 Okay, great. Hi, my name is Paige and I'm coming to you from my room, my vacation room. I'm here in Palmetto Bluff at the Montage property. Just look how gorgeous it is here in the low country in South Carolina, just taking in the beautiful coast. Staying at my parents' home and I just wanted to come to you guys to talk about a few things. My background is in fashion. I went to Parsons, the new school for design. This is the most incredible institution that you can go to to do fashion design. So my background and all the history that I know was based in New York City at the best institution. So I'm here to tell you how you can have a luxury wardrobe and get the wardrobe that you have always wanted. So here are my five tips on how you can build that wardrobe of your dreams. Number one, my number one tip is to buy timeless items. This is so important. Fast fashion is not it. The industry is not healthy and we have the choice as consumers to buy products that we believe in. So I'll say that again, buy timeless items. That means jeans, that means a white shirt, black shirt. I love buying black items because honestly, the color will never fail you. So all of our fashion savvy friends and colleagues, they love to wear black and that's because it always looks good. It always looks elegant. So buy timeless items, things that are not gonna go out of style, things that are not trendy per se. You just want those core items in your wardrobe. Number two, know your frame and know your body type and what looks good on your body type. So for me, I am straight up and down. I'm heavier on top and smaller on bottom and I know that about myself but because I have a smaller frame I can wear anything from form fitting to loose fitting. I can wear guys clothes. I can wear girls clothes. It doesn't matter. So know your body type and what you can buy. Because of that, I can wear any different kind of size but that doesn't fit the frame for everyone. So make sure that you are buying based on what looks good on your frame and your body type. Number three, whenever I see an item that I really, really like online is I tend to shop online. What I'll do is I'll put it in my cart and I'll watch it for a little while. Now, if I've noticed that the sales on that item are starting to pick up, then I will immediately go in and I'll make a purchase. But the benefit of leaving that item in your cart and going to bed and sleeping on it and waking up another night or waiting a few weeks or maybe a few months if you can and you're still thinking about that item, that means that you really, really want it. And that is when I encourage you to make the purchase. Don't do it immediately. Don't let it be an impulsive buy. Think about it. Go to sleep and if you're still thinking about it months or weeks later, that's when you know that you really, really want it and that's when I encourage you to make the purchase. Now, sometimes that doesn't always work out because things are selling quickly. But when things are selling quickly, I encourage you to go ahead and make that purchase. Four, number four, I always wait. And the benefit of having that item sit in your cart for a decent amount of time is that eventually that item is gonna go on sale. Now, this doesn't always happen again if something is selling really quickly and it's a really hot item and maybe it's a short run and it didn't make a lot of those products or that product in particular, please jump on it because you might lose the opportunity of having that item in your wardrobe. But I would say 90% of the time those items are just sitting there and sitting there and eventually because a lot of these retailers are not selling at the volume that they want to, that item is gonna go on sale. And you're gonna kick yourself in the foot if you pay a full price for it. So please know that luxury items go on sale just as much as non-luxury items. So keep that in mind. There are a lot of retailers that are breaking their backs to make sales. So wait and hold it out if you don't necessarily need new season. When you walk on the street, people are not gonna know about that unless they work in the fashion industry. So I wouldn't even stress it. And if you're a rocking designer, people are just gonna be like, wow, you're rocking designer. Don't worry about the season. And if you can purchase it discounted, that is the way to buy luxury and buy it smart. So wait for sales. I always wait for sales. Now when I purchase, 90% of my purchases are from sale items. And my fifth tip, and this is the last one, don't buy excess, please do not buy excess. Only buy the things that you love. Now I've made purchases where I've held and waited and I'm like, okay, I really love this item. I love the way it looks on the model. You know, I think this is gonna be great with this item and my wardrobe or there'd be shoes or my handbag. But I will receive that item and then be like, you know what? I don't like the way that it looks on my body or I'm a little bit on the fence about it. Don't keep that item. In truth, you know you're not gonna wear it. So if you bought something and if you're not absolutely in love with it the moment you put it on, that means it should not be in your wardrobe because ultimately you're not gonna wear it. So these are my tips for how you can build a wardrobe that you want and how to buy luxury items. I only buy luxury items because I care about the earth and that is my way of being responsible and sustainable by having these timeless pieces with high quality in my wardrobe. I encourage you to do the same. You don't have to break your back to make these purchases. Always live within your means. So if something is too expensive, either wait, wait, wait like I encourage you to do or maybe it's something that you should not have but sales. Sales are gonna be your best friends. So hold out for a sale because they do come more often than you'd like to think. That is something that anyone in the industry working on the retail side does not want you to know but I'm here to tell you that because it's really important. And I'm gonna show you a few pieces that I'll be rocking this summer. This dress. So I'm wearing a Jacques-Moulin's dress. This is from La Bamba which is like a season from like, I don't know, ages ago and I love this dress. I bought it on sale. Could not fit it at all to save my life. Lost a few pounds and now I can fit it. So I love this dress. It's giving me like to loom. She's going someplace international and it's just like here to spice up that salsa life. It's super cute and airy. I would say this is like a gauze material. There is a bit of sheerness to this. So I am wearing like my cup bra that is a similar color so that it kind of fades and you don't really see anything too much. And the, what is this called? There's like a little skirt that's a bit of a slip and it's made out of a cotton material. That was the one that I could not fit originally because the size is a bit small but now I can fit it and now I can zip it up. So here we are back in action. And again, I just love this dress because I feel like it's sexy. You know, there's some slits. It's a deep v-neck and it's just giving that energy of, hey, it's a hot girl's summer and she's out here. So again, here it is. Okay, so this next dress is House of CBU. And I just thought that this was so cute and feminine. And I normally don't shop House of CB but this is my first purchase from there and I figured that this dress was just so cute and I could not let it go. I don't know what the bra situation's gonna look like quiet but I still think it's a lovely silhouette. I did see it on an Instagram model influencer whatever you call them. And I was like, you know what? I think I have to have that dress. And I'm happy with the purchase. I am a little bit annoyed that these are not actually functional. So these straps are like just there to be, I don't know, purely decorative. But in my rate, I think it's a lovely dress. There is a little slit which is cute. I'm wearing it with white Sam Edelman's shoes and I'll do a highlight of that soon. But I just love the cinched waist, the off the shoulder silhouette, and how it flows out. Oh my gosh, I'm like winded. So here it is. Here it is and I think it's so cute. All right you guys, I'll see you next time. Again, my name is Paige. I'm here giving you a fashion advice as someone who has built the wardrobe that I absolutely adore. Don't forget to like and subscribe.