
Caring for our Veterans
Season 2021 Episode 33 | 25m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
We're honoring our Veterans in this episode of You Oughta Know.
Shirley Min talks with a Wilmington, DE Veterans Administration PTSD specialist about the grief Veterans are experiencing with the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Then we go inside the Edison 64 Community that's helping to care for Veterans and their families. Travel with us to Germantown Ave. to meet the owner of Ubuntu Fine Art Photography Gallery. Style expert George Brescia shows us fall looks.
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Caring for our Veterans
Season 2021 Episode 33 | 25m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Shirley Min talks with a Wilmington, DE Veterans Administration PTSD specialist about the grief Veterans are experiencing with the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Then we go inside the Edison 64 Community that's helping to care for Veterans and their families. Travel with us to Germantown Ave. to meet the owner of Ubuntu Fine Art Photography Gallery. Style expert George Brescia shows us fall looks.
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WE LOOK AT RESOURCES WHERE VETERANS DEALING WITH SHAME FOLLOWING THE END OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.
>> IT HAS BEEN DUBBED AS PHILADELPHIA AUSTRIA'S FIRST FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY.
>> THIS NONPROFIT IS CHANGING LIVES FOR IT RECIPIENTS AND VOLUNTEERS.
>> YOU WILL WANT TO ADD THESE FASHION TRENDS TO YOUR FULL WARDROBE.
♪ >> WELCOME TO THE SHOW EVERYONE.
>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.
BY THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR A HIGH SCHOOL IN PHILADELPHIA AND LOST 64 STUDENTS, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF COMBAT CASUALTIES FOR ANY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE U.S.
THE SCHOOL IS BEING USED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE VETERANS MULTISERVICE CENTER TO CARE FOR VETERANS AND HONOR THE FALLEN.
♪ >> THE VETERANS MULTISERVICE CENTER HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR FOUR DECADES, FOUNDED BY A GROUP OF VETERANS.
OVER THE COURSE OF THOSE FOUR DECADES WE HAVE EVOLVED, SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE OF OUR VETERAN POPULATIONS, THOSE AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, FOCUSING ON VETERANS HOMELESSNESS -- VETERAN'S HOMELESSNESS AND HUNGER.
THE MOST NOTABLE AND RECENT PROJECT, EDISON HOME BUILDING.
THERE WAS POLITICAL WILL AND FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL BROUGHT TO THE PROJECT IN TERMS OF FEDERAL DOLLARS AND DONATIONS TO BRING ABOUT THE REHABILITATION AT A RENEWAL OF THE ABANDONED EDISON HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS SCHOOL'S HISTORY IS TRAGIC.
IT SUFFERED THE MOST LOSS OF LIFE, QUEBEC CASUALTIES OF VIETNAM IN ANY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THERE ARE MANY WAR MEMORIALS THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE 64 YOUNG MEN FROM EDISON HIGH SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN VIETNAM.
♪ THE VETERANS MULTISERVICE CENTER MEETS THE EFFORT IN PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
THIS IS A VETERANS PREFERENCE BUILDING, 75% OF THOSE RESIDENTS RESIDING HERE ARE VETERANS THAT HAVE SERVED THEIR NATION.
THERE ARE OTHER FOLKS A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY WITHIN PHILADELPHIA GET MAKE IT RICH AND ROBUST, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY EDISON IS THAT HOUSING COMPLEX FOR VETERANS.
WHILE PREDOMINANTLY INDIVIDUALS RESIDE WITHIN THE UNITS WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT OPERATE HERE.
THE CENTER NOT ONLY TAKES CARE OF VETERANS, WE LOOK FOR SPOUSES AND DEPENDENTS OVER THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF OUR MISSION.
THERE IS NO WITH THE BUILDING LIKE THIS IN THE REGION THAT PROVIDES ALL THE SERVICES THAT A TENANT WOULD REQUIRE.
THEY MAKE SURE VETERANS HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH AND LIFE ENRICHING.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE] THE OFFERING ALLOWED ME TO COME HERE.
I REALIZE THIS IS A PART OF PHILADELPHIA'S HISTORY AND THE DEDICATION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY.
>> WHAT WE HOPE IS THAT EDISON IS A BEACON FOR VETERANS, THOSE FOLKS LIVING A HARDSCRABBLE LIFE, LIVING IN SHELTERS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING BETTER FOR THEM, BUT ULTIMATELY WE HOPE TO REPLICATE THIS SUCCESS STORY THROUGHOUT PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, AND DELAWARE.
OUR VETERAN SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR THIS NATION.
THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN DIGNITY, SAFETY, AND COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS WHAT EDISON PROVIDES.
♪ REGINA: THE MULTISERVICE CENTER SERVES MORE THAN 6500 VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE TRI-STATE.
THEY PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH HELPING VETERANS AND PAIN -- OBTAIN BENEFITS.
HERE IS HOW YOU CAN CONTACT THEM.
♪ SHIRLEY: VETERANS FROM ALL AREAS ARE QUESTIONING THE MEANING OF THE SERVICE FOLLOWING THE U.S.
WITHDRAW FROM AFGHANISTAN AND TALIBAN TAKE OVER.
MY HUSBAND INCLUDED, WHO DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN TWICE.
I SPOKE WITH A PSYCHOLOGIST AT THE WILMINGTON V.A.
ABOUT WHAT EMOTIONS ARE SERVICE MEMBERS MIGHT BE STRUGGLING WITH AND HOW WE CAN HELP.
DR. WASHINGTON, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT HAVE YOU SEEN THAT THE ABRUPT END OF THE WAR THERE HAS HAD ON SERVICE MEMBERS?
>> THOSE WHO MAY BE ACTUALLY SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN BUT EVEN THOSE WHO DID NOT SERVE THEIR, THEY MAY HAVE SERVED IN IRAQ OR KOREA OR VIETNAM, MANY OF THEM ARE COMING BACK VERY UPSET, REMINDED OF THEIR EXPERIENCES.
OFTEN I AM GETTING INDIVIDUALS WITH A LOT OF GUILT.
♪ MAYBE EVEN SHAME OR DISAPPOINTMENT AND ANGER ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
SHIRLEY: THE MILITARY IS SAYING THINGS LIKE YOU STILL SERVED YOUR COUNTRY, THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP THE SERVICE MEMBERS RECONCILE THEIR TIME OVERSEAS AND IN THEATER.
IS THAT ALSO WHAT YOU WERE DOING WITH SOME OF THE PATIENT'S -- PATIENTS?
>> ABSOLUTELY, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WHAT THEY DID WAS AUDIBLE, AND REMINDING THEM OF THEIR SERVICE AND HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, AND THE STRUGGLE OF TRYING TO RECONCILE AND NOT RECOGNIZING THAT AND GIVING THEM A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN EXPRESS WHAT THEY ARE FEELING.
SHIRLEY: DOES THIS QUALIFY AS A MORAL INJURY?
>> WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT MAKES THEM FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE SORT OF -- BRUISED IF THEY WILL, THE VALUES AND MORALS THEY WERE RAISED ON AND LEAVING -- BELIEVE IN.
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND HAVING DIFFICULT REACTIONS RELATED TO THAT DISTRESS OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE DONE, AND IT OVERLAPS HEAVILY WITH PTSD.
SHIRLEY: IS IT OK FOR SOMEONE TO ASK, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> CHECKING IN WITH THEM AND EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERN, LETTING THEM KNOW YOU WERE THERE, YOU ARE A RESOURCE, YOU ARE THERE TO LISTEN AND HELP AS NEEDED.
IT IS TRYING TO HELP THEM TO FEEL THAT SOMEBODY IS LISTENING, SOMEBODY CARES AND IS WANTING TO BE THERE FOR THEM AND BE THAT SUPPORT.
SHIRLEY: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH ME, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 20 VETERANS DIE FROM SUICIDE EVERY DAY, SO IT IS CRITICAL OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN APP SUPPORT NETWORKS AND NOWHERE TO GO FOR HELP.
HERE IS THE CONFIDENTIAL CRISIS NUMBER FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THERE IS ALSO A CRISIS LINE TEXT OPTION IF YOU ARE MORE COMFORTABLE TEXTING WITH SOMEONE, AND WE WILL HAVE LINKS WITH VIDEOS ON OUR WEBSITE SPECIFICALLY FOR SERVICE MEMBERS WHO SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN.
REGINA: TAYLOR IS AN ARTIST HE WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE ACCESS TO PLACES THEY MAY HAVE NEVER SEEN.
HE TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD AND TOOK BEAUTIFUL PICTURES AND PUT THEM IN HIS ART GALLERY LOCATED IN THE MOST WONDERFUL PLACE HE HAS EVER KNOWN, GERMANTOWN AVENUE.
♪ >> IT IS A PHILOSOPHY OF BELIEF IN THE UNIVERSE OF SHARING THAT COLLECTS THE WHOLE OF HUMANITY.
REGINA: IT WAS A TERM HE LEARNED WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH SOUTH AFRICA TAKING PICTURES, AND IT STUCK WITH HIM, UBUNTU.
IT MEANS I AM BECAUSE YOU ARE, AND IT IS SOMETHING TAYLOR HAS EXPERIENCED HIS WHOLE LIFE.
>> I COULD NOT PUT A TITLE TO IT OR DEFINITION TO IT, BUT IT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY GRACIOUS WITH ME TO SHARE THEIR INTELLECT AND KNOWLEDGE WITH ME AND I AM BETTER FOR IT.
MY LIFE HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THINGS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SHARED WITH ME.
REGINA: WHAT TAYLOR IS GIVING AWAY IS AN INVITATION TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH HIS EYES, NEWLY OPENED, AND HIS FINE ARTS GALLERY IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND LOCATED IN GERMANTOWN SEVERAL BLOCKS FROM WHERE SHE GREW UP.
-- HE GREW UP.
>> WHEN I THINK ABOUT AGENCY AND EQUITY, ACCESS TO ART IS SO FAR REMOVED FROM THE PEOPLE WHO CAN REALLY BENEFIT FROM IT.
IT IS HARD FOR US TO ASKING QUESTIONS, AND I FELT IT VITALLY IMPORTANT TO FOCUS THIS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD SO PEOPLE I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT CONJURE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ME.
SOMEONE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD CAN COME IN AND GO TO KENYA, ARIZONA, BRAZIL WITH THE HOPES THAT MAYBE THEY DO WITH THEMSELVES.
REGINA: THE COLLECTION IS A CULMINATION OF EXPERIENCES IN ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND THREE NATIONAL PARKS, AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS NOT GOING TO STAY HERE.
ALL OF THE ART IS REASONABLY PRICED WITH THE HOPE VISITORS WILL BE INSPIRED TO TAKE SOMETHING HOME, GOING BACK TO WHAT HE NAMED THE PLACE UBUNTU.
>> WE SHARE THE SPACE TOGETHER.
THE BETTER I DO, THE BETTER WE ALL DO.
IF I CAN BE THE FIRST TO DO SOMETHING, I DO NOT WANT TO BE THE LAST TO DO SOMETHING.
I WENT TO SEE GERMANTOWN BECOME AN ART HUB OF PHILADELPHIA, A CULTURAL RENAISSANCE OF HOW WE ABSORB AND PRODUCE OUR ART, AND NOT IN I AM JUST TRYING TO GET BY KIND OF WAY BUT IN THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
REGINA: THE ART GALLERY OPEN TO RAVE REVIEWS.
EVERYTHING IS PRICED TO BUY WITH SOME PICTURES AS LOW AS $150, AND ADMISSION IS FREE.
SHIRLEY: THERE IS A NONPROFIT IN MISSION COUNTY, NEW JERSEY WRITING LIVES.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE AND THEY WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOURS.
WE CHECKED OUT ONE OF THEIR FUNDRAISING EVENTS TO LEARN MORE.
>> OUR MISSION IS TO PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP WHILE INSPIRING THEM TO PAY IT FORWARD.
DO SOME KIND OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES WE WANT TO GET TO.
IF WE HELP YOU, WHAT IT WILL INSPIRE YOU TO DO?
I WAS TALKING TO A WOMAN IN ONE OF THE TOWNSHIPS, AND SHE TOLD ME THERE WERE KIDS NOT GOING TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD UTERINE.
WE STARTED WITH A HIGH SCHOOL AND CONNECTED WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
HER CLOSET IS A ROOM THAT WE HAVE FILLED WITH HYGIENE ITEMS, NONPERISHABLE FOOD.
WE HAVE A DOZEN CLOSETS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
>> AS A HOMELESS LIAISON I WORKED TO ENSURE FAMILIES ARE RECEIVING EDUCATIONAL STABILITY AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES THROUGH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SHINE AND INSPIRE.
I BUILT OUT AT THEY HAD FORD PROGRAM WITH HER PARENTS, WE CONNECT FAMILIES TO RECEIVE KIDS -- KITS.
IT IS AMAZING THE IMPACT IT HAS CREATED.
>> MY FAMILY CONSIST OF ME, MY HUSBAND, AND WE HAVE A SEVEN MONTH OLD WHO MAKES CHILD NUMBER 13.
I HEARD ABOUT THE LAZY ON -- LIAISON.
SHE HELPED ME WHEN MY FAMILY HAD A HOUSE FIRE AND WE WERE DISPLACED, AND HELP ME TO GET THINGS MY FAMILY NEEDED, AND THEY ALSO HAD A CHRISTMAS PARTY.
I WAS ABLE TO TELL THEM WHAT THE KIDS WANTED SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING THEY ACTUALLY WANTED.
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO BE BLESSED IT IS GOOD TO BE A BLESSING TO SOMEONE ELSE.
>> I HAVE RECEIVED SCHOOL UNIFORMS, SUPPLIES WHEN I WAS HOMELESS, CLOTHING, AND THE WAY I HAVE HELPED GIVING BACK IS VOLUNTEERING AS MUCH AS I CAN.
IT DOES GIVE ME A LOT OF HOPE BECAUSE IT OPENS MY EYES TO KNOW I'M NOT ALONE.
I TAKE BOOK BAGS, PACKED THEM WITH BOOKS, MARKERS, SUPPLIES, CLOTHING.
IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD BECAUSE I'M HELPING OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL.
>> TRY TO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU CAN GET AND HELP PEOPLE ONCE IN A WHILE.
>> I LOVE SHOWING FAMILIES THAT THERE ARE KIND PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD AND TO EXTEND THAT EMPATHY AND COMPASSION, THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
>> IF YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE AND THERE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOURS THERE IS NOTHING LIKE SEEING THE SMILE.
THE REWARD IS EVERYDAY.
♪ SHIRLEY: TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SHINE AND INSPIRE, CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE.
♪ >> HEY, EVERYBODY, I AM AT POSH COLLECTIONS AND IF I GOT FUN FOR YOU?
.
WE WILL TALK FASHION, TIPS AND TRICKS, I HAVE TO SHOW YOU AND YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK FABULOUS FOR THIS FALL SEASON COMING RIGHT UP.
REGINA: TAKING FOOD TO THE BASICS.
WE TALK WITH THE OWNERS OF EMPEROR NASH ABOUT THE DELICIOUS DISHES THAT MINIMIZE FOOD WASTE.
>> WE HAVE ALL HEARD ABOUT NOSE TO TAIL COOKING, BUT THERE ARE TWO SHIFTS -- CHEFS KICKING IT UP A NOTCH.
TELL ME ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF EMBER AND ASH.
>> WE FOCUS ON GLOBALLY INSPIRED PEASANT FOOD.
WHAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON IS SUSTAINABILITY, AND ADVISING WASTE -- MINIMIZING WASTE.
THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL TYPES, NOT JUST ANIMALS, PLANTS AS WELL, SEAFOOD, USING EVERYTHING THAT COMES THROUGH THE DOOR.
>> THIS IS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE WERE USING UNCONVENTIONAL CUTS OF MEAT AND PRODUCE.
>> IT GIVES US MORE OF A CHALLENGE.
WE ARE NOT JUST GETTING IN PREPACKAGED, PRECUT STAKES -- STEAKS.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO GET A TONGUE ON A PLATE MAKE IT PREVENTABLE.
WE ARE NOT JUST ORDERING PARSLEY AND CILANTRO AND USING THE BEAUTIFUL URBAN SELF.
>> WE HAVE DISHES HERE AND IT IS NOT JUST THE FOOD, IT IS THESE COCKTAILS.
>> A LARGE PART IS OUR NA PROGRAM.
THERE IS A NEED FOR ALL PEOPLE TO ENJOY EVERY ASPECT OF THE RESTAURANT, AT THE BEVERAGE PROGRAM IS SOMETHING [INDISCERNIBLE] >> IS NONALCOHOLIC?
>> PEOPLE THAT CANNOT DRINK OR CANNOT HAVE UNCLE IT IS A WAY TO HAVE A DRINK.
MOCKTAIL IS A WORD I HAVE GROWN TO DISLIKE.
BEING SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT DRINK , THEY ARE ALL COMPOSED DRINKS, NO DIFFERENT THAN A COMPOSED DISH.
WE ARE PROUD OF THAT.
>> EVERYBODY DESERVES TO HAVE AN INTENTIONALLY CREATED DRINK.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE DISHES WE HAVE.
LET'S START WITH THIS BEAUTY.
>> THIS IS A LONG ISLAND CHEESE SQUASH.
MINIMIZING WASTE, A BYPRODUCT OF THIS DRINK IS ROASTED BARLEY.
WE TAKE AT THE STRANGE BARLEY THAT HAS BEEN COOKED, DRY IT OUT AND INOCULATED.
THAT GETS RIGHT OUT AND ENTERED INTO A POWDER -- AND DRIED INTO A POWDER.
>> LET'S GIVE THESE DISHES ARE DRIED.
I CANNOT DO IT ALONE.
I AM A BIG SHARER.
♪ THANK YOU FOR WALKING ME THROUGH SOME OF THESE INCREDIBLE DISHES, AND IT KEEPS YOU ONE YOUR TOES, CREATIVITY SHOWS, AND EMBER AND ASH SEEMS LIKE THE KIND OF PLACE YOU CAN KEEP COMING BACK TO AT THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING TO TRY.
THANKS FOR THE FOOD.
SHIRLEY: TOM HANKS SHARES WITHOUT PATRICK STONER WHAT HE HAD TO UNLEARN FROM HIS EARLY DAYS OF ACTING.
>> TOM HANKS KNOWS HOW TO OLD SCREEN -- HOLD SCREEN EVEN WHEN HE IS BY HIMSELF.
THERE IS JUST A DOG, A ROBOT AND HIM AND OPPOSE A LOT -- POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD.
>> PATRICK STONER NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
>> THANK YOU SIR.
THIS PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN BUILT UPON YOUR ENTIRE CAREER.
COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE VALUE OF WHAT YOU LEARNED FROM DOME TO FILM THAT TOOK YOU -- FROM FILM TO FILM?
>> THERE IS A LONG LIST OF THINGS NOT TO WORRY ABOUT, THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE IN YOUR POCKET.
DIE TRYING TO DO THAT BLEND BETWEEN CAREER AND CREATIVITY.
THERE WERE MANY THINGS I FELT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WAS NOT IMPORTANT.
THERE IS A SINGULAR TASK THAT IS PRESENTED TO THE ACTOR, AND THAT IS TO LOSE ALL SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS.
THERE IS A DANCE OF EQUIPOSE THAT I HAVE LEARNED BETTER, I AM NOT COMPLETELY THERE YET THAT GETS TO A PLACE WHERE -- LET'S TRY TO LOSE FOCUS ON EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS GOING ON EXCEPT WHAT THIS MOMENT REQUIRES OF US, THE BEHAVIOR OF THIS MOMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE TO RELEARN THAT LESSON ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY MOVIE.
>> YOU WERE BASICALLY ALONE IN MANY CASES SO THE NORMAL COVERAGE WOULD HAVE IS A LIVE ACTOR WAS NOT THERE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE SCENE AND NOW YOU WERE GOING TO COME BACK AND REDEFINE IT IS DIFFERENT ANGLES -- IT.
IT IS DIFFERENT ANGLES.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE WHAT YOU DID AND COMMENT ON IT AND CARRY IT TO THIS BRAND-NEW PLACE.
YOU HAVE TO DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW THAT IS GOING TO LIVE IN THAT INDIVIDUAL MOMENT.
I HAVE WORKED WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST ACTORS WHO OFF-CAMERA GAVE BETTER PERFORMANCES FOR ME THAN THEY DID WHEN THEY WERE ON CAMERA, AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW VALUABLE THAT IS.
>> I ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY TIME I TALK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, YOU LOOK GREAT.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
♪ REGINA: IT FEELS GOOD TO GO TO IN PERSON EVENTS AGAIN, DOESN'T IT?
SHIRLEY: IT IS GOOD TO DRESS UP AND GET OUT OF THE SWEATS ONCE IN A WHILE.
REGINA: IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT YOU SHOULD WEAR TO THAT FAMILY FUNCTION OR HOLIDAY GATHERING, THIS STYLE EXPERT AS SUGGESTIONS -- HAS SUGGESTIONS.
>> TODAY I AM IN A POSH COLLECTIONS ON KING STREET AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT FALL TRENDS, HOW TO TAKE YOU FROM FALL INTO HOLIDAY AND MAKE YOU LOOK FABULOUS THIS SEASON.
WE WILL START WITH REBECCA.
THIS IS SO GREAT.
THE TREND HERE IS IS ALL ABOUT THEM SHORT SKIRT OR DRESS WITH THE TALL BOOT.
THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING BUT THE ANIMAL PRINT DRESS ALSO.
WE TOPPED IT OFF WITH THIS FAUX LEATHER BOMBER JACKET.
TOGETHER IT SAYS FALLEN FABULOUS.
WE WILL GET INTO NEUTRAL, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS PATTY, AND SHE LOOKS INCREDIBLE.
THIS IS WHAT I CALL CREAMY DREAMY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BLUE TO THOSE EYES OF HERS -- TO POP THOSE EYES OF HERS.
A LITTLE BIT OF BLUE AND THESE BEAUTIFUL CREAM CORDUROYS.
A SUEDE SHOE, MONOCHROMATIC.
TOP IT OFF WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL EVENINGS AND IT LOOKS GORGEOUS.
WE WILL AMP IT UP AS WE GOING TO THE HOLIDAYS, WE WILL BRING UP SANDRA, THIS IS A CLASSICAL TWEED JACKET.
CUTAWAY IN THE FRONT, GIVES YOU THAT SMALL WAIST WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL BUTTONS, THAT POP UP ORANGE CASHMERE IS BEAUTIFUL.
WE DIDN'T GOLD JEWELRY TO GIVE IT A BIT OF A SPARKLE.
ANOTHER BIG TREND WE ARE SEEING IS BEAUTIFUL -- KEEPING IT IN A NEUTRAL COLOR.
GET READY, MISS AMY, EVERYONE LOVES SPARKLE, HOW GREAT IS THIS AND THIS BLAZER, WHICH IS A CLASSIC SILHOUETTE, BUT THE SPARKLE MAKES IT MODERN AND COOL AND EXCITING.
SHE HIT IT WITH A BROAD SHIRT, TUCK ADDENDUM GENE AND CROSS IT WITH A BOOT AND THAT SAYS HOLIDAY AND FALL.
DO NOT BE AFRAID TO WEAR THIS BLAZER FOR DAYTIME.
WE WILL BRING ALL OF THE LADIES OUT AND WE WILL SEE HOW EVERYONE LOOKS TOGETHER, SHOWING GREAT FALL AND HOLIDAY LOOKS.
FASHION SHOULD BE FUN.
REGINA: I LOVE THOSE LOOKS.
SHIRLEY: VERY NICE.
THANKS TO POSH COLLECTIONS AND MELBOURNE.
REGINA: WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE A TRIP.
SHIRLEY: THANKS FOR WATCHING, EVERYONE.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
REGINA: WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
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