00:00I guess I should have said wrinkled as one of the three words that describe my style.
00:05Hi Who What Wear, I'm Monica Padman and today we're going to go through some of my favorite pieces in my wardrobe.
00:16I think I would describe my style as classic, eclectic, and pretty.
00:23So these are some of my favorite pieces.
00:29This one is a Norma Kamali dress.
00:35Nicole Chavez styled me in this for Jimmy Kimmel.
00:41I did it with Dax and it was the scariest day of my life.
00:47I was so so nervous but I felt so good in this dress.
00:51So this blazer was a hand-me-down.
00:56We call it a bell-me-down. Kristen gave it to me.
01:00But before she had given it to me, I was getting it dry-cleaned for her.
01:05And it was in the backseat of my car. This was when I was assisting her.
01:09It was hanging and my windows were rolled down, which I did not realize.
01:17And the jacket flew out of the car.
01:23And I heard something and I looked back and I just saw the sleeve tattering away.
01:30And I had to pull over and run into traffic to get the jacket that was in the middle of the street.
01:36I didn't know if it was fancy and it was hers and I had just started working for her.
01:41And I was like, I'm going to get fired because this jacket is going to get run over.
01:45It's a very special piece to me because I saved it.
01:49And yeah, she gave it to me. It wasn't that special, turns out.
01:53Okay, so this is a very basic sweatshirt, but I wear it all the time.
02:01I love the color. It's a very specific kind of mauve.
02:06And it's really worn in because I've had it forever.
02:09It's Elizabeth and James, which was Mary-Kate and Ashley's brand before The Row.
02:18So it feels very limited because this brand doesn't exist anymore.
02:22And it's some of the best fitting. I also have a t-shirt that's Elizabeth and James.
02:26And it's the best fitting t-shirt I have.
02:30So I'm pretty sad that they don't make these clothes anymore.
02:34But I have moved on to The Row, which is a little bit higher of a price point, but that's okay.
02:42These are The Row pants and I wear them all the time.
02:47I mean, I think I wore them two days ago, which is why they are a little stained and have wrinkles all over them.
02:54I didn't prepare well for this, obviously, so I'm a little bit of a mess.
02:59But I wear these all the time.
03:01They were an investment, but I really got my money's worth because they go with everything.
03:07And I love them. They're so soft.
03:09These are red velvet Tom Ford pants.
03:16I got them last year to wear to a University of Georgia football game.
03:23I went to the University of Georgia and it's a huge football school.
03:27The games are so fun.
03:30And in the South, you get dressed up for football games.
03:34So you wear like full on dresses, full face of makeup, heels to your tailgate and then to the game.
03:43And I got to go back to a football game this year and I was like, you know, what am I going to wear?
03:50It has to be fancy, but it also has to be elevated.
03:53It's a new me.
03:55And so I got these pants and I love them and they really, they really worked.
04:00This dress I got at the Paris flea market.
04:06I was done shopping.
04:10I had got some furniture and some other little pieces, a little like bowl.
04:15And I was done. I needed to be done.
04:18And I was walking to my Uber and I saw this in the window.
04:23And I thought, if this fits me, I have to have it.
04:28And it fit me.
04:30So I bought it and I love it.
04:34And it's it feels so romantic to me.
04:37It feels very classic.
04:40And I feel like she wore this.
04:44I feel like she actually wore it.
04:46Like when I channel her when I'm in this.
04:49This sweatshirt is maybe one I get the most compliments on whenever I wear it.
04:55It's it draws the eye.
04:58It's from John and Vinny's, which is a restaurant in Los Angeles.
05:05Very delicious. It's so good.
05:07And during the pandemic, they had a little store where you could like buy, you know, fruits.
05:15You could buy your groceries basically.
05:17And then they had some other little things and they had this sweatshirt.
05:20And I was like most people pretty lost during the pandemic and buying any sweatshirt or sweat pant that came across my screen.
05:29And this was one of them. And so I bought it.
05:31And it was it's with Project 43.
05:35I wish I could tell you that I knew what that meant and what it is.
05:40I do believe it to be philanthropic.
05:44And yeah, so I love wearing it and I love this little guy.
05:49It's a little bear on front.
05:51OK, so this is a sweater also wrinkled.
05:57I guess I should have said wrinkled as one of the three words that describe my style.
06:03This is very special. Kristen brought this back for me from I want to say Italy or Paris.
06:12And it says facts on it because I'm the fact checker for my job.
06:17And also I believe in justice and facts.
06:24This is a Brandon Maxwell gorgeous dress gown.
06:31We could say that I found because ding, ding, ding.
06:36Hillary Kerr was wearing this on Instagram.
06:41And I thought I must have that immediately.
06:44And so I bought it. It's beautiful.
06:46I have not as the tag on. I haven't worn it yet.
06:49I'm saving it for a gala that I have not been invited to.
06:53So, you know, putting it out there that if anyone invites me to a gala, I will be wearing this dress.
06:59And I can't wait.
07:00This dress I love.
07:04It's vintage. It's Fendi.
07:07I got it at this little Austin vintage store that I sort of just came across.
07:14It's super easy.
07:16I love a dress that you can just slip on, but it has like a vibe to it.
07:22I love the collar.
07:24And I normally pair this with a tennis shoe so that I can kind of high and low it.
07:30But I love this.
07:31She's she's so pretty and she's so easy.
07:35OK, so these pants are also from the vintage store in Austin.
07:41I love a pleat.
07:43I just I just am a real sucker for it.
07:47This sweater is from Alexandra Golovanov.
07:50She has a store in Paris and just makes the most beautiful cashmere sweaters.
07:55I was there last year and I got this one.
07:58I love the covered buttons on it.
08:00It's cropped, but she has so many different styles, but they're all very classic.
08:05And I feel like last you forever.
08:07And then I got some little Gucci loafers.
08:11Can not go wrong with a Gucci loafer.
08:14I love the white.
08:15I also have a white Gucci Jackie bag that I feel like pairs really well with it.
08:22OK, so these are Jordans.
08:26And Dax got really into Jordans or he's always been into Jordans, I guess.
08:32But he got into like gifting everyone a bunch of Jordans, which was which is very generous.
08:39And these are my first pair that he got me.
08:42It's I forget the print.
08:44It's called like animal something.
08:47And they're so cool.
08:49As soon as they arrived, I was like, oh, I get it.
08:51I get the need to like collect a sneaker.
08:55So I have a few other pairs of Jordans, too, that I've since got.
08:58But these are my first one.
08:59So they're special to me.
09:02This is my everyday bag.
09:06This green I feel like is really rare.
09:11I don't I haven't seen it since since I bought it.
09:15And I love it because it's it's so classic.
09:19But the green kind of gives it something a little bit different.
09:22I keep everything in here.
09:23And my laptop is currently in here.
09:25I keep the cord.
09:26I travel with this.
09:28It's such a luxe bag, but it really delivers like it is durable.
09:34It comes everywhere with me.
09:36And she's really pretty.
09:40These have never been worn in my adult life, but they probably are.
09:46They're probably the two most important pieces in my entire home.
09:51They are my state rings from high school.
09:55I was a cheerleader, a competition cheerleader in high school.
09:58And we won state my junior and senior year.
10:01And they give you rings for that.
10:04And they say my name.
10:05They say school.
10:07It was such a big deal at the time.
10:10And still, it was sort of the first moment that I learned that hard work really does pay off.
10:15So these are really, really important reminders to me.
10:19Now, this is all tangled.
10:21I tried before we recorded this video.
10:25I solicited a lot of people in this room.
10:28There's more than just me in this room.
10:31And to try to untangle it, and nobody could do it.
10:35But this is a necklace that I love.
10:42I stole this pendant from my American Girl doll, Samantha.
10:49She was wearing it on a teeny, tiny chain.
10:52And I thought, that is such a cute necklace that this doll is wearing.
10:57So I ripped it off, and I put it on a real adult chain.
11:01And I used to wear it all the time.
11:04I haven't seen it in a bit, probably because it got all tangled and I gave up on it.
11:08But yeah, this is Samantha's necklace.
11:13This is a Chanel Camellia ring.
11:20I got this because I would see really beautiful jewelry.
11:27And I would think, oh, maybe one day someone will buy that for me.
11:33Maybe one day for Valentine's Day or for an anniversary, a man will buy this for me.
11:40And I was in Paris, and I was walking by, and I saw it, and I was in love with it.
11:45And I thought, why am I waiting for that?
11:48There is absolutely no reason for me to wait for somebody else to buy me this when I can buy myself this ring.
11:56And so I did, and I love it.
11:59It's so pretty.
12:02And it kind of reminds me, like, you're good on your own.
12:07Not that there's nothing wrong with having a partner, but you can do things by yourself if you want.
12:13Okay, so this necklace is a peridot stone.
12:20That is my birthstone.
12:22And my grandmother got me this when I was five.
12:26My grandmother has an amazing jewelry collection.
12:31She's from India and has all this gold jewelry.
12:34And so jewelry kind of means a lot to her.
12:39And so when I was five, she got me this, which I did not appreciate until maybe, like, five or six years ago.
12:47I saw this just, like, sitting in my jewelry box.
12:50And I thought, that is a gorgeous necklace.
12:54Why am I not wearing it?
12:56And so I do now, and it reminds me of her.
12:59And I love it.
13:02Those are some of my favorite pieces in my closet.
13:05Thanks for tuning in.
13:09I'll see you next time.
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