What does she say?

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I need a help with distinguishing some words in a video on YouTube. The video is called "Siblings or Dating? Test Your Radar (ft. the Kalogeras Sisters)"
Time code is 2:50
She says something like a "I like both of the outfits, you guys have like a similar... " ask-style? asque-style? I can understand what she is saying, can someone help me please!
 
Well, "style" makes sense. I would discount the rest as noise.
 
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She probably added -esque suffix to the word similar, which doesn't really make sense. Or misappropriated the suffix as an adjective.

The suffix -esque means “like” or “resembling.”
You can append any noun with -esque to form an adjective. Example: picturesque.

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I like both of the outfits. You guys have like a simliar-"esque" style.

She uses the suffix in totally the wrong way.

 
The suffix -esque means “like” or “resembling.”
Correct.
You can append any noun with -esque to form an adjective. Example: picturesque.
No, you can't. There's a limited number of nouns to which -esque can be added. We can't say mousesque, deskesque, happinessesque, busesque, for example.*

* I had to stop there as my spellchecker was overheating.
 
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Say:

I need help. (Not "a help".)

I'm sure you meant to say: "I can't understand...."
 
This was a great example of how tricky real spoken English can be! I also thought she was saying “ask-style” at first, but it makes sense that she was stretching the word with a made-up “-esque” suffix. I’ve heard similar things in casual speech—English speakers often play with language like this, even if it’s not technically correct.
 
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