1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,100 Hey there, thank you for joining me for another episode of YQG In Bloom. 2 00:00:10,100 --> 00:00:17,360 My name is Tracy Martens and this evening I am with Lori Moore who is the owner, creator 3 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:23,740 and everything seamstress for Auden Stewart Clothing Fashions. 4 00:00:23,740 --> 00:00:24,740 I love it. 5 00:00:24,740 --> 00:00:25,740 It's great. 6 00:00:25,740 --> 00:00:26,740 How are you doing today? 7 00:00:26,740 --> 00:00:27,740 Good, good. 8 00:00:27,740 --> 00:00:28,740 Thank you for having me. 9 00:00:28,740 --> 00:00:29,740 It's great to be here. 10 00:00:29,740 --> 00:00:31,320 I love your clothes. 11 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:35,840 Now the beauty of Lori's clothes is they're genderless. 12 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:36,840 Yes. 13 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:38,200 And I really like that. 14 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:44,480 That's kind of why I wore a hoodie and ripped jeans because for the most part when people 15 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:51,000 think of genderless they just think of stuff like this and you have some beautiful, I mean 16 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,460 amazing fabrics and designs. 17 00:00:54,460 --> 00:00:58,720 So what made you go into doing these types of things? 18 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:00,880 That's a good question. 19 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,900 You know I kind of thought the same thing too, right? 20 00:01:02,900 --> 00:01:09,940 When you think of genderless you think sweatshirts and sweatpants and jeans, things like that. 21 00:01:09,940 --> 00:01:13,780 Really things I think have been changing in fashion and those sort of, people are questioning 22 00:01:13,780 --> 00:01:15,560 sort of those gender norms, right? 23 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:20,120 And I think now fashion is sort of maybe catching up to what's happening in society as well 24 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:21,120 too. 25 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,600 And why should, you know, people that identify as female have all the fun, right? 26 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,600 I think anybody should be able to dress however they want. 27 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:32,920 So it's all about having an attitude and dressing for style as opposed to dressing for your 28 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:33,920 gender. 29 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,760 Now how long have you been creating the genderless line? 30 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,120 It's been a really short time. 31 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:44,840 I started a couple years ago just with kind of like building my research and kind of like 32 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,920 figuring out the marketplace. 33 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:52,560 And then last year at the end of the school year, I teach as well, I had a couple of students 34 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,600 who caught me sort of like sketching out some different ideas and things and they really 35 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,580 kind of pushed me and encouraged me to start doing that. 36 00:01:59,580 --> 00:02:01,520 So I launched my fall collection. 37 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:06,760 You can see a few pieces from that last August at the end of August. 38 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,840 And then I'm getting ready to launch my spring collection very shortly. 39 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:11,840 That's great. 40 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,000 Now you said you're a teacher at Sinclair? 41 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,960 Yes, I'm teaching in the fashion design technician program. 42 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,040 And what program is that part? 43 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:21,880 Is that part of the media arts? 44 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:28,200 It is part of the media arts and design section, but we're at the South Campus. 45 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,560 So instead of being downtown with everybody else, we're kind of on our own. 46 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,360 So we're in the engineering building there. 47 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:34,360 Oh, that's okay. 48 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:35,360 Yeah. 49 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,480 And how is the attendance? 50 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,520 Is there a lot of people that are signing up? 51 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,560 We're pretty small program. 52 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,000 We either run one or two sections a semester. 53 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,560 So typically in the fall, we load a lot more students. 54 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:53,440 So we'll be a couple of sections and then stuff happens over the semester. 55 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,120 It is a super challenging program. 56 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,920 So a lot of times we'll end up getting a little bit smaller. 57 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:02,960 Plus also our students, by the time they get to that second semester, they're a little 58 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:08,280 more familiar with the work and they can kind of fly on their own a little bit more so they 59 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:09,840 don't need as much attention. 60 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:10,840 Yeah. 61 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,360 Well, I mean, this is really artistic. 62 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:19,840 So if you have a feel for it, as long as you have that foundation and obviously they're 63 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,520 getting a foundation, a good foundation the first semester. 64 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:24,520 Exactly. 65 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:25,520 Exactly. 66 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,000 Now, have you been sewing all your life? 67 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,880 Pretty much as long as I can remember. 68 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,860 So I started off sewing things by hand and I was crafting, you know, like doll clothes 69 00:03:34,860 --> 00:03:40,080 and things like that, which I think a lot of fashion designers kind of start that way 70 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,240 crafting other things. 71 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:45,320 And then one summer I was going to be going into homeac. 72 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,280 That was when they still taught homeac in school. 73 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:53,160 My mom said you need to learn how to use the sewing machine because I was sort of like 74 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:54,680 deathly afraid of it. 75 00:03:54,680 --> 00:04:00,000 And then ever since I, you know, put my foot on that pedal, I haven't gone back. 76 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:05,480 Now, he still really enjoy the hand sewing and like specialty kind of techniques, but 77 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,280 the machine is just so much faster. 78 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,840 Yeah, it's true because I learned how to sew in homeac. 79 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:12,840 Okay. 80 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:13,840 Yeah. 81 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:14,840 Years ago. 82 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:15,840 Yeah. 83 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:21,640 And my husband bought me a sewing machine and it's been so many years since I've sewn 84 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:26,800 that it's sat here now for a few years because I'm kind of scared of it. 85 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,400 It is, can be a little bit scary. 86 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:29,960 It is a little overwhelming. 87 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:34,360 And plus I know that how much I used to enjoy it that it's like. 88 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:35,360 You can get hooked. 89 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:36,360 I'm going to get hooked. 90 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:37,360 I know that. 91 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,960 So I'm trying to finish off some things, but I've already got fabric ready and. 92 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:43,160 Oh, that's great. 93 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:44,480 I'm going to get there. 94 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,920 I think it's one of those skills that people should learn how to do, even if it's not something 95 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:53,840 that you want to do as a profession or that you find that you really enjoy. 96 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:58,040 It's just a good life skill to have, you know, being able to stitch on a button, being able 97 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,120 to repair him, things like that. 98 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,880 Like part of my collection is also to be sustainable. 99 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:08,200 So learning how to repair your own clothes and being able to make them last. 100 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:09,760 That's really important as well, too. 101 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,160 That really is. 102 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,040 And you also, I'm just going to read on. 103 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:15,040 Yeah, sure. 104 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:21,280 Now you use and reuse eco friendly fabrics. 105 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:22,280 Yes. 106 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:26,920 So a lot of my fabrics right now are things that you consider a dead stock. 107 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:33,000 So there are overages that, you know, fabric companies have produced and they have extra 108 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:38,280 fabric that they're not going to sell to someone or ends from designers who've already created 109 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:42,640 their collection and then they have extra fabric left over because they overestimated. 110 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:44,840 So could end up in a landfill. 111 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:47,540 You know, there's there's some conversation about dead stock. 112 00:05:47,540 --> 00:05:49,160 Is it really eco friendly or not? 113 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,280 But you know, it's still better than buying completely brand new. 114 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:53,280 Well, it is. 115 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:57,480 It is eco friendly because, yes, like you said, it's not going in the landfill. 116 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:58,480 How do you find this? 117 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:02,080 I did a lot of digging and research. 118 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:06,960 Because there's a few companies out of actually out of Vancouver. 119 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:12,680 They they do have retail shops, so they cater a little bit more to like the home sewers. 120 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,520 So some of the quantities are small. 121 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:18,660 So that's why you see just like a smattering of bits and pieces. 122 00:06:18,660 --> 00:06:23,440 So I will end up doing a lot of prints and different designs just to get enough, you 123 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:24,800 know, sort of quantity. 124 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:25,800 OK. 125 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:30,320 Now, what do you mean when it says because I was looking online and it says zero waste 126 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:31,520 patterns. 127 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:32,520 What is that? 128 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:38,080 OK, so zero waste patterning is a way of taking all the various pattern pieces. 129 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:43,280 So you know, a shirt might have a sleeve and a front and a back, maybe a collar, some other 130 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:47,680 components, taking those pattern pieces and forming them in a way that you can lock them 131 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:48,680 in. 132 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,640 So it's sort of like creating almost like a jigsaw puzzle. 133 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:56,680 And so most markers when they lay them out, so they lay out a pattern and they're producing 134 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:01,440 them, usually a good usage is considered to be about 80 percent. 135 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:07,320 So that means like 20 percent of what's on the table being cut is getting cast off, right, 136 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,400 and thrown in the garbage, probably going to a landfill. 137 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:14,200 So my aim is to try to utilize 100 percent of the fabric. 138 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,240 So I do have a few patterns that are fully 100 percent. 139 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:22,880 So like the tote bags, things like that, which I'm going to stop right now. 140 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:27,360 Her tote bags are really, really cute. 141 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,680 And she even has her label in them. 142 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,600 I just it's lovely. 143 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:34,600 I love this. 144 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,040 That one's actually from like thrifted fabric. 145 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,600 So we do use some fabrics as well that I find at the thrift store. 146 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,600 So again, things that might have been, you know, someone's project or whatever that we're 147 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,480 just going to end up in the garbage, but ended up at your local thrift store. 148 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,800 And then I take it and then upcycle it and turn it into something. 149 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:59,360 I was looking on your website and you and you also told me you used to have a bridal 150 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:00,360 shop. 151 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:01,360 We did. 152 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:02,360 Yeah. 153 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:03,360 So did you sell those? 154 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:04,360 Yes. 155 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:05,360 Yeah. 156 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,200 So I had a partner in the business. 157 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,000 We had a shop downtown called Hello Beautiful. 158 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:15,920 We mostly did custom work, but we did also have like a retail shop, like a lot of small 159 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:16,920 businesses. 160 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:21,040 The pandemic happened and that kind of like was really tough on anybody that worked in 161 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,080 that sort of events kind of community. 162 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:25,960 So we did transition to going online. 163 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:27,920 So we do still have an online shop. 164 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:28,920 Oh, you do. 165 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,600 Yeah, but I haven't been doing the custom anymore. 166 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,680 But yeah, I was making patterns and sewing. 167 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:36,320 It is there if people want. 168 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:37,320 Yes. 169 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:38,320 Yeah. 170 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:39,320 Did you enjoy making wedding gowns? 171 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:40,320 I do. 172 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,960 There's a little bit of stress though, especially over the pandemic, you know, with all the 173 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:49,000 restrictions and you know, because we were doing custom, we were right sort of in people's 174 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,760 faces, you know, doing fittings and pinning and things like that. 175 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,560 So that was a little bit stressful. 176 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:57,040 I do like creating bridal. 177 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:01,600 Like I said before, I really like the hand technique, so beading and, you know, embroidery, 178 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:02,600 things like that. 179 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:03,600 All the tedious stuff. 180 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:04,600 All the tedious stuff. 181 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,840 Yeah, the stuff that my business partner didn't really enjoy. 182 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:11,200 But you know, I wouldn't mind getting back to that at some point. 183 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,360 But for now, this is sort of my my passion, right? 184 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:15,360 Yeah. 185 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:16,360 Creative. 186 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,360 You brought some beads. 187 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:19,360 I did. 188 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:20,360 Here. 189 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,640 Now, these don't look like your average beads. 190 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,080 No, they are not. 191 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:30,640 So what they are are recycled paper beads or I guess you could call them up-sake beads. 192 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:36,080 So it was a craft that I actually learned when I went to camp again, many eons ago. 193 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,600 So what you do is you take the strips of magazines. 194 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,960 So it's a way to creatively reuse them. 195 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:42,960 Oh, yes. 196 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:49,360 You cut them into like kind of long triangular sort of strips and then you roll them up just 197 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,320 like making a crescent roll, right? 198 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:52,320 Or a croissant. 199 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:57,320 And then you glue them together and then I apply like a non-toxic shellac to them. 200 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:01,720 So they're not like I wouldn't say do your dishes while wearing them, but they are water 201 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:02,720 resistant. 202 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,760 So it's just like this lovely bracelet that you made. 203 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,800 And I thought it was all beads. 204 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,000 I had no idea that this was recycled paper. 205 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,760 I mean, there's an addition of some metal beads as well in there too, just to add like 206 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:20,200 a little sparkle because my whole spring collection is all about sparkle. 207 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,240 Is this material part of the spring collection? 208 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,920 These are some of the fabrics that we have here. 209 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,520 So lots of variety, right? 210 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:32,280 So we've got some different over this way, some prints and some other solids. 211 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:36,360 So a lot of pastels, there's some kind of sparkle like a chambray with a little bit 212 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:37,360 of sparkle. 213 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,400 We've got some sequins as well too, right? 214 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,680 So going back to my bridal roots, I suppose. 215 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:44,960 But you know, almost like the disco. 216 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,700 Well, it's exactly what I was going for. 217 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:53,620 So it's meant to be kind of a nod to like that 70s kind of disco era, but without being 218 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:54,960 so over the top, right? 219 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:56,380 And costumey. 220 00:10:56,380 --> 00:10:57,380 It's coming back. 221 00:10:57,380 --> 00:11:00,640 We just got a disco in Windsor. 222 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:01,640 Exactly. 223 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:02,640 Exactly. 224 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:03,640 Right? 225 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:04,640 So everything comes back around, right? 226 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:05,640 It really does. 227 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:06,640 Some laces, right? 228 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:10,480 With some florals and then this sort of like circular one too. 229 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,760 So like a soft kind of blue. 230 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:18,000 So again, sort of bending those sort of gender norms, right, and pairing those with people 231 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:23,400 that identify that female, they're male, you know, non-binary, anybody can wear them. 232 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:24,480 Okay, we're back. 233 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,480 I had to finagle my way over. 234 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:33,760 But since we just showed you some of the pattern or the material from your spring line, like 235 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:34,760 this. 236 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,600 Okay, I thought this was a skirt. 237 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:37,600 And they're short. 238 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,760 So we can we can unclip it if you want. 239 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,200 And then you can kind of take a look. 240 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:42,200 Those are so cute. 241 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:43,200 Yeah. 242 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:48,600 So it's like a little kind of like flat waist in the front with a pocket. 243 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,280 So one of the features I try to add are pockets. 244 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:56,560 But a lot of times I end up with one just because that's sort of what fits on the marker. 245 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:58,200 And then it has like a cute drawstring. 246 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,160 I can get that up there in the camera. 247 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,040 But it has like a cute little drawstring. 248 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:07,680 So I always try to build in like intentional kind of design elements that allow it to like 249 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:09,720 adjust in terms of size, right? 250 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,800 Because I'm trying to accommodate all different people, right? 251 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:13,800 Different gender. 252 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,700 So fit might be a little bit different for different body types. 253 00:12:16,700 --> 00:12:18,940 So that way you can adjust it a little bit. 254 00:12:18,940 --> 00:12:20,480 It's more comfortable when it's big. 255 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:21,480 I'm sorry. 256 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:22,480 Exactly. 257 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,720 Especially in the summertime, you want something like cool and breezy. 258 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:26,840 Oh, for sure. 259 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,520 Now something like the pair of shorts. 260 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,680 How what is the price point for? 261 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:33,680 I'm still working on the costing. 262 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:39,160 But typically, so any of the fall pants that I did, they were kind of in the 150 to 200 263 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:40,160 range. 264 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,520 So kind of talking like a better price point. 265 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,520 So it's not as high as like a designer or a couture type of label. 266 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:47,520 No. 267 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:51,080 But it's also not, you know, like a mall type of shop or something like that. 268 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,000 No, because they're all individual. 269 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Exactly. 270 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Right. 271 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Okay. 272 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 This is so we've got fabulous. 273 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Oh my goodness. 274 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Right. 275 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,800 Kind of really has that disco kind of feeling to it. 276 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:03,800 Right. 277 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:04,800 I love this. 278 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:06,520 That is so cute. 279 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,900 I can see a few people wearing this. 280 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:13,280 And it's got again, sort of like a wrap type of design so that we can adjust for different 281 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:14,280 body types. 282 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:16,640 Oh, elastic in the back too, right. 283 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,040 So you can also adjust the size a little bit. 284 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,160 Oh, it is so pretty. 285 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:22,720 And it's so nice and silky. 286 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,760 I love the silky side. 287 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:25,760 Yeah. 288 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,800 They are beautiful. 289 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:28,800 And then. 290 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,800 Oh, so we've got a couple of pieces there. 291 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:33,800 Okay, that. 292 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:34,800 Definitely not. 293 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:39,360 Me neither. 294 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,400 Me neither. 295 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:42,400 But that's cute. 296 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,400 So I really like the wrap that would go over. 297 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,400 It's either a shirt or a wrap. 298 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:48,400 Exactly. 299 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:49,760 So you can pair it however you want, right. 300 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:51,940 Like you could pair this with things you already have. 301 00:13:51,940 --> 00:13:54,720 You could pair it with your bikini top. 302 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:55,720 Right there with your fancy skirt. 303 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,720 If you feel comfortable, you could be bare chested underneath, right. 304 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,120 And just tie it as well too. 305 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,080 So lots of different options there. 306 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,240 These are really nice, like I love, I love this. 307 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:06,240 Fun pockets, right. 308 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:07,240 Oh, yeah. 309 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:11,080 So this one's actually, it's cut as a square. 310 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,200 But I don't know if you know what a circle skirt is. 311 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:14,200 Oh yeah. 312 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,360 So usually it's, you know, it's like a full circle basically becomes your skirt. 313 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,800 So when you lift up the skirt, it will come all the way up, you know, and meet up with 314 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:22,800 your arms. 315 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:27,360 So because there's a circle in the middle of it that gets cut out, then the pockets 316 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:31,680 become the pieces from the center of the circle from the waist. 317 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:36,080 So finding like great ways to use all the different areas of the fabric. 318 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:37,080 That is a great idea. 319 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:38,080 Thank you. 320 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,080 Now, hold on a minute. 321 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,040 Okay, I'm back again. 322 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:49,080 And now I still have, I have some from your fall collection that is still available. 323 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,720 And on sale right now too, by the way. 324 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:52,720 On sale. 325 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:53,720 Oh yes. 326 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:54,720 And what is your website? 327 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:56,720 It's Auden, hang on. 328 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:57,720 It's audensteward.square.site. 329 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:58,720 .site. 330 00:14:58,720 --> 00:14:59,720 Yes. 331 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:06,600 Okay, and Auden is A-U-D-E-N and Steward is S-T-E-W-A-R-D. 332 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:07,600 That's correct. 333 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,880 And there are special meanings for those words. 334 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:10,880 Yeah. 335 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:15,840 So Auden is an English word and its origins come from it. 336 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:17,560 It means old friend. 337 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:22,840 So the idea of the collection was to create something that has some longevity in your 338 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:27,400 wardrobe, and something that also feels sort of comfortable, familiar, just like having 339 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,080 a loyal old friend, right? 340 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:35,080 So everything's made in like small batches, things that are well made so that way you 341 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,720 can keep them in your wardrobe for a long time. 342 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,780 Sort of opposite to like what's happening in fast fashion, right? 343 00:15:40,780 --> 00:15:46,880 Where things are made maybe inexpensively, or maybe they're so cheap to buy that you 344 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,000 just feel like you're going to toss them and only wear them for a while. 345 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,600 So these hopefully will stay for a few seasons at least. 346 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:53,600 Oh, for sure. 347 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:55,840 In your wardrobe maybe, maybe for many years, right? 348 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:56,840 Oh, yes. 349 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:01,240 And then Stuart obviously comes from that idea of being like a Stuart of the planet, 350 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,640 being environmentally responsible as well too. 351 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:09,200 Kind of like the idea too that it's sort of a little bit on the masculine side. 352 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,960 You know, I kind of tend to dress a little bit more feminine and my designs do tend to 353 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:14,480 lend towards that. 354 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:19,240 So I wanted to kind of like have that play of that sort of idea of playing with gender 355 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,680 as well too and kind of, and even my tags too, right? 356 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:26,400 They're like a navy blue with hints of pink and like magenta. 357 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:30,100 So playing on that sort of duality of fashion as well. 358 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:31,720 It is really nice. 359 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,040 And this, I love this hat. 360 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,000 This hat is so cute. 361 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:41,760 And on the inside it's just like a solid kind of twill lining inside. 362 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:47,520 So there were pieces that I had from, like the inside is the same fabric that I used 363 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:49,520 for some of the pants in the fall. 364 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:53,720 And then the outside was all scrap pieces that I had left over. 365 00:16:53,720 --> 00:17:00,120 So again, I try to aim for 100% usage of the fabric, but sometimes in order to get a specific 366 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,960 style you have to kind of sacrifice sometimes. 367 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,880 So then I try to utilize whatever scrap I have. 368 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:06,880 Oh, this is cute. 369 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:07,880 And then I'll cycle it. 370 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:08,880 Yeah. 371 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:13,600 So take all the like little patches and kind of meld them together and create a new fabric. 372 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:14,600 Yeah. 373 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,560 You can even use that in the summertime. 374 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:17,560 Yeah. 375 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:18,560 Oh, for sure. 376 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:19,560 Yeah, for sure. 377 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,560 I would keep that around and around. 378 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:23,560 Yeah. 379 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:24,960 And you made this? 380 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:25,960 Yes. 381 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:26,960 Yeah. 382 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,440 That had to have been hard to sew. 383 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:30,120 Not too bad actually. 384 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:35,280 It's pretty forgiving because it's got that sort of boucle kind of texture. 385 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,280 You know, if you're my stitching is good. 386 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:41,040 But if it's not so great, it kind of hides some of those little flaws. 387 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:45,200 And just because it's stretchy too, it's kind of really easy to work with as well. 388 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:46,520 And just cozy, right? 389 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:47,520 And comfy. 390 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:48,520 Oh, yeah. 391 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:49,520 Yeah. 392 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:53,800 So I knit and crochet and I have tons of boucle yarn. 393 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:54,800 Yes. 394 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,560 And to try and knit with it, you... 395 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:58,560 It's hard to knit. 396 00:17:58,560 --> 00:17:59,560 It has to be on a really good day. 397 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:00,560 It's hard to knit. 398 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:01,560 For sure. 399 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:02,560 Because it's very frustrating. 400 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:03,560 Yeah. 401 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:04,960 But this is really cute with the one pocket. 402 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:05,960 Yeah. 403 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,320 So again, like the pocket comes from the neckline area. 404 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:13,680 And then the facing on the pocket comes as well from the back neck. 405 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,440 Oh, and this is... 406 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:18,440 So it's like a cute little dress. 407 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:19,440 It's got these like... 408 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:20,440 It's a corduroy. 409 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:21,440 Yeah. 410 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:22,880 It's like a really fine kind of corduroy. 411 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:24,960 So it's really soft and drapey. 412 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,800 And then it has these sort of waist ties that you can tie around. 413 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:32,960 So again, you can adjust the size or maybe for styling, maybe you like it a little tighter, 414 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,200 maybe you like it a little looser so you can adjust it. 415 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:36,200 With the pockets? 416 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,200 Yeah. 417 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,320 Oh, I like that the pockets are a little lower. 418 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:40,320 Yes. 419 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:41,320 Yeah. 420 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:42,320 So that it gives it a... 421 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,880 Try to position them so they're a little more functional, like where you would use them. 422 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,680 Oh, and if somebody's a little taller. 423 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:49,680 Exactly, right. 424 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:50,680 Exactly. 425 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:52,960 I really like that fabric. 426 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,480 And then this, that just matches. 427 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:56,480 Right? 428 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,760 I like this. 429 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:00,920 And this again could be a summer as well. 430 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:01,920 Could be, right. 431 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:02,920 It's a little more... 432 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,280 Yeah, it's kind of transitional, right? 433 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:09,320 So kind of like built features into it, like the ties on the wrist. 434 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,120 So then you could style it different ways. 435 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:12,760 You can blouse it up. 436 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:16,440 If your arms are a little shorter, a little thinner, you can tie it a little tighter, 437 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,400 a little looser, however you need. 438 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,360 And then the cutest little buttons with... 439 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:24,040 Oh my gosh, they're all flowers, all different buttons. 440 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:25,040 Yes. 441 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:30,960 Which, I mean, if any of you sew, knit, do any crafts, you always have a button bin. 442 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:31,960 Oh, yes. 443 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:32,960 Yeah. 444 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:39,200 That was one thing when my, when my gran passed away, we had, she had this big button bin 445 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:43,040 and it was like, I want that because that was just the best thing to play with when 446 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:44,040 you're a little... 447 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,320 It's always the Danish butter cookies or something like that, right? 448 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:48,320 Yes. 449 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:49,320 Yes. 450 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:50,320 That's true. 451 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:55,240 Now, you learned to sew when you were in homeac or did you know beforehand? 452 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:59,600 I did a little bit of hand sewing and things. 453 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,320 You know, my mom helped me and showed me how to do some of those things, but then I just 454 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:04,920 sort of like took off from there. 455 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:06,600 So I used to knit. 456 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,760 I don't really knit so much anymore, but same thing, right? 457 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:12,800 My mom gave me a few pointers and then I was like, ran with it, right? 458 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:14,600 Like got super excited about it. 459 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,440 And then I went to school as well too. 460 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:18,840 So I studied fashion design. 461 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,200 I went to, it's now Toronto Metropolitan University. 462 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:26,360 So it was Ryerson when I went a million years ago. 463 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:27,960 And studied fashion design there. 464 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:32,280 So I also learned like more, you know, proper techniques and things. 465 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:33,920 But this wasn't your first... 466 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,000 No, it wasn't. 467 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:41,640 Which this is what I wanted to know is how in the heck did you think of architecture 468 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:46,080 when you've been sewing pretty much, you know, since high school? 469 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,040 I always drew things, right? 470 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,480 So I would draw like city plans. 471 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,280 I would draw fashions. 472 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,960 I would draw floor plans, things like that. 473 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:59,600 So a lot of times I would imagine my sewing studio and drawing it on a floor plan. 474 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:00,780 So I did a little bit of both. 475 00:21:00,780 --> 00:21:04,880 And then when I went to high school, I took a architectural drafting class. 476 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,120 So I really enjoyed that. 477 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:08,540 So I kind of felt... 478 00:21:08,540 --> 00:21:11,640 I kind of thought that fashion was not a career, honestly. 479 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,280 I thought that it was more of a hobby. 480 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,720 It was something that I did for fun. 481 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,600 But I didn't necessarily think of it in terms of career. 482 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:24,600 And I didn't really understand the, you know, plethora of jobs that are out there in fashion. 483 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:29,240 So I kind of like got away from that and decided, okay, I'm going to do architecture. 484 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:30,600 And I went. 485 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,140 And some parts of it I enjoyed. 486 00:21:32,140 --> 00:21:34,780 Some parts of it were not really for me. 487 00:21:34,780 --> 00:21:38,680 And then I was sort of floundering thinking like, what am I going to do? 488 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:43,560 And then I went to see the guidance there at the school that I was going to. 489 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,800 They had me do one of those sort of aptitude tests. 490 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,600 And everything like pointed towards like fashion. 491 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:53,720 And even when I went for my interview to get into the architecture program, I showed a 492 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,640 bunch of fashion drawings and like clothing. 493 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,640 And they're like, well, why don't you do fashion? 494 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,560 I said, but it's just a hobby for me. 495 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:06,320 But you know, long story short, I did the aptitude test. 496 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,420 Someone told me there were openings at Ryerson. 497 00:22:08,420 --> 00:22:11,880 And I said, well, it's a big leap. 498 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:13,400 And I went and I interviewed. 499 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:18,840 And I think after I got accepted, I think I moved there like a couple of weeks later. 500 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,920 So it was just like this whirlwind that happened. 501 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:26,800 But, you know, think of how my life would have been so much different if I hadn't pursued 502 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:27,800 that. 503 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:28,800 Oh, for sure. 504 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:35,680 It's great that you're actually being able to do your passion as a career and teach it 505 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,440 to others as well. 506 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:38,440 Exactly. 507 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,240 Fashion, you can do it anywhere. 508 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:47,120 I could understand back then that, you know, you could only do it if you were in New York 509 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:51,040 or in Toronto or Vancouver or Los Angeles. 510 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,040 They didn't really do that here. 511 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,520 But the beauty of the Internet. 512 00:22:56,520 --> 00:23:02,240 And exactly, you know, you can do it and have sales here, have sales everywhere. 513 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:06,080 Well, and all the sources like you just go online and you can find things where when 514 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:10,680 I first started my career, if you weren't living in a big city, it was really hard to 515 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:16,880 find notions that you needed or unique fabrics that you needed or have connections with people 516 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,240 that could help you in the industry. 517 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:20,320 But you're right. 518 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,840 You can do it kind of anywhere. 519 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:28,200 If you put your mind to it and just so you guys know, those aptitude tests actually do 520 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:29,200 work. 521 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,200 They do actually work. 522 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:37,280 They may not work right at that moment because mine always said back in the day that I should 523 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,240 be working with people, I should be doing things with people. 524 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:44,800 And I kept saying, I don't like customer service and I don't like people. 525 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:46,800 This is all wrong. 526 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:54,240 And I look back and every job I've had from secretary on up to now has been people oriented 527 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:59,040 with people and now to write like, yeah, talking with people basically. 528 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:00,040 Yes. 529 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,040 Yes. 530 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,000 My job now revolves around people. 531 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,160 And I actually I love it. 532 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:12,160 I'm loving the fact that Windsor has become such a creative town where people are getting 533 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:17,920 back into sewing and pottery and ceramics and knitting crochet. 534 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,960 And I think a lot of that too also came out of that pandemic. 535 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,840 So people kind of refound things that they were passionate about. 536 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:26,840 It's true. 537 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:31,320 I fully believe that 100 percent because in a way you're able to rediscover your hobbies 538 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:32,980 and turn them in out. 539 00:24:32,980 --> 00:24:35,240 So many people have turned them into careers, which. 540 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,680 Well, a lot of people again had to do that out of necessity. 541 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,880 They lost their jobs for whatever reason. 542 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:47,200 So then rediscovering their passion and realizing, you know, this is a viable option to start 543 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:48,200 a business as well. 544 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:52,600 Have you ever heard that old saying, I know so many people that said, I can't do that 545 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:57,040 as a job because I can't do my passion as a job because then I'm not going to like it. 546 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:03,760 And they don't realize that it actually can really open your mind and can take you in 547 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:05,080 so many different places. 548 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:06,760 Well, with any kind of job, right? 549 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:11,120 There's going to be parts of it that you just for sure are not really in love with. 550 00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:12,120 Right. 551 00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:13,120 Anything that you do. 552 00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:15,160 But did you think you were going to be a teacher? 553 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:16,160 No, never. 554 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,040 Never in a million years. 555 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,160 So even just being here for the podcast, right? 556 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,320 Like I'm not I'm more of a behind the scenes kind of person. 557 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,640 I don't really like to be in your face. 558 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:31,400 So being in front of a classroom and because I had been doing my career for so long, like 559 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:36,600 cracking open a textbook and teaching from a textbook was really like, how do I how do 560 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:37,600 I do this? 561 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:38,600 Right. 562 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,520 Like I just know how to do the things I don't follow. 563 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:47,440 You know, I follow some rules, but I kind of like just know what I'm doing and don't 564 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:48,660 use a textbook for that. 565 00:25:48,660 --> 00:25:50,720 So that was also kind of scary. 566 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,800 But I can imagine students are really receptive, right? 567 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,840 That first semester is kind of like getting to know everyone. 568 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:00,240 But then once I know them, it just becomes like a conversation. 569 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:05,680 Basically, I know you guys at Sinclair are doing a fashion show. 570 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:06,680 Coming up. 571 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:07,680 We have a fashion show coming up. 572 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:08,680 Is this yearly? 573 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:09,680 Yeah. 574 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:14,120 We have a fashion show in April, sometime usually, like at the end of the semesters. 575 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:18,760 The point of the fashion show is to feature the work of the students. 576 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:22,560 So mainly we're focusing on our graduating students that are coming up to their second 577 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:23,560 year. 578 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,440 So they create a mini collection, at least three different outfits or three different 579 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,280 complete looks. 580 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:33,000 And then we also have some of the first year of like top 10 garments as well featured in 581 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:34,000 the show. 582 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,000 Oh, that's got to be exciting. 583 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,000 It is. 584 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,000 And they're rocking. 585 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,200 Yeah, it's a little bit anxiety inducing. 586 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:46,440 But well, because we're recording this in it's February 28th and it's coming up in when 587 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:47,440 in April? 588 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,600 It's April 20th is the date. 589 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:50,600 Yes. 590 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:51,600 Are they going crazy yet? 591 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,040 A little bit. 592 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:57,680 So our second year students right now are they're just wrapping up their first outfit. 593 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:01,800 Well, it's due on Friday, I think this week. 594 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:07,160 And then they are kind of in the middle of so they're they kind of have to work on multiple 595 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:08,760 outfits at once. 596 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,960 So as we're just finishing up outfit number one and stitching it up, they're working on 597 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:17,640 the pattern and sort of like doing all their fittings for their outfit number two and then 598 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,640 the pattern will be due next week. 599 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,620 So it's just like it's like a real experience, right? 600 00:27:22,620 --> 00:27:26,080 So having to juggle those various deadlines, right? 601 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:31,440 So right now I'm sort of like trying to wrap up fall, working on getting spring ready all 602 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:32,620 at the same time. 603 00:27:32,620 --> 00:27:36,760 So I always tell them, you know, you're working on development for one season. 604 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:41,560 And you're also working on like a whole like doing all the production for the next season 605 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:42,560 all at the same time. 606 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,640 So you have to really juggle all those things all at once. 607 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:51,480 I think the Paris fashion show is this week and this is for fall winter. 608 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:52,480 Yes, it is. 609 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:53,480 I can't believe how far they've gone. 610 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:58,560 I'm a little bit late, but because I'm doing such a small run. 611 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,240 You got a lot going on. 612 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,200 You're allowed to be a little late. 613 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:03,200 I do. 614 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:07,080 And any of those bigger brands, right, the way that they operate is a little bit different. 615 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:11,960 So they're producing, you know, up to when they started producing was probably a year 616 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,360 before the fall. 617 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:18,120 So they probably started producing things and sampling and doing all their pattern work, 618 00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:21,040 figuring out their fabrics a year before fall, basically. 619 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,200 They also have a huge crew. 620 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,280 And they have to because they're producing so many. 621 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,880 So with mine, I'm trying to produce closer to the season. 622 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,600 It gives me a little more flexibility, too, because then I can see what kind of trends 623 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:34,600 come out. 624 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,280 But they're not they're not going to know what the tick tock trends are. 625 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:38,280 Right. 626 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:42,920 Because in the moment, they're going to have to rely on using trend forecasting, things 627 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,400 like that and trying to make their best guess. 628 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,160 And you know, they're producing so much more. 629 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,000 So they need more more timeline to be able to do that. 630 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:56,920 Yeah, I like the idea of having it a little closer like you and that way. 631 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:03,120 Like you said, who wants to I mean, we had some unseasonably warm weather recently. 632 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:08,120 So maybe we're thinking a little bit about spring, but no one really wants to shop for 633 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:09,120 spring in February. 634 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:10,120 Right. 635 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:13,640 They want to shop in like April, May, like as the season is actually coming. 636 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:17,640 Yeah, because I'm sorry, you still have that holiday weight to get rid of. 637 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:18,640 Exactly. 638 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,440 You don't want to curse it and end up in a snowstorm. 639 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:22,440 Exactly. 640 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:23,440 Right. 641 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:28,760 And people want to see the fashion sooner because we just have this always wanting to 642 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,000 see newness, right and freshness. 643 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,280 But at the same time, we're not ready to shop it yet. 644 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:35,400 We just want to see it. 645 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:36,600 So this is true. 646 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:37,600 Yeah. 647 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,040 Now the fashion show that's coming up in April. 648 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,480 Yes, it's April 20. 649 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,080 And where is it going to be located? 650 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,840 It's at St. Clair College in the Student Life Centre. 651 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,720 So a few years ago, they opened up this great centre. 652 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,360 It's really good for events. 653 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,120 So we host it there. 654 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:54,560 Usually the doors open at seven. 655 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,360 Show starts around eight o'clock. 656 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,520 Tickets, I believe, are going to go on sale pretty soon. 657 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,720 So by the time this comes out, they'll probably already be on sale. 658 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,560 So usually around the beginning of March. 659 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:05,560 Okay. 660 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:06,560 On event, right. 661 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:07,880 So you can check it out there. 662 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:14,480 If you check out the SEC fashion and St. Clair fashion, various social media sites. 663 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:15,920 Also there'll be some announcements there. 664 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:20,680 And I'll try to also on my own social media, make sure that I post about it upcoming. 665 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:21,680 Yeah. 666 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,320 I'll make sure to have it out there. 667 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:29,200 Because I think it's great that we have up and coming, you know, sewers and possible 668 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,240 fashion designers in this area. 669 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:32,240 For sure. 670 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:33,240 It's great. 671 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:34,240 Yeah. 672 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,800 And I'm hoping because, you know, Windsor's not really a fashion mecca. 673 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:38,800 Hopefully it will become. 674 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:44,280 Hey, we've been doing so many changes and we're doing so good that you never know. 675 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:49,480 And I think by having a school and sending graduates out into the world, you know, that 676 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:53,880 will also and then by each of us as instructors, you know, doing our own thing. 677 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,800 I think that's going to hopefully bring a little more fashion to this area and create 678 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,040 some jobs in that in that area as well. 679 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:01,920 That would be a great idea. 680 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,640 And I know the classes are like blowing up with students. 681 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,160 There are so many of them. 682 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:11,200 So I don't see why we can't add this to the mix as well. 683 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:12,200 Exactly. 684 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,760 And just become our own little Mecca. 685 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:18,880 And as somebody said, no longer be the armpit of Ontario. 686 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:19,880 Right. 687 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:23,840 Well, and you talk about the media arts program as well. 688 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:30,720 So we also we not only use our fashion students, but we also try to utilize other groups at 689 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:31,920 the college as well, too. 690 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:37,080 So the graphic design students, they create the all the graphics for our posters for the 691 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:42,880 fashion show, any of the social social media, you know, images and things like that. 692 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:47,600 We work with the tech people there trying to think who else we work with, like hair 693 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,680 styling and makeup and aesthetics. 694 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:50,840 We also work with them. 695 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:56,240 So it's a really nice way to be able to bring all these different kind of departments together. 696 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,000 Will they be recording it as well? 697 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,000 Yeah. 698 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:03,920 So I don't know all of the details for that because I'm not really involved in that. 699 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,480 But usually I'm one of the local cable outlets. 700 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,040 They do post it. 701 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,920 And then we have our own website for the fashion show as well, too. 702 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,000 I think it's SCC, Atelier, something like that. 703 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,080 I should have looked that up before I came. 704 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:19,440 That's OK. 705 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:23,240 If you look up St. Clair Fashion Design, you'll you'll find the website. 706 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,520 Usually there's a live stream as well to the fashion show. 707 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,920 So if you can't make it out to the show, hopefully you can. 708 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:29,920 Right. 709 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:33,400 It's better in person, but you can always check out the live stream there as well, too. 710 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:38,000 And then usually a little bit later on, they'll compile a video, right, and put together all 711 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,920 the various clips. 712 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,400 We do have what's called off the runway interviews. 713 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:49,640 So we usually employ like a student in like maybe the journalism program and have them 714 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:54,760 come and ask each of the individual designers questions about their inspiration, their collection, 715 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,280 you know, what they're looking forward to. 716 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:58,280 Right. 717 00:32:58,280 --> 00:32:59,280 Yeah. 718 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:00,280 So it's nice. 719 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:01,280 So there's usually clips of that as well, too. 720 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:02,280 It sounds like fun. 721 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:03,280 I can't wait to go. 722 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:04,280 I know, right? 723 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:05,280 I can't wait to have you there. 724 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:06,280 That's great. 725 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:11,880 Well, Laurie, I really appreciate you being on here today and make sure that you check 726 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:20,720 out Auden Steward and it's Auden Steward Clothier on Instagram or Auden Steward. 727 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:24,000 Auden.Steward on Facebook. 728 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,000 It's hard. 729 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,840 Sometimes you can't find the name that you want, right? 730 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:27,840 So yeah. 731 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:33,000 And again, I want to thank you so much for joining us for another episode of YQG In Bloom. 732 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,460 My name is Tracy Martens. 733 00:33:34,460 --> 00:33:44,000 You guys all have a fabulous day.