the awards for packing, and we're not even gonna go into your kids\u2019 camping packing situation because\u2014 <br><br>L: Please no. That makes me break out in hives. That\u2019s why I\u2019m like, this is my jam. Okay, so here\u2019s\u2014I\u2019m gonna start with a maxi dress. Because dress up, dress down, wear multiple ways. She could even travel in the maxi dress because basically what I like about a maxi dress is, especially if it\u2019s warm when she\u2019s\u2014 <br><br>M: Yeah, you can do the short, long weekend. <br><br>L: Who knows, I mean, you said it was 85 degrees right now, right? Like, Memorial Day, we could be schvitzing, you know. She\u2019s ready\u2014let\u2019s just say she arrives and it\u2019s like time for cocktails already. She\u2019s ready to party, but she\u2019ll be comfortable on the train as well. <br><br>And if I was doing this, I don\u2019t know her quote-unquote style, but like, obviously there\u2019s an array of maxi dresses out there. So it\u2019s easy to find one that fits your aesthetic. But for me, thinking upstate, I would go the nap dress approach. But she could also go sort of the more vacation, you know\u2014 <br><br>M: Oooo. If somebody is new to the nap dress trend, because I know we\u2019ve mentioned it before, but I don\u2019t know\u2014yeah. Can you explain what makes that different than another dress? <br><br>L: Yes. Yes, you want me? Sure. <br><br>So, nap dress\u2014I would describe, first of all, they\u2019re bra-friendly. That\u2019s probably the headline, right? So I would describe it as ruching on top, wide strap, then sleeveless, and then tiered on the bottom, and usually maxi or long midi length. And patterned, typically patterned, but not bright colors. Not typically, you know, vacation style, not Mediterranean themes, but more subtle pattern. <br><br>M: Yeah, I love that. Yep. I love\u2014I was really unsure about the tiered. I live in maxi dresses all spring and summer because they\u2019re cool and just easy to wear. But I wasn\u2019t sure\u2014I thought that tiered approach would be a little bit too feminine for my typical style. But it actually really helps the\u2014it\u2019s one of those things that\u2019s more function. <br><br>L: Mm-hmm. Thank you. Yeah. Sure. <br><br>M: Which I didn\u2019t realize is also the beauty of fashion and pattern making and design, is that the tiers really help the weight of the fabric flow, where in non-tiered maxi dresses, oftentimes the fabric will cling in certain ways or feel easier to stick to your legs or feel straight or too parachutey, where the tiers sort of pull the weight down and catch it so that it flows out away from your body versus tighter to your body. Ooh, love that. <br><br>And they\u2019re usually out of something lighter, like a cotton or a poplin, a linen. Yeah. <br><br>L: Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. Yep. Great for airflow. Cotton, yeah. <br><br>I would say the theme for this vacation, this packing adventure, is cotton and linen. So cotton fabrication for this dress. And then she\u2019s also gonna take with her a cotton sweater. And I\u2019m thinking pullover. If she prefers cardigan, that\u2019s fine. But in my head this is a cotton pullover, which is\u2014and we might talk about this later\u2014but that\u2019s a trend that we saw last summer. <br><br>I mean, I had never really owned a summer sweater before last summer. But I think it\u2019s more of an East Coast\u2014I\u2019m West Coast, Marge is East Coast\u2014and because our nights don\u2019t get cool on the West Coast the way they do on the East Coast. And that\u2019s a great piece, and she\u2019ll make great use out of that. <br><br>So a cotton sweater, which means that she can transform her\u2014 <br><br>M: Yep. Yep. I love that. <br><br>L: Dress into a skirt if she wants for another look at another time. So that\u2019s two pieces. And again, I don\u2019t know what she\u2019s packing versus what she\u2019s wearing on the train, but that\u2014and then I am, this is going to be controversial, Marge, so I hope you\u2019re ready\u2014but I\u2019m actually not going to have her bring a true jean. I am going to have her bring\u2014I know, I know, I\u2019m\u2014 <br><br>M: I love that. It\u2019s a great option. Ugh. But I get it, Memorial Day could go a lot of different ways for weather, so I trust. <br><br>L: Yeah, so I don\u2019t love a true denim for travel, especially in the summer. So I\u2019m going to have her bring either\u2014and I\u2019m also not going to bring linen\u2014I\u2019m going to have her bring one of these cotton pants, wide-leg cotton pants. Not linen, but it can be like Tencel, which is sort of similar to a rayon. It doesn\u2019t wrinkle as much as a linen. Yeah. <br><br>M: So hot. Oooooh, yep. I was just going to say, it\u2019s a lot. I love a linen pant in the summer or linen short or linen anything, but doing as much traveling as I do, unless you\u2019re bringing a handheld steamer\u2014and who\u2019s got the time? That\u2019s a great\u2014yeah. <br><br>L: Yeah. Exactly. Right, right. It\u2019s a little bit heavier also. <br><br>And if she wants a jean alternative, they\u2019ve got a ton. You know, maybe she brings a blue. But it\u2019s like a tie waist and she can easily dress it up, dress it down. She can wear it with the cotton sweater, she\u2019s going to bring a linen button-down that she can wear it with as well, or she can wear it with a simple white tee. So easy. <br><br>M: That\u2019s great. Yeah. That\u2019s a great call. Or over a bathing suit, like a linen\u2014I live in a super oversized white Oxford in the summer. A, because you can wear it with a million different options, but also because it\u2019s a great swim cover-up. If you want an option that still feels put together, that\u2019s great. <br><br>L: Or over a bathing suit. Exactly. Exactly, exactly. <br><br>Then she\u2019s gonna bring a matching sweatsuit set because she\u2019s gonna be hanging out at night by the fire. <br><br>M: Uh-huh. Yep. A cute sweatshirt. Would you do the sweatshirt and the pullover sweater? Okay. <br><br>L: I would, because I think the pullover sweater\u2014we don\u2019t want that to smell like fire. We want to keep that nicer for if they go out to dinner or whatever. And then she\u2019ll bring a pair of cutoff shorts. Like that can be\u2014 <br><br>M: That\u2019s true. Oh, so smart. Yep. <br><br>Love. I\u2019m team shorts. Like, I don\u2019t think this is controversial, but I have always been team shorts. I will always be team shorts. Yeah, like I have legs, they\u2019re gonna be out, it\u2019s hot. I understand that there\u2019s a lot of people that don\u2019t like shorts. That\u2019s totally fine. I am team shorts all the way, especially those shorts with a cute cotton pullover sweater for a nice night. I do a lot of that. <br><br>L: No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yes, exactly. Exactly. Exactly. That\u2019s why you\u2019re keeping that sweater not smelling like fire. <br><br>M: Yep. Yep. Absolutely. <br><br>L: And then a bathing suit and a hat. And the hat is of your choosing. Are you bringing a sun hat or are you bringing a baseball cap? <br><br>Now the optional item, and this is weather-dependent, is are you bringing a denim jacket? So I\u2019m bringing a denim jacket, and if I have to wear it on the train, I\u2019ll wear it on the train. But because you\u2019re not bringing jeans, you can wear that denim jacket with everything. You can wear it over the nap dress, you can wear it with the linen pants, you can wear it with the sweatsuit if you need to when you\u2019re hanging out outside. Exactly, exactly. So my denim jacket is my summer layer that I wear all the time, and I think that\u2019s what I\u2019m packing. <br><br>M: Oof. Ooh, okay. Yep, over the white Oxford with shorts. Yep. Yep. I love that. Yep. <br><br>Yeah, I think all I would\u2014because I am the one that\u2014I would do exactly that, and then I always toss in one more thing because I\u2019m the girl that will spill something inevitably. If not by the time I\u2019ve got there, it\u2019s likely the first thing I do when I arrive. <br><br>But yeah, I will probably throw a boxy t-shirt, like a white t-shirt, a black t-shirt, maybe a striped shirt, either short sleeve or sleeveless, something that I can pair with the denim shorts to go out and about. <br><br>And then I\u2019m\u2014I don\u2019t know, depending on the weather\u2014I would probably also toss in a pair of like jersey sweatshorts because if I\u2019m\u2014my brain goes, well, if I\u2019m gonna stand in the lake or whatever, I may not want to wear my... Like in the morning, as I\u2019m drinking coffee and I\u2019m standing by the water and we\u2019re waxing poetic about where we are in our relationship, I want to be cute and comfy but still be able to keep my legs in the water. <br><br>But I think that\u2019s it. And those are things that are very easy to toss in, to roll up, and also can mix and match with everything else, like layered under the Oxford. There\u2019s just so much that you could do. But that also describes a lot of my current wardrobe. <br><br>I do do a lot of these have-to-pack-in-a-small-carry-on-and-head-out-the-door weekends and have options to wear. And especially these long weekends, you don\u2019t know if there\u2019s a washer-dryer or what your options are, but that\u2019s the right amount that you still feel like\u2014 <br><br>The other thing is, I like to have the options when I get there to decide what I want to wear and not be so stuck into this outfit, this outfit, this outfit. That feels stressful. <br><br>L: What am I missing? Mm-hmm. 100%. Yeah. Yeah. Sure. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. That\u2019s a point. Yeah. So much mix and matching. Exactly. Exactly. <br><br>Yeah, yeah, that would feel stressful to me too. And most likely, like let\u2019s be real, I\u2019m probably gonna buy something when I\u2019m up there. Because I\u2019m gonna go to a consignment store or a gift shop, I\u2019m gonna get a big sweatshirt or I\u2019m gonna get something up there, so I want to have a little room too. <br><br>M: Oh yeah, yeah, a cute gift shop. Yeah, yep. Yep. Yep. Yeah. I may also steal his sweatshirt. Like, I don\u2019t know. You never know. You want all the options. I love that. That\u2019s great. Fantastic. <br><br>Okay. Well, that was actually really fun. Okay, so if you are interested in us styling your SOS style emergency, whether it\u2019s for a legit, like, hey, we have this thing coming up or\u2014 <br><br>L: Right. Right. Right. Right. <br><br>Okay, well that was fun. Okay, I can\u2019t wait for the next one. <br><br>M: If you want just style advice, we\u2019re happy to give that too. It doesn\u2019t have to be super, like, five-alarm fire. It can just be like, \u201chey, I don\u2019t know what to wear to work,\u201d or \u201cI want to refresh,\u201d or \u201cI want something new and different,\u201d or whatever. <br><br>Let us\u2014let us style you. I guess that feels maybe so, so basic, but like, if you\u2019re interested, we\u2019re here and happy to help. <br><br>Okay, so we are ready to wrap this up. The last question I want to ask before we close is\u2014is there one outfit, and I think this is going to be how we end every episode, if that\u2019s okay with you, as we ask guests, because our answers may not change, but I think our guest answers would be different\u2014but is there one outfit that you would wear forever? <br><br>L: Mm-hmm. Ooh. <br><br>My goodness. I mean, sort of yes, because\u2014well, only because my best friend, I\u2019ve had the same best friend since first grade, shout out Courtney. And she recently sent me a picture of the two of us, and I\u2019m wearing something that literally would be my favorite outfit today too. So\u2014 <br><br>M: I know. That was so fast! Thank you. Okay. <br><br><strong>L:<\/strong> It\u2019s the perfect pair of cutoff shorts, which are hard to find. Let\u2019s be\u2014you know, I mean, it has to be, it\u2019s not like any pair of cutoff shorts. It\u2019s like the pair of cutoff shorts, the perfect oversized, perfectly worn-in graphic tee, and a wrist full of bracelets. <br><br><strong>M: <\/strong>Yep, truly. Yeah, that is very you today. <br><br><strong>L: <\/strong>And in fifth grade, apparently, was me then too. So that is an outfit I would wear forever. How about you? <br><br><strong>M: <\/strong>Oh my God. I love that. I love that. <br><br>I have this dress in multiple different styles, but it is\u2014and it\u2019s sort of weird as somebody that doesn\u2019t wear a lot of dresses necessarily\u2014but I think it would be this black... well, okay. You can\u2019t judge that it\u2019s a black dress because of course it is. I do live in New York and I have a brand to uphold. <br><br>I will say New Yorkers are nice. That\u2019s the one thing I would just like to put on the record. New Yorkers are nice. We got your back. <br><br><strong>L: <\/strong>Was gonna say, I don\u2019t think of you that way. <br><br><strong>M:<\/strong> But I think it would be this black maxi button-up dress that has full sleeves, but like tabs so you can roll up the sleeves and tab the sleeves. And it has functioning buttons from neck to the bottom. It has side slits to like about the knee on either side, and it has pockets, and it has like a fabric belt. <br><br>But every time I wear it, I get compliments on it from people. Not that that matters. I love how I feel in this dress. I can wear it anywhere. It\u2019s truly packed in every suitcase I pack. Just in case. I bought a second one to live up at my parents\u2019 house, just in case, because there have been moments where I haven\u2019t been able to go out and buy\u2014like, yes, I have one that\u2019s sleeveless. <br><br><strong>L: <\/strong>Yeah. Cute. Amazing. Was gonna say, do you have a backup? <br><br><strong>M:<\/strong> It is just so easy. It\u2019s super lightweight, so it\u2019s amazing in the summer, but also does so well in the winter and cooler months. You can layer under things, you can layer over things, you can button all the buttons, you can unbutton all of the buttons, you can literally dress it up, dress it down. I\u2019ve worn it every different way, and I would buy another in a heartbeat, and I just feel so effortlessly put together. And it\u2019s one item. <br><br>It\u2019s only one thing. I don\u2019t have to think about anything else. I can just put it on and I instantly feel good. And I\u2019m like, okay, great. And so that would be my one thing. <br><br><strong>L: <\/strong>Ugh, that\u2019s so nice. I love that. I love that. <br><br><strong>M: <\/strong>Well, it is coming down to the end of where we\u2019re at. This is Styled Off Script. You can listen to us on Spotify. You can also listen to us on dia.com. Please submit your SOS style emergencies. Give us a like, a comment\u2014I don\u2019t know, what else are people supposed to do these days? Share. If you have friends who want to listen, that would be great. <br><br>If you want to come on and have a conversation about your style, let us know. And we\u2019ve already teased a lot of things we want to talk about going forward. I think in the re-listen, we\u2019ll have to build out what\u2019s coming next, but we have some awesome conversations planned for the future and we look forward to chatting with you all there. <br><br><strong>L:<\/strong> Yeah. 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