Hi everyone, it's Justine. I said I would do
a Q&A video every season so four times a
year the last one is already four months
ago
oops so I called this one here winter Q&A
and I asked you in two previous YouTube
videos if you had questions for me I
picked a good mix of questions that I
have not answered in the previous
episode I will link the previous
episodes the two previous Q&A videos
also down below in the description let's
start
Whitney asks where do you see your
personal style categorized do you prefer a
sporty sense of fashion or are you fond of
formalwear or more business casual office
wear casual jeans and t-shirts etc she
asked that because my advice has helped
her build her own wardrobe and her own
style so she was curious to know what I
gravitate towards it depends on which
country you're benchmarking me on I'm
gonna speak for myself right and you can
judge from your own country's culture's
perspective always comfortable that goes
first before fancy or super stylish I
move when I work so I have to feel good
in what I'm wearing
I like separates so a top and a bottom
rather than full looks I think it's just
more practical
I like bottoms that are woven preferably
jeans or knitted that's why my first
collection was all knitted including the
pants at the top I like a knitted top or
a t-shirt I rarely wear suits unless I
have to
I do dress up for special occasions but
like because there is something to dress
up for in daily life I go practical I'd
say casual with accessories nice shoes
jewelry always a nice scarf
a hairstyle something like that so that
I show respect to the people that I'm
meeting I don't want to look like I'm
just getting out of bed but I keep
practicality it in mind
Maya asks do you plan any
behind-the-scene videos we'd like to
know more about your crafts how you come
up with the concept inspiration drawings
colors fabric how you cut the pattern
etc you're such an inspiration thank you
so much for sharing your beautiful world
with us love you very sweet thank you
for your question and for your kind
words
short answer is yes it's planned I'm
working with a videographer
now when I make my videos
so this allows a moving camera that
follows me while I'm working because the
challenge when I'm working is that I'm
obviously focused on what I'm doing and
I so far I couldn't manage to film at
the same time this problem is now solved
so for the next collection expects all
of the points that you've mentioned in
your comments. Tanya is asking hi Justine
hi how to stay inspired and energized in
the winter perfect question for a winter
Q&A to be honest with you I'm not so
good at winter I'm so much more of a
summer person in winter I can see my my
productivity in my efficiency decline
it's crazy so a couple of things I do
when I'm here and I can't book holidays
somewhere far away during those months I
have a lamp which is a daylight lamp
it's a screen of this size it's on my
desk and I look into it when I work
everyday people in Scandinavia use
that too to compensate for the fact that
they don't have enough daylight during
winter months I find that really helpful
and I turn this light on to extend
daylight hours so to speak when you're
missing sun you probably also miss vitamin D so if you get a blood test
done I had that done turned out I'm
missing vitamin D huh tell me
something I don't know so now I'm taking
vitamin D complements and a little bit
more in pills that you swallow
with a glass of water you get that from
the pharmacy and I feel like that's
helping me too then if I get really
really depressed I do a couple of
minutes of solarium like artificial sun
it's not so good for the skin so protect
your skin before you do that use
suncare but I feel like that's a boost
when I'm really low... hope that spring
comes soon. Dominika asks hi Justine I
love your channel congratulation on 300k
subscribers thank you so much I want to
ask whether you keep some journal and
why yes and no hello to Slovakia so I
have a notebook where I do creative
things like painting
pasting images drawing little sketches
things that I want to keep for later I'm
not so good at doing this regularly
I keep trying then I have an agenda
calendar on my phone then I have another
book where I write my goals and my to-
do's I don't want this to be in the same
book as the pretty pictures that I'm
gathering and then I have all the
free-floating sheets and little pieces
of paper napkins from the restaurants
where I drew or wrote something that I
wanted to remember I have three
different apps on my phone where I take
notes of ideas and it's not really in
one place I would love to be that kind
of person that uses one book for
everything but it just doesn't work for
me this book is never where I need it
when I need it so I end up writing
everywhere else if you guys have tips on
how to keep a journal be good at that
and gather everything you're doing into
one place and then please share your
tips with me I'm very curious I admire
people who are able to do that.
Pritha asks I have two questions what's
your favorite book and how do you work
through creative blocks let me start
with the book I'm going to say one that
I've read within the last six months
because I have many favorites otherwise
and I keep all of them so my bookshelf
keeps growing that would be George
Orwell's "1984" because it's so crazy
relevant right now in the light of
what's happening in the world and of the
technological evolution your phone
listening to you social media
remarketing things like that. It's extremely
impressive and scary how science fiction
can become what people thought would be
impossible and creative blocks that's a
great question I've actually done a
video about this topic
how to get out of a creative block I'll
link it down below in the description if
you haven't seen it basically it's about
switching the setup in my case so
physically and mentally physically I
will literally switch rooms get out
don't get stuck in front of your
worksheet because that's really not
going to help go for a jog go for a run
go to the gym get out breathe get some
fresh new air
between your ears in there and then
mentally that means making sure that you
stop thinking about that one thing
because it's not moving forward at the
moment so call somebody do push-ups turn
up the music the volume and dance like
crazy in your living room
anything that mentally breaks up the
vicious circle so to speak. Question from
Ally: I've often wondered Justine why the
fashion industry can't standardize
their sizing once and for all would
make life much easier for the customer.
Amen! I think there are 2
main reasons why why it's not happening
and why you still have so many different
sizes across the world and even within
one country the first is that there are designers
who are divas and say I only want to
design for a woman who has an impossibly
thin waist if you want to be able to
wear my clothes up to you to look like
that women otherwise I'm not gonna dress
you... which I obviously totally disagree
with if you've been watching my channel
you know what I think about this I want
to dress real women they want women
to look like the dresses they do I mean
we can't... we can't agree but I can't force
them and then the other reason is that
sizes are not the same between countries
because people are not the same between
countries and because you have petite
people and you have tall people and this
standard the average person doesn't look
the same in every country each country
is started to set a standard and they
didn't talk to other countries and I
think everything just grew like this up
to now and now we export all around the
world now we see the issue. Question from
mrs. Julie Devon (or miss?) how can I capture
my joy things are moving forward for me
and goals are happening I want to
capture that somehow and use it as
nourishment for future me I think that's
a great question and a fantastic project
congratulation on everything
nice that's happening in your life right
now! are you a someone who works better
with words or with visual things
because if you like words you could
write down every evening today or
something A, B and C happened so you keep
track of the facts or you use keywords
today I felt emotional active blablabla:an adjective then to the adjective you can
add an emotion a person who inspired you
place in the world that suggests the
feeling that you are feeling today
you know like using keywords like this
if you're more of a visual person you
could allocate a color to every day or a
picture if you like to do picture
research and then build a mood board
with all those things remember that it
only needs to be understandable for you
later for no one else so take whatever
method works with your brain and have
fun. Next question: Justine I'm always
impressed by your videos thank you I'm
glad you're taking time to rest it's
over though I'm back at work my question
is what do you do to de-stress on a
typical workday with all that you have
going on I wonder how you handle work
why making time for yourself making time
for myself it's one of the things I want
to get there at to be honest and a
typical working day is from getting up
to going to bed I also work from home
and I also make videos and I work
creatively so it's really hard to say I
turn my brain on at 9:00 and I turn it
off at 18:00 it doesn't work like that so
it's kind of on all the time and so
there are moments when it starts to race
you know the term "monkey mind"
it's like tu-tu-tu-tu-tu whether you want it or not and
there are moments when it gets too much
and I feel like I have to stop that so
options are going to the gym take a spin
class you come out of that type of class
completely rinsed off literally too much
information
I'm sorry very efficient after that you
take a good shower you go to bed you
sleep so deep that it feels like a reset
and the next day I feel fine again and
fresh again or I try cooking baking I
cook at least three evenings a week like
properly
I find that almost meditative and I
started meditation a couple of weeks
month ago I have a couple of apps on my
phone I can also list those down below
if you're interested if you look for
meditation in the App Store you'll find
plenty of choices I find it easier with
guided meditation then when I just set
the timer for myself because if if I do
it alone
without the voice guiding me my mind
immediately starts wandering away
and it's not as efficient so I try all
of that and if it doesn't work push ups. Next question: hi Justine hello I loved
your book recommendations a while ago
and I'd love to know what you've read
and loved recently I just picked up a
book at the thrift store called Parisian
chic a style guide by Inès de la Fressange
I didn't know this book thank you very
much for the tip I will make sure to
check it out now come my book tips I'm
almost done reading Simone de Beauvoir
the memoirs in several books huge thing
brilliant writer a woman who was very
independent in the mid 20th century
great insights
she writes beautifully if you like
classic literature I would say that's a
must then I'm reading this videos of
fiddling wood philosophy of fashion by
Georg Simmel that's an actual picture of
a woman wearing a corset by the way
corsets are okay no they're not it's a
small book very easy to read but very
good food for thought. Kurt Tucholsky German
writer I think it's a major writer in
Germany "Dürfen darf man alles" i.e. you
may anything it's very sharp humor he's
critical of the cultural differences
within the European countries he's been
in touch with because he travelled a lot
it's extremely smart
it's hilarious it's not a full story
it's little single thoughts like this
you can open it at random and just pick
a couple every day
he lived in Germany in the 20s he had to
emigrate when the Nazis arrived he died
away from his country because he was
critical of Germany and that was a no-go
for the Nazis but after his death this
book was republished and now it's a
classic it's
he worth a read if you don't know it
Kurt Tucholsky I will link everything
down below so you find the titles in
English. Then Nicolas Bouvier "Le vide et le
plein" i.e. the empty and the full if that makes
sense he was one of the very early
travel writers it's a diary of the year
he spent with his family living in Japan
so you have everything right unfiltered
the days where he is having an aha
moment and loves it and then the days
when it's just not working because of cultural
differences and where he thinks we are
incompatible cultures I think that
travel diaries are a great way of
understanding a culture that you're not
familiar with so I love to read that
kind of book... and I love Japan! The next
one I will read Victor Hugo "Notre-Dame de Paris" a classic I read that when I
was fourteen it's time for a re-read
it's a thick one though but it's it's
beautiful if you've seen the movie or
the Disney movie you know the story: it's
better in the original book ;-) And the last
one is actually a workbook the
photographer's playbook
it's full of assignments from renowned
photographers usually one page for each
assignment to help you practice and
improve your photography skills which is
one of my goals for this year that's it
from me if you have extra book tips
please share thank yo!uNext question:
where do you see yourself living in ten
years this question is like in job
interviews in big companies when they
ask you where do you see yourself in
five years I never know that I used to
answer whatever they wanted to hear but
really I don't know because my life has
changed so much every year so far I have
no idea I wouldn't even guess in six
months
so when I see myself in the future-future it's usually on the beach
somewhere sunny I'm never working in
those dreams which is weird because at
the same time I don't plan on retiring
ever I'm trying to build a life where I
love what I'm doing so much that I can
keep doing that until I die I don't see
why you would retire from a job if you
like it
so it's totally contradictory and I have
no answer for you I'm sorry...
Next question: have you seen any of the
events at the Winter Olympics do you
have a favorite event either
participating or spectating hashtag
winter themed hashtag Q&A - the hashtag
Q&A I will actually use it
next time around it's very useful to to
recognize the questions for the Q&A
within all the comments smart idea thank
you
I like rowing because I used to be a
rower I like to watch tennis too and in
winter I love the skiing competitions
also because you can't control the
wind or the snow situations so it's
never easy and it's never the same and
it's a lot of pressure to take so I'm... I
have the highest respect for people in
this kind of sports there is also this
19 year old French girl who performed
there four years ago she was the
youngest one in the French team but with
no real chance of a medal this time
around she was favourite in skiing
she went through a whole psychological
preparation because when you're the
favorite one starting the finals the
pressure is incredible I know that from
doing competitions and I was far from
the level she's playing at she delivered
she got the gold medal like she's the
best in the world
and she's 19!... and on the podium she was
asked so how do you feel and I guess the
interviewer was expecting an answer like
I feel great and it's awesome and I'm
gonna party all night and she answered
honestly I'm tired I'm exhausted and I
just want to go to bed... and I thought
that's the most honest answer I've ever
heard and you know what you earned it
just go to bed :-) That's it everyone this
Q&A is over thank you!
thumbs up if you enjoyed this and if
you're looking forward to the next one
which will be this summer! It got pretty
long again but you asked more questions
so I want to give you a more elaborate
answer and I trimmed down a lot during
editing so that's the best I could do...
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