00:00I guess I should have said wrinkled as one of the three words that describe my style.
00:05Hi, who, what, where?
00:06I'm Monica Padman, and today we're going to go through some of my favorite pieces in my
00:11wardrobe.
00:15I think I would describe my style as classic, eclectic, and pretty.
00:23So these are some of my favorite pieces.
00:28This 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.
00:46I 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.
00:58Kristen gave it to me, but before she had given it to me, I was getting it dry-clean
01:04for her, and it was in the backseat of my car.
01:07This was when I was assisting her.
01:08It was hanging, and my windows were rolled down, which I did not realize.
01:17And the jacket flew out of the car, and I heard something, and I looked back, and I saw, I
01:26just saw like the sleeve kind of like tattering away.
01:29And I had to pull over and run into traffic to get the jacket that was in the middle of
01:36the
01:36street.
01:36I didn't know if it was like fancy, and it was hers, and I had just started working for
01:41her, and I was like, I'm gonna get fired because I got like this jacket's gonna get run over.
01:45It's a very special piece to me because I saved it.
01:48And yeah, she gave it to me.
01:51It wasn't that special, it turns out.
01:54Okay, so this is a very basic sweatshirt, but I wear it all the time.
02:01I love the color.
02:03It's a very specific kind of mauve, and 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, and it's some of the
02:23best fitting.
02:24I also have a t-shirt that's Elizabeth and James, and it's the best fitting t-shirt I have.
02:31So I'm pretty sad that they don't make these clothes anymore, but I have moved on to The
02:37Row, which is at a little bit higher of a price point, but that's okay.
02:43These 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
02:54wrinkles
02:54all over them.
02:55I didn't prepare well for this, obviously, so I'm a little bit of a mess, but I wear these
03:00all the time.
03:01They were an investment, but I've really got my money's worth because they go with
03:07everything.
03:08And I love them.
03:09They're so soft.
03:10These 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.
03:28The games are so fun.
03:30And in the South, you get dressed up for football games.
03:35So you wear full-on dresses, full face of makeup, heels to your tailgate, and then to
03:43the game.
03:44And I got to go back to a football game this year, and I was like, you know, what am
03:50I
03:50going to wear?
03:51It 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 worked.
04:01This dress I got at the Paris flea market.
04:07I was done shopping.
04:10I had got some furniture and some other little pieces, a little bowl, and I was done.
04:16I needed to be done.
04:18And I was walking to my Uber, and I saw this in the window, and I thought, if this fits
04:25me, I have to have it.
04:29And it fit me.
04:30So I bought it, and I love it, and it feels so romantic to me.
04:37It feels very classic, and I feel like she wore this.
04:44I feel like she actually wore it, like I channel her when I'm in this.
04:50This sweatshirt is maybe one I get the most compliments on whenever I wear it.
04:56It draws the eye.
04:59It's from John and Vinny's, which is a restaurant in Los Angeles.
05:05Very delicious.
05:07It's so good.
05:08And during the pandemic, they had a little store where you could, like, buy, you know,
05:15fruits.
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 in buying any sweatshirt or sweat
05:28pant that came across my screen, and this was one of them, and so I bought it.
05:32And it's with Project 43.
05:36I wish I could tell you that I knew what that meant and what it is.
05:41I do believe it to be philanthropic.
05:46And yeah, so I love wearing it, and I love this little guy, this little bear on front.
05:52Okay, 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.
06:03And this 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.
06:18And also, I believe in justice and facts.
06:24This is a Brandon Maxwell gorgeous dress, uh, gown, we could say, that I found because,
06:35ding, ding, ding, uh, Hilary Kerr was wearing this on Instagram, and I thought, I must have
06:43that immediately.
06:44And so I bought it, it's beautiful, I have not, it still has the tag on, I haven't worn
06:48it yet.
06:49I'm saving it for a gala that I have not been invited to, um, so, you know, putting it out
06:56there that if anyone invites me to a gala, I will be wearing this dress.
06:59And I can't wait.
07:01This dress, I love, um, it's vintage, it's Fendi, I got it at this little Austin, um, vintage
07:11store that I sort of just came across.
07:15It'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, but
07:30I love this.
07:32She's, she's so pretty and she's so easy.
07:35Okay, so these pants are also from the vintage store in Austin.
07:41Um, I love a pleat.
07:43I just, I, I just am a real sucker for it.
07:47This sweater is from Alexandra Golovanov.
07:51She has a store in Paris and just makes the most beautiful cashmere sweaters.
07:56I was there last year and I got this one.
07:58I love the covered buttons on it.
08:01It's cropped.
08:01But she has so many different styles, but they're all very classic and I feel like last few forever.
08:07And then I got some little Gucci loafers.
08:12Cannot go wrong with a Gucci loafer.
08:14I love the white.
08:15I also have a white Gucci, um, Jackie bag that I feel like pairs really well with it.
08:22Okay, so these are Jordans and, uh, Dax got really into Jordans or he's always been into Jordans,
08:32I guess, but he got into like gifting everyone a bunch of Jordans, which was, which is very generous.
08:39Um, and these are my first pair that he got me.
08:42It's, I forget the print.
08:44It's called like animal something and they're so cool.
08:49As soon as they arrived, I was like, oh, I get it.
08:52I get the need to like collect a sneaker.
08:55Um, so I have a few other pairs of Jordans too that I've since got,
08:58but these are my first ones.
08:59So they're special to me.
09:02Um, this is my everyday bag.
09:07This green, I feel like is really rare.
09:11I, I don't, I haven't seen it since, since I bought it.
09:15Um, and 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.
09:24My laptop is currently in here.
09:26I keep the cord.
09:27I travel with this.
09:28It's such a luxe bag, but it really delivers.
09:32Like it is durable.
09:33It comes everywhere with me and, um, 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.
09:51Um, they 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, and they give you rings for that.
10:04Um, and they say my name, they 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.
10:16So these are really, really important reminders to me.
10:19Now, this is all tangled.
10:22I tried before we recorded this video.
10:25I solicited a lot of people in this room.
10:29There's more than just me in this room.
10:31Um, and to, to try to untangle it and nobody could do it.
10:35But this is a, uh, necklace that I love.
10:41Um, I stole this pendant from my American Girl doll, Samantha.
10:49Uh, she 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, um, I used to wear it all the time.
11:04I haven't, I haven't seen it in a bit.
11:06Probably because it got all tangled and I gave up on it.
11:08But, um, yeah, this is Samantha's necklace.
11:13This is a Chanel Camellia ring.
11:19Um, I got this because I would see really beautiful jewelry.
11:27And I would think, oh, like maybe one day someone will buy that for me.
11:33Like maybe one day for Valentine's Day or for an anniversary or, you know, a man will buy this for
11:40me.
11:41And, um, I was in Paris and I was walking by and I saw it and I was in love
11:45with it.
11:46And 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
11:55myself this ring.
11:56And so I did.
11:58And I love it.
11:59It's so pretty.
12:01Um, and, uh, it kind of reminds me, like, you're good on your own.
12:08Not 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, um, it's a peridot stone.
12:20That is my birthstone.
12:22Um, and 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, um, and 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
12:46six
12:46years ago, I saw this just like sitting in my jewelry box.
12:50And, um, I thought that is a gorgeous necklace.
12:54Why am I not wearing it?
12:55And so I do now and it reminds me of her and, um, I love it.
13:01Those are some of my favorite pieces in my closet.
13:05Thanks for tuning in.
13:16Thanks.
13:16Thanks.
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