WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.840 Welcome back to another episode of Excuse My Grandma. It's Kim and my cohost. 00:00:03.840 --> 00:00:04.720 Grandma Gail. 00:00:21.865 --> 00:00:36.130 So we have a lot of opinions about fashion on Excuse My Grandma, which is why we had to bring in the pro. Tanya Taylor, founder of Tanya Taylor, a brand that I am wearing right now and wear all the time. 00:00:36.130 --> 00:00:38.130 Yes. You do. I look beautiful in it, by the way. 00:00:38.130 --> 00:01:00.580 Oh, it's it's so flattering. Like, it just makes you feel like your best self all the time. She launched her namesake brand in 2012 at 25 and has since dressed Michelle Obama, Beyonce, Kristen Wiig, Tracy Ellis Ross. I could go on. And then she also recently launched her other brand, Delphine, which I wanna get into. 00:01:01.700 --> 00:01:09.620 I love having multiple generations on the pod. She brought her mom today. Yay. And multiple generations of entrepreneurs. This is so exciting. 00:01:09.620 --> 00:01:11.140 So welcome, ladies. You. 00:01:11.140 --> 00:01:11.540 Thank you. 00:01:11.540 --> 00:01:14.865 Thanks for having us. We love it. This is the 00:01:14.865 --> 00:01:16.465 first podcast you've done together. 00:01:16.625 --> 00:01:17.265 Oh, definitely. 00:01:17.265 --> 00:01:18.865 It's the first one I've ever done. 00:01:18.865 --> 00:01:20.385 Yeah. So You get used 00:01:20.385 --> 00:01:22.385 to it. You're gonna get addicted. You'll be here all the time. 00:01:22.385 --> 00:01:24.705 Is that right? Okay. I'm on. You will. 00:01:24.705 --> 00:01:24.945 Have you 00:01:24.945 --> 00:01:26.145 got addicted, grandma? 00:01:26.145 --> 00:01:40.030 Yeah. I sort of like Sometimes I'm it's more fun than others because I give my absolute opinion, but today, I love to have somebody my own contemporary or a little younger than I on the podcast. It gives a better perspective Yeah. To you young people. 00:01:40.805 --> 00:01:43.285 Well, fashion through different generations. Correct. They're just 00:01:43.285 --> 00:01:44.645 fun to talk about. Right. 00:01:44.645 --> 00:01:52.885 True. So okay. Going to the beginning, Tanya, you launched the brand at 25. I actually launched, excuse my grandma, at 25. 00:01:52.885 --> 00:01:54.805 Oh. Quarter of a century, hon. 00:01:54.805 --> 00:02:08.220 Yes. And I feel like it's obviously in hindsight, like, to create your own brand. At the time, did you feel like you were novice? Or like, did you feel like you knew what you were doing? 00:02:08.795 --> 00:02:16.555 No. I don't think I ever knew what I was doing. And I don't think I do now. Like, I grew up in Toronto. There wasn't a fashion industry there. 00:02:16.955 --> 00:02:36.645 I was definitely surrounded by incredible entrepreneurs like my mom and my aunts and my grandfather. So I knew what it looked like to enjoy starting a business. But I think you're so naive at 25 that it's almost to the what's good for you. Like, you have the courage because you're naive. You're not scared of what the problems might be because you don't know what they Yeah. 00:02:36.725 --> 00:02:44.645 Curious too. Yeah. Totally. And so you just have this like bold kind of point of view of like, I'm gonna try something. I'm gonna have a message that's different to share. 00:02:44.725 --> 00:02:55.080 And I have the family that's gonna support me and feel like I'm gonna give it a go. And I think that's probably like, you might not have started it when you're older. So it's, like, the right age. 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:59.240 Right. What was it like watching your daughter go through this process? 00:02:59.960 --> 00:03:26.920 A little bit scary, actually. I I know we're a business family, so we've always been creating businesses and building businesses. But then to to have my daughter announce to the many generations that fashion was her passion, which is really And we all yes. But we all stood there in it from a gas and oil and communications and everything, and we're going, what? 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:28.760 And my my her grandfather's 00:03:28.760 --> 00:03:44.025 saying, Virginia, what does she mean fashion? What's her passion? I said, well, dad, she has an economics degree from McGill. She is sounded and grounded. Don't worry. 00:03:44.185 --> 00:03:59.200 You always said, go find your passion, and it will never be a day's work. It will be just play. Yeah. So, dad, we gotta let her do it. But maybe she's coming back to the fold, but maybe not. 00:03:59.200 --> 00:04:00.480 Mhmm. It's a risk. 00:04:00.945 --> 00:04:01.745 Yeah. Yeah. 00:04:01.745 --> 00:04:09.905 We went to make remember, we went to Toronto recently. Oh, we passed it. Well, of course, we went to visit Miguel. We saw Miguel. Yes. 00:04:09.905 --> 00:04:19.840 Yes, we did. In the beautiful park right across the street. And we were up there on a project for the Marriott. Yeah. It had just reopened, and it's a beautiful city. 00:04:19.840 --> 00:04:21.920 Yeah. And we went to the wonderful museum. 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:23.360 Yeah. And we were there where there was a 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:30.215 graphic show on a lot of the buildings. They had a lot of graffiti was going on the on the buildings. Know, remember, you've blocked it out. 00:04:30.215 --> 00:04:32.535 I just say, I'm sorry. It was mon we went to Montreal. 00:04:32.535 --> 00:04:36.135 Montreal. That's absolutely right. That's Miguel. That's right. Miguel, though. 00:04:36.135 --> 00:04:37.255 Miguel. But I have 00:04:37.255 --> 00:04:40.935 been I'm sorry. You're absolutely right. I excuse me. Take it back. 00:04:40.935 --> 00:04:45.100 I have been to Toronto many times. You have not. We were in Montreal together. 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:50.620 You're right. But Montreal is an amazing city. Yes. It's it's the most fashionable city in Canada. 00:04:50.780 --> 00:04:52.460 Yes. Great restaurants. 00:04:52.460 --> 00:04:54.060 Great restaurants. Great restaurants. 00:04:54.060 --> 00:04:56.940 Met my husband there. Yeah. A romantic city. 00:04:57.020 --> 00:04:58.345 Oh, it is. It's a beautiful city. 00:04:58.345 --> 00:05:14.560 We met in college. So we both went to McGill University, and he knocked on my door. He was the new boy on the floor in the residence. And we became friends at first, but I just kinda knew when we first met. And you knew too when you met him the first You were like, that boy's different. 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:16.320 Like, that's a good match for you. 00:05:16.320 --> 00:05:19.600 Now are you in business? Is he at all involved in your in the business? No. 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:20.800 He runs a media company. 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:21.680 Oh, good for him. 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:29.040 Yes. He's he's in a totally different field, but like also an entrepreneur. So really interesting that he can kinda come home and talk about entrepreneurship a lot. 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:34.455 Right. So grandpa was the skeptic in the family at first. Skeptic. 00:05:34.455 --> 00:05:37.095 He probably thought she'd go into a more traditional 00:05:37.095 --> 00:05:37.655 Yeah. Exactly. 00:05:37.655 --> 00:05:38.135 Or take over 00:05:38.135 --> 00:05:39.095 his family business. 00:05:39.095 --> 00:05:41.655 Exactly. Come on in. 00:05:41.815 --> 00:05:44.455 You You had other choices. And you chose this. 00:05:44.750 --> 00:06:01.125 And and I kept asking her, are you sure? Right. Because as, you know, you go through evolutions of business, whether you're selling, you're moving, you're merging. And I said, are you sure? Because I'm giving you one last chance before I pull the trigger or do something to mom, I'm fine. 00:06:01.125 --> 00:06:05.125 Can we just stop at Burdaugh Gordon's? We need to get some shoes. 00:06:05.365 --> 00:06:07.045 Well Right. What I'll 00:06:07.045 --> 00:06:08.405 I'll go to. Yeah. 00:06:08.405 --> 00:06:24.200 That's what it's interesting And about fashion is it has always I've always wondered what drew me to it, and I think I've really realized in the last ten years that I do like I love people. And I think that designing and creating things is my way of getting to people. 00:06:24.200 --> 00:06:24.760 To meet people. 00:06:24.760 --> 00:06:45.520 And so it's it's a business at the end of the day that's very similar to how I grew up learning about the businesses you built with having a team that's your family, having your values be a part of what you create. But more so, I'm just, like, constantly inspired by all the new people we get to meet and that it's like a tool to kind of understand people more. Yeah. 00:06:45.520 --> 00:06:59.645 And it's basically geared because I've been in your shop on Madison. I went into I've looked at it. It's wonderful. Thank you. It's, I would say, geared for 20 40 year olds, would you would you say? 00:06:59.645 --> 00:07:13.700 You know what the coolest thing is about that Madison store is we have grandmothers and granddaughters and mothers coming in. It's very intergenerational. And we get these sales reports every day at 06:30PM, and it tells me about each person. Who's buying? 00:07:13.700 --> 00:07:14.980 Well, that's what I was interested. 00:07:14.980 --> 00:07:17.460 And, you know, for the first year and 00:07:17.460 --> 00:07:24.580 a half of having that store, we never put an age on the people buying things. And then in the last six months, I'm like, I'm really curious about age. Like, I feel like there's 00:07:24.580 --> 00:07:25.460 something who's the shopper? 00:07:25.460 --> 00:07:27.975 Why does someone named Kim come in every 00:07:27.975 --> 00:07:30.775 day. Yeah. Yeah. 00:07:30.775 --> 00:07:41.710 I need to know who she is. But now we have it by age. Okay. And that gives me a whole different perspective on what products sell to which people. And we're we're it's really broad. 00:07:41.710 --> 00:07:45.790 I'd say our main age range, so it's 35 to 45. Like, that's I would have guessed. 00:07:45.790 --> 00:07:46.110 I would 00:07:46.110 --> 00:07:47.230 have guessed that too. Mhmm. 00:07:47.230 --> 00:07:55.805 So then do you take that, like, analytics and business information, I guess? And does that ever affect your designs? 00:07:55.805 --> 00:08:13.070 Oh, yeah. Oh, on a daily basis. Like, the best part about our size of team, we have 40 people on our team, and having a flagship store in our backyard in New York. The best thing is that with that information every day, we're really reacting the next day. If everyone's loving green, well then we can Then 00:08:13.070 --> 00:08:13.630 push green. 00:08:13.630 --> 00:08:28.485 Track more green. Exactly. And it's nice to not be such a big company where that would take a while. Right. And there would be so many layers of decisions versus, like, the best thing about being a fun like, a fashion designer is saying, like, I can make that. 00:08:28.485 --> 00:08:30.885 And so we love having retail stores. 00:08:30.885 --> 00:08:31.525 See, I love 00:08:31.765 --> 00:08:42.000 and I'm gonna comment this because Kimmy has it, but not done the same way. You have those same pants Yeah. And I love the way she's put it with the striped shirt. And see, that took Tanya to do it. You would've said, oh, 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:42.560 I don't think I'm gonna 00:08:42.560 --> 00:08:44.000 put this striped with white 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:44.800 with Exactly. 00:08:44.800 --> 00:08:46.800 Right. But it's so cool. 00:08:46.800 --> 00:08:48.000 No. But this is cool. 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:48.400 Oh, thank you. 00:08:48.400 --> 00:08:48.960 And I love it. 00:08:49.035 --> 00:08:55.515 So And it's rainy outside of New York today. It's a weird day of like, what are you gonna wear? Right. So I feel like it felt comfortable. 00:08:55.515 --> 00:08:58.875 No. It's it's a great look. A very, very chic New York look. 00:08:58.875 --> 00:09:04.635 Thank you. Tanya, what's the best advice you think your mom has given you about business? 00:09:05.250 --> 00:09:14.290 Oh. I mean, her sense of resilience and perseverance is like the top of any human I've ever met. Like she has 00:09:14.370 --> 00:09:19.010 She's a Taurus. Yeah. So am I. There you go. My birthday last week. 00:09:19.155 --> 00:09:19.635 Oh, wow. 00:09:19.635 --> 00:09:21.955 Well, there you go. We stay with things. 00:09:21.955 --> 00:09:22.915 That's right. 00:09:22.915 --> 00:09:42.070 That's exactly it. She actually, I think it would be around a theme of stay with it because you have an amazing way of saying put one foot in front of the other. And I've called her even in recent years and been like, oh my gosh. Today was so hard. She'll let me say that for twenty seconds. 00:09:42.070 --> 00:09:50.150 Yeah. And then there's a really quick, okay. And now we're moving forward. And what are you gonna do differently tomorrow? And how are you gonna change your frame of mind? 00:09:51.075 --> 00:10:02.435 Huge optimist. Like realist, but like also framing it in, don't get stuck in the puddle. So there's a sense of progress, a sense of momentum that you're always kind of encouraging me to find. 00:10:02.900 --> 00:10:06.660 Which is great. Yes. You need that. You need that support system behind you. 00:10:06.660 --> 00:10:16.580 Absolutely. Quick interlude. Never thought you would be quoting, like, bringing in zodiacs. I know. I would be like, used to think that she would roll her eyes. 00:10:16.795 --> 00:10:18.955 Now you're relating Oh, on I'm related. 00:10:18.955 --> 00:10:19.355 Love how 00:10:19.355 --> 00:10:22.075 you're relating. Taurus is no Taurus. 00:10:22.235 --> 00:10:23.355 So true. That's so 00:10:24.635 --> 00:10:26.715 true. We know a kindred spirit will 00:10:26.795 --> 00:10:27.835 That's right. 00:10:27.835 --> 00:10:29.915 Oh. What's your sign? 00:10:29.915 --> 00:10:30.635 I'm a Pisces. 00:10:30.820 --> 00:10:32.260 Okay. I'm a Sagittarius. 00:10:32.260 --> 00:10:34.340 Okay. But I don't know enough about that. 00:10:34.340 --> 00:10:36.100 Yeah. I don't either, all those I 00:10:36.100 --> 00:10:37.140 know about my own. 00:10:37.300 --> 00:10:39.700 Yeah. I know. You really are a Pisces. 00:10:39.700 --> 00:10:40.820 Are you? I'm Okay. 00:10:40.820 --> 00:10:42.020 She's such a Pisces. 00:10:42.020 --> 00:10:42.340 Okay. 00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:52.865 Because it's, like, creative in your own little, like, world a little bit, daydreamy, very emotional, empathetic. Okay. And I'm I resonate. 00:10:52.945 --> 00:10:57.345 You know, we're pretty straight. I I know. Get on with it, girl. 00:10:57.425 --> 00:10:59.025 Yeah. Cut it out. Totally. 00:10:59.210 --> 00:11:00.810 Get alive. We've had enough. 00:11:01.450 --> 00:11:10.250 I wanna give you the same question. Is there anything Tanya has taught you about business by watching her run her company? 00:11:11.595 --> 00:11:40.735 Don't take it so seriously, I guess, on the reverse. You know, think Tauruses and or business people, certainly through the years that you had to fight to be a woman to be into business and being on those things, that we tend to be very perfectionists. And Tanya has break those shells of perfection, that it's okay to wear something like Right. 00:11:42.015 --> 00:11:43.055 To wear the white shirt. 00:11:43.055 --> 00:12:04.330 Exactly, but I'd have to wear the white shirts, you know? And Tanya sent me over seven outfits today. You look beautiful. Well, but thank you. And I'm cardi with an underpin, so there were a couple choices on that, but I said, no, no, you gotta do the all one color. 00:12:04.330 --> 00:12:36.560 That's just in my head. I can't go with the multiple. So, for her, I think, oh, well, you know, that's a whole new view on life. And not to get take myself so seriously, maybe, and to understand the same values are there that underpin our lives, and that we respect the creativity. That's one thing that we grew up with doing all the time is we were not television people. 00:12:36.640 --> 00:12:41.215 So, we were book readers and or Yeah. Creating 00:12:42.815 --> 00:12:48.095 we would do, like every weekend, we would spend eight to ten hours doing arts and crafts. 00:12:48.095 --> 00:12:48.975 Like paint walls. 00:12:48.975 --> 00:12:50.415 Love to craft. Yeah. 00:12:50.655 --> 00:13:03.130 And now I have two kids, and I realize they're so sporty. They're both boys. They're nine and six. And they all they wanna do hockey and soccer and tennis and golf. And I love doing that with them. 00:13:03.130 --> 00:13:11.345 But lately, I've felt like, wait. Why do I feel like I'm missing something on the weekends? And it's because I'm used to going and doing paper mache for nine hours as a kid. 00:13:11.345 --> 00:13:23.120 You have to And maybe take up some needlepoint. Yeah. Well, I thought you saying with your hands that or knitting or something that you satisfy your own thing and chill But for the boys? Now they're gonna leave them alone. 00:13:23.520 --> 00:13:27.120 Leave them alone. Don't let them play the No. And and 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:28.000 you're doing great. 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:31.840 To do, like, little like woodworking. Oh, woodworking. They're starting to 00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:34.925 No. But you make you do that bake a cake 00:13:34.925 --> 00:13:35.965 do thing. Cake. Oh, do a lot 00:13:35.965 --> 00:13:38.205 of So they all make hockey pucks and cakes. 00:13:38.205 --> 00:13:43.245 You know, like, is a cake, that show that you show they oh, it's on Netflix. It's amazing. It's like 00:13:43.325 --> 00:13:43.725 Is it cake? 00:13:43.885 --> 00:13:44.205 Soccer ball. 00:13:44.205 --> 00:13:53.480 Yes. Is it cake? A soccer ball. We do that, and then we call friends and family, and we say, which one's real and which one's not. And generally, everyone can guess the real. 00:13:53.640 --> 00:13:58.680 We're we're getting better. Yeah. And it's it's at least fun for them to, like, you know, use their hands or Mhmm. 00:13:59.320 --> 00:13:59.880 Sounds great. 00:13:59.880 --> 00:14:00.600 That's something I learned 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:00.920 from you. 00:14:00.920 --> 00:14:07.865 Those moments and in those memories for you Yeah. That I feel like it's great to try to recreate that in your own home. Totally. Yeah. 00:14:07.865 --> 00:14:08.985 Absolutely enjoyable. 00:14:08.985 --> 00:14:10.585 Yeah. It's been good fun. 00:14:11.705 --> 00:14:15.465 I wanted to ask if you always were going to name the brand Tanya Taylor. 00:14:16.920 --> 00:14:26.680 My it's funny. My husband has asked me, like, in reflection, would I have called it Tanya Taylor? I think so. I think it's so personal. Like, it's been from the very beginning 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:28.200 It's yours. Yeah. 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:45.825 From the very beginning, I felt really confident making it a reflection of who I was. And so it just always felt natural that it would be called that. I never thought about giving it like a brand name. Like, never felt like it should feel like a brand. It should feel like a story, and it should feel like it's connecting to people like a person would. 00:14:45.825 --> 00:14:46.065 Right. 00:14:47.140 --> 00:15:01.380 And so I I'm happy it's called that. It felt different to, like, have people call pick up the phone at your office and be like, hello. Welcome to Tarte Tiller. And you feel kinda disassociated with, like, your name. But, no, I'm I'm really I'm really happy with it. 00:15:01.380 --> 00:15:01.620 Mhmm. 00:15:01.875 --> 00:15:08.995 If people critique the brand, which never happens, but it can be worse, do you feel like you take that 00:15:08.995 --> 00:15:12.435 even more personally because it's your name? At the beginning, 00:15:12.515 --> 00:15:12.755 for 00:15:12.755 --> 00:15:15.395 At the beginning Mom remembers. 00:15:15.395 --> 00:15:22.740 Yeah. Oh, yeah. Well, the first couple collections, you know, it's your art. Right. It's your expression. 00:15:23.220 --> 00:15:40.125 And what? They didn't like it? Is Vogue gonna write the, you know, lovely Yeah. And that was hard. You know, it's like biting nails and, wow, I feel like I'm in a movie show and everybody's gonna come out with some saint to say about my daughter. 00:15:40.125 --> 00:15:46.910 And she took it as to herself in the early years for sure. Until you get a little leather skin. You get 00:15:46.910 --> 00:15:47.630 a little tougher. 00:15:47.630 --> 00:15:52.430 I remember I used to have we used to do runway shows, and we used to do shows in Fashion Week when that was really 00:15:52.510 --> 00:15:53.870 When that was happening. Yeah. 00:15:53.870 --> 00:16:03.005 I would know that about five hours after that show, our Vogue review would go up. And I would go and lock myself in the bathroom Yeah. And I would read Hold 00:16:03.005 --> 00:16:03.405 your breath. 00:16:03.405 --> 00:16:11.005 And I'd read it over and over. And I would spin into, like, what do they really mean by that? And I it was not a good thing. No. I was too young. 00:16:11.005 --> 00:16:19.670 It was too much public kind of feedback when you hadn't figured out who you were. I we get a Vogue review now. I may read it the next day. 00:16:19.670 --> 00:16:29.835 Right. Like, I Well, it's also not as consequential. No. It really isn't. You know, I grew up in a fashion family, and that women's wear daily panned your collection, your season was over. 00:16:30.075 --> 00:16:51.710 That no longer happens because everything is online. The public is your critic. Absolutely. It's no longer the three people sitting inside of whatever magazine that you're depending on to read. So it's a very I think it's a much more it's on meritocracy more than on who somebody likes or whatever. 00:16:51.710 --> 00:16:59.395 One person's individual take. Yeah. I mean, you know, I watched that Met Gala the other night. I mean, please. I mean, that could be over as far as I'm concerned. 00:16:59.395 --> 00:17:09.395 I know. So, you know, but that's and that was my opinion last year. Now it's even more reaffirmed. You know, it's over. It's a moment in time that should move on. 00:17:09.395 --> 00:17:16.420 Just very much like a lot of other things that we have. You know, you have to move forward. There's a new world out there. Totally. 00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:21.380 Well, and I think your barometer of success is different. Like, I wanna see someone go into a 00:17:21.380 --> 00:17:23.700 change room, try and address, and feel really great in it. 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:26.755 Right. That is success to me. And if they don't feel great, 00:17:26.755 --> 00:17:34.915 I wanna fix that. And so it's nice that it's been kind of re centered around the customer and less about the industry. So I don't take it that personally 00:17:34.915 --> 00:17:35.395 at all. 00:17:35.395 --> 00:17:45.560 No, I think you're right. And it's better for your mind and better for your health because the customer likes it, that's all that's important. They're gonna come back. And I also think that's 00:17:45.560 --> 00:18:08.135 the same relationship with like Instagram. Like, think back in the day, you would really evaluate yourself through the number of likes and followers. And now, I know that there's it's so arbitrary. Like, I know that you don't have control over all those things. So as long as you like the content you're putting out and you think that you did your best job, then that's that's kind of how we evaluate if it works 00:18:08.135 --> 00:18:09.495 or not. Right? Yeah. Yeah. 00:18:09.970 --> 00:18:27.615 This episode is sponsored by Jitterbug, Age With Confidence. Excuse My Grandma, but she won't let anything take away her independence. Luckily, Jitterbug from Best Buy Health makes easy to use phones for older adults. The Flip two has big buttons and a simple menu. The Smart four lets her browse the internet with ease. 00:18:27.775 --> 00:18:45.820 She can even schedule rides with Lyft, upgrade to a preferred plan, and Urgent Response gives twenty four seven help at the touch of a button. Use code podcast 10 to save $10 on any Jitterbug purchase. Go to shop.lively.com. Offer expires 05/31/2026. Terms and services subject to change. 00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:50.515 Good job, Kim. Are you gonna ask about the new line? What the new line? 00:18:50.515 --> 00:18:51.715 Yes. No. 00:18:51.715 --> 00:18:59.475 I'm curious. Because Tanya Taylor was the was the original Yes. Which I think is fabulous. So what made you come into a second 00:19:00.030 --> 00:19:20.835 right now? So I I have a really I like going out. I've always had, like, a really I I kinda come alive at night more. I and my mom's an amazing entertainer. I grew up with great parties at home and, like, tablescapes and just this sense of, like, kind of theatrics Right. 00:19:20.835 --> 00:19:43.460 Around, like, how you entertain. And I've always felt like I wanted to get really great at contemporary fashion and build a brand that could be supportive of a team and grow quickly and, you know, be a bigger brand. But I always had this itch to develop something that was more vintage inspired, glamorous, fun, dramatic. Mhmm. And so it was really interesting. 00:19:43.460 --> 00:20:09.740 It kinda came about two years ago now where very quickly I was like, what if we created a whole other brand that could have its own personality? It's really fun for marketing. Like, it's interesting for me. I'm 40 now to say, I know how to describe and have a tone of voice around our Tanya Taylor brand, but let's have some fun and be a little bit kookier and more playful with this other younger, like, character. And our team has a blast with it. 00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:20.095 Like, we've developed who she is. And I think what's been interesting is she's my alter ego. Her name's Delphine, and that's what I my friends call me when I wanna stay out late at night. But 00:20:20.655 --> 00:20:23.295 How did that happen? How did they start calling you that? 00:20:23.775 --> 00:20:43.855 So when I was at McGill, I wanted to apply to go to school at Parsons. And for the application, I had to create a mood board of who my muse would be if I was a fashion designer. Right. And I actually took Tory Burch's head, and I put it on Bianca Jagger's body. And I said, this would be my muse, and her name is Delphine Pratt. 00:20:43.855 --> 00:20:50.735 And Pratt is my husband's last name. And we were broken up at the time. So I was, like, deeply manifesting the fact 00:20:50.735 --> 00:20:51.055 that I 00:20:51.055 --> 00:20:55.650 was no. Gonna be like, the coolest girl in New York. We were gonna get married. 00:20:55.730 --> 00:20:56.610 You have to. 00:20:56.690 --> 00:21:00.610 Name Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Totally. Like I was like, this is gonna be my life. 00:21:00.610 --> 00:21:14.065 And then when I was thinking about a brand name, again, I needed it to be personal. And I needed it to have some connection to, like, memory and what, you know, that person it means to me. But it has been 00:21:14.065 --> 00:21:16.305 what my husband and my friends have called me So fun. 00:21:16.385 --> 00:21:16.785 For years. 00:21:17.060 --> 00:21:23.860 Like It's so cool. We're on a dance floor, and they're like, oh god, when is she gonna leave? And I was like like, Delphine, come on. 00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:25.540 We gotta go. We're gonna be at hometown. 00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:30.980 And So Delphine's like a party animal, like, stays out late. Like, what else is she? 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:43.955 I think she's she's very bold, curious, single. Mhmm. You know, definitely toys with boys. Right. Like, she's just but she also dresses really confidently, and she loves the eighties. 00:21:43.955 --> 00:21:48.780 She loves, like, fun volumes, and she likes evening wear. 00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:57.660 So is that gonna go into your into your retail stores as a separate line, or are you gonna create a whole different store for that particular line? It's a 00:21:57.660 --> 00:22:08.645 really good question. I think we have we have a lot of people that want it to be its own store. For where we are right now, we have it sprinkled in our store. And we have customers come in just asking for Delfines. Great. 00:22:08.645 --> 00:22:19.320 Because they're hearing about it. We sell in Moda Operandi and Kirin Isabet. And so those are our two main retailers. Right. And they hear about it, they come in, and they try it, and they have a different customer base. 00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:19.720 Okay. 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:29.320 So I think going forward, it'd be so fun to think of, like, what does Delphine's world look like that is a little naughtier and different and separate. But for right now, they're kind of friends. 00:22:29.320 --> 00:22:32.680 Yeah. Wait. Virginia, have you met Delphine real life? 00:22:32.760 --> 00:22:36.185 Yes. I have. What was your reaction? And I've taken her home. 00:22:39.225 --> 00:22:43.945 So good. She hosted my bachelorette party, so I would say Delphine was on full force 00:22:44.185 --> 00:22:44.985 In Barbados. 00:22:44.985 --> 00:22:45.385 In 00:22:45.385 --> 00:22:46.985 In Barbados. Okay. Yeah. 00:22:46.985 --> 00:22:49.110 It's so fun. Oh my god. 00:22:49.110 --> 00:22:49.270 Love it. 00:22:49.270 --> 00:22:53.030 You have a you are a Delphine too. I would say, like, there's a shared 00:22:53.190 --> 00:22:56.390 Well, I think everybody has Every that. Delphine in them. 00:22:56.390 --> 00:22:57.510 Delphine in them. Yeah. 00:22:57.510 --> 00:23:06.595 Like, we have a tradition on New Year's Eve that we often in our, like, amazing evening gowns will jump into the pool at midnight. And that's like a very Delfin move. 00:23:06.915 --> 00:23:08.995 Right. So 00:23:08.995 --> 00:23:17.860 funny. Is there any inspiration you've gotten from your mom or your, like, your grandma when it comes to fashion or even, like, a piece they've passed down to you? 00:23:17.860 --> 00:23:32.935 So many. You guys had such epic, like, eighties fashion, specifically the sweaters, I think, have been memorable to me of just how wild, like, there would always be like a cheetah with, you know You 00:23:32.935 --> 00:23:34.215 had that kind of stuff. Right? 00:23:34.215 --> 00:23:35.815 Well, yeah. But that was the moment. 00:23:35.815 --> 00:23:46.970 Yeah. I that moment. You've kept a lot of your handbags and shoes, and grandma had a great sense of color. Like, she always wore cardigan sets and these amazing colors. 00:23:46.970 --> 00:24:07.775 And beautiful suits. She had Beautiful suits. Her our my mom passed just only a year ago. And so when you're going through a lot of her clothes in various locations, and I was in Florida and I'm looking through these suits and things, and I thought, you know, I better call Tanya because they're very vintage Right. For 00:24:08.575 --> 00:24:09.455 be wearing them. 00:24:09.455 --> 00:24:23.270 Exactly. And so, Tanya says, Mom, send me a video. And so, I'm describing as I'm going through, and then I do the same in Toronto. Mom, those are amazing suits. I said, They really are. 00:24:23.270 --> 00:24:35.055 And I actually don't remember my mom when she always wore all these different ones. Obviously She kept style. She had the occasions, and that was wonderful. 00:24:35.135 --> 00:24:41.070 She had a bold sense of style. Oh, very much. Even since she passed her jewelry that you've like 00:24:41.150 --> 00:24:41.790 Oh, yeah. 00:24:41.790 --> 00:24:47.310 She wore these like she would go she would get them custom made in Palm Beach. And they were these like 00:24:47.470 --> 00:24:48.110 West Palm. 00:24:48.270 --> 00:24:52.190 Epic, crazy, like, chunky, kinda cool, with pearls, 00:24:52.190 --> 00:24:53.070 and like It was very cool. 00:24:53.070 --> 00:25:06.715 That style. And I thought that was so cool to see, like, just what she chose when she could custom design something, and how, like, strong of an aesthetic. This is definitely in your blood. And and my grandma sewed all your clothes. 00:25:06.715 --> 00:25:15.060 Well, we all sewed. So, you know, I always say to people, and I is that I never had a Botton dress until I was 23 years old. 00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:15.700 Bless you. 00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:36.365 And so, I made all my own clothes, and my mother knitted, so we all sewed, and my sister as well. And Tanya, you know, in brownies, she had to get her brownie sewing badge, and she really didn't wanna do it, but we all didn't understand why not. Just sit there and do the lines, Tanya, and you'll get your badge. So we 00:25:36.365 --> 00:25:42.670 used to all do that. It's so fascinating. That's a skill that they've lost in schools. I know. Because we all did it. 00:25:42.670 --> 00:25:45.950 We had classes in sewing. We had classes in woodwork. 00:25:45.950 --> 00:25:47.230 I definitely thought. 00:25:47.310 --> 00:26:04.325 No, no, no. You were long gone. Even your mother didn't as well. But I grew up in a school where you had to learn how to sew, how to repair a bench, how to do vocational skills that serve you well into whatever career you're having. It's always good. 00:26:04.325 --> 00:26:09.690 You can't sew a button on, you bring it to me. I mean, you know, We try to you know? 00:26:09.690 --> 00:26:11.530 Because why would I learn when I could just bring it to Well, 00:26:11.530 --> 00:26:12.330 that's bummer. 00:26:12.490 --> 00:26:19.850 One day grandma won't be around. Hopefully, will be. But anyway but it is a skill, and it it's a wonderful skill to calm us down. 00:26:19.850 --> 00:26:22.925 I know. I wish they still had that. Our son actually has woodworking at school. 00:26:22.925 --> 00:26:24.365 Which I think is terrific. They do. 00:26:24.365 --> 00:26:31.565 It's terrific. He did like a little car this semester. And I just think that's like those are life skills that are Well, really great to 00:26:32.765 --> 00:26:45.840 Sawyer wanted what did he want for his birthday last year? And he turned five. And and I said, what do you what can grandma get you for your birthday? Grandma, I want a sewing machine. I said, oh, okay. 00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:48.080 So what color? Red. Okay. 00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:48.640 That's so cute. 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:53.235 That's fine. Yeah. Leave it with me. And in came the sews pillows. He needs 00:26:53.635 --> 00:26:55.155 nonstop pillows. Yeah. This is 00:26:55.155 --> 00:26:56.275 like Better thing. 00:26:56.275 --> 00:26:58.435 Yeah. But it's so cute. 00:26:58.435 --> 00:26:59.955 Oh, he's so cute. Yeah. 00:27:00.035 --> 00:27:09.230 That's so I think sub like, subconsciously, like, I never really know if my kids know what I do. But then when he starts making blows, I'm like, wow. I'm like, you know what 00:27:09.230 --> 00:27:13.710 I do. The showroom. Yeah. How has motherhood changed the way you design? 00:27:14.110 --> 00:27:33.810 I think when I for me, when I became a mom, like, it's all about feeling function like, functional clothing matters. Right. Like, in any given day, I'm running around the the city in so many different neighborhoods. And so I think comfort, I think the idea that you're just moving more. And I also just wanna feel, like, polished. 00:27:33.810 --> 00:27:47.225 I wanna feel feminine. I wanna feel like I can look like I'm dressed up without trying so hard. There's an easiness to it. And I think as a business leader, being a mother has been so great. Like, it has helped me feel more focused. 00:27:47.225 --> 00:27:48.665 And you just have less 00:27:48.665 --> 00:27:48.905 time. 00:27:48.905 --> 00:27:53.545 You have less time to to to waste. Exactly. You have to get everything done in a day. 00:27:53.545 --> 00:27:58.250 Yeah. No toiling with Right. Should I? Like, you just have to make that choice. Yeah. 00:27:58.250 --> 00:28:06.410 I want to talk about what to wear on a date a little bit Okay. And get everybody's opinion. Oh. Oh. 00:28:06.410 --> 00:28:07.530 First date. First date. 00:28:07.530 --> 00:28:08.650 Yeah. Well, it's been a half 00:28:08.650 --> 00:28:21.385 minute since I've been on a first date. Okay. And I feel like it's honestly easier to, like, dress to impress when you haven't met someone yet because you can wear the same, like Yeah. Outfit that you know is gonna work. 00:28:21.385 --> 00:28:21.625 Yeah. 00:28:21.625 --> 00:28:24.665 Obviously, you're not gonna wear the same outfit on every date once you're in a relationship. 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.560 Yeah. 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:29.960 But for people in a relationship, I also wanna hear how you can kinda keep it fresh. 00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.200 Yeah. 00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:33.880 So what would, like, all of your ideal first date outfits be? 00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:35.960 I love this. Why don't you guys start? 00:28:35.960 --> 00:29:06.070 I'm Well, I always said to Kim, well, I I had a million first dates, but I was married at 21, so I can't talk about it that long. But I always used to say to her, wear a pretty little sexy top. Doesn't have to be terribly sexy, but a little black little top off the shoulder, a little tiny neckline so they see your very pretty attributes, and then jeans or a pair of black pants because you don't know really where you're going on the first date. Usually, it's usually a bar or maybe a casual restaurant. So don't overdress. 00:29:06.135 --> 00:29:14.375 To me, underdressing is always better. My mother used to say never overdress. You can always add something to it, but you can't take something away really at the end. 00:29:14.375 --> 00:29:17.575 It's funny because most people say, like, they'd rather be overdressed. 00:29:17.575 --> 00:29:21.175 But I don't love that because you don't know the type of person you're sitting across from 00:29:21.175 --> 00:29:21.655 for a 00:29:21.655 --> 00:29:27.410 first date. Right. But something that's flattering on the top. Mhmm. So that when you're sitting across from somebody, they say, oh 00:29:27.490 --> 00:29:28.130 You're looking out. 00:29:28.130 --> 00:29:28.610 She's nice. 00:29:28.610 --> 00:29:30.450 She looks good. Virginia. 00:29:30.450 --> 00:29:45.745 Very difficult. I've not been on that many first dates, to be honest. And I I know one of my very first dates was your father, and and it was a purposeful trip. So you knew what to wear. You know? 00:29:45.745 --> 00:29:49.000 You're you're hiking or Right. Whatever. So Did you 00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:52.280 go hiking on your first date? She did. Oh, yeah. 00:29:53.000 --> 00:30:03.160 That's weird. And I came back with, yeah, with bleeding feet and stuff because you had to get your feet in certain shoes. Oh, right. Hiking. I mean, it was And your feet weren't No. 00:30:04.035 --> 00:30:26.050 They were not colorful. I like the high shoes and whatever in those years. But, yeah, I would actually echo what you were saying too, Gail, is that I would under underdress. I would not show skin. I would not be into the in fact, I'm against the cleavage and all this kind of stuff. 00:30:26.050 --> 00:30:34.635 If you've gotta show it, then I think you're missing your your whole selfhood, and you need to believe in yourself more. 00:30:34.635 --> 00:30:36.235 Yeah. Like giving the wrong impression. 00:30:36.235 --> 00:30:40.475 That's right. And leave something to the imagination. 00:30:40.555 --> 00:30:41.035 Oh, yeah. 00:30:41.035 --> 00:30:45.520 You know? And if it's not, then they're not worthy for your second 00:30:45.520 --> 00:30:50.640 date. Don't wear the skims underwear on the first date. Don't wear that. 00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:50.960 I don't know 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:54.960 where they found so many nipple bras about the nipple. Yeah. 00:30:55.520 --> 00:30:57.280 Oh, goodness. Yeah. 00:30:57.280 --> 00:31:19.770 I I like your idea of a great black little date top. And it's funny because we have a lot of single girls in our office, and I'm always excited to see if they wear what to work, what they're maybe going for a drink after work wearing. And we have this Marlow top, and it is like been called the single girl top. And when someone comes into the office wearing it, I'm always like, do have a date tonight? Right. 00:31:19.770 --> 00:31:24.490 And it is black. Right. And it has little spaghetti straps, and it has a really pretty neckline. 00:31:24.490 --> 00:31:24.810 That's right. 00:31:24.935 --> 00:31:56.525 And so it's not showing anything, and then they're wet with And they maybe have a cute little blazer on their shoulders or something. And it feels like then you have the choice of, like, taking the blazer off, showing more if you want. But I also love a bias skirt. Like, I think women look so good in, like, any kind of easy top, but, like, a beautiful bias skirt that's, like, kind of that Caroline Bessette world of, like, simple, understated, still elegant, but not not getting dressed up. I wouldn't wear a dress. 00:31:56.525 --> 00:31:56.765 Right. 00:31:56.765 --> 00:32:09.780 Yeah. I feel like it's so much about the fit Yeah. And less about, like, the color or, like, the style. So whatever, like, looks the most flattering on you is Mhmm. They're gonna notice or remember. 00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:18.580 But, like, not to be boring, I feel like I also would do a black top. I know in the winter dating in New York City, I was always in, like, a black turtleneck 00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.140 Okay. 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:23.075 And jeans. And I know people are like, don't wear turtlenecks on dates. I it was freezing. 00:32:23.075 --> 00:32:25.235 Yeah. It was freezing. Yeah. 00:32:25.795 --> 00:32:27.955 It's better than a jockey boot. Size sweater. 00:32:27.955 --> 00:32:33.075 Yeah. Like, you know Oh, that's true. Like, six to you and is Yeah. Like a bodysuit kind of thing. Yeah. 00:32:33.075 --> 00:32:33.955 That's good. Yeah. 00:32:33.955 --> 00:32:34.755 And then a cool coat. 00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:37.100 Yeah. Cool coat. Cool coat. 00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:38.300 You know, show style through that. 00:32:38.300 --> 00:32:48.220 Yes. And when you walk in, their first look at you, like, you're ideally, like, in a chic coat. Yeah. And then you take everything off and you're like but I honestly think also hair and makeup makes such a big difference. Totally. 00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:50.725 Like, if that's good, then you're probably You can 00:32:50.725 --> 00:32:51.765 wear Okay, anyway. 00:32:51.765 --> 00:32:52.725 Yeah. In a white t shirt. 00:32:52.725 --> 00:32:54.165 You also just don't wanna look like you're 00:32:54.405 --> 00:32:56.485 t shirt is always good with a blazer. Yes. Yeah. 00:32:56.485 --> 00:33:05.220 Yes. Yeah. I feel like I went end up wearing t shirts now on my dates a lot, like a black or white, like, baby tee and a blazer. Yeah. Yeah. 00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:19.535 Easy. That's good. Okay. Quickly, wanna go through some questions that our audience wrote in knowing that you were coming on. What are five staples to have in your closet at 40 years old? 00:33:20.495 --> 00:33:32.320 I have been 40 for five months. Staples. A great men's shirt. I feel like I'm always reaching for. I think it's great tucked into a good trouser. 00:33:32.320 --> 00:33:40.800 It's great with a great skirt. I feel like that's a go to. I've it in, like, many different stripe colors, many solids. Like, you can't go wrong. Cashmere. 00:33:40.800 --> 00:34:12.510 Like, I feel like I'm now collecting every color of incredible, like, crew neck, v neck, short sleeve, just like I feel like you can. Also, if you're traveling, it works really well. Denim, like, I think getting the right fit of jeans that can be, like, a go to for drop off and the right length where you're not fussing with having to wear a heel, but it feels practical is probably really important. I don't know. My closet is like a rainbow. 00:34:12.510 --> 00:34:26.840 Like, I'm I'm not good at having exact formulas. Like, every day I wake up and I dress entirely different. Interesting. And so probably just at 40, like, be yourself and don't feel like you have to No pressure. Yeah. 00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:34.680 No pressure. Like, bring out the old vintage. Bring out your mom's favorite sweater. Wear it sometimes. Like, live life in things that you love. 00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.080 Right. 00:34:35.080 --> 00:34:40.760 Love that. That's good. Grandma, I'm gonna give this one to you. Tips on looking polished and elegant in a world of sweatpants. 00:34:41.555 --> 00:34:43.795 Well, you want me to wear sweatpants? 00:34:43.795 --> 00:34:46.035 No. In a world of people wearing sweatpants Well, you know 00:34:46.035 --> 00:34:47.235 I would never wear sweatpants. No. 00:34:47.235 --> 00:34:49.315 I would never eat. And I never would never eat. 00:34:49.315 --> 00:34:57.720 Well, you know, I I I think everybody needs to wear a black pair of pants Yeah. A white shirt, and a black cardigan. To me that's perfect. 00:34:57.720 --> 00:35:00.360 And And feel comfortable like sweatpants. 00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.960 Well, a looser pant. 00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.360 Yeah. Yeah. 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:21.515 Like You know, like loose pants. It doesn't have be a tailored pant necessarily. A more casual pant, but a pant. I'm not a lover of sweatpants unless, you know, you are freezing cold, you're in a log cabin somewhere, and you've got with a big heavy sweater. Then you're allowed to wear sweatpants. 00:35:21.675 --> 00:35:29.810 For me, especially living in a large city, I never think it looks great. But, you know, you're free to wear it. Mhmm. It's just not what grandma would wear. Mhmm. 00:35:29.810 --> 00:35:32.210 Do you wear black sweatpants? Yes. 00:35:32.210 --> 00:35:32.450 Do you 00:35:32.450 --> 00:35:33.090 like sweatpants? 00:35:33.090 --> 00:35:35.730 I I, like, live in sweatpants and leggings, I 00:35:37.490 --> 00:35:37.810 love it. 00:35:37.905 --> 00:35:47.025 But if I'm leaving the house, I'll probably change Okay. Unless I'm just doing, like, errands or something. But most days, I'm, like, on the computer at home, like, one's gonna see me. 00:35:47.025 --> 00:35:48.545 Yeah. You're, like, cross legged 00:35:48.785 --> 00:35:50.145 Yeah. Typing. I get it. 00:35:50.145 --> 00:35:53.580 So I don't know. Maybe I can change it up. But for now. 00:35:53.580 --> 00:35:55.100 No. No. Don't bother. 00:35:55.100 --> 00:35:55.340 Yeah. 00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:57.020 Yeah. Feels good. 00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:04.700 Virginia, do you believe in less is more? That saying, like, less is more. 00:36:06.075 --> 00:36:19.915 No. I under I understand the saying. It's just that it's a very difficult answer to to give. It depends on this what you're asking about less and more. I mean, you know, you can go through food and you can go through clothes, but then we have too much more. 00:36:20.550 --> 00:36:20.710 We 00:36:20.950 --> 00:36:23.430 I'd say you're a more is more kinda girl. 00:36:23.590 --> 00:36:24.870 Yeah. Yeah. 00:36:24.870 --> 00:36:30.070 On your table, you are putting more feathers, really interesting. It has 00:36:30.070 --> 00:36:31.350 to be thoughtful and Yeah. 00:36:31.350 --> 00:36:31.590 Very 00:36:31.670 --> 00:36:41.655 yeah. Don't like it through. You're thinking through. Well, I also think at certain times in your life, and I'm gonna interject a moment, more is more because we wanna have more is more. 00:36:41.655 --> 00:36:42.695 Yeah. It's pretty 00:36:42.695 --> 00:36:45.655 on us, and we've earned the right to wear it. 00:36:45.655 --> 00:36:46.775 Yeah. Exactly. 00:36:46.775 --> 00:37:00.030 You know, at a dinner party at my home, I'm gonna put my jewelry on, my best dress, and why not? It's ours. But would I suggest that for somebody who's starting out in their career? No. Exactly. 00:37:00.270 --> 00:37:03.310 That's the difference. I think it's all about where you are in your life. 00:37:03.525 --> 00:37:04.405 That's right. And I really 00:37:04.405 --> 00:37:06.325 agree with that. Absolutely agree. Yeah. 00:37:06.325 --> 00:37:11.205 Yeah. Why don't we all answer this one? Worst fashion faux pas you've ever seen. 00:37:12.485 --> 00:37:13.365 Oh, 00:37:13.685 --> 00:37:16.005 dear. Well, I can't keep saying about that that that 00:37:16.085 --> 00:37:16.965 I'm not gonna talk about 00:37:16.965 --> 00:37:21.110 that skin bra again. I can't. Come up with something else. It's actually kinda hard 00:37:21.110 --> 00:37:21.670 to think about. 00:37:21.670 --> 00:37:34.470 It's hard to think about it, Kim. I don't really know. See, I think fashion depends on the person. If somebody can look ridiculous in something like myself, and then somebody else, my my friend, can wear the same outfit and look fabulous. Excellent. 00:37:34.470 --> 00:37:48.125 So I think it's not necessarily a faux pas, just what looks good on you. I think I have to follow you know, I wear a blazer all the time in the same white shirt. I just change the color. So it's basically always the same outfit. Sorta boring. 00:37:48.470 --> 00:37:50.870 But I've gotten to taking I didn't do it today. 00:37:50.870 --> 00:37:59.830 I sort of put my mother's pins on my pal's hat. So Oh, we were at something recently, and Andy Cohen loved my brooch. 00:37:59.830 --> 00:38:00.070 Yeah. 00:38:00.070 --> 00:38:02.710 I was gonna start going and talk about my mother, but I didn't. 00:38:03.655 --> 00:38:05.975 We enough time. We have enough time. I love brooches. 00:38:05.975 --> 00:38:13.255 I've now started to wearing them all the time. She had a lot of them, and I don't wear them that much. Now I put them all over the blazers. 00:38:13.255 --> 00:38:15.015 We have a lot of Grandma's brooches. Yeah. 00:38:15.015 --> 00:38:16.135 Yeah. And thank you for 00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:22.600 reminding me. And it makes me feel very good when I wore it. You know, this is just something I started a few months ago, and I really feel good 00:38:22.600 --> 00:38:24.680 about I'm gonna start. So there you go. 00:38:24.680 --> 00:38:26.680 She has some very ladybugs 00:38:26.680 --> 00:38:28.520 and Yeah. That's exactly And the bees. 00:38:28.520 --> 00:38:29.160 And the gnomes. 00:38:29.160 --> 00:38:35.325 I've got those bees too. Bees that we all I'll give those to you next year in Palm Beach, Kim, because I have 00:38:35.325 --> 00:38:35.725 them sitting 00:38:35.725 --> 00:38:50.630 there. They're so lovely. When I grew up in the seventies and we would use brooches and we'd have them on a dress or we'd put them on a sweater enclosure or something. And that's a lovely idea. 00:38:50.630 --> 00:38:52.070 I think we have to start doing it again. 00:38:52.070 --> 00:38:55.750 They're conversation starters. People are like, where did you get that? And then you can have a story behind it. 00:38:55.750 --> 00:38:57.030 And it does. Oh, they're a story. 00:38:57.030 --> 00:39:08.325 I really how we styled it in a video the other day, which people listening, they should go look at this. Like, imagine the sweater around your shoulders. We like Oh, yeah. In the middle. I I love 00:39:08.645 --> 00:39:09.365 with a brooch. 00:39:09.365 --> 00:39:09.525 Yeah. 00:39:09.870 --> 00:39:11.550 We love that. Right there. We definitely get to 00:39:11.550 --> 00:39:11.950 look folk. 00:39:11.950 --> 00:39:19.310 And I also saw someone online, and I think that's what made me think I'm gonna give them to you. On a white shirt, she put the bees on 00:39:19.310 --> 00:39:20.190 the Oh, cute. 00:39:20.190 --> 00:39:23.070 Which I think is so great. Of course, the only problem is you don't wanna lose 00:39:23.070 --> 00:39:26.395 the bees. No. But they're very, very cool. That's cool. 00:39:26.395 --> 00:39:27.035 That's cool. 00:39:27.035 --> 00:39:33.195 Bifou Pie, I think, is like the, like, legging like tight leggings that are shiny 00:39:33.435 --> 00:39:34.635 Yeah. With high heels. 00:39:34.635 --> 00:39:37.275 It's over. Like, like, I don't know. Feel like 00:39:37.275 --> 00:39:40.090 that was a 2000 disaster. 00:39:40.090 --> 00:39:53.125 And I I do see people still sometimes wearing that. And I like, you know, like, the Giuseppe Zenotti heels that are, like, stacked and, like, super, super high? Yes. And then the leggings. And I'm like, you don't look comfortable. 00:39:53.125 --> 00:39:54.245 Like, it's they think it's Especially 00:39:54.245 --> 00:40:00.005 since they're not Dolly Parton. Yeah. Right. If they were Dolly Parton, you might be able to get it by the yeah. 00:40:00.245 --> 00:40:11.950 This I don't know why this is popping into my head because I am okay with mixed metals, like, if you're wearing a few things that are mixed. But I don't like when it's like a gold belt and then like silver hardware on your shoes. 00:40:11.950 --> 00:40:14.110 No. Yeah. I know. I know. 00:40:14.110 --> 00:40:15.150 They have to match. Right? 00:40:15.150 --> 00:40:18.430 Yeah. Either the same or I feel like do mixed in other places. 00:40:18.430 --> 00:40:19.150 I do have metal. 00:40:19.150 --> 00:40:20.030 It's Oh, okay. Yeah. 00:40:20.085 --> 00:40:35.210 We have this we sell this brand Dahanj belts, which I feel like you've maybe seen, but they're like very cool. Some are gold, some are silver. And when I get dressed in the morning, I get so confused between the colors of them. Because I'm like, what's the hardware on my bag? What's my button on my jacket? 00:40:35.210 --> 00:40:38.090 It. Yeah. But it's Yeah. Kinda You get, like, going. 00:40:38.170 --> 00:40:40.890 Fix it. Yeah. You've earned it. Yeah. 00:40:40.970 --> 00:40:42.250 I'll I'll start mixing it. 00:40:42.250 --> 00:40:42.730 Yeah. So I'm 00:40:42.730 --> 00:40:43.210 mixing it. 00:40:43.210 --> 00:40:44.570 Don't mix the colors. 00:40:44.570 --> 00:40:46.570 Yeah. You can do it now, Tanya. 00:40:46.570 --> 00:40:49.525 Thank you both so much for joining us. 00:40:49.525 --> 00:40:58.005 Oh, it's lovely to meet you both. Oh, well, thank you. I intend to. Nice to be in New York. We're going for champagne. 00:40:58.005 --> 00:40:59.605 Yeah. But thank you for having us. 00:40:59.605 --> 00:41:03.685 Of course. Thank you. Everyone listening, like, where they can find you and the brand. 00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:15.900 Yeah. So we have a website, tanyataylor.com, and Delfine isdelfinenyc.com. And we have a store in New York on Madison and 77th across from the Carlisle, a store in Greenwich, Connecticut, and soon in Toronto. 00:41:15.975 --> 00:41:18.695 Yeah. Again, you'll probably see me in the one on Madison. So 00:41:19.655 --> 00:41:20.775 Yes. Come say hi. 00:41:20.775 --> 00:41:32.440 And you know how to follow us. We're Excuse My Grandma on TikTok, Instagram. And, hopefully, you are watching the video either on Apple or Spotify, and we'll see you next week. 00:41:32.600 --> 00:41:33.800 Bye. Bye.