The Style Stories Podcast · Personal Stylist Lisa Gillbe

Style Reset – What to Wear for Autumn/Winter 2025

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Lisa says style has “three pillars” and the last one is “the magic.”

Wardrobe stress is normal. Lisa builds the reset around the problems she has seen again and again across 15 years of styling: people looking at everyone else and assuming they are the only one who has forgotten how to dress. Clothes carry emotion. They sit close to identity, confidence, and the way other people read you, so she keeps the advice grounded in real life rather than fashion gloss. If you need more authority at work, she says a wardrobe full of casual pieces may not give you the gravitas you are after. Tailoring is the quick lift. A couple of blazers or good jackets can become the third piece that makes everyday outfits feel pulled together. From there, Lisa works through body shape, colour, and the more personal instinct that makes an outfit feel like yours. Body shape comes first, with a push to notice cuts, proportions, and what already works in your wardrobe. Petite listeners get a useful correction too: wide-leg trousers are not off limits, and high-waisted wide legs can lengthen the leg beautifully. Colour gets a softer take. A swatch book can help, and having colours done can be fun, but Lisa still trusts the gut feeling people have about what lights them up. The episode ends with a friendly call for listener wardrobe struggles, including everyday busy-mum outfit dilemmas.

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Practical wardrobe advice that links style, confidence, and everyday self-presentation.

Lisa Gilby frames style as a matter of confidence and the version of yourself you want to put forward. The discussion starts with everyday wardrobe frustration and stays practical: tailoring, body shape, colour, and the slower work of finding language for personal taste.

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When your wardrobe needs a reset, not a reinvention.

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