 Right, you guys welcome back to another collection from simplicity creative group. This is the know me summer collection know me is the newest brand and all the designers are like the, I don't know how to explain it all the designers are like Yeah, makers in the sewing community. Okay, that's just the best simplest way to say it. They don't necessarily have any like pattern designing experience, but they are so with they have been making their own clothes for a while. And be given this opportunity to create a pattern for simplicity. So these You know what after watching or after seeing a few of the collections now these feel the most like they're trendy. Yes, but they're also timely. I don't know if I guess because they're makers they have their like regular lives, you know, this isn't their whole life. And so I feel like they have a unique perspective on fashion and what people want to be making and wearing right now. So I'm kind of into the concept of know me. But let's take a look at what they've got for summer. We are starting things off with this little dress. This is from the stitch fits. It is a maxi bias cut dress with optional tier skirt with ties through a ruched bodice with cut out detail adjustable straps and invisible side seam zipper. I mean this is already combining a lot of my favorite things. I love a tier and a gather. I love a bias cut option. I love a cut out. So this has the makings of being something that I really, really love. Alright, so And do not be dissuade if your figure does not look like her figure when I tell you that bias cut garments look good on everybody like I'm not kidding. And honestly, I think they look even better the curvier that you are. So don't think that, you know, you can't pull off like a slim fitting dress like this. If it is cut on the bias. I'm telling you, you will look and feel fabulous, fabulous, fabulous. Alright, so as they said, we've got this bodice here with this like drawstring detail with a tie and then a cut out here. Of course, the drawstrings make their own sort of tie. A true waist seam. It looks like this hits at the, I'm guessing this is her high hip. This is just below her low hip, I think, and then a maxi You can do the tears or you can just do one long dress and I actually think that this is like super elegant like prom, right, like I'm getting wedding gas like like if it were like a black tie situation. This is very, very elegant. Okay, so Yep, those are those. Okay, so here's the back. We do have some nice long darts here and looking at this now. Yeah, I'm guessing that's a true waist seam. Yeah, nice long darts. No kick plate or anything like that on the hem. Here's the back of the ruffled one same skirt situation. This looks like a sanded satin or something that she used for this. But honestly, I could see this out of lots of different fabrics. Let's see what they recommend cotton blends. Yeah, I was going to suggest like Some kind of chambray or like a Like a cotton and linen blend would be lovely crepe de sheen silk and silky types and then wall. So they're airing on the side of Silky drapey and lightweight. I don't I don't know necessarily that I believe that it has to just be that I think you can definitely go into, like I said, some of the Some of the linen types, I think maybe even a gauze could possibly work. You do have to worry about the Stretch on the bias of a gauze because it is cut on, you know, it is a bias cut skirt, but you just let it hang for a little while and it doesn't sting and then you even it out again. If I made this I would for sure make the tiered version and it would absolutely be out of a cotton blend, but that's only because I don't really have anywhere to wear like shiny silky things. That said, some of the walls that Like art gallery in free spirit and folks like that are doing would be beautiful 100% cotton wall would be really, really pretty All right, so you need an invisible zipper and then bra strap sliders and rings, I guess for adjustable straps. This comes in sizes eight to 16 and then 18 to 26 and then we have No bust measurements and I was going to comment that I did feel like it was a little bit baggy in the bust. I get that we are using this. Oh, but I don't know that that really eliminates width From the bodice. Like if I were her. I don't know. I think I would want it like one size smaller and that might also reduce the gaping here to On the blue one. Yeah, you can see even more here. See how that's like kind of pulling away from her body. And I think that's just because maybe the bodice is for maybe the whole things too big on her actually I'm not entirely sure what the rules are in terms of how they make samples and what sizes they're allowed to make or adjustments. They're supposed to make. I think I might have mentioned that in a previous know me video but Since she the model is the designer. I'm not. I don't know exactly how all that works. But yeah, I kind of feel like you definitely need to be conscious of the Bodice or the bust ease even if it's not listed here. You definitely should be checking it In your look when you go to make it. But if I were to make it. I'd be using the waist probably as my finished as like what I base my size off of Is that true or my hip. Yeah, I don't know. Either way, the waist has three and a half inches of ease and the hip has Through two and a half inches of ease. Now it is on the bias. You have to remember that. So there is like it stretches differently than just It's ease. Right. You definitely have ease. But the way that bias is cut bias cut garments are cut. I don't know. There's like there's like magically more ease. I don't really know how to explain it. Unless you've ever made one or worn one. You know what I'm talking about. But you do need it to You need to ease to be a little on the narrower side to really make the most out of that bias cut skirt. But the bust and the waist. Yeah, you could definitely three and a half inches for the waist does feel a little bit big. You could definitely go down to two and then see what that what that does to your bust as well. But really cute start fresh. Right. That's maybe what the word I was thinking of when I first started like these feel like fresh. You know what I mean. Um, why are we way down here all of a sudden. Oh, are we doing PDFs and also yeah. Okay, so those are all the PDF versions. Okay, cool. So this is pattern. Okay, here we go. So this is Alicia grace sleeveless multi tier dress into links has high neck lining invisible back zipper first ruffled layers are attached at the neck under layer attached at the underarms and neckline. Okay, let me read that again. Sorry. First ruffled layers. These are attached at the neck and then these layers are attached at the underarms and neckline. That's not, I don't know that needs an edit that doesn't make any sense to me. But I guess they're just trying to explain how much fabric is used because this does seem like quite the fabric hog. It is cool looking though, especially this version like If you're going to Nashville. I mean, I know it's very on the nose with the hat and the boots and everything else, but it is a really cool look. You've got a little like Stan collar here. I love, love, love the halter that is so in back in trend back in trend. That's not right back on trend. From like the early 2000s. And I just think it's so flattering on so many people, especially when you have a dress that is a little bit like a line pulls away from the body, you know, like not super figure showing having this cut back and showing your shoulders kind of, you know, kind of makes it look like there's a feminine, beautiful body underneath all of that, you know. Okay, here's that version. Great. Here we go again. Okay, here's the back. So this one kind of shows, I think, how these tears are sewn on, but not, not really. Yeah, still a little confusing how that's working, but nonetheless, here's another close up of the tears. I'm guessing your zipper goes in here. Maybe a little bit long in the arm side that looks like more than two inches to me. But yeah, really pretty, really elegant. Okay, so I'm going to go ahead and show you what I'm going to show you. Okay. Yeah, I mean, it looks pretty straightforward from these line drawings. But as they were trying to explain, I don't know how the construction comes together, but obviously very, very lightweight drapey fabrics for this one, you just there's no way around it. If you made it out of anything more heavyweight or more structure than what they recommend, you are going to have like a tent, three tents, four tents. So sure moves, crepe machine, double georgette, lace, please say, silky types, obviously rayon shally and all of that kind of stuff too. There is a lining. The lining looks to be The lining is two and three eighths, and then the dress is three. So the lining is a bulk of it. I almost wonder if the lining is like Like an almost like a slip, you know, it's like the it's like a straight A line dress and then all these tears are floating on top of that. I'm guessing that's probably what's happening. That makes the most sense to me. Eight to 16 and then 18 to 26 on the size range and then finished garment measurement ease wise three and a half in the bus again that feels And I'm assuming again, they're basing it off of this lining piece that is Straight and more fitted underneath. Do you guys understand because this is like flowy. So you couldn't base a finished garment measurement off of that. That would just The numbers will be through the roof, but I'm assuming it's this straight underlayer that's underneath Three and a half inches there that might explain why the arms. I is so low on her Yeah, that kind of feels like a lot to me, but not by much. Maybe two and a half or three is probably where I'd want to land. Waste is lots of inches obviously because it's a line and then hip is six and a half. That feels right. That feels right. So yeah, maybe maybe consider depending on where you fall in the size range. If you're in between, definitely, definitely go down. And then yeah assess your ease. You can also easily just wearable muslin or make a muslin up just the lining and not any of the tears and get your fit spot on there first and then make a version with all the tears on it after the underlayer is fitting well. Okay, here is our first men's wear. This is sense of many. Now he's been with no me from the beginning and always making cool street wear. So this is not a surprise for me to see him in this. I have a jumpsuit out of this exact fabric. So it's kind of tripping me out, you know, he and I should get together and go out to dinner in our matching outfits. But men's modern baseball jersey, right? How cool is that to reconsider such a classic garment, but piping drop shoulders, hidden button closure front pockets, also with a button closure, technical jogger pants. I don't know what technical jogger pants means. Technical fabric. With details including front waist ties, suspenders, attached with button closures, seeming and top stitching elastic at cuffs and cargo pockets with zippers. What am I okay. So we have the basic zippers and the front waist ties. get cuffs and cargo pockets with zippers. What a vibe. Okay. So we have the baseball jersey, right? I think that's just because of this like, um, uh, what would be like a, that's not a collar, but you know what I mean? This like self band, I guess it's like a brand, a band. Um, and then drop shoulders. Okay. And then there's also a seam here where there's pockets. Can you see those? And then the pants, I'm trying to see what's technical about them. I don't really understand that part. This looks like a, some kind of denim to me, but you do have these like 3d patch pockets that come off the body, which is cool with the zipper. Excuse me. Patch pockets down here that look like they have, I mean, do these clothes by button or velcro or what? And then the suspenders are like a whole look too. And then I don't know how they're finished on the bottom, but it doesn't look like a normal hem. There's the back. I mean, just cool, right? Like if I saw that guy on the street, I'd be like, wow, he looks great. Yeah. I think there's elastic on the bottom, but look at all of these seam details on these pants. You can't really see because it's all one color of his pants, but you can really see on all the pictures how it comes together. That's so fun. So fun. Cotton blends, lightweight denim, lightweight twill, linen blends, shirtings. That's all for the top. And for the pants, cotton blends, nylon, polyester blends. Yeah, I don't really see why you couldn't do like a lightweight denim, a lightweight twill. I don't see why you could do some of these in the exact same. Notions, you need a bunch. So just read through these. Piping, you can make on your own if you want. You don't have to buy it. Buttons, webbing, you know, so take a look at that. It's an expensive pair of pants because there's just so many notions that come into it. Most of it is pants notions. All right. And then menswear sizing is beside me. So I'm going to skip over this whole part. I don't know anything about ease for men. I'm just kind of looking at, you know, the style of it all. Okay. Next, we have, I kind of hate how it keeps jumping me all the way down to the PDF versions. Oh, it's a swimsuit and cover up was not expecting that. I saw this and just assumed it was a dress. This is Aronica B Cole. This is her new design. So she's, like I said, done a few, maybe all of the collections for Nomi as well, just like Sons of Many, but lined one piece swimsuit has deep v neckline halter strap and inside shelf bra with insert pads. I mean, no reason this couldn't be a bodysuit. Wrap style cover up has wide long sleeves, angled back seams, side seam pockets and belt with side seam loops. Too cool. Okay. So again, one piece swimsuit deep v neckline shelf bra with the insert pads. All right. So a lot going on underneath this swimsuit that you may just not realize. I mean, why would you, but we also have princess seams, which are really interesting. And then this sort of like waist seam as well, deep v nice wide straps that tie in the back. We'll see what the back looks like too. But and then here's the the wrap. So it wraps around you right under the under bust. You do have belt carriers for that. And she's a really pretty like lightweight crinkles something or another. I love the kind of variation of color. It feels like the sunset on the ocean, right? I'm not to get like too deep or whatever, but it's like the sunset on the ocean in the sand, you know, okay. Oh, here's the back. You can kind of see a little bit of it in the window window in the mirrors in the back. That's a cool shot. Okay. So here's this again. Here's that. Yeah. So it's just your traditional halter top. I think it might even hook in the back and not tie, right? I don't, there's not a tie. That's like a hook. And then it's, you know, up your like, like straight across your back, no scooping down, no open back situation, none of that. Yeah. And then we have the back of the little wrap. Not much to it, but she did say something about something on the back, right? We'll have to look at the line drawing to see that a little bit better. Okay. I can see it now. I can't get any closer to this one. We'll look at them again on the, when they're really big and I'll show you what she means by these little back insets. Okay. So swimsuit fabric for the swimsuit, or if you wanted to do it and like make a body suit out of it, you could absolutely do that too. And you wouldn't even have to do this snap. She would just step into it. That could be really cool. If you did that, then, you know, a spandex blend, you know, a super, super stretchy, but good recovery, rib knit, something like that. A, oh, and then lined. The swimsuit is lined as well, to keep that in mind. And then for B, anything lightweight, drapey, flowy, even sheer stuff, you know, think about swimsuit cover up. This comes in sizes 16 to 26, and then also 28 to 38 in women's sizes. And then our finished garment measurements are going to be on the envelope. Blomp, but this is what she meant. I think by the insets, she described, she described it angled back seams. Okay. So this is what she means here. So a lot of the shaping, you know, so you don't have just like an, like a tent that you're like swimming in. A lot of the shaping is coming in through here. So, and then here's our swimsuit. This might even just pull right over your head. There might not even be a closure on that at all. What did the, let's go back here and read the notions. I think I skipped over that anyways. So swimwear elastic and yeah, bra insert pads. There's no clasp. There's nothing back there. You just pull that over your head. I kind of love that. You know, the tying and it always catches those little hairs in the back of my, back of my neck and then coming undone is annoying. So I like that idea. Okay. Then we have Norris here. Men's knit top and joggers. Boxing knit shirt has rib knit neck band, wide kimono style sleeves, self fabric back patch. Okay. And him with double top stitching dropped crotch joggers have draw string ties, side seam pockets and rolled cuffs. Okay. The only reason I know this is because one of the first or second collection that he did for, I'm pretty sure it was Nomi before they switched him from McCalls to Nomi or Simplicity to Nomi. He had a gray drop crotch short and it looked like diapers and you guys like I loved it. And I said, I know that you guys are not going to agree with me, but I think these are so cool and I want them for myself. Yada, yada, yada. And some of you agreed with me. Most of you were like, yeah, no, you've lost it. But I remember this style, this design, this one is missing the little, what made them look most like a diaper with where these vertical seams here? This one's missing that. So it's literally just like, just so, this is the only seam, I think. There's not a center front. There's not a center back. There's just side seams and this. I do think the diaper ones are cooler. These are still cool. I just think it's a little bit limiting in who can pull these off maybe. I like the other ones better. If I'm picking between drop crotch joggers, it's going to be the other ones. But they are very, very similar. And I guess in women's wear, we have garments and patterns where just one or two seams is different, right? And we consider those completely different garments. Think about like a shirt that has a set in sleeve versus a halter or versus a raglan. I shouldn't be as this critical of menswear considering I let it pass in women's wear, but this does feel very, very, very similar to something we've already seen. Then again, I know I'm being a little too hard on menswear designers because the women do it all the time. So I'm going to broaden my mind and I am going to accept this as a completely different design, even though it feels very, very, very similar. Okay. So now this is also that self patch. I don't really know what the point of that is other than just another element to make it look cool. Here he is again. Yep. Okay. There's your little drawstring. I do love the elastic drawstring elastic. I love that even in women's wear. Yeah. And I guess you just use that as like a name plate. That's kind of cool, but not really so much of a design detail. I mean, you could add that to anything. Nothing. I mean, nothing is super like specific to this pattern. I want to say that is in terms of street style, that little thing though probably is very high end. You know, that's what you're going to find on like the Gucci t-shirts and the Burberry t-shirts and stuff like that. But there we go. Again, you can see literally no seams. It's just this one and the side seams with little pockets and a patch pocket as well. Okay. So stretch knits only, such as cotton knit, interlock, ITY jersey, tearing it, yeah, anything for your normal t-shirt, but you do have to have the rib knit for the neckline. And then for the pants or the joggers, fleece, ponte, sweatshirt knit, and tearing it. Yeah. Wrong side of fabric will show on your cuffs. These are turned up. So you will see the underside of them. Now, could you just turn them under and do a regular hem? Yes. So keep that in mind too. But yeah, all you need for this is that a little bit of elastic. Okay. Cool, cool, cool. What do we have next? I think that was Brittany. Wait, wait. Okay. Yes. This is Brittany J. Jones strappy dress with a high back and long or midi length with high back, has close fit bodice, front slit at princess seam, A line skirt waist seams, back waist darts, side seam, invisible zipper, B, B has crisscross back straps. Okay. Lots of maxis, strappy maxis. Okay. So we have a princess seam bodice with a waist seam, princess seamed skirt, either maxi length, or so somebody said something about a slit. There was something about a slit in there somewhere. We also have these little double straps or the thicker single strap. And then pretty. Yeah, there's a little slit right there in the princess seam of the skirt. I'd probably kick it up a little bit higher, but you do you. It's really pretty in chambray. I could obviously also see it in something more drussy. I mean, why not? Side seam pockets, back darts here. Are there back darts in the skirt? I can't really tell. There is a little bit of puckering here. Hard to say. I'm not getting the vibe that this is too tight. And that's why it's pulling. I think she had her hands in her pockets. And this fabric, maybe a shally is just so lightweight. And it just stretched out. I think that's probably more likely what happened. I'm not getting like tension here. I'm just getting like, it just, it just stretched out a little bit unfortunate, but the nature of shally, I think the only way to get around that or to prevent that would be if you put a piece of interfacing or twill tape or something in this seam here, the pocket seam to prevent that from stretching out. But then obviously that makes, you know, you have to find the right balance between the weight of your interfacing or your trimming or whatever it is and the weight of your fabric. You have to kind of play around with that a little bit to make sure then now the weight of the trimming doesn't pull it down. But some stabilizer in there would certainly help. Oh, okay. And then here's a little crisscross design. That's really beautiful. Really, really pretty. Yeah. And dang it, she didn't get like the most perfect even him all the way around. That is so, so, so lovely. See how these are not gaping? That's what makes me think because this chambray is a little bit more sturdy. Okay. Wow. Yeah, it's pretty simple, but I mean, simple can be really beautiful. Think about like, well, I don't know, is this sort of a circle skirt, I think? So you couldn't really do a border print, but you could definitely do. I mean, what does she recommend? I'm thinking chambray, cotton blends, crepe to sheen, double knit, jersey, linen blends, modal, Ponte, poplin, satin and scuba. Wow. Dang, that really runs the gamut there. That's pretty much any mid weight woven under the sun. I was kind of picturing like eyelet underlined. I was picturing like, I mean, even like one of those satins that the first girl used, it's fits used. Even those would be really pretty. You could really make this out of just about anything. So this comes in sizes 10 to 18. Wait, hold the phone. Hold the phone. Everybody stop. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. So for the first time in Nomi history, I think, Mrs. and women's are now one listing online and then you have your three size options. That makes so much more sense to me rather than having, well, maybe it's because on the calls and simplicity, they still have them separated and they have two separate models. Why couldn't like one model be here and one model be here? I don't know. It'd be interesting to see if the rest of the brands are going to follow suit with this because look, it's even on the envelope this way. So I think when you go to the store, all the back of the envelopes are going to look the same as well. And then you just pick your size 10 to 18, 20 to 28 or 30 to 38. Super interesting. Okay. So, and because of that, I guess, you know, it's the lesser of two evils. We don't get the finished garment measurements on the back of the envelope because they took up space putting all the sizes. I feel like, oh man, that would be a hard choice. I don't know that. I mean, I think God, I'm not in charge of anything over there because I don't know that I would be able to choose between the two. Maybe they're going to give it a go and see what the response is. So if you have an opinion, you know, let it be known in a nice way so that, you know, they can bring us more of what most of us want. Okay. So men's convertible pants and shorts. Who is this Donnie Q? I don't think I've ever seen Donnie Q before. Okay. Men's shorts and pants that convert to shorts. So men's pants that convert to shorts using a zipper. Okay. Have cargo pockets, fly front zipper, waistband with belt loops, virtual tape or webbing belt with parachute buckle closure. Okay. 1000%. I had these in middle school, maybe these were very, very cool. And I mean, still are. I can definitely see this if you're like an outdoorsy person and like, it's cool in the mornings and evenings, but in the afternoon, it gets really hot. If you're like on a sailboat, you know, whatever the vibe is. Or if you're even if you're not outdoorsy, now you have two in one. I'm all for some convertible clothing. And how cute is his little aesthetic? Donnie, Donnie, Donnie's a vibe. I am here for Donnie. I will be following him immediately, immediately love this. So yeah, it looks like belt loops. He did more of like a tactical type belt with this plastic thing, but you don't have to do that. These are so fun. Let's look at the back. Yeah, show me the back. Yeah, there's the belt loops. And then you have these patch pockets with flaps. Is that what it or is it just top stitched? Yeah, I think that the pocket bag is top stitched down. And then you have these flaps with Velcro, it looks like. So I think these are meant to be a little bit more like rugged side seam pockets. I think the fit is great for men. Oh, look, look how they had to do the line drawing. Like, we just cut your leg off. Okay, cool. So it's convertible or the shorts. I see. Okay. Cotton blends, lightweight twill linen blends, polyester blends and ripstop nylon. Yeah, for sure. I think if I were a guy, I would want one of these. I think I think kind of as a girl, I kind of want some. I don't I don't not really that rugged though, but you know, you never know when you need to lose a pant leg. You never know. Oh gosh, love it. All right, Donnie Q. Perfect. Okay, so now we have, oh my gosh. Okay, there's Donnie. Okay, cool. So now, oh, you guys know I love a cute little dress. This is Duana. Duana I think has been doing, um, know me since the beginning as well. So we've definitely got some familiarity amongst some of the maker creator designers now and can establish like, I mean, she has a very, very specific style. I think even if her face weren't in any of these pictures, you would know that's a Duana make. Um, so that's cool. Off the shoulder, love, button down dress, love and top have ruching ruffles running down the sleeves. Love, love, love oval opening at back and skinny ties at the side seams that wrap from front to back. What trouser shorts have front welts pockets front and back waystarts and side seam zipper. Okay, what oval opening skinny ties? What? Okay, this one's actually easier to see. So these are the ruffle sleeves. Okay, not exactly what I was imagining. They're a little bit like dinosaurs. What's the dinosaur with the spiky back thing? Um, that's a little bit, I mean, look at her hair though with the daisies in it. Give me a break. That is so adorable. But it buttons down and then this one has kind of like a split hem and then the dress doesn't, it has a straight hem off the shoulder. It's giving like 80s because of the excess of it all. But also like right now too, it's very modern 80s, 80s modern, however you verbalize that. Oh, those are the shorts. Let me take a look at those again. So front welts pockets that actually sit super low. That's really interesting. So the the welts pockets are actually at your low hip. Huh, that's interesting. And then here they are on the dress, which on a dress, that makes more sense on shorts. I don't know. I don't know. Okay, so here's the oval opening in the back. But you guys know what I'm about to say. There's definitely boning in here. How are we getting into this again? How are we putting this on? You just pull it over your head, right? Yeah, I think that's what happens. And then something about the ties. Is it this, the opening seems like a cute detail, but definitely not necessary. There's already a lot going on. If you wanted to skip the oval and fill that in by all means. Yeah, this tie is attached to the shirt somehow. I'm not understanding how. I'll read the instruction one more time. Okay, skinny ties at the side seams that wrap from front to back. So you wrap them around yourself, like they start at the side seams and then you pull them to the front and then around to the back and then that's where you tie them. Okay, that was just a really complicated way of explaining a very simple design detail. Okay, and we never saw another picture of the shorts, huh? Okay, if they don't look that low, we'll look at line drawings again in a second. Okay, cotton blends, linen blend, shirtings for the dress, cotton blends, denim, linen blends, medium weight woven and suitings for the shorts. Okay, that makes sense. Yeah, okay, yeah, that about covers it. Medium weight woven for the dress and top and then medium weight woven and then some for your shorts. Okay, and then see, so yeah, boning in here, elastic keeps it kind of like on your shoulder, or I guess off your shoulder, bias tape maybe for the oval opening and then A has 10 buttons, B has five buttons and an invisible zipper for the show invisible zipper for the shorts. Okay, right, because it's not a fly front. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know about the shorts. I don't know. Those are, I guess I'm having a hard time. As you can tell, when I can't formulate like a cohesive sentence about it is because my brain is working faster than my mouth is and it's just not coming together well. I just wonder, I guess I'm wondering if you didn't wear the shorts with this specific top and you wore them with another top, like how would that work? Is it going to be fine? Probably, but visually I'm having a hard time picturing it. Body measurements. Okay, so finished garment measurements are not going to be on here. All right, eight to 16 and 18 to 26 on the size range of thus and let's see. I think what's throwing me is just the welt pockets. I think if these were side seam pockets, it would be fine. I think if these were on the back but like higher up, it would be fine. Not that this is ugly, it's just different and sometimes different to my brain is like I can accept it and then sometimes like my brain is just like rejecting. It's like, no, that makes no sense. No, that won't work. It works. It looks great with this top. I wonder about other tops. I wonder about tucking in. I wonder about like, if you put something in those pockets and then sat down, like that's where your hip joint is. So whatever's on the inside would either come out the top or it would hurt your body. So they're functional for your hands but I'd never put my hands in there. I'd want to put a phone in there or keys or something like that and then once I went to get in my car, sit down wherever I'm at, then I'll be taking everything out of my pockets. So I think the practicality of it isn't great but I also think you could just eliminate them or raise them higher. That's also very suitable. I do like this sort of like a shape of them. I don't want to say a line but you know, kind of like the straight, not even straight. They kind of go out a little bit, you know, kind of the, it's like a wide leg short. Does that make sense? I kind of like that. I like the length of them. Yeah, I think that this pocket's just, they're throwing me but lots to be done to overcome that for me. Okay, next we have this, oh gosh, I hate how it's bouncing me all around. Okay, next we have this, a fun little number from the corny rainbow. I was just going to say I have this rainbow dress and then I recognize that it was the corny rainbow and it was like rainbows on rainbows. Color blocked tool maxi dress. What tool maxi dress? Tool? Tool is like a dollar. With underlay has gathered ruffles that gradually get longer adjustable straps and back tie closure. Interesting. How in heaven's name? I cannot wait to get to the back of the envelope for this one. So spaghetti straps, you have a ruffle at the top, an empire waist and then ruffle, ruffle, ruffle all the way down and the intention is that you do it in rainbow colors or ombre, something like that. This isn't reading so much like I guess this part is reading like tool but this is reading like something else. Oh, that's it, okay. Yeah, I can definitely see anthropology vibes in this. I can see it being really really interesting in a variety of different fabrics, not just the color blocking. Think about print blocking. Think about the size of your gingham or seersucker colors. Seersucker colors, oh my gosh. Yeah, I think this could be really really really cool. What does it say? All right, suggested fabrics lightweight tool and netting and then there's a lining of cotton or polyester and then interfaced. So there's a lining and then a tool overlay and then you make tool gathers. So I think if you swap this for, I don't know what, oh wait, look. So it's all broken down. So you could for sure, yeah, this is definitely for this version but I think you could think outside of tool and rainbow colors. I think you could do like a lot of really fun stuff. You'd have to use your brain a little bit to like, you know, figure out the quantities of everything but you could definitely definitely do it out of a lot of really cool fun stuff. Think outside the box with this one guys and I think you can come up with something really really clever and cute. Go to Anthropologie's website. Think about like 70s vibes but not like disco 70s. Think about like hippie to bee 70s, you know. Think about like handkerchief print. Think about just different things like that and you could come up with something really really cool. I do think that it does still have to be lightweight. Structure, there's a little bit of give and take there but definitely lightweight still. I wonder how heavy it gets. This is so intriguing to me. Okay and then finished garment measurements are on here. We've got four and a quarter or something in the bust. Yeah, I think it's supposed to be very loose fitting all the way. They don't even have the hip. So yeah, I think that the majority of the dress is being held up by these straps and then everything else is kind of like really loose like a loose vibe. Now obviously she is a curvy woman and this is a not curvy dress. This is a very A-line dress so keep that in mind as well. I think it works really well for pear shapes because we are so small on top and then the dress is A-line our bodies are kind of A-line so you know it kind of hides the bigger parts of us but it also sort of highlights the smaller parts of us too. I think this could be freaking fabulous. This is one that I'm going to remember for sure and hopefully maybe you saw it. I get this a lot in the comments where you're like I looked through these and I didn't see anything that I liked and then I heard you describe it and how you would do it and it made me completely see it in a different way and I hope that that's what happened to you with this one too. I know that her version is very specific but I think we can we can figure it out in something less specific, right? Okay so now we have two more maybe. We have this Mrs. Knit Dress in Two Links and Woven Pants from Butte Jaure. Sorry Butte Jaure and didn't I hear recently that it's pronounced Butte? Don't laugh. I think it's not French. I think it's Butte Jaure and all this time we've been reading it like some kind of really cool French Butte you know whatever but I if any of you guys follow her like well and deeply and know how to pronounce it correct me let me know. Is it Butte or Butte? Mrs. Knit Dress is available in Two Links and features extra long sleeves that gather at the wrist. Neckline is finished with self-binding. View A dress has very high slit. View B dress has a side slit and zipper. Fit in flare woven pants. Fit in flare pants. Have a highway sightseeing pocket and zipper. I mean the dress is everything. I want this in every single color. Every single I would I would wear this to death. Then you have the top which is technically a top because of how high the slit is. I think that's super super chic especially if you were to make it in like a monochromatic look like she's got green and white but imagine if it were like white and beige or whatever. I think that would be really pretty. What are these shoes? I am in love with those. Those are not slippers. Those are like you wear those out the house. Those look so comfortable. Okay anyways and then the pants are woven but it does look like there's a little green detail in here. Oh that's the zipper. Okay I probably would have made that choice but it's cool. Yeah and the extra long sleeve she mentioned with the little like ruching here. That's a really easy detail to execute. High payoff for that as well. It's simple but I think it's really elegant. How is she doing that baby hem on this knit? I wonder if it's a rolled hem. No it kind of looks like maybe not. I wanted to see the pants more. You guys know that I'm here for seeing all of a garment not just like an outfit but I want to see the garments too. Okay so this is stretch knits only for the top and dress. Um cotton ity jersey modal ribbed and sweater for sure. I think it depends on whether you're making the dress or the top as to how thin you can go but yeah all of those would work. Um and then for the pants cotton blends lightweight denim lightweight wools linen blends and stretch woven then there's a lining for the pants but how much yeah I think it's just for the pocketing and maybe maybe the waistband and then interfacing and then elastic for the sleeves invisible zipper also for B. Oh the dress has an invisible zipper wait why it's knit if it's an mm I'm not so sure why we need an invisible zipper plus she never shows where it is we never even see the back so I don't know but there's a zipper on that thing somewhere. All right uh depending on the stretch of your fabric you might just be able to pull that on over your head I really don't see why you need a zipper. Okay and then for C invisible zipper for the side okay fit um we have negative ease in the bust three thumbs up for that we have four inches of ease in the waist that makes perfect sense for the dress for the pants we have one inch of ease that also makes sense especially if you're using a stretch woven and then for the hip we have four inches of ease and again that makes sense I couldn't really see the pants but it looks like when she says fit and flair it's just what we all know as flair so I think they're pretty close fitting well I don't know with four inches of ease well maybe they're not as fitted as as you may think is there four inches in here though I don't know it's really hard to tell when you can't see them at all so that's one of the ones where I would probably wait for someone else to make it up or maybe she shows in the video you can look and see if she shows them on I don't know um but where is the zipper here there on the slit is that in it normally it like sticks out but they don't have it on the pants either I don't know where that zipper is guys yeah I don't see it marked anywhere who knows who knows okay and I think are we oh wait I skipped one I don't know how I missed that okay wait let me because they have me jumping all around okay let's go back hold on we did those three we did those three yes we did Donnie Juana yep Cori Rainbow yes interesting so poor little Alyssa is that new or is that the one that's all mixed in with this stuff yeah I think somehow they um new new new I don't know what happened why that okay we'll go to her after we go to Erika okay this is Erika Bunker you probably know her love her she's giving us a bodysuit in pants that's so on brand for her she this is a woman who rocks very very cool she clothes all the time and she is an exceptional seamstress so I don't know if the instructions are going to encapsulate that as well as they could but she knows how to sew and she got some tips and tricks up her sleeve I wonder if they'll be bringing a sew along from her that would be really interesting because I'm sure it would be full of goodies but so far there isn't one so I don't know what that means but bodysuits with deep v neckline long contrast sleeves or sleeveless option and snap snap tape closure semi fitted high rise pants with button front detail have flared him slash pockets and back pockets with flaps okay so bodysuit I mean what a cute concept right you have your like knit whoops your knit bodice and then you can just throw on whatever sleeve you want she chose like a sheer dot so cool and I love the flair then you have your high rise pants and if the fit of her pant is indicative of all at all of how good she is at sewing like you can see right I mean this these I have nothing to say about the fit and fitting something that's really fitted across the mid-drip here with this many opportunities for gaping and pulling I mean she's a pro an absolute pro she's also got the little pressed pleat in the front like the perfect link I mean these just look like a million bucks back flaps for the back pocketing yeah nothing to say but how awesome how else I wouldn't expect anything less from her honestly I mean look at this angle boom boom boom that's incredible I wonder at those what kind of fabric these pants are they look satiny but they could also be like a pompty or something okay so fabrication we are looking at stretch knits like bamboo ity jersey stretch velvet for the bodice of the top for the sleeves you can do chiffon great machine double georgette organza and silky types for the pants cotton blends jacquard lightweight wool linen blends and twill so Erica has a blog and I wonder if she specifically says what fabrics she uses in her blog um I think it's ericabunker.com I think you should be able to google her name and sewing and it should pop up okay then just your kind of usual um notions here 6 to 14 and then 16 to 24 on the size range and our our fitting is we've got negative ease in the bodysuit thank you very much we've got zero ease in the waist on the bodysuit perfect and then they the waist for the pants we have two inches of ease okay and then for the hip of the pant we have four and a half three and a half inches of ease so all of that makes perfect sense to me um if you're in between sizes that's when you start having to use like my fast fit worksheet to help figure out like where you need to be or how much seam allowance you should be using and all that jazz but um but yeah those that amount of ease seems appropriate for for that to get achieved this specific fit okay so back to Alyssa I really don't think we've seen this one before and she's right in between Mimi's new one and the corny rainbow's new one so yeah well I think this is new now her aesthetic is very consistent as well she makes really cute furly girly cute stuff um and this baby doll dress is no exception short puff sleeves or wide tie straps have lined bodice bust darts built in tool petticoat to give the skirt volume center back zipper and ruffle details on the neckline and skirt hem yes Alyssa elevating with a petticoat my goodness okay so baby doll dress which is like another word for like an empire waist but usually shorter and fuller um we've got the ruffle across the um top of the bodice and then elastic on the sleeves to give you this little bubble sleeve here this one ties in bows and then they both have a ruffle hem those shoes my word I hope she didn't have to go very far in those shoes oh goodness me um yeah I mean your classic quintessential baby doll dress is it just me are we doing something to these photos that make them look yeah I get that they're taking them on their own but like I don't know that maybe we can be doing something else cute sweet right I mean it is technically still like a fit and flare situation but the hair bow so cute it's adorable okay we've got a center back zipper and just more more ruffles and frills what can I say of course you have to do the twirly photo yeah girly and sweet for sure cotton blends cotton lawn gauze gingham poplin seersucker silk silky types and viscose viscose is a brand name of rayon yeah viscose but I don't know that well there is that petticoat so you'd need tool for that so maybe you can use a lighter weight fabric and then the petticoat does all the work interesting um and then it's lined but the lining fully lined is that necessary I guess with the petticoat it probably is the petticoat go between the lining and the outer no I'm just trying to think what the most comfortable thing would be and I get a lined bodice but the lined skirt and bodice and petticoat feels a little less summery to me that's trying to feel a little bit hot a little bit sweaty um but invisible zipper bias tape and elastic okay six to six so six to 14 and then 16 to 24 on the size range and then we've got three and a half inches of positive ease in the bust that feels like more than what she's got hers does not hers is more like two um so keep that in mind you don't want it to be too baggy I mean hers fits great but you can see this is this is tight there's not a lot of ease in there at all um so depending on your fabric if your fabric has any stretch to it like a cotton satin would be really beautiful that has a little bit of stretch in it so you could go away with less uh ease but yeah super cute and I think that that I'm glad I didn't miss that one I think that that brings us to the end of no me summer I'm just gonna quickly go through yeah this was all last season okay great so that's no me summer what do you guys think I mean this this collection more than any of them always brings such a variety because you have so many individual minds so many different creative places to come from and when you bring it all together like you know there's not just one person one creative behind this whole collection so you do get a wide variety I can definitely see how it would be a polarizing type of pattern company you love some you hate some you know whatever whatever but um you know maybe you're finding new designers new people to follow I know I did this time um so yeah let me know what you guys think if you're going to be picking up any of them let me know which ones and I don't know just just meet me in the comments okay but yeah that's gonna do it for me today I will be back very soon see y'all then bye