I hope everyone had a fab easter! I’ve got a big post with photos and a bunch of other stuff coming up at the beginning of next week, but I really wanted to update you guys with this first….
So far I’ve been shipped five orders from my five different labels. I didn’t have any kind of problem with any of them…except the last. I was sort of disappointed with this label to begin with because there was one key piece on their line sheet that I wanted, but I was told that it didn’t even go in to production while I was in the showroom. So about a week ago one of the sales assistants calls me and tells me that they don’t have color I wanted in a dress I ordered. And let me just tell you, this dress is one of my FAVORITES out of everything I ordered for Summer, and I specifically wanted it in that color. But no, it’s been “discontinued”.
Sigh.
So I go ahead and order it in a black print (boring!). A couple of days later the same girl calls me once again and then I find out that they “ran out” of that color in a size Large. But why? Isn’t this why we place orders a head of time? I’m sure, being a small (or should I say microscopic?) store priority was given to other buyers. So now I have small and medium in one color, and large in all black. Interesting.
Well to be honest, I tried on the black print and I absolutely LOVE it. Seriously, it’s gorgeous. You know what they say, “you can’t always get what you want, but sometimes you get what you need“.
*the description of this particular item as been slightly tweaked to protect the innocent.
4 Responses
lauren
25|Mar|2008 1that has to be really frustrating:/
kudos for making lemons out of lemonade!
xoxo
Camron
25|Mar|2008 2Kim,
As opposed to a startup boutique, I have a startup women’s line (www.LasAvenida.com). It seems like that label might have had order minimums to meet for that fabric, or that they pre-ordered the fabric from the mill and then ran out.
anyway… I enjoy your blog, so keep it up!
Cam
Kim
27|Mar|2008 3Hey Lauren! Yeah everything ended up working out ok.
Wow Camron, nice line! Thanks for the info.
Char
08|Apr|2008 4As a buyer for a newer boutique, I have run into this kind of thing a lot more than I thought I would. Designers change fabrics or even cuts during production and send it without even asking first. I have also had things arrive damaged or not at all. This season, I have had 3 styles arrive in only one size per style, due to manufacturing problems! I feel like they should just cancel the entire style from my order at that point.
To be perfectly honest, the younger, more indie designers are the worst when it comes to this…and they are the worst when it comes to correcting mistakes as well. I have had to deal with so many unprofessional designers in the past few seasons it is insane. Oh well, at least I know who I won’t be buying from in the future!
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