UNfashioned

In this final story of the season, I reflect on the quiet unraveling that has happened since November.What began as stories about clothing became something more personal. It became an invitation to look more closely at the life I have been wearing. Standing between seasons, I return to the closet with a different perspective.If this story resonates with you, please share it or leave a review on your favorite streaming platform.xo, MelanieIf something stirred while you were listening, you’re welcome to reach out. email: [email protected]: https://feeds.transistor.fm/unfashionedig: @unfashionedpod / @retrokandyvintageshop: https://www.retrokandyvintage.comtiktok: @unfashionedpodphotographer: https://www.vickiberloffephotography.comClick here to view the episode transcript.

In this story of UNfashioned, I reflect on what it means to understand the fabric of my own life. On my forty-sixth birthday, I move beneath appearance and into composition, exploring softness, endurance, tension, and repair. This story is an invitation to consider what you are made of and how you have been shaped over time.If this story resonates with you, please share it with someone who might need to hear it, or leave a review on your favorite streaming platform. Your support helps these stories reach further.xo, MelanieIf something stirred while you were listening, you’re welcome to reach out. email: [email protected]: https://feeds.transistor.fm/unfashionedig: @unfashionedpod / @retrokandyvintageshop: https://www.retrokandyvintage.comtiktok: @unfashionedpodphotographer: https://www.vickiberloffephotography.com

In this story of UNfashioned, I reflect on care, wear, and the rules we follow without question. Using the care label inside a garment as a metaphor, this story explores what happens when being careful becomes a way of living. It reflects on how listening more closely can change the way we hold ourselves and our lives. xo, MelanieIf something stirred while you were listening, you’re welcome to reach out. email: [email protected]: https://feeds.transistor.fm/unfashionedig: @unfashionedpod / @retrokandyvintageshop: https://www.retrokandyvintage.comtiktok: @unfashionedpodphotographer: https://www.vickiberloffephotography.com

In this story of UNfashioned, I explore the labels stitched inside our clothes and the ones we carry in our lives. From brand names and sizes to roles and identities, labels can offer a sense of belonging and confidence, but they can also quietly limit how we see ourselves. Drawing from my experience in fashion, I reflect on how labels shape perception and why true style, both inside and out, begins when we stop letting them define us. xo, MelanieDrop me a message and share your feelings about this story. I look forward to hearing from you.email: [email protected]: @unfashionedpod / @retrokandyvintagetiktok: @unfashionedpodwebsite: https://feeds.transistor.fm/unfashionedshop: https://www.retrokandyvintage.comphotographer: https://www.vickiberloffephotography.com

As a new season begins, the unraveling slows. In this opening story of Season Two, I reflect on winter as a time of layering, protection, and quiet preparation. This episode is about dressing for warmth instead of performance, allowing life to soften, and trusting what is forming beneath the surface. Listen if you are craving rest, patience, and permission to move gently into what comes next.Please share with me how this episode made you feel.xo, MelanieIf anything in this story helped you a little, I’d love to hear from you.email: [email protected]: @unfashionedpod / @retrokandyvintagetiktok: @unfashionedpodwebsite: https://feeds.transistor.fm/unfashionedshop: https://www.retrokandyvintage.comphotographer: https://www.vickiberloffephotography.com/

As the season grows louder, the pressure to keep up grows louder too. In this final episode before the holiday pause, I explore how trends influence what we wear, how we show up, and how easily we lose touch with our own voice. This story is about noticing the noise and choosing to listen inward instead.Listen if you are feeling the pull to conform and want permission to choose what feels true.Please share this episode with friends who may need it, and leave a review on your favorite streaming service. Thank you!xo, MelanieIf anything in this story helped you a little, I’d love to hear from you.email: [email protected]: @unfashionedpod / @retrokandyvintagetiktok: @unfashionedpodwebsite: https://feeds.transistor.fm/unfashionedshop: https://www.retrokandyvintage.comphotographer: https://www.vickiberloffephotography.com/

In this story, I begin choosing the style of the life I want to live now. After letting go of what no longer fit, I step into the try-on room and explore what feels true, supportive, and real. This episode is about experimenting with who you are becoming and allowing yourself to choose with honesty and intention.xo, MelanieIf anything in this story helped you a little, I’d love to hear from you. email: [email protected]: @unfashionedpod / @retrokandyvintagetiktok: @unfashionedpodwebsite: https://feeds.transistor.fm/unfashionedshop: https://www.retrokandyvintage.comphotographer: https://www.vickiberloffephotography.com/

After the unraveling comes the moment when you finally see what stayed. In this story, I step back into the quiet of my own closet and notice the pieces that remained. It is a gentle look at what endures when everything else has fallen away.Listen and be ready to discover what has lasted inside you too.xo, MelaniePlease share with me how this episode made you feel.email: [email protected]: @unfashionedpod / @retrokandyvintagetiktok: @unfashionedpodwebsite: https://feeds.transistor.fm/unfashionedshop: https://www.retrokandyvintage.comphotographer: https://www.vickiberloffephotography.com

After the release comes the quiet. In this story, I talk about what happens when everything false falls away and you are left standing in the soft light of your own truth. It is the tender place between endings and beginnings.Maybe being lost is not something to escape. Maybe it is the very place where you start finding your way back to who you are.xo, MelaniePlease share your feelings about this episode with me. email: [email protected]: @unfashionedpod / @retrokandyvintagetiktok: @unfashionedpodwebsite: https://feeds.transistor.fm/unfashionedshop: https://www.retrokandyvintage.comphotographer: https://www.vickiberloffephotography.com

For this third story, I unravel the layers of identity I have dressed myself in. These are roles and costumes I have worn to feel safe, seen, or loved. It is about peeling back those layers and remembering who I am beneath them. It is the quiet reawakening that begins when I start to feel again. xo, Melanie If this story helped you see the roles you have been wearing, let them gently unravel. Let the air touch your skin, and tell me what it brought up for you. I would love to hear.email: [email protected]: @unfashionedpod / @retrokandyvintagetiktok: @unfashionedpodwebsite: https://feeds.transistor.fm/unfashionedshop: https://www.retrokandyvintage.comphotographer: https://www.vickiberloffephotography.com

In this story, I open the closet doors a little wider and step into the confusion and difficulty of what it means to let go. It’s not the kind of clean out that ends in perfect piles or color-coordinated rows. It’s the kind where fabric and memory blur together, where we sort through the stories we’ve been wearing and decide what still feels like truth against our skin.If you’ve ever held on a little too long to something that no longer fits, this one is for you.xo, MelanieIf this story helped you start to unravel what no longer fits, I’d love to hear from you. email: [email protected]: @unfashionedpod / @retrokandyvintagetiktok: @unfashionedpodwebsite: https://feeds.transistor.fm/unfashionedshop: https://www.retrokandyvintage.comphotographer: https://www.vickiberloffephotography.com/

In this first episode, I open the closet doors to UN fashioned and begin unraveling the pieces of myself that no longer fit. It’s about release, reflection, and the quiet courage it takes for us to let go of what once looked right but never truly felt right.xo, MelanieIf anything in this story helped you unravel a little, I’d love to hear from you.  email: [email protected]: @unfashionedpod / @retrokandyvintagetiktok: @unfashionedpodwebsite: https://feeds.transistor.fm/unfashionedshop: https://www.retrokandyvintage.comphotographer: https://www.vickiberloffephotography.com/