Erin Walsh
American celebrity stylist, Women's Wear Daily Stylist of the Year, and author of The Art of Intentional Dressing
Erin Walsh (American celebrity stylist, Women's Wear Daily Stylist of the Year, and author of The Art of Intentional Dressing) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Embodiment and identity, Personal style and wardrobe curation, Closet decluttering.
In their words
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Embodiment and identity
Walsh closes by saying the method is ultimately about possibility rather than clothes.
“it's not about the clothes. It's about your possibility. Say yes to your potential”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: 6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:33:44
Walsh argues people should dress to embody who they want to be for themselves rather than for how they want to be seen by others.
“You should dress to embody the person you want to be. First, for yourself”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: 6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 31:46
Walsh describes her role as a fashion therapist who treats clothes as tools and the assembled outfit as a story.
“I may be a celebrity stylist or a fashion stylist, but I've never seen it that way. I see myself as a fashion therapist”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: 6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 6:25
Personal style and wardrobe curation
Walsh recommends starting intentionality with underwear as the first thing placed on the body.
“You got to get intentional about every single thing, like whether it's your underwear. The first thing you put on your body”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: 6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 27:51
Walsh recommends identifying at least three pieces in your closet that you feel great in as a baseline.
“What I love as an exercise is you need to know at least three pieces in your closet that you feel great about”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: 6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 20:44
Walsh argues that clothing is not a luxury but a daily necessity that should be approached intentionally.
“people, they look at clothes as a luxury and it's not. Like we all have to get dressed in the morning the same way we have to brush our teeth. Fashion is not something that's frivolous”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: 6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 5:45
Closet decluttering
Walsh advises against keeping clothes that do not fit and suggests selling them or holding clothing-swap parties with friends.
“You can sell your clothes. I also love the idea of sharing circles with friends and family that you love”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: 6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 44:58
Walsh says most people's closets are full of former versions of themselves, which makes getting dressed a minefield.
“most people's closet, it's not who they are, who they want to be. It's all these people that they used to be”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: 6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 10:14
Postpartum body changes
Walsh advises mothers to change intentionally into comfortable but flattering matching sets at home rather than sloppy clothes.
“You get an intentional change. And then when you go to pick up your baby, you feel like soft and beautiful still”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: 6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:31
Tailoring and fit
Walsh says tailoring is the primary way to look one's best, and that a dry cleaner is a sufficient resource for most people.
“So number one, tailoring. Most people wear clothes that don't fit their proportions correctly”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: 6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 41:32
Body image and self-talk
Walsh argues that dressing to be acceptable to others already concedes that you are not good enough, while asking how you want to feel asserts ownership.
“when you dress from a place of wondering if it's good enough for the world, you've already decided that you're not good enough for the world”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: 6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 16:33
The Art of Intentional Dressing
Walsh says the single question to ask before opening the closet is how you want to feel, which serves as a compass.
“How do I want to feel? That's your compass. That's where you start”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: 6 Words to Tell Yourself Every Morning (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 15:01
Appearances
6 Words to Tell Yourself Every MorningThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Apr 2, 2026 · 1 h 38 min
Celebrity stylist Erin Walsh teaches Mel Robbins and three of her team members to dress intentionally by asking "How do I want to feel?"
Often appears with
- Mel Robbins · 1 shared episode