You Are Beautiful with Lawrence Zarian
What makes you FEEL beautiful? This is the pivotal question stylist, author, designer and host Lawrence Zarian has asked the thousands of women and men who have come to him for his advice and guidance over his 25+ year career. As LZ says, "It’s not what you wear, it’s how you feel. And it’s not how you look, it’s how you LIVE."
In his new podcast, “You Are Beautiful with Lawrence Zarian”, LZ celebrates his guests from all walks of life exploring what makes them tick; in the past two years we’ve all had to pivot our lives in some capacity and there’s been this glorious time to regroup, refresh, reset, restart, and renew.
What is beautiful? This podcast digs in deep to each guest’s interpretation of the word to find out what used to be, versus what is now, what they have learned over the years in time of success, in time of struggle, EVERTHING in between, and of course what makes them FEEL…truly beautiful inside and out.
You Are Beautiful with Lawrence Zarian
Tan France
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LZ opens his “You Are Beautiful” podcast and interviews Tan France about what makes people feel beautiful, personal style, and self-image. Tan shares his daytime and evening go-to outfits, love of jewelry, and his husband’s style influence, then discusses coping with online criticism and the broader culture of cruelty. He reflects on looking in the mirror, gratitude for health after a recent benign scare, appreciation for his Pakistani skin after years of hating it due to racism, and his birth name pronunciation.
Tan recounts learning to sew as a child to make clothes for his mother and sister, navigating being queer and not fully out to family, and the nuance of being a visibly gay Muslim on Western TV. They discuss Queer Eye’s impact, production time with participants, meaningful and difficult “heroes,” Tan’s struggle with aging, marriage priorities, and advice for finding style by borrowing inspiration and building your own.
Menu:
- 00:00 Welcome You Are Beautiful
- 00:53 Meet Tan France
- 01:50 Signature Style Staples
- 06:09 Handling Online Hate
- 12:23 Mirror Check Self Image
- 15:45 Learning To Love Skin
- 17:11 Real Name Roots
- 18:41 Fashion Spark Sewing
- 21:50 Queer Eye Coming Out
- 25:08 Representation And Stakes
- 27:27 Rock Bottom Realization
- 27:37 Early Attraction Awakening
- 28:00 Dad’s Store Lessons
- 29:14 Watching Queer Eye Hurt
- 30:31 Why Style Matters
- 31:08 Makeover Intimacy Method
- 32:02 Queer Eye Time Limits
- 34:07 Choosing Stores and Stylists
- 36:31 Hero Who Changed Him
- 37:58 When Heroes Resist
- 38:38 A Racist Hero Incident
- 40:53 Favorite Feel Good Episodes
- 42:01 When Self Care Slips
- 44:13 Struggling With Aging
- 46:33 Gay Men and Beauty Pressure
- 48:48 Off Camera Fab Five
- 51:15 Marriage Secret Sauce
- 52:12 Dating and LA Insecurity
- 53:39 Finding Signature Style
- 54:58 Beautiful Because Authentic
