The Style Stories Podcast · Personal Stylist Lisa Gillbe

3 Style Words That Change Everything: Your 2026 Wardrobe Reset

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Great dressers mix vintage Levi's, a slogan T-shirt, heeled boots, red lipstick, and tailoring.

Lisa opens in reset mode. Back for 2026, she reintroduces herself through the work: 17 years qualified, hundreds of wardrobes, and the same style mistakes showing up again and again. Clothes are not just surface decoration here. Her point is that what you wear changes how you feel, so a reset needs more honesty than another shopping list. She borrows the three style words idea from stylist Alison Bornstein and asks listeners to name the vibe they actually like wearing. First, look. Study outfits you admire on other people and on yourself, then ask what is pulling you in. The bad fits matter too. If something feels off, Lisa treats that as useful information, because crossing things out is part of finding what works. That is the wardrobe edit. Once the words are clearer, shopping gets less scattered, the closet gets tighter, and fewer pieces can do more. You do not need every accessory. Lisa keeps it grounded: good jeans, blazers, boots, maybe jewelry. Scarves can sit this one out. She is especially sharp on the pressure of should, the voice that says you have to dress from someone else's rulebook to look pulled together. Instinct gets the final vote. The reset also means asking how 2025 felt, whether you felt scruffy or disappointed, and what you want to raise in 2026. The nice part: this is something you can control without making it complicated.

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A practical style reset built around three style words.

Lisa Gilby makes a tidy case for starting the new year by naming the three style words that should guide a wardrobe. The strongest stretches come when she pushes back on one-size-fits-all fashion advice and asks listeners to pay attention to what feels right, what feels off, and…

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Reset your wardrobe around the three words that actually feel like you.

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