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Happier in Hollywood

Ep. 86: Up Your Wardrobe Game!

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.82.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah talk to the queen of Costume Design: The Fix’s Allyson Fanger! Allyson shares which actor was the most fun to dress, how to build a character through wardrobe, and tips on how to up your own style game. Then Liz and Sarah discuss their recent Ojai getaway and how a change of scene can help you make a difficult decision. This week’s comfy Hollywood Hack is a must: get a lounge outfit. Finally, Sarah reveals her Christmas tree lot celebrity sighting: Viola Davis! Links: The Fix: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dkJhX- Allyson Fanger: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112999/ Jane Fonda: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000404/?ref_=tt_cl_t2 Lily Tomlin: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005499/?ref_=tt_cl_t3 Grace and Frankie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3609352/ Scott Cohen: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169753/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Ojai Valley Inn: https://www.ojaivalleyinn.com/ Viola Davis: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205626/ Photo by Gursimrat Ganda on Unsplash To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sarah, we're talking to Allison today. I have no idea what to wear.

0:04.4

Oh God. Do you have any leather pants?

0:09.6

You know the answer to that is no.

0:17.5

Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,

0:21.9

sane or more creative, more successful and more productive,

0:25.0

in a back-biting superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.

0:30.4

I'm Sarah Faina, TV writer and producer, living in LA, and with me is my high school friend

0:35.5

and writing partner of 19 years Liz. That's me Liz Kraft. In this podcast, we talk about being

0:42.4

writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career in friendship, and how to survive the war of

0:47.5

attrition that is life in Los Angeles. In this episode, we'll be talking to the fixes, fabulous,

0:54.0

Emmy-nominated costume designer, Allison Fanger. And we'll share something we discovered on a recent

1:00.4

getaway to Ohio. Send the mental health category. Yes, and then we have a comfy cozy Hollywood hack

1:07.7

and a Christmas tree lot celebrity sighting. But first happy new year, everyone. Happy 2019. Wow.

1:15.6

Careful listeners will have noted that I just said my writing partner of 19 years in our intro.

1:22.0

Liz, can you believe it's been 19 years? That's insane. Next year, we have to do something for our

1:28.0

20th anniversary. Maybe then we'll go to Raritanga. We keep talking about going to Raritanga.

1:32.8

We should do an anniversary trip. Let's do it for Raritanga. We deserve an anniversary trip.

1:39.0

I agree. It's been a damn good 19 years, but hopefully 19 years from now will be retired.

1:47.4

Happily, happily retired. Okay, before we dive in, we have an update. In episode 83, we talked

1:54.2

about personal symbols and we decided Mary's black unicorn was more of a patronus than a personal

2:01.1

symbol. And we got an email from Brian. And he said, FYI, you can find your patronus by taking

2:08.6

a quiz on Pottermore.com. My patronus was a bore and at first I was conflicted, but after reading

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