Fashion Design Tutorial: How to Design Jeans

[@ariellee308]

Love love LOVE these kinds of videos!! I watched your older one on the detailed design of shirts and was hoping you'd make more of those kinds of breakdown videos, so I'm thrilled to see it for jeans now. Excited to see what else comes out of this series, and thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge with us!

[@zoehongteaches]

Thank you and you're welcome!

[@jasse5818]

Definitely here for this series….

[@jasse5818]

Notifications definitely went to all from personalized

[@alexanderpons9246]

Thank you Zoe Hong for pointing out all the pieces that take to construct Jeans as well as the details that are important when one wants to design Jeans!

[@randyfernando4442]

Very informative! I found myself uncertain of “2023 GOALS “ and watching you just gave me a sense of relief and familiarity. More power to your channel! 🎉👍🏻

[@swathipriyanka]

Oh my god! soo much detail in jeans🤩🤩 I learnt soo much about jeans today!! Zoe, you have forever changed the way i will shop jeans henceforth! Love the way you explain every small stitch and it’s “why”🤩🤩👌🏻👌🏻

[@alexzhang3]

this series is great! really applying general design knowledge to specific genres! so nice! Thanks Zoe!

[@zoehongteaches]

You're so welcome!

[@wendylehasa2828]

This fell on my lap like a blessing from the sky. Thank you, I have been wanting to design a jean. I can't afford fashion school and my dreams are to design your channel is the closest thing I have to fashion school. Thank you so much ♥️

[@zoehongteaches]

You are so welcome!

[@sophierosebisou8420]

Great informational Video! I hope all jean designers watch it! After two years of wearing athleisure, I was excited to buy my first new pair of high waisted jeans (so tired of low rise). Only to find out the company used a 5” zipper, probably overstock from their previous styles! I liked the fit of the jeans and luckily because I can sew and I put in a longer zipper. I’m sure most other pairs were returned because they would not go over the hips. Another good front pocket tip for dressier jeans with a more flattering cut, is to angle the front pockets down and not as wide out- making hips that need to look slimmer, look slimmer! Excited to see more videos like this!

[@prettygurl747]

Words can’t express how grateful I am for your videos! They are so informative and you are so thorough in your explanations! Keep up the great work!

[@zoehongteaches]

Thank you and you're welcome!

[@skipluchi7218]

Your the best! This video is so informative... For me especially because I've been customizing jeans for about 8 months now and I appreciate the game .

[@mspixie06ify]

I love the way you teach. You always give such useful information. You're so flipping AWESOME!!!

[@zoehongteaches]

Thanks so much!

[@IvonneC_Health-N-Fitness]

Omg Cross Colours! They were my jam. 😂 Thank you for always being informative and hilarious. I learn so much from you ❤

[@gigigondim]

love your content, Zoe!! you inspire me to pursue fashion ❤️

[@zoehongteaches]

Go for it!

[@walterogerro6687]

oh my goodness...., your explanation is amazing!!! I felt like I was in fashion school and this was a subject on different types of textiles. Please keep making videos. Awesome work!

[@jopizelf]

Thank you, learned so much about the details in jeans.

[@saramohamud9733]

I really appreciate your content!! So much to learn its AMAZIN🤗🤗

[@zoehongteaches]

Thank you!

[@katharinamar]

great video! Learned so much :) just working on a small batched collection of jeans and now I look at the design process so much calmer and with a better eye for the details. Thank you

[@tardaeda]

Thank you Zoe for all the great videos you do! This one is so informative about denim!! Feel like I have learnt so many new tips & facts!

[@shmwmlam3953]

Great indetailed video as always!! Pls do more videos like this Zoe. I really enjoyed it

[@wearlucinda]

Great video as always... I wish this came out 2 months ago when I made jeans for the first time! Ugh, I love how you discussed all the different elements like back pocket stitching and how it affects the branding and style. You didn't mention this but one of my favorite design elements is how Lucky Brand jeans have a patch that says "Lucky You" under the fly, so you can read it when you open up the zipper.

[@zoehongteaches]

Oh, that's such a cute detail!

[@skipluchi7218]

Those are definitely one of my favorite jeans "Lucky You"

[@avika7625]

Hey Zoe! I just wanted to tell you that like I'm *so soo* grateful that I stumbled upon your channel one day ! Your videos are so detailed and elaborate ! If I'm being honest everything I know about the fashion industry is what you say on this channel 😂😂 p.s I'm one of your 13 year old subscribers

[@zoehongteaches]

Thank you so much!!

[@lawrencelg]

Definitely learnt allot as always. I would suggest a blazer episode or suit jacket episode

[@zoehongteaches]

Thanks for the idea!

[@humblebee8028]

Jean construction is fascinating and thank you for your knowledge and experience. When I was much younger I used to wonder how old I would be when I stopped wearing jeans as I always associated them with youthfulness. Now jeans are worn at all ages. My dad is soon to be 99 and I love seeing him in jeans!

[@charamelclaire2565]

Awesome, as usual.i ve learnt a lot.

[@crystalneel748]

This was brilliant! Thanks for sharing! I have wanted to know these denim/jeans details forever but couldn’t seem to get it all in one place like this! Now I know what has been my own quirkiness about jeans! Lol Yes please do more tutorial type videos like this! Maybe break down basic T-shirt design? Also I am personally addicted to wearing overalls! Lol would love to know the breakdown on them!

[@galaxystar6895]

Hey zoe,,,this vedio is reallyyyyyy very informative...... Thanks alot.....🥰 I just love the way you teach and explain everything...I've seen almost all vedios on your channel and i really love❤ them all.... I will be very thankful if u tell a little bit about (how to draw fur and feathers)cause❤ i think i am not that much good in that....thanks alot

[@zoehongteaches]

I have those videos in my Illustrating Specific Fabrics playlist.

[@Kiwigruen1994]

Thank you very much. I really appreciate your content.

[@novelenterprise]

Love this denim breakdown, would love to hear your thoughts of NAKED & FAMOUS as well as designer brand jeans like Mcqueen, etc

[@byrongivens4558]

Yes Zoe I would like more videos on designing jeans .I would like to know more about different finishes and washes…..

[@Simply.i]

This new series im so excited to watch 😆

[@SarahsJeanJourney]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! can you do a video on the difference or organic denim, Italian organic denim and the different expensive and non expensive denims?

[@kkrystalwhite]

This series is amazing!

[@zoehongteaches]

Thanks!

[@stylingheights7783]

Zoe Thank you so much for this. Learned a lot. I want to design and style for Tall Ladies. Your content is so good

[@zoehongteaches]

You're welcome!

[@morganejackson6479]

I enjoyed this very much!

[@zoehongteaches]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AngelaWoolsey]

Great video, very informative. Thank you!

[@zoehongteaches]

You’re welcome!

[@rahf.official]

Hi Zoe, I hope you’re well. Question; what’s your thoughts on fashion show venues. Are they important? Does it matter where it is if the garments are beautiful?? Should they match the theme etc?? Thought your input would help solve a mystery abs be a cool vid 🤗

[@zoehongteaches]

Eh, not the most important. In order it's 1. amazing clothes 2. venue logistics like enough seats, air conditioning or heating, accessibility, good space for crew 3. music to convey mood and energy and then 4. the aesthetics of the venue. Venue aesthetics/theme are very cool and can add to the experience but other things are more important.

[@katherinemorelle7115]

This is super useful, thank you so much. I don't wear jeans. I don't wear trousers at all. I'm fully a skirts and dresses kinda person. But I do want to start a line of adaptive clothing, and jeans are popular. It was a really interesting exercise to go through and think of what I'd need to do to make a pair of jeans useful to me, comfortable to me. That's actually one reason I don't wear them - they're not comfy to wear when sitting in a wheelchair for long periods. So I was thinking of having more room in the seat (because there really is nothing worse than a perma wedgie), more room in the thighs so you don't have circulation cut off, a way to make pockets accessible and usable from a seated position. A magnetic button closure, maybe? One that still looks like your average jeans closure from the outside, but that is something those without great fine motor control or hand strength can do up themselves. High rises tend to be more comfortable for sitting, wide legs are both comfy and look cool. And I still need to give thought to aesthetics, because that's the entire point of my hypothetical future line- for disabled people to be able to access clothes that fit aesthetics that they like, to not be locked out of fashion into muumuus and pyjamas made out of polyester stretch. Tommy Hilfiger is the ONLY designer I've seen doing good adaptive clothing (seriously, the situation is dire!) But if you don't go for that Tommy Hilfiger yacht club look, what then? You're stuck with leaf backed stretch t shirts and clothing that is abysmally low quality, with no style to speak of, for a premium price. It's a sad state of affairs when a designer can charge designer prices, and have that just be the average price for the entire industry. Being disabled is EXPENSIVE! Anyway, cutting myself off before I write an essay length rant. Thanks for the video, it's super useful and I might design myself a pair of jeans to see what works. You never know, I might actually be able to wear jeans if I'm the one designing them to be comfortable and to actually meet my needs and style. Also, as a former raver, you're tight. JNCOs are just denim palazzo pants. Awesome denim palazzo pants!

[@zoehongteaches]

I have a dear, close friend who uses a wheelchair full time and we've had lots of conversations about adaptive fashion, esp since they are so into clothes and fashion. I really should do an adaptive fashion video soon. I encourage you to start an adaptive line, the market is RIPE for it, as you say, and is in desperate need of some cute things. Good luck!

[@phindlovu8321]

I loved this video. The pocket situation in women's wear frustrates me, but I think it's to make women buy more purses and bags (T_T) Thank you for sharing all this info with us!

[@zoehongteaches]

Yes, part of is indeed to sell more bags.

[@tcg.justine]

once i graduate from fashion design and start a brand, i want to focus on jeans for women with APPROPRIATELY SIZED POCKETS hahahaha

[@zoehongteaches]

YESSSSSSS

[@MistyMcMichael-y6f]

Wow I Would Like To Give It A Try

[@Wa7edmenalnass]

A similar video on wedding gowns would be appreciated.😄

[@TheGlobalBawarchi]

Very informative video!

[@tcg.justine]

i'm interested to know your opinion, do you think the patch pocket will eventually be phased out since cash and coins are becoming less and less common for people to carry??

[@zoehongteaches]

I don't think it will be phased out completely. People didn't always use those pockets for coins either, because they're so small and unwieldly. I've heard them used for condoms these days.

[@craftymystic4868]

Love this thank you. How about outerwear as a suggestion- specifically a work jacket, or an anorak, I.e. comparing apples to apples.

[@lisalisalisa1973]

Yay!! Way cool! Thank Zoe🥂

[@zoehongteaches]

You're welcome!

[@Mfalmejames]

Thanks teacher

[@zoehongteaches]

You're welcome!

[@marcusparks151]

I have a question for the chambray, would it be a plain weave since it’s a basic weave or is there any difference between basket and plain weave?

[@zoehongteaches]

Plain weave is 1x1, but basket weave can be 1x1 or 2x2 or 4x4, etc.

[@christiniapeake149]

This is so so helpful. If I was to say why it would be sentence after sentences. So I'm just gonna say Thanks

[@zoehongteaches]

You're welcome!

[@ridiculouscuteness3]

I too have mixed feelings about low-rise jeans coming back. I think they're cute in pictures but not for actually actively wearing on my body. But as long as we're not going full Bumster I won't complain about people reliving questionable 00's fashion.

[@kylekingofdaworld]

Hi Zoe have you heard of the Fashionary Book Series? Their latest edition is about designing with denim. Do you think if it’s good and worth buying?

[@zoehongteaches]

I have not read the denim one but I do not like their books in general as they are often full of errors.

[@Garmentssewingtechnique]

Amazing video 🥰

[@zoehongteaches]

Thanks!

[@themaggattack]

Zoe on zippers: "What are you gonna do with 3 inches? (I didn't say that.)" On whale tails: "I'm not Blaming Britney... but I'm blaming Brittany." On pockets: "If you don't do pockets get off my channel." On short pockets: "There's my middle finger. (I didn't say that.)" *I worship this woman.* 😂

[@irynasavchenko6046]

Very informative and fun. I'd love to see a similar video on how to design lingerie-inspired clothes.

[@thinkuthink]

Video idea ✨ How about how to design shoes/ incorporating shoes in your design language?

[@zoehongteaches]

I don't have a lot of shoe design experience.

[@hhhenge]

keeping in theme with denim: denim jackets?

[@adda312]

Thanks so much for this Zoe! I used to hate jeans because as a teen I could never find jeans that fit (2000s low rise jeans were a legit self esteem killer for a tall girl with big hips and an S-curved back, thanks Alexander McQueen 😭) and I was so envious of my friends who would just have 5 or 6 pairs of jeans.. but now that I sew and design my own clothes I can finally understand why jeans didn't fit me back then and make as many revenge jeans as I please ☺️ Looking forward to the rest of this series!

[@zoehongteaches]

"revenge jeans" hahahahah I love it!

[@vamsi8669]

All 👖 are equal no matter what brand who designed

[@zoehongteaches]

No. Some jeans are poorly designed, some are poorly constructed, none of this is dependent on price or brand. Some jeans are just bad.

[@crittertracker]

I love you so much for the middle finger in the pocket

[@zoehongteaches]

hahahahahahhahaha~

[@christynelson5394]

cry-laughing at denim palazzo pants. miss my jncos!

[@zoehongteaches]

Christyyyy!!! You wore jncos??? omg I need pics pls post on fb.

[@auricia201]

Do all brands use the that rule of 10in difference between hip and waist? My problem with jeans is that they all fit too loose on the waist. It is less of a problem with low waist jeans, but I don't like them low. I know there are some brands that have "curvy sizes", where the difference is like 13in between hip and waist. But there are also other brands where "Curvy" is used to refer to bigger sizes, so its hard to find what I want.

[@zoehongteaches]

>>Do all brands use the that rule of 10in difference between hip and waist? No, every brand has their own fit.

[@auricia201]

@@zoehongteaches Thanks for the reply, I know this is a bit out of the context of this video, but I've been looking into several brands and their size charts, and they all have 10 or 9 in difference. Do you have any recommendations of brands that have a bigger difference? Or how to look for them? I can't even find the right keywords to get there 😩

[@walterogerro6687]

bring back the overalls

[@lesliegill-brassfield207]

I'm late to the party and maybe someone has mentioned it, but the True Religion pocket logo is a "t" and a "r" joined together. Just a FYI.

[@dindog22]

I would hate to have to replace a zipper in jeans that had a rivet in the fly instead of a bar tack

[@zoehongteaches]

I didn't think of that but yes, that sounds like a nightmare. How would you even cleanly pry off a rivet?

[@dindog22]

@@zoehongteaches end nipper pliers but you will have a hole

[@DaveNash]

good stufdf

[@DaveNash]

just finished the video. soooo good and informative

[@akashb6637]

Can you help me?

[@thinkuthink]

Bruh, I'm so excited for this\these videos! The wayyy I clicked on the thumbnail so fast. Thank you, Zoe! Haven't even watched yet, but I already know. 🤌🏾✨

[@zoehongteaches]

Hope you like it!

[@skipluchi7218]

Your the best! This video is so informative... For me especially because I've been customizing jeans for about 8 months now and I appreciate the game .