Fall Fashion Favorites: Outfit Recipes, Trends & Confidence Tips

Raeann and Kristina started as fashion creators, and honestly, experimenting with fashion was one way that helped us to feel more confident. Because we LOVE helping other women feel confident and good about themselves, this episode is all about fall fashion: what we’re excited for, how to incorporate trends, stay true to your style, our tried and true outfit recipes and best confidence tips when it comes to fashion.

“Find the recipe that really works for you then just have fun with iterations. Because you know you're going to feel good when you walk out the door.” - Raeann

We also talk about:

  • Raeann’s trip to Mexico for a friend’s bachelorette weekend

  • Toxic masculinity & men who can’t be open about their feelings in front of other men

  • Kristina’s funk

  • What Kristina’s parents have been lying to her about her whole life

  • Raeann’s upcoming heritage trip & Scandinavian style

  • Being unique and unafraid to wear things that aren’t trendy

  • Tips for trying new things and embracing trends

  • Being confident in & finding your own personal style

  • How to stay confident when people make comments about your clothing

  • Outfits we wore that make us cringe now

  • Ageism in fashion 

  • ASK AWAY: “As someone who works in social media, how can I find the balance between being on my phone for work, creating content, taking photos and being present and in the moment with who I’m with?”

“You have to remember who you’re dressing for and why. If you’re dressing for yourself,  only your opinion matters.” - Kristina

New podcast episodes of Confident Collective drop every Tuesday.

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Your Guide to Plus-Size Style Confidence: Size Inclusivity in Fashion, Shopping Sustainably & How to Launch an Extended Size Collection with Nicolette Mason

It sucks to go shopping and find something you love, only to realize it isn’t made in your size. We have been there too many times, and talk a lot about how brands need to be more size inclusive. Our girl Nicolette Mason has been on the frontlines of this important conversation for a long time, and is truly a pioneer of change in the fashion industry in the best ways. She is one of the first plus size content creators we met in LA, and both Raeann and Kristina have been following her journey and benefiting from her content for forever. Nicolette is not only a content creator, Marie Claire writer, and designer, she’s also a consultant for fashion brands who want to expand their sizing to be more inclusive. In this conversation we dive deep into the tangible steps brands can take to be more size inclusive, the challenges they face that consumers may not see, what’s considered size inclusive, how “size inclusive” is being used as a marketing tool and how to separate your value and worth from the size of clothing you wear.

“No one looks at a plus size person and thinks, ‘I want to be fat,’ because the world we live in literally makes being fat horrible. What’s wrong with letting someone exist in their body in clothes that make them feel good? And why are people so upset about it?” - Raeann

We also talk about:

  • How Kristina feels now that the news is out!

  • How men and women perceive having sex on the first date

  • “You have such a beautiful face” - is it really a compliment as a plus size person?

  • Justice for Britney

  • Abercrombie’s ad with a visibly plus size content creator backlash

  • What we say to people who think “fat celebration” is a thing

  • How Nicolette gets clients for her brand consulting partnerships

  • How she called out Marie Claire and got a job

  • What's challenging for brands in becoming more size inclusive

  • Old Navy’s size expansion “failure”

  • Opportunities for smaller brands to be more size inclusive 

  • Brands that are expanding sizing well

  • A shift in consumerism, sustainability and fast fashion

  • Value and worth being attached to a size/number

  • Scarcity mindset in plus size women developing personal style

  • What is considered “size inclusive” in Nicolette’s opinion

  • What Nicolette would like to see from the fashion industry in the future

  • Boundaries as a content creator

  • Ask Away: Should I tell my friend I have a crush on a guy she’s hooking up with knowing that she doesn’t have serious feelings?

“Our bodies are so individual. Assigning any sense of morality or superiority or inferiority based on an arbitrary number, that’s literally arbitrary, there's no consistency from one brand or style to the next. We can’t assign our value or worth based on that.” - Nicolette

New podcast episodes of Confident Collective drop every Tuesday.

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Kristina Is Pregnant! Modeling in NYC, Plus Size Representation in Media, Bennifer’s Wedding & Advice If You’ve Never Been in a Relationship

The last episode of our summer series reveals a HUGE life update from Kristina: she’s PREGNANT! Hear about how she found out, when she’s due, how she’s been feeling and what she’s most excited for with baby number 2! We get into the BTS of Raeann’s recent modeling gig in NYC for Express, discuss Barbie Ferreira leaving Euphoria, our thoughts on the low media coverage of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s wedding, and other celebs tying the knot this month (Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams). We also open up about our dating history, and normalize feeling insecure about not having been in many relationships. We give our thoughts on the pressure women feel when it comes to relationships and dating, and our advice for women who have never been in a relationship.

“Every major milestone in our life is around a relationship for women. It’s crazy. We don’t celebrate a woman getting a promotion in the way we celebrate them getting engaged.” - Raeann

We also talk about:

  • Manifesting a podswap with Giggly squad

  • How can we get Raeann on Love Island?

  • Barbie Ferreira leaving Euphoria 

  • Wedding talk: Benifer wedding & Wells Adams and Sarah Hyland’s wedding, 

  • Has JLo really never had work done?

  • Kristina’s pregnancy details

  • How important it is to have a good doctor while pregnant 

  • How Kristina feels about the physical changes of this pregnancy

  • Reminders & advice for women who have never been in a relationship

“Enjoy your single life, enjoy time with friends, enjoy discovering yourself. You have the rest of your life to be in a relationship. That’s not something to rush or be embarrassed about.”  - Kristina

New podcast episodes of Confident Collective drop every Tuesday.

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