Episode 5: Intentionally Creating Your Future Self Through Style with Becca Piastrelli
Description
In today’s episode, Elsa welcomes client Becca Piastrelli to the show! Elsa and Becca talk about everything from the striking clarity that Becca has in her personal style (and how it happened), and the ever-looming temptation to copy others’ style (and lose yourself in the process), to how elevating Becca’s style to meet where she was going in life has brought her joy and success in dividends.
Becca Piastrelli is the author of Root & Ritual: Timeless Ways to Connect with Land, Lineage, Community & the Self, and is the host of the Belonging podcast. She teaches and speaks on the nature of belonging and what it means to be alive in the Age of Loneliness and holds retreats to help women reconnect with their rooted sense of self. She currently lives in the Hudson Valley of New York with her family where she gardens, cooks, mothers, and gathers with the ebb and flow of the seasons.
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SHOW NOTES
0:41 - Introduction to today’s special guest: Becca Piastrelli
2:44 - Becca shares how her view on style has changed since beginning her work with Elsa
6:02 - Why working with Elsa was a clear decision for Becca, even with so much going on in her life (new baby, pandemic, book launch, etc), and how we need to show up to match our own hard work
9:26 - Becca shares her story of style and her body and how she got found clarity around her style direction
13:08 - Why Elsa calls herself the anti-fashion stylist - and some history around loss of expressing our belonging through fashion
14:31 - There are options out there, you just have to take control of the narrative and make it yours
15:36 - On the issue of taking fashion marketing personally
16:08 - Becca discusses her most recent life changes and meeting who she is becoming in style
20:35 - How Becca feels her approach to style will impact her daughter
22:56 - Who Becca looks to for style inspiration - and the important reason she chooses personal style over trends (and someone else’s style) every time
27:30 - Why you should note inspiration when it happens
28:17 - The ever-looming temptation to copy someone else’s style
29:58 - On embracing the practice of returning garments you don’t like for the sake of experimentation
31:20 - Becca shares the garment in her closet that makes her feel beautiful, confident, and the best version of herself!
32:44 - Episode wrap up!