The best hack for wardrobe overwhelm.

Your weekly dose of style inspo: Tina Abeysekara's 3-step solution to solving your wardrobe crisis, our big Fashion Week recap, and the affordable jewellery we love.

May 21, 2025

The 3 ‘wardrobe gaps’ you need to deal with.

By Tina Abeysekara.

Capsule wardrobes are often framed as the solution to style overwhelm. A tidy edit of timeless pieces that all "go together."

But here's what I've learned, both personally and professionally: A capsule means nothing if it's full of clothes that don't feel like you.

You can have the so-called essentials: the blazer, the jeans, the white shirt. But you still feel disconnected from your wardrobe. Sound familiar?

Jessica Leahy wears a Hansen & Gretel outfit at Fashion Week.

On this week’s packed episode, model and journalist Jessica Vander Leahy joins Leigh to spill all the tea on Australian Fashion Week - from the runway highlights to the trends that are actually worth adding to your wardrobe.

Plus, Jess shares her genius tip to help with outfit indecision (it happens to us all).

Listen below, then check out their boujie and budget recommendations.

Boujie and budget.

Jess is living in vintage tees and worn-in denim, while Leigh’s eyeing off luxe shirting and cosy knitwear.

Shop their picks.

Clockwise from top left: Jess's boujie: Nagnata Denim Jeans $450, and budget: Route 66 Vintage Tees. Leigh’s boujie: Rebecca Vallance Hazel Shirt $349, and budget: Staple The Label Fluffy Knit Jumper $99.

'The 8 affordable pieces of jewellery I'd buy again.'

The greatest investment I've made in my style is assembling a small army of gold adornments that bring me endless joy to mix and match daily.

And interestingly, the items that always get the most compliments or questions aren't the most expensive. They're the everyday styles I've collected from Australian brands.

If you're keen to add to your collection, here are 8 pieces you won't regret purchasing.