Jessi Arrington: Wearing nothing new

Translator: Joy-Mari Cloete Reviewer: Christo Crafford

I'm Jessi, and this is my suitcase.

Ek's Jessi en dis my tas.

But before I show you what I've got inside,

Maar voor ek julle wys wat binne-in is,

I'm going to make a very public confession,

moet ek eers bieg.

and that is,

Julle sien,

I'm outfit-obsessed.

ek is versot op klere.

I love finding, wearing,

Ek is mal oor vind en dra,

and more recently,

photographing and blogging

en deesdae

neem ek ook foto's van en blog oor

a different, colorful, crazy outfit

’n kleurvolle, maltrap uitrusting

for every single occasion.

vir elke geleentheid.

But I don't buy anything new.

Maar ek koop niks nuut nie.

I get all my clothes secondhand

Ek koop al my klere tweedehands,

from flea markets and thrift stores.

by vlooimarkte en afslagwinkels.

Aww, thank you.

Ag, baie dankie.

Secondhand shopping

Om tweedehandse klere te koop

allows me to reduce the impact

help om die impak

my wardrobe has on the environment

wat my klerekas op die omgewing

and on my wallet.

en op my beursie het, te verminder.

I get to meet all kinds of great people;

Ek ontmoet allerhande fantastiese mense;

my dollars usually go to a good cause;

my geld ondersteun meestal ’n goeie doel;

I look pretty unique;

ek lyk beslis uniek;

and it makes shopping like my own personal treasure hunt.

en inkopies-doen is soos my persoonlike skattejag.

I mean, what am I going to find today?

Ek bedoel, wat gaan ek vandag vind?

Is it going to be my size?

Gaan dit my pas?

Will I like the color?

Sal ek van die kleur hou?

Will it be under $20?

Sal dit minder as $20 wees?

If all the answers are yes,

As al die antwoorde ja is,

I feel as though I've won.

voel dit asof ek gewen het.

I want to get back to my suitcase

Maar ek wil nou vir julle vertel

and tell you what I packed

wat ek in my tas gepak het

for this exciting week here at TED.

om vir ’n week na TED te kom.

I mean, what does somebody with all these outfits bring with her?

Wat bring iemand met so baie uitrustings saam?

So I'm going to show you exactly what I brought.

Ek sal julle presies wys.

I brought seven pairs of underpants

Ek het sewe pare broekies gebring

and that's it.

en dis al.

Exactly one week's worth of undies

Net genoeg onderklere vir een week

is all I put in my suitcase.

is al wat ek in my tas gebring het.

I was betting that I'd be able to find

Ek't gedink dat ek

everything else I could possible want to wear

enigiets anders wat ek miskien wil dra

once I got here to Palm Springs.

hier in Palm Springs sal kan kry.

And since you don't know me

Aangesien ek nie hier

as the woman walking around TED in her underwear --

by TED in my onderklere rondloop nie --

(Laughter)

(Gelag)

that means I found a few things.

beteken dit ek't ’n paar goed gekry.

And I'd really love to show you my week's worth of outfits right now.

So ek wil julle graag wys my week se uitrustings lyk.

Does that sound good?

Hoe klink dit?

(Applause)

(Applous)

So as I do this,

So terwyl ek dit doen

I'm also going to tell you a few of the life lessons

gaan ek julle ’n paar lewenslesse vertel

that, believe it or not, I have picked up

wat ek geleer het, glo dit of nie,

in these adventures wearing nothing new.

te midde van hierdie niks-nuut-dra avonture.

So let's start with Sunday.

Kom ons begin by Sondag.

I call this "Shiny Tiger."

Ek noem dit 'Blink Tier.'

You do not have to spend a lot of money to look great.

Jy hoef nie baie te spandeer om goed te lyk nie.

You can almost always look phenomenal for under $50.

Dis amper altyd moontlik om vir minder as $50 asemrowend te lyk.

This whole outfit, including the jacket,

Hierdie uitrusting, met die baadjie,

cost me $55,

het my $55 gekos.

and it was the most expensive thing

En dit was die duurste item

that I wore the entire week.

vir die week.

Monday: Color is powerful.

Maandag: Kleur het krag.

It is almost physiologically impossible

Dis net eenvoudig nie moontlik

to be in a bad mood when you're wearing bright red pants.

om in ’n slegte bui te wees wanneer jy ’n helderrooi broek dra nie.

(Laughter)

(Gelag)

If you are happy,

’n Gelukkige luim

you are going to attract other happy people to you.

trek ander gelukkige mense na jou.

Tuesday:

Dinsdag:

Fitting in is way overrated.

Om in te pas is overrated.

I've spent a whole lot of my life

Ek't my hele lewe lank probeer

trying to be myself

om myself te wees

and at the same time fit in.

en terselfde tyd in te pas.

Just be who you are.

Wees net jouself.

If you are surrounding yourself with the right people,

Die regte mense

they will not only get it,

sal dit nie net aanvaar nie,

they will appreciate it.

hulle sal dit ook waardeer.

Wednesday:

Woensdag:

Embrace your inner child.

Probeer om jou innerlike kind te aanvaar.

Sometimes people tell me

Mense vertel my partykeer

that I look like I'm playing dress-up,

dat dit lyk of ek vir ’n tema aantrek

or that I remind them of their seven-year-old.

of dat ek hulle aan hul sewe-jarige herinner.

I like to smile

Dan glimlag ek

and say, "Thank you."

en bedank hulle.

Thursday:

Donderdag:

Confidence is key.

Selfvertroue is deurslaggewend.

If you think you look good in something,

As jy dink jy lyk goed in iets,

you almost certainly do.

dan is die kanse goed daarvoor.

And if you don't think you look good in something,

As jy dink jy lyk nie goed in iets nie,

you're also probably right.

is die kanse goed dat jy reg is.

I grew up with a mom who taught me this day-in and day-out.

My ma het dit elke dag benadruk.

But it wasn't until I turned 30

Eers na my dertigste verjaarsdag

that I really got what this meant.

het ek regtig verstaan wat dit beteken.

And I'm going to break it down for you for just a second.

Laat ek gou vir julle vertel hoe dit werk.

If you believe you're a beautiful person

As jy dink jy's ’n mooi persoon,

inside and out,

binne en buite,

there is no look that you can't pull off.

dan sal jy goed lyk en voel in enige uitrusting.

So there is no excuse for any of us here in this audience.

Niemand hier het ’n verskoning nie.

We should be able to rock anything we want to rock.

Ons almal behoort te kan dra net wat ons wil.

Thank you.

Dankie.

(Applause)

(Applous)

Friday: A universal truth -- five words for you:

Vrydag: ’n Universele waarheid in vyf woorde:

Gold sequins go with everything.

Goue blinkers pas by alles.

And finally, Saturday:

Eindelik, Saterdag.

Developing your own unique personal style

’n Unieke persoonlike styl

is a really great way to tell the world something about you

is die beste manier om jouself woordeloos

without having to say a word.

aan die die wêreld te bemark.

It's been proven to me time and time again

Dis herhaaldelik aan my bewys

as people have walked up to me this week

toe mense my hierdie week genader het

simply because of what I'm wearing,

bloot op grond van my uitrusting.

and we've had great conversations.

En ons't lekker gesels.

So obviously this is not all going to fit

Ek sal nie alles wat ek gekoop het

back in my tiny suitcase.

in my tas kan pas nie.

So before I go home to Brooklyn,

So voordat ek teruggaan Brooklyn toe,

I'm going to donate everything back.

gaan ek alles terug skenk.

Because the lesson I'm trying to learn myself this week

Die les wat ek myself hierdie week probeer leer

is that it's okay to let go.

is dat dit oukei is om dinge te laat gaan.

I don't need to get emotionally attached to these things

Ek hoef nie te geheg aan die goed te raak nie:

because around the corner,

iewers om die draai

there is always going to be

sal daar altyd

another crazy, colorful,

nog ’n kleurvolle, maltrap

shiny outfit

blink uitrusting wees

just waiting for me,

wat net vir my wag,

if I put a little love in my heart and look.

as ek net met ’n bietjie liefde in my hart daarvoor soek.

Thank you very much.

Baie dankie.

(Applause)

(Applous)

Thank you.

Baie dankie.

(Applause)

(Applous)