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In this special episode, sponsored by Soul Chai, join us as we dive into the world of luxurious tea and its intersection with fashion. Meet our special guest, my mom, Sarah, a tea enthusiast who loves hosting tea parties. We explore the rich traditions and etiquette of tea culture, from British afternoon tea to modern tea houses. Enjoy a rapid-fire game of 'This or That' with tea-themed and fashion-related questions. Learn about the significance of tea in films, TV shows, and even events like the Kentucky Derby. Plus, get to know more about the proper etiquette for enjoying tea. Tune in for an engaging and delightful conversation that combines the best of tea and fashion!
00:00 Introduction and Sponsor Shoutout
01:10 Special Guest Introduction: My Mom
01:30 Our Love for Tea and Fashion
03:25 Mother-Daughter Tea Traditions
08:05 The History and Culture of Tea
12:15 This or That: Tea Edition
17:46 Fashion and Tea: A Perfect Blend
19:14 The Fascinator Fashion
21:32 Bridgeton Inspired Tea Party
22:22 Exploring Tea Houses
27:13 Kentucky Derby Fashion
28:39 Sipping Tea with Soul Chai
30:07 Rapid Fire Fashion Questions
32:50 Tea Etiquette Tips
35:22 Upcoming Events and Farewell
- Sarah
- Micaela Smith
Creators and Guests
What is Fashion Files?
Fashion Files is a captivating podcast hosted by Karis Reneé that delves into the glamorous world of fashion. Explore styling secrets, costume design insights, and red-carpet chronicles featuring both solo episodes and interviews with fashion industry experts. Each episode will inspire, entertain, and educate fashion enthusiasts.
Karis Reneé: [00:00:00] This episode is sponsored by Soul Chai.
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Karis Reneé: This episode and other episodes have been sponsored by Soul Chai, which is a beautifully tasting, luxurious tea. And y'all know I love me some chai tea.
And so the flavors, the spice, anything spicy for me every day? The spices are so bold in this tea. The flavor is top tier and so if you haven't had any before, you should definitely check it out because I love it and I'm sure you will too.
And definitely I. If you happen to follow them on any social media, you guys know what to do. Go ahead and hashtag fashion files and let 'em know we sent y'all. So shout out to Soul Chai for sponsoring. The fun [00:01:00] thing is this episode is dedicated to them because guess what we're gonna be talking about if you can't tell already T and how it connects to fashion.
So I have with me here today a very special guest. My mom. Hi mom. Hi. She's gonna be here with me to talk about tea and fashion. I'm gonna, of course be talking about the fashion. She's gonna be talking about the tea. One of the things that my mom loves to do is to host tea parties.
She has found a joy and love for that. I'll let her of course, go into more details about that. And I love tea, and I love tea parties too, because y'all know. I love any reason to dress up and look girly and super cute and chic, and tea gives you a reason to do that in combines fashion. So we are gonna get into that.
So Mom, you wanna tell 'em a little bit about who you are? I mean, of course they know you're [00:02:00] my mom, but
Mom: say hi to the folks. Hi, my name is Sarah and I am car's mom, of course. And I, as she indicated, I love. I love beautiful things. I love hosting and just, just enjoy entertaining.
Karis Reneé: Okay, so my mom is a recently retired y'all, and when I tell y'all.
Her calendar is busier now than it was before she retired. I, I don't know what this lady be doing, she be doing everything but the things that she does the most, of course, like she said, is hosting different events. And so she's been doing a lot of tea parties and one of the things we actually connect with is tea, and amongst other things, of course, y'all know I've given y'all, if y'all watched previous episodes, y'all know a lot of the creative side of me comes from my mom and.
Passed down and so all of that. But one of the things that we connect on is tea. So let's go ahead and take a sip of this tea mind. 'cause I want you to [00:03:00] taste it 'cause it's so good.
What do you think?
Mom: Yummy. Yeah.
Karis Reneé: Yes. I'm telling y'all and I'm not, I promise I'm not just saying that this is not an ad. Like it's really good. Probably some of the best chat tea I've ever had. It's really good. Okay, so. One of the ways that me and my mom connect with tea is that we like to go around and go to different tea houses and try different tea.
So one of the things that I have been doing, I am, if you know me, you know that I am a giver. I love giving, but I have been giving gifts in the form of experiences in the last few years. And so for Mother's Day, we have kind of created somehow a new tradition where. For Mother's Day, you know, they always have some type of mother daughter tea or something like that.
And so we normally do something that is round [00:04:00] tea and we get to dress up and dress like this and go have some tea and do all the things. So yeah. Ma, how you feel about that? Have you been enjoying that? 'cause I mean, I have and I hope you have.
Mom: Absolutely. You know, I love traditions, especially when you start new ones because it is all about.
Just sharing the experiences we have lots of things and stuff, but the experiences, you can carry that with you for life.
Karis Reneé: Yes, absolutely. So tell us how you even begin to love this whole tea culture business and learning about it. All the things like what even interested in you. Because honestly, I don't know when it started or where it came from to be honest.
Mom: When I was a child, I did love to have those little bitty teacups. Yeah, the little tea sets. And I almost forgot about that until I start thinking about this episode and I was like, oh yeah. I remember having teacups when I was growing up and having tea parties with my brothers and sister, [00:05:00] and sometimes it was just me.
Be by myself, maybe a doll baby or something. But it was just fun. But most recently, in recent years when I started entertaining and then just seeing tea parties starting to evolve again. And I had not, it's has been hard to find anything in this area.
Um, and tea houses, very few tea houses in our area, but there are lots of them, um, outside of this area. But I. I started doing teas and initially starting really at my church, um, doing teas, parties.
Karis Reneé: Okay. I'm gonna stop y'all for a second. She said my church like this. Not my church too. I've been gonna that church since I was three years old.
But anyways, go ahead, ma.
Mom: Yes, at our church. I stand corrected, but [00:06:00] in, in the first one that we've had, it was such a hit that people are still talking about it. Um, so we do have another one scheduled soon, so I'm excited about that. But, um, I've also done tea parties for friends. I've done garden tea parties.
I've done fri uh, tea parties for, um, even coworkers. I used to take my tea cup to work and, and did, uh, some small. Group tea parties with that. So, and, and it's just, just the idea of relaxing and having fun, um, and doing something that you don't do every day. So it's just a opportunity to enjoy and fellowship and just, you know, let your hair down, um, and feel fancy.
Karis Reneé: Yes, definitely feel fancy. I also love the fellowship, you know, being the social butterfly that I am. Like I love the opportunity to be able to combine dressing up and [00:07:00] also being able to fellowship. I love that too. And it's funny, we talk about stuff all the time and I'm learning stuff that I did not know, like what I.
I don't remember having any tea, tea sets when I was growing up, so I'm confused like how you had some, but I didn't have any, like what happened. It's okay. I'll forgive you. But you have them now? I do. I do have them, them now. Um, and she has gifted me something, so I, I guess I can't complain. Y'all. And that tea party that.
She's talking about that people are still talking about. Yes, it was beautiful. I also had to work that tea party, so I know, I know firsthand. Like she be putting me to work for real. I think she think I'm retired too. I had to tell her what she retired like mom. You retired, just 'cause you retired doesn't mean that I'm retired, but it's okay.
You know, anytime she calls and asks me, I'll be like, okay, ma. Mm-hmm. That's right. [00:08:00] But that is so interesting that's your background and tea now. Give us a kind of the tea cultural history and, and where that comes from and where that was even started. So
Mom: a lot of times people think about when we think about this type of tea, the, the.
China, the cups and all of that, the flowers and all the pretties of tea. You think about the English tea parties. Mm-hmm. Um, and typically it would be called the afternoon tea because in the 18 hundreds, like mid 18 hundreds is when it sort of started, um, the duchess. They, there were long range of times that meals were served, like maybe 12 to eight, 12 afternoon to 8:00 PM before the next meal would be served.
So naturally you would get hungry. Mm-hmm. So the Duchess at that time, [00:09:00] she had her, um, servants to bring her a snack scones and tea sandwiches and desserts, little mini desserts, and it would be bite sized things, uh, items that you could eat, um, which is represented on the stand here, which is why there's usually three levels at a tea.
Um, afternoon tea where you would have the sandwiches on the bottom, the scones and jams, and. Cream on the center and then on the top would you'd have your miniature desserts. So, um, that would be typically the afternoon tea, which a lot of us refer, think about when we think of, and of course the tea. And sometimes there will be three different types of teas or multiple, um, varieties to try during that, um, meal.
And it usually would happen between. Two to four o'clock in the [00:10:00] afternoon to kind of bridge that gap between those two meals.
Karis Reneé: Okay. And that's what we, we think is called high tea because high tea just sounds so uppity and fashion and all of those things. But I know that you've corrected me before, so go correct them.
What what it really is.
Mom: Yes. Typically there are three different types of teas. Like the one that I just mentioned is, is the, uh, in the English, um, British, uh, is the afternoon tea. There's also high tea. Interesting enough, most of us think of high tea as being the,
Karis Reneé: as being high. Yeah.
Mom: And the, the real fancy, the luxury luxurious.
On the contrary, the high tea got its name, had nothing to do with the food that served. Mm-hmm. Because the food that's typically was served for high tea was the hardy meals for the workers. Mm. [00:11:00] For the. Typically for the laborers. Mm-hmm. So it would be real, your real food. Um, and the Hyde Park comes in, they serve them on a high platform, a high table.
So that's why they call it high tea. Wow. And then, um, the third tea that we think of, um, is called um, royalty, which is typically the typical, um, afternoon tea served with champagne.
Karis Reneé: With champagne. Mm-hmm. You know, I like that. I need to get museum royalty. Um, okay. Well, I'm glad you educated I, 'cause I didn't, and even though we've talked about it, I definitely didn't know where the name came from, but yeah.
So I know a lot of y'all, we always say, hi tea, I'm going to a high tea, da, da da da da. Mm-hmm. We are not, we're going to a afternoon tea. So now switch up your saying, I know, I know change and it [00:12:00] sounds so good saying hi tea. But unless you're having a soulful meal. It's not a high tea, so you'll learn something.
I learned something. Okay, so let's stop for a second and play a little quick little game. You ready? Sure. Okay.
so this game, of course, it's called our This and that game, but this one is Tea Edition. Okay, so you ready? Ready. All right, so these are gonna be tea themed questions. So what we're starting with, okay, so first question is chai tea or black tea?
Mom: Black tea.
Karis Reneé: And you know what? Mine is shy. Definitely chai. Okay. This one, soul Chai is gonna have her changing, changing her mind. Now I'm have to add, add it to my, yes. You'll have to add some cho soul chai to your, to your, um, repertoire. Yes. Okay. Loose leaf [00:13:00] tea or tea bags. Leaf, okay. Yes. I actually, I do like loose leaf.
But you know me, I am a my mom. This is, okay. So I grew up, of course, in a traditional black Southern family. Mm-hmm. My mom cooked every day growing up. I did not get that jean. I like quick meals. I don't like to stand over the stove. I don't like anything that takes a long time so I can do all of the things that she does.
She's taught me everything, but I like to do it faster. So tea bags are faster for me, it's just a, you know what I mean? I can travel with 'em. I can take 'em to go. So that's kind of why. But I do like loose tea, but I'm gonna go to a tea bag first.
Mom: I'll use tea bags. Don't get me wrong. I definitely
Karis Reneé: use them.
Yeah, that's your preference.
Mom: But my preference is loose tea.
Karis Reneé: Okay, cool. All right, so we talked about this, and I actually wanted to come back to this too. So you talked about the layers of what goes [00:14:00] on the trays, which is your favorite layer?
Mom: It depends. So savory or sweet? Uh, savory.
Karis Reneé: And you know, normally I'm a savory person, but out of this one it is definitely this.
Sweet. Well, I guess not the desserts though. The scones. I love the scones. And you know why I love the scones? You know why I love the scones? Because of the jam. We have this, is it a lemon? The lemon curd. Have y'all tried lemon curd before? Oh my God, I'm obsessed with it, especially on a blueberry scone. I love blueberry and lemon.
I have actually, as I've gotten older, I don't know what it is, but I love lemon flavored. Like my favorite tea is Lemon Loaf. What brand is that? Mom? Is that twenties? No, that's not twenties. I don't remember what Lemon. I'm gonna figure it out. But lemon Loaf is my favorite tea. My mom actually introduced me to that tea and I fell in [00:15:00] love.
I stole it. I probably drink it more than she does now. Mm-hmm. I actually go to the house looking for it like, where's the Lemon Loaf? But. All lemon flavored stuff. I just love, so the lemon curd on the blueberry scone is so good. Me and my mom supposedly been making some blueberry scones. She has a whole box, like a recipe.
And when we gonna make those scones, mom, maybe soon. I'm a hold y. I got it on on camera now, so I'm gonna make sure I hold her into y'all. I'm gonna tell y'all when we make those scones, okay? Yes. Yes. Okay. So why is yours savory? Uh, be I, I'm gonna say because of the tea sandwiches and I don't like the tea sandwiches.
I, except for when my mom makes her chicken salad. I love
Mom: the, all of them. What is your favorite, the typ? Typically the ones that I do are the pimento chicken salad pimento. And you have to have, have, I hate the classic, I hate it, cucumber sandwiches. I hate it. [00:16:00] A tea is not tea without cucumber sandwiches.
Karis Reneé: It is so funny that you say that because now like I just remember like, 'cause of course when you see, and we're gonna get to this, but when you see like tea, you see the fancy, uh, tea parties in the movies and stuff like that. And they always have a cucumber sandwich with the crust cutoff. With the crust cutoff.
No crust. Absolutely. And I hate it. I hate, I love cucumbers, but don't put my cucumbers in a sandwich. Or in water. I don't like that either. But I love my mama chicken salad, but I don't have to have it that way. So I'm definitely going with this. The sweet. So,
Mom: but I also want to mention, you mentioned scones.
You can have savory scones as well. That's true. So
Karis Reneé: that's true. And what, okay, now let's talk about also like what is typically on the dessert tray? 'cause I don't feel like I really eat those. It's a lot of chocolate.
Mom: So not necessarily. That could be a choice. That's true. One of the items could be. [00:17:00] It's usually typically a variety.
Variety of stuff. Sometimes it could be macaroons
Karis Reneé: and I don't like those either.
Mom: Um, it could be just bite, it's bite-sized dessert. Yes. It could be Fruit tarts. Okay. Um, so, or it could be some chocolate or those petite fours. Yeah, Pettifor correct me. I could have pronounced it wrong. So
Karis Reneé: I don't know, tell which one of us is right.
Is it Petite Forest or ps Which one is it?
Mom: And it could be those, or it could be just any variety. It could be chocolate covered strawberry, so I can just make stuff that I like. Yes.
Karis Reneé: Okay. Yes. I mean, don't make it complicated.
Mom: Okay. It's about enjoying.
Karis Reneé: Okay. The
Mom: experience and just having fun.
Karis Reneé: So yeah. Okay, so let's come back to the game and let's actually get into how T connects to fashion, which y'all know is, is my big one, right?
So I love that we, like I said, you'll see [00:18:00] t scenes in movies, TV shows. All of the things where people are dressed up and they are having tea, a lot of times it's a preface to something else. Some big event, some grand event, and you know, and so we'll see those things. And so the costumes of course, you know, we talked about costume design is a big part and it plays a big part.
And as my mom said, it goes back to the British and royalty. And so a lot of those things in that era are brought. Into these scenes, even if it's a modern scene, they are inspired from fashion, from British royalty fashion. Okay. And back when, like, who was it? Queen Elizabeth and all, all of that rain. And so you already know where I'm going.
So all my Bridgeton fans. Yes. So you'll see shows like Bridgeton or Queen Charlotte, or. Things of that sort. And so those things tie directly into t fashion. And [00:19:00] so you'll see the oversized big skirts with the hoop skirts and uh, the dramatic sleeves and the lace and like the lace gloves. I had to wear my lace gloves today, y'all.
And so, and the pearl necklaces in the jewelry. My earrings today have little. Flowers in 'em, but all of those things contribute to, because I don't know what it is about tea that makes people wanna get fancy and dress up. And the most important thing, you have to have your hat or your fascinator for some reason.
Mom, what's this called? Ma, what is this called?
Mom: Fascinator.
Karis Reneé: It's called a fascinator, but what you call it
Mom: carabiner. I dunno
Karis Reneé: why my mama always says carabiner. And I'm like, ma. And she's like, I know it's not a carabiner, but for some reason that is the first thing that comes out. So. Or your carabiner, your fascinator, or your carabiner.
I love fascinators, but some people like that wear the big hats. The big hats that [00:20:00] have like the oversized brim. Normally I have a fascinator that is covering like half of my face because drama, of course y'all know I'm extra and a maximalist. I didn't do that today, of course. So y'all can see my beautiful face.
But the drama, the drama is in the hat. So Ma, tell me what you think about, about that part.
Mom: Oh, I love carabiners. No,
I love fascinators. I just, it's, I just love the whole idea of it all. Um, and that's just part of it. And if you have the opportunity, definitely include your fascinator with your outfit. So I love it.
Karis Reneé: Yeah, absolutely. Like I said, my thing, I do want to one day wear like a oversized hat. We haven't gotten into the hats.
Me and my mom always do a fascinator. My mom is starting to get her own fascinators now though, because she's been borrowing mine, so I'm so excited. Don't y'all love her? [00:21:00] Beautiful blue fascinator. I love it. It's so pretty. I will be borrowing it. Mm-hmm.
Um, and I have to, I wanted to today wear my grandma's pearls, but I, I didn't find them in time. I do have them, but they're put away. And you know how when you put stuff away and then. You need it. You don't remember where you put it away at, but yeah, so I'm like always excited to bring that out. And of course, my grandma's fur too, so it, it, it goes with the theme, so.
Yeah. All right. So let's also, let's hop back into the game and we're gonna ask some fashion related this or that questions. Okay? Okay. All right, so Bridgeton inspired Tea party outfit or a modern minimalistic vibe. Bridgeton, of course, of course. Extra. Sorry. E The drama. We need the drama. Yeah. So I, we also had went to like a bridger inspired party when [00:22:00] Bridgeton was like really first coming out.
I feel like the first two seasons they were touring around the states and they were having like different bridgeton. Parties. I didn't get to go to one of those, but I did get to go to one that somebody else threw and I love it. Mm-hmm. And so also, let's talk about that really quick too. I'm gonna get back to the game, y'all, but I keep thinking about other stuff that I want to talk to my mom about.
So just join me. It's okay. So, um, we also talked about, like, you talked about how we don't have a lot here where we are, but we've seen all these different. Uh, T houses and stuff elsewhere. And so I wanna talk about one of the ones I seen and you could talk about some of the ones that you've seen too, that have interested you.
So one of the ones I didn't get to do, y'all know, I go to New York a lot and New York has this mobile T bus and I showed my mom was like, oh my gosh. And now it's expanded out. I think they're coming to Atlanta, they're coming to other cities. Mm-hmm. I'm like. Come to North Carolina please. But next time I'm in one of those cities, I'm gonna go there.
And I also [00:23:00] went to this, it was called the Dirty Tee in Atlanta. I think that's the name of it. Yeah. In Atlanta. And that was super beautiful. I love that experience. I went that with one of my friends as well. And so we love traveling to go to different, different tea parties. I'm gonna get on a, a plane and go fly to 'em.
I'ma go, we gonna drive somewhere, but it's okay. We gonna still see what's around. So tell us what, what you've seen.
Mom: I would say my favorite one that I have visited is the tea, um, the flower box, um, tea House in Kernersville, North Carolina. Um,
Karis Reneé: that's the one you went to with Angela? Yes. Okay.
Mom: Yes. And that was really, it was the classic. Classic. Mm-hmm. Um, English tea, afternoon tea. It was so much fun. And what. Why I enjoyed it so much. It was shortly after we had the ladies tea. Mm-hmm. At the church and because I worked that tea [00:24:00] a long time. Mm-hmm. Enjoyed every moment of that, but I was at the point that I wanted to be.
Karis Reneé: Yeah.
Mom: The guest. Yes. And wanted someone else to host me, so that was opportunity for that where I got to sit and just wait for someone to bring the food out to me and to bring the tea out and to serve me, and it was just so much. Fun.
Karis Reneé: Yes. And you deserve that Mom. We always talk about that because we are servers and we are always putting on things and doing stuff for other people and like bringing our visions to life.
So a lot of times we don't get to experience it, which is okay. We want other people to experience it, but we also wanna be able to experience things ourself too. Mm-hmm. And we are also, our standards are a little high, so we have to find people that can actually meet our, I get it from my mom. So if, yeah.
Talk to her. And so I'm glad you were able to experience that. I haven't [00:25:00] gotten a chance to go to that one, but I, I know you loved it and enjoyed it. Yes. So hopefully I'll be a, maybe we can go together and, and experience it. Absolutely.
Mom: But there are some other, um, there are some hotels in the area, um, that had afternoon teas.
Um, I'm trying to think of some
Karis Reneé: duke does one.
Mom: Yes. Yes. The Duke, Washington. Does Ma Ann do one? Um, they, I think they do it for, do they do it for Moses? Maybe four occasions. Um, Carolina Ian, I believe does one. Mm-hmm. And I think, um, the one that's here, umstead.
Karis Reneé: Okay. I think
Mom: I'm
Karis Reneé: stuck. Yes, they do. I look there and when I tell you those things book up fast, I tried to book my mom and I, uh, to be able to go, especially for Mother's Day. They book up so fast. Yeah, we've been trying to get there. We're gonna get there eventually though, but definitely check out to see who's doing tea parties in your area and check them out and grab your mom or your best friend or [00:26:00] whoever.
And get dressed up all nice and pretty and go to a tea party. Yeah. All right, so let's do some more this and that questions. All right. So floral prints or solid colors? Floral, yes. My mom was actually choosing between two dresses that she was gonna wear today and the other option was solid and I was like, I like the flowers.
So I agree. Um, statement accessories or understated accessories
Mom: it for a t. Mm-hmm. Not today, but typically a statement, but mm-hmm.
Karis Reneé: But pearls work too. I
Mom: am typically an UN for every day. I'm usually a little more understated and mm-hmm. Conservative, but yeah.
Karis Reneé: Okay. And I'm extra, yeah. How where'd I come from?
That's okay. Okay. Tea. Okay. We haven't gotten to this yet, so I'm gonna come back to that [00:27:00] one. Okay. Vintage tea dress or trendy jumpsuit. Vintage tea dress all day every day? Yes, because we gotta get our briton on. Yes. Okay. All right, so let's jump into something else..
Speaking of tea fashion, we're gonna go to tee's, little cousin and something else that is inspired by that British fashion and that royal fashion, the Kentucky Derby, because. They look just like this when they're going to go see these horses race, it is one of the longest standing annual horse races that is here.
And it is such a big deal that even if you can't make it to Kentucky for the Derby, you're gonna find a derby party that's happening in your area and you can be able to, it gives you an opportunity to be able to dress up, put your fascinator on, or your church hat. Because honestly, we Southern and we.
Church. Well, I'm a church girl, y'all already know this. And clearly my mama. So [00:28:00] Erica had to remind us that she said, I dunno, these as fascinating. These is church hats. So whatever you know them as because Yes. The ladies of the church, the, especially our seniors, yeah, they were rocking the hats. The big old.
Turex. Okay. The fascinators or the big? The big ones. So it gives you a reason to dress up. So the Kentucky Derby, I haven't had a chance to go yet. Hopefully I can go one day. It's another reason to be able to. Pull this, the together and get in your fanciest gear. Ma, what'd you think about that?
Mom: I'm all in. All in. Let's do it.
Karis Reneé: I love it. Okay, so we of course, as y'all know, have a new segment called SIP and Tea with Soul Chai. Of course, it is a, with our new sponsor, soul Chai today, we don't have a segment for. I don't have any tea to give y'all. The tea is go get you some soul chai. Okay? I'm [00:29:00] telling y'all you will not be disappointed and once you get it, come back and let me know how you like it.
They have three different flavors, so be sure to check it out. We actually have a link that we'll be sharing for you guys to be able to use and let us know and tag us with fashion files and tell 'em we sent you. All right. [00:30:00] All right, so before we wrap up this episode, I got a couple more of this or that questions for my mom. So may you ready?
Mom: Yes.
Karis Reneé: All right, let's, this is gonna be a rapid fire. You ready? Woo. Big hats are fascinators, fascinators, lace gloves or pearl necklaces. Are pearl necklaces, pastels, or jewel tone? Ah, jewel tone.
Ooh. Okay. Heels are flats, heels. My mama doesn't wear flats now. You know where I get it from? She, she does not like flats. She wears heels every day. Corsets or empire waist dresses.
Erica: Hmm.
Karis Reneé: Rapid fire. I,
I don't know. You want the high flowy or you want the waist snatched in high flowy. Okay. Structured blazer or flowy dresses. [00:31:00] Huh? It depends. Floy dresses, floy dresses. All right. Okay, so next up, of course, is my favorite part of the episode, the style spotlight. Today, the style spotlight is going to be my girl, miss Brielle Lynette, she is somebody that you should definitely follow if you are looking to learn all about etiquette. This luxurious, dainty, feminine fashion. She does a lot of things about this. She's also a pink, girly. Pink is a lifestyle. She loves pink. Just like me. She loves the lighter pink though.
Y'all know I'm a bright, bold girl. But if you're, and we didn't even get to really get into etiquette, so we'll probably have to come back and talk about that. You wanna, you wanna highlight that really quick? Okay, I'm gonna let you highlight that is after I, uh, I talk about, uh, Brielle. So yeah, so if you are looking for, to find somebody to help you get inspired on how you can make this your everyday [00:32:00] wear or just if you wanna incorporate it in your wardrobe, she's a good person to follow.
You can find her on social media. It's her at is Miss Brielle. That's M-I-S-S-B-R-I-E-L-L-E Lynette, l-Y-N-E-T-T-E. It'll be on the screen for y'all. YouTubers, if you're listening to the audio. M-I-S-S-B-R-I-E-L-L-E-L-Y-N-E-T-T-E. Okay. Follow her and use the hashtag fashion files. Let her know we sent you.
And if you know somebody else that you feel that you are inspired by and think that we should feature, use the hashtag. Flame style spotlight and let us know, and they may be featured on a upcoming episode. Okay, so before we get outta here, I'm gonna let Mama give y'all a rapid fire on etiquette and we gonna wrap it up and get on outta
Mom: here.
All right, so I'm just gonna give you two or three quick tips. Okay? Could go into a whole lot of them. One of which I wanna mention that when [00:33:00] you get your tea and you're staring your tea, you don't typically, you know, you do this. For your teeth. You don't want to hear all this clinging and clanging.
You're not, and you're not gonna stir around and around. You will stir six, 12 to six back and forth. So you want minimum noise. And once you do that, you just, and you don't clinging your spoon on your cup, you just kind of. Do that and just put your spoon back in your saucer. Another point I would mention is to where you hold your cup is you want, you don't want to, um, hook your tea cup, handle, you want to hold your fingers very delicately, um, hold your cups to keep it from falling and you're gonna have your fingers, your one [00:34:00] finger, your.
Point your finger into your ring, um, handle, and then you're supporting fingers at the bottom of the cup and drinking your tea. And
Karis Reneé: no pinky ma.
Mom: I was gonna save that for last, but yes. Hate to break it to you. The pinkies are down, the
Karis Reneé: pinky goes along with high tea.
Mom: Y'all
Karis Reneé: let it go. The pinkies
Mom: are down. We have a down pinky.
We
Karis Reneé: have a delta in the building. Just, just for
Mom: y'all recollection, I'm sure you do. The our AKA girls. Sorry. And also one third thing I will mention is that when you are at the table and you're having your tea, you should not bring your salsa alr with you to drink the tea. Usually the time that you would need your salsa, if you are having walking, having to walk around, but you leave your saucer [00:35:00] on the table and just bring your cup with you to drink your tea.
Karis Reneé: Perfect. I think that was the perfect way to end our tea episode with Soul Chai. I love that. Okay, so we've given y'all some tips. We've given y'all some background. We are giving y'all some fashion. I hope that you enjoy this episode with my mom. Mom, you actually have some things coming up, so go and tell the people how they can find you on social media and what you have coming up.
Mom: This is a work in the making. I do have a tea coming up. Unfortunately it will not be real soon, but it'll be later on. It'll be in August. Um, the same tea that I mentioned earlier, and I will. It's not announced yet, so just keep an eye out. Okay. Um, for that date. And, um, you can find me on SB Designs gifts and more on [00:36:00] Instagram
Karis Reneé: because she does it all, y'all, she really does it all.
It's, I'm telling y'all. I get it. I get it. Honestly.
Mom: So I do have some other things in the pipeline, , as it relates to event. Designs and decorating for events and styling for events and intimate tea parties. So. Just keep your eyes out and look for these things coming up soon.
Karis Reneé: Yes. And if you guys are interested in booking an intimate tea party, you know who to go to and where to find her.
Okay. 'cause she's, I'm telling you, the calendar is booked, so if you're interested, you better get on it soon because I can't even get on the calendar. Okay. So. If you are interested, please look out for her. I enjoy this episode. Thank you so much, mom, for coming on here to talk to me about tea and enjoying some tea with me. I had so much fun. So until next time, stay stylish and keep that flame burning bright. [00:37:00] Bye[00:38:00]