Saved by Emily from Tomato Tomato
Joyful dressing, playful saves, and permission to stop taking your wardrobe so seriously
Welcome to Saved by, where people whose taste I trust walk me through what they’re saving on Woven. Stay to the end for a code to come join them.
I haven’t yet had the pleasure of meeting Emily in person, but from our online interactions so far, the word I keep coming back to is playful. She’s playful in her words (exactly why I’ve been loving her sweet treat series), and playful in the way she dresses. There’s a lightness and a sense of fun to her outfits that makes you want to stop overthinking your own and just enjoy getting dressed again.
Case in point: it was never that serious.
I related to every single line. I too have been “too serious, and too hard on myself for an ungodly amount of time”. Somehow it’s so easy to pile all this pressure on ourselves and forget that life is mostly meant to be the joyful bits. Emily articulates that feeling so well, and then does the harder part: she shows you exactly how to chase the joy back into your outfits, one graphic tee and banana-print skirt at a time.
How would you describe your taste?
You know when you see a really gorgeous woman walking down the street with impeccable taste- you love her whole look, she has this sorta effortlessly natural beauty. She’s in a t-shirt and jeans, but somehow her outfit is still something worth noticing?
My style has evolved but at its core I’ve always stayed true to an understated yet incredibly distinct look. I don’t love super gaudy or loud and I honestly wouldn’t categorize my style into any of the main style groups (preppy, boho, minimalist). My taste is an amalgamation of all of the incredible women who came before me, all the architecture that inspires me, the characters in film that captivate me, its all the things that stop me in my tracks.
For me the biggest factor is fit and feel. Do I like the fit? Do I love how I feel? So sometimes that looks like an itty bitty baby tee and jeans, other times its a floral dress I can twirl around in. But I’m veeeery particular about everything in my space, not just clothes. Design details and color choice is incredibly important to me and I believe that trusting my gut and being so specific, allows for my taste to be both easy to spot and hard to name. I think the a sign that you have great taste is if it can continue to evolve over time while still remaining very much you.
Talk me through one of your edits. What’s in it and why?
This past winter has been a rough one, very dreary and a lot of big life transitions. My best friend Hilary and I would meet up and commiserate and keep saying to each other “where is the joie de vivre?! we deserve more joie de vivre!”
This edit is paying homage to rediscovering the joy and whimsy of life. It’s a collection of all the things that make me feel light and free again. From cutesy crochet bags to subtle pops of color, it’s everything in my closet that signals to the world, we are so back.
What’s something you stumbled onto in the app that you’d never have found otherwise — a brand, a person, a save/item that sent you down a hole?
Ok there’s so much good stuff its hard to choose, but this beaded bag (saved by Patricia)1 reminded me of this little beaded purse I was obsessed with as a kid. For nostalgia and for fun, I’ve been shopping for something similar ever since.
And for people I am obsessed with Amora Aniba, Cassandra Teresa, & clara! I get so much inspiration from their saves (and their Substacks).2
Favourite save so far?
Hands down favorite save is this basket by Massimo Castagna which keeps me up at night. I need it in my life soo bad. It’s $5k, so very much a reach for me, but when I’m in the place to truly splurge, I’m coming for this baby. It’s technically a basket for your home, but I have a vision of using it as a massive beach bag one day.
Best brand (or item) you’ve found through someone else’s saves?
Ok a little bit random but clara saved this fun tennis pillow which then got me down a tennis themed rabbit hole. But if it weren’t for this save, I don’t know if I would’ve stumbled across the gorgeous green tennis scarf that I included in this edit.
You can see everything Emily saved on her Woven.
Saved by is a recurring series where people whose taste I trust walk me through what they’re saving on Woven, an app for saving inspiration and discovering what people with taste you trust are saving too. If you want to see what people with taste you trust are saving in real time, come find us on the App Store, or explore the web version. Access is still limited, but readers of this series can use the code SAVEDMONGOOSE for a spot.
Check out their Substacks here: Amora Aniba, Cassandra & clara
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It feels so good when something that makes you happy also makes another person happy! Let’s bring back the fun in dressing 💕