Let's do a shopping vlog,
but this time I want to see, can we find anything elegant inside Mango? I don't know because
I haven't been there yet. So this is going to be really exciting. Here we are ladies. I am back from my Mango shopping
and look what I have here. I have steamed these garments.
I have hanged them nicely. And now I'm about to talk a little bit
about them and why I actually decided to go for these items.
Now, what did I purchase? I have one, two, three, four, five.
I don't know. I can't even count, six. We have loads of outfits.
And as you see, I have one dress, which is the one the one I'm
wearing. I have one loungewear. I have one outerwear, but then I have three
separates and two separates. And these two can go with any of these three
and create different types of looks And you remember
in previous videos, I told you about the importance
of investing in separates, which is exactly the reason to why
I got more separates than I actually got a full dress. Because a
full dress is just one look, and we just can't reuse them
as often as we can do with separates. So with regards to this dress,
you can see I'm wearing it right now. The reason why I chose it is number one,
I really know my own body shape. I am an hourglass, and I know that
every time there is a dress with a belt, I'm putting accent on my waist.
It's always going to be very flattering on me. Let's say we have a woman
who has an apple shape. She might not be able to pull off this dress
because if we put accents on her waist, which is more of apple
shape with no definition, and it's going to be kind of
the widest part of her body, then we are maybe not going to find
this dress to be as flattering on her. So this is why I keep talking to you
about dress for your body shape. And you know that
I have a video about that. So make sure you watch
that video afterwards. The other reason why I chose this dress
is because it has a really nice fabric. I will actually show you. So I got the dress and I got the skirts
and the skirts really can go with so many different things. You saw me trying it on with a shirt
that gives a little bit of Ms. School girl slash I don't know,
business woman type of look. And I think that's absolutely fine
to wear, let's say for the workplace. Because you're not necessarily
dressed in the usual boring black, but you are still kind of being
aligned with the dress code at work. You can also put together these two and
that will create a more casual look, but still absolutely fine. And you
can wear it as an everyday. Now, there is a reason to why I like
skirts like this. Number one, I told you because it flatters
my body shape, but not only that. I do like a bit longer skirts.
Number one, I don't like my calves so much. I've spoken about it so much in my content
that if you have a body part that you will not necessarily like to flaunt, then you can always find pieces of clothing
that helps you camouflage those areas. And that's really what those ladies who
really have mastered the art of looking fantastic and pulling
everything off. It's because, they don't really know what to wear in order to enhance their best features
and to camouflage their worst features. And this doesn't mean that you have to
hide it or be ashamed of it, not at all, but you can choose to
camouflage it if you want. And that's something that I personally
like doing a lot with my calves, but it doesn't mean that I only
wear skirts like this. But anyway, going back to the skirts,
I like longer skirts. And I like a little bit of
vintage feel of the skirt, which is something that this skirt has. And that is because it is
very feminine. And remember, we do want to add a lot of femininity
to our wardrobe because it is elegant and it's just very timeless and classic. Plus, we spoken about femininity so much on
this channel so I'm not even gonna repeat myself the benefits of femininity. Now, this fake leather looking
skirt is feminine in a more seductive way. So if you think that
this is too much, let's say boring, then you can definitely use something
like this to spice up your wardrobe, but still look feminine. You see, this
is what kind of gets interesting here. Because we have two skirts and I can
tell you that they kind of symbolize femininity in two different ways. So we have the leather skirt who
is more like feminine seductive. And then we have this one
that is more kind of feminine classic or feminine conservative. And depending on what natural
energy you have within yourself, you really have to think about it. Okay, what energy should I add in my wardrobe?
Am I a little bit too conservative? So I need to spice myself up then add
a little bit of feminine seductive? Or I don't know if you are
already naturally very seductive, but you might need to tone it down
a little bit by wearing something like this. And this doesn't mean that
if you wear something like this, you immediately going to be an
old looking grandma, not at all. Your natural energy will
balance out the energy of your clothing, which is why it becomes such a good tool
and creates almost this like the perfect blend. And this is why I want you
to use clothing as your tools. Now, leather skirt can definitely
be paired with a shirt, but it can also be paired with this
long top that I was showing you. I think it's all about occasion. If you are in a workspace where
the dress code is not very formal, then you wouldn't perhaps be able to
wear something like this together with a shirt and look fine for
the office. But however, please note ladies that in some professions,
it will look inappropriate. It will look a little bit too sexy,
if that makes sense. So it's all about thinking about what
company do you work for and what's the appropriate dress code for your company. I personally like a lot to wear
leather skirts. And by the way, this is not real leather.
This is fake leather. And when it comes to leather skirts, I think it's absolutely fine to buy
fake leather skirts instead of a real leather skirts. A fake one
is as good as the real deal. So save yourself some money and save
some animals by going fake leather. Now let's talk tops. So I got this
one and I think I mentioned as well. I love v-necks. So if
I see something v-neck, that's probably going to be my purchase, as long as it looks like it's
of good quality. A long sleeve, because it's fall and we need
to keep ourselves warm. And actually, as I touch it,
the fabric touches nicely. I'm going to show you a
closeup of how it looks. It's ribbed and usually,
I don't always like ribbed. I still wear ribbed sweaters and garments, but it's not my first preference
because sometimes I feel ribbed garments can look cheap. But in this case,
it actually doesn't. However, I need to put a disclaimer. And this is actually where I want to
reach out to you ladies in the community and in the comment section. If anybody has purchased this top
from Mango and you have used it x amount of times, and you have
washed it x amount of times, can you please leave a comment and
let us know how this top looks after a few washes? Because that's something
that I'm a little bit unsure of. There are many times where I have bought
fast fashion items and they look very high end and they look almost
expensive when you purchase them. But then after x amount of washes,
they don't look like that anymore. They might even look so much worse
and almost unwearable just after a few washes, and that's something
very important to think about. But I'm going to touch
upon that in a second. Now, another reason to why I got this one is
because it is very figure flattering. Anything that is kind of tight and shows
your silhouette is flattering and very feminine. Now please note, of course, if you are somebody where you feel
like it might not be suitable for you, then skip that. But I do need to tell you that
v-necks suits most body shapes and body types, even if you are
somebody who is plus size. This is quite a basic item
that works in everybody. So that was another reason
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bought this shirt because I actually just wanted to match it with this skirt. I would never buy a shirt from fast
fashion store. And why is that? You know that I am allergic to
wrinkles as much as possible. I like to keep myself wrinkle-free both
in my face, but also my clothes. Joking, not really. Anyway, so what is really horrible with
fast fashion shirts is that because they are of a lower quality
and lower quality material, they are going to wrinkle so much
faster and worse than if you actually invest in a shirt that costs more money. I almost don't like even to
touch these shirts. I'm sorry. I even like making this face.
Sometimes touching for me, certain fabrics, I just feel like this. And this is what I feel with this
type of fabrics, because they're like, how can I explain? They're very harsh. They're a harsher than the
typical material that would be used for a shirt from a more high-end brands. They wrinkle faster and they almost look
paper like after a few washes or even after just one wash. Sometimes
it's a pain to iron them, if you have washed them. So it's truly because it's a lower quality
and they just all think that such a staple garment in your wardrobe,
such a universal garment, such a garment that will
never go out of style. Why on earth would you buy it
from, let's say Zara or Mango? This is something you should save up
money for and buy a proper high-end shirt or at least. Let me reverse that. You don't even have to go
high-end, go mid-range. Trust me. There going to be a dramatic
difference if you go mid-range. So this one I just bought for show today,
don't really want to recommend. Now let's talk this little home loungewear. Actually the fabric is very soft and
you see that I have the pants here and I also have the cardigan. And the cardigan is nice to
wear at home because you know, if it gets a little bit chilly, this one
is just like a sleeveless top, like a vest. You might
feel a little bit chilly. Then you put on this little thing.
And if you feel a little bit too hot, then at least you can take that
off and just lounge around in this. And this is what's so nice when you have
kind of separates of your loungewear is that if you're feeling hot or
cold, you can easily layer. Now gray is a flattering color for me, which is going to be a key importance
if you want to pull off a fast fashion and make it look more
expensive and not so cheap. Then you have to really wear clothes
that suit your complexion. So of course, today in all the clothing
that I purchased, I did go after the colors that suits me. But that's to also demonstrate to you
that this is how you have to be thinking. This one, I'm also a little bit unsure
of how it will look after a few washes. That's why I rather invest in more
high-end maybe wool or cashmere. I mean, it can also happen with cashmere, especially if there are cashmere blends, etc. But here we actually
have recycled polyester. What else do we have? Acrylic and
polyamide and just 3% wool. Again, if anybody has purchased
this and have washed it, please let us know in
the comments section, how the results have been because
I am of course curious. Now lastly, the coat. Now, I don't like to buy coats
from fast fashion at all. When a coat is of cheaper material, it is going to have worse construction.
It is going to have worse buttons, but it's also going to kind
of look worse when you use it. Meaning that if you sit down,
it gets wrinkly. On a high-end coat, perhaps that wouldn't affect the coat
because it's more durable material, more structured in a way.
But cheap coats, you know, you sit down, you move around, you live your life and then you kind
of continue your day or your life. And then your whole coat looks,
I don't know, like it needs a good steam. I think this is what we really
need to think about when it comes to fast fashion. Yes, ladies, you can go and
you can buy these beautiful things. And let me tell you one thing.
I must say that when I went into Mango, when I filmed the first
part of this video, I was actually positively surprised. I told myself, wow, I'm finding loads
of interesting things in here. I mean, this dress is gorgeous.
The skirt is fantastic. Like I got all these cute looks and even
the nice home look and this coat isn't too bad when you wear it. However, it might to look good and amazing when
you buy it. But what about the aftermath? What about how the garment
behaves when you wear it or after you wash it? I think those two things are the
reasons to why we throw away so much fashion today because
clothes break or we feel like, Oh, you know what? I don't like this garments anymore
because it doesn't make me feel good. When I see myself, I still feel
like I look cheap in this thing, even though I felt in the beginning
that I looked nice when I purchased it. But there's a reason for that because
these clothes they're not really made to last. I do need to tell you though and I've
said this in many of my other videos, that's from time to time in Mango,
in Zara and other fast fashion stores, you do find garments that
actually do last for years. And I have a few of in my wardrobe. Perhaps I can do another video about that
to try and really understand why those garments lasted and others didn't. And even with my years and
years of experience of analyzing garments and the materials, and
everything about them still, I don't manage to always get it right
of just purchasing a garment from a fast fashion store that
I know will last me for years. It's sometimes just trial and error. And sometimes you're just lucky finding
those garments. But the question is, are we going to always rely on luck?
Don't we want to build a solid wardrobe? Don't we want to have
pieces that are foolproof, that we can trust that we
know the behavior of and that we know aren't going to disappoint us?
And for full transparency, ladies, this video, I don't necessarily
want to promote Mango. I don't want to promote Zara, which
I did in another video of mine. I don't want to promote any of these
fast fashion stores because I don't believe in fast fashion anymore. I believe fast fashion
is a big polluter and we definitely need to become aware of this. This is why my ideology
is to go mid-range, at least. Because those garments, they tend to
last you for years and years and years, and you don't have to consume as many
garments as if you would with fast fashion. Let's try and become
more mindful with our purchases. I think our planet really needs it. But I also believe that if you are now
on a journey of curating an elegant style, a feminine style, and of course,
a more classic and timeless style, then I think now is a good time for
you to transition from the throw away lifestyle that you might have had
of you only consuming Mango and Zara, etc. Try and see
if you can buy less, but go a little bit more
expensive than usual. And this way your garments are
going to serve you better on so many reas. Even though it might feel a bit like, Oh, I don't want to spend $200 on
one dress or a pair of pants or whatever. And yes, I know many ladies
might not be able to afford it, but if you just start small and
let's say at least once a year, buy something that is that expensive
or twice a year. Then slowly, slowly, you are going to do this transition. It's all about putting yourself on
this journey of transformation when you really upgrade yourself. And as a result,
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so many of your questions of how you can look the best for whatever body shape
you have. I will see you in that video.
