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Monica Padman of Armchair Expert Shares Her Closet Staples | Who What Wardrobes | Who What Wear
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May 1, 2025
Tom Ford for UGA tailgates, cheerleading championship rings, heirloom jewelry, American Doll fashion, and Brandon Maxwell gowns. Monica Padman hosts us in her home for this installment of Who What Wardrobes. Director: Stephanie Romero Cinematography: Amusement Productions Video Editor: Collin Hughart Sound Mixer: Jason Flaster Associate Video Producer: Kellie Scott VP, Creative: Alexa Wiley VP, Social: MacKenzie Green Executive Director, Entertainment: Jessica Baker
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I guess I should have said wrinkled as one of the three words that describe my style
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Hi, who, what, where? I'm Monica Padman and today we're going to go through some of my favorite pieces in my wardrobe
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I think I would describe my style as classic, eclectic, and pretty
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So these are some of my favorite pieces. This one is a Norma Kamali dress
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Nicole Chavez styled me in this for Jimmy Kimmel. I did it with Dax and it was the scariest day of my life
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I was so so nervous but I felt so good in this dress
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So this blazer was a hand-me-down. We call it a bell-me-down. Kristen gave it to me
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But before she had given it to me, I was getting a dry clean for her
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And it was in the backseat of my car. This was when I was assisting her. It was hanging
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And my windows were rolled down, which I did not realize. And the jacket flew out of the car
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and I heard something and I looked back and I saw I just saw like the sleeve kind of like
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tattering away and I had to pull over and run into traffic to get the jacket that was
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in the middle of the street. I didn't know if it was like fancy and it was hers and I had just
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started working for her and I was like I'm gonna get fired because I got like this jacket's gonna
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get run over. It's a very special piece to me because I saved it and uh yeah she gave it to me
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Wasn't that special, turns out. Okay, so this is a very basic sweatshirt, but I wear it all the time
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I love the color. It's a very specific kind of mauve, and it's really worn in because I've had it forever
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It's Elizabeth and James, which was Mary-Kate and Ashley's brand before the row
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so it feels very limited because this brand doesn't exist anymore and it's some of the best
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fitting I also have a t-shirt that's Elizabeth and James and it's the best fitting t-shirt I have
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um so I'm pretty sad that that they don't make these clothes anymore but I have moved on to the
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row which uh is at a little bit higher of a price point but that's okay um these are the row pants
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and I wear them all the time. I mean, I think I wore them two days ago
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which is why they are a little stained and have wrinkles all over them
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I didn't prepare well for this, obviously, so I'm a little bit of a mess
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but I wear these all the time. They were an investment, but I've really got my money's worth
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because they go with everything, and I love them, and they're so soft
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These are red velvet Tom Ford pants I got them last year to wear to a University of Georgia football game I went to the University of Georgia and it a huge football school
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The games are so fun. And in the South, you get dressed up for football games
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So you wear like full-on dresses, full face of makeup, heels to your tailgate and then to the game
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and I got to go back to a football game this year
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and I was like, you know, what am I gonna wear? It has to be fancy, but it also has to be elevated
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It's a new me. And so I got these pants and I love them
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and they really worked. This dress I got at the Paris flea market
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I was done shopping. I had got some furniture and some other little pieces, a little like bowl, and I was done
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I needed to be done. And I was walking to my Uber and I saw this in the window and I thought, if this fits me
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I have to have it. And it fit me. So I bought it and I love it
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And it feels so romantic to me. It feels very classic and I feel like she wore this
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I feel like she actually wore it. I channel her when I'm in this
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This sweatshirt is maybe one I get the most compliments on whenever I wear it
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It draws the eye. It's from John and Vinny's, which is a restaurant in Los Angeles
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Very delicious. It's so good. And during the pandemic, they had a little store where you could buy fruits
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You could buy your groceries, basically. And then they had some other little things, and they had this sweatshirt
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And I was, like most people, pretty lost during the pandemic in buying any sweatshirt or sweat pant that came across my screen
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And this was one of them. And so I bought it. And it's with Project 43
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I wish I could tell you that I knew what that meant and what it is
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I do believe it to be philanthropic. And yeah, so I love wearing it and I love this little guy
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It's a little bear on the front. Okay, so this is a sweater also wrinkled
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I guess I should have said wrinkled as one of the three words that describe my style
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This is very special. Kristen brought this back for me from, I want to say Italy or Paris
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And it says facts on it because I'm the fact checker for my job
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And also, I believe in justice and facts. This is a Brandon Maxwell gorgeous dress, gown, we could say
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that I found because ding ding ding Hilary Kerr was wearing this on Instagram and I thought I must have that immediately And so I bought it It beautiful I have not it still has the tag
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on. I haven't worn it yet. I'm saving it for a gala that I have not been invited to. So, you know
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putting it out there that if anyone invites me to a gala, I will be wearing this dress
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and I can't wait. This dress I love. It's vintage. It's Fendi. I got it at this little Austin
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vintage store that I sort of just came across. It's super easy. I love a dress that you can just
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slip on, but it has like a vibe to it. I love the collar and I normally pair this with a tennis shoe
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so that I could kind of high and low it. But I love this
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She's so pretty and she's so easy. Okay, so these pants are also from the vintage store in Austin
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I love a pleat. I just am a real sucker for it
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This sweater is from Alexandra Golovinov. She has a store in Paris and just makes the most beautiful cashmere sweaters
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I was there last year and I got this one. I love the covered buttons on it
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It's cropped, but she has so many different styles, but they're all very classic and I
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feel like lasts you forever. And then I got some little Gucci loafers
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Cannot go wrong with a Gucci loafer. I love the white. I also have a white Gucci Jackie bag that I feel like pairs really well with it
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Okay, so these are Jordans. And Dax got really into Jordans. Or he's always been into Jordans, I guess
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But he got into, like, gifting everyone a bunch of Jordans, which was very generous
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And these are my first pair that he got me. It's, I forget the print
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It's called, like, Animal something. And they're so cool. As soon as they arrived, I was like, oh, I get it
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I get the need to collect a sneaker. So I have a few other pairs of Jordans too that I've since got
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but these are my first ones, so they're special to me. This is my everyday bag
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This green I feel like is really rare. I haven't seen it since I bought it, and I love it because it's so classic
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but the green kind of gives it something a little bit different. I keep everything in here
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My laptop is currently in here. I keep the cord. I travel with this
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It's such a luxe bag, but it really delivers. Like, it is durable
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It comes everywhere with me. And she's really pretty. These have never been worn in my adult life
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but they probably are... They're probably the two most important pieces in my entire home
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They are my state rings from high school I was a cheerleader a competition cheerleader in high school and we won state my junior and senior year and they give you rings for that And they say my name
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they say school. It was such a big deal at the time, and still. It was sort of the first moment
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that I learned that hard work really does pay off. So these are really, really important reminders
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to me now this is all tangled I tried before we recorded this video I solicited a lot of people
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in this room there's more than just me in this room and to try to untangle it and nobody could
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do it but this is a necklace that I love I stole this pendant from my American Girl doll Samantha
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she was wearing it on a teeny tiny chain and I thought that is such a cute necklace that this
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doll is wearing so I ripped it off and I put it on a real adult chain and I used to wear it all
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the time I haven't I haven't seen it in a bit probably because it got all tangled and I gave
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up on it but um yeah this is samantha's necklace this is a chanel camellia ring um i got this
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because i would see really beautiful jewelry and i would think oh like maybe one day someone will
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buy that for me like maybe one day for Valentine's Day or for an anniversary or you know a man will
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buy this for me and I was in Paris and I was walking by and I saw and I was in love with it
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and I thought why am I waiting for that there is absolutely no reason for me to wait for somebody
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else to buy me this when I can buy myself this ring and so I did and I love it it's so pretty
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and it kind of reminds me like you're good on your own
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Not that there's nothing wrong with having a partner, but you can do things by yourself if you want
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Okay, so this necklace is a peridot stone. That is my birthstone
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And my grandmother got me this when I was five. my grandmother has an amazing jewelry collection she's from india and has all this gold jewelry
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and um and so jewelry kind of means a lot to her and so when i was five she got me this which i did
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not appreciate until maybe like five or six years ago i saw this just like sitting in my jewelry
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box and I thought that is a gorgeous necklace why am I not wearing it and so I do now and it
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reminds me of her and I love it those are some of my favorite pieces in my closet thanks for tuning in
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