Monica Vantilburg

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1,410 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 22 Jul

Monica Vantilburg’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Networth and Chill with Your Rich BFF · My Secret Wardrobe Hacks for Getting Designer Clothes for Way Less · 24 Jun 2026 podcast

There are infinite new trends to chase and infinite new clothes to shop for. matched

Giant drop shipping manufacturers like Shein and Amazon have made it so easy to buy cheap clothes en masse for people who are determined to keep up with the Joneses. matched

I mean, we've all been influenced to buy something, right? matched

Maybe it was a silly little bag from TikTok shop or a whole new wardrobe because we want to channel Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. matched

Unfortunately, these two factors are the perfect recipe for overspending. matched

We're all guilty of it. matched

Whether it's blowing past our allotted budget for a new purse once or putting a ton of new clothes on Klarna because we just needed that new outfit right now, spending a little too much in the name of fashion is a really easy error to make in this day and age. matched

Often they're clothes that we don't even end up keeping forever. matched

The average American throws away 65 pounds of clothing per year, according to the Huffington Post, which is money that we're literally just... matched

Kissing goodbye. matched

And especially with tariffs spiking the price tags, that's something we cannot afford when our budgets are getting tighter and tighter. matched

I love a great outfit as much as anyone listening. matched

This isn't about never shopping. matched

It's about shopping smart, not shopping to fill a void. matched

At its core, consumerism is the belief that more is better, that you need these new clothes, new car, new makeup, whatever, or you won't be cool. matched

And the honest truth is that you never actually need that thing you got saved in your shopping cart to be cool to begin with. matched

Someone made you wanted to buy it. matched

Someone put that thing in your head and made it rattle around in there until you put down your hard-earned dollars to purchase it. matched

I would know because that's what I used to do in my former life. matched

When I worked at BuzzFeed, I was a digital media strategy salesperson, aka I was helping your favorite advertiser put ads on the internet. matched

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