What was I thinking?!

In this solo episode, I walk you through what I learned moving house and purging half my wardrobe.

Timeline:

00:00 intro - 5 things you'll learn cleaning out your wardrobe

5:50 - I doubled the size of my house and halved the size of my wardrobe

10:22 - How to divide your shopping list to decide what you need to buy now

Welcome to Just Get Dressed.

This isn't a podcast about hemlines, "must-have" trends or buying a whole new wardrobe every season.

It's for intelligent, ambitious women who know that getting dressed has never really been about the clothes.

It's about identity.

Confidence.

Visibility.

Money.

Success.

And sometimes, the stories we've inherited about who we're allowed to become.

If you've ever felt slightly guilty for caring about clothes—worried that enjoying fashion somehow makes you less serious, less intelligent or less ambitious—you are in exactly the right place.

Because I don't believe style and substance are opposites.

I think they're partners.

Every week, we'll have honest conversations about the psychology of getting dressed, the hidden rules of professional life, executive presence, money stories, class, confidence and why the way we present ourselves can influence how we're seen long before we say a word.

We'll also talk about fashion—the joyful kind. The thrill of finding the perfect blazer, finally investing in the handbag you've thought about for years, discovering a brilliant vintage shop, or understanding the trends worth paying attention to and the ones you can happily ignore.

This is a space where you can love beautiful clothes without feeling frivolous.

Where you can be interested in fashion without apologising for your intelligence.

And where we remember that it was never really about the clothes.

I'm Samantha Harman, former newspaper and magazine editor, and author of Just Get Dressed.

So, get a coffee...and let's just get dressed.

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A dedicated follower of fashion, or avoid trends completely?

In this episode I'm going to explain why keeping your style up-to-date is a business activity.

I introduce you to the trend cycle, explain where trends came from, and how you can incorporate them into your style without looking like you care too much

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Products mentioned:

Jil Sander bag

Stand Oil baguette bag

JW Pei bag

In this episode - get yourself out a work-from-home style slump.

Also: THAT cerulean blue sweater from The Devil Wears Prada is being auctioned by Christie's at NYFW.

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