Giggly Squad

Bonus Giggly Hotline: stirrups, shoes, and stress

14 min
Nov 20, 20255 months ago
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Summary

Hannah and Paige answer fashion questions from listeners about menswear-inspired suiting, workwear blazers, stirrup leggings, peep-toe shoes, and men's fashion trends. They discuss styling tips for oversized blazers, layering techniques, and how to shop affordable trendy pieces on Depop, a circular fashion marketplace.

Insights
  • Oversized blazers are a modern alternative to fitted blazers that avoids dated millennial aesthetics when styled correctly with proper proportions
  • Circular fashion platforms enable consumers to buy and sell trendy pieces affordably, reducing the financial risk of short-lived fashion trends
  • Gender-coded fashion items (scarves, turtlenecks, leather jackets) are perceived differently based on wearer identity, suggesting fashion advice must account for social context
  • Styling the same silhouette (blazer, sweater) differently through accessories, belts, and layering creates perceived variety without wardrobe overhaul
  • Runway trends like peep-toe shoes and stirrup leggings require context-appropriate styling (office vs. casual) to avoid looking costumey or dated
Trends
Menswear-inspired suiting for women gaining mainstream runway presence (YSL, Valentino)Oversized blazer and matching pant sets as workwear alternative to traditional tailoringCircular fashion and resale platforms becoming primary shopping channels for trend-conscious consumersPeep-toe shoes returning as spring/summer footwear trendStirrup leggings revival from 80s aerobics aestheticBelts re-entering fashion after 5-year absence from trend cycleRugby shirts and horizontal stripes modernized as menswear layering piecesCardigans and oversized layering as masculine-feminine fashion hybridLeather Capris as alternative to full-length trousers with oversized blazersPreppy generational wealth aesthetic driving button-up, tie, and long glove styling
Topics
Oversized blazer styling for womenMenswear-inspired fashion for womenWorkwear and office fashionCircular fashion and resale platformsStirrup leggings stylingPeep-toe shoes trendsMen's fashion and styling adviceLayering techniques and accessoriesBody type-specific fashion adviceAvoiding dated fashion aestheticsPreppy and generational wealth fashionSeasonal wardrobe rotationAffordable trendy shopping strategiesGender-coded fashion itemsRunway trend adaptation for everyday wear
Companies
Depop
Circular fashion marketplace where users buy and sell secondhand clothing; primary sponsor and featured throughout ep...
Yves Saint Laurent
Luxury fashion brand cited as doing suiting best with oversized blazer and matching pant combinations on runways
Valentino
Luxury fashion brand mentioned for tie and skirt styling worn by host Hannah at Bravo Con
People
Hannah
Co-host answering fashion questions and sharing personal styling experiences and fashion opinions
Paige
Co-host answering fashion questions and discussing styling tips based on body type and personal preferences
Quotes
"Depop is where taste recognizes taste"
HostOpening segment
"I think oversized blazers are I don't find them to be millennial at all, but I am a millennial"
HannahBlazer styling discussion
"A leather jacket holds too much power for a man. Unless you're in a full biker gang or you live in France, it's not very out"
PaigeMen's fashion discussion
"I love that Depop has no seller fees. They make it so easy and the app is so curated for people to find your stuff"
HostDepop benefits discussion
"Stirrups were trendy at some point. They've come back. They're recycling which means they are gonna go out. You don't have to spend a lot of money on it"
HostStirrup leggings discussion
Full Transcript
Guys, we're so excited to be answering your fashion questions today It's my favorite thing to do and we're doing it with depop the home of circular fashion I'm literally scrolling right now some influencers have been on it I saw that you get to make money off the stuff that you don't wear and when it's really stylish You can have another girl work it and style it in her own way And I love how based on what I click on they kind of decide what I might like I'm gives you like suggestions of other things. Yeah, it's a lot of Colored shirts blazers and polos for me right now. Oh, that's cute and depop is where taste recognizes taste We're actually both wearing pieces from depop right now your deconstructed skirt and then this is like a little blazer Oh your deconstructed shirt, sorry I was like wait am I wearing a skirt and then I'm wearing this little like blazer dress that has like buttons on the side But I made it more like blazer than dress you love a button I do yeah, well, they're secure you come and lie on them Much more than they're not gonna lie to you They're not gonna go through your phone They do what they say they will and based on your outfit It's perfect because we are doing some work wear questions and even some menswear questions Well, one of my favorite things about fashion is being like a little bit more masculine Like I like an oversized blazer with like an oversized pant about I love when you dress oversized We like to play with the masculine and feminine Also, I'm wearing like a Packers t-shirt that was like deconstructed. I don't know that's what they say about food You love anything deconstructed. I love anything deconstructed, but like a cheeseburger a t-shirt either or I'm so excited I love Getting the fashion takes the giglers are fashionable. Yeah, and there's a spectrum Yep, and they always have an interesting problem that goes along The fashion question it gets a little dicey here. It gets specific with that said let's get into it Hi Hannah, hi Paige long time listener first time caller So I know we're seeing a lot of like tailoring and suiting on the runways right now And I'm very much into this like menswear as women's wear trend But how are the fashion girly's hopping on this? Are we doing blazers? Are we doing? I mean obviously Hannah's a trailblazer with the ties But I feel like I'm so close, but I don't really know how to make it a fit You know what I'm saying so Appreciate your help. I did ties first She's steaming from her eyes right now first Okay, it was a Valentino tie. I wore it with a Valentino skirt Bravo con two years ago It's only been two years it feels like a decade ago. I wish um can I say something about what she said though? Yeah, her worry is so valid because there's something about a blazer That makes me scared. I'm gonna look like a millennial going out. Do you remember when we'd go out? Just wearing blazers like a fitted blazer. Yeah, like to the club like I just don't ever want to look like a Karen or like a Mon like I get what you're saying. So how do I make a blazer chic? Okay, well, I think what she's referring to on like the runway with work where it was very YSL is like The brand that does suiting the best and they typically do match like an oversized blazer with a matching pan I think oversized blazers are I don't find them to be millennial at all, but I am a millennial But you have to go oversized. Yeah, you're going oversized You just have to make sure the fit is what you like So like yes, there are girls that are wearing super oversized pants But you could also do like a more fitted pant you can also do like a cigarette pant That's like kind of like a Capri I Actually have a pair of leather Capris that I'm like really loving and I wore it with an oversized blazer The other night to dinner with what shoe I Didn't get me out Like all the police I'm like, where's page? I Do have to say one thing what these fashion Collins which is cool is that me and you also have different body types. Mm-hmm. I'm on bottom heavy. You're just not heavy So I like to show my waist. Yeah, cuz I could look very square-ish. Yep So I like to add a belt to an always just laser Yeah, but remember belts like five years were like not good like five years ago If you wear a belt, it was like Chuggy. Yeah, we're now belts are so in well I think you can do a belt on the pant which that will like since show that you're the difference between your waist and your Like your top and your bottom. Mm-hmm But like YSL was doing it very literally like they were doing white button-ups with belts and like Actual just like suiting you can also do like pencil skirts Yes pencil skirts and like I'll oversized blazer and then like long leather gloves are really in yes So that's like a way to make it let's bring in like when you have a blazer putting a sweater over it Yes, if you want to go full preppy generational wealth But wearing you know a button up all the way to the top with a with a tie Yeah, I think like go full into it. Don't be afraid to go full a hundred percent business Yeah, and then do your hair in like a sexy way Yeah, like a Pamela updo or a tussled messy wave Tussled Tussled I think the word you were looking for but yes grace next question Ladies I'm grabbing dinner with two of my girlfriends and constantly I feel like they're looking chic Interesting variety and I am constantly wearing pants and a cable knit sweater pants and a cable knit sweater pants and a cable knit sweater What do you need the men in your life to be wearing to compliment your look to elevate themselves and just bring the right vibe Pants and a cable knit sweater. What is my man to wear pants and a cable knit sweater? He's perfect But I'm like bopping to that this sweater I'm a big what am I a big fan of that men wear Vulnerability Listening I think mentioned wear more bombers wait that's so crazy cuz I was about to say I don't want them in bombers I think bombers are too try hard well because here's the thing when I think of like what's my ideal man wearing jeans and a t-shirt Yeah, gay men can wear bombers because I know it's their choice When the straight man does it it's like someone cooked here. Okay. Here's one thing. I want to tell him So they're modernizing they're redoing the rugby So like you're gonna you're seeing like a lot of collared shirts that have like four buttons You're buttoning all those buttons up and it's like a sweater. You're talking it in that's like a different play on a sweater. Yeah So like horizontal stripes are really big like a traditional rugby, but you can also do like a cashmere rugby What about a cardigan love a cardigan? I could see him in a card just like a t-shirt and an oversized card. Yes, and then like a fun jacket and a scarf And it's like boom boom boom layer. Yes. Let's have fun with scarves. I like when men wear scarves especially gay men I hate when a straight man does yeah. Yeah, I'm like you're probably gonna strangle someone You don't need a weapon sir have a cold neck unless you're blindfolding me then I'm into it I Okay, so I'm Anything healthy, okay about leather jacket. I'm just a weary of a leather jacket on a man Are you weary of a leather jacket because you're afraid they'll just go full Danny Zuko? I think a leather jacket holds too much power for a man It's like unless you're in a full biker gang, which is on its own problematic or you live in France It's not very out. All right stir up leggings. Are they chic or giving horse girl? I bought a pair and wore them with heels and a long sweater. What's the chicest way to style them if at all? What's a stirrup leg? I'm I'm obsessed one that that Chris read it to that you're so like Unbeknownst to me what a stirrup A stirrup leg is when it has like the foot thing that goes around your foot Let me show you a picture of us. Oh, so it doesn't go around your toes No, like you wear it with like a ballet flat. Yeah, or it's like an 80s aerobics thing. Yeah, okay. Yes, okay Okay, I personally would wear it with a ballet flat or with a What I do a full pump with it a pump might be like to 80s I Would say like a kitten heel the molecules in your brain are working so hard They're working overtime because I'm like there is a world where there is a pump that you could use yeah, yeah The good news is with a lot of this trendy stuff I love to find them on D-pop because you get them at an affordable price also this trendy stuff that people bought then decided I'm not into this trend. Yes, and you'll find it there So I like to buy stuff on D-pop. That's trendy. Okay, that's actually so perfect because it's like yeah Stirrups were trendy at some point. They've come back. They're recycling which means there they are gonna go out You don't have to spend a lot of money on it. D-pop is perfect for a stirrup And also D-pop is perfect for an oversized sweater like she said she styled it with I think that's how I would also What colors would you get I would do all black see cuz I'm afraid if I did like a green I would look like Peter Pan Yeah, I think it's something that like you're doing It's a legging you're treating it as a legging so if you're wearing black and you wear black leggings You do like a different colored sweater if you want or all black I'd either do an oversized sweater or I would do like a like a waistline Like black bomber or like a waistline jacket So I'm just crying because I envisioned you running in with stirrups going are these the audition I love stirrup leggings. Can you say it? I'm sorry is this the audition for Pippin? I Red stirrups, I don't even know what that musical was all I'm capable of right now Also, one of my favorite things about D-pop is like it's winter So, you know, there's like a couple things that you're like wow, I need all new sweaters. I need all new like jackets D-pop has such a good Selection of sweaters because I feel like that's that one thing that you're like I wore this sweater all last year I can't wear it again. I look at her like I gotta get rid of it. Sell it on D-pop sell it on D-pop You always need new turtlenecks each season So go crazy. I love a gay man in a turtleneck I don't like a straight man in a turtleneck and I will not be explaining further and that is what she's running on There's also no seller fees. I've tried to sell stuff in the past where I'm like did I lose money from this interaction? I love that D-pop has no seller fees They make it so easy and the app is so curated for people to find your stuff. Hey Paige. Hey Hannah. It's MC I noticed a lot of Peep-toe shoes shown on the runway at Fashion Week. I was wondering if y'all think they're coming back Are we wearing our dogs out to the office? I'm worried. I'm concerned. I feel sick. Please let me know I mean, I love her voice Peep-toes are so back and I'm so here for it Can you define peep-toe for me? So she lost me When okay, you know when you put your foot into a pump and you don't see your toes because it's either it's like a pointy Toe yeah peep-toe it has like that little hole where you can see like the right where my my toes are becoming like numb Yes, like the first two toes you can see them. They're back while back to like our stirrup leggings You could wear them with those. I Personally think they're more of a summer shoe. Yeah, I think you're gonna see it more like I started wearing them at the end of this summer I think you're gonna see them more like spring into summer, but yes peep-toes are back I'd like a peep-toe because sometimes I don't like all my toes showing Like let's start slow I like that but her question is are you wearing them to the office? I Don't know what your office vibe is. I We're not allowed in offices. I would advise maybe no Because unless like in the summer if you go to your office and you wear like open-toe shoes and okay, it's just like I don't know I don't know yeah, I think if you're wearing like a flare pant you can wear them But maybe it's not like the whole main show. Oh my god quick story There's a girl in a good flare pant in Soho and I was More than a girl in a good no it looks so because it was like a statement Yeah, and she was standing there like taking a picture of herself and I was like, okay like she clearly likes her outfit and I just Decided to be like so thoughtful nice and give her a compliment I said I said I love your pants and she just looked at me and said thanks and I was like well I'm never complimenting anyone again. Yeah, that's it if a girl and this is the thing Yeah, she said thanks, but if a girl doesn't look at me and say oh my god That's the nicest thing you ever said word you want like then now I'm like I'm gonna fight with this girl I'm like I actually take it back. I should take it back Um, but anyway, there are good flare pants on depop that I'm probably gonna get Thank you depop for making this hotline bonus episode possible. 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