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Pull up a seat at our table, where badass women from all walks of life—fashion, beauty, design, music, philanthropy, art, and more—come together to share honest stories, serve truths, and dig into the realities of modern womanhood.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, everybody. I'm menu planning for my next guest. And since dinner's going to be kind of heavy, it's going to be kind of big, so I think to start, I'm just going to have a couple nibbles out. I'm going to just do some nice marcona almonds, some really good Cerignola olives, just a couple little potato chips. You know I love a potato chip because I'm going to serve martinis. I'm in the mood for a martini, and I just had the most fabulous one at a restaurant that has perfected my recipe as their house martini, so I am feeling good about that.
And then for dinner, I'm actually going to recruit my youngest daughter. She makes a fabulous pasta al Limone. So I'm going to have her help us to do a little starter pasta course, and it's so delicious. I think we'll do a little Bucatini al Limone. And then for dinner, for the main, I'm going to do kind of old-school steakhouse vibes. So I'm going to do a beef tenderloin with roasted red potatoes, and then I'm going to do some sides, like a side of sauteed mushrooms with garlic and oil, I'm going to do some cream spinach. And I actually just had this creamed corn at a restaurant that was so delicious, so I'm going to do creamed corn on the side.
And I think with dinner, I'm going to open up a stinky, but not too heavy, like a Chateauneuf du Pape red wine. And for music, I think this one's going to be a lively one. She's so much fun, she's hilarious, and so I'm going to do a little Jamiroquai, a little Zero Seven, maybe some old-school Estelle. I've been listening to Estelle lately. I'm feeling that one. Anyway, this guest is hilarious, she is lovely, she is kind, she is smart, she is a hard worker, and she has great style, so I can't wait for you guys to meet her. Let's dig in.
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Eat My Words. I'm really, really happy today, because I have a guest that I haven't gotten to lay eyes on in a long time, and I'm really, really excited to spend some time with her. She is a New York City-based fashion stylist who's worked with amazing brands like Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Bloomingdale's, Revlon, Maybelline, Anne Klein, Anthropologie, Target, Gap, Virgin Atlantic, Beholden, Amazon, and many more. She grew up in a small town in New England, and got her start in the fashion industry at Teen Vogue, working for the fashion director and market team. She also works with celebrities such as Rose Byrne, Ariel Winter, and Rachel Crow. She is a wife to a chef, a mother to her delicious little Poppy. She is a master of the juge. She's smart, she's funny, and she's all around delightful. Laura Pritchard, hello, and welcome to Eat My Words.
Laura Pritchard:
Hi. Thank you for having me. You should be a professional hype woman.
Johanna Almstead:
Thanks.
Laura Pritchard:
Every morning we should sign on, and you give us personalized greetings like this.
Johanna Almstead:
I could do that. What's that thing like cameo where you pay to have celebrities-
Laura Pritchard:
But, what would be your price? Are you $50 or are you like $499? Like the big ones?
Johanna Almstead:
I think I'm big.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, you're like the $500 ones.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah. $500 for a morning affirmation from me. Cameo [inaudible 00:01:24] every morning.
Laura Pritchard:
We're getting you on. It's a great idea.
Johanna Almstead:
Thank you so much for being here. Thank you for taking time out of your crazy life. I know you have assistants hustling in your other room, doing all the things.
Laura Pritchard:
Currently, right now.
Johanna Almstead:
I like to give people context of how we know each other. And I was trying to remember, I can't remember which brand we worked together at first because we worked at a few-
Laura Pritchard:
Anne Klein.
Johanna Almstead:
Anne Klein.
Laura Pritchard:
Anne Klein, you brought me on.
Johanna Almstead:
Matthew Heist, yep.
Laura Pritchard:
And Sharon. And we were launching Anne Klein collection.
Johanna Almstead:
Right, so we worked together there. We also worked on Phil DaVie together.
Laura Pritchard:
Phil DaVie, everybody-
Johanna Almstead:
We also worked on Everybody & Everyone.
Laura Pritchard:
Everyone, mm-hmm.
Johanna Almstead:
Are there any more that we worked on?
Laura Pritchard:
No, I think the last time I saw you was Phil DaVie.
Johanna Almstead:
Probably, right?
Laura Pritchard:
It was so long ago.
Johanna Almstead:
For people who don't know what this is like, if you've never been on a photo shoot, part of the deal of what happens on a photo shoot is like magic, right? It's like the perfect combination of the right people, and the right vibes, and the beautiful product, and the light, and the temperature, and all these things. And photo shoots can be pretty arduous days. Often they're very early call times. They go for many, many hours. And I've always worked on the philosophy that once you find somebody who's amazing, who makes your day, and your life easier on set, you just stick with that person.
Laura Pritchard:
You have to stick with them, because these shoots are way too expensive. You don't want to bring in someone new, what if it doesn't work out?
Johanna Almstead:
Right, so that's what happened with us, because we worked together on Anne Klein, and it was like you were fast, you were professional, you were organized, you were a great stylist, all of these things, because time is money. Like you said, these shoots are so expensive, and so there's so much pressure on the day. And when we got to work together the first time, I was like, who is this girl? She's amazing. That's what happened. And then we just kept hiring you for other things.
Laura Pritchard:
I know. I was so thankful. We worked really well together. We had a good little thing going on for a bit.
Johanna Almstead:
We did. We did, didn't we? Okay, can you tell me where you would say your journey began?
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, in college. I grew up in New Hampshire, small town. Now, I love where I grew up, but then, we were partying in fields or just trying to find things to do outside. There wasn't much to do, going to the mall.
Johanna Almstead:
Is it very rural?
Laura Pritchard:
It's very rural, surrounded by farms. My brother's a farmer, and so that was my upbringing. But, I loved magazines. I loved magazines, I loved New York. I had never been to New York. Boston, which is where we went to often for back to school shopping, that was our New York.
Johanna Almstead:
Boston was like the big city, okay.
Laura Pritchard:
Huge city. Faneuil Hall, huge for me. Came to New York on a little trip and I thought this is where I'm meant to be. I went to school here for fashion, minored in magazines. I don't even know what that means. How do you minor in magazines?
Johanna Almstead:
You can minor in magazines?
Laura Pritchard:
You can minor in styling. I don't know.
Johanna Almstead:
What school did you go to? Did you got to-
Laura Pritchard:
LIM, Laboratory Institute of the merchandising.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, LIM.
Laura Pritchard:
It's more about the business side of fashion rather than design, right?
Johanna Almstead:
Right.
Laura Pritchard:
I knew I wasn't on that side, but I wanted to be in magazines. I wanted to be a fashion editor. And so, all throughout college, I interned, and interned, and interned. Finally found in my junior year, Teen Vogue. I interned there, I was in the closet.
Johanna Almstead:
That was a major back then.
Laura Pritchard:
Let me tell you, this was so major. Being in the closet and seeing now the stylist that I didn't know who they were back then, walking the halls, assisting them on shoots, interning for them on shoots, and the young massive photographers that are now, I had no idea the models like a young Chanel Iman, I had no idea who that was, but I was getting her dressed. I was just so honored to be in the room, but not even knowing all of the people in the room. You're just so naive. I stayed there for a couple of years, and the senior fashion editor at the time was Aya Kanai.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, yeah?
Laura Pritchard:
And we worked together really well. And as I graduated college, after I assisted the fashion director, Aya reached out, and I assisted her for a few years. And Teen Vogue was just where I met everybody. I met one of my best friends in the closet, which you're in the trenches. This is where you meet your friends.
Johanna Almstead:
And you know what I've just realized, I don't know if I've ever explained on this podcast what the closet is, because other people have talked about being in the closet. Magazine at fashion magazines, and most magazines, I don't know if other magazines have closets too, but most magazines have what they call a fashion closet, otherwise known as the closet. And it's where they keep all the clothes that they pull in from brands. Sometimes they buy things like they keep them, they purchase-
Laura Pritchard:
They purchase, they custom make, but everything comes into this one room. The fashion assistant, the fashion assistant, the most stressed out person on the floor of the magazine, this young twenty-something who's responsible-
Johanna Almstead:
Usually first job like out of school.
Laura Pritchard:
First job, very low paid. And they work from 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. And that's because they're being forced out the door, right? And so, they're responsible for all of these clothes. Can't lose anything.
Johanna Almstead:
Literally every single piece, every belt, every earring, every shoe, every piece that comes into it, yeah.
Laura Pritchard:
Matching rhe earrings. Absolutely. And making sure that it's going out on the correct shoots. And these interns, right, there can be 15 interns in the closet. They're running, and managing all of those interns, and all the mistakes that they're making. Anyway, that's the closet. And why there isn't a reality show about it, I have no idea.
Johanna Almstead:
There should be. Maybe that's our next gig. Maybe we need to do that.
Laura Pritchard:
I think it would be canceled.
Johanna Almstead:
They'd shut down magazines.
Laura Pritchard:
Yes, they would shut down magazines.
Johanna Almstead:
They would actually shut down the fashion industry. No one would be allowed to-
Laura Pritchard:
Maybe that's why it hasn't been greenlit. But, that's the closet. And you cry, and you-
Johanna Almstead:
Sweat a lot, [inaudible 00:07:08].
Laura Pritchard:
You learn a lot of lessons. You sweat a lot. You take the bus when you're picking up samples because there's no budget for subway, or for cars. No, you're expected to walk, take the bus, maybe use your subway pass, and just figure it out. You would stay there late.
Johanna Almstead:
And you're schlepping, by the way. Schlep is one of my favorite words, and I always say-
Laura Pritchard:
Incredible.
Johanna Almstead:
... if you work in the industry, there's no person in this industry who has not schlepped.
Laura Pritchard:
Correct.
Johanna Almstead:
And so, you are actually schlepping ginormous, sometimes like trunks, sometimes-
Laura Pritchard:
Trunks over seven garment bags.
Johanna Almstead:
... 17 garment bags.
Laura Pritchard:
Wait, I have a funny story. One editor was like, "You need to go to Moschino at AFA," which was the PR that represents them, "And you need to go pick up nine umbrellas for this shoot" I said, "Okay." I walked there, because it's not that far. And they put the umbrellas right, stiff umbrellas with the little handle in a garment bag. Now, what can you not do with umbrellas? You can't fold the garment bag over your arm because there was umbrellas.
Johanna Almstead:
Right.
Laura Pritchard:
And it was overstuffed, and I was carrying it like I had a body.
Johanna Almstead:
Like a body.
Laura Pritchard:
And I couldn't flip it over. It couldn't go over my shoulder. And so, I just remember sweating my little butt off, all my makeup. We don't have nice clothes, we don't have the correct shoes. We're like, I'm going to wear heels to work. You don't wear heels to work in fashion.
Johanna Almstead:
No.
Laura Pritchard:
No, nope. You make that mistake once and, right, right.
Johanna Almstead:
You have bloody feet to show you never to do that again.
Laura Pritchard:
Never. Anyway, don't put umbrellas in garment bags because you can't fold it over your arm.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, my gosh.
Laura Pritchard:
It's a disaster. Schlepping.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah, schlepping. There's so much schlep always. It's so funny too, because I have ... A lot of the clients that I end up having are people who worked in other parts of the industry, and then decide to launch a brand-
Laura Pritchard:
Sure.
Johanna Almstead:
... so they might not have ever schlepped really, because maybe they were on a digital marketing team-
Laura Pritchard:
Sure.
Johanna Almstead:
... or maybe they were somewhere else. And so, then once they start producing products-
Laura Pritchard:
The schlep comes.
Johanna Almstead:
... you're always schlepping. The schlep becomes real, and it's like people who are well into their career this time, they're in their forties, and they're like, oh. And I'm like, no, no, no. You still schlep. There's always schlepping. There's always a rolling rack, there's always a steamer, there's always hangers.
Laura Pritchard:
Absolutely. But, it is hard to schlep for the first time later in life.
Johanna Almstead:
Yes, I'm saying-
Laura Pritchard:
It's good to get your young muscles-
Johanna Almstead:
Get your schlep on early.
Laura Pritchard:
Get your schlep on when you're young and vibrant. Schlep early. That's my work advice for you.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, so you assisted Aya, and then-
Laura Pritchard:
I assisted Aya, and she was so fantastic. She was probably a bad example of what a stylist should act like, because she was perfect.
Johanna Almstead:
She was so nice.
Laura Pritchard:
She was kind, and nice, and taught me things like explained maybe why she was doing this, and spoke to the client so effortlessly. Anyway, I stayed with her for a few years, and she was so kind to hand down maybe some of the clients that she was moving away from-
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, cool.
Laura Pritchard:
... and Teen Vogue was one of them. And so, luckily one of my first jobs styling on my own was for Teen Vogue, like some print editorials, and some pop-up shops that we were doing across the country. And it was a fantastic experience, and I thank her for this whole start into this world, because I have to say, I did not go to school for styling.
Johanna Almstead:
No, you went to school for magazines.
Laura Pritchard:
I went to school for magazines, and my friend who was so, I'll say fashionable, she wanted to be a stylist. I thought, that's for her. I'm not that. And then, how did I get into this?
Johanna Almstead:
Who would have thunk it?
Laura Pritchard:
Who would've thunk? I said, "I literally do not want to style," and then Aya Kanai called, and I was like, okay.
Johanna Almstead:
Sure, this is what I want to do.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, I'll do it. Not a problem.
Johanna Almstead:
But, you're very good at it, so you didn't know that you were good at it.
Laura Pritchard:
I watch a lot. I watch a lot of people, and how they talk to clients, and how they juge a sleeve, watched a lot of videos of Jenna Lyons. I do a lot of research before I step on set.
Johanna Almstead:
You're an A student, aren't you? You're one of those A students.
Laura Pritchard:
To be honest, I was a B minus student with A plus efforts. Do you know what I mean? Didn't get those A's. But, I tried my hardest, and sometimes, an extra credit that would land me at a B, maybe a B plus. But, you know what? I put in the effort.
Johanna Almstead:
But you had the A student mentality though.
Laura Pritchard:
I did. I had the mentality.
Johanna Almstead:
You worked hard.
Laura Pritchard:
I had to.
Johanna Almstead:
I talk about that a lot though, because there's people on this podcast, my friend Jamie Miller at Banks, she's a fashion designer. She has her own line, and I used to work with her, and then, I used to compare her always to Deborah Lloyd, who was our chief creative officer at Kate Spade. And I would always describe them as A students. They were just like people who just did the research, and worked hard, and they were not flying by the seat of their pants. They were organized and put a lot of effort in and it works. It works.
Laura Pritchard:
Well, to be honest, and I think a lot of people would agree with me, maybe I shouldn't say this out loud, but this industry is not based on gulp talent. It's not based on your talent, Jo. It's based on if the client wants to be around you, if they like what they see, if you're extremely efficient, and organized, and make their day easier, and stay under budget, or within budget. That's what it's about. It's not how-
Johanna Almstead:
Don't you think that's part of your talent?
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, absolutely. And when I figured that out very early on, I was like, oh, I'm going to excel in that, because my talent, I'm going to keep learning and keep trying to be better at what I do. But, I think I was excelling way quicker with clients on that side and becoming extremely efficient and doing a little bit more than what my job title was so that the client felt safe.
Johanna Almstead:
It's funny though. I remember being, one of the first sets I was actually on, it was a very big photographer. I don't think I should say her name, because I think the stylist I'm about to talk bad about works with her a lot all the time, so it was my first ... I had been on smaller shoots, but it was my first big, big, she was a big deal and she insisted on hiring this very big deal stylist, and it was huge. I remember a big discussion about it, because it was a giant chunk of the budget, and he was a dude, and we weren't sure he was really right for the brand because of his portfolio was very different, but she insisted. And so, we did it, because that's another thing that people who don't know in the industry, a lot of people, like we said, you find your people that you like to work with and then you travel as a crew sometimes.
Laura Pritchard:
Yes.
Johanna Almstead:
And so, if you hire a photographer, sometimes you have to hire the same videographer that they like to use, and sometimes-
Laura Pritchard:
Hair and makeup, mm-hmm.
Johanna Almstead:
... you have to hire the hair and makeup and the stylist and all the things-
Laura Pritchard:
Absolutely.
Johanna Almstead:
... seamstress, all the things. This particular stylist came on set, and it was a very big set. It was a big celebrity that we were shooting. It was a big celebrity photographer. It was big, giant budget, and he was like a total asshole, horrible to people, to us. We were the client. And then, watching the styling was so bad, it was so not right. Yes, that was the other part that was so weird. I was like, okay, he must be brilliant. There must be a reason.
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, what a disappointment.
Johanna Almstead:
Yes. I think he just really didn't get the brand, and so, it was just not his wheelhouse. But, holy shit. I was like, when you just said it's not about talent, I was like, no, siree, Bob. It's not about talent in this case.
Laura Pritchard:
No siree.
Johanna Almstead:
It's about his own weird persona that he's put out in the world. That was always strange to me. I think that has changed a little bit. I do think people care more about the vibes you bring to set-
Laura Pritchard:
Absolutely, because there is-
Johanna Almstead:
... and they care about efficiency.
Laura Pritchard:
Efficiency is very important. But, there is an old school mentality. Same with magazines, right? I'm sure maybe the Devil Wears product shows at best that in magazines, and a lot of these editors, and stylists, and egos are very big, and they need to make themselves known. And in the nineties, these massive people that were behind the camera, not even in front of the camera, were not easy to work with. And there was lots of yelling, but there's been a complete shift. We can't act like that anymore, right? First of all, the budgets aren't even there. We have to get hired for the next job. We have to. New York City rents are going up. And so, we just have to be kinder to everybody on set. And that's another piece of advice. Everyone from crafty, to seamstresses, to assistants, to interns, to third assistants, to DP, everybody we need to be kind to.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah.
Laura Pritchard:
Sorry, I'm just going off on a little tangent.
Johanna Almstead:
No, it's so true. And I think people don't recognize that. And I do think the industry has changed so much, and that shit matters now, and it's such a small world. And so, if you watch somebody be shitty to the person working the craft services table, you're just not going to hire them, because you don't need to.
Laura Pritchard:
Well also, be smarter, because we all know that in 10 years, seven years, we're going to see the same people. If you're shitty to this person, you're going to see them again. You're going to see them again, and they're going to know, and they're going to label you as the shitty person on set, so just be better from the get-go.
Johanna Almstead:
Yes.
Laura Pritchard:
You know what I mean?
Johanna Almstead:
Anywhere-
Laura Pritchard:
Sure.
Johanna Almstead:
... at any job. When you were little living in the woods or in the farm-
Laura Pritchard:
It was literally in the woods.
Johanna Almstead:
... did you have a picture in your mind of what having it all would mean when you were grown up? What did you think your life was going to look like, or what did you want your life to look like?
Laura Pritchard:
When I was little, little, before I found magazines, I think I just wanted lots of kids. I didn't know anything other than the woods or smelly farms, so I just thought I'd have a house with kids, and probably some animals, not dogs or cats, just animals from the outdoors.
Johanna Almstead:
Like raccoons?
Laura Pritchard:
I don't know. I don't know. I'm not labeling specific animals, but it was like a gray picture. I can't make out the animals. But, I just thought that I would have what my parents had, I guess. And then, I learned about a little bit outside of Pembroke, New Hampshire, and I thought the city, I thought, I'm going to go there and have my own apartment as if who has their own apartment the first time?
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, cutie pie.
Laura Pritchard:
That's so sweet.
Johanna Almstead:
Thinking you're just going to write out a check for your rent by yourself.
Laura Pritchard:
No, that's not going to happen.
Johanna Almstead:
Someone's going to give me my own apartment.
Laura Pritchard:
Someone's going to give me my own apartment. No roommates. No, of course.
Johanna Almstead:
Mm-hmm.
Laura Pritchard:
I thought that I would be traipsing around magazine hallways, just talking to everybody-
Johanna Almstead:
Just doing it, the magazines.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, just doing the magazine thing, and you would apply, and then you would immediately get hired, and that's not how it happens. And I very quickly realized, and this isn't great, and this is something definitely in our industry, but how you look matters, and that can be taken a few different ways, right, how you present yourself. And so, I didn't have much style when I first came to New York. I tried real hard though. I tried real hard, but I learned quickly on stopping.
Johanna Almstead:
Did you make any major style?
Laura Pritchard:
Joanna.
Johanna Almstead:
Flubs?
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah. There's a photo floating around the internet somewhere, and it's a grid of Polaroids, and it's all of the interns that were in the closet, and it was on the back of the closet door-
Johanna Almstead:
From Teen Vogue?
Laura Pritchard:
From Teen Vogue, and we would sign our name on the Polaroid. Someone took a Polaroid of that.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm wearing, oh God. It was like a ... Oh, god, it was a bubble dress with tights.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, oh.
Laura Pritchard:
And then I wore a scarf around it, one of the skinny ones.
Johanna Almstead:
Mmm, a scarf around your neck, or a scarf-
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
No, around my neck.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, a skinny scarf around your neck.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, but it wasn't like a cool one.
Johanna Almstead:
That's tough.
Laura Pritchard:
I think it was one that I found ... It wasn't even like Canal Street, it was worse than that. I know. I'm like, that's my Polaroid Teen Vogue photo? Jeans and white t-shirt, Laura, everyone's got it. But, I don't even think I knew what good denim was. I learned a lot. I learned a lot there.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay. Wait, so this brings me to ... I was going to ask you about the word style, and what that means to you now. I'd love to know because I think people, especially women, I find, a lot of women who are either not in the workforce anymore, and they're trying to be more casual, and they had one look their whole professional life and now they're dialing that back, or dialing that down, and they don't know how to do it. They don't know what to do. How did you figure out your personal style, and where would you say people should start to develop their own?
Laura Pritchard:
I didn't really develop a consistent personal style until, I don't know, maybe nine years ago, maybe a little less. I just was all over the place, and still buying these trendy pieces. God, I hate trends. I think it's such a waste of money, and for what? We're just trying to show people that, I don't know, we could style a cold shoulder. It's just you're not going to wear them in five years, guys. Stop buying it. White T-shirts, jeans, sweaters, sweatshirts, great sneaks. Anyway, I think I really came into my style after I had Poppy.
Johanna Almstead:
Really?
Laura Pritchard:
I started my style journey a long time ago, but I really set into just who I am, and what I don't give a shit about anymore. And this is me, and I feel really good in it. I feel confident, and it's professional, it's casual, it's comfortable. It's androgynous. It's oversized. I play with proportions, feminine and masculine. I love menswear. I love menswear on women. And so, once I started buying a few oversized pieces, or men's jackets in the smallest size, and then you can go bigger, that's where I started to feel really, really comfortable. And dare I even say sexy.
Johanna Almstead:
Mm-hmm, I love that for you.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, so I guess, what I would say to women, and where would they start, I wouldn't start at the front of the store where all the new trend pieces are.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, that's such good advice.
Laura Pritchard:
No, no, your jeans, your t-shirts, your trench coat, there is a list of 12 items that everyone should have in their closet, and that is what you invest in. Once you have those, and you feel good about them, then buy a sequin pencil skirt, pair it with your t-shirt, put it with a pair of trainers. I just feel like people are nervous also to, I don't know, put things together, and I feel like if you have a statement piece, pair it down with-
Johanna Almstead:
A similar [inaudible 00:21:31].
Laura Pritchard:
... a simple classic, t-shirt, sneakers, a sock, sweatshirt over the shoulder.
Johanna Almstead:
Mmm, I remember-
Laura Pritchard:
It makes it seem like you know what you're doing.
Johanna Almstead:
... being surprised when I first started meeting a lot of editors, and I remember being surprised at how classic most of the editors dressed. Most of them would wear a classic good Levi or a proper trouser, like a nice trouser. They would wear button downs, beautiful button downs, a beautiful cashmere sweater, a cool sneaker, or a cool flat boot. It was much more New Englandy, classic, old school-
Laura Pritchard:
But simple-
Johanna Almstead:
Simple.
Laura Pritchard:
... simple, because they are also looking at all these, I'm going to keep saying trend, because it's the easiest word I think people can understand when I say sequins, or Lame, or a wild print jacket. These editors still have those in their closet, but when they wear them, they feel confident pairing them with basics, because that's the easiest way to style it. You can go bold from head to toe. You just really need to know what you're doing, proportion, color, weight. But, if you don't, that's also okay, just pair it with jeans.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah, just wear a wild jacket-
Laura Pritchard:
That's it, yes, yes.
Johanna Almstead:
... with a great pair of jeans, and a great flat shoe, like a little ballet flat, or a sneaker, or something.
Laura Pritchard:
Maybe a gray hoodie underneath. Make it seem like you don't care ... Mm-hmm. Yeah, with the hood sticking out of the jacket or something. Yeah, it tricks people into thinking that you feel confident wearing the statement jacket when you're like, did I do this right? It's all about trickery.
Johanna Almstead:
I know. I like that. Okay, so what would be the 12 things that you think people should own, or you don't have to give me all 12, but a few things that you think every woman who's 35 and up should own in their wardrobe.
Laura Pritchard:
Okay, white t-shirt.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
White oversized button down.
Johanna Almstead:
Yes.
Laura Pritchard:
You need three great pairs of denim. Light wash, medium wash, dark wash.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
Okay. You need a trench coat.
Johanna Almstead:
Wait, wait. Let's talk about denim for one second. Do you like a stretch in your denim? Do you like old school Levi's with no stretch?
Laura Pritchard:
I like dark-
Johanna Almstead:
Do you like wide leg? Do you like a classic? I feel like people go wrong with the jeans a lot.
Laura Pritchard:
Well, yeah, also with working some of these bigger brands or department stores and seeing what is bestseller, I'm like that jean is the bestseller? Anyway, it doesn't matter. I would say no stretch in my jean. I am not worried about having a saggy ass. I welcome it. I don't need my jeans to fit my bum.
Johanna Almstead:
I don't want my jeans to fit my bottom.
Laura Pritchard:
I don't either. I like it saggy.
Johanna Almstead:
Nothing needs to be that close to my bottom.
Laura Pritchard:
No, and if it gets saggy, it sags on your hips a little lower, becomes a little longer. No, so I want an old school ... Levi's are great. Citizens of Humanity are great. Frame can sometimes be amazing. Vintage. If you find yourself near a consignment shop, I know it's a hassle, but go in and try on men's jeans.
Johanna Almstead:
Mens. Everyone needs to know, don't be trying on the women's Levi's.
Laura Pritchard:
Don't be trying on the women's ... The waist, it's not going to fit you right.
Johanna Almstead:
They're made for people in the seventies. They have different bodies.
Laura Pritchard:
They're made for different bodies, different bodies, and you just put a belt on your men's jean. I'm telling you it's going to work-
Johanna Almstead:
And you'll look cool.
Laura Pritchard:
Yes, but I have to say straight leg is your easiest bet. Please don't do skinnies unless it's a very specific look and you need to tuck it into a boot, or if you're doing the nineties supermodel.
Johanna Almstead:
Yes. I was going to say, or you're doing a very lean nineties supermodel look, yes, perfect.
Laura Pritchard:
I love a wide leg. It makes me feel-
Johanna Almstead:
I love a wide leg too.
Laura Pritchard:
... thin and confident. It's horrible to say, and I love a super oversized baggie. When they're falling off me, and you need to hold it up with your knee, because if you let it go, it's going to fall down, and then you belt it, I love it. And then you proportion that with something smaller on top.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
Okay, jeans. They are very important.
Johanna Almstead:
Jeans are so important.
Laura Pritchard:
Trench coat. Trench coats, I want them long.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, you want like a full length trench coat?
Laura Pritchard:
I want a full length.
Johanna Almstead:
You don't want a knee-length?
Laura Pritchard:
No, no, because it's going to make your body look all different ways. I want it long. I want to show people that we are tall even at five three and three-quarters. But I can trick you.
Johanna Almstead:
Do you want it in the traditional camely beige color?
Laura Pritchard:
I want a camely beige taupe, mm-hmm.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, okay, [inaudible 00:25:45], okay.
Laura Pritchard:
And they come in different fabrics. If you decide that you are going to spend your bonus on a cashmere one, I so welcome it. It'll be worth your-
Johanna Almstead:
I support you.
Laura Pritchard:
... half your year salary, okay? But, I also think that a menswear like car coat is important-
Johanna Almstead:
Kind of square.
Laura Pritchard:
I want something square and boxy, that you can throw over your shoulders, that you can put on. And I want it black, and I think everyone should have that. Fine, it could also fit you, but I don't want some stadium coat.
Johanna Almstead:
What's a stadium coat?
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, I learned that term J. Crew retail. It's like a-
Johanna Almstead:
Like a puffer?
Laura Pritchard:
... below. No, it's like a below the knee coat, not a pea coat, right, because pea coats are double-breasted. But, the stadium is single, but it's like nipped in at the waist a little.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's very popular.
Johanna Almstead:
Why is call it a stadium coat?
Laura Pritchard:
I don't know. I don't know who named that. But, it's very popular, and I don't want that in your closet.
Johanna Almstead:
You want it to be boxy.
Laura Pritchard:
I want straight lines, right? We don't always need to see the curves of your body. We're going to get that from you showing your arm, or if you're wearing a miniskirt underneath. Do you know what I mean? Or a little decolletage.
Johanna Almstead:
A little clavicle, a little decolletage.
Laura Pritchard:
Yes, yes, yes, yes. I don't need to see everything nipped in at the waist. It's fine. I want scrunchy white socks or cream. I want a classic New Balance. I need you to have a 574 in the color that you choose.
Johanna Almstead:
What's a 574?
Laura Pritchard:
It's like the perfect New Balance sneaker.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, like the classic?
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, but it's not with the pointy, because I think that's the 590-something.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay. 574 people, write it down.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, yeah, it's like the fat toe. I'm not selling it, but look it up.
Johanna Almstead:
This podcast earns commissions probably. [inaudible 00:27:32].
Laura Pritchard:
This is not an ad. Nope, not an ad.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay. I think I know which one you're talking about. I just don't know numbers.
Laura Pritchard:
No, that's okay.
Johanna Almstead:
I don't really do numbers.
Laura Pritchard:
That's okay. Google it.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
I think that everyone should have, I'm not going to say a little black dress, but I think everyone should have a black dress. It could be short, it could be midi.
Johanna Almstead:
I do love a midi.
Laura Pritchard:
I do too.
Johanna Almstead:
I like just below the knee-
Laura Pritchard:
Yes.
Johanna Almstead:
... like a fitted black dress.
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm, I do too like cut on the bias. I'll see your body in that.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah, girl.
Laura Pritchard:
I think that sounds great. Whether that be a slip dress, I think it's important. And then skirts, listen, I'm here for a pencil. I'm here for a maxi.
Johanna Almstead:
Mm-hmm.
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm, really popular right now are midis that are like linen or the softest cotton.
Johanna Almstead:
Wait, what's a midi?
Laura Pritchard:
A midi hits you-
Johanna Almstead:
It hits you below the knee.
Laura Pritchard:
It hits you below the knee, but mid-leg-
Johanna Almstead:
And it's the-
Laura Pritchard:
... at the calf-
Johanna Almstead:
And it's flowy. It's not fitted.
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm. No.
Johanna Almstead:
No, no. You couldn't do that.
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, I love that. I love a fitted midi, oh, with a tall boot underneath that.
Johanna Almstead:
Ooh, yeah. Mm-hmm, okay.
Laura Pritchard:
I love talking fashion.
Johanna Almstead:
That's why you're here.
Laura Pritchard:
Sometimes I forget.
Johanna Almstead:
You forget how excited you can get about clothes.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, we'll be complaining about our jobs, and we're like, why am I doing this? I don't want to schlep anymore. And then, we're talking about midi skirts and t-shirts.
Johanna Almstead:
And we're lit up.
Laura Pritchard:
I get excited. I want to tell you all the brands of the t-shirts that I want you to buy.
Johanna Almstead:
Actually, tell people the brands of t-shirts you want them to buy, because I have found a few t-shirts that work in my life that I love so much, and I want to know if we have similar crossovers. But, finding the right t-shirt is so major. One t-shirt can make you look like a schlub, and one t-shirt can make you look like a million bucks. And it could be that if you describe them, it would be the exact same description, and one just hits in the wrong places, and fits wrong and has the wrong fabric-
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm, oh, yeah, yes, yes.
Johanna Almstead:
... wrong weight of the fabric or stiffness. And the other one will make you look like a God damn supermodel, so tell us.
Laura Pritchard:
Couldn't agree more. Well, I feel like there are certain t-shirts to wear underneath sweaters, right, because of the collar. Some I like to wear under blazers or whatever. And then, some are obviously standout pieces. I just worked with Bloomingdale's, and we did a find the perfect T-shirt, and so I shopped the store, I shopped the store, and out of all the t-shirts, right, like a Goldie makes a great one. Hanes makes a great one. Reformation was my bestseller.
Johanna Almstead:
Actually-
Laura Pritchard:
That was the one. It was boxy. It wasn't cropped, but it hit right at the top of your jean, so it showed off your belt, and it didn't go below. It was perfect, and it was a little boxy without shoulders, shoulder pads. It was great.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah. I went through a phase of Reformation t-shirts. I actually forgot about that, [inaudible 00:30:14].
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, it was a really good weight. I was very surprised because you always go to the Citizens, or Citizens makes really great button-down shirts just by the way. Like your menswear striped button down, everybody needs that.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, okay.
Laura Pritchard:
Not just the white-
Johanna Almstead:
Nope, [inaudible 00:30:27].
Laura Pritchard:
... right, which was my number two striped button down mens style. Yeah, and you can messy tuck it in the front and juge up the sleeves.
Johanna Almstead:
I love a button down.
Laura Pritchard:
And you can keep this all unbuttoned with a little, like a [inaudible 00:30:37].
Johanna Almstead:
I like button down unbuttoned one button too far, a little bit, with a cute little pop-up, a lacy, cute little bra, or a little cami.
Laura Pritchard:
But, I want the bra to be almost full coverage though. I don't need something so sexy where I'm seeing the outline of your boob.
Johanna Almstead:
No, no, no, no.
Laura Pritchard:
But I love seeing a bra.
Johanna Almstead:
I love just like a little flat ... I don't have boobs, so it's really not that-
Laura Pritchard:
Me neither, yeah.
Johanna Almstead:
... interesting to see anything there. That's why I like a little pretty, just a little edge of something.
Laura Pritchard:
I think so too. I think triangle bras are incredible, little satin ones. Fleur du Mal, they make one of the best ones.
Johanna Almstead:
Florida. Oh, I thought you said Florida Mall. I was like, what?
Laura Pritchard:
No, Jo.
Johanna Almstead:
Fleur du Mal.
Laura Pritchard:
Fleur du Mal.
Johanna Almstead:
Fleur du Mal, not Florida Mall is what I thought.
Laura Pritchard:
I don't know if you can find them in the Florida Mall, but-
Johanna Almstead:
But also, Florida Mall might be an amazing brand name.
Laura Pritchard:
I wonder what the font style would be.
Johanna Almstead:
I don't know, some flamingos.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, maybe like a curl of the A at the end of Florida just a thought.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay. Fleur du Mal.
Laura Pritchard:
Fleur du Mal. What else do you need in your closet? You need a great black loafer.
Johanna Almstead:
Love a loafer.
Laura Pritchard:
One boot. You can choose heel or you can choose flat, whatever you feel comfortable in. And I'm sure there's so many more, but-
Johanna Almstead:
A good sweater, maybe like a good cashmere sweater.
Laura Pritchard:
I think you need a good cashmere sweater in a neutral color. I think you need a ... I can't believe I want to say this. I think you need one in a pop of color. Remember that term?
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, I mean I worked with Kate Spade. Are you kidding me?
Laura Pritchard:
I think this needs a little pop of color.
Johanna Almstead:
A pop of color, all my whole was a pop of color.
Laura Pritchard:
That was probably a neon sign. Above the door when you entered, I'm sure. I also do not underestimate much like a t-shirt, a sweatshirt. It could be a crew, or it could be a button-down, or it could be a zip hoodie. You wear that underneath professional blazers, tuxedo jackets, with your jeans. It could be with your slip dress, and your kitten heel.
Johanna Almstead:
So cute.
Laura Pritchard:
It makes everything immediately cool. T-shirt, jeans, loafer, trench coat, a button-down shirt, and a hoodie.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, it's so funny now when I think about your personal style, that's exactly what you wear.
Laura Pritchard:
But, I picked it up from the editors, and then they insert the coolest collab shoe, right?
Johanna Almstead:
Right.
Laura Pritchard:
... or stacked jewelry, right? They add their own [inaudible 00:32:57].
Johanna Almstead:
The jewelry I think is a big ... I'm a big proponent of good jewelry.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, don't buy cheap stuff, just-
Johanna Almstead:
[inaudible 00:33:02].
Laura Pritchard:
If you don't have money to buy it, just wait.
Johanna Almstead:
Just wait.
Laura Pritchard:
Just don't buy it.
Johanna Almstead:
Or go to vintage and flea markets. Those, sometimes you can find real jewelry. I'm a big proponent of real jewelry. I don't really-
Laura Pritchard:
You've always had really good jewelry.
Johanna Almstead:
I have, right?
Laura Pritchard:
Really good. I found jewelry way later in life, but [inaudible 00:33:21].
Johanna Almstead:
I started weirdly early-
Laura Pritchard:
Good for you.
Johanna Almstead:
... in jewelry. I always loved it. I actually almost, before I took the job at Kate Spade, I was about to quit that part of my career and become a jewelry designer, so I was just always in love with it. And early on, I just had an aversion to fake stuff, and I couldn't afford a lot of stuff, real stuff at the time. But, I just made this promise to myself early on that I would wait and save up. If I really wanted something good, I would, instead of buying a bunch of crappy stuff, I would put that money towards something that I really loved, and I could keep forever.
Laura Pritchard:
Yes.
Johanna Almstead:
I'm a big ... I think part of someone's personal style is good, proper jewelry. When I say proper, I mean real, I guess I should say. I don't mean proper pearls or something. It doesn't have to be fancy like that. Okay. I feel like if people are listening, I hope you were taking notes, because these are very, very good tips for developing your personal style.
Laura Pritchard:
Call me.
Johanna Almstead:
Available at laurapritchard.com.
Laura Pritchard:
Available at laura-pritchard.com actually.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, so what is the best part of your work?
Laura Pritchard:
Every time I go to work, it's a different team. I don't go to an office and see Betty every day. I see and meet so many people, so many different ethnicities. I learn so much, people that I work with travel so much, so sometimes it's like a year or years since I've seen them, and there's so much to catch up on. There's nothing boring about it when I go to set.
Johanna Almstead:
Right.
Laura Pritchard:
But, I think I was meant for an office setting.
Johanna Almstead:
Really?
Laura Pritchard:
I was meant to be at an office, because I crave consistency. I love a desk and an office maxed Staples account. I love it. I don't have that.
Johanna Almstead:
Give me all the office supplies.
Laura Pritchard:
I want all the office supplies on someone else's dime, and I don't have that. But, I think I've become a much better person in this chaotic, yet, grounding, going to set. It's like the first day of school every single time I go to work. And sometimes I get a little anxious if I haven't worked with a certain person, or they are of a bigger name. I'm like, I'm excited. This makeup artist I've never worked with before. They've worked with so many people.
Johanna Almstead:
It's fun, right?
Laura Pritchard:
And it's fun. And that's one of my favorite things. I have a lot of favorite things, but the fact that I get to work with new and different people almost every single time, I love it.
Johanna Almstead:
And what's the worst part?
Laura Pritchard:
Dealing with all the personalities. Sometimes you become a therapist to your models, or to your talent, when really all you want to do is shake them and say, "You look incredible, honey. Stop, stop. Stop looking in the mirror," is what I want to tell them because my mom used to say, "Honey, stop looking in the mirror. The more you look, the more that you're going to find that you don't like. Turn around, be confident, and go walk out there." And so, that's what I want to tell them.
Johanna Almstead:
I love your mom.
Laura Pritchard:
I know. My mom is so wonderful. She was a labor and delivery nurse.
Johanna Almstead:
She's like, don't worry about the eyeliner.
Laura Pritchard:
I know.
Johanna Almstead:
We have bigger fish to fry here.
Laura Pritchard:
I know.
Johanna Almstead:
We got to go deliver some babies.
Laura Pritchard:
I delivered so many babies, so the worst is sometimes just having to be really patient with your talent, and your client, because sometimes your client isn't the creative, and they're asking you for something that is not good, and you just want to also shake them, and be like, no, I wouldn't go in this direction.
Johanna Almstead:
I'm not going to make this ugly.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm not going to make this ugly. And so, client relations can be really tough.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah, it's a lot of people skills.
Laura Pritchard:
It's a lot of people skills.
Johanna Almstead:
That's a lot of soft skills.
Laura Pritchard:
And so, every day I'm still learning that too, and watching how everybody talks to everybody.
Johanna Almstead:
I think obviously as somebody who was a public relations executive for a long time that was my job, but you really don't realize how important ... I guess it was just so ingrained in me, and it was just part of my world that I'd always ... I guess I was good at it so I could do it. But, I see it more now I think in being a mother and meeting other women who are not comfortable in a lot of settings, and you realize like, damn, I'm really glad that I'm good at dealing with people, because this would be fucking terrifying. Especially as your kids get older, you'll see this, like you're always on the sidelines of something, or you're in the audience of a ballet recital, or you're going to a cooking class, whatever you're doing to support your kid, and you're meeting all these other people. It's like every time. And you meet some who are really socially uncomfortable, and I always think, God, that must be really fucking hard.
Laura Pritchard:
That must be really hard. But, I do think that we all have a little bit of that inside of us. Try your best to compartmentalize in the moment, and we're all insecure at heart, and at certain situations, you can present as confident and comfortable. But, social situations, I still have a hard time with, and sometimes I pretend to escape to the bathroom just to get out of one. Like, okay, we've had a great conversation. I don't want to say something stupid, so I'm just going to excuse myself.
Johanna Almstead:
I'm going to leave while I'm ahead.
Laura Pritchard:
Yes, and that's okay to do. Just be smart about it. I'm just going to go get some more bacon.
Johanna Almstead:
Speaking of motherhood, can we talk a little bit about your delicious little Poppy?
Laura Pritchard:
You guys, I have ... I think every mom says this, every parent I should say. I have the cutest and most delicious little girl. She's about to turn three. We have her birthday party on Saturday, and guess what the theme is?
Johanna Almstead:
What?
Laura Pritchard:
It's Poppy. I don't want to do any Frozen, even though she's obsessed, or Lion King, which she loves Mufasa. The theme is Poppy.
Johanna Almstead:
It's her.
Laura Pritchard:
I have cardboard cutouts, I have stickers. She's cute enough to be her own theme.
Johanna Almstead:
I think that's going to freak it ... She is cute enough to be your own theme.
Laura Pritchard:
No, it's been her theme for her first birthday and second birthday. I'm going to continue this because it's successful.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah, you know what? Stick with a winner.
Laura Pritchard:
She is a winner.
Johanna Almstead:
I was saying to Sophie before we got on, your child is ... She's like ridiculously cute.
Laura Pritchard:
She's so cute, you guys, and her little voice-
Johanna Almstead:
Her little face, she's like a little character out of a fairy tale.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, I don't know where the dimples came from, but she really chucks it up. She knows she's cute.
Johanna Almstead:
She knows she's so cute. I love that.
Laura Pritchard:
I love it.
Johanna Almstead:
That's good.
Laura Pritchard:
I love that girl so much.
Johanna Almstead:
I hope she always knows that.
Laura Pritchard:
It's overwhelming. It's overwhelming, and just puts everything into what's important. Do you know what I mean? [inaudible 00:39:37].
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah, perspective changes.
Laura Pritchard:
The perspective completely changes with children.
Johanna Almstead:
It's so funny, because I watch on your Instagram, and your life right now is so reminiscent to me of mine right after I first had Tilia. And you have a husband who has a really big job, and is off doing his job a lot-
Laura Pritchard:
He's very busy.
Johanna Almstead:
... and you're all over the place, and you're doing your job, and you're hustling in this business, and you've got this delicious little child who you still can dress cute because she doesn't-
Laura Pritchard:
It's coming to an end.
Johanna Almstead:
... fight you.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm telling you, it's going to come to an end soon.
Johanna Almstead:
It's going to come to an end, and it's so depressing. And your apartment probably only has 10 toys in it still. It's still so contained, and it's still so delicious, and it's so well curated, and beautiful, and it's like, I remember that time of it just being like us and this one baby, and it feels ... I don't want to say it feels manageable because none of it is manageable.
Laura Pritchard:
Right.
Johanna Almstead:
But, compared to my life now, it feels manageable-
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, no.
Johanna Almstead:
... and it's just such a lovely, lovely special time I think, and I love, actually ... Every time I see your posts about her, and you and your husband with her, I'm like, oh, God, it's such a sweet ... It's just sweet and delicious time when you have one little baby, and it's just-
Laura Pritchard:
I love our bubble. I love posting photos and videos of her way more than my work. Also, who cares about what I'm doing? Nobody's commenting on the campaign that I just did.
Johanna Almstead:
That I did great a juge on that sleeve.
Laura Pritchard:
Cool, Laura. No. They want to know what kind of morning I'm having with P-
Johanna Almstead:
Right?
Laura Pritchard:
... and what time it was at, and how's her sleeping going? Has she thrown up today? She's big on throwing up, and-
Johanna Almstead:
And you're super early mornings-
Laura Pritchard:
Super early mornings.
Johanna Almstead:
... from 5:00, and I'm like, yep, that was my life. And there were those sweet. They're so quiet. The city hasn't really woken up yet. You're just in this weird life, and by the time you get to work, you've had an entire fucking work day with your child. It's such a different time.
Laura Pritchard:
But I want to go home, I want to go back home to it. A lot of people say like, "Oh, God, I'm so thankful to go to work." And sure, maybe if I was a full-time stay-at-home mom, I'd be like, man, I miss my career. But, all I want to do is turn around and go home, and I want to prepare her meals, and I want to clean out her poopy underwear, because she had an accident. I love it. I love it. Not all day every day, but I love it. I love our bubble.
Johanna Almstead:
What's been the hardest part of becoming a mother and a working mother? Listen, I hate the term working mother-
Laura Pritchard:
That's okay.
Johanna Almstead:
... because all mothers work.
Laura Pritchard:
All mothers-
Johanna Almstead:
Everybody works their fucking ass off. A woman who is a mother who also has a job that takes her outside of her house, that's what I'm going to call it.
Laura Pritchard:
I have a job that takes me outside of my house and takes me on an airplane quite often. And I started traveling again ... I think it was like I went back to work around two months after which, ladies, no job is worth going back after two months.
Johanna Almstead:
Two months?
Laura Pritchard:
I traveled at I think four months pumping in the most remote places. The hardest part is leaving her for extended periods of time now, because she understands that I'm leaving, and not coming back for a couple of sleeps. And so, work has been a big word in our house, and it's very cute when she takes a bag and says, I'm going to go to work like mom, or I'm going to go to work with daddy. He's a chef. It's very cute, but it makes me so sad to know that whenever I say work, which I work from home, I can work a lot of places, she sometimes gets very sad and says, if you're going to work, like you're going on an airplane.
And I'm like, no. She's just obsessed with the idea of work right now, which tells me that we're working, both Michael and I, too much. We're out of the home too much. And while we have incredible babysitters, we had an incredible nanny for two years, there's something about that, that makes me feel proud. We could afford that, but also makes me feel like I should have been there for more moments. I know you could beat yourself up.
Johanna Almstead:
Don't beat yourself up. But, this comes up on this podcast probably once a week. It's so hard. And when you're in it, and there's so little, you think every time you get on that airplane that you've crushed her life, and that she's never going to recover. I promise you she probably won't remember.
Laura Pritchard:
I know.
Johanna Almstead:
And what she will know, and what she will grow up knowing is that-
Laura Pritchard:
Mommy worked hard.
Johanna Almstead:
... you are a woman with your own autonomy, and you have a job that you love, that you get to do, that you make your own money, that you have your own way in this world. Those things will matter so much more.
Laura Pritchard:
I hope so.
Johanna Almstead:
They will. I promise you they will, because it used to kill me ... And it's so funny because a lot of the women on this podcast are closer to my age than they are to your age, so we've done this part already.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm just learning this now.
Johanna Almstead:
It's just so fucking hard when you're doing it.
Laura Pritchard:
I know. It's so crushing. I'm still at the point of Poppy that I am her whole world. And so, everything seems so big. Her tantrums are big, and the emotions are big, and my emotions are big, because everything is so big.
Johanna Almstead:
Of course.
Laura Pritchard:
She's still in pull-ups at night, so I consider her a baby still. And yeah, you just don't want to be away from your baby, especially if I'm not doing neonatal brain life-saving work.
Johanna Almstead:
I know. I know.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm talking about t-shirts. And so, sometimes, it can feel like, is it worth going to work to talk about t-shirts?
Johanna Almstead:
Yes. You're not curing cancer.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm not.
Johanna Almstead:
You're not saving lives.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm not delivering babies.
Johanna Almstead:
You're not delivering babies. No, I know, but it's still important.
Laura Pritchard:
It's still important.
Johanna Almstead:
It's important for you to have it for you. And it's important because it contributes to your family. It sets an example for her of what life can be. She doesn't have to choose to do it, but she knows that it's a possibility.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah. I also think it's good that she sees that I'm not available all of the time, right?
Johanna Almstead:
Yes. Yes, that's huge. And as they get older, that's actually huger.
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, yeah, I bet.
Johanna Almstead:
And you don't realize it until they start to do the things for themselves, and they still don't want to do it, because you've done it for them their whole life. You're like, no, no, no. I think it's time you learned a little independence, right? It's time you learned to do this yourself. It's okay. Let's fast-forward 15 years, and Poppy's old enough to listen to this podcast. What do you want her to know about this time?
Laura Pritchard:
I want her to know that she is loved, not just by her mom and dad, but she's got a lot of fans. She's got a lot of fans. People love to see her shining face, and I want her to know that every time we walk out on the street, ever since she was a baby, she's very goofy, and silly, and funny, and very happy. She makes a lot of people smile. And I want her to know that I think, I like to think that when those strangers walk by, see her, and we see them smile, that for four minutes, that that might brighten their day, like a little baby just brightened their day. And that's Poppy. Poppy brightens people's day.
Johanna Almstead:
I love that.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, she's very loved. She's very silly.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah, she's very loved. And she'll know that. And that's not going to change, even if you get on a plane.
Laura Pritchard:
I also can't wait to see her in 15 years, because I think I know where she's going to be, and I don't want to be the mom that says she's going to be a star, right. That's lame. She will be in drama club, so wherever that takes her, she will somehow be on a stage. She sings, she gets on the table and sings, and she brings out her arms, and she sings Circle of Life, and she holds Simba up, and no one's in the room. It's just for her-
Johanna Almstead:
She's just doing her thing.
Laura Pritchard:
... and Rafiki, and Zazu, and Elsa, and Sven. And it's just for her friends.
Johanna Almstead:
I love it. She's a performer.
Laura Pritchard:
More than you know. It's hard to capture it on video.
Johanna Almstead:
It's funny because my kids are not that way, and my kids are terribly ... They have stage fright. They don't like to be the center of attention. When you see it in a kid, I thought all kids were. And then it's funny when you see a kid who's like aaaaaaa.
Laura Pritchard:
Holy baloney, that's exactly her. She loves it. At a restaurant, she'll look around, and if she catches someone's eyes, she'll go, "Hello, hi." She's got to have, I don't want to just say attention, she's not just like an attention seeker, but she needs the smile.
Johanna Almstead:
Spotlight, she needs the spotlight.
Laura Pritchard:
Well, also she loves a spotlight. You guys, she's a Leo. They're born for it, mm-hmm, she's a Leo.
Johanna Almstead:
She's a Leo. Right, because she's about to turn three, right?
Laura Pritchard:
She's about to turn three August 14th.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah, okay. Oh, so soon. So soon. Yeah. Good luck. Good luck world.
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm, I know.
Johanna Almstead:
Good luck, mom and dad. What are some sacrifices you have made to get to this point in your life, in your career, and your journey of motherhood, and your marriage, and all of it?
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, gosh, so many. Definitely with a baby, I have sacrificed jobs, and I've learned to feel confident about saying no, and no is an answer. Everybody, no period is an answer. And it sometimes feels good to say, and sometimes it doesn't feel good to say, but sometimes you can't take the job, because my husband might be working late, and I can't leave town. Who's going to watch P? I've sacrificed a lot with work, but still have maintained my clients, and things that I need to buy. I've sacrificed with work and with P, like marriage is really tough. It's tough at all stages, but when you have a baby, and you guys work a lot, and we work opposite hours-
Johanna Almstead:
Right, your husband's a chef, and-
Laura Pritchard:
My husband's a chef.
Johanna Almstead:
... works in a restaurant at night.
Laura Pritchard:
He works at a restaurant, tries his best to come home for bedtime, and dinner, and he's been doing an incredible, incredible job. But, it's tough, because you need face time. If you're going to have a fight, you need to be able to talk about it at a regular hour.
Johanna Almstead:
You need time to fight, you need to be able to see him.
Laura Pritchard:
You need time to fight. And then, time to maybe, I don't know, just maybe say I'm sorry, whatever. I've sacrificed having a second baby because of what I do, and the place that I choose to live. And it's hard, this city ... This city is a really bad relationship that you can't get out of, right?
Johanna Almstead:
Slightly abusive.
Laura Pritchard:
It's for sure abusive, sometimes physical.
Johanna Almstead:
Financially abusive.
Laura Pritchard:
But, it's emotionally and financially, extremely abusive. And so, you sacrifice a lot here. And having kids here is expensive, and so hard, and it's tiring all over the world. But, even doing something simple like putting mail in a mailbox is very difficult, because you have to walk very far to find that mailbox, and you have a baby on your arm, and you also have your computer in the other, because you're going to work.
Johanna Almstead:
Right.
Laura Pritchard:
There's been lots of sacrifices. And we talk about moving out of the city, and what would that look like? How do we do what we do? We want more kids. My husband's 12 years older. Is that something that we can do? I don't know what the realistic version of moving out of city looks like, because-
Johanna Almstead:
For either of your jobs.
Laura Pritchard:
... to be honest, I don't want to commute far in the morning, because I would lose time with my daughter in the morning, and then wouldn't be able to make it home to pick her up from school. Or if you have a sitter pick her up, maybe getting home right before bath time.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah.
Laura Pritchard:
That's not worth it for me, unrealistic. We'd love to move to Vermont. Michael and I are New Englanders at heart. We love the country, we love the smell, we love the food. Vermont is where Michael grew up, and it's a fantastic state, so many expats from New York, but how do I do what I do?
Johanna Almstead:
That would probably be a whole different thing. It would be rethinking your whole life.
Laura Pritchard:
And I welcome that, but you really need to settle on something fantastic that you can execute, right? I'm not worried about starting my own business. I've been doing that for over 15 years. And what is that business-
Johanna Almstead:
Maybe it's like-
Laura Pritchard:
... that will be then forever?
Johanna Almstead:
What's the one? Oh, the Lost Kitchen. What if it's like her? Maybe it's a restaurant and a shop. Maybe you're running the shop, and Michael's running the restaurant.
Laura Pritchard:
Of course, yes. We had thought about doing this maybe upstate. Remember during the pandemic, everyone was like, what is the future? How are people going to return back to work? Let's think about plan B. Our plan B was to buy an old decrepit house. And on each floor, maybe the first floor is vintage bottles of wine, and copper pans, wooden spoons, like all of those great kitchen knickknacks. Second floor is an incredible French kitchen. Third floor is a massive long wood table. And so, maybe the second floor is we do cooking classes, but you buy seats at the table, so it's seats from all over the world, right, so everybody cooks their own meal. We all go upstairs. We drink wine. We used to host-
Johanna Almstead:
I want to come.
Laura Pritchard:
... dinner parties all the time. Before baby, we were hosting dinner parties, and we were pretty good at it, and we thought we would love to turn that into a business.
Johanna Almstead:
I love that.
Laura Pritchard:
I know. It seems like something out of a movie, so how do we make that reality?
Johanna Almstead:
You could do it. We'll do a brainstorm. We'll do a brainstorm, okay?
Laura Pritchard:
I'd love to do a brainstorm.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah.
Johanna Almstead:
We'll write it all out. I'll bring my big sticky notes. Got my Sharpie.
Laura Pritchard:
Staples account that we could order some supplies.
Johanna Almstead:
Office supplies. You could finally use your office supplies. I'll have you pick them up so that you get to carry them.
Laura Pritchard:
Great. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I need to choose the color pen. It's important. I like blue ink.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, really?
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, I do.
Johanna Almstead:
I'm a black ink kind of person.
Laura Pritchard:
Black is, I'll take it. I love it. But blue, no, it seems different, like that navy?
Johanna Almstead:
Like a dark navy Sharpie?
Laura Pritchard:
Yes, yes. Oh, yeah. I do have a Sharpie that's new.
Johanna Almstead:
All right. I think we should work on that. I'm going to volunteer my services.
Laura Pritchard:
You heard it first, everybody, get that in writing.
Johanna Almstead:
Heard it first, giving away free work, get it in writing.
Laura Pritchard:
Get it in writing.
Johanna Almstead:
What is an achievement that you're most proud of?
Laura Pritchard:
Penelope Oscar Navarrete, for sure.
Johanna Almstead:
What's her middle name, Oscar?
Laura Pritchard:
Oscar.
Johanna Almstead:
Why is her middle name Oscar? I love that.
Laura Pritchard:
Michael is Mexican, and all of the men in his family, Oscar is technically their first name, and then they go by the second name, and so we decided to make Oscar her middle name, and we knew that she would be like, we would dress her in boy clothes, like we didn't care. It didn't need to be like Allison like mine, or didn't need to be wildly feminine, and we thought her first name was feminine enough, so-
Johanna Almstead:
I love it.
Laura Pritchard:
... Penelope Oscar Navarrete, Poppy Oscar Navarrete.
Johanna Almstead:
I love it. My youngest daughter has a ... She has a family name that is not very feminine, and right now, she's a little bit mad about it.
Laura Pritchard:
I bet. But, when she's in her twenties, she's like, mom, it's cool.
Johanna Almstead:
I know. I keep telling her that. I'm like, it's going to be cool later. I promise you it's badass. But, she doesn't love it.
Laura Pritchard:
She'll get over it.
Johanna Almstead:
You're most proud of her?
Laura Pritchard:
I'm most proud of her, and I'm-
Johanna Almstead:
You being a mother to her.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm proud of me, and I'm proud of ... Pregnancy can be really scary.
Johanna Almstead:
Mm-hmm.
Laura Pritchard:
It's horrifying. If you read it on a piece of paper, there's a being growing inside your belly. It is going to come out. You need to snip a little cord in order to release them from you. This is a horror film-
Johanna Almstead:
I totally agree.
Laura Pritchard:
... and I feel like I did really, really well, and I enjoyed 99% of my pregnancy and delivery. I have a wonderful delivery story, and-
Johanna Almstead:
You do?
Laura Pritchard:
I do. I loved it.
Johanna Almstead:
That's rare for people's first I feel like.
Laura Pritchard:
I loved it. It was-
Johanna Almstead:
Was your mom there?
Laura Pritchard:
She wasn't, and we decided her not to come for the first three weeks because I just wanted Michael. I didn't need another nurse nearby. We'll make mistakes, but we just wanted to do it ourselves. But, I'm just so proud of how I've handled all of this in New York City with a freelance non-steady job, and Michael as well. I'm just proud of all of that. We're all surviving, and still smiling, and I think that's a massive accomplishment.
Johanna Almstead:
Totally.
Laura Pritchard:
Massive.
Johanna Almstead:
To be doing work that you enjoy, to be able to be making the family you want to make, and doing it with love and purpose.
Laura Pritchard:
Yes, yes, and smiling [inaudible 00:55:39].
Johanna Almstead:
It's a massive achievement. It's huge.
Laura Pritchard:
Yes.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay. What's something that you once believed about yourself that you've since outgrown?
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, that I was a good singer. I thought true, hand to God, I was going to make it to this stage with my singing.
Johanna Almstead:
Really?
Laura Pritchard:
I really thought ... I would take my mom downstairs in the basement and be like, mom, listen to this. And it was reflection by Christina Aguilera from Mulan. Why did I think I could hit that note?
Johanna Almstead:
I mean, easy-breezy, right?
Laura Pritchard:
True story. My mom would agree. I would take her down the basement.
Johanna Almstead:
What did your mom say? I want to know how she handled this.
Laura Pritchard:
Okay. Ready? She'd say, "Wow, honey, that's beautiful. Would you like to sing it again?" And I'd say, "Yes, I'm going to sing it again." It wasn't good. It wasn't good. There's a moment where you have the raspiness in your voice, and you're in the shower, or you're on an empty psych on set before props starts bringing in all this stuff, where your voice can just roll right off that psych, or right in the bathroom, where I'm like, wait, wait, is that Christina Aguilera? But, the reality is that it's not, and then I did later in life realize that, that's not my talent.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, was it heartbreaking when you realized it?
Laura Pritchard:
It was embarrassing.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, because you really were like ... You really thought it was.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, I let people hear me, but maybe that's me.
Johanna Almstead:
Do you get down with some karaoke?
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, minimum two drinks in though.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
Well, also, I think when Poppy gets a little older, I'll go out late enough to do karaoke because karaoke doesn't start until 12:30, you know?
Johanna Almstead:
It doesn't go at like 4:00 P.M.
Laura Pritchard:
And that's my time. That's my time. But, I would karaoke for sure if I was available during the karaoke hours. Two drinks in.
Johanna Almstead:
Two drinks, got to be two drinks.
Laura Pritchard:
Cocktails, not wine, because I don't want the tannins just sitting in my throat.
Johanna Almstead:
Right. You don't want to like, aaaa. You have to hear vocal-
Laura Pritchard:
I don't want to be clearing my throat mid-
Johanna Almstead:
Right. You need something like a vodka, or like a tequila, or something.
Laura Pritchard:
Tequila.
Johanna Almstead:
Sharpens your vocal cords, correct?
Laura Pritchard:
I think so.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah, okay. That I need to see. Wait, I want to know, was there a moment when you realized that you weren't a good singer? Did you listen back to yourself?
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, oh.
Johanna Almstead:
Or was someone like, you're not a good singer?
Laura Pritchard:
I think when social media came around like Facebook or Instagram-
Johanna Almstead:
Please tell me you were posting videos of yourself singing please.
Laura Pritchard:
Well, I was singing in the background, and I thought, that's my voice? That's my speaking voice, and my singing voice, and I thought I should lower my voice. But, even in the car, with others around other than Michael or my parents, I would sing, and I just always thought for so many years, why aren't they commenting on it. That note was, I really think I did a good job. They wouldn't comment, so I don't think it was one moment. It was years, Jo.
Johanna Almstead:
It was a series of events.
Laura Pritchard:
They weren't saying, "Ooh, that was good."
Johanna Almstead:
No.
Laura Pritchard:
It happened enough times where I thought, I'm just going to lower my voice and keep it to myself. I'm going to keep it to myself. But, you know what, who enjoys my singing? Poppy.
Johanna Almstead:
Poppy. She's your biggest fan.
Laura Pritchard:
And we really get down to Moana, Lion King, and Frozen.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah.
Laura Pritchard:
Me and Kristen Bell, neck and neck.
Johanna Almstead:
You are rivals, practical rivals. You, I'm sure you sound just like her voice.
Laura Pritchard:
Close. Not Idina Menzel. That's the big lead.
Johanna Almstead:
That's goals, hashtag goals.
Laura Pritchard:
But Kristen Bell and I? I'm Anna.
Johanna Almstead:
This morning I was screaming at the top of my lungs.
Laura Pritchard:
What were you saying?
Johanna Almstead:
Killing me softly by the Fugees.
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, that's cool.
Johanna Almstead:
Obviously, me and Lauryn Hill, clearly I am coming for her.
Laura Pritchard:
You guys are very similar.
Johanna Almstead:
Very similar vibe, very similar voice.
Laura Pritchard:
Right.
Johanna Almstead:
She's almost as sexy as me. I don't know, but maybe, maybe.
Laura Pritchard:
She has better hair. She has cooler hair.
Johanna Almstead:
She has cooler everything.
Laura Pritchard:
This morning, we were belting out Sandy and Danny, Danny Zuko and Sandy from Grease.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, yeah, from Grease?
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah. Dude, I love me some Grease.
Laura Pritchard:
I love a musical.
Johanna Almstead:
We went to see Grease ... Our local high school did Grease as a musical last year, and my kids had no reference. They'd never seen Grease. And so-
Laura Pritchard:
What?
Johanna Almstead:
... me and my friend who are the moms were like, [inaudible 00:59:58], singing every single thing.
Laura Pritchard:
Hit that song.
Johanna Almstead:
My kids were mortified.
Laura Pritchard:
What?
Johanna Almstead:
They were like, "What is wrong with you?"
Laura Pritchard:
I was like, this is-
Johanna Almstead:
It's we go together. It's the ending scene. We go together like wamma, lamma, lamma, dingity ding da dong.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah.
Johanna Almstead:
They were like, "What? I don't ... No, mom. You're embarrassing."
Laura Pritchard:
Are they old enough to watch it, even though there are many inappropriate scenes?
Johanna Almstead:
I was thinking about it, and I was like, this is a lot, because I was like, you guys should watch the movie. And then, when I thought about the movie Rizzo, her whole storyline?
Laura Pritchard:
Rizzo's storyline is-
Johanna Almstead:
Maybe we're just not something we want to talk about quite yet.
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm, right.
Johanna Almstead:
I don't think they've actually watched it. I did try to make them watch it, and they weren't into it, and I was like, you know what? It's fine.
Laura Pritchard:
Ah, okay.
Johanna Almstead:
Beauty school dropout. I'm not sure that's the best message. I don't know. There's a lot of archaic messaging.
Laura Pritchard:
Right, totally. Yes, very true. Grease Lightning. Have you heard the words to that?
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, yeah.
Laura Pritchard:
Super naughty.
Johanna Almstead:
Dirty.
Laura Pritchard:
Super naughty. Danny Zuko was dirty.
Johanna Almstead:
Danny Zuko was dirty dog.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, he was.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, he was so cute though-
Laura Pritchard:
His hair was beautiful.
Johanna Almstead:
... and when he'd be all shy around her, and we'd try to go running that whole thing.
Laura Pritchard:
Totally. Yeah.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay. I could talk about this also-
Laura Pritchard:
Same.
Johanna Almstead:
... for a really long time.
Laura Pritchard:
Same.
Johanna Almstead:
What's my next question? Oh, is there something that you've said no to that you wish you've said yes to?
Laura Pritchard:
More on camera things.
Johanna Almstead:
Like you being on camera?
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm, yeah, so I started doing some like GMA work a couple of years ago, right in the beginning of me.
Johanna Almstead:
That's Good Morning America for the listeners.
Laura Pritchard:
Good Morning America, again, not an ad.
Johanna Almstead:
Were you singing on Good Morning America?
Laura Pritchard:
I was not. Nope, nope.
Johanna Almstead:
You're like, I've turned down some singing gigs that I really wish I had not.
Laura Pritchard:
I've turned down singing gigs, birthday parties, bar mitzvahs. That would be a lot of fun though. I would love to do that. But, no, it makes me nervous.
Johanna Almstead:
Uh-huh. And that's why you've said no to it is because it makes you nervous?
Laura Pritchard:
Yes, because I think the first two were successful, and it's easy to not want to fail at the third.
Johanna Almstead:
Mmm, you're like, third time, I'm going to strike it.
Laura Pritchard:
Again, quit while you're ahead. It's okay to fail at things, but I don't want to end-
Johanna Almstead:
Fails that publicly on a national TV show.
Laura Pritchard:
Yes, on live TV. You guys, live TV is a trip.
Johanna Almstead:
But, why is the assumption that you're going to fail?
Laura Pritchard:
I don't know.
Johanna Almstead:
That's just dumb.
Laura Pritchard:
Imposter syndrome? Also, thinking that I'm not worthy of being up here. What are we doing? But it's fun, and it's exciting, and there's an adrenaline rush, and I'm so wildly proud after. I keep my hair and makeup on all day. There's so many good things about it, and I've been asked recently and it hasn't worked out schedule wise, but there's always more follow up to be done, and pitches, and this is how you get on TV, people, right? You pitch.
Johanna Almstead:
You would be so good on TV.
Laura Pritchard:
That's very kind, and not that I don't want to do it-
Johanna Almstead:
You're funny, and you're charming.
Laura Pritchard:
... full-time, but I think that you learn a lot of lessons, and a lot of confidence can come from that. And I think that I would be good at it in small little bits, but I wish that I did more of that, more pitching and making it work.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, so we're going to make a change. We're going to work on that, because I think before you opened-
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, dear.
Johanna Almstead:
... The Barn restaurant in the woods, you need to be on GMA some more, and I think we should put that on the vision board.
Laura Pritchard:
Well also, press, right? That would be good for a future brand, just my face more in the media, but I don't know, I don't know.
Johanna Almstead:
I think you'd be so good at it, and there's a lot of people I would not say that to, and I think you would be adorable, and you're charming, and your professional. I think you'd be great.
Laura Pritchard:
We'll see. There you go with your hype, woman. This is great. There you are.
Johanna Almstead:
Yep. You can just listen to this over and over again and be like, Jo says I should be on GMA.
Laura Pritchard:
Jo says I should be on GMA. Jo says I should be on GMA.
Johanna Almstead:
Jo says I'm a singer. Okay. No, listen, this is crazy though. You've met her actually, my dear love, Emily, who used to work with us. She was our nanny for years, and then, she decided to go back to school to study hair. She started doing hair, and then she started apprenticing at this really fancy salon. And anyway, we have this joke that if we talk about it in my kitchen, it comes true. And this has happened in her whole career. I'm in my kitchen currently, so let's consider this a talk in my kitchen. We literally, we manifested her career, her editorial hair career. She's now working on amazing sets all over the place, and you met with her to guide her-
Laura Pritchard:
I'm proud of her.
Johanna Almstead:
... so thank you, thank you for doing that.
Laura Pritchard:
Of course.
Johanna Almstead:
We manifested her apartment in Brooklyn. We manifested her love. I told her she was going to meet someone on set. I was like, you are meant to be on set. This is your vibe. You love a first day of school kind of vibe. You're so good. She met a lovely partner on set, and they are now been together for a very, very long time.
Laura Pritchard:
Fantastic.
Johanna Almstead:
Consider this our kitchen talk.
Laura Pritchard:
Wonderful.
Johanna Almstead:
Consider this your step into shining Your light on GMA, or another TV show, we're not opposed to-
Laura Pritchard:
Or yeah, not just-
Johanna Almstead:
Today Show, are you listening?
Laura Pritchard:
Drew Barrymore Show.
Johanna Almstead:
Drew Barrymore Show. Are you listening, Drew?
Laura Pritchard:
Are you listening, Drew?
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, we're going to get around.
Laura Pritchard:
We'll see.
Johanna Almstead:
This is a perfect segue to the lightning round of silly questions.
Laura Pritchard:
Okay.
Johanna Almstead:
Don't overthink it. I know you're a good student. I know you'd like to do research. Don't do it. You just got to go with your gut.
Laura Pritchard:
Okay, go.
Johanna Almstead:
What is your favorite comfort food?
Laura Pritchard:
I have to choose one?
Johanna Almstead:
Or you could have two.
Laura Pritchard:
Bone-in ribeye with a glass of red wine. That's my comfort food.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah, girl, get it.
Laura Pritchard:
Mashed potatoes, [inaudible 01:05:25], sorry. I'm done.
Johanna Almstead:
What is something you are really good at?
Laura Pritchard:
Being a mom.
Johanna Almstead:
Yay. What is something you're really bad at?
Laura Pritchard:
I'm not going to say singing, because I don't-
Johanna Almstead:
Don't say it.
Laura Pritchard:
No, because I think that I can carry a note.
Johanna Almstead:
I think you're mediocre at worst, so that's not something you're bad at. I don't even know. I'm just guessing.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm really bad at math.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, my God. You are guest number 475. Who has said that?
Laura Pritchard:
I'm really bad at math. I miss my fours.
Johanna Almstead:
Apparently, I only surround myself with people who are really bad at math. That's okay.
Laura Pritchard:
You know what? I'm a creative who still uses their fingers to count. I said it.
Johanna Almstead:
I think I'm going to rename the name of this podcast like Bad at Math Anonymous, because we all suck at math.
Laura Pritchard:
You know what though? Not anonymous. We'll say it.
Johanna Almstead:
Not anonymous. We're out and proud.
Laura Pritchard:
We're out and proud.
Johanna Almstead:
We are out and proud. Fuck that shit. We're good. We're good people who suck at math.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm not in the closet about that.
Johanna Almstead:
Nope. Favorite word?
Laura Pritchard:
This isn't even my favorite word, but fuck came to my mind.
Johanna Almstead:
There you go. It could be your favorite word right now in this moment.
Laura Pritchard:
Right now, that's just what came up. And sometimes I say it a lot.
Johanna Almstead:
Just don't say it on GMA, okay?
Laura Pritchard:
No, I'll never be invited back.
Johanna Almstead:
No, you won't. Least favorite word.
Laura Pritchard:
Chunky.
Johanna Almstead:
Ooh, chunky.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah. Well, it has a bad connotation, and I don't think of chunky sweaters. Plus my daughter throws up a lot, so you can imagine when I say chunky-
Johanna Almstead:
I get it.
Laura Pritchard:
... what I refer to.
Johanna Almstead:
Mm-hmm, okay, thanks. That's all the visual I need.
Laura Pritchard:
You're welcome.
Johanna Almstead:
Least favorite ... Segue to this, least favorite food.
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, I have a few, but I'm going to tell you the most popular one, and I'm going to get a reaction.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
Chocolate.
Johanna Almstead:
What?
Laura Pritchard:
I hate chocolate. I hate the smell of it. I don't like chocolate. I've never liked chocolate. When I was in middle school, kids, because they're the worst, this is the worst time, middle school, they used to make fun of me, during Halloween mostly. And so, I would force myself to eat it, and I would gag every time. I hate it. I hate chocolate.
Johanna Almstead:
Wow. I don't think I've ever met anyone who doesn't like chocolate like that.
Laura Pritchard:
I know. I'm like the only one, and I'm proud.
Johanna Almstead:
Proud.
Laura Pritchard:
And I'm going to say one more. It's going to get a reaction. Coffee.
Johanna Almstead:
Coffee.
Laura Pritchard:
I love the smell.
Johanna Almstead:
Well, that's not surprising because they're similar. I feel like coffee and chocolate are similar. When I crave chocolate, I actually also crave coffee.
Laura Pritchard:
But I love [inaudible 01:07:43]. It's very confusing.
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah. I don't like [inaudible 01:07:45], weird.
Laura Pritchard:
Well, there's also meat attached to [inaudible 01:07:50], so when it's slathered on meat, I'll eat [inaudible 01:07:54].
Johanna Almstead:
You'll eat [inaudible 01:07:55], okay.
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm.
Johanna Almstead:
What is your best piece of advice you've ever received?
Laura Pritchard:
Don't take yourself too seriously. You lose sight of what really matters. And again, just be kind. Be kind to people on the street, because you never know what they're going through. They could be on the verge of crying, and you being shitty to them could just push them over the edge.
Johanna Almstead:
Push them over the edge, yeah. Yeah, those are good ones.
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm, be kind to people.
Johanna Almstead:
Those are really good ones.
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm, simple.
Johanna Almstead:
If your personality were a flavor, what would it be?
Laura Pritchard:
Growing up, I didn't eat candy, but I was really obsessed with Lifesavers.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
And the green Lifesaver was really a large part of my life, and I thought for a long time it was lime, but I think it was watermelon. My answer is, I think it's a watermelon.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, it's lime.
Laura Pritchard:
Well, I'll go with lime, so I'll say my flavor is lime Lifesaver.
Johanna Almstead:
Lime.
Laura Pritchard:
Lime Lifesaver.
Johanna Almstead:
Lime Lifesaver.
Laura Pritchard:
The green lifesaver. That's my flavor, and I'll stick to it, or if we have to stick with a flavor profile-
Johanna Almstead:
No, we don't have to.
Laura Pritchard:
Savory.
Johanna Almstead:
No, no, no, no. I think lime Lifesaver. You're also wearing green today, so I think it's all come full circle.
Laura Pritchard:
You're welcome.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, last supper. You are leaving this earth tomorrow. What are you going to eat for dinner tonight?
Laura Pritchard:
Okay. This is in courses though. Okay. It's not-
Johanna Almstead:
I love a multi-course situation.
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, my god. Okay, this is off the cuff.
Johanna Almstead:
Go. Go. Yeah, go.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm going to start with Michael very early on, made a chilled corn soup.
Johanna Almstead:
Delicious.
Laura Pritchard:
He since then does not remember the ingredients of it-
Johanna Almstead:
That's cruel.
Laura Pritchard:
... but it's one of the best soup that I've ever eaten, so I will start my meal with that.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
Then. Oh, my God. Then I'm going to do-
Johanna Almstead:
You can have as many courses as you want, so take a breath.
Laura Pritchard:
Then I'm going to go into Cacio e Pepe.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
People do burger tours all over the city. I do a Cacio e Pepe tour all over the city-
Johanna Almstead:
I like that.
Laura Pritchard:
Via Carota is the best one so far.
Johanna Almstead:
Yes, Via Carota is ... I just had that recently. It's so good.
Laura Pritchard:
Ugh, good for you. Do you have dinner at 4:30 in the afternoon because you didn't want to wait in line?
Johanna Almstead:
100%.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah. You're not going to wait in line, but I would for that. Cacio e Pepe, and then I'm going to move into some meat. I want a bone-in ribeye. Listen, the tomahawks people say that they're stupid and kitschy. I love them.
Johanna Almstead:
You love the tomahawk.
Laura Pritchard:
The more meat ... I do, because there's lots of meat and there's a big bone that I like to gnaw on.
Johanna Almstead:
Really? And you like like a ... I find ribeyes to be too fatty. You like the fat?
Laura Pritchard:
Right. No, I trim most of it off, but the center to me is way flavorful. I don't love all of the fat around the edges, but I find that New York strips, it's a little too meaty. I'll eat all of it, but I'm saying I need it to melt in my mouth in order for it to be my last supper.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, good. Okay, so you're doing a tomahawk giant?
Laura Pritchard:
I'm doing a large ribeye, and sure, I can have steakhouse sides, right. But I'm really focused on the meat. I would've liked to start off with some white wine moving into some red.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay. Are you having white with your Cacio e Pepe or are you having red with your Cacio e Pepe?
Laura Pritchard:
I'm going to have white with my soup, and then I'm going to start moving into maybe a light pinot noir, and then I'm going to go into a funky French red.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
I like barnyard.
Johanna Almstead:
Going big, yeah.
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm. But, not big and robust. I want like-
Johanna Almstead:
Funk.
Laura Pritchard:
... funk. I want it to smell like poop.
Johanna Almstead:
Stinky, weird, yeah.
Laura Pritchard:
I love a barnyard. Michael turned me on to stinky French wines, and I just huff it.
Johanna Almstead:
Do you like a Bordeaux? I like a Bordeaux.
Laura Pritchard:
I like a Bordeaux. I like a Bordeaux. I just love-
Johanna Almstead:
Some of them can be funky.
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm. But I also love a clean burgundy.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
I love a drinkable wine. And then, don't forget about dessert, which I'm not really a dessert person. However, I found the most amazing dessert in the world, and it's sticky toffee pudding.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, okay.
Laura Pritchard:
Sticky toffee pudding. And then, I'm going to end with a glazed doughnut.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, oh, I like this. I like this.
Laura Pritchard:
That is how I will die.
Johanna Almstead:
That's how you're going to go out.
Laura Pritchard:
The glazed doughnut, and I'll take maybe a half a yeast doughnut, and a half of a cake doughnut, because I'm an equal opportunist. I do like both, but that is what I want in my mouth-
Johanna Almstead:
When you croak.
Laura Pritchard:
... when I pass.
Johanna Almstead:
Is there a specific place you like your doughnuts from? Because I feel like people get very specific about their doughnuts.
Laura Pritchard:
Well listen, I'm from New England, so like Dunkin', and it was Dunkin' Donuts, not Dunkin'.
Johanna Almstead:
Also. Don't you think that they used to be better when we were younger?
Laura Pritchard:
Yes. But, I also think that our palates changed, not to be a douche bag, but we ate Pop Tarts and pizza bagels, so-
Johanna Almstead:
True.
Laura Pritchard:
... yeah, they tasted different, but I just had, not for the first time, but I just had four actually yesterday, which is, my belly hurts, Peter Pan Donuts.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, okay. I saw your Instagram story about it.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, yeah, they're crispy, which is different. They're cake, and they're crispy, and they're delicious. I do love a dough donut, but I have to cut it in half because it's way too much dough.
Johanna Almstead:
Wait, what's a dough donut.
Laura Pritchard:
D-O-U-G-H, dough in Chelsea.
Johanna Almstead:
The brand, the brand.
Laura Pritchard:
Yes.
Johanna Almstead:
I thought you were like was another category of donut.
Laura Pritchard:
No, it's really only two donuts.
Johanna Almstead:
I'm not big on doughnuts, so I'm not in the market.
Laura Pritchard:
Maybe you haven't had the right ones, or-
Johanna Almstead:
I'm gluten-free, so-
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, right.
Johanna Almstead:
... it sucks. It's just not worth it. And I'm not really a donut person. I'm just not a sweets person, so I don't really eat-
Laura Pritchard:
Totally.
Johanna Almstead:
... donuts. Okay, so you're going out with donuts. I'm into it.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm going to go out with donuts, and meat in my tooth. I want to have a meat tooth, and I want a-
Johanna Almstead:
It's stuck between-
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, but the back teeth, the ones where you can't get.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, I see, it's going to last for a while. If you could eat only one food for the rest of your life every day, all day, don't worry about nutritional substance, it'll keep you going, what would you eat?
Laura Pritchard:
It would be pasta. And again, I'm an equal opportunist. I like it in most ways, and I like most shapes.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay. Do you like all different kinds of sauces and things?
Laura Pritchard:
Yes. You know what I don't enjoy?
Johanna Almstead:
Yeah.
Laura Pritchard:
Like a super chunky, oh my God, I'm Italian, and I should know this, a super chunky tomato sauce that is all vegetables. I want more sauce rather than like-
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, when it's more tomatoy, less saucy, like a primavera with vegetables?
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, I just, I'm eating pasta. I don't want to be chewing zucchini along with it, or a big, not mashed up tomato.
Johanna Almstead:
Got it.
Laura Pritchard:
I don't know.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
That's not for me.
Johanna Almstead:
That's fair. Where is your happy place?
Laura Pritchard:
Short answer, my home, easy, long answer, Vermont. And when I cross state lines outside of New York, I feel my shoulders relax. I breathe deeper, and I put my phone away more. Vermont, New Hampshire, the mountains, which is odd because I'm such a city person now, but New England.
Johanna Almstead:
What do you wear when you feel like you need to take on the world? When you go on GMA next time, what are you going to wear?
Laura Pritchard:
Well, it's funny because I wore half of that the first time that I went on. I feel the most confident in tailored menswear. I would put on a black trouser that's nipped in at the waist, but a relaxed fit that hits at the ankle. I'm short, so I want to-
Johanna Almstead:
Show a little ankle?
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm. I'm going to wear a vest, and I'm probably going to wear some sort of great throw blazer, or tuxedo jacket, and I'll put on a great loafer.
Johanna Almstead:
Cute.
Laura Pritchard:
I don't need a heel to feel powerful.
Johanna Almstead:
And are you wearing the vest over anything or is the vest your shirt?
Laura Pritchard:
The vest is my shirt.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, so you got a little skin, you've got a little neck showing.
Laura Pritchard:
I show a little skin. I show a little neck and ankle, but I'm wearing tailored menswear pieces. That's where I feel most comfortable.
Johanna Almstead:
And are you juging the sleeves? Are you doing a little juge, or are you showing wrists or is the jacket hitting your-
Laura Pritchard:
Nope, I'm going to keep the jacket down. If I were to take off the vest and put like a menswear striped shirt on-
Johanna Almstead:
You might juge.
Laura Pritchard:
... I would pull those fucking sleeves all the way up, make it as messy as possible. And I don't care if they keep falling down, then you just keep pulling them up.
Johanna Almstead:
It's part of your vibe. It's part of your thing.
Laura Pritchard:
Yes. People are always like, how do you make them stay up? I'm like, you don't, whatever, just pull them right back up again.
Johanna Almstead:
Just pull them back up.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, just roll them, and make it look messy, whatever.
Johanna Almstead:
Cute. What's your go-to coping mechanism on a bad day? Shit's going sideways. You're exhausted. All the things are happening all at once. What do you do?
Laura Pritchard:
Sometimes I lose my temper.
Johanna Almstead:
Great coping mechanism.
Laura Pritchard:
I compartmentalize a lot, which in the moment, it might be an okay thing to do, but overall, long-term, compartmentalization is not super great, right, because we have to deal, and feel with our emotions and work through things. But, if I'm not losing my temper, I'm packing it away, hoping to never see it again.
Johanna Almstead:
Stuffing it deep down.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm currently seeing a therapist, and so we're unpacking that too.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay. Dream dinner party guest list. You can have as many people as you want.
Laura Pritchard:
Diane Keaton.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, good one.
Laura Pritchard:
Celine Dion.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, fuck yes.
Laura Pritchard:
She's my diva.
Johanna Almstead:
Are you going to sing for her?
Laura Pritchard:
I'll sing alongside her. But, you know what though? Celine would-
Johanna Almstead:
She would be supportive.
Laura Pritchard:
... cheer me on.
Johanna Almstead:
She would be so supportive.
Laura Pritchard:
She would stop singing so that I could.
Johanna Almstead:
No, she would coach you. She would be like, oh, I think you need to get it in there.
Laura Pritchard:
Yes.
Johanna Almstead:
Come here. Come with me. She would be so supportive.
Laura Pritchard:
You're trying to make me sing. I'm not going to do it.
Johanna Almstead:
She would be so supportive.
Laura Pritchard:
She would be supportive. I'm going to have Ashley Olson.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay. Only Ashley, the other one's not-
Laura Pritchard:
I love them both, but I don't think I'll be able to get both of them in the room.
Johanna Almstead:
Listen.
Laura Pritchard:
Let's be realistic.
Johanna Almstead:
No, dream big, girl. Dream big.
Laura Pritchard:
Okay, then I'll have them both. Maybe I'll sit them at opposite ends of the table though.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
I think they do well apart. Oh, God.
Johanna Almstead:
We've got Celine, we've got Diane Keaton, and we've got the Olson twins. I'm into this. This is a good mashup.
Laura Pritchard:
Not to be corny, but I might have Grace Coddington just come in for dessert or something.
Johanna Almstead:
Why doesn't she get the whole meal?
Laura Pritchard:
Because again, I don't know if I can secure her.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, my gosh.
Laura Pritchard:
We need to get past this.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, she's coming.
Laura Pritchard:
She's RSVP'd.
Johanna Almstead:
She can bring her cat.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah. I want someone really seasoned with stories from the eighties and nineties.
Johanna Almstead:
Oh, she's divine.
Laura Pritchard:
But, because I wasn't around ... I wasn't around then working.
Johanna Almstead:
Right.
Laura Pritchard:
And I came into fashion at the end of press gifting, and it was like a massive shift in magazines where budgets were being cut, and Vuitton was not sending out personalized luggage to every editor. And I wanted to see that world. And I feel like she would give really good insight. She would have a lot of fun stories. I want my mom there.
Johanna Almstead:
Great. She would also support your singing.
Laura Pritchard:
She would support everything. My mom is so nice.
Johanna Almstead:
She sounds great.
Laura Pritchard:
She sounds great. And she would interject with conversations of delivery.
Johanna Almstead:
Who would you sit your mom next to?
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, someone who would make her feel a little uncomfortable, because funny things would come out of her mouth. Absolutely. I don't know who I would.
Johanna Almstead:
I kind of want her to be next to Celine though.
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, she'd fall out of her chair. I couldn't ... We'd have to put her on the other side of the table.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
We grew up really big fans of Celine in our house. You know what? And to be honest, I'm going to put Belle at my table.
Johanna Almstead:
Belle as in Belle and the Beast?
Laura Pritchard:
Belle of Beauty and the Beast. Correct.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
I think she is well traveled. I think that-
Johanna Almstead:
She can hit a high note.
Laura Pritchard:
She can hit a high note. She's brunette like me. I feel like we have similar tastes.
Johanna Almstead:
And you could go home and tell Poppy about it, that you got to have dinner with Belle.
Laura Pritchard:
She would flip. Oh, and then sure, I'll have Mufasa there just to appease my daughter. She's a huge Mufasa fan.
Johanna Almstead:
I think you definitely have to seat Mufasa next to Grace Coddington.
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, because they would look so similar?
Johanna Almstead:
With the hair, yeah.
Laura Pritchard:
That would be a beautiful portrait. That's the Polaroid.
Johanna Almstead:
That's the Polaroid that's going to now circulate on the internet.
Laura Pritchard:
You guys, we're going to find that photo. I'm going to zoom in. It was a yellow scarf with a navy blue bubble dress.
Johanna Almstead:
You need to find the photo, and you need to actually post it when we post.
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, no.
Johanna Almstead:
When we launch this episode, you need to actually follow it up with a post with that photo.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, I think it's on Facebook. Nothing goes away, those photos.
Johanna Almstead:
Social media team, are you listening? My social media team needs to do a mega deep dive.
Laura Pritchard:
I think I un-tagged myself, so you'd have to physically look at the basis.
Johanna Almstead:
You'd have to really dive deep.
Laura Pritchard:
I looked a little different back then.
Johanna Almstead:
My friend Abby is like a private detective, not professionally. She's just really good, and she should be, so I'm going to have her find it. She's going to find it.
Laura Pritchard:
I dare you guys. I dare you guys to find it. If you come up with it-
Johanna Almstead:
Challenge accepted.
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, my God. I can't wait.
Johanna Almstead:
Wait, Pritchard's your maiden name?
Laura Pritchard:
Mm-hmm. I didn't take his name. And you know what was so nice, Michael, when we got married, he's like, would you like me to take your name? I said, "Michael Pritchard, you're Mexican, babe. No, don't do it. Don't do it. You have a great name. Our baby will have your name." And I thought in a world when I had her, I thought, I don't want to have a different last name than my daughter. I might look like the nanny. I want to be connected to her. And then, when I had her, I looked into what it takes to change your name. And I thought, I'm good with Pritchard. I love my name.
Johanna Almstead:
It's a pain in the ass.
Laura Pritchard:
Nope. I'll stick with Laura Pritchard.
Johanna Almstead:
It's a pain in the ass.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay, last question. What is the one thing you know for sure right now, today, here in this moment?
Laura Pritchard:
Oh, I know for sure that I have an incredible team around me, rooting for me in whatever I'm doing. Whether that means family, friends, or assistants who help an aid in my success and happiness, I am very thankful for the people that I surround myself with. I've done a good job choosing them.
Johanna Almstead:
Good job.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah. Thank you.
Johanna Almstead:
Please tell people where they can find you. What's your Instagram? What's your website? If someone wants to hire you to be a stylist, how do they do that?
Laura Pritchard:
You could find me on Instagram. Laura underscore-
Johanna Almstead:
What the with the fuck with the underscore?
Laura Pritchard:
I know, I know. I know. Laura_Pritch. Couldn't even get my full last name.
Johanna Almstead:
Jesus Christ. Even with the underscore?
Laura Pritchard:
P-I-T-C-H.
Johanna Almstead:
Laura_Pritch.
Laura Pritchard:
Laura_Pritch. And you can find me on my agency's site. See management contact.
Johanna Almstead:
See management. S-E-E, not the letter C. See Management is where-
Laura Pritchard:
See Management.
Johanna Almstead:
... she can be hired through her agents.
Laura Pritchard:
Hire me, guys.
Johanna Almstead:
She's so good, guys.
Laura Pritchard:
I'm fun on set.
Johanna Almstead:
She's a lot of fun.
Laura Pritchard:
Yeah, I sing.
Johanna Almstead:
And you're coming back and you're singing next time.
Laura Pritchard:
Fine. Don't put on The Sound of Music, because it's for sure.
Johanna Almstead:
Is it The Hills Are Alive or is it My Favorite Things?
Laura Pritchard:
My favorite things are Do, Re, Mi. I feel really confident at the end when they're all singing Do, Re, Mi out of order.
Johanna Almstead:
Mm-hmm. You can sing it in round.
Laura Pritchard:
Yes.
Johanna Almstead:
Are you sure you don't need to sing it today?
Laura Pritchard:
Nope. That's the next episode. I will start the next episode that you hire me for with Do, Re, Mi.
Johanna Almstead:
This is a cliffhanger. You'll have to come back for our next episode with Laura Pritchard because she's going to sing Do, Re, Mi.
Laura Pritchard:
I will. I will.
Johanna Almstead:
All right. She promised, you heard it here.
Laura Pritchard:
Let's start from the very beginning, which is a very good place-
Johanna Almstead:
Place to start.
Laura Pritchard:
If you read, you begin ... Okay, guys.
Johanna Almstead:
Okay.
Laura Pritchard:
I don't want to give away too much.
Johanna Almstead:
Teaser. That was the teaser.
Laura Pritchard:
You're welcome.
Johanna Almstead:
You're the best. Thank you so much for taking so much time with me-
Laura Pritchard:
Thank you.
Johanna Almstead:
... and for being such joy, and I'm so happy to have had this time with you, and you are coming back, and you are singing on our next time around.
Laura Pritchard:
I can't wait. It was wonderful to see your face. I adore you.
Johanna Almstead:
Thank you. I'll see you next time.
That was so much fun and my face hurts from laughing so much. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. As always, thank you, thank you, thank you for tuning in. Thank you for your support. Thank you for sharing this with somebody who you think might benefit from it. We are growing this community bit by bit, and it's all thanks to you guys. So please, if you're not doing so already, follow us on Instagram and TikTok at Eat My Words, the podcast. Please share this episode with someone who you think might need some style tips, maybe, or you think just needs a good laugh. So I hope you had a great time, I certainly did. I have a great time every time with you guys. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'll catch you on the next one.
The Eat My Words podcast has been created and directed by me, Joanna Almstead. Our producer is Sophy Drouin, our audio editor is Isabel Robertson, and our brand manager is Mila Bujna.