Round up of Classic Sezane-inspired Knitting Patterns ¦ Pre-Rebrand!

Hi guys, welcome or welcome back to my channel. This is Easily Knitfluenced and my name is Michelle. Today I'm going to be doing something a little bit different than my usual video. I've been planning for a couple of months now to put together a compilation of knitting patterns that I think give a similar vibe to the designer brand Cezanne. And as I said, it's been a couple of months. So as I was planning this, Cezanne actually did a complete overhaul of their image. So now they are very different looking than the Cezanne of old. So I have this whole thing planned out for the Cezanne of old, essentially. But if you don't know, Cezanne is a French clothing wear brand. And really for a long time, were quite famous for their knitwear. So everybody had the knit sweaters, knit tops. you know it's a kind of parisian chic brand and i have some pieces here from a couple years ago that i bought and i can show you if you're unfamiliar also because they have wiped their website of everything they used to do now that they've rebranded um so yes they did this rebrand and now they are leaning a lot more kind of scandinavian cos style so a lot more oversized um In my opinion, a little less unique than they used to be. So actually, maybe this video is even more timely than it would have been otherwise, because hopefully this gives you some inspiration to maybe create your own versions of what Cezanne used to be like. But I can show you a couple pieces here, and I would say, generally speaking, if I had to, yeah, again, generalize across what their clothing pieces used to look like. They're not overly fussy, but they have little kind of feminine details. They're not that super oversized, kind of very spare, stark Scandinavian style. They are still simple, but have little feminine touches and little details that just... sort of elevate a lot of the pieces. So I can show you a few that I have. This is one, I think they still have this actually. This is a big staple of theirs. It's the, I believe it's the Betty. I will correct that if that's wrong. It's 100% merino. It's a kind of cardigan top and they have it in a bunch of different colors. It's got these cute little pockets on the front. Mine actually, so this one, very nice details. It's hard to see here because it's all... crocheted in the same color but there's like little crochet details some of them would have been contrasting colors for those crochet details so it's just a it's a collared piece not super baggy it's kind of quite close fitting cropped you know goes with a lot. Very feminine. It's, it's layerable. It's also wearable on its own. Really cute piece. I really like this one. I think they do still sell this, by the way, if you'd like this, this is a classic one of theirs. Um, one that didn't get the chop, um, with a lot of other things that did, um, other things I can hold this one up. So this is a red, again, full merino sweater that I got from them, kind of a brioche, um, stitching raglan. But this one is, it's got these really cute, Button details on the sleeves that just give a little touch of something. The collar sits really nicely on the neck. So quite simple still, again, not oversized like this is a large and it's not huge on me. This also came or used to come with a knit skirt in the same color. So you can, again, pair it very, very nice look. And then the last one I'll show you. And then lastly, so they used to do a lot with mohairs actually, not silk mohairs. They would use like a poly blend mohair and they'd have kind of a nice lace feature. So this is a kind of mohair blend sweater, but look at the back. So this sort of beautiful lace detailing. Again, you can, this is reversible, so you can wear this front to back, back to front with something underneath, kind of just with a bra, with a camisole. But you see what I mean about Not hugely, like, super complicated, you know, intricate cable designs or anything, but nice sort of feminine touches. So this is kind of the vibe. This video is not intended to be, like, a dupes video, because, again, those pieces... I can't see pictures of those old pieces anymore unless I go on eBay or something. This is more to kind of capture that vibe of Parisian chic. So I'll be naming individual patterns but also designers who I think capture that aesthetic and yeah maybe you guys can knit some things that'll give you this this kind of vibe if this is what you like. So I'm going to generalize a little bit here. Basically any kind of sweater with like that little fleur-de-lis design. I think Clover designs really match this vibe. So here's, like, very popular right now, the Clover sweater by Leenit or Lena Holm-Sørensen. So you see what I mean? It's got a little something going on. It's quite feminine. You know, this one's maybe a little on the oversized side for a Cézanne dupe or Cézanne-inspired knitwear, but you could adjust the sizing. I think the big thing with this one though is that little, it's not crochet, I know this, it's like a little knit picot edging on the ends of the sleeves and the hemline. Very wearable, but again, it kind of brings a little cute something to the pattern. Another very similar one to that is, oh yeah, another very similar one if you want the all-over patterned look is the The Marielle blouse, and this is by Maria Shai Mogenstad. Similar patterning, right, but you've got it kind of running in columns and also down the sleeves. No picot edge on this one, but could be nice if you had both patterns to combine the two. I think that would be super cute. So I forgot to say, the last one I believe was a DK weight. This is also a DK weight. Very similar. And if you even look at the pattern pictures for this one, the styling of it is quite Parisian to me. So if you tuck this into a little skirt like she's done here, I think you're really capturing that aesthetic. You know, lace in general is, I think, leaning towards that old Cezanne style. And there's a couple of lace pieces I picked out, but honestly, you could go with, like, a lot of different options here. These are just ones that, you know, I like, or maybe in some cases have knit, actually. So I will tell you about one that I've actually knit. So this is the jean cardigan by Colibri by Johanna, or Johanna Garish, I think is her full name. Another DK weight pattern. I've knit this and in fact I can show it to you. Okay so here is my jean cardigan. It doesn't have buttons because I haven't put them on yet even though I finished this like early this year. That's fine. Don't judge me. You know you've been there. Here's the back. Again I think this is it's a repeating pattern. But I really do think this gives that vibe and actually a lot of Johanna Garish's patterns. I think if you look through the rest of her catalog you'll see it is quite a Cezanne looking style. Thank And I can put pictures and kind of names of a couple of them up here. Just to name a few if I kind of go through the catalog here. you Yeah I mean she has like the Lily sweater I think definitely captures it, the George blouse, very Thank What else? The jean top. So kind of similar to the sweater I just showed you, but a halter neck top version of it. I mean, you know, much. she has a lot of really pretty like lace designs in quite a, I don't want to say whimsical, but a very feminine silhouette style. you. Nothing of hers is too big or baggy. So she's definitely, I don't think she's leaning towards the Scandi side. I think it's definitely more. of the Cezanne Parisian style and you know colors like stripes colors bold colors so take a look at her stuff if you haven't before you know i will say if you go back through my old videos this was um i'm not the strongest lace knitter so admittedly there's that fact but this was also just not the easiest project for me to knit the instructions i think were a little bit um Less clear and less. Linearly laid out that I'm used to so I really needed to focus to get this done and it was a slightly frustrating experience for me but obviously I did come out of it with. A very beautiful garment that I'm looking forward to wearing this fall once I get around to putting buttons on it. So all that to say I think you know if this is your first time doing lace or it's your first time making a sweater maybe don't pick one of hers and I can talk about maybe more beginner friendly ones in a second. But I think if you're slightly more experienced you'll probably be fine with these pattern writing styles. It just threw me for a loop a little bit because it wasn't maybe something I was used to. But clearly, I got the pattern done. It's very pretty. I love it. And if you like that type of style, she has tons of different patterns that I think you'll love as well. So that is her. Let's talk about a designer who also is fantastic at the little details. So I'm just going to pinpoint one thing by her. The Winnie Top by Lily Kate France. My girl, Lily Kate France. Love you. Love everything you've ever done. So I heard somewhere, apparently, she was writing patterns when she was like 10. So, yeah, she's some kind of knitting prodigy, basically. But I have one finished object by her. I have one that is actually drying right here. I did a mid-project block on it. So I did the Tonight Top and the Movement Tee, both fantastic patterns. I think both of those could be sort of Cézanne-esque. I think the Winnie Top probably is the most spot-on. It's got, again, a very... Feminine, cute kind of silhouette, and then it's got that picot edging on the little v-neck and the hems. It's just, it's very, very dainty, which I love. But again, a bunch of hers I think work really well as well. I mentioned the movement tee. I think that's a great one. There was one sweater I wanted to point out by her that I think you guys would agree is sort of Cézanne style too. Oh yeah, the piping hot sweater. This is a couple years old. It's published in 2023. But if you look at this style, again, it's got sort of this piping, you know, linear detail on the sleeves and on the front of the sweater. You know, probably not the bright red version, but if you think about other colorways for this. I think it really fits in with that general aesthetic from Cézanne. It's like the little details, things that kind of like lift the, you know, the patterning up a little bit. bit. So that's just something, again, I think, look at her designer page on Ravelry. I think she does phenomenal work. The designs of her patterns are great. Again, I think it's a little more beginner friendly than the Johanna Geryish patterns. I wouldn't say it's like a petite knit beginner style pattern, but I've had no issues with her patterns. I think they're very clear. Clear. Um, so. I think a great one to tackle, you know, if you're feeling like you want to stretch your skills and learn something new, because she has these great details and just very thoughtful, thoughtful little features in her patterns. So big fan. And I think her aesthetic fits this, this brief really well. Oh, here's another one by her, the Barstow sweater. So on first glance here, you're like, ah, it's sort of a, whatever, like a wrappy thing. But you know, if you look closer, it does have these really beautiful details. So it's got Kind of a, what do you call it, a full boat neck. It's got a high neck, different patterning on the top so it looks like either a seed stitch or maybe reverse stockinette. Hard to see from the pictures. But then it has kind of long cuffs with that same patterning that you can fold up. You know, the sash is a different patterning to the rest. It just... And then little details on the hems as well and it looks like maybe the hems are folded over and stitched because you get like a nice definition at the very bottom of this. Just great. It's pretty. It's so pretty. So yes, she's a great designer, and I think a lot of her stuff, if you stuck it in a Saison catalog, I'd be like, oh yeah, you know, looks about right. Oh, here's a good one. A bit summery, but I think this, again, fits really well. This is actually crochet. I'm not a strong crocheter, but all you people who are more talented than me, go look at Look at that, this is the Damas Top by Vertnit. Really cool. Checkerboard kind of vibes. It is. Super Saison like this is the kind of stuff they used to sell. I would add it to my favorites and you know unfortunately didn't pull the trigger on them but maybe I'll learn to crochet and you know then I could do it. Fingering weight looks like and this one is done in knitting for all of pure silk but I guess you could substitute whatever you wanted for it. But yeah I feel like this is you know definitely definitely a Saison style. And if we just stick to the sleeveless tops here's one by the Knit Pearl Girl. This is the Isabelle top. Which looks like there's various different options to how you want to do this. There's the little bows, there's buttons, there's just kind of, you know, the sort of non-buttoned front. So, really sweet, but again, it's got like those little kind of lacy details, the little kind of clover details in there. So cute, and I think, again, gives you a ton of optionality. I know we're not summer knitting right now, but there's no harm in lining up your queue for next year, right? Again, a fingering weight. Looks like she did this in pure silk as well. Not my favorite yarn, I have to say. I don't, I just, I keep trying. I don't, I just don't like it that much. I think there's other things that perform better, but these pattern pictures do look lovely. And again, I think it's, it is kind of up that alley, right? Kind of French looking. Another one in that sort of style, the Spring Daisy Top by Alessia S. Ooh, this is a light fingering, so if fingering wasn't enough for you, go for light fingering. But again, beautiful little details. There's like kind of column lace knitting, there's some lace patterning at the bottom, so you get that nice perpendicular look. Pico edging, but simple. Simple, but enough going on that it's not just a plain stockinette kind of, you know, Nordic top. Very cute. And she has one that has little daisies added to it. Even cuter, even more Cezanne. They used to do a lot of this stuff, like little embroidery things. It used to be all over. Yeah. So love the green version of this too. It's so cute. Other ones. So I have featured this on my top, on my channel before. This is the Arena Top by Mochi Knits. Again, very clean silhouette, but like those little buttons, right? The little touch, very elegant looking. I think I said this I've said this before, I think Mochi Knit Maybe knits a lot for more flat chested people. Thank you. So your mileage may vary if you are kind of broader like me or have a very large bust. I do know that there's, let's see, there's seven sizes available. That said, I just don't know, you know, the larger sizes, do they kind of adjust for things? I'm not sure. So very aesthetically in line with Cezanne. But again, just be a little careful if you are on the larger side, because I've knit some things by her and chose kind of a middle size. And the neckline was like, you know, it's like down to here. I'm like, okay, this is aggressive even for me. So, um, so yeah, not, not maybe the best fit. If I went with my natural bust size, I'd have to adjust a little bit, but this looks like it's, it's higher up. So maybe this would be better than the one I chose. Oh, and then here, if you want a challenge, or at least this would be a challenge for me, this is the Darjeeling blouse, which has been out for a while. Um, 2023 publication by Trust the Mojo. This is a sport weight pattern, but I believe, um, I believe it's yes. Okay. So it is worked bottom up. Um, yeah, so you go bottom up, but again, look at these little details on the bottom and on the sleeves. It's just, it is, it is really exquisite. Um, I would be so happy if I just owned this and I didn't have to actually make a bottom up garment, but. I don't and I do. So sad times. But if you are good at that and you're just more experienced than me, fantastic. I think this captures Cezanne very nicely. Oh, here. So, okay. This is, I mean, it's a French designer, so no surprise. This does match. This is the Farandol by Tricot Design. And just look at it. You know, if, if you've ever shopped at Cezanne, again, like this, this could have been in one of their catalogs and it's nothing crazy complicated, right? But it is Really beautiful, really wearable, and I love this. I love the color. I love the little edging details. Oh, it's beautiful. Gorgeous. I wonder, do you need to crochet for this? Yes, you do need to crochet. You know, my husband's stepmother is really good at crochet, so is it an option for me to knit the knit parts and then have her do the crochet for me? Would that make me lazy? Probably. Carla, if you're listening, this work is coming your way. Um, what else? What else have I got? Oh, here is a lace alternative, um, by a kind of a bigger designer. If maybe the Johanna Garish ones, um, scare you a little bit after what I said, this is cardigan number six by my favorite things knitwear. I actually own this pattern. I just never got the yarn I needed for it. This is intended, I think for three strands of mohair Which, at the time, I just thought, Oh I don't have the energy for this and I was then thinking should I just buy a fat mohair and knit it with that and then never got around to it but I do own this pattern and I think it's gorgeous and very French looking again beautiful details beautiful um kind of feminine silhouette yeah it is very pretty um so I think and again my favorite things knitwear is Quite a large designer, so I think if you are looking for a pattern that's very linear and maybe easier to follow in terms of lace, I think this one you'd have better luck with. So if you're much more of a beginner like me, probably what I should have done is knit this one instead of the one that gave me so much grief. But you know, here we are. I never do things the easy way. So here's one by a designer. I love the Oona Sweater by Irene Lin. She has so many different patterns, but a bunch of them are of this sort of beautiful Very cute feminine style. I love the like the slight puff sleeves, the you know slightly longer short sleeves I guess. Very beautiful and this is a DK weight and the suggested yarn is Cardiff cashmere classic. Okay here's an interesting one which is cabled but I do think still kind Still kind of falls into, in my mind, like a Cezanne vibe. This is the Hooray by Anina Yuti. This was published in a line of magazines, so I wonder, can you actually buy this pattern? I don't know if you can buy this pattern on Ravelry, so apologies for that, but if you get your hands on a Laine magazine issue 30, which is the one it's in, that was published in August of 2016, so a couple months ago. Maybe wait a bit and you can probably get it on Ravelry. So this is a vest, but looks like kind of, you know, alternating cables on the front with sort of columns of stockinette, but What I love about it, little button details on the sides so and it looks like a half fisherman's rib maybe plus the kind of the split um length between the front and the back. I don't know something about this to me and like feels very French. I know the designer is not French but it just it just feels that way especially I think the way she has styled it. Thank With the button down and, you know, the skirt and stuff, you so I'm like, yes, I feel this. I really do. And I like this pattern a lot. This is a worsted weight pattern, so hopefully it would much for end up pretty quickly as a vest. And yeah, you could really have some fun with this, with the buttons, you know? joining So if you did this dark chocolate color, for example, they've done kind of, you know, beige colored buttons here. us today. If you got like a bright red button, for example, You know, how cool would that look? Or if you did a dark navy and got, you know, yellow buttons or something. You could do, you could make this really fun and the little pops there. So yeah, it's, I like this a lot. You wouldn't expect a full cable thing, but I think this kind of captures the look. Same thing with this one. So there, you'll notice there's not a lot of cables. There's a lot of lace and kind of things in this, this collection. These are probably the only two that have cables. This is the Fisherman Cardigan by Maria Bach Jensen. It is all over cables, which I know Cezanne did a couple pieces like that, not a ton, but they did have some cable stuff. What I think seals it for me is that really big button band. Thank I don't know what it is, but that feels to me like, I don't know, it almost like balances the cables. So it's not like cable, cable. You have this nice sort of calm section in the front. But you know, for all my cable lovers out there, there's still a lot of fun stuff for you to be you. doing. The back is like these sort of undulating cables. It just, it just looks super cool. Um, I love this and this is an Aran weight. So again, hopefully it would knit up fairly quickly, who knows, but I love this. Um, I haven't knit anything by this designer before, but you know, a really cool look. So, and I love the photography on this. Anyone who does good photography, and I used to dabble in photography, I just did it, you know, for friends and stuff. I, I have such appreciation for people who can like light a scene and make it moody and be like, Oh, it's a cable. Let me, you know, let me put some slanted lighting on it. Huge appreciation, good props, whoever your photographer is, you know, they're doing a good job. Here's an accessory. If you, you know, like, Oh, I don't want to do a full sweater. Let me do do something else. This is an oldie but a goodie by Pearl Soho, the Jasmine Scarf. So Again, a little bit of that lacy feeling, kind of more open stitches. This is way back from March 2015, so it's vintage, a vintage pattern. Very beautiful, and again, this is, you know, it's a scarf, so kind of just a repeating pattern. Probably pretty mindless. Worsted weight yarn suggestion, and I think this might be a free pattern, actually. Yes, it is a free pattern. There you go. So there's a freebie in here. Okay, and then last but not least, Um, again, I don't think that Sari Nordland is, like, typically what I would say is sort of a French-looking designer. She does, like, really intricate, you know, amazing cables and stuff. But she does, I mean, she does kind of veer into lace sometimes. This is a new one. This is an October 2026 pattern, so very recent. Must have just come out. Um, this is the Daydreamer Pullover. Lacy, but not... Not kind of, I think, to the extent of not as lacy as some of her usual patterns, or as busy. I like the repeat of this. I like that it's not too crazy. It's kind of airy, feminine-looking, but still kind of casual in a way. Yeah, I really like this. Again, I'm not a strong lace knitter, so I will probably have to pick and choose from the selection for what's achievable for me, but this is a fingering and a lace held together for a DK weight. So if you're good at lace, I bet you would crush this. I question whether I would be, you know, proficient enough, but very beautiful and I think kind of fits the look. So that's it, guys. I think hopefully some, you know, some interesting kind of directionally accurate patterns here. I'm curious what Cezanne is going to do from now on and how this new look collection is going to serve them. I actually wonder if they went for the whole Scandi look on the knitwear because of how popular, at least in the knitting community and writ large, that Scandi boxy style is becoming. Maybe they were like, well, you know, the whole French cute Parisian thing isn't cutting it anymore. I really don't know. It's an interesting choice because I Them being one of the few that did that style well, that they would double down and stick with it. But they've gone a completely different direction and there's all people on online and on Reddit and everything who are very upset about it. I will reserve judgment. I don't know yet. There's some things I like in the new collection, but equally, I did kind of go to them for, you know, like the beautiful lacy stuff that I'm like, well. Not a great lace knitter. I might not really be able to make this or replicate it. Whereas like, yeah, the kind of cost looking Scandinavian style sweater is like, I can make those pretty easily. So yeah, I think, you know, it's, it's an interesting direction they've taken. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet, but hopefully this little collection of patterns, which I'll put the Ravelry link down below. Um, hopefully this has been helpful for you guys. If you do want I do want to replicate what that old Cezanne vibe used to feel like. Anyway, this is kind of a random one I did for you guys. Just thought it would be fun to try something different. So let me know what you think about these and if you have any other suggestions. Thank you as always for tuning in and I'll catch you guys next time. Bye for now.