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Woooww....what a crazy lady. Seriously!

Oh my gosh. How awful. I cannot believe she has gotten this far if she is this rude and clueless!

And how STUPID after you just told her how you have a platform you can use to spread information about a company!

FashionPrincess wrote:

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Well, if that's her picture on the skinnyjeans website, she doesn't look like a very happy person... the crossed arms in her picture are not making her look very personable.

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I know! it's certainly not hard to put that face with that correspondence.  being the googler that I am, she claims she has a law degree (from a california university I can't remember), and that that the idea of the jeans came to her when she was getting ready for a "party in the hamptons" -- gratuitous, most likely false, and unnecessary information.  I think everything she says is probably a line of bs.

I think the jeans are a great idea. And from what I read they sold out after a mention in O magazine.  Quite simply, she needs to hire a professionally polished individual with experience in the fashion industry, because if she continues to manage and represent her company it's on a fast track to failing.

word of mouth is the most powerful advertising out there, and she's doing everything to make sure it perpetuates the demise of her company.

I'd tell her this, but I honestly think she has a personality disorder and she would never listen to me (if her emails serve as any indication.)  I'm sure she probably thinks she is right and everyone else is wrong.

cc wrote:

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Wow, I can't believe that she was so rude. Although my understanding was always that most (or many) of the clothing that magazines use in their shoots were samples that they were responsible for returning. Obviously this isn't the case with beauty products but I thought most clothing was usually just on loan. At least that's what I've gathered from all those stories about celebs walking off with stuff from magazine shoots which the magazines are then responsible for replacing. And all the garment bags being sent back to designers that taunt me from the courier station in the lobby of my office!  I'm sure that whether or not a designer requests returns depends on the cost of the items and the size of the company. 

In any case, her emails were really unprofessional and it sounds like a crappy company!



-- Edited by cc at 23:43, 2008-09-24

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yes, I know they do this for the really expensive couture stuff, but I don't think they return the run-of-the-mill stuff (separates and accessories in the 0-$2,000 range.)  Of course I could be wrong since I've never worked on a fashion print publication.

whatever - she's still a rude bitch

Even if this lady is correct and samples are always returned, she was still ridiculously rude in the way she said it!

You know what surprises me - they offer sizes beyond 31 or 32 inch waist, most companies are too snobbish to offer larger sizes but she extends hers to a 38, which is maybe a size 18. I'm surprised that someone who is so quick to judge would be so openminded.

Annnnddd look how fair you were, posting their side   


Leaves a bad taste in my mouth.  If you wanted better press, instead of whining about the negative posts, do something to change your image.....like I don't know - offering you a pair to try to SHOW how much they've changed!

They earned this bad press. If they want good press, they need to earn that too, IMO.

This is their history, like it or not.

Plus why even bring up the past? If they hadn't emailed you, you wouldn't have updated this thread, and we wouldn't even all be talking (again) about how silly and rude they are.