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I'm. Sorry and I'm Haley and

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this a simmer radio. Welcome.

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Back to See Work Radio where we

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share practical ideas for building a creative

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process. See you can so his intention.

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Enjoy and day! We're talking about spring

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trends so we're going to cover how

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to use trends in a way that

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feels right for you. Plus eight trends

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were noticing for spring and some ways

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you can incorporate them into your sewing.

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And we're also going to have some accompanying slides

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on the show notes, so you can find those

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on the seem work website if you want to

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see some pictures to go with today's episode. Or.

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Eight. So let's dive right into the

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ice breaker for today. So Healy Is

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there? a trend that you love? but

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you just can't. See yourself wearing.

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I feel like I suffer from

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us all the time and say

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you suffer so dramatically It had

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something that comes to mind is

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that I'm loving right now as

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I'm loving like that trend of

1:01

like leather clothing pieces like pants,

1:03

skirts, top stresses not just like

1:05

a leather jacket. I think this

1:07

trend is like I love the

1:09

severity of it but I'm just

1:11

like so stressed out about smelling

1:13

bad path personally I don't think

1:15

that the severity of look really

1:18

suits me. Very. Well either about I

1:20

just think it just looks so rad

1:22

when I think a woman and leather

1:24

pants and my she has her life

1:26

figured out and also don't mess with

1:28

her Who? that lady who is on

1:30

Project Runway who have all the leather

1:32

member. Leather. It

1:34

was in the long time ago.

1:36

it was yeah I don't remember

1:38

the gym so little others are

1:41

shoe leather. I

1:43

love sewing with leather which is also

1:45

why I deeply regret Like to say

1:47

that this trend is not for me.

1:49

What about you? I. Think for

1:52

me, anything like super colorful

1:54

or graphic is something that

1:56

I love looking at, but

1:58

I just don't wear. Personally,

2:00

it just doesn't fit in with my

2:03

style or my existing

2:05

wardrobe. I mean little bits

2:07

and pieces, sure, but I think in particular

2:09

really graphic patterns. I saw this dress the

2:12

other day that had just like enormous polka

2:14

dots on it on this woman and I

2:16

thought it was so cool and

2:18

she looked so amazing, but it's just not...

2:20

I mean I could wear polka dots, but

2:23

not like that, you know, not those huge

2:25

ones. So that's one thing that I really

2:27

admire on other people. Yeah,

2:29

totally. I think that's like

2:31

such a healthy part of like taking

2:34

part in trends, which I guess we'll

2:36

talk about today is just when something

2:38

is to be admired for you, when

2:40

it's your time to admire it on

2:42

others, and when it's your time to join

2:44

the party. Yeah, it's all about picking and choosing

2:46

to figure out what fits with your personal style

2:48

and that's what we're going to be talking about

2:50

today. All right, well we're going to

2:53

get into this topic right now, but before

2:55

we do, if you have an icebreaker that

2:57

you'd like to use or you'd like us

2:59

to use rather for a future episode, you

3:02

can leave it for us. If you're

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a Seamwork member, just go to seamwork.com/

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go slash icebreakers and leave your

3:09

question there and we may use it on

3:11

a future episode. All right, well

3:13

let's talk a little bit about trends. I

3:15

think a lot of us

3:17

have a sort of complicated relationship with

3:20

trends. I think on the

3:22

one hand, trends can be really fun to

3:24

play with and it's really exciting and they

3:26

bring something new into your wardrobe,

3:28

into your sewing, new ideas,

3:30

new ways of thinking about fabrics,

3:33

new ways of thinking about details or

3:35

silhouettes, and I think that can all

3:37

be very, very fun. But on the

3:39

other hand, we also don't want a closet full

3:42

of these really trendy things that don't

3:44

really feel like us. I think sometimes

3:46

trends can pull us away from

3:48

our true style and who we are and they

3:51

might not have any real longevity. I

3:53

think for people who sew, a lot

3:55

of us sew because we

3:58

do reject trends. trends oftentimes and

4:01

we want to find ways of expressing

4:03

ourselves that are sort of outside of

4:05

the cycle of trends. But

4:07

I think regardless, trends affect us and

4:10

they can offer something really fun

4:12

and new that we can

4:14

incorporate. So it's a

4:17

delicate balance. So how do we

4:19

find that balance between the authentic

4:21

and those trends? And that can be

4:24

really tough to do. So, Haley, what are your

4:26

thoughts about that? I think

4:28

it all comes down to having

4:31

a pretty firm understanding of

4:33

your personal style. You

4:35

have to have an idea of like where you're

4:38

going in your personal style, if you

4:40

are going anywhere at all. But

4:42

for a lot of people, there's

4:44

where they're going with their personal

4:46

style and then where they are

4:48

currently. So having that understanding of

4:50

their actual wardrobe, what they wear

4:52

every single day, where

4:54

they would like it to be in like a year

4:57

or two from now. And then

4:59

from there, incorporating trends that

5:02

make sense for the now and for

5:04

the future as well. I think

5:07

that's how we have fun

5:09

with trends without letting them

5:11

like take over our wardrobe. Yeah,

5:13

they can be kind of tempting. I

5:16

think especially if you see kind of what we're just

5:18

talking about, if you see something that looks great on

5:20

someone else, even if it doesn't

5:22

quite fit your style, it can be

5:24

really difficult to know

5:27

whether that's something that you want to

5:29

explore and play around with and maybe

5:31

evolve how you think about your style.

5:33

Or is it something that's just

5:35

kind of a shiny object syndrome and pulling you

5:37

away from what you know about yourself? Yeah,

5:40

I heard someone say recently, I'm summarizing,

5:42

but they say that like, you

5:45

don't participate in trends, you take advantage

5:47

of them. That's a good way

5:49

of thinking about it. So

5:51

you don't like like, Oh, well, skinny

5:54

jeans are out of style. So I can't wear

5:56

those anymore. And I have to wear wide leg

5:58

jeans. It's more just like Oh,

6:01

well, I know that for me,

6:03

I love this certain kind

6:05

of silhouette or it's something that I really enjoy and

6:07

so I'm going to like take advantage of that. I'm

6:09

going to take advantage of like

6:11

that I can buy it ready to wear more

6:13

easily available that there's going to be a whole

6:16

bunch of patterns coming out where I'll be able

6:18

to pick the one that's just

6:20

right for me, you know, just take advantage

6:22

of them instead. Yeah, I love that. What

6:24

about you? How do you find that balance

6:26

between authenticity and trendiness for yourself? You

6:29

know, sort of similar what you're saying, I think having a really

6:31

good handle on what your style is and having

6:33

some ways that work for you

6:35

to kind of hone in on that and

6:37

to keep it front of mind is really

6:40

helpful. I really like having mood boards

6:42

and things like that. I find the

6:44

design your wardrobe process and doing that

6:46

periodically to be really, really helpful because

6:48

it really orients me back to what

6:50

matters to me in my own wardrobe

6:53

and my own style. So I

6:55

think having those kind of consistent processes is

6:58

really, really helpful and helps me to kind

7:01

of provide me with a filter for

7:03

looking at everything that's out there in the

7:05

world, trends and, you know, other things that

7:07

just may or may not suit me. I

7:09

think that's been something that's been really,

7:11

really helpful to me. I think also thinking about

7:14

things like who are my style icons,

7:16

things like that that can kind

7:18

of provide that sort of filter

7:21

or lens of which that I like

7:23

to look at my wardrobe as a

7:25

whole has been, I think,

7:27

a really big game changer, especially in the

7:29

last few years because I think in the

7:32

past, I wouldn't say I was ever like

7:34

a real trend driven person, but definitely more

7:37

influenced by what was in stores than I

7:39

am now. So that's been really

7:41

helpful to me. You just use the

7:43

word filter and I think that that is

7:45

like kind of a helpful word to think

7:47

of in that you need to discover what

7:50

your filter is. So some people

7:52

that's like their personal style. I

7:54

know other people like to use different

7:56

systems like color seasons and body

7:59

type systems. and figuring

8:01

out what your system for filtering is,

8:03

is just so key. And I think

8:05

it's gonna look a little bit different

8:07

for everyone. Yeah, and combining them, if

8:09

that feels right to you too. I

8:11

think some of the systems are really

8:13

interesting. The Kibbe body type system, I

8:15

think is so unusual, but also kind

8:18

of interesting. I also cannot figure it

8:20

out. It's very complicated. It's so complicated.

8:22

There's so many types. It's

8:24

like only kind of about your body. I don't

8:27

know, it's odd. If there is a Kibbe body

8:29

type expert out there, I think it would be

8:31

so fun to have someone on the podcast to

8:33

talk about it. Oh, that would be amazing. So

8:35

if you are, you get in contact with us

8:37

and we would love to talk to you more.

8:39

We wanna pick your brain and know all the

8:42

things. Definitely. And maybe you can finally tell me

8:44

once and for all if I'm a soft natural.

8:46

I'm just dying to know. I

8:50

think that something that I

8:52

observe and I hear again and again

8:55

from people is that it feels harder

8:57

than ever to get a handle on

9:00

what's trending and integrate those things

9:03

into your wardrobe in a way

9:05

that feels right. Why

9:07

do you think that that is? I

9:09

think there are a lot of reasons, but I think technology probably

9:11

has a lot to do with it. I think

9:13

we're just exposed to so much now

9:15

and the trends come so

9:17

hard and fast these days. We've

9:19

got not just trends, but like

9:22

micro trends. It's just,

9:24

it's so much. And

9:26

I think not to be too much of a

9:28

anti-social media let out, but I do think there's

9:30

a lot of homogeneity that's

9:33

caused by social media where people

9:35

kind of all look the same,

9:37

like have an Instagram look, you

9:39

know, or there are several

9:41

Instagram looks, I guess. But I do

9:43

think it encourages a level of homogeneity

9:46

and trend chasing that maybe wasn't

9:48

as prevalent before. But I do think it goes

9:50

beyond social media and it's been something that's been

9:52

building in our culture for a long

9:54

time, like a lot of things. I don't know,

9:56

I just think there's more. I

9:59

agree with all of. that I think that the

10:01

trend cycle is faster than ever. We're

10:04

seeing trends come and go at a faster

10:06

rate than they have in the past. Something

10:09

that I've been thinking about and how

10:12

social media plays into our

10:14

perception of trends, I

10:19

think that in the past, when we were

10:21

like observing trends, we were looking at like

10:23

what people were wearing in magazines, what they

10:25

were wearing, maybe on

10:27

red carpets or on television,

10:30

the channels that we observed fashion were

10:33

more limited. We were all looking kind

10:35

of at the same people, the same

10:37

folks. The beautiful thing about social

10:39

media is that now our

10:41

lens is widened, we're looking

10:43

at more people, but

10:46

that makes it hard for us to

10:48

distinguish between these micro trends and these

10:50

bigger shifts in

10:52

silhouettes and things that are gonna be like

10:54

more macro, things that are gonna be more

10:57

long lasting. And so it's

10:59

just more confusing to wade through. So

11:01

I guess that kind of like contrasts

11:03

that homogeneity where like I feel like

11:05

we're just, we have too many sources

11:08

of input. And maybe it's not

11:10

too many, it's just there's a

11:12

lot and it's hard to know where

11:14

to focus. It sounds contradictory that

11:16

there's more sources

11:18

of input and yet things

11:21

look more the same, but I think that's

11:23

kind of how the algorithms work is

11:25

that there is a lot out there, but then whatever

11:27

appeals to you, you just get served

11:30

that over and over again. It's the

11:32

bubble, right? That you're in and that

11:34

goes way beyond aesthetics and fashion. So

11:37

I think that's one of the effects of social media. And I

11:39

think that can kind of limit your view

11:42

of what's happening. That's also interesting

11:44

and a little bit scary at the

11:46

same time. Let's shift to less scary.

11:48

What is your favorite way to incorporate

11:51

trends into your wardrobe? I

11:53

think having a process, like I

11:55

mentioned before, I like the design your wardrobe process and

11:58

doing that either twice. four

12:00

times a year and that gives me

12:02

an opportunity to kind of refresh and look at things

12:04

in a new way. If you don't

12:06

want to go through a whole process like that, even though

12:09

I think it's really, really fun, you can also

12:11

just create a new mood board for

12:13

yourself for the season and look

12:16

at what's out there and how you can

12:18

incorporate things. I find that really helpful because

12:20

you can kind of gather things together and

12:22

see how they look with your existing style,

12:25

your existing wardrobe and kind of pull

12:27

things together in a really visual way. So

12:29

I find that to be a

12:31

really helpful tool myself for incorporating

12:33

new trends. What about you?

12:35

Yeah, I definitely do the same thing. I

12:38

think beyond that, when we talked about trends last

12:40

time, we were talking about fall, winter and I

12:42

know that I said that I liked incorporating

12:45

base layers as like a specific

12:47

thing. But for spring and summer, I

12:49

feel like it's a little bit different. For

12:51

spring and summer, I feel like I like instead

12:54

of focusing on one area, I like to

12:56

like sprinkle the trends. New

12:58

shoes, when spring comes around, I always want a

13:01

new pair of shoes and it's a place where

13:03

I kind of alternate between trendy choices

13:05

and a nice practical choice. I

13:08

think this year, it's time for a trendy choice.

13:10

I'm looking forward to that. And

13:13

then in addition to that, I just like kind

13:15

of like shopping my own wardrobe and

13:17

oftentimes there's things that are already in

13:19

there that kind of are adjacent

13:21

to some of the trends that I'm probably

13:23

interested in. But yeah, I think it's just

13:25

more separate like mixing and matching a couple

13:28

separates into my sewing plans so

13:30

I can style them in different

13:32

ways. I think that's usually my strategy

13:34

for spring, especially since weather

13:36

here where we live is so

13:39

chaotic this time of year. Yeah,

13:41

I think it's the hardest season to dress for

13:43

in terms of weather. I just want to

13:45

wear dresses already. It's

13:48

just like not going to happen. Not quite

13:50

fine. Yeah. Okay,

13:52

so I'm going to get us

13:54

into some of these

13:56

tips and trends. So the

13:59

tip here. of today's episode

14:01

is going to focus on how we're

14:03

going to incorporate trends in

14:05

a way that like is more authentic

14:07

for us. So I'm going to tell

14:09

you about my process as a designer

14:11

for doing that and then we're going

14:13

to jump into our eight trends

14:16

that we're seeing a ton of for

14:18

spring 2024. So let's get into it. So

14:20

I would

14:23

like to encourage you to do is I want you

14:25

to take off your personal thinking cap

14:27

and I want you to put on the

14:29

thinking cap of a designer. And so what

14:32

I was trained to do and what many designers

14:34

are trained to do is focus on you

14:37

know me as a designer I can't

14:39

just design things that Haley loves all the

14:42

time although sometimes I do get to do

14:44

that. I have to start with a firm

14:46

understanding of like the brand that I'm designing

14:48

for and so the brand I'm currently designing

14:50

for is Seamwork. I would like for you

14:52

all to think of yourself as a designer

14:54

and your personal style is kind of the

14:57

brand that you're building. So every

14:59

brand has their style identity as

15:01

well as their brand signatures. So

15:04

the style identity is the core style

15:06

of the brand. It can be helpful

15:08

to distill your personal style down to

15:11

like three to five words.

15:13

You can check out the style workshop for

15:15

help with that. It has some really helpful

15:17

exercises for helping you get there. And

15:20

then in addition to that style identity

15:22

brands have their signatures. So these are

15:24

the elements and the themes that show

15:26

up in the brand style or your

15:28

personal style time and time again. So

15:30

this can be colors, it can be

15:32

design details, it can be silhouettes. What

15:34

my goal is as a designer is

15:36

to start with a really great understanding

15:39

of the style identity

15:42

and signatures and

15:44

then when we're building in trends what we're

15:46

doing is we are

15:48

building them around those two components.

15:51

We're not centering the trends, we're

15:53

centering the identity and

15:56

the signatures and then you know

15:58

playing with the trends. think

16:00

of those identity elements and

16:02

those signature elements as the constants

16:04

in your style. So season to

16:06

season, you're always going to see

16:08

those things woven throughout and

16:11

then you can think about your trends as

16:13

a way to kind of enhance what you

16:15

already have going on. So

16:17

identity and signatures, main course, trends

16:21

are the dessert. They're optional, but

16:23

they're fun. If you are interested in

16:26

this kind of theory and

16:28

practice, then you can check out

16:30

episode 157 and that is called

16:32

Trends through the Lens of Personal

16:34

Style. And we walk through this

16:36

a little bit more in depth

16:38

and give you some really good

16:40

examples of this. But

16:42

I just wanted to preface the trends

16:44

we're sharing today with

16:47

this because I think it is a

16:49

really helpful way to think about trends.

16:51

So you're not just like chasing

16:53

a trend cycle, you're engaging

16:56

in them a little bit more thoughtfully. Yeah,

16:58

I think another thing to add to that,

17:00

so you mentioned your identity and

17:02

signatures as the main course on trends being

17:04

the dessert that sometimes the trends

17:06

that you explore can become part of your

17:10

main course, they can become part of

17:12

your totally ongoing personal style, which I

17:14

think is one of the really fun

17:16

things about exploring trends. Yeah, it's

17:18

definitely like a great reason. I think sometimes

17:20

people think like, well, why bother with trends

17:22

if I have this great personal style? And

17:24

like you can totally stick with your tried

17:27

and true's if that's what works for you.

17:29

But if you're a person who likes to

17:32

like play and evolve a little bit, then

17:34

incorporating trends can be a really great way

17:36

to grow and evolve that personal style. All

17:39

right, and the next thing that I want to mention

17:41

about trends is that

17:43

I like to encourage people to

17:46

think about trends a little bit

17:48

less, I guess, singularly,

17:50

people look at trends and you look at

17:52

a runway show, you're like, oh my gosh,

17:55

this looks wild. Like, how could I

17:57

ever incorporate or do any of this

17:59

in my. day-to-day wardrobe and you would

18:01

be correct. That might be a little bit

18:03

wild unless you're like a huge fan of

18:05

like showing nipple at the grocery store. I

18:08

don't know. But

18:11

what I would like to encourage you to do

18:13

instead is to look at trends

18:15

and break them down into their components. So today,

18:17

Sarai and I are going to be sharing these

18:19

trends. We'll share kind of

18:21

the overarching vibe of the trend and

18:23

then we'll share some of the components

18:26

of these trends that we're seeing and

18:28

the components are where you can kind

18:30

of incorporate them into your wardrobe and

18:32

into your sewing in a way that's

18:34

a little bit more approachable. Those are

18:36

the pieces that you see trickle

18:39

down into ready-to-wear most often.

18:42

Alright, I'm going to kick us off

18:44

with a trend I'm calling Botticelli vibes

18:47

and it's really just like a serial

18:49

and romantic head-to-toe

18:52

whites. So what we're seeing in

18:54

this trend are really

18:57

diaphanous white fabrics,

18:59

sheer, flowing. You

19:01

know, you want to look like a painting, really. Really

19:04

fluid drape, a little bit

19:06

of play and opacity. So

19:08

using sheer and opaque

19:10

fabrics in contrast with one another

19:13

or using sheer fabrics that

19:15

are gathered or pleated in a way that

19:17

create play with opacity. Lace

19:20

also comes into play a bit with

19:22

this trend. Appliqué on

19:25

sheer fabrics again with that

19:27

opacity play and then

19:29

gathers as well. Really

19:31

like ways that we're creating volume

19:35

but in very soft ways. Yeah,

19:37

I think that

19:39

this trend is for all of the people

19:41

out there who love a romantic look and

19:44

to play with that in their personal style,

19:46

I think that this is a really fun

19:48

trend to play around with a little bit

19:51

and there's so much variety in it. It's

19:53

very rich in technique so it can be

19:55

a really fun one to play with. Yeah,

19:58

I personally love it. loom sewing

20:00

techniques. I think they're really fun to learn

20:02

and really fun to play with. So this

20:04

is a really cool opportunity to

20:07

try out some new sewing techniques. And this

20:09

is a trend that

20:11

definitely vibes with my existing personal

20:13

style. I love wearing white. I

20:15

love sheer fabric and

20:18

I love little details like lace

20:20

and pintucks and gathers and

20:22

really very excited to do

20:25

more sewing in this realm.

20:27

So it's very cool. The

20:29

next trend is one we're calling painted

20:31

black. So this one is wearing head

20:34

to toe black. So

20:36

this is another trend I can really

20:38

get behind because I love wearing black

20:40

and I love wearing white. So

20:43

for this trend, you can think about

20:45

things like contrasting weight and

20:47

drape. You can think about texture

20:50

play. You can think about using

20:53

black in really interesting and

20:55

strong silhouette. Sometimes black can

20:57

be perceived as a little

20:59

bit safe and boring.

21:01

And yeah, it is a

21:03

safe thing to wear, but

21:06

there's a reason that people

21:08

love black and that is that

21:10

it really can create a

21:13

lot of drama. And

21:15

I personally love to wear black,

21:17

but I also really, really love

21:19

texture and playing around with details

21:22

in different ways to make

21:24

black look interesting. So I think this is a

21:26

very cool one. And it's interesting that this comes

21:28

up for spring too, because spring is usually

21:30

not the season for black. Yeah, I think

21:33

that's why it's so noteworthy is

21:35

that it was so prevalent in

21:37

some of the spring collections. And

21:39

I just like how it isn't

21:41

like it's not black with a

21:44

minimalist perspective. It's really more of

21:46

like a maximalist approach to black,

21:48

which I think is quite fun

21:51

and is ripe with creative opportunity.

21:54

I often think that spring is a time where

21:56

I lean away from black actually one of the

21:58

few times I lean away from black. from black

22:01

and then get back into it in summer because I

22:03

really like black in summer. So this is a nice

22:05

way to carry the trend through the

22:07

rest of the year too and make

22:09

clothing that you'll be able to wear year round.

22:12

And also like, I mean, let's be honest, most

22:14

of us probably have our fair share of black

22:16

in our wardrobe. It's a great opportunity to kind

22:18

of play with what we already have as

22:20

well. And it'll go with everything,

22:23

unless you're one of those people who just never wears black, which

22:25

some people don't. Okay, so

22:27

our next trend, I'm calling peek-a-boo.

22:30

Um, I

22:32

have a child, I can't help but say it that

22:35

way. And this is just like

22:37

creative, fun ways of

22:39

showing a little bit of skin. And

22:42

so this one I saw come up in

22:44

a whole bunch of different applications. Kind

22:46

of again, this has like a

22:48

lot of creative opportunity in it. Some

22:50

of the ways I saw this come

22:53

up are fabrics that have really open

22:55

weaves or really

22:57

open knit fabrics, keyholes

23:01

and cutaways in general, but they

23:03

were coming up in kind of

23:05

unexpected places. Not like at the

23:07

center front or center back neckline,

23:09

although that's a beautiful classic approach

23:11

to a keyhole or a

23:13

cutaway. But I was seeing them

23:15

in kind of unexpected places like on

23:18

sleeves and on raglan sleeves

23:20

where the bodice joins the

23:23

sleeve. A lot of

23:25

asymmetry in these cutouts and

23:27

keyholes as well was an

23:29

observation I had. Lace-up closures

23:31

were also pretty prevalent on

23:34

bodices at the center front, on the back.

23:36

Also very risque versions of

23:39

this with lace-up sides. If

23:42

you're feeling a little saucy, I'd say

23:44

go for it. Here's a

23:46

repeat thing that I saw show

23:48

up is sheer reverse applique. This

23:50

also came up in the Botticelli

23:53

vibes trend as well. Cut

23:55

work, which is a type of embroidery where

23:57

a motif is embroidered onto the

23:59

back. of fabric and then you kind of cut

24:02

away like eyelets. And

24:04

then lace again, which this is also a

24:06

repeat. So I think the more

24:08

repeats you see in these trend components, the more

24:10

you're going to start to see it show up

24:12

in the stores, in the streets, in the fabric

24:14

stores, that kind of thing. This is a

24:17

fun one too. I'm actually knitting a semi

24:20

sheer sweater right now. So

24:22

I'm glad to know it's on trend. I had no

24:25

idea what I've been wanting to make for years.

24:27

So it's good to know. All

24:30

right. The next trend is bibs

24:32

and pennies. So we're talking about

24:34

dungaree inspired garments. I'm excited about

24:36

this one because I live in

24:38

overalls for a good part of

24:41

the year. So it is definitely

24:43

one that's familiar to me. And

24:45

if you saw my video on

24:47

everything I made in

24:50

2023, my favorite project that

24:52

I made, the one that's getting the most

24:54

wear was my Danny Pinafore dress, which I

24:56

absolutely love and I probably wear it about

24:58

once a week. So this is

25:00

an exciting one. So here

25:02

we're talking about high straight

25:05

necklines. We're talking about overalls.

25:07

Of course, overalls are an easy

25:10

way to incorporate this look and

25:12

it's super practical, believe me. Pinafore

25:15

type dresses, so like the Danny

25:17

Pinafore dress. Again, I absolutely

25:19

love that dress and it's also really comfortable

25:21

and also very, very layerable, which is one

25:23

of the things that I really like about

25:26

this trend. And

25:28

finally, half apron style pouplums.

25:31

So I think these are some really cool

25:34

ways that you can incorporate this look

25:37

into your wardrobe in

25:39

different ways depending on what your own

25:41

personal style is. But what

25:43

I love about it is just how versatile

25:45

it is and how it

25:47

really helps to kind of extend some of

25:50

the things you might already have in your

25:52

wardrobe and layer them in

25:54

new ways. So I really like this one. I

25:57

like how there's kind of literal interpretations

25:59

of it. like with, you know, just

26:01

straight up wearing overalls and pinafores, and

26:03

then also there's like subtle nods to

26:06

it, like the high straight neckline, even

26:08

like on a slip dress. I

26:10

feel like that's something that you can incorporate that would

26:12

be really lively. Sometimes you want

26:14

something that's literal. Sometimes you're

26:16

like, I don't want to decode this trend. Just

26:22

give me something literal. And I think that

26:24

pinafores and overalls are one of those things

26:26

that in the sewing world, I don't

26:28

think they've fallen out of favor. So

26:30

I love that there's going to be a

26:33

ton of pattern options available for people out there.

26:35

Yeah, and there are some great ones out there

26:37

already. I think there's a lot of really awesome

26:40

patterns in this vein. This

26:42

will be a fun one to make. All

26:44

right, next up we have exaggerated

26:46

length. So this is really the

26:49

emphasis of a very long silhouette.

26:52

So I saw this in a few different ways.

26:54

We see these ultra

26:56

high rise cuts on

26:59

jeans and on skirts. So I'm not

27:01

just talking of the natural waistline, even

27:04

something that goes past that a bit.

27:06

I think on the opposite end of

27:09

that, there's also the lowering of waistline,

27:11

so things with dropped waist. But also

27:13

we're seeing the other

27:15

extreme in pants where

27:18

a lower cut or a lower rise

27:20

is becoming a little bit

27:22

more popular as well. In

27:25

addition to that, we're seeing some

27:27

oversized yolks. This again, plays with

27:29

that waist placement a bit. And

27:31

then really monochromatic separate. So this

27:33

is a great way of creating

27:36

the illusion of a lot of

27:38

length on the body and playing

27:40

up that vertical line a bit.

27:43

I think that this one is really fun

27:45

to play with because I think that

27:47

there is a little bit of something for everyone

27:49

in it. For me,

27:52

being a short girl, ultra

27:55

high rise and dropped waist isn't

27:57

for me, but I do love

27:59

a monochromatic. look into monochromatic

28:01

separates. So that's probably how I

28:03

would play with this one. Yeah,

28:05

and it depends a lot on

28:07

your proportions on your just on your

28:09

person style. Of course, I'm not super tall either,

28:11

but I do like a high rise. I have

28:13

a short waist. So a high rise does work

28:15

well for me. But then I also really like

28:17

long layers, even though I'm

28:20

not a tall willowy person. So

28:23

it's something that I think you can really find what works

28:25

for you in different ways. Totally. I

28:27

think for me, it's my combination of

28:30

short and curvy that I'm like, there's

28:32

only like one or two inches of

28:34

my waist that isn't taken out by

28:36

boob. So I can't go any higher than

28:38

that. All right, the next trend is really dear to

28:40

me, which is coming up roses. It's

28:47

all things roses, my favorite flower.

28:50

I am really

28:52

excited about that. So here we're looking

28:54

at rose prints, but we're also looking

28:56

at things like rose applique,

28:59

fabric roses, rose

29:01

pins and accessories. Again, I remember somebody

29:03

on Project Runway who was really into

29:05

rosettes and put rosettes on everything. They

29:08

were always making fun of her for being like kind

29:11

of Holly hobby and like

29:13

being not sophisticated enough for the

29:15

judges. But now rosettes

29:17

are coming back. This is why you

29:19

stay true to your

29:22

personal style because it always comes back

29:24

around. Yeah, I've been seeing

29:26

these pop up here and there already. And

29:28

I think they're really not just

29:31

pretty, but also really fun to make.

29:33

This is a really fun way

29:35

to add some pizzazz to your sewing

29:37

projects or even just make like a pin

29:39

that you can add to things. I think

29:41

it's so cool. Very Carrie Bradshaw. Yes. Yes,

29:44

very Carrie, which I definitely

29:47

appreciate and rose prints. I just

29:49

think I love that. That's

29:51

definitely going to be something that I

29:53

incorporate this spring. Okay,

29:55

well, next up we have maybe a

29:57

controversial one. And that is my micro

30:00

minis showing off lots of

30:02

legs. Kind of like the

30:04

dungarees and trend. I feel

30:06

like this one, it is like

30:08

a little bit more literal. The

30:10

trend is that we're just seeing

30:12

pretty short hemlines, things that are

30:14

mid-side or above. But some

30:17

of the other elements that I pulled out that

30:19

I think that even if you aren't a short

30:22

skirt girly, you could play with

30:24

are, I'm seeing these

30:26

hemlines paired often with tights,

30:28

both opaque and sheer, which is,

30:30

I'm a tights person. So I love that.

30:33

And also really tall

30:36

boots. It's kind of giving 1960s a little

30:38

go-go vibe, which

30:41

is I think really fun. So even if

30:43

you are gasping at the

30:45

idea of wearing a micro mini, playing

30:47

with some tights or some different styles

30:50

of tall boots could be a fun way to

30:52

play with this. I hope you're not gasping for

30:54

it. I hope

30:57

we're not causing any heart attack. Traffic

31:01

accident. I

31:04

love a mini skirt. So I'm excited about this. Not

31:06

like a super short mini skirt, but I think there

31:08

are different ways that you can incorporate

31:10

this and make it more classic if

31:13

it's not something that, if I'm a

31:15

tiny, tiny mini skirt and you're thinking

31:17

about, like, I don't know,

31:19

one of the Britney Spears who wore that really, really,

31:21

really tiny mini skirt back in the early 2000s. Basically,

31:24

yeah. Probably. But

31:27

there's also an A-line skirt, which I

31:29

absolutely love. I love to wear short-ish A-line skirts,

31:32

not super short. And there are different ways

31:34

that you can incorporate it and still keep it

31:36

classic. As you're speaking to me,

31:38

you're sitting in front of your mood board

31:40

and I see a mini skirt directly behind

31:43

you. So I'm making one for spring already.

31:45

I'm planning to make one. I'm taking the

31:47

ginger skirt, which is an old Colette pattern

31:49

and A-line skirt, and I'm gonna chop it

31:51

up and make it a mini. So

31:54

I'm really excited about that one. Cute. And

31:57

then the final trend that we're talking about

31:59

today is Lilac Lady Pale Purple.

32:02

I also really like this one. So

32:05

I think Lilac is kind of an underrated

32:07

color because I think it looks good on

32:09

so many different people. It looks great on

32:11

a huge variety of

32:13

skin tones. And I think it also

32:15

looks really, really pretty with gray hair.

32:18

I think it suits a lot of different people. So

32:21

I'm excited to see Lilac coming

32:23

back. So we're looking at shades

32:25

of Lilac and tonal color palettes

32:27

built around Lilac. This one,

32:29

I think, is really fun. It kind of reminds

32:31

me of that sort of early 2000s candy color,

32:35

Zooey Deschanel look that was popular back

32:37

then, which I'm ready for that to

32:39

come back. That was fun. Yeah,

32:42

I think that there was definitely a

32:44

bit of a throwback to that. And also in the

32:47

90s, I saw some references to that kind

32:49

of, I guess, more late 90s where

32:52

it's the kind of Y2K

32:55

futuristic shade of Lilac. I

32:58

feel like I saw a skirt and a taffeta

33:00

that was giving me 1999. But

33:02

I think this is a really fun one. And

33:05

I liked that there wasn't one particular shade that

33:07

was like a standout shade. There

33:09

was warmer and cooler representations of

33:11

it. And they really ran from

33:14

quite pale to a little

33:16

bit more mid-toned. Yeah, this is a

33:18

fun one. And I really like the

33:21

color Lilac for myself, too. A

33:23

lot of these trends are very sherry friendly.

33:26

They are. No pressure. Yeah,

33:30

I'm going to be the trendiest girl you guys

33:32

have ever seen

33:35

this spring. I'm

33:37

going to incorporate all of them just

33:41

by coincidence. All right, well,

33:43

we talked about a lot today. I'm

33:45

just going to recap the eight trends we talked

33:47

about. And then, Hailey, while I do that, you

33:49

think about which one you're most excited about. Oh

33:51

my gosh. I will talk about it. So

33:54

we talked about Botticelli vibes, which

33:56

are ethereal and romantic whites. We talked about

33:58

painted black, which is a very beautiful is head

34:00

to toe black. We talked

34:02

about peekaboo, which is showing some

34:04

skin. Bibs and pennies, so

34:07

those are the dungaree inspired garments. Exaggerated

34:10

length, long silhouettes. Coming

34:13

up roses, all things roses.

34:16

Micro minis, showing lots of leg. And

34:19

lilac lady, pale purple.

34:21

So which of those are you most excited about?

34:24

This is hard because I like a

34:27

lot of these things. At first I

34:29

was like bibs and pennies, but I

34:32

probably won't be wearing these because I'm going to

34:34

be having a baby in spring. And

34:36

all those layers sound inconvenient

34:38

for breastfeeding. So

34:41

realistically, I think I'm going to be

34:43

wearing some monochromatic separates. I think that

34:45

that's like a nice way to feel

34:48

really pulled together and dress a

34:51

little bit of intention, but it

34:53

also really has low mental overhead.

34:56

So realistically, that's the one I

34:58

will be incorporating. I'm

35:00

probably wearing a lot of black. Very

35:05

practical. Well,

35:07

I think for me, this is tough because these

35:09

are all things I would probably be wearing anyway,

35:12

pretty much all of them. So I

35:14

think the one that I'm kind of

35:16

excited about is the rosettes. I think

35:19

that's something I haven't really thought about in quite a

35:21

long time, and they're really fun to make. So I

35:23

kind of want to make one and

35:26

make like a little, I don't

35:28

know, a little accessory out of it or something.

35:30

I've seen some bags, some little handbags or tote

35:32

bags that have a huge rosette on them. I

35:34

love those. I think they're so cool. So

35:37

I'd kind of like to make something like that for spring,

35:39

that would be really fun. We're going to need a YouTube

35:41

video, sary. I can already

35:43

hear the requests coming in. If

35:45

I do it, I will definitely make a video for y'all.

35:48

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