Podcast Summary: Let's Get Dressed

Host: Liv Perez
Episode: The Best Style Advice We Heard In 2025
Date: December 22, 2025

Episode Overview

In this special end-of-year recap, Liv Perez curates the most impactful moments and best pieces of style advice from the 2025 season of Let's Get Dressed. Unlike previous years that leaned into actionable tips, this episode explores the deeper relationships between fashion, personal transitions, culture, and technology—with standout insights from top industry guests. Listeners are treated to clips and reflections on personal style evolution, trend analysis, authenticity, and the future of AI in fashion.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Personal Style Through Life Transitions

Guest: Alison Borenstein, Celebrity Stylist

• On Fashion as a Reflection of Change
  Alison shares how clients often come to her during major life transitions—pregnancy, divorce, menopause, career change—and how clothes play a significant role in processing and expressing these changes.

  • “Clothes are so integral to any kind of transition or change. I think it can help propel change forward, but it can also… help you sit back and figure out: who is it that I want to be? What is this wardrobe saying about me?”
    — Alison Borenstein (05:51)

• Letting Go of Clothes That Ask ‘Too Much’
  Alison introduces the idea of clothes that demand a version of yourself that no longer aligns with your present identity.

  • “Are these clothes asking of me too much? Are these clothes asking me to be a different person? Sometimes they are… [and] it’s okay to let them go.”
    — Alison Borenstein (07:46)

• Liv’s Closet Cleanout Transformation
  Liv recounts her August closet overhaul, emphasizing the boost in confidence from intentionally editing her wardrobe to better reflect her evolving sense of self.

2. The ‘Shoppies’ and Intentional Shopping Habits

Viral Moment with Nikki Ogunnaike, Editor-in-Chief of Marie Claire

• Naming the Impulse to Update with the Seasons
  The term “the shoppies” goes viral, describing the urge to shop as seasons change.

  • “I have the shoppies… Usually happens around when a new season’s happening, and there’s always a two-week span between seasons where I don’t know what to wear.”
    — Liz Perez (12:07)

• Turning Impulse Into Strategy
  Liv adopts a more intentional approach: shopping only at the start of a new season, taking inventory, and filling specific gaps in her wardrobe rather than shopping impulsively.

3. Personal Style Is Unjudgeable When It’s True to You

Guest: Nikki Campbell, Red Carpet Fashion Correspondent

• On Iconic, Unjudgeable Style
  Nikki highlights Billie Eilish as someone whose authenticity makes her style “unjudgeable”—it’s so true to who she is, outside critique feels irrelevant.

  • “That is a sign of true personal style… if I can’t say anything about it. They’re just being who they are, and that comes through, and it’s always gonna work because it’s expressing their authentic self.”
    — Nikki Campbell (15:32)

• Style for Yourself, Not Others
  Liv explores how dressing should be motivated by what makes you feel best, not by perceptions or judgments of others.

  • “How do I get ready not under the eye of what I want the other person to perceive of me?…Instead, what feels like the expression of me today?”
    — Liz Perez (17:06)

4. Fashion Trends as Cultural Mirrors, Not Mandates

Guest: Data, but Make It Fashion (La Puerta), Fashion Data Analyst

• Trends Reflect the World
  Data-driven trend forecasting demonstrates that trends don’t arise randomly—they’re tied to global events, pop culture, and collective emotion (e.g., green trending after musicians embraced the color).

  • “Trends and what’s happening in fashion are sometimes a product or very indicative of how people are feeling… what’s happening in the world, where we want the world to go from here.”
    — Data, but Make It Fashion (La Puerta) (20:53)

• On Skinny Jeans and Defiant Classics
  Despite proclamations of obsolescence, skinny jeans remain consistently popular, especially in the US for their compatibility with boots and practicality.

  • “Every time I analyze them, they’re always popular… Say whatever you want, I know you all love skinny jeans.”
    — Data, but Make It Fashion (La Puerta) (23:20)

• Trends as Insight, Not Obligation
  Liv advocates for viewing trends as information rather than instructions—mirrors of society’s mood and desires rather than mandates to buy.

5. The (Imminent) Smart Closet Revolution: AI Meets Fashion

Guest: Lisa Adams, LA Closet Design

• Clueless-Style Smart Closets Becoming Reality
  Lisa shares the near-future of smart closets with AI-integrated mirrors, inventory tracking, and personalized recommendations.

  • “I’m so excited to install smart mirrors in closets. So think Clueless. Think about all your inventory in the mirror… to make the dressing process more fun, to streamline it, just to be more efficient.”
    — Lisa Adams (29:45)

• AI as Personal Stylist
  Liv mentions new apps (e.g., Ulta by Jenny Wang) that digitize your wardrobe, suggest outfits, and help pack for trips—all pointing to the next frontier in personal style management.

  • “There’s an app… Ulta… it’s an AI stylist… digitizes your closet and gives you different outfit ideas every day… I really think this is the future.”
    — Liz Perez (31:48)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Letting Go:
  “If something is no longer serving you in your closet, give it a new home… sometimes it’s just better to give it a new home and bring in new life. Because you are not the same person you were before this transitional phase of life.”
  — Liz Perez (09:11)

• On the Power of Confidence:
  “Billie Eilish pulls almost everything off and looks so good… [because] she has developed such a strong sense of personal style that it is unjudgeable.”
  — Liz Perez (16:42)

• On Trend Judgment:
  “There are some things that are just popular to hate on… but they’re always popular. So it’s a bit like, say whatever you want, I know you all love skinny jeans.”
  — Data, but Make It Fashion (La Puerta) (24:12, 24:45)

• Vision of AI-Enhanced Dressing:
  “I would be so happy if I had a Clueless closet. And I really don’t think they’re that far away.”
  — Liz Perez (31:48)

Key Timestamps

• 05:51 – Alison Borenstein on fashion’s role in personal transition
• 07:46 – “Are these clothes asking me to be somebody that I'm not anymore?”
• 12:07 – “I have the shoppies” – viral seasonal shopping urge
• 15:32 – Nikki Campbell: “Unjudgeable” style and Billie Eilish
• 17:06 – Liv reflects on dressing for yourself
• 20:53 – Data, but Make It Fashion on fashion as a mirror of culture and emotion
• 23:20 – Data, but Make It Fashion: Skinny jeans’ enduring popularity
• 29:45 – Lisa Adams reveals the smart closet future
• 31:48 – Liv on AI stylists and digitized closets

Takeaways for Listeners

• Personal style is evolutionary—let your wardrobe grow with you.
• Name your shopping impulses and channel them into intentional refreshes rather than mindless consumption.
• Authenticity makes style critiques irrelevant; dress for your own delight and confidence.
• Trends reflect culture, not commandments—observe them as insights rather than absolute guides.
• The integration of AI and tech promises to transform how we interact with our clothes—innovations like smart mirrors and digital stylists are just over the horizon.

Host’s Closing Thoughts:
Liv expresses immense gratitude for the Let’s Get Dressed community and hints at exciting IRL events and new episodes to kick off 2026. She encourages listeners to approach trends as a mirror for self-reflection, to experiment, and most importantly, to have fun getting dressed for themselves.

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