If you don;t know what vanity sizing is , it's making the measurements of your clothes on the more generous size to make ladies feel better about the size dress / top they take. If you are a 16 in one store and a 14 in another you are more likely to shop again in the size 14 shop.
Now of course this just causes a whole heap of issues, women believe they are 1 size then go shop somewhere else and are another bing bang there you go person in a huff. This problem is multiplied 10 times when person shops on-line as they cannot try things on, so have to pay for the return of the ill fitting item. quotes of "there is no way this size 16 is a 16" is not a uncommon, i did have one lady who bought an xxl which is a size 18 in my store return it because it was "way too small, i am normally a size 14 and this top didn;t even cover me" well i'm sorry lady but there is no way you are a 14, get real, get a grip and don;t blame the shirt. Hey i am the first to admit i'm carrying WAY too much junk in my trunk but i'm not fooling myself i'm a size 12. I am a UK size 18 (and on a i'm off the slimming world diet days a 20) and my shirts fit me......
Of course i didn;t say this to her, but i wanted to, plus she was so rude about things too. I know i am way too close to my brand, i get actually upset by customers actions when i should just distance myself and chill. But when you have put a bit of your sole into the clothes you sell i can't help but get upset. For instance this week a women returned 2 shirts more than 28 days since she bought them, both without wrappers and both obviously had been worn and washed. They had hairs all over them (some of them not human looking) and were in a right mess. She's gonna kick up a right fuss if i say no refund so i end up footing the loss, thanks thats £40 down the tubes, i have 2 kids and a mortgage to pay for so yeah thanks.....
Apologies for the rant, things are normally cool but sometimes it gets a bit choppy in the world of self employment
Sunday, 20 June 2010
Saturday, 19 June 2010
First Blog
I created this blog for me , i know kinda selfish, but i came to conclusion that working on my own all day and just having had a 2nd baby who cannot communicate back to me i had to find somewhere to get everything out thats inside me......well perhaps not everything but a lot.
I gave up work as a scientist 1 year ago today and whilst i don;t miss the under valued , under paid mundane work i do miss my friends and in a way i do miss having "the system" to fight against. I worked for the NHS and to say the place wasn't organised very well was a major under statement . But i am the kinda person with a lot of fire in their belly and i admit wasn't the quietest about airing my views on how things could be done better. Now being my own boss i only have my self to blame or vent to and it;s not quite the same!!
Working for yourself is really good at times and stressful all of the time. I've had such a quiet June on my website it;s unreal, and you then start to fall into the questioning of what the heck is going on, i know August will be super quiet, what with school holidays and nicer weather people don;t shop on-line as much (my target buyer is mothers and they defo don;t) but i didn;t expect June to be so bad.
I run my own fashion label selling womens wear on-line, and the amount of money just to say manufacture 1 top in 1 different colours is gobsmacking. You obviously have to meet the factories minimum orders which aren't that minimum and the exchange rate £=$ is shit at the moment and quite volatile so changes so much. When you are dealing with large amounts of money even the slightest dip and cost you thousands.
SO much goes into creating a new line, and so much money too. As an independent label it is hard to have any kinda range in designs because the money just isn't there. My turn over for this year i think has been good but the profit has been mediocre and whatever i do make ust goes straight back into the brand. Sometimes this can be hard, putting so much work into things and apparently no reward ....yet.
baby is crying but gotta go, this has been quite caming to write this, think i'm gonna like blogging.
I gave up work as a scientist 1 year ago today and whilst i don;t miss the under valued , under paid mundane work i do miss my friends and in a way i do miss having "the system" to fight against. I worked for the NHS and to say the place wasn't organised very well was a major under statement . But i am the kinda person with a lot of fire in their belly and i admit wasn't the quietest about airing my views on how things could be done better. Now being my own boss i only have my self to blame or vent to and it;s not quite the same!!
Working for yourself is really good at times and stressful all of the time. I've had such a quiet June on my website it;s unreal, and you then start to fall into the questioning of what the heck is going on, i know August will be super quiet, what with school holidays and nicer weather people don;t shop on-line as much (my target buyer is mothers and they defo don;t) but i didn;t expect June to be so bad.
I run my own fashion label selling womens wear on-line, and the amount of money just to say manufacture 1 top in 1 different colours is gobsmacking. You obviously have to meet the factories minimum orders which aren't that minimum and the exchange rate £=$ is shit at the moment and quite volatile so changes so much. When you are dealing with large amounts of money even the slightest dip and cost you thousands.
SO much goes into creating a new line, and so much money too. As an independent label it is hard to have any kinda range in designs because the money just isn't there. My turn over for this year i think has been good but the profit has been mediocre and whatever i do make ust goes straight back into the brand. Sometimes this can be hard, putting so much work into things and apparently no reward ....yet.
baby is crying but gotta go, this has been quite caming to write this, think i'm gonna like blogging.
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