Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.

I'm your host, Shannon Ables.

And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a

cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the simple sophisticated. Today we're going to talk about curating your

own signature style and how to actually do that. This was a top episode from season one, so five or over five years ago

because we're in season six right now. And I wanted to bring it to you because as I said it was one of the top

episodes but I've also found that right now I have a bit more time

to catch my breath.

And I'm looking right now at my summer wardrobe

and I'm thinking, ah, this works well

for me and my lifestyle now, and this works well, but this doesn't.

And as I've been talking about on the podcast and the blog for a long time, investing has really

paid off, paying for quality items. I have so many clothing items

that I wear for a very long time and they always look great. But it is initially

hard to spend that significant amount of money up front, but it's that

you're buying fewer of those items gradually and your wardrobe really ultimately

pays off and you enjoy it because you feel good and confident without

having to go constantly shopping all the time. So today's episode I'm going to share

with you seven components of building a signature style. Just recently I came across some linen

dresses. I love linen in the summer. I'm a fan of this this fabric. It feels good. It looks good it drapes well and I'm really someone I do

love my dresses I love dresses in the summer and I love dresses year round but anyway I

came across these linen dresses from Ralph Lauren and

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