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#190 – Did High School Musical age well? (w/ Becca Ferry) · Did That Age Well?

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Hi everybody, welcome to another brand new episode of Did that
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Age. Well, we are in our month of
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Disney Channel original movies AKA Dcom and I'm so excited
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today to talk about High School Musical with my friend Becca.
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Now today, Oh my God, I couldn't be more excited to have my
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beautiful, fabulous, smart, hard working, gorgeous friend.
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All the adjectives. Every adjective you can think of
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that's good, it's you. You're so.
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Nice, I love you. Oh my God, thank you for having
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me. I'm so happy to be here.
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So happy you're here today. I am outfitted once again by
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Becca. I know you guys have heard me
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say that the past few weeks, and I'm not going to stop saying it
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because every week for the next maybe 12 weeks I'll be outfitted
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by Becca. I did go a little hard you.
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And God bless you for that. I did the a new edit with Becca.
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Actually, first, do you want to just tell who are you?
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Good question. I ask myself that every day.
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Every morning we wake up, we look in the mirror and say, how
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are you? So my name is Becca, I live here
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in Denver. I own a new collective which is
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a plus size thrift shop exclusively sizes large to 6X
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and U when I can find it. I currently am running
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everything out of my house but I do pop ups which me and big fat
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mood are planning to do the fat and fresh again yay.
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So I'm really excited for that come spring time.
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We need a good spring. I'm feeling springy today.
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Yeah, I am too. I mean, God, it's like it's
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T-shirt weather day. Oh my God, it really is.
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But yeah, so I do most of my work on Instagram, but I also do
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Whatnot shows every Wednesday. Whatnot is like very up and
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coming. Have you heard?
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Like it's. Just, I mean, I, I feel like I,
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I know about it mostly from you. Like, I think I had heard about
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it before you, but now it's like, you know, now.
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Now I'm more familiar. It's like the shopping site, but
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I think it's because it's so easy and addictive, which is
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scary. But anyways, so every Monday and
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Friday I do drops on Instagram and that is done by story sales.
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So I post like a picture of the item.
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I talk about the brand, the fabric, the measurements.
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Because shopping online can be hard, Totally.
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And then it's first come first serve, just kind of like
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shopping online. But I do the work for you.
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So I find the best of the best items at the thrift stores
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providing all of the second hand goodness.
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Yes, brands like Free People and Airy and American Eagle, all
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that jazz. And then Ioffer shipping
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anywhere in the USI offer open bags, which is like a system
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because I do drop so frequently. An open bag is you just leave it
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with me for up to two weeks and then you ship all at once.
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So imagine shopping your favorite brand and then being
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able to shop at or like ship it at once and then you save money
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on shipping. Incredible.
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I love that for me and I love that for and I love that for me
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as well as a customer. I love that for.
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Yes, of course. And then also ioffer local
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pickup for any Denver locals. And then every Wednesday, so I
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started getting customers saying like, Oh my gosh, you've
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revamped my wardrobe. I don't know what to do with all
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my old pieces. So now I take donations for my
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customers and then I in return to them donating to me, I give
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them a small shop credit to shop my drops.
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And then I run their donations starting at a dollar every
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Wednesday on Whatnot. And I know that people are like,
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why would you only do a dollar? But I like to pride myself on
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being affordable and accessible for bigger bodies because I
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don't know about you, but have you ever, like, walked into a
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store that does carry plus sizes?
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Oh, my God. And they charge the fat tax.
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Yeah. And so you're paying, like,
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$50.00 for a shirt. And that is just in this
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economy, girl. No, thank you.
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Yeah, what am I weighing? Money.
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So instead of charging a lot of money like Goodwill because they
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get it for free. Yeah, I rent it at a dollar.
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And So what not is like a bidding type of situation.
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So it starts at a dollar, It might sell for a dollar.
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I've sold Lululemon for a dollar, free people for a dollar
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and that's fine. But you can bid on it.
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So you get an opportunity to bid and then it ships to you.
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And I'll just like being able to provide affordable clothing to
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people. And it's just really nice.
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And it's such a community. Like it's gotten to the point
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where it's like Facetiming your girlies.
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Yes. And it is a live stream.
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So it's super fun. We just get together every
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Wednesday. And I do like little giveaways
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and kind of point people towards my Instagram.
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But it's super fun. And I look, it's like one of my
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favorite days of the week. Have you watched any yet?
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I have no worries if you haven't, I haven't yet.
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Super fun. I know.
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I really, I really want to. I feel like right now I'm like,
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Oh my God, I have so many clothes, but that's solid.
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But also I am so excited to see like I want to see the whole
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process. I want to come and like hang
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out. Yeah, even if you just watch
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like it's so fun and engaging. And then of course, my last
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service, which you just mentioned the a new edit is it
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was actually born from the question of being like, Oh my
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gosh, I would love for you to shop for me personally.
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And I was like, well, maybe I can.
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So it is essentially me being your personal shopper, your
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personal stylist. So I have like a flat fee to
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start and with that fee you get a 30 minute either zoom call or
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in person. So if you need help with me like
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styling the items that I got for you, I'm happy to help you
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because I don't want to be like here's your clothes.
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And then you're like, what do I do with this?
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Totally. So I always like to be able to
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help you move forward with the clothes.
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And then you get to kind of pick like your budget needs.
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So I understand that it could be expensive, but you also do end
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up saving money with my service. But you get to pick your budget
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needs and it comes with, you know, X amount of items.
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And then I get to shop specifically for you.
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You fill out a long form of like your measurements so I know how
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to shop for you. And then the most important key,
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your Pinterest board. Yours was glorious.
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Oh my gosh, thank. You all the pastels, all the
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What was your? My color season, Yes, yes, my
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color season is light summer. Light summer.
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OK, so it was like lots of pinks.
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And although this didn't match it, you did love a good gingham,
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a good checker. Yeah.
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So I threw that in there. That was like the only thing
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that wasn't your color season. Yeah, it is it.
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That's exactly right. This is the only thing that I
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think was, I mean, it did match my Pinterest board.
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You really. There were some things, there
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were some items that you were like, okay, this literally
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looked exactly like something from the Pinterest board.
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You're like I basically. I think I just kind of like.
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Yeah, I know. It was so perfect.
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Truly, like, I mean, even though the form was long and you got a
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lot of information, it was so easy for me to fill out.
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I was able to use that guide that you gave me for like
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getting your measurements, you know, because sometimes it's
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like, I don't know. Yeah, well, that's something
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that is also important to me. On my page, I have a measurement
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guide on how to measure yourself because while you may say you
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know, I'm a 1416, not every brand runs like a 1416 or like
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it just may be completely different.
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So it's really important. I always say never go by the
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tag, always go by measurement. Yes, because sizing is a joke.
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It is such a joke. It's truly just like vibes.
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They're like, I don't know, I guess this is a large today.
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I know there's something in my closet that is a free people
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small. I'm like, do I look like a small
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to you? Thank you.
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So you think I'm? So you so you think I'm a little
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girl? So you think I'm baby?
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Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
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So I always say go by measurement, don't go by the tag
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size. Yeah.
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And I'm glad that helped you. And especially like with
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shopping online and because I have like a no return policy,
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it's important for me to be able to provide.
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OK, I know the the pit to pit measurement is this so I know
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it'll fit me. That's another thing that I
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don't talk about enough is while I don't accept returns or
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exchanges, I do have a group chat on anew like my Instagram.
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It's called the anew Crew rehome.
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And usually when I do my drops I have like 10 people claiming the
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same item. So while it may go to one
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person, you can repost it in the rehome for free, whatever
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pricing you want. Most people like ask for the
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money back, but they'll cover shipping or whatever.
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But you can rehome it in this group and I would say like 9 out
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of 10 times people buy it. Yeah.
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So like, you may not get an exchange or return, but someone
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else is gonna buy it and you'll get your money back.
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Exactly. Yeah, so.
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I try to do what I can and then you have.
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To pay it forward to the community.
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Yes, yes. Yes, and like I've every time
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I've seen someone post in that group, they're like Oh my God, I
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love this piece so much. I'm so sad to say goodbye.
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Yes, but like, I just wanted to go to a good home.
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And we always talk about the items like they're people total.
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They're like, she was so gorgeous.
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My mom was always like, who are you talking about?
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Like the items are people. Clothes, they are feelings they
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do love and and they love us and we love them yes I was so I was
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so impressed by how many of the items that in my edit were new
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with tags yes like incredible some brands that like if I would
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have gotten that aloe tank just like at the store would have
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been like. 60 bucks. Oh my gosh, yeah, yeah.
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There's no way like, and I can't remember what tier you ended up
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doing, but yeah, I mean, even one item probably would have
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been the amount of the full tier.
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Exactly. Like it's crazy.
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It's crazy. Yeah.
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And that's another thing is like, even though you're getting
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second hand doesn't mean that it's like very well worn or
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whatever. Like most of it is new with
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tags. People are just.
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And if you're a thrifter or you love thrifting, right now is
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your Super Bowl. So go to the thrift stores.
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It's the beginning of the year. Everyone's donating and getting
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rid of all the things. So yeah, now is the time to
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shine. That is actually.
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So funny that you say that because my friend literally is
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planning to go thrifting on the Super Bowl day.
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Like on Super Bowl Sunday. I was like, are you going to
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like watch Bad Bunny or whatever?
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She said no, I'm going thrifting.
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I said have the place to yourself, girl.
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Or stream while you're thrifting.
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I do that often too. Oh yeah, like, stream the Super
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Bowl while you're like, just like, win for win.
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Totally like that. A woman on the go.
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She's a mother. She's she's a multitasker.
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Yes, I am a mother, a wife, a business owner, all the things.
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She's everything. But let me plug my my socials.
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Just to be sure. I'm sure I will at the end too.
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But anyway. So Instagram is at shop, a new
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collective, Whatnot is just a new collective.
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And I think that's it for now. And website is coming with new
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things. Oh my God.
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How exciting. I know all.
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Right watch the space, everybody that's so exciting yay well, I I
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just have to say OK, so you and I we met on the Internet.
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We were yes, we did and like the moment that I found out about a
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new collective I was like this is home.
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This is where this this is where I will be getting my clothes.
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I love that from now. On it makes me happy.
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Well yeah, makes me happy that you are making plus size high
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quality clothes available for a reasonable price.
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It's important to me that like, because when you think plus
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size, you think like frumpy ruffles, floral, hide your body.
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And I like totally. Not only was it important to me,
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also I think it's like when you think plus size clothing, you
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think like only fast fashion. Yeah, because there's so many
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times that I've been on TikTok that are like, where are we
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shopping in? The amount of people that are
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like Sheehan? I'm like, oh, it like makes me
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want to break my like, grab my eyeballs and RIP them out.
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Yeah, because it's I get it. Like, that's the affordable
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option, but at what cost? Cost, truly.
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Yeah. Like, at what cost?
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The earth. And you're going to be buying
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more frequently because the items are horrid.
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Yeah, and it's a turn too quickly and they RIP.
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You breathe too hard and they RIP.
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You open the package and it's already disintegrated.
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Yeah, totally. You put it in the washing
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machine, you it never comes out. It's it's dissolved in there.
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It's now part of the washing machine.
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Yeah. So, yeah, it's really important
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to me. I mean like, so I have a drop to
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what's today, Friday, I have a drop tonight of basics.
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Like it's really important to me to show like layered pieces and
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this, that. And the other one of them is
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made well, which we know is a good brand, good quality, 100%
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continents of 4X. It's possible to get good
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quality, plus size, fashionable high end at an affordable price.
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So it's, it's really important to me that I'm able to provide
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that because I mean, the reason I started a new is because I
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always like would go to like farmers markets and like, just
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like little like pop up events in Denver.
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And I'd go and I'd be like, Oh my gosh, this stuff is so cute.
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And it goes up to a large right. I'm like, thank you.
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Yeah. And it always like let me down.
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And then also just like going to, for example, like thrift con
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or just like events where it has thrifted clothing.
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And then I'm, I am excited to get second hand clothing because
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that's something that I am passionate about.
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And again, goes up to an XL, right.
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Like it was really discouraging. I think the two times I went to
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thrift con, I left with T-shirts.
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Yeah. I'm like, oh, thank you.
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Thanks for the like men's T-shirt, which of course, of
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course we love like we. Love a good I love a good men's
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T-shirt, but I also want to be able to get like, something
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cute. You know, like.
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Thrifted these pants. These are my favorite.
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This is given to me secondhand, but I just want to show that
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like it is possible. It's also affordable, accessible
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like I just I'm here to provide. I will do the work for you.
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All you gotta do is buy it. Yeah, and we deserve it.
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That's the other thing do. Is that we deserve cute clothes,
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for God's sake? Yeah, please.
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That much to ask? Isn't that much to ask?
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No, absolutely not. I don't think it is.
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Well, Becca, thank you so much for taking time to share about a
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new and for and just for doing it all.
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I was saying on the podcast last week that like she's a one woman
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show and you wouldn't believe it.
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You'd think she'd have an entire army of all my Charlotte's.
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I know sometimes I'm like how do I do this?
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I don't know. But yeah, yeah, I mean, I don't
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have a choice. That she doesn't have a choice,
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that people demand it. Yeah.
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Well, OK, let's segue. Let's go, let's go.
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OK, so today we're talking about High School Musical.
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I'm excited. Can't believe it.
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So I'm curious, what made you want to discuss this movie?
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When I think about like nostalgia for me, I feel like
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High School Musical is probably one of the like OG movies,
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especially Disney Channel. If you know, you know, like I
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was born in 96 Disney Channel was that girl the the original.
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I remember like the movie coming on and it came on like late at
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night, like right before school started, like the season of
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school. And I was like, Oh my gosh, I
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have to watch like High School Musical.
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Obviously Zac Efron was a heartthrob.
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Obviously Vanessa Hudgens was just like one of those girls.
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Like I remember like listening to her music and I was just so
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excited for this movie and then the delivery of like all the
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fashion. Oh my God.
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Iconic We would not. OK, we would not have Ashley
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Tisdale wearing jeans on the red carpet without High School
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Musical. No, and like the.
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Imagine where we'd be if we didn't have that look.
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And the layering of like the camis and the asymmetrical shirt
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dress and the sequence scarves A.
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Lot of scarf hats, girl. The hats, the hats, The hats
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could have their own. Episode really.
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Literally yes. The first scene of what's his
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name? It was like Ashley Tisdale's
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brother. Ryan.
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The first scene of his hat, it was like a golf leather bright
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green. Oh my gosh.
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It was just very interesting. Yeah.
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And while I may personally have never worn that, I think that
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they definitely influenced a lot of like limited to and justice
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yes, where like I just wanted to go and get that exact outfit
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completely. I wanted to have that, like,
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flamenco dress that Ashley Tisdale has in Bob to the top.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes, I mean, I, I genuinely want
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to know like what was the budget for the clothing, right, like
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just back then? Right.
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I want to know too, because this movie was only the budget was
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only $4 million, which like for a for a made for TV movie is
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still like pretty small. They must have spent like half
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of the budget on costumes. I mean, let's be real, the
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scenes were basketball court, school cafeteria, like, so I
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feel like maybe they got like an abandoned high school and
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they're like, all right, we're not spending budget on set.
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We're spending it on outfits. Yeah, I think that that's
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probably what they did. And because like also all the
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actors of the time, like nobody knew who they were.
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Oh my gosh, I know. I was watching it last night and
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I was like, oh, bless their hearts.
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I know. Like you could tell they were
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like, like as a first, like real big movie.
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You're like, oh, they think they're killing it.
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Oh my. God.
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Which God bless, they are at the time they were in.
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Their own way, in their own Disney Channel way.
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Yeah, in the way that like. I mean, let's be real, it was
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probably like the stepping stone to their real, true careers.
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I mean, we wouldn't have Dylan Efron on the Traders if we
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didn't have Zac Efron on High School Musical.
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Zac Efron walked so Dylan could run.
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So that he could do those push ups in the B roll of the traders
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make everyone thirsty. I wonder.
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OK, so let's talk about let's talk about high school.
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What were you like in high? Like did you like fit into like
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a stereotype like these movies? Did you fit into like a neat
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little box, or were you kind of doing your own thing?
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I was definitely a lone survivor.
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Yeah. I was not as cool as I am today.
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Yeah, and thank and thank God she didn't peek in high school.
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Thank God. Yeah, everyone else peeked for
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sure. My peek is now so.
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And that's, I know that's right. I love that.
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No, I was definitely the girl who, like, ate lunch in the
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bathroom. Oh my God.
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By myself. I hung out with my teachers a
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lot because I didn't have friends.
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Yeah. And the friends I did have were
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haters on me. So yeah, it was a very sad
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story, honestly. But I did take four years of
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entrepreneurship and look at where it has led me today.
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Girl, and look at where you are. It's weird though, because like,
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I wasn't a nerd. I wasn't a popular girl.
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Yeah. I wasn't like, I don't know,
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like I I kind of just was like, by myself a lot.
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And like, I did have friends here and there, but I didn't
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have like a clique. Yeah.
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I didn't have a group. I don't know, like those years
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were so traumatic that like it's like, I don't know, I don't even
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know how I survived. But definitely shout out to one
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of my teachers. She's like with the one who
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really helped me go. I kind of just like survived to
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get through high school, but I just like I had no fashion sense
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of any sort. I wanted to be like everyone
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else. Like I remember like Sperrys
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were the thing and I really wanted Sperrys.
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I always wanted Uggs the Ed Hardy belt.
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Absolutely. Wait, can I ask you a question
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about Uggs? So when I was in high school or
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junior high in high school, my calves were like too big for
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Uggs. So I had to wear like the little
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Uggs and like the Ugg slippers. One time I got, I got called to
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the principal's office because they were like, those are
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pyjamas and you can't wear pyjamas.
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I said hello. It has a sole on the bottom.
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Stop discriminating against me because I have such.
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Strong calves? No, I had chicken legs.
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Yeah, so. But me now.
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No. Me now, absolutely not.
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Yeah, I could never. Yeah, I do have Uggs, but
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they're platforms and so they're the lowriders.
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Yeah. But back then I had like the
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tall chest, the chestnut color. I.
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Got it. The tall, tall ones like that
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was my thing. Iconic.
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Yeah. I'm so sorry for your Ugg
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crisis. Yeah, it was tough.
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It was tough because I did, you know, I was able to cut corners
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with a lot of the trends, you know, like I wore the
20:43
Abercrombie jeans. I just tried to get them.
20:45
Hemmed because they were You know, I.
20:48
This won't surprise you, but I was a little shorter than my
20:51
classmates so. I I was, I was fairly short too.
20:55
Yeah, totally. But I was thinner back then.
20:58
However, I was called fat a lot, of course, but as kids do, I
21:03
was, you know, £100 soaking wet. So it's like, yeah, whatever you
21:09
say. But I also did like the
21:11
Hollister shirts and the Abercrombie.
21:14
And yeah, I do miss those days, not gonna lie.
21:17
Yeah, sometimes I miss like, OK, so you know how Abercrombie is
21:20
like totally rebranded. They're like 100% different.
21:23
I do kind of like, I do sort of miss the days when you'd walk
21:27
into an Abercrombie or Hollister and be like, it's dark in here,
21:30
where am I? Yeah, and you like can't see,
21:32
but you could smell. Yeah.
21:34
You can't. You know, you're rounding the
21:35
corner in the mall and you say Hollister is coming up.
21:38
I do remember I just found a picture of my childhood bedroom
21:41
and I had an Abercrombie bag taped to my wall.
21:46
Girl. Insane.
21:48
I had in my bedroom growing up I had a wall that was all cork
21:53
board. Yes, my entire cork board wall
21:57
was Abercrombie, Hollister and American Eagle bags.
22:00
Yes. Just took the bags, cut them up,
22:02
put them on the wall. That was the thing though was
22:04
like, hang the bag, you see the men with the ABS.
22:08
Yeah. And I mean we all, we all wished
22:13
wait. They were there and we were in
22:16
our rooms. Oh God.
22:19
So I feel like when I watch High School Musical, the thing that
22:22
is the thing that like is confusing to me based on my
22:26
experience is like, I don't think that people at my high
22:30
school were put in a box extracurricularly because they
22:36
needed to like maintain the status quo.
22:38
It was truly the like, who has time to do more than one thing?
22:42
Like, I mean, you, we see it in High School Musical when the
22:47
audition and the decathlon and the basketball game are all
22:53
going on at the same time. I'm like, that was every day in
22:55
high school. How did anyone, how could anyone
22:58
be in a play and play basketball?
23:00
There's simply not enough time. I think High School Musical
23:04
definitely gave a false depiction of high school IRL
23:12
because to me it was like, OK, go to high school, learn, and
23:15
then that's it. And then like, yes, there were
23:16
the people in football. Yes, there were the people in
23:18
basketball, but it was like it felt almost separate.
23:21
And it wasn't like, I don't know.
23:24
It was just definitely like, this is not it.
23:28
High School Musical glamorized. Of course it's like.
23:31
Of course it's like a Disney Channel washed version.
23:35
Of course high school, it's like a caricature of high school
23:39
because it has to be because it's a Disney Channel original
23:41
movie. But I'm like, I don't know.
23:44
I mean, yeah, obviously, like kids in high school can be so
23:47
mean. They're mean to you, my queen.
23:49
But they also, I just don't think that people in my high
23:54
school were so wrapped up in like, you can't do this and
23:58
this. No, it was like, well, you can't
24:01
because literally there's no time.
24:04
Yeah, and and it's like, at what point did these parents think it
24:09
was OK to just put their kids into a full time job?
24:12
Right, like hello. Where are the parents?
24:14
Where are the parents? Because what is going on?
24:18
Truly, I feel like the the thing that really makes High School
24:24
Musical different from other Disney Channel original movies
24:28
is, well, first of all, the soundtrack and its success,
24:31
like, it went like quadruple platinum.
24:34
It became so commercially successful.
24:38
It became so popular. It was such a staple.
24:40
Like, even more than Cheetah Girls, which is really saying a
24:42
lot. Oh my God, Cheetah Girls.
24:44
Cheetah Sisters. I'm about to watch that tonight.
24:46
Oh my God, please do. I love that movie.
24:49
We did it on the podcast a few years ago and I was like, I
24:52
think I need to watch this maybe once a month to keep morale up.
24:56
Honestly. Those girls.
24:58
Could never be problematic. Never.
25:00
It's a perfect movie. But I digress.
25:04
But we digress. That's not what we're talking
25:05
about today. But it was.
25:07
So there was this musical episode of Even Stevens.
25:11
You remember Even Stevens the show, of course.
25:13
So they did a musical episode of Even Stevens and it was super
25:16
successful. So then they were like, OK,
25:18
we're going to do that with that.
25:19
So Raven. And then they did that and it
25:21
was really successful. And they were like, OK, we're
25:24
going to do Cheetah Girls. Cheetah Girls was super
25:27
successful. That was the first like Disney
25:28
Channel original movie musical, yes.
25:31
Travel to Barcelona, The girls incredible, so good.
25:35
So then that's why they were like, OK, we definitely have to
25:39
do another musical. Right.
25:41
Yeah. And honestly, they nailed it.
25:43
Because in my opinion, like when I feel like sometimes people can
25:47
get so lost in translation that like when you have something
25:50
good and then you try to keep it going, sometimes you either
25:52
overdo it, you underdo it, or you just nail it.
25:55
And that was High School Musical in this case.
25:57
Absolutely. They nailed it and this was a
25:59
perfect time for me. When this came out, I was in 6th
26:02
grade, so I was like kind of, I wasn't in junior high yet, so I
26:07
wasn't too cool for. Disney so funny that you say
26:10
junior high. Right.
26:11
Do you say middle school? Yes.
26:14
Wait is I thought junior high was high school?
26:17
No junior high for us. OK, so where I grew up,
26:20
elementary school was kinder in the 6th grade, junior high was
26:24
7th to 9th grade, and then high school was 11:50.
26:27
I know it was A. Weird, my mom was shaking her
26:29
head yes too. Wait, where did you grow up?
26:31
Fort Collins. Oh, here.
26:33
Yeah. Because for me, elementary was K
26:37
through 5th. OK then.
26:39
Middle school was 6th through. 8th and then the rest was high
26:43
school, Yes. OK, Yeah.
26:45
But I never called it junior high.
26:46
It was elementary middle high. Yeah, high, yeah.
26:49
I feel like it's middle school when you include like 6th grade.
26:52
Yeah, I don't know. I don't truly know the
26:55
difference. But I always thought older
26:58
people said. Junior high.
27:00
Not that you're OK, Boomer. Not that you're not much older
27:03
than. One year older than you.
27:06
Oh, that's what older people's typically.
27:08
You're like, oh, so you think I'm Yeah, wise?
27:12
Your mom in the background with you don't even wanna see how
27:15
disappointed she is in Becca. We're so sorry.
27:18
So hi, Winnie. We have Winnie the Dog with us,
27:22
of course. So anyways, I wasn't too cool
27:27
yet for Disney Channel. By the time that High School
27:29
Musical 2 came out, I had to kind of, I was like on that line
27:33
where I was like, so I am gonna watch it, but I don't know if
27:36
I'm gonna tell people I'm gonna watch it.
27:38
You're like, did you see a High School Musical last night?
27:41
Oh, no, Me either. No.
27:42
Oh yeah, like. Testing the.
27:43
Waters you're like, so High School Musical is so cheesy,
27:47
right? And then you're like, Oh no, I
27:49
loved it too. You gotta test those waters.
27:52
You gotta test the waters. So I'm proud to say today that I
27:57
when I first saw it, I did love it.
27:59
I was like, this is everything. I thought Zac Efron was such a
28:02
heartthrob. The songs were absolute bangers,
28:05
the choreography iconic, the outfits iconic.
28:08
The the way in which like it just it's almost like, I mean,
28:14
AI could never oh, AI could never it like if you said make a
28:21
perfect musical. Make a perfect musical.
28:26
No AI could never like they literally could never.
28:29
The soundtrack itself, so original, like they deserve the
28:34
recognition that they got. I agree.
28:36
I agree. They had Kenny Ortega directing
28:39
and choreographing it, and he's like the guy.
28:42
He's like the basketball. Scene.
28:44
Girl, every time that I hear squeak on a basketball floor, I
28:48
want to break out in a song. But also like the the path that
28:53
it LED for almost all of the actors and actresses.
28:57
Yeah. Like Corbin Blue.
28:59
Yeah. Loved him.
29:01
Didn't he do that like, one off movie on his own?
29:03
Yeah. He did what?
29:04
Was it called again? I can't remember what it was
29:05
called, but he he really had his moment.
29:08
That was my favorite. He was also a really incredible
29:10
singer. And he's married.
29:13
Is it he married to the girl from High School Musical, Ashley
29:16
Tisdale? No.
29:18
The girl who he like is paired up with at the end.
29:21
I can't remember her. Name the girl like the smart
29:23
girl. Yes, Oh my God, I'm almost
29:25
positive I can't. We'll Fact Check it later.
29:28
Don't quote me on it, but I just saw a picture of them together.
29:30
That's a world I want to live in.
29:32
It's a world where. They're it makes me happy when
29:34
characters, actors and actresses in movies are like married in
29:39
real life. Like for example, from Revenge.
29:41
Did you ever watch Revenge? No, I never watched it.
29:42
You have to. OK, she is like the girl, the
29:46
main character, and then the guy that she is, like trying to get
29:49
killed or whatever. They're married in real life and
29:51
I love it. They've been together for like
29:53
years. That's like my favorite thing
29:55
ever. Oh, and the people at Disney
29:57
Channel, they knew that when they set up.
29:58
OK, I I'm gonna say this is alleged.
30:03
I think that the relationship between Zac Efron and Vanessa
30:07
Hudgens was APR relationship. But that makes me sad though.
30:12
I know it wasn't a range, but I do believe that they.
30:17
Wouldn't be as successful as they are now if they hadn't
30:21
done. They're like, Oh my God, and
30:22
we're dating. I think you're right.
30:24
But also, but also devil's advocate, they were young.
30:29
That's so true. They're both extremely
30:30
attractive. Yeah.
30:32
So maybe it was legit, but I could see where you're coming
30:35
from. But it's, yeah, I think that
30:36
that's an excellent point because, yeah, I mean, look at
30:40
all of the gorgeous people in this movie.
30:41
I'm sure that they're like, you know, we're here morning till
30:45
night rehearsing. What else are we going to do?
30:48
You're like. I get to fake kiss you, but then
30:50
it turns into spark. You're like, maybe I'd be like,
30:56
yeah. Maybe it was more.
30:58
Than I mean come on though, who doesn't like find Zac Efron
31:02
attractive? Truly who?
31:04
And Vanessa, she's stunning. She's got her sneakers on.
31:08
She's gorgeous, Vanessa. So OK, of course, Vanessa
31:13
Hudgens has had kind of a funny career.
31:15
And right now, I think that she's still kind of, well, at
31:18
least the first thing that I think of when I hear Vanessa
31:20
Hudgens is that clip that she posted right at the beginning of
31:24
COVID where she was like, people are going to die, and that's
31:27
inevitable. She got a lot of backlash from
31:29
that. She really And honestly, here's
31:31
the thing. Nobody asked Vanessa Hudgens
31:33
what she thought about. COVID.
31:35
They're like, oh God, COVID is here.
31:37
Let's ask Vanessa Hudgens. Yeah, get Vanessa Hudgens on the
31:40
line. High School Musical star Vanessa
31:42
Hudgens. Let's find out what she thinks
31:44
about this new virus. That's the thing.
31:46
Sometimes, like, I do believe that celebrities with a big
31:50
platform have a responsibility to, like, speak on their values.
31:54
In some ways, yeah, I don't. For the most part, I'm like, you
31:59
don't have to. Nobody asked.
32:01
No, nobody asked Marky Mark what he would have done if he was on
32:07
the plane during 9/11. That honestly kind of like
32:10
brings me back though, like when COVID really when it was called
32:13
coronavirus. Oh my God.
32:15
That brings me to Cardi B coronavirus like like did we ask
32:20
her what was? Going on no one said get Cardi B
32:23
online to discuss thoughts on COVID.
32:26
Like that just really brings me back to like March 2020.
32:30
My God, girl, when every celebrity was going on live and
32:33
being like, I don't know if it's a big deal.
32:37
Wow, what a time. Vanessa Hudgens, she could have
32:40
kept her mouth shut. But Zac Efron, of course.
32:43
He's an A Lister now. Like he's, he's the guy, he
32:48
became the hot guy, and he's still the hot the.
32:50
Hot guy like neighbors. Hello.
32:53
He's still. In everything he does, even when
32:56
he had that like. Surgery.
32:58
Crazy surgery. I was like, OK, he looks insane
33:02
not. Gonna lie the AI photos.
33:04
Caught me though. You were like.
33:06
He jumped to be weird. Yeah, it was giving handsome
33:10
Squidward do you know? What I'm talking about, of
33:13
course. It was scary.
33:16
The cheekbones were like. I know they were truly like I
33:21
was just talking with a friend yesterday and first of all, I
33:23
want to say like, if you get if you get plastic surgery
33:27
listener, there's no shame. Here we are we.
33:29
Love, bodily body autonomy. We do never say that, right?
33:33
But you know what I'm saying? You know what?
33:34
We love you for you. We do.
33:37
One thing I think I will never do is get filler because of that
33:42
AI image of Zac Efron. I'm like, but what if I got it
33:45
got out of hand? That's valid.
33:47
I have filler in my lips and you can't even tell.
33:50
So I think there's an appropriate way to approach it.
33:52
But even if you approach it non appropriately, then that's what
33:56
you want. Yeah, totally.
33:57
And I mean, filler can dissolve. You can dissolve it.
34:00
It's like it is. You're gonna be fine if you got
34:04
filler and you're like, do I look like Zac Efron?
34:06
No, you don't. But you might.
34:08
But you might. So that's where I'm like.
34:12
Just don't go to his guy. Whoever his guy is, don't do it
34:15
and don't let people put AI photos out there.
34:19
If you if you can. If you can handle it, if you can
34:22
avoid it. OK, so let's talk about let's
34:30
talk about some of the most iconic parts of this film.
34:34
I always know it's going to be good when you laugh.
34:36
Because I'm like getting right. I'm getting ready to make myself
34:39
laugh and make you laugh. Musical When the drama teacher
34:44
calls the musical the musical. I think she was trying to do
34:47
something, yeah. She was like, I'm trying to like
34:49
start a trend, she said. Fetch is never going to happen.
34:51
She was trying to make fetch happen.
34:53
Yeah, she said maybe in the spring musical.
34:56
I do love the trope of like a really over invested drama
35:01
teacher who's like, stage is life, theatre is life.
35:04
She's got her like Speaking of fashion, she's got her like long
35:08
sweaters and jackets with like a brooch on everything.
35:10
You know that she, I mean, they're living in, you know that
35:13
she's buying turquoise every weekend.
35:14
And brooches are trying to come back.
35:16
I don't know. They really are.
35:17
Yeah, thanks. But it's coming back
35:19
differently, like filling out an entire plain tote bag of
35:24
brooches to be like the thing, not like you're wearing it as a
35:27
brooch, right? It's because when I think
35:29
brooch, I think like 80 year old woman at your local church.
35:33
Totally. We think church lady when we
35:35
think brooch. Yeah, I think like actual, real
35:39
granny. Yeah like I love granny core
35:43
don't love brooches for me. Yeah totally.
35:45
But I loved the theatre teacher in High School Musical.
35:50
She kind of reminds me of Mia's mom on Princess Diaries.
35:55
Yeah. Very spirited, very whimsical.
35:58
Totally loved her. She's like art is life.
36:01
Yes, I'm just a free thinker. But also, if you're late for a
36:04
rehearsal, you do not respect the.
36:07
Yes, I was. I was laughing because when I
36:09
was watching High School Musical last night, one of the first
36:12
scenes is like, your phone is going in the bucket and you're
36:15
getting detention. It's like jeez, I know class
36:17
just started. She's like she would be the
36:20
teacher that would be on strike with the SAG actor saying no, do
36:26
not use AII love it for the theater, for the movies, for the
36:31
show. She would, she would be very
36:33
anti, you know, high tech in yeah, in the theater and I love
36:38
her. Though she's.
36:39
Love her. Who I would aspire to be if I
36:42
was a teacher. Me too.
36:43
Yeah, unlike, unlike Troy's dad. Just like B Ball's life.
36:49
Yeah, the dad is giving. Like, you're gonna outlive my
36:52
dream. Because like, we know Zach
36:56
wanted to, you know, sing a little.
36:58
Totally. God forbid a man wants to sing.
37:00
God forbid a man can read music without having ever sung before.
37:04
Come on. That was also one of my favorite
37:07
parts of this movie. I think the most iconic is right
37:10
off the bat a Disney movie. Waste no time.
37:13
We start and within 3 minutes these kids are singing.
37:17
Yeah, they're a nightmare. Spotlight have to go.
37:22
It's. Like I Can't Sing.
37:26
They don't even, OK, So obviously they direct them so
37:29
that their body language is like, oh, I don't know if I can,
37:31
yeah. She's like reading her book at a
37:33
party. She's like, I'm just a weird
37:37
little freak. I'm just trying to read.
37:39
I'm just kind of like the math girl.
37:42
Yes. Which I of course, I love when
37:44
they make the most conventionally gorgeous girl be
37:47
like the nerd. A weirdo, right?
37:49
But their voices are perfect. They aren't even quiet in the
37:53
beginning. They're not even like, trying to
37:54
be a little shy. They learn how to read music
37:58
pretty much immediately when they start rehearsing with that
38:01
girl who wears the hats. Talk about hats.
38:05
Yes, amazing. I well, I don't think I'll ever
38:08
be a hat girlie. I'm just a trucker hat.
38:09
I think that's about it. Yeah, totally.
38:11
I don't I can't get into the like berets and isn't that what
38:16
it's called? Yeah, the beret.
38:18
And like, there's another one that's like short and it has
38:21
like a very small bill. Yeah.
38:23
I just can't maybe. Is that a beret?
38:26
That's no, it's not a beret, but it's similar.
38:28
It's kind of a cousin to the beret, I would say.
38:30
I just, But she rocked them and that's all that mattered.
38:33
But of course. Being in drama, that was her
38:37
thing. Of course.
38:38
I mean, talk about Sharpay and Ryan and their hats.
38:44
That's where most of the money went to.
38:47
That honestly, $2,000,000 of the budget went to Sharpay and
38:51
Ryan's hat because there is one thing that I noticed this watch
38:55
around that I had never watched before like had never noticed
38:58
before. In bop to the top at the very
39:00
end of the song, Sharpay is climbing up the ladder.
39:04
Ryan climbs up the ladder. He's wearing like a little
39:06
fedora and when she says the final bop to the top, she.
39:11
Bops him on the head. She goes bot of.
39:14
Course she does. And I said that wouldn't be, as
39:17
that wouldn't be possible if he wasn't wearing that kooky hat.
39:20
Yes, I think that that was like his staple were the hats.
39:24
Yeah. They were always outlandish,
39:27
never made sense, and today could never.
39:30
Could never. That's another thing that going
39:35
back to the question of was this like, like real high school?
39:41
Absolutely not. If you were caught wearing any
39:43
of that, where were the skinny jeans, girl?
39:47
I know. Not a single pair.
39:49
Yeah. Not a single pair with skinny
39:51
jeans and that. Yeah, they were all wearing like
39:54
kind of boot cut jeans. With crazy shoes and almost like
39:59
dresses with jeans. Yes, as Ashley Tisdale on the
40:03
red carpet showed us icon, one of my favorite iconic.
40:07
Moments, I will say that was iconic.
40:09
Yeah, and we'll never forget. No, we'll never forget it.
40:13
OK, more more iconic outfits, a lot of big belts.
40:18
Yes, and not as a functional belt, just as wearing.
40:23
Exactly. Like not through the loops, just
40:26
as like over. Yeah, it would be completely.
40:29
It would be like a big ass belt beyond the size of the belt
40:33
loops, just kind of over. And then?
40:36
Or sometimes the the waist belt. Yes, yeah, I did wear waist
40:40
belts. Girl, I wore a waist belt like
40:42
every day, every every time, I'd say.
40:44
What does this outfit need? It needs a belt it.
40:47
Needs a belt and I would. Oh my God, I belted the shit out
40:51
of. I'm sorry.
40:51
I belted the What the heck? It's OK.
40:55
Thank you. Thank you.
40:56
Yeah, I, I used to have the one that had like the three circles
40:59
and you would put them in like this and they would go like that
41:02
with the like with the very thick elastic.
41:05
Yes, exactly. And it was probably like bright
41:07
orange. Mine was.
41:08
Mine was black functional for every.
41:10
Outfit totally matches with everything.
41:13
Speaking of, this is a movie of bright colors that don't go
41:19
together, even in like a pretend world where we're like, OK,
41:23
Like, you know, it's contrasting.
41:24
It would be like brown, purple and green.
41:27
OK. But to be fair, yeah, brown and
41:29
purple and brown and pink were like iconic that.
41:32
Oh yeah, totally. Like I think of the limited to
41:35
monkey girl he was always with brown and pink.
41:38
Exactly. And that was like my thing.
41:39
I loved a good brown and pink. Oh, me too.
41:41
But I was watching last night and there was like a baby blue
41:45
and like a bright orange and I'm like, in what world would you
41:47
pair these together? It just had to be as loud as
41:51
possible. Yes, they said colors.
41:53
We don't see them. Or we do and.
41:56
We or we do, and we need everyone to see them.
42:01
I'll also the the shrugs like the little like the things that
42:06
were just like shrug Bolero, yes.
42:10
A bolero. I just remembered that word the
42:12
other day. That's.
42:14
Amazing, because in my head I call everything a cardigan.
42:17
I've learned that it's not. Boleros are coming back in.
42:20
I have seen. I will not be partaking.
42:23
And my arms. Are a hair too big?
42:25
It would just look like a tissue paper.
42:30
But I love for the people who can pull them off.
42:32
Absolutely. We encourage, we love whatever
42:35
they decide to do. Definitely are coming back.
42:36
I actually just sold one. Really.
42:39
It was from Torrid. Oh, wow.
42:41
And it was like just a very tiny.
42:42
It was like a nice sweater material.
42:44
But it was definitely a bolero. Yeah.
42:46
And I was like, how do we wear these though, right.
42:48
Especially as a plus size person.
42:50
Yeah. How are we pairing these?
42:51
So if you would like to show me, please slide into my DMS.
42:54
Yeah, truly, I would like to know.
42:55
I want to know. And then of course we have
42:59
Corbin Blue walking around with the basketball as an accessory,
43:02
as one of my favorite things in teen movies is the sports person
43:08
walking around at all times with the ball.
43:11
Yes, yeah. For example, Secret life of
43:14
American teenager yes, the varsity jock always carrying a.
43:19
Football always got a football. Always.
43:21
Yeah. And then Corbin, his basketball
43:24
for me, it's giving high school purse for the men.
43:27
Exactly. High school MERS.
43:29
It's sort of like an emotional support ball, you know?
43:33
And also like, yeah, I'm a basketball player, but you won't
43:36
know unless I'm holding my basketball.
43:38
Right. Truly.
43:38
And it's sort of like, I mean, we're meant to believe that he's
43:41
one of the star players. Like you would think people
43:43
would know, but you never know when you're going to be
43:45
presented with a basket that you could throw a pot to roll.
43:48
So, you know, there is that. Oh my.
43:51
Gosh, the team behind you, I'm screaming.
43:54
I know, right? The headbands, the.
43:56
Headbands. Yeah, a lot of headband and
43:59
berets and head, you know, accessories.
44:02
In general, yeah. Yeah, overall an insane time for
44:06
fashion. The shirts were so.
44:08
Long, very long, very like double layered and I don't know,
44:13
I don't know. I'm very like sensory with
44:16
clothing. I loathe layering.
44:19
And it's funny because I almost wore a double shirt today and
44:22
then I ripped it off and was like, no.
44:23
You're like, I'm gonna be uncomfortable.
44:24
I can't. Yeah.
44:26
And I wonder if I have, like, trauma from layering camis.
44:32
Yeah. Because you remember it was like
44:33
1 cami, 2 cami and then a shirt over that.
44:36
Sometimes I I would be wearing 3 camis at a time.
44:41
You were trying to create shapewear.
44:43
Yeah, shapewear for teenagers. But I just like, I can't do
44:49
that. And that's what I noticed
44:51
consistently. So like in one of the first
44:53
scenes, Ashley Tisdale is wearing like, what seem, I don't
44:59
know if I call it like a tunic or a dress or both.
45:02
But it was like it was so many layers, so much length that it
45:07
came to like, their knees. And then a belt and a scarf and
45:10
a hat. And it's like, are you hot?
45:13
Are you overstimulated? Because I am watching you, Yes.
45:16
I and they're always running around too.
45:18
Yes, you know they're going from class to class.
45:21
They're bopping to the top. Exactly.
45:24
I mean and. Also the culottes like the
45:27
gauchos. Yes.
45:29
I would say bring them back. I actually saw a pair yesterday
45:33
at the thrift store. They were brown.
45:34
Oh my God. Which is like the.
45:36
That's the color, the gaucho. Yeah, totally.
45:38
I had mine. Mine had like a little belt that
45:41
went along with it. My favorite?
45:43
Pair of gauchos and the the thick 90s sandals with the
45:47
stretchy strap. And when you walk, it's like,
45:50
it's like very loud. Yeah, totally.
45:52
Let the people know you're coming.
45:53
Yeah, You know, OK, probably. To me, in a movie that is of
46:00
course really cringe because it's a Disney Channel Original
46:02
movie, The part that is cringiest is when Troy goes to
46:07
Gabriella's house to apologize and he just starts singing at
46:10
her. Could you imagine opening your
46:12
door and just a man singing? Yeah.
46:15
And it wasn't like like he didn't have a company.
46:18
He wasn't like, hey, could I sing you a song?
46:20
I wrote this song for you. I mean, he just sang the song
46:22
that they were doing for the callback and it wasn't like, you
46:26
know, obviously in the world of the movie, they they break out
46:29
in song, right? It's like they go.
46:31
It's like. Constant flash mops.
46:34
Exactly. But this was not, this was,
46:36
we're meant to believe. Like he showed up at her house
46:39
and actually just started singing.
46:42
And that, to me, was hard to watch.
46:44
That was very hard. It was tough.
46:46
It definitely was hard for me. I think it's like the overly
46:50
characterized like talking. Yes, it's the Disney Channel
46:54
style of talking where they're like Troy.
47:00
I don't know if this is really a good idea.
47:04
It's, yeah, it's it's like so obvious that it's like, let me
47:08
get these kids some acting lessons.
47:09
It's sort of like it reminds me a lot of really old movies when
47:13
they do like the the what is it called?
47:16
Like Mid-Atlantic accent where they're like, oh boy, I guess
47:19
we're going to the color show. Like Disney Channel is very
47:23
similar in that people just talk in a way that nobody would talk
47:28
in real life. It's as though they're even on a
47:31
stage. It's like they're like, okay,
47:34
you better make sure to project. Yeah, it's, but they don't have
47:38
to. But I think High School Musical,
47:39
especially because it is a musical show.
47:42
Yes. It was like extra, Yeah.
47:45
It was like extra done, yeah. It's what you think of when you
47:49
think of what are high school theater kids like.
47:53
OK, yes, two AT yes, you nailed that.
47:57
Yeah, and not, and I'm not just talking about Sharpay and Ren,
47:59
I'm talking about all. Of them, all of them.
48:01
All of them especially. Yeah, No, for sure.
48:04
Like you. You definitely nailed that.
48:06
Yeah, good job. Thank you.
48:07
And they're like. But Troy, you're gonna miss the
48:11
big game. Yeah.
48:12
Like the first one of the first scenes of Gabriella and Troy at
48:17
high school. She was like, I looked for you
48:19
after and I couldn't see you. And it's like, you gotta just
48:22
been like, hey, I missed you. Yeah, at the thing.
48:25
But I was looking for you. OK?
48:29
I don't know. I don't know if Ariana Grande
48:32
was directly inspired by Vanessa Hudgens, but when Vanessa
48:36
Hudgens was giving any line delivery in High School Musical,
48:40
it brought me to a place of Ariana Grande as Linda in
48:46
Wicked. I will have to admit that I have
48:49
not seen Wicked yet. OK.
48:51
And that's. But I've heard good things.
48:53
But I'm also like, just not. It's a long movie, I will say
48:57
that. I know, but I'm not.
48:59
Isn't it like a Broadway type thing or like what's the thing
49:03
like? Yeah, it's.
49:04
It was originally a Broadway play.
49:06
Yeah, and I actually know the original soundtrack.
49:09
Yeah, from when it was stage production.
49:12
Yes, yeah. But I haven't seen it yet.
49:14
Yeah. Well, I'll tell you what, Ariana
49:17
Grande kind of has this like. That's also like who she is now,
49:22
though. It used to be so hearthy.
49:24
And now totally. And now she became like what?
49:27
Every time, every time you see her do anything, she goes.
49:34
She definitely has like many personalities.
49:39
Yeah, and she's really stuck on this one.
49:43
I'm not sure if I like it. Yeah, I used to be a big Ariana
49:46
Stan and not like any hate towards her, but totally.
49:50
It's like, who are you today? And who are you, girl?
49:53
Just just figure it out. And we hope that you do.
49:57
Thoughts and prayers. But I really do think that,
50:00
like, if we didn't have Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella in High
50:05
School Musical, would we really have Ariana Grande going?
50:08
Yeah, but also she kind of played that role in Victorious.
50:12
Oh, really? Well, I didn't really watch
50:15
Victoria's that much, but like I've seen clips and I feel like
50:19
she kind of was that and maybe Vanessa kind of like.
50:23
Yeah, inspired her, totally. I mean, I think it could have
50:27
been OK. The one part that I'm like, I
50:31
don't know if that aged great, even though I do love it because
50:36
it's so funny and over the top. Bop to the top when?
50:41
When Ryan and Charpay do bop to the top, it is kind of just
50:45
these white kids coming in and being like mucho gusto.
50:49
Oh my gosh. And of course, if you were in
50:53
theater or in choir in high school and you're a white kid,
50:57
I'm sure that you've had a director like choir director or
51:00
whatever, you know, had you sing a song in another language or
51:06
in, you know, like another cultural style and, and it
51:11
didn't land I. Was in chorus and we sing a song
51:14
from like Zimbabwe or something. Oh, yeah, We always had to do.
51:17
There would be like, it would be like the Christmas show, but it
51:20
would be like, OK, but we need to throw a couple more things
51:22
and be like, we're doing this. We're doing this traditional
51:25
Zimbabwe song and one Jewish song.
51:30
So it kind of, I mean, it really brought me back to that place of
51:33
being in high school in the early mid 2000s when the when
51:39
the white kids would. Try to like honor a culture and
51:45
and you can just tell. And you can just.
51:47
Tell I don't think it aged bad, so I think it did age.
51:49
Well, yeah, I feel like it was just sort of like, oh, I
51:54
remember that time. Yeah.
51:55
You know, like a for effort for sure.
51:59
I mean bop to the top. Yes, at least they weren't
52:01
wearing sombreros it. Could have been so much worse.
52:05
It really could have been worse, and that's a great thing.
52:09
So and then I also love the line that Ryan says when they do
52:16
their first audition, when he does a jazz square and Sharpay
52:22
is like, why'd you do a jazz square?
52:23
And he's like, everybody loves a good jazz square.
52:25
It's a fan favorite. Probably one of my favorite
52:28
lines. I love that I, I think something
52:31
that I noticed, which this is completely random, but I'm just
52:35
saying it out loud because it's in my mind is in every show.
52:40
Obviously, I mean, this is all TV.
52:42
Like we all know this, especially back in the day,
52:44
everyone's skinny and and then like the one fat person you're
52:51
like that's a size 10 at best. Yeah, you're like, that's a
52:54
really quite. Small person.
52:56
And then they always make them like very like I'm not like
53:01
lonesome, but like they're definitely not popular.
53:03
Oh, definitely. I'd love to see a High School
53:05
Musical with some big bodies. You know what I'm saying?
53:07
Me. Too, Because.
53:08
The one girl, I can't remember her name, she had like the curly
53:11
hair. Oh yeah, do.
53:13
You remember her name I. Don't remember her name but I
53:15
know who you're talking about. Yeah, and she was like the only
53:18
bigger body person. And that's just why I remember
53:20
like looking and being like. And probably back in the day I
53:22
was like, Oh my gosh, she probably is fat.
53:24
And now I'm like girl, girl, girl.
53:27
Yeah. And then same with I think her
53:30
name was Monique. Yeah, yeah.
53:32
Yeah, the one that Corbin is allegedly married to, according
53:36
to me. But she was kind of like, not as
53:39
thin and she. Wasn't as thin as the rest of
53:41
the girls, right? Yeah, from what I remember.
53:43
And it's like it's always like the POC or like just like the
53:46
one offs. Totally, totally.
53:49
It's a side character. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
53:52
It would have been really, really cool if we had Gabriella
53:56
just like a. A thicker Latina cast me.
54:02
Big, big booty Latina. Cast me.
54:05
I Can't Sing, but I'll I'll dance.
54:06
For you, totally. She'll dance.
54:08
She doesn't even need to sing, just put somebody else's track.
54:13
Over it, exactly like she did, yeah.
54:14
Probably, yeah, Actually one piece that I of information that
54:18
I learned this time that I had no idea was that Zac Efron
54:24
actually didn't sing in the first one.
54:26
I feel like I heard that, yeah. But he did in the in the second
54:30
and third one. When he's like.
54:32
Yeah, when he does, bet on it around the golf course.
54:34
That one was probably my. I think the second one was my
54:36
favorite. Really.
54:37
I feel like I vaguely remember the third.
54:40
I actually never saw the third I.
54:41
Don't think I've seen the third. That was the only one that the
54:44
only Disney Channel movie that premiered in theatres.
54:47
OK, yeah, maybe that's why I didn't see it, but I do.
54:49
The second one was my favorite. Yeah.
54:51
The first one, of course, is original, so it'll always be a
54:54
favorite. Yeah.
54:55
But like, I feel like Zach really got like into his self
54:58
and all of the characters kind of got like their own like
55:01
writing versus like the first one, I feel like they're all
55:04
kind of like a team. They're paired.
55:06
But the second one, I feel like we got to know like each
55:08
character about it totally. And I loved, like, everything
55:11
about it. I loved every single one of
55:13
them. I think that Ashley Tisdales
55:15
character Sharpay is one of the best high school villains.
55:19
She's so fabulous, she's so dumb.
55:23
That was like one of my favorite songs.
55:25
Oh my gosh. Iconic.
55:27
Still is. Yeah, Every time I go to a pool,
55:30
I think of that. Song, you better turn it on.
55:33
I know, right? But truly, she is such an icon
55:38
and she's just got her little brother just doing everything
55:42
that she says. I love that.
55:43
I wish I had a little like peasant brother.
55:46
I know me too and I do everything.
55:47
For me. So I can go bop.
55:51
I need to watch that now, like that part because I don't, I
55:53
don't think I recognize that part.
55:55
It was it was incredible listener.
55:57
You got to go watch bop to the top and just when they go up
55:59
that ladder and she goes bop to the top, just bop them.
56:04
OK. I feel like we are sort of
56:07
rounding the corner to the end. We've got sweet Charlotte here
56:10
who I think is probably getting ready to ready to run around my
56:15
assistant, yes. And boss and boss.
56:19
Frankly, let's be real. And my boss, frankly.
56:22
But is there anything else about this movie that we didn't
56:25
discuss that you wanted to call out before we get out of here?
56:30
I'm trying to think. I think just like what I said,
56:33
like I, I just feel like I noticed that like one person was
56:37
like the bigger body. Yeah, because I'm trying to
56:39
think, did they have any? Like I always like now that I'm
56:42
older and I'm more like aware of things, I'm like, did they have
56:46
a person of color? Did they have a bigger body?
56:48
Did they have a? Wheelchair totally.
56:50
I that's one thing. I don't remember them having a
56:53
wheelchair kid in this movie. I think that maybe in the second
56:58
or maybe in the second one they had a kid in a wheelchair, but
57:01
maybe not. I feel like today, today like
57:05
they are really good at like marking all the check like the
57:08
boxes totally. And back then it was kind of
57:11
just like, who are the hottest people we can get in?
57:14
Totally. They're like, we're gonna, we're
57:16
gonna do the bare minimum. They're like, look, the
57:19
secondary character, it is half black.
57:22
I gave you a black man. Yeah.
57:25
Is that not good enough for you? Who, Of course.
57:28
He's like one of the only black kids at school.
57:30
Monique, I think, is her name. Yeah.
57:32
She's also one of the only black.
57:34
But at the school, Smart. And then, of course, they found
57:36
each other. It's like, well, of course.
57:39
We can't have interracial couples.
57:40
No, they're like, well, we have black people, So what else could
57:45
you ask for? Yes, but is Vanessa Hudgens
57:49
Spanish though? I believe so, yeah.
57:51
OK, so they're like, OK, we've got white, we've got Spanish,
57:55
we've got a little chunky girl. Yeah, I think they, I think like
57:59
high school. I think Disney Channel tried to
58:02
like tried. I think if they were to exist
58:05
today and redo things it would be like so much different.
58:09
Yeah. And but here's The thing is that
58:11
like, would it even, would it even make a difference in like
58:14
how people are treated behind the scenes or like how the
58:17
actors are paid, you know, like that's.
58:19
Honestly, one thing I feel like I didn't hear much of, because
58:22
you know how like now there's documentaries about Nickelodeon.
58:24
We hear a lot of like the negative.
58:26
Yeah, I feel like I didn't hear as much about Disney.
58:29
Yeah. Or at least like this cast
58:31
specifically, right? Because, you know, like the
58:34
Amanda Bynes show, like most of those characters were affected.
58:38
So I'm like, I wonder if like, the High School Musical people
58:41
were interviewed. How was your experience?
58:43
How were you treated I wonder, Unless I'm missing something.
58:48
Yeah, we might be missing something, so I didn't think so.
58:50
We didn't do like the. Best.
58:51
Research. We didn't do a deep dive
58:53
homework but. No, but I but you know what I
58:56
mean? Like, I wonder.
58:57
I mean, they all seem to be doing well for themselves.
58:59
So maybe like, I wonder, like, what's the crossover between
59:01
Nickelodeon and Disney? Right.
59:03
And like we often talk about how people who were Disney Channel
59:08
stars ended up becoming like, really mentally unwell.
59:11
But like, you know, it's. Like the shows versus the
59:15
movies, too. Exactly.
59:17
Because like Raven. Yeah.
59:19
And them. But that was like a whole show,
59:21
right? Versus the movies.
59:24
Right. So yeah, was there like
59:25
different kinds of pressure, I imagine because like, it's a
59:28
shorter time that you spend filming and.
59:31
Or, like the producers, I just keep seeing the.
59:32
Picture I love those, love those kids.
59:35
Yes. But one other thing is that,
59:38
like, a lot of them did look like they were in high school,
59:40
Like Zac Efron looked really young.
59:42
Some of them looked like they were in their 30s.
59:44
But a lot of them did look like, oh, they could actually be. 18 I
59:47
mean, Vanessa looked really young in the first one.
59:50
Yeah, and same with him. He was pretty young.
59:52
I think Corbin as well. I feel like maybe some of the
59:55
like background people could have looked a little older, but
59:58
maybe they were like who cares? Yeah, they're like, they're not
1:00:00
important. They're in the background,
1:00:02
whatever. Well, Becca, thank you again so
1:00:06
much for coming on. All I can say is get your head
1:00:09
in the game. Bop to the top.
1:00:13
And bop to the top and and we're breaking free, right?
1:00:17
We're soaring, We're flying. Oh yeah?
1:00:19
What's your favorite song? Oh, that's a great question.
1:00:24
I would say that one. Soaring and flying, Yeah.
1:00:28
The breaking free. Breaking free.
1:00:30
That was like on repeat. But if I ever wanted to feel
1:00:33
like hyped up, it's definitely bopped to the top, yeah.
1:00:37
Bopped to the top, I couldn't help but dance when I heard it.
1:00:40
Yeah, it's. That one's a classic, I think.
1:00:43
I honestly think as original as the first ones are, the second
1:00:47
High School Musical two had a better soundtrack for me.
1:00:49
Yeah, like everything just felt more like.
1:00:52
Yeah, it was a it was a lot more like power balance, yes.
1:00:56
The first one was definitely a good intro, but of course you
1:00:58
can never say no to the basketball scene.
1:01:02
Of course, I think that's my favorite one is get your head in
1:01:04
the game. Yeah, with the squeak, squeak.
1:01:06
Yes, but I think the first song that they sang, like the karaoke
1:01:10
night was a really good intro. Yeah, I agree.
1:01:13
But it was also just so random. You're like, OK, we're just
1:01:15
getting thrown right in. They they just are like.
1:01:18
Like you said, they literally wasted no time.
1:01:21
They gotta wrap it up really quick.
1:01:24
That's what they do. It's Disney Channel, they said.
1:01:25
We're putting this in 80 minutes. 4 million budget.
1:01:29
Let's go. Let's go.
1:01:30
We got it was. Your favorite?
1:01:32
Like if you had to pick just one.
1:01:34
I would say Get your head in the game is my favorite.
1:01:36
A good one. Yeah.
1:01:37
I love it. Incredible.
1:01:41
OK, well, let's let's wrap it up.
1:01:42
Will you plug your socials again?
1:01:45
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1:01:48
That's like the OG main platform that I do all of my work on at
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Okay, yeah, and I'm going to put all of that in the show notes
1:02:11
listener viewer. So definitely recommend that you
1:02:15
give Becca follow and especially if you're a plus size girly or
1:02:21
non binary. Or any because I do carry men's
1:02:25
clothes too. You do?
1:02:26
Oh my God, you guys, I just do. Tend to learn more towards like
1:02:29
a femme. It's more femme, but everybody.
1:02:33
And if you get in a new edit and you're a man, I'm more than
1:02:35
happy to. I do anyone.
1:02:38
Oh my God. Amazing.
1:02:39
OK. I'm so glad to know that my mom
1:02:41
goes. She goes what?
1:02:42
I will service anyone. I will help anyone dress, she
1:02:48
said. That's.
1:02:49
Not much better. Well, I'm so glad that we were
1:02:53
able to get you on the show today.
1:02:55
Thank you again for dressing me. Of course, anytime.
1:02:58
I feel so like every single piece that I got, I squealed.
1:03:03
It made me so happy. I felt so seen.
1:03:07
I felt so like confident that things were like going to fit
1:03:11
well and not, I didn't have like, I mean, obviously I did
1:03:13
try everything on because I was like, oh, this is so fun.
1:03:16
But I didn't have to have that anxiety of like, is this going
1:03:19
to fit? Is this not?
1:03:21
I didn't have to have that like just the exhausting process of
1:03:25
like going through. I love this.
1:03:26
Everything. Yeah, exactly.
1:03:28
And so I'm just, I feel like everything that you picked out
1:03:34
for me, I just feel so confident in and it's so comfortable and
1:03:37
just like suits me. It makes me so happy.
1:03:40
So thank. You so happy.
1:03:42
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