dressing up

Today we're back with our Halloween special episode part two and this week we're talking about the kinds of people everyone sees on Halloween. Are you the group costume junkie? Do you plan last minute? We'll definitely be seeing you on Halloween. Joss and Jen also talk about the sexy Halloween costume culture and how social media has influenced this. 

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Pat and Alora get right after it talking about their favorite past episodes. There have been some great ones like, the Mandela Effect and the Cereal Challenge.
We can only hope that there are many more milestones for us to chat about in the future.

Funny about Dressing Up - there was some miscommunication of what that meant and its comical.  

Also, the beginning of the episode Pat apologizes to Alora for throwing her a hard curve prerecording and then getting angry at her for not having an answer.
 
Guess what parents, that is not a fair thing to do to your children or anyone else. Pat had the reminder that his and Alora's brain are different and he can't have the same kind of expectation of her as he has for himself.
 
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The guest this episode is Holly Swinyard, style chameleon in many a Cosplay getup. Holly is editor and podcaster for the Cosplay Journal, a contributor to Chap magazine,

We talk about having fun with clothes, dressing for pleasure and self-confidence, conformity, ignoring rules and how cosplay intersects with dressing up in our daily lives. Oh, and a shared admiration for books the late Terry Pratchett.

You can find Holly Swinyard on Instagram as @lilistprince and on the Cosplay Journal on the web.

Nick Johannessen is the host of Garmology, the editor of the WellDressedDad blog and WellDressedDad on Instagram. You can email Nick as WellDressedDad (at) Gmail.com.

Garmology is by Nick Johannessen. There is no advertising or sponsorship, but you are welcome to support the podcast via my Patreon at patreon.com/garmology or you can  buymeacoffee.com/garmology

Nick Johannessen is also the editor of the WellDressedDad blog and WellDressedDad on Instagram. You can email Nick as Garmology (at) WellDressedDad.com.

Garmology theme music by Fabian Stordalen.

Halloween is upon us, and Nate and Mitch are feeling spooky!

The boys start things off by discuss wrestling by tying it in to their last weeks discussion. We're tanning specific parts of the body while sounding like Obama. After a few opening bits of banter, we get into the topic at hand: Halloween. Candy, dressing up, trick 'r treating, etc. We cover it all and having the fillings to show for it! Tight five returns with maybe a tweet edition? You be the judge. It also gets completely derailed by a joke not exactly being worded correct. The Goon Tribe t-shirt idea? We got those. After a classic Mitch pee break, we get into talking about a particular librarian we both had. We also talk about a different name for balls by a recalled childhood story from Mitch. The legend of the robot voice comes out to play and finish the episode out.  

At the end of the day, it's all love. Enjoy dressing up, have a piece of candy, throw on a horror movie of your choice and enjoy this year's Halloween festivities (socially distanced of course)

Nate and Mitch are Feeling Spooky, and we hope you are, too.

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Bethan Laura Wood is a London-based designer, who creates pieces for industry and the collectible market. In this episode she talks about her love for the material that made her name nearly a decade ago – laminate. 

A wide-ranging (and occasionally hugely intimate) discussion touches on the Royal College of Art graduate’s fascination with turning the ubiquitous into the precious, as well as focussing on her love of colour. 

However, she also tells us about her childhood growing up a little bit different in Shrewsbury; how being teased at school encouraged a sense of style that she has described as ‘Buckaroo meets Russian dolls’; and why her dyslexia may have encouraged a fascination with pattern.

 We also hear about her mother’s collection of fake fruit, which can’t be a bad thing. It’s a fascinatingly personal story from a genuinely unique design talent.  

You can learn more about Bethan and her work here: bethanlaurawood.com

“I am a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world” song by Aqua.

In this new episode of B2B, Astrid Zayas takes us on a journey of sharing how she went from getting rid of a lifelong of "you are beautiful" stereotype that she saw more of a contradiction (hint, hint, she didn't feel beautiful) to using that experience to help others let go of the image they were labeled as kids and create an image that best reflects who they really are.

In ASTRID WORDS:

Pretty? Maybe, but Beautiful, definitely not. The word sounded too big in my head, too arrogant. My mind would say: “Who do you think you are? Beautiful, really?”

I constantly thought: What if I don’t have that image of what beautiful is supposed to look like? Perfectly shaped curves, long silky hair, small waist, small narrow feet and feminine delicate hands.

Would they love me? Would they pay attention to me?

What if I don’t fit into that mold, would I be loved? Would I be noticed?

I just wanted to be loved and I did everything in my power to resemble that image of beauty. For instance, wearing smaller shoes so my feet would look smaller and pretty and not flat like they are.

I became what I hated the most, an object, a “Barbie Girl” and it manifested in every area of my life. School, Work and Relationships.

The funny and sad thing is that I showed a Perfect Image to the world, perfect life, perfect family, perfect Astrid while in the inside I was fighting what it represented, the shallowness.

This objectification from family, society and myself is really absurd and disturbing. I accepted it, breathed and lived it. And I HATED IT.

It has taken me a lot of years of deep personal work to change my belief system and to recognize that I am so much more than just an object.
 

I am smart

I am creative

I am persistent

I am strong

I laugh easily

I love with my whole heart

I love to dance and have fun

Knowing, understanding and appreciating those qualities in me gave me the courage to leave my corporate job and start leading a more fulfilling life. A life where I can help others let go of the image they were labeled as kids and create an image that best reflects who they really are.

Today, I am understanding that I can be Beautiful and that doesn’t mean that I am an object. I get to choose. 
Besos,

Astrid

Want to work with Astrid? Contact her at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/azayas/

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