Who Who Said Style Has an Expiration Date? Age, Weight Loss & Unstoppable Confidence

In this episode of The Style Stories Podcast

Lisa is joined by Maxine, the vibrant voice behind @dressedtothemax

for a warm and honest conversation about style, confidence, changing bodies, and dressing for yourself. Maxine shares how leaving a long career in banking during perimenopause led her to Instagram, where she found a community of women who wanted to see themselves represented in fashion. From navigating lipedema and significant weight loss to rediscovering her personal style, she talks openly about health, body image, and the freedom that comes with getting older. Together, Lisa and Maxine explore why clothes should bring joy rather than approval, how to resist trend pressure, and why the best style advice is often simply to wear what makes you feel like yourself. In this episode

• Finding confidence and community through personal style
• Perimenopause, identity shifts, and feeling unseen in fashion
• Maxine’s journey from banking to building Dressed to the Max
• Living with lipedema and choosing self-acceptance
• Weight loss, health, and changing how you get dressed
• Why body shape matters more than size labels
• Shopping with intention, altering clothes, and using Vinted
• Wearing colour, accessories, and pieces that genuinely bring joy
• Letting go of age-based fashion “rules”

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Dressed to the Max on Instagram, TikTok

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Email Lisa: Lisa@lisagillbestyle.com