 Aloha and welcome to the Savvy Chick Show on Think Tech, Hawaii. I'm your host, Shantel Seville. Now today on the show, we were to have the amazing and incredible Jason Gretch from Australia, but he has had an overnight success. I mean he's been amazing for a while and has absolutely gone off the right, off the Richter in Australia. So we're going to do a dedication to him in today's episode instead and hopefully we can get him on soon. So this episode is all about being the star of your own show and it's our dedication to Jason Gretch, someone who inspires us very much. He's a person that really believes in women and empowering them and and that means women and girls and just to go out and give yourself permission to create the most amazing things that come from within. So so this week why he's gone so berserk is that he has been on the cover of most papers with the Brownlow Awards. Now the Brownlow Awards are awards for the AFL and they're Australian Football League for those of you who are viewing here in Hawaii. Very popular code of football in Australia and every year they have a big red carpet event and Jason was fortunate enough with a stylist to design the dress of one of the most prominent players. He's a Geelong football captain, Joel Selwood, his girlfriend who attended the Brownlow medals with him. So he was able to design that dress with Britt Davis and it's been an absolute fairy tale. So here they are in the paper in Australia. So they've really made a mark and I mean what a fairy tale beautiful dress. I couldn't be happier for him, you know, really making his dreams come true because he's started, he's been working at his craft for a very long time and each day that goes by something else is happening. So this is pretty incredible. That's the Brownlow medals and even further to that, last night he was actually as part of the Dali Am Awards which is rugby in Australia. He was also able to dress another incredible, I guess should be known as a celebrity I suppose, being Miss Australia 2014, or Miss Universe Australia 2014. So Teague and Martin he dressed as well and that has been again all over the papers this morning. So pretty exciting. Yes, these are two of the big events that have happened lately. Now a few other things that I'd like to talk about with Jason is he is someone who's just, like I said, gone out there, decided to follow his passion, he went to like very sort of humble beginnings and is an absolute, you know, very close to his family and loves just really being a good person and that's why I want to make sure that this tribute goes out to him today. So this is him and his mom and she's, you know, he talks about her so much and she's a very special person to him so I just wanted to share that with you but what I do want to talk about is though he's been, you know, very well known right now for what's gone on the red carpet with his pink dresses on the red carpet, something that really had him shining. I mean he's been designing bridal for a while but he just did this gladiator range. Now the gladiator range to me really showcased what a powerful woman is and captured that and I think that resonated with a lot of celebrities and that's when he really put himself on the map, gave himself creative license to just go for it and he went crazy. It was last year I believe, the spring fashion week, he did this gladiator range and these women just got on the catwalk with the makeup and the hair and the dresses and before you knew it there was celebrities here like Danny Minogue who's very well known in Australia wearing his gladiator range, they had, he had a whole list of different celebrities, you know even there's Delta Goodrum again on The Voice wearing a Jason Gretch piece that he created for her. He had Kelly Osborn, those of you who are from here in the USA probably know who Kelly Osborn is, one of the Osborns. She was on Australia's Got Talent in a Jason Gretch dress of course and not only does he design for these celebrities but he gets a chance to meet with them and talk with them. This is from the catwalk of the spring fashion week last week in Australia, Melbourne spring fashion week, gladiator range, you know look at these things like designer Jason Gretch here and it's just saying that he's absolutely pushed the boundaries and you know made something the all-time favorite list so really getting on the map, this is an Australia's Got Talent celebrity that he's dressed as well and when I say dressed he's not just dressed, he's actually made these made these designs, he sketches them, he sews them, he you know works and fixes them up like this man is incredibly talented and if you don't know of him you will. I believe this is one of the voice contestants there, these are just some of the images we were able to find from him on his Facebook and just share the inspiration with you. Yeah it's just absolutely incredible so those are those are some of the most most known sort of celebrities that Jason's worked with and it's only the list is only going to get bigger as I was saying before. He comes from you know like a family in Australia, very very close to his family, he loves his little dog as well so I wanted to share that with you all, his little Jackson there so it's even his dog is a style icon, pretty fun. That's Jason right in front of his studio there in Melbourne with his parents you know I know that he often talks about and shares his parents and how they have such strong family values and they've been together for so many years, I think it's I don't know 50, 60 maybe 70 years not that long but they've they've they've very uh they've been very you know very prominent part of him and I think very supportive and that that is what it takes it does take support around you to make sure that you know your dreams come true and even when people aren't supporting you you're always supporting back yourself and I think that's um that's important this is a funny one it looks like uh way back in the day he had style and pose and nothing has changed he's just that same shining star as he was striking a pose way back in the day so just sharing some inspiration from his family and growing up and hopefully we can actually get him on the show next week uh to to really answer some of the questions that we have from him because we are very inspired by Jason what he's created how he does it you know what's coming up where he's being some of these we're sharing but it would be really great to get the insight and that's why we're hoping him out on the show this week but unfortunately that uh that's not happened so here's Jason uh busily working away cutting some patterns in his studio he um he this is behind the seams as he says so this is what it actually looks like the attention to detail is absolutely incredible I mean I don't know where he thinks of this and that's why we'll have to ask him so focused and just designing the most beautiful pieces there you know it's all like he said being the star of your own show this was his um the studio upstairs there where they would showcase a lot of the different outfits I've absolutely loved going up there and checking out whatever there was look at this attention to detail in the dress just incredible from his bridal I mean he's been very known for for bridal over the years and as you can tell just looking at these pieces so um very beautiful elegant powerful you know sophisticated classy this is for women who really have to show a statement and um this is from the bridal show I believe it was in March these women are looking absolutely incredible wow makes you want to get married doesn't it so um yeah so this is just a little bit of the bridal inspiration wow I guess um you'll have to this is some fairytale weddings here I can't even pick which one I like the best so um yeah that's the bridal and most recently and it's very exciting that they Jason's actually launched a collaboration with IBM which this does not I mean where fashion meets technology that is that's crazy so IBM Watson has basically did a showcase of Jason Gretch because he's been using their programs to um to work with his style so this is what he'll talk about a bit when we see him on the show and these are some of the showcase a lot of pastels absolutely beautiful this is where the inspiration has come from for the dresses that he's done on the red carpet this week and um yeah pretty pretty spectacular you know there's always an attention to detail as you can see even the frills on the bottom of the dress there and it never never stops very good I'm just as inspired looking at them as as you are as you're watching them so um what's coming up for him uh there's always something coming up and there's always things that he can't even tell us that are coming up so hopefully when we get him on the show he'll be able to share this with us but what I do know is he has the fashions on the field coming up it will be the racing time in Melbourne Australia and we'll um well perhaps we can show you some photos of last year's fashions on the field where he again just gave himself permission to go out there and create something bold and edgy and different and you know these are all the different things that you know come to put these together he's a true artist when you put something together you know you really do have to think about it and yeah this is with the finished product so there's a story behind this which I'm sure he will tell us along with um what you know one of the quotes he said is design and construction starts with the 2d drawing and and ends with a 3d piece of self-expression so that's uh that's pretty exciting and special as I said we're hoping I'm out on the show so today the Savvichik show will be kind of a little bit short and um in anticipation of him sharing you know what this hype's been all about how everything's been going where to now and um yes we'll be back with you shortly thank you for watching think tech I'm grace chang the new host for global connections you can find me here live every thursday at one p.m. we'll be talking to people around the islands or visiting the islands who are connected in various aspects of global affairs so please tune in and aloha and thanks for watching 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uh on my own today we were due to have the incredible talented designer jason gretz and ceo of jason gretz with us this morning unfortunately and fortunately he's had an incredible week and is not able to be with us so hopefully we'll have him on soon perhaps as soon as next week to answer our questions about inspiration and being the star of your own show because he's absolutely been able to do that for himself and he's incredibly passionate about girls like you and helping you bring out your true talents and give yourself permission to be yourself so uh that's really why i wanted to have him on the show to share that inspiration that light you know what because you know i've had a lot of conversations with him being actually a personal friend of mine and he talks about how he was designing beautiful things which he always had but it was when he really gave himself permission to just dig deep and just use all that inspiration that was coming from within and create some really neat pieces that he started to really shine and and get known and i mean it's just gone from strength to strength after that so i would absolutely love to share his inspiration with you but in the meantime we're doing a tribute to jason gretz being the star of your own show and just sharing some beautiful photos of the creations he's made and a bit of inspiration from his um his past as well as where he's going in the future and some of the collaborations he's doing and very excitingly the reason as i mentioned he's had an incredibly big week this week being on the brown low metal the red carpet the brown low metal as well as last night on the deli am awards where he had teagan martin wearing one of his beautiful pastel creations it's inspired by the cognitive couture that he's doing with um with ibm watson what an incredible collaboration i mean on think tech Hawaii it's all about technology and imagine how this technology is affecting fashion it's just two worlds that usually aren't together that have come together for this for this masterpiece i guess and teagan martin's just looking fantastic there she's obviously at the awards look at those tassels on the bottom of that her arm on that dress i mean where does someone even come up with these ideas and inspiration it's just i'm absolutely amazed by what he does and and the reason i mean i was with um when i worked at audi center melbourne years ago when i was in australia that's when we actually um had met and i'd worn so many of his creations over the years and every single time i put them on i always felt empowered and confident and just they fit so perfectly and that's such a you know tribute to what he to what he does they just made me feel amazing and that's really what he wants to do he he creates these and i think that that's what you see when you see these women is what they're feeling and i think that is really what will set them apart and also allows him to uh to get out there and just you know see the person and then create with them so it's been a pretty special journey with uh with him and with some other inspirational people and you know there's many stories i like to tell and share with you girls because my point of this is to say that whatever it is that you want to be and what's in your heart if you have something from it within that inspires you there's a career in it and that's why often when i speak to people talk about jason and wanted to have jason on the show is because you know he just followed it it wasn't easy but he followed it and you know because it's grand final week this is one of the beautiful creations he made and dipper those of you in australia you know uh you know big dipper uh out there dipper robert dipper deminco another another great good fun guy and we were at a ball and was wearing jason's dress and no doubt every time you wear one of those dresses you have fun and you feel amazing so um that was pretty pretty special this is another dress and another function of wearing a beautiful jason grutch creation such attention to detail and just makes you look and feel amazing and anyone watching this you can go to his website um i believe it's jasongrutchofficial.com and purchase not just you know wedding dresses but these dresses you're seeing and the one that's on tegan martin i believe that's that's for sale as well or one similar to it so that's pretty exciting to know that you can be wearing one of these and when i say be the star of your own show just because these are celebrities i mean we're all our own star so whatever it is that you do just because you're not on the red carpet doesn't mean that you're not the star of your own show so you know give yourself permission to feel good about yourself and this is really dedicated to all those little girls with big dreams this is jason and his little niece i mean in a little jason grutch dress um i don't i only know you know hope to know where this little gorgeous thing will go so yeah it's it's pretty beautiful and inspiring to know that girls from any age can be in these gorgeous designs and feel good about themselves and i mean with everything comes a price so if you're not available to be in a jason grutch right now it's always something to aspire to but the main thing is is that you aspire to be the best version of yourself and go out there and do the things that really light you up because when you do jason's proof that your life will be much more incredible and you'll get to do everything and spend time with people that inspire you and create things that you look at and you look back at and um and will inspire you for many many years after that so please do um always stay with us on the savvy chick show we have a few more episodes coming up about inspiration with different people following their passions in their careers to show you that you too can be unsuccessful in whatever it is that you choose to do and as far as you know going out there pursuing your passions if you don't know what they are just think of what you do for free and what you love doing so it can be anything you know it could be styling could be shopping could be walking a dog whatever it is just think of what you do for free and that's probably somewhere along the lines of where your passion lies and where your true talents lie and also there's things that people probably tell you that you're really good at and you might not even realize but start thinking about those things that people tell you you're good at because also that can be a bit of a key to where where your inspiration lies and with the savvy chick show we're here always to continue to inspire you and bring out the best in you just popping up the bachelorette that's another Australian television show that Jason's been showcased on in the past few weeks here so it says um this is what Georgia from The Bachelorette says there are so many girls life that she wants to wear a big beautiful ball gown she sees an amazing dress an amazing outfit and thinks I don't have anywhere to wear that I got to do that after a week love her really her favorite look from a custom made Jason Gretch so he really makes women feel like a princess and I mean who doesn't want to feel like a princess that's why I always wear pink so yeah something um something to aspire to and something that's possible for you and if you're not into dresses that's fine too the reason for showcasing so many different professions on the savvy chick show is so that you can find people and ideas that you recognize and relate to and then create your own so some weeks will have fashion some weeks will have sport some weeks will have an entrepreneur um it'll always be different and that will give you an idea of who you resonate and relate to and who might have talents that are similar to your own and then you can think of what it is that you want to pursue so by us showcasing a myriad of different careers we want to help you get on track for doing what you love so you can live an inspired life and want to wake up and get out of bed every morning and do what you love like I do here with the savvy chick show something else really important please like tweet us Instagram like savvy chicks SAVI CHIX um so we can find your talent because we want to showcase more talent of girls as well or if there's someone who really inspires you and you love I mean we've got like the Oprah Ellen of you know the young women so it's all up to you girls as well to help us make this amazing and get you on the show and get people that you love on the show and help you really follow your dreams and passions and make your dreams turn to reality and live an awesome inspiring life like um like Jason Gretz does and be the star of your own show so thank you so much for tuning into the savvy chick show today we look forward to seeing you next week at 11 a.m. Honolulu time and uh until then aloha okay thanks