- I am about to walk into the room and see my berets.
Oh! (upbeat music)
So my new obsession lately has been berets.
Recently, I've been seeing that berets
have been the accessory.
They started super high-fashion,
and then celebs starting wearing 'em,
and now they're selling them at, like, Forever 21
and I love wearing 'em
and I was thinking it would be pretty awesome
if I came out with a beret line.
Since I was young, I've loved fashion.
I moved out to L.A. to go to the Fashion Institute.
I've always loved street style,
following the trends but also being myself.
I thought it would be cool if I made a beret line
and collabbed with somebody.
I've chatted a little bit with my friend Whitney,
who owns a shop, Shop KIDBELL.
I'm hoping to make some berets that can be
pretty evergreen and you can wear them at any time.
So this is just gonna be my journey
of making my beret line.
So I'm here with my girl Whitney.
- Hello! - Who is totally
down to to a beret collab, which,
I can't believe my life, what the (bleep).
I want to know a little bit more about your store.
- It's KIDDBELL.com.
We partner artists and influencers with nonprofits.
We always do a charitable component
so that you get to wear something that feels empowering
but also benefits the community.
We want to empower people to feel
like, unapologetically themselves.
It's just skyrocketed and people love it!
I mean, it shows that there's like a market for this
kind of stuff and that when you do give back to charity,
like, people really want to support that.
Jasmine was in a photo shoot we did
like four or five months ago, and she obviously wore
a bunch of berets because, like, duh.
A bunch of our customers were messaging us afterwards
and were like, you know, "We love those berets!
"Where can we get them?"
I said off-handedly like, "Yeah, people love your berets
"and they keep asking where they can get them!"
And you-- - And I've always wanted
to do a line, like have my name behind something in fashion.
- Yeah, you were like "Yeah,
"I would like to do my own line."
And I was like "Well, why don't we?"
And then it happened so fast. - So fast!
I was interested in doing berets because
I just want like everyday people
to feel like they can wear this fashion statement, too.
Okay, so major things that I want.
I want the quality to be good.
- We're gonna do 100% wool,
vegan leather trim. - Okay.
Second of all, I want to make the colors
really inclusive to a lot of skin tones.
Other than that, I want them to be
dope, stylish, I want these to be worn like
at all times throughout the year.
I'm still in a like, "Is this really happening?"
but I'm just like "Let's just go!".
Me and Whitney finally decided
on what berets we're gonna have.
Alright, so the first beret
is mustard with a navy trim.
It's a color that can last through summer and winter.
Our second beret is a leopard print beret.
It is going to be outlined in red
just to make it pop a little bit.
The third beret is a black beret
outlined in black trim, and we made
a little customized patch that's a heart
and it has "Myself", so it's like a Love Myself beret,
like, come on, we should love ourselves.
I've also decided to make the patches optional
so if you want a patch you can get one,
if you don't, you don't have to.
Our fourth beret is a green beret with black trim on it
that can come with a little weed patch or not.
The fifth beret is a red beret with little pearls on it,
and I'm like "Ah!".
I think it's gonna look so fashionable.
There is an option to not have it with pearls, too.
It's really cool how we're doing everything optional
so if you just want the plain beret,
you can get the plain beret, if not, you can jazz it up.
The last beret is called the Jazzberry Beret.
It is two-toned, a burgundy color and a pink color.
This process is absolutely insane.
It's a little surreal, it's a lot of stressful,
but I think this is gonna be worth it in the end.
So me and Whitney are here, walking around,
looking for some fabrics.
- We need wool-poly blend, 95% wool, 5% poly,
and we need it to be pretty thick.
And then we need vegan leather.
- Okay, yeah. - This is gonna take a while.
- We're in it.
- I think we have a mascot, though.
- Eeeeeee! - Little puppy!
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- Me and Whit have been traveling and shopping all day.
- All damn day. - We've been to two towns.
Shopping day is done with as of now.
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I am about to walk into the room and see my berets.
I'm a little nervous.
Everybody's off to go get ready for the shoot.
Oh!
Wait.
Okay, I'm trying not to cry.
Oh my God, the pearl one!
Oh my God, the green.
Ahh!
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- Hey, I know! - I am obsessed with
every single shirt, every single beret.
- I'm wearing the Jazzberry. - Yes!
So it has been one helluva day.
Honestly, everything turned out perfect.
Everyone looked so good in the berets.
I had an array of skin tones
and every beret looked good on everyone.
This is gonna be insane!
My berets just dropped and, holy shit,
I am so excited, ahh!
Here they are, eeeek!
Oh my gosh, they're so good.
And the Hot Mama Beret, yas!
The Jazzberry, like,
I feel like me and Whitney have been
talking about this for forever
and now that my berets are actually dropped,
like, people can buy them.
That feels very surreal.
It is absolutely insane for me to think that my name
is behind clothing that people can wear.
Through Whitney and @shop.kiddbell,
I was allowed to do that.
This whole journey has been such an eye-opening experience.
This is like a dream that I've had since I was a child.
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