Welcome to Unstyled. I'm your host, Christine Barberick, co-founder and global editor-in-chief of Refinery 29.

Each week, I invite a notable person to come in and talk with us as we explore the funny, inspiring,

sometimes heartbreaking tales of life, work, and love, as told through the things that we wear. Hey everyone and welcome to a special bonus episode of the unstyled podcast.

We're currently in the middle of another fashion month when all the designers and brands around the world show their new collections in New York, London, Milan, and Paris. It's a time when lots of new trends emerge and lots of old trends manage to find new life on and off the runways. It's always an interesting time to observe how the fashion and retail industry

is shifting and adapting or not, to be more inclusive, more experimental, and more reflective of the

world we live in and what customers like you and me really want. Mostly it's a month where I spend

an inordinate amount of time thinking about clothes, why we desire

them, which ones make us feel good or like impostors, and how certain clothes help us to figure out

who we are and ultimately what we want to say. Which leads to this episode. I wanted to get someone

in the studio to talk about fashion, but more specifically personal style and how we cultivate that as we grow and change as people.

My friend Elizabeth Spiridakis Olson has been someone I've long admired, both for her voice.

She's a former blogger and art director for the New York Times and for her honesty in talking about the highs and lows of living with and loving clothes.

So here it is, just two friends getting into it about fashion and style, and occasionally being embarrassed about random piles of clothes showing up in the corners of our bedrooms.

Thanks for tuning in, and I hope you enjoy the episode.

Elizabeth Olson, yes. It's such a pleasure to have you on on Style today. I'm so excited

to be here. New York Fashion Week just wrapped up,

but it's Fashion Month. It feels like it's always Fashion Month, doesn't it? That's, I think,

the truth. Let's be honest. Let's be honest. We finished up our season, but I was thinking I would

love to get somebody in the studio that works in fashion, but has also has really strong personal opinions and feelings about fashion,

too, and also personal style. And you're someone that I've admired for so long creatively.

You now work at Kate Spade. My official title is Senior Director of Brand Creative.

Senior Director of Brand Creative, that's so...

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