Ek's Jessi en dis my tas. Maar voor ek julle wys wat binne-in is, moet ek eers bieg. Julle sien, ek is versot op klere. Ek is mal oor vind en dra, en deesdae neem ek ook foto's van en blog oor ’n kleurvolle, maltrap uitrusting vir elke geleentheid. Maar ek koop niks nuut nie. Ek koop al my klere tweedehands, by vlooimarkte en afslagwinkels. Ag, baie dankie. Om tweedehandse klere te koop help om die impak wat my klerekas op die omgewing en op my beursie het, te verminder. Ek ontmoet allerhande fantastiese mense; my geld ondersteun meestal ’n goeie doel; ek lyk beslis uniek; en inkopies-doen is soos my persoonlike skattejag. Ek bedoel, wat gaan ek vandag vind? Gaan dit my pas? Sal ek van die kleur hou? Sal dit minder as $20 wees? As al die antwoorde ja is, voel dit asof ek gewen het.
I'm Jessi, and this is my suitcase. But before I show you what I've got inside, I'm going to make a very public confession, and that is, I'm outfit-obsessed. I love finding, wearing, and more recently, photographing and blogging a different, colorful, crazy outfit for every single occasion. But I don't buy anything new. I get all my clothes secondhand from flea markets and thrift stores. Aww, thank you. Secondhand shopping allows me to reduce the impact my wardrobe has on the environment and on my wallet. I get to meet all kinds of great people; my dollars usually go to a good cause; I look pretty unique; and it makes shopping like my own personal treasure hunt. I mean, what am I going to find today? Is it going to be my size? Will I like the color? Will it be under $20? If all the answers are yes, I feel as though I've won.
Maar ek wil nou vir julle vertel wat ek in my tas gepak het om vir ’n week na TED te kom. Wat bring iemand met so baie uitrustings saam? Ek sal julle presies wys. Ek het sewe pare broekies gebring en dis al. Net genoeg onderklere vir een week is al wat ek in my tas gebring het. Ek't gedink dat ek enigiets anders wat ek miskien wil dra hier in Palm Springs sal kan kry. Aangesien ek nie hier by TED in my onderklere rondloop nie -- (Gelag) beteken dit ek't ’n paar goed gekry. So ek wil julle graag wys my week se uitrustings lyk. Hoe klink dit? (Applous) So terwyl ek dit doen gaan ek julle ’n paar lewenslesse vertel wat ek geleer het, glo dit of nie, te midde van hierdie niks-nuut-dra avonture.
I want to get back to my suitcase and tell you what I packed for this exciting week here at TED. I mean, what does somebody with all these outfits bring with her? So I'm going to show you exactly what I brought. I brought seven pairs of underpants and that's it. Exactly one week's worth of undies is all I put in my suitcase. I was betting that I'd be able to find everything else I could possible want to wear once I got here to Palm Springs. And since you don't know me as the woman walking around TED in her underwear -- (Laughter) that means I found a few things. And I'd really love to show you my week's worth of outfits right now. Does that sound good? (Applause) So as I do this, I'm also going to tell you a few of the life lessons that, believe it or not, I have picked up in these adventures wearing nothing new.
Kom ons begin by Sondag. Ek noem dit 'Blink Tier.' Jy hoef nie baie te spandeer om goed te lyk nie. Dis amper altyd moontlik om vir minder as $50 asemrowend te lyk. Hierdie uitrusting, met die baadjie, het my $55 gekos. En dit was die duurste item vir die week.
So let's start with Sunday. I call this "Shiny Tiger." You do not have to spend a lot of money to look great. You can almost always look phenomenal for under $50. This whole outfit, including the jacket, cost me $55, and it was the most expensive thing that I wore the entire week.
Maandag: Kleur het krag. Dis net eenvoudig nie moontlik om in ’n slegte bui te wees wanneer jy ’n helderrooi broek dra nie. (Gelag) ’n Gelukkige luim trek ander gelukkige mense na jou.
Monday: Color is powerful. It is almost physiologically impossible to be in a bad mood when you're wearing bright red pants. (Laughter) If you are happy, you are going to attract other happy people to you.
Dinsdag: Om in te pas is overrated. Ek't my hele lewe lank probeer om myself te wees en terselfde tyd in te pas. Wees net jouself. Die regte mense sal dit nie net aanvaar nie, hulle sal dit ook waardeer.
Tuesday: Fitting in is way overrated. I've spent a whole lot of my life trying to be myself and at the same time fit in. Just be who you are. If you are surrounding yourself with the right people, they will not only get it, they will appreciate it.
Woensdag: Probeer om jou innerlike kind te aanvaar. Mense vertel my partykeer dat dit lyk of ek vir ’n tema aantrek of dat ek hulle aan hul sewe-jarige herinner. Dan glimlag ek en bedank hulle.
Wednesday: Embrace your inner child. Sometimes people tell me that I look like I'm playing dress-up, or that I remind them of their seven-year-old. I like to smile and say, "Thank you."
Donderdag: Selfvertroue is deurslaggewend. As jy dink jy lyk goed in iets, dan is die kanse goed daarvoor. As jy dink jy lyk nie goed in iets nie, is die kanse goed dat jy reg is. My ma het dit elke dag benadruk. Eers na my dertigste verjaarsdag het ek regtig verstaan wat dit beteken. Laat ek gou vir julle vertel hoe dit werk. As jy dink jy's ’n mooi persoon, binne en buite, dan sal jy goed lyk en voel in enige uitrusting. Niemand hier het ’n verskoning nie. Ons almal behoort te kan dra net wat ons wil. Dankie.
Thursday: Confidence is key. If you think you look good in something, you almost certainly do. And if you don't think you look good in something, you're also probably right. I grew up with a mom who taught me this day-in and day-out. But it wasn't until I turned 30 that I really got what this meant. And I'm going to break it down for you for just a second. If you believe you're a beautiful person inside and out, there is no look that you can't pull off. So there is no excuse for any of us here in this audience. We should be able to rock anything we want to rock. Thank you.
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Vrydag: ’n Universele waarheid in vyf woorde: Goue blinkers pas by alles.
Friday: A universal truth -- five words for you: Gold sequins go with everything.
Eindelik, Saterdag. ’n Unieke persoonlike styl is die beste manier om jouself woordeloos aan die die wêreld te bemark. Dis herhaaldelik aan my bewys toe mense my hierdie week genader het bloot op grond van my uitrusting. En ons't lekker gesels.
And finally, Saturday: Developing your own unique personal style is a really great way to tell the world something about you without having to say a word. It's been proven to me time and time again as people have walked up to me this week simply because of what I'm wearing, and we've had great conversations.
Ek sal nie alles wat ek gekoop het in my tas kan pas nie. So voordat ek teruggaan Brooklyn toe, gaan ek alles terug skenk. Die les wat ek myself hierdie week probeer leer is dat dit oukei is om dinge te laat gaan. Ek hoef nie te geheg aan die goed te raak nie: iewers om die draai sal daar altyd nog ’n kleurvolle, maltrap blink uitrusting wees wat net vir my wag, as ek net met ’n bietjie liefde in my hart daarvoor soek.
So obviously this is not all going to fit back in my tiny suitcase. So before I go home to Brooklyn, I'm going to donate everything back. Because the lesson I'm trying to learn myself this week is that it's okay to let go. I don't need to get emotionally attached to these things because around the corner, there is always going to be another crazy, colorful, shiny outfit just waiting for me, if I put a little love in my heart and look.
Baie dankie.
Thank you very much.
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Baie dankie.
Thank you.
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